Radio Gorgeous

Last night there was a beautiful documentary on Channel 4 called 100 Vaginas, the film was based on our guest's groundbreaking book. She is the photographer LAURA DODSWORTH and her book is Womanhood: The Bare Reality, published by Pinter & Martin .  #Wellbeing #Sex #RadioGorgeous

Philanthropist, transparency campaigner and all round good egg, Gina Miller (now Dr Gina Miller), talks exclusively to Sarah Tucker on Radio Gorgeous about her book RISE and what inspires her, her campaign to bring transparency to the charity sector and how she deals with bullying culture.  #RadioGorgeous #GorgeousLives #Campaigner

Nuala Ellwood, Day of the Accident with Donna Freed Maggie Allen painfully wakes from a coma to find that her daughter has died in a terrible accident and her husband has left her. It gets worse, she is responsible for the strange accident but she can't remember anything.  This is the second thriller from the author of My Sister's Bones. Nuala was warned that her creative life would end when she became a mother but she has proved them all wrong to our benefit.  @NualaWrites  [nmellwood.wordpress.com](http://nmellwood.wordpress.com)  #thriller #radiogorgeous

Author of the Week: Carolyn Kirby, The Conviction of Cora Burns with Donna Freed Carolyn Kirby's debut novel takes place in 1885 Birmingham, a time that hallmarks modern life as we know it. The prison where Cora was born still dominates the area and is in use today. A wide-ranging historical thriller that asks the question: where does violence come from?  This is Carolyn Kirby's first novel since graduating from the Faber Academy. The Conviction of Cora Burns is published March 21, 2019 from No Exit Press.  [www.noexit.co.uk](http://www.noexit.co.uk)#radiogorgeous #author

Bored of wanking over boring porn, candid and funny writer Lucy-Anne decided to learn to ask what she really wanted in bed. And to find out how to have beautiful, slow sex. Buy the book: [https://www.waterstones.com/book/dont-hold-my-head-down/lucy-anne-holmes/9781783526215](https://www.waterstones.com/book/dont-hold-my-head-down/lucy-anne-holmes/9781783526215) Twitter: @LucyAnneHolmes FB: [https://www.facebook.com/LucyAnneHolmeswriter/](https://www.facebook.com/LucyAnneHolmeswriter/) #RadioGorgeous #Sex #GorgeousWellbeing Are we tickling your fancy? Then sign up for GORGEOUS MAIL & never miss a trick on [radiogorgeous.com](http://radiogorgeous.com)

Victoria Pearson chats to Victoria Smith bassist of 'The Ramonas' an all female tribute to the iconic New York Punk Rock band 'The Ramones'.  Victoria chats about her career in music and how Victoria has met many of the real Ramones and she tells us how friendly the punk scene is.  The  new album 'Acoustic Problems'.  [http://www.ramonas.co.uk/](http://www.ramonas.co.uk/) #RadioGorgeous #Punk #GorgeousEntertainment

#Wellbeing #RadioGorgeous #MentalHealth My guest today is becoming a regular on Radio Gorgeous, we have talked about her last 3 books Black Rainbow, Walking on Sunshine and The Happy Kitchen, they all explore mental health which is a condition which either you, or a friend or a relation of yours have suffered from. She writes regularly for national press, gives television and radio interviews, and runs workshops for mental health organisations, companies and universities. She is an official ambassador for Rethink Mental Illness, SANE and The Counselling Foundation. She is RACHEL KELLY and a her new book is called SINGING in THE RAIN, 52 practical Steps for Happiness. [https://www.rachel-kelly.net/](https://www.rachel-kelly.net/) Twitter: @rachelkellynet

Nuclear bombs have been dropped globally and Jon is on a conference in Switzerland, the world has ended. Then the internet goes down, what to do? 20 people are left in the hotel, a dead body is found. Novelist Hanna Jameson talks about being a young novelist, life before the internet, dating and her love of American history. #TheLast #RadioGorgeous #Fiction

Figures came out last week which may shock you if you are an online dater or considering it: 40% of single over-50s who have tried online dating have had what they feel is a negative experience. 21% Have experienced someone lying about their age and (33%) who have discovered their date looks different from their pics. So where do we begin in the minefield that is dating especially for over 50’s? Dr Catherine Baudino, dating guru, coach, academic and business woman, gives her professional advice today on Radio Gorgeous. Dr Catherine starts with your photo and your online description. Then through life coaching she may help you tackle your years of baggage. And that's just for starters, Dr Catherine can hold your hand all the way through the dating process, to help you find love securely and confidently. Contact Dr Catherine below for safe and fun online dating. #Dating #RadioGorgeous #Wellbeing Contact: [https://datingguru.co/](https://datingguru.co/)

Gorgeous Food and Drink: Kumud Gandhi, A Cupboard Full of Spices with Donna Freed Kumud Gandhi, the Spice Queen, wants to introduce us to the alchemy of food and balanced spicing. Careful spicing goes beyond seasoning, it is medicinal, nutritional and preservative as well as. She took a career break from the Bank of England to have her children and fell into food science and from food science she fell into catering…and from there started a cookery school and now has written a book. Perhaps it is the alchemy of genes that has brought her to her passion: chemists on her mother's side and spice merchants from her fathers!  www.thecookingacademy.co.uk  @CookingAcademy #Food #RadioGorgeous #Spice

It's Tudormania at the moment with the much awaited Mary Queen Queen of Scots film out now. With impeccable timing the guest today on Radio Gorgeous is author, Kate Hubbard who works at the Royal Literary fund. She has written a book about a powerful, wealthy and creative Tudor woman, who outlived her four husbands. She was a friend of Queen Elizabeth and spent a few years with Mary Queen of Scots as her soft jailer (they sewed together). And most importantly she was an amateur architect who loved building and designing houses and their interiors. She was the richest Tudor woman in  England after the Queen, she is BESS OF HARDWICK. Devices & Desires, Bess of Hardwick and the building of Elizabethan England by Kate Hubbard, published by Chatto and Windus. #GorgeousLives #Tudors #RadioGorgeous

Candida Meyrick gave up sugar over four years ago and rarely drinks alcohol. She found it nigh impossible to find a restorative grown up drink that was not a herbal tea bag. Candida started to grow herbs in her garden and instinctively she has invented something completely original: Positive Potions. Candida's garden is in Anglesey a tiny island off the north wales coast, she came into Radio Gorgeous so we could try her super healthy tinctures. [https://www.positivepotions.co.uk/](https://www.positivepotions.co.uk/) Insta: [https://www.instagram.com/positivepotionsuk/](https://www.instagram.com/positivepotionsuk/) #wellbeing #RadioGorgeous #diet You will always find interesting women on Radio Gorgeous

This month’s Latte Lounge podcast asks why diets, healthy eating plans and cutting out certain foods always fail? Because it’s not the diet - it’s our head that is interfering with our intentions. Katie chats about a revolutionary new weight management programme with the founder of Boddymatterz Louise Andres-Vicaria who has created a 12-week plan which supports your body and mind and helps you change your habits forever. Louise gives us some amazing tips for changing our attitude towards our relationships with ourselves and our food. We also hear from one of the first women to pilot test this new programme, Alene, who tells us about how well she’s done on the programme and why it’s so different. Katie also talks to Josephine about what’s going on in the Latte Lounge in January, from divorce support and advice to inspiring travel blogs plus an interview with the gorgeous Liz Earle MBE who shared her top tips for living well during midlife. We also hear how The Latte Lounge will be aligning itself with

Chronic pain and painkillers can lead to depression. Co-founders of Mind Body Studies Mia Segal and Leora Gaster inspired by the Feldenkrais method, have spent years developing this practice using the mind, body connection in simple, slow movements. Workshops are available in Germany and California, along with a Foundation certification course in MBS for the public and practitioners alike. Contact: [](http://www.mbsacademy.org/) [http://www.mbsacademy.org/](http://www.mbsacademy.org/) [O](http://www.mbsacademy.org/)r Susan directly: susan@mbsacademy.org #RadioGorgeous #wellbeing #mindbody

Grace Kitto, Saving Grace with Donna Freed A lifetime of habitual overeating added up to obesity for Grace Kitto. Both her mother and her husband's father died of diabetes and it was a real concern. But it was when she realised that there was a subconscious need to eat and she needed to access that to change the behaviour. She doesn't believe in dieting, however, when she was obese she needed to get to a healthy weight before she could get to that point. Along the way, she tried a lot of diets and when they stopped working, she moved on to another. Interspersed with research and actual facts, not fads, about dieting.  This story won Grace the Mslexia Award for Women's Memoir 2014. @Septemberbooks

For 6 years Candice was abused by her charismatic stepfather in South Africa. What looked like the perfect lifestyle and home from the outside was living hell for Candice who was first abused age eight. Hear her story. #RadioGorgeous #Wellbeing #GorgeousLives

Imagine being told you had stage 4 cancer and had 12 weeks to live? This is what happened to my guest today on Radio Gorgeous, Jane McClleland. With determination and sheer doggedness, Jane took her own health care into her own hands and tried every, drug, supplement and diet, the cancer disappeared and that was 19 years ago. Jane is a trained physiotherapist, she's an entrepreneur, a sailor, a mother and a wife. Jane now actively campaigns to help other cancer patients with their care and research…with off med drugs and diet, we are talking about her story and book today HOW TO STARVE CANCER - without starving your self . [https://www.howtostarvecancer.com/](https://www.howtostarvecancer.com/) FB group: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/off.label.drugsforcancer/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/off.label.drugsforcancer/) #Wellbeing #RadioGorgeous #StarveCancer

Covered in eczema, overweight and addicted to sweets, Natasha was in denial about her terrible diet. Now she is a convert to eating sensibly, listen to her story. Natasha has now become an nutritionist, she met charismatic coach Katrina Love and they have joined forces to create an eating plan which will make to feel and look fabulous. email: natasha@wideeyednutrition.com [www.wideeyednutrition.com](www.wideeyednutrition.com) Call: 0044 (0) 7762 136322 #RadioGorgeous #diet #nutrition

Imagine if a person you were dating said out of the blue that they did not love you or fancy you anymore? Mindset coach and therapist Katrina Love gives us fantastic insider knowledge on how to react to this potentially devastating situation. Know they self and love thyself seems to be the key, find out more here. #RadioGorgeous #Dating #Wellbeing Contact Katrina : Tel: 0044 (0) 7747 345 384 Email: katrina@lifecheck.love insta: @lifecheck.love

Caroline Millington, digital producer for ITV's Loose Women, found herself increasingly time poor and unhappy and felt she needed to find a way to change her life or rather, change practices and priorities in her life to boost happiness. She came up with 'kindfulness;' a way for her to prioritise her health and happiness. She tells Hester her most helpful tips to manage the impact of social media, comparing oneself to others in general and how to be kind to yourself. @ShowbizMillie @hoz_books @headofzeus @LooseWomen @ITV #wellbeing #RadioGorgeous