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Holiday mode has hit early for Gwen and Kate, who bounce between life’s tiny joys (like micro-meditation while the kettle boils) and the big stuff — like why Christmas now turns up every three weeks once you’ve had 50 of them. They ponder whether Secret Santa could save family gifting, if 47 is too old to start long-boarding (it isn’t), and how couples with different bedtimes ever make it work. They even wonder if they can be bette...

Old fave, new intro! Back in 2021, we talked to SOMA Breath Master Instructor, Tim Snell, all about SOMA Breathwork. Tim explains to us what SOMA breath is and where it comes from, bringing together ancient breathing and meditation techniques, music and guided visualisation.

We explore ways to still the mind in moments of stress, feel healthier and happier by elevating your emotional state and create more balance in your b...

It's the little one! Where we chat about things that make you feel good AND THEN make you feel rubbish, ie alcohol. Kate suffers from ‘hang-xiety’ and forgets how to breathe, while Gwen does drag and swears a lot. They then attempt to raise the bar by sharing their food porn book recommendations and TV pleasures. 

We refer to our RUMP Rewind featuring Maff Potts all about Connecting People. 

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New intro, old favourite episode! Back in Season 5 we talked to Maff Potts about the importance of having people and purpose in our lives. Maff is the founder of Camerados, a charity that helps people support each other through tough times. One of the main ways they do this is by setting up Public Living Rooms – places to go to when you need to connect to or just be around other humans, with no agenda, no mission and no fixing.

In this week's mini-sode, we dive into rubbish DIY, new skills we’d like but will probably never master, and ask: when is a drag queen not a drag queen? We chat about what makes a house a home, the Guardian’s 15th-ever zero-star review (now on Disney!), and why lying down in a dark room might just save the neuro-spicy among us.

We play an episode bonus from: Ep.70 – Ayurveda: how to bring this ancient wisdom into our modern liv...

We chat to Dr John Douillard all about Ayurveda, looking at how we can use this ancient wisdom to help with our physical health and emotional wellbeing.

He explains how small, practical changes can make a big difference to our everyday health, from nutrition to breathwork.

Dr. John Douillard is a globally recognized leader in the fields of natural health, Ayurveda, and sports medicine. He is the creator of LifeSpa.com, where ancient ...

We're heading back to Season 7 to explore the power of kindness. What does it really mean to be kind? Why does it matter – and can kindness ever backfire?

We chatted with psychology professor Robin Banerjee from the University of Sussex – home to the Centre for Research on Kindness. Robin led The Kindness Test, the world’s largest-ever study of kindness, in partnership with the BBC.

Plus, Gwen and Kate take on Robin’s kindness c...

Celebrity Traitors, moving house, and when a chocolate bar is no longer a chocolate bar… The RUMPette is back!

Gwen & Kate catch up and realise that the question “what have you NOT been doing to make yourself feel good?” might be the real topic of the week. They also dive into the idea that you are what you do when no one is watching — and how every little choice we make quietly shapes who we are and how we show up in the world.

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Here's a sneaky re-peak at an old favourite. Have you ever failed at something? Of course you have, we all have! So in this episode we celebrate all things to do with failure. We speak to coach and mentor, Rebecca Hartnell, about how to work with failure, rather than be paralysed by it or by the fear of it. This leads us on to a wider chat about trusting our inner voice, grasping gratitudes and retraining our brains to find th...

Mindset expert, Karen Allen, explains how our thoughts can rewire our brains, with life changing results. 

She shares with us a series of mental exercises that we can all do, to help us move away from a fixed, rigid mindset that focuses more on what we don't have than what we do, instead rewiring our brains towards a growth mindset that will change the way we experience the world around us. And it is seriously powerful stuff!

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Gwen turns 50... and Kate was there too! Bath with us in the warm glow of Gwen's alternative 'feel good' weekend. Think Gays n Gurls circle, gong baths, hot tubs, saunas and a silent disco. We discuss birthday expectations, quantum magnetic people, and the ULTIMATE way to make yourself feel good on a milestone birthday. 

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Ep.61 - Quantum-Touch Energy Healing: Bringing together breathwork and awarene...

It's time to turn back time! All the way back to 2021. We kicked off Series 3 with a shot of adrenaline, looking at why adventure is so important to our well-being. And luckily for us, we’re not (only) talking about climbing Everest here, but rather shaking things up, breaking our routines, pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and expanding what we see as possible for ourselves.

We’re joined by explorer and auth...

In this pocket-sized episode, Gwen and Kate talk about the current buzz about the power of green tea for our brain health, and Kate guides Gwen through a full-body Energy Bath (which you can join in too). Gwen also shares her top tips as she goes down a rabbit hole of Channel 4's award winning documentaries about juries, which leads to a uncharacteristically high-brow discussion on the flaws in the UK's legal system and t...

It's the short n' tiny one! This week Gwen & Kate share some top tricks for activating your quantum field! We explore some unusual and sometimes uncomfortable hacks to rewire your brain and boost neuroplasticity. We also spill some details about our next episode, all about changing our mindset. And Kate talks about the importance of rest and bucking against the busy culture. 

Want to know about how to activate your qua...

Another star of the back catalogue on the theme of getting sh*t done! We talked to Alicia Navarro about the enormous benefits of Deep Work and how to achieve it. She also discusses why it's becoming increasingly hard for people to focus, sharing a number of psychological hacks to avoid distraction and get into a state of deep work and flow.

Alicia Navarro is the CEO and founder of FLOWN, an online platform that suppor...

In this episode, we step into the world of boundaries — what they are, why they matter, and how they can transform our relationships with ourselves and others.

We’re joined by the brilliant Ann Weiser Cornell — American author, educator, and worldwide authority on Focusing, the self‑inquiry psychotherapeutic technique developed by Eugene Gendlin — for a conversation that deeply moved us (it even brought Gwen to tears!)

If you’ve ever...

Here's another early goldie for you to enjoy! Ever had a task to do that for some reason you can never quite get round to? Or felt that uneasy feeling when you're chilling out, because deep down you know that there are other things that you really should be doing? Yup, us too! In this episode we talk to Change Coach, Fiona Powley, about procrastination and what's behind this frustrating but very common behaviour. She...

Gwen and Kate chat about paddle-boarding with dolphins at sunset, play a fun guessing game re: how much the top jocks are getting paid over at the BBC, touch on sexting and the joys of having one foot in a bucket, and discuss whether we should believe social media posts that claim peri-menopause is actually a time of 'levelling-up', as we emerge out of a chrysalis more powerful than ever before... have we got it all wrong...

We talk to somatic sex therapist, Susan Taylor, about how to build intimacy and connection with our partners, and for it to feel easy, fun and mutually fulfilling.

Susan has a background in counselling and is a clinical trauma professional. She also brings experience in holistic healing, somatic embodiment practices, spiritual teaching and intuitive healing into her practise.

To find out more about Susan's work, both online and ...