Adapt the World

Katie and Dr. Radha look back at some of the highlights on the Life Hacks Podcast from over the last 12 months. We have touched on some really serious and important topics, like employment opportunities for young people with learning disabilities. Claire Harris and her sister Abigail are featured as Claire has Down's syndrome and wants employers to give some of her peers a chance in the world of work.

We have delved into a variety of weird but wonderful areas on the podcast over the last 12 months, so Dr. Trudy Barber is also featured as she opens our eyes to the world of Sex Robots. Love Island's Alex Cane also joined us to talk about modern day relationships, JP from Made in Chelsea talks about male mental health and how he actually contemplated taking his own life just a few years ago and model Charli Howard has battled an eating disorder in her efforts to 'make it' in the modelling world before taking a stance against how poorly models are treated in that industry.

If you fancy a fun, original mixture of exploratory content, then you'll love this special edition of our Life Hacks Podcast.

Have you suffered trauma in your life? Do you even know what a trauma actually is? Trauma is explored by Katie and Dr. Radha this week as they are joined by artist Bryony Kimmings who talks about her life and how trauma has affected her. Bryony uses her art as a creative measure to address and deal with trauma in a unique, raw way that not only helps her, but educates audiences about difficult subjects that are usually hard to broach.

Do you procrastinate? Do you make lists but never actually complete the tasks on said lists? Do you have A LOT of unread emails in your inbox? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions then you need to be more organised. Graham Allcott used to be disorganized and he had no idea how he could go about organizing his life. But after making some changes and putting a few things in place, he has written a book all about productivity and shares some helpful advice on this week's podcast about how you too can become more organised!

Did you know that under 10% of people with learning disabilities are in paid employment? And yet a lot of these people have the ability and skills required to be employed. But they aren't in employment, sadly. Claire Harris has the condition Down's syndrome and she too has faced challenges when trying to seek out paid employment opportunities, although she is now in a paid job. This isn't the case for everyone with a learning disability though. Claire's sister, Abigail decided to investigate why such a small percentage of people with learning disabilities are employed and so she made a documentary called PossABILITY.

Have you ever felt rubbish about your body? Imagine working in an industry where every inch of you is constantly scrutinised. Over a period of time, the criticism Charli faced working as a model really took its toll on her to the point where she decided to throw the towel in and give up on her dream of working as a model. In this week's podcast she opens up about her battle with mental health and an eating disorder that she tackled. Charli was deemed too small to be a plus size model yet too big to be a standard model and tells us how it felt to be a model in the middle in a demanding industry.

Bella Mackie suffered from mental health problems when she was a child. In her twenties her mental health became increasingly worse to the point where daily activities were hindered. She found it difficult to do things like use the tube or travel abroad and even dropped out of university. When her marriage broke down after just 8 months she knew something had to change. As well as seeing a therapist, Bella decided to go for a run one day. As she had never exercised before she had no idea how she would feel but amazingly it really helped her and so she started running regularly, an activity that helped improve her mental health drastically. Bella has written a book called 'Jog On' and in this week's podcast talks about what inspired her to write it and is brutally honest about her battle with her mental health.

Sex, relationships, mental health…nothing is off limits for Katie Thistleton and Dr Radha

Radio 1 Life Hacks’ Katie Thistleton and Dr Radha, 1Xtra Talks’ Reece Parkinson and Asian Networks’ Mobeen Azhar team up for a one off special to discuss the biggest issues of the year. The presenters have discussed topics such as Feminism, Body Image and Sexuality with the experts in 2018. But now they’ve come together to give their opinions on the most controversial issues affecting you in 2018. Racism, Brexit and Me Too are all on the table.

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On the Life Hacks podcast there’s honest and fun chat around all the questions you’re too scared to search for. The good news is that everyone has the same questions, so we can learn from each other’s experiences – however cringeworthy they may be…

Sex, relationships, mental health…nothing is off limits for Katie Thistleton and Dr Radha.

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