Am I Making You Uncomfortable?

We all feel envy sometimes, even if we’d rather not admit it. But comparing yourself to others – often without knowing the full story of how hard so-and-so worked to get to where they are today – only leaves you feeling bad about yourself. 
But the green-eyed monster isn’t all bad. There’s a way to channel negative feelings into something more positive: envy can encourage you to push for that next career move or start planning that once-in-a-lifetime trip you’re always dreaming of. 
We explore all this and more with Lucy Sheridan, the world’s only comparison coach, on our latest #AIMYU podcast episode.

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Gaining access to IVF is a struggle, before you even begin treatment. In this podcast, we speak about the cultural, financial and geographical barriers that prevent people from accessing IVF in the UK – and how they’ve been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Heavy periods affect around 1 in 5 women of reproductive age in the UK. Combined with the stigma that already surrounds menstruation, the added pain, fatigue and fear of leaks can have a debilitating effect on women’s lives. 

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“We talk about sex more than we talk about money,” says Bola Sol, financial wellness coach and founder of the Rich Girl Chronicles. “You have to question these things. I don’t get it.” 

Bola is one of our two guests on this week’s episode of our HuffPost UK life podcast, Am I Making You Uncomfortable? in which we are tackling the stigma we feel talking about money head on. Also joining us is Josie Warner, senior research and insight officer at the debt charity StepChange, to talk about breaking the cycle of debt and smashing those taboos around money. 

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It’s in Netflix shows such as Unorthodox and Sex Education, but why is it still taboo to talk about vaginismus? In this episode, we discuss the condition that impacts millions of people around the world. We hear from listeners about how vaginismus has affected their mental health, sex lives and access to healthcare, plus speak to Lisa Mackenzie, founder of the Vaginismus Network, about her personal experience. We also learn more about the condition from Dr Wafaa Eltantawy, who tells us about the causes and treatment available. Go behind the scenes. Subscribe (https://bit.ly/aimyu-pod) to our newsletter to hear what inspired us to tackle the topics you're probably too squeamish to talk about.

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For this podcast we wanted to tackle identity and motherhood – specifically, how your sense of self changes when you become a mum and as your children grow up, and how the intersection of other identities plays into parenthood as a whole.
We are joined by two women on the podcast who are carving out spaces to represent motherhood in all its glorious variety: Candice Brathwaite, author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother and founder of Make Motherhood Diverse, and Kate Everall of LesBeMums, an award-winning blog documenting the life of her two-mum family and other LGBTQ+ issues.

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In this episode, hosts Brogan Driscoll and Rachel Moss are joined by Sangeeta Pillai, a sex educator and founder of the Soul Sutras network, to talk about how porn impacts our sex lives, relationships, body image ideals and more. Go behind the scenes. Subscribe (https://bit.ly/aimyu-pod) to our newsletter to hear what inspired us to tackle the topics you're probably too squeamish to talk about.

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Women’s bodies, particularly breasts, are hypersexualised – yet our nipples are often censored. And the nipples we do see are almost always the same: small, pert, pink, probably symmetrical and located on a slim, white, cis-gender body. Not only is this lack of representation damaging, but focuses too much on aesthetics.
We’re joined by two amazing guests on this podcast: Emma Low, an artist who makes clay boob pots that are not only fun, but crucially super inclusive (check them out at Pot Yer Tits Away Luv) and Clare O’Neill, a breast cancer survivor and nurse working for CoppaFeel! Charity to talk about nipples in their many, many contexts.
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The world and its marketing agency might be trying to tell us body positivity is in, but the reaction to singer Adele’s recent social pics show that everyone is still hung up on an ‘ideal’ body. And with that brings a whole heap of questions, problems and anxieties over our bodies.
Joining Brogan Driscoll and Rachel Moss, body image and mental health campaigner Natasha Devon looks into our relationship with our bodies and how we can be more comfortable in our own skin on Am I Making You Uncomfortable?
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In this episode of Am I Making You Feel Uncomfortable? we speak to gynaecologist Dr Anitra Mitra - aka Gynae Geek - about everything you wanted to know about vaginas and discharge but felt too embarrassed to ask.
Chatting to Brogan Driscoll and Rachel Moss, the Gynae Geek tells us all about discharge and its importance in a happy sex life.
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