But Why?

This week Clemmie teams up with GambleAware to talk about the new gambling harms prevention campaign to ensure football fans are protected during the current FIFA World Cup and cost-of-living crisis

GambleAware's new campaign underlines the message that 'gambling harms can affect anyone' and is backed by the Football Supporters Association (FSA), as well as former players including Peter Shilton, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Lee Hendrie.

Clemmie talks to Steph Shilton, whose husband, former England goalkeeper and the most capped England footballer, Peter Shilton OBE, was addicted to gambling for 45 years.

And she chats to Jo Mustafa who became addicted to gambling around seven years ago after winning a one-off bet on a football match with her stepdad. 

Anyone concerned about their gambling, or that of a loved one, can visit BeGambleAware.org for free, confidential advice and support, or The National Gambling Helpline is available on 0808 8020 133 and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

And to find out more about the campaign, click here.

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This week Clemmie delves into the world of style with East London based Art Director & Stylist Zeena Shah. Zeena trained as a printed textile designer at Chelsea School of Art & Design, she has a passion for colour, print and pattern AND she's also a print designer/maker/illustrator and Creative Workshop Tutor. 

As if that's not enough, Zeena is also an author and her most recent book - Marbling: Projects, Design Ideas and Techniques for a More Colourful Life - is all about preserving the art of marbling. Oh, and her incredible wedding also featured in Vogue!

Clemmie and Zeena discuss why style is so important, how shopping in your own wardrobe can bring unexpected delights and why men have it tough when it comes to fashion.

You can check out Zeena on Instagram @heartzeena and why not follow Clemmie too @Clemmie_telford. You can also find lots more podcast content @butwhy_podcast.

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This week Clemmie chats to Gemma Cairney about friendship. Gemma is a woman with an incredibly impressive career. She's a former Brit School pupil and fashion stylist, she's a broadcaster, a documentary maker, a journalist and producer.

Gemma has presented across the breadth of the BBC including BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 4, and Radio 1, and she's written for, edited, and contributed to the Guardian, Red, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Elle.

She has won Sony awards for her documentaries, she was the Southbank Artist in Residence and on the WOW panel. And if that's not enough, she's also an author too. He first book Open Your Heart: Your World and Your Future was released in 2018, as was her edition of Hometown Tales, all about life on the south coast.

In this episode Clemmie and Gemma talk about what friendship means to them, how they've gained and lost friends by choice, and how losing a close friend can totally alter your outlook on life.

You can find Gemma on Instagram @gemagain or on Twitter @gemcairn.

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This week Clemmie tackles stress with Dr Julie Smith, who is a Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of professional experience. Julie has previously worked in the NHS, with veterans and the MoD, in addiction and crisis centres, and now in private practice but alongside all of that she is also an online educator and social media star, with a combined following of more than 3.5 million. 

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? is Julie’s first book - it's a mental health toolbox that is filled with ideas, techniques and insights to help you feel calmer, stronger and more resilient, no matter what life throws your way and since being published in January has spent weeks as a #1 Sunday Times Bestseller.

Clemmie and Julie cover all aspects of stress, from what causes us to feel stressed, to why stress, anxiety and excitement are actually very similar.

Find Julie on Instagram @DrJulie and buy her new book from all good sellers!

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Clemmie explores Hyperemesis with presenter, doula, Instagrammer and author of Be Your Own Best Friend: The Glorious Truths of Being Female CHESSIE KING.

Chessie is a shining beacon of honesty but also still positivity which I think is such a hard line to balance. She started sharing fitness content online eight years ago but her content now focuses on body confidence and parenthood. Most recently, she launched Babyhood, a platform to support, guide & empower parents through their first 40 days post-partum.

Chessie tells Clemmie how Hyperemesis impacted her pregnancy and the first weeks of motherhood, whether it would put her off future pregnancies and how she navigated her way through the low points.

Find Chessie on Instagram @ChessieKing and Babyhood @welcometobabyhood.

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Clemmie talks SHAME with Sunday Times bestselling author and social media sensation Laura Belbin who found fame with her social media accounts and blog 'Knee Deep in Life', which were started after she suffered from chronic depression.

Laura uses her social media and comedic talent to challenge issues and stereotypes around shame, body image, mental health, parenting and much more. Her latest book is called "No Shame: How to drop the guilt … from some who’s learned the f**king hard way."

Check out Laura on Instagram @knee_deep_in_life and buy her book here.

You can find Clemmie on Instagram @Clemmie_Telford and check out more podcast content @butwhy_podcast.

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In this episode Clemmie talks to former Love Islander and A&E doctor Dr Alex George about why being sensitive is actually a super power! Who knew?! Since leaving the Love Island villa Dr Alex has become known for his honesty and insight around mental & physical health and wellbeing. He was appointed Youth Mental Health Ambassador by the Government in 2021 and created a Children in Need documentary ‘Our Young Mental Health Crisis’, which aimed to shed light on children’s mental health. 

He has written one Sunday Times Best Selling book and has just released his debut children's book, 'A Better Day'.

In a revealing episode Dr Alex discusses how his sensitivity has been an asset in his medical career and how his resilience was tested by the death of his younger brother. He also gives his take on the mental health challenges facing young people in the UK and offers some words of advice for parents.

Buy Dr Alex's new book here and find him on Instagram @dralexgeorge.

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This week Clemmie is looking at war with child genocide survivor Taban Shoresh, who founded Lotus Flower, a non-profit that supports female conflict survivors and refugees in Kurdistan, Iraq.

With a political activist father during Saddam Hussein’s regime, Taban was imprisoned with her family aged just four, and they narrowly escaped being buried alive. 

After a year dodging bombs and bullets, they were finally flown to the UK by Amnesty to start a new life. 

In 2016 decided to give up her successful City of London career and establish Lotus Flower. It now supports women and girls who lost everything at the hands of ISIS, including their homes and loved ones, and who also suffered barbaric crimes such as slavery, rape and torture.

To find out more about Lotus Flower visit Supporting Women & Girls impacted by conflict I The Lotus Flower.

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This week Clemmie is exploring SEXUAL FREEDOM with Natalie Lee

Natalie began her career as a midwife before starting her blog, Style Me Sunday and Instagram account, in July 2012. Over nearly a decade, she has grown her platform from a blog to a brand, and now reaches women across various different mediums

Throughout this time, she has run events, been a panellist more times than she can count, taken part in a television project about women's quests for better orgasms where she had an orgasm on TV, and worked with a variety of household-name brands.  

Her book ‘Feeling Yourself’ is a modern manifesto and memoir on sex and shame. Each chapter covers a different element of Natalie’s journey.

 In a revealing episode, Clemmie and Natalie cover..... 

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This week Clemmie takes a look at CODEPENDENCY & PEOPLE PLEASING with Jo Westwood aka The Codependency Coach.

Jo specialises in helping women to recover from codependency so they can feel content and secure alone, and have healthy fulfilling relationships in all areas of their lives. She's a recovering codependent herself, and the creator of the Wildly Worthy codependency recovery community, as well as The Anti People Pleasing Podcast. 

Clemmie and Jo cover:

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