To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Viv presents a special five-part series featuring psychologist Ethan Kross, author of Chatter: The Voice In Our Head and How to Harness It. Part three discusses the role other people can play in challenging our inner voice. What they do to help — and what they do to hinder us. And what role does environment play? Could cleaning your kitchen be the secret to controlling your inner voice? (Disclaimer: we are not telling anyone to clean their kitchen.)

You can find out more about Ethan at ethankross.com

Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is out now.

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To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Viv presents a special five-part series featuring psychologist Ethan Kross, author of Chatter: The Voice In Our Head and How to Harness It. In part two: What is “distanced self-talk” and why is it so helpful? How thinking forward into the future and backwards into the past can help you reassure yourself and find perspective. And why talking to yourself in the third person is the ultimate psychological ju-jitsu technique.    You can find out more about Ethan at ethankross.com

Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is out now.

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To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Viv presents the second of two special five-part series. This week: Inner Voice with psychologist Ethan Kross, author of Chatter: The Voice In Our Head and How to Harness It. Is your inner voice sabotaging your presenting style? In part one we look at what “chatter” is, how to avoid “spinning” (going into a negative thought spiral) and why it matters for women to pay attention to their internal monologue. 

You can find out more about Ethan at ethankross.com

Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is out now.

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To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Viv presents a special five-part series featuring Hillary Rea, award-winning storyteller and founder of communication consultancy Tell Me a Story. In this fifth and final part: why you don’t need to be a flashy version of yourself, why telling your story is important because it shows others that it’s OK to tell their stories, keeping “something in your back pocket” to share and... the role gender plays in storytelling. Also, Viv finally admits what we all knew already: that she loves the sound of her own voice.

You can find out more about Hillary at tellmeastory.info 

Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is out now.

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Viv presents a special five-part series featuring Hillary Rea, award-winning storyteller and founder of communication consultancy Tell Me a Story. Part four is about the practicalities of your story: how to know how long you should talk for, why every story must have a beginning, middle and end - plus Viv unpicks how she learned the hard way that a story needs to be self-contained, otherwise the audience just gets really irritated with you. 

You can find out more about Hillary at tellmeastory.info 

Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is out now.

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Viv presents a special five-part series featuring Hillary Rea, award-winning storyteller and founder of communication consultancy Tell Me a Story. Part three explains how you can use storytelling to bring your true self to work and talk about who you are “beyond the blazer” (your work persona). Plus, how to know when a story is ready to be told and when it’s too raw to share. And… Viv reveals her phobia of her own weird nose.

You can find out more about Hillary at tellmeastory.info 

Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is out now.

To celebrate International Women's Day 2021, Viv presents a special five-part series featuring Hillary Rea, award-winning storyteller and founder of communication consultancy Tell Me a Story. Part two explains how choosing five simple words will help you build your story quickly and easily — and how mastering this technique means that you have something to say for every occasion. Hillary puts Viv on the spot to find her five words and it blows Viv’s mind. (In fairness, it is a mind that is easily blown.)

You can find out more about Hillary at tellmeastory.info She has also created this page where listeners can get the 5 Word Story template to try out.

Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is out now.

To celebrate International Women's Day 2021, Viv presents a special five-part series featuring Hillary Rea, award-winning storyteller and founder of communication consultancy Tell Me a Story. In part one we look at how storytelling techniques can revolutionise your communication at work - and in life. Why do we care so much about stories and what can they be used for? What is “the hero’s journey”? And can stories really help you to "fall in love" with yourself? 

You can find out more about Hillary at tellmeastory.info

Viv's book, Lift As You Climb is out now.

Sex or work? Viv Groskop talks to radical feminist critic, journalist and memoirist Vivian Gornick about the gains of the feminist movement - and what still stands in the way. They discuss the revelations of #MeToo, the TV show The Crown and the reason your inner critic is actually a sign of liberation. They talk Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Hilary Clinton - and the importance of gaining power over your own life and purpose. Oh, and not having to choose between sex and work.

You can buy Vivian's latest book Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader here

Viv's books, including How to Own the Room, are out now.

And you can subscribe now to Viv's podcast, We Can Rebuild Her; a series of intimate conversations about reinventing yourself in the age of pandemic.

Are you still waiting for the cavalry? Viv Groskop talks to June Angelides, investor, entrepreneur and founder of Mums In Tech, the UK's first child-friendly coding school for mums. June talks about privilege and entitlement, about how to boost investment in Black-owned ventures - and about the moment she realised she had to be her own cavalry. She reveals what she learned about creativity and entrepreneurship from the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant, and how vital it is to be authentic, even if that means feeding your baby in the boardroom.

Find out more about June's work and life at juneangelides.com

Viv's books, including How to Own the Room, are out now.

And you can subscribe now to Viv's new podcast, We Can Rebuild Her; a series of intimate conversations about reinventing yourself in the age of pandemic.