Speaking Cat - The Peeking Cat Literary Podcast

This is a talk I gave on the Wisdom app on 29th July 2023. I talk about my upcoming book "the CMMRD book" and how I wrote it in a weekend. I explain what the book is about, including acceptance of an ultra-rare genetic condition.

This is a talk I gave on the Wisdom app on Saturday 28th May 2023.  I discuss how what teachers, relatives, and employers tell young people can affect them in the future and shape how they see themselves.

This is a talk I gave on the Wisdom app on Friday 3rd March 2023. A chilled, soothing episode where I describe my street at night and go off-script into metaphoric musings. Come here to relax.

This is a talk I gave on the Wisdom app about how far I've come over the years since my diagnoses, what acceptance really means, and the difference between acknowledgement and acceptance.

I wanted to do a quick talk about how to cope when you’re waiting for some kind of diagnosis or for caregivers, how to help other people to cope well, in this waiting period. This is a talk I gave on the Wisdom app.

 

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This is a talk I gave on the Wisdom app.

 

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This talk was originally given on the Wisdom app.

 

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I did a talk on the Wisdom app explaining what Lynch syndrome is and my personal story.

 

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This is a talk I gave on Wisdom app on Christmas Eve 2021. I talked about finding inspiration from Christmases past, present and future, as well as engaging the senses and taking time to be introspective and take stock of the year during the festive period.

 

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Featuring poetry from Mehreen Ahmed, Benjamin Biesek and Blair Ewing.

Find out how to submit your reading at peekingcatliterary.co.uk.

Intro and outro music: Trap Hamza by Arulo