Woman Alive | The podcast for Christian women

Woman Alive is into its third episode and we're talking about whether you can be 'called' to be childfree. Host Tola-Doll Fisher is joined by two women who both feel there is a lack of women in The Church that don't have children but are happy that way.

Alex Noel is a writer whose work can be found at https://flexanoel.co.uk/

And Denise Lee Yohn is a business consultant and a brand leadership expert. You can find more about her at https://deniseleeyohn.com/

Our Great Sexpectations question this episode is: I'm getting married but have no idea about contraception.

The producers of the Woman Alive podcast are Chantelle Johnson and Rachel Huston.

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Woman Alive is in its fourth series and in our second episode we're talking about autism. Host Tola-Doll Fisher is joined by three women, each with personal experiences to help give insights into it what it's like living with autism in The Church.

Stephanie C. Holmes is a minister who has a daughter with Asperger's and has written about the subject. Find out more about her at https://www.christianneurodiversemarriage.com

Miya Sae is a christian writer and blogger who was diagnosed with autism aged 26. You can read her work at www.miyasae.com

And Triona Brading is also a christian with autism and volunteers with Through the Roof. https://throughtheroof.org/

Our Great Sexpectations question this episode is: I have been “friend-dumped” and I don’t know what to do.

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Woman Alive is back with a fourth series and in this first episode we're talking about menopause. Host Tola-Doll Fisher is joined by two experts in the field to help Christian women approach and navigate the process of menopause and perimenopause.

Bukky Ayoade is a pharmacist and certified midlife health and wellness coach who can be found at vibrantmidlife.com and Becky Howie is a GP and Lifestyle Medicine Physician specialising in midlife health issues with her coaching practice maldodlife.co.uk

Our Great Sexpectations question this episode is: 'My husband has gone off sex. What should I do?'

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Tola-Doll Fisher is back for another episode of the Woman Alive podcast. This week we're discussing mission burnout and how to avoid it. What do you do when you feel God calling you to work that can sometimes feel too hard? Dr Sarah Kwok gave up her NHS job as a consultant anaesthetist to volunteer for Mercy Ships providing free surgery to those in poverty and knows the perils of going too hard too fast. See the work they do at www.mercyships.org.uk and follow Sarah on X @kwoksa. Ann-Louise Graham experienced burnout working as a writer and photographer for a large christian charity documenting a famine in Africa. She's a biblical counsellor and author of The Anxiety Lie. Find out more at www.ann-louisegraham.com.

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Welcome to a brand new episode of the Woman Alive podcast with Tola-Doll Fisher. Does God want us to work to live or live to work? As modern women juggle jobs and children we're asking two successful professionals how christian women should approach their work. Denise Lee Yohn is a brand leadership expert and keynote speaker. She's author of What Great Brands Do. Find out what she's up to on X @deniseleeyohn. Maxine Nwareni has a great story of triumph over adversity rising from homelessness to becoming a graduate from Cambridge and working with leading international companies. Her book, The Future is Greater: A working mother's guide to finding balance is out now and you can also catch her @maxine_nwaneri on Instagram.

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The latest episode of the Woman Alive podcast is out with host Tola-Doll Fisher putting the controversial topic of yoga to three guests. Is it a great way to meet God in the spiritual season of Lent or does its links with eastern religions bring too much baggage?

Pauline Steenbergen is a Church of Scotland minister and author of Embody Lent...In 29 Yoga Postures which featured in the March issue of Woman Alive. Pauline is passionate about integrating the practice with Christian spirituality. Find out more at limegreenyogi.co.uk

Sherrell Moore-Tucker runs a wellness ministry using movement called Mind Body Faith and acts as a mind and body practitioner, specialising in bringing wellness to those suffering with chronic pain. Find her at sherrellmooretucker.com

And Ruth Carpenter runs the exercise class Psalms & Stretches combining exercise with biblical meditation. Ruth has a background in dance and Pilates. psalmsandstretches.com

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Fresh from Mothering Sunday we'll hearing from three more women who have all faced personal challenges as they bring up their children. We all have mums, so let's celebrate them and thank God for all they do for us.

We're hearing from Jade Reynolds whose been a wheelchair user from the age of 12 and now has two young children. She'll be telling us about some of the physical challenges she faces. Jade presents her own podcast with husband John called Faith and Light. Gemma Adjei lost her mother shortly after having her own child and wrote Mothering without a Mother as a way to cope with the loss. Who do you go to for all those practical questions on parenting when yours isn't there? And Missionary Carrie Jones and her husband Gavin got a shock when they had quintuplets (that's 5 children!) 9 years after their first son was born. We'll hear how that affected her parenting journey. Read more about their life on their family blog.

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We're hearing from more real women in the latest episode of the Woman Alive podcast where Tola-Doll Fisher takes on the issue of infertility with two amazing women. In her book The Wait, Lucy West charts her journey through infertility through to being a mum and what God taught her along the way. You can find her on X @lucywestimages. The brilliant Funke Oham has a similar story to tell. After losing a child at birth she went on to create The Waiting Room to support parents trying to conceive. Read more about her experiences in her book Always a Mum: How I survived my baby loss and at www.funkeoham.com

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This is a bonus episode of the Woman Alive podcast, where we dig deeper into one of the questions we’ve been sent as part of the Great Sexpectations series.

In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ the Woman Alive panel answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. And in the love month of February, the question Tola-Doll Fisher will be asking is ‘Should Christian women propose?’

On the panel is a Christian couple, Takunda Garwe, lifelong Christian and marketing executive and his partner, writer and comedian Cassandra Maria, presenter on Premier Gospel radio.

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In this episode of the Woman Alive podcast, Tola-Doll Fisher discusses the question if Christians should be afraid of dying with Jemimah Wright, author of the article and Deputy Editor of Woman Alive. Also on the panel is Revd Katie Kelly, an Anglican priest who for many years was known as a ‘missionary mum’ of four daughters, combining raising children with serving in the local church and community with a particular focus on family support.

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