New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster

At 64, Vanessa Feltz is taking one of the biggest gambles ofher extraordinary career - investing her own money in a brand-new YouTube venture and, for the first time in decades, answering to nobody but herself.
After more than 35 years in broadcasting, she's swapping bosses and schedules for creative freedom. But with that freedom comes a frightening question: what if it doesn't work?
In this episode of New Chapters Podcast with IsabelWebster, Vanessa opens up about the thrill - and financial reality - of becoming her own boss. She talks about years of being told what to do, the sheer liberation of choosing what she wants to say, and why she's finally decided to bet on herself.
But reinvention isn't just about work. Vanessa is gloriouslycandid about love, loneliness and the search for companionship. From disastrous dating prospects to her conviction that she'd rather have a root canal thanspend an evening alone, she's as funny, outspoken and refreshingly unfiltered as ever.
There's a more vulnerable side to this conversation, too.Vanessa reflects on the lasting impact of growing up with fiercely critical parents, the pressure to succeed and the painful realisation that, however hard she tried, they seemed to wish she were someone else.
We also talk about divorce, money, the highs and lows oflife in the public eye, and why finding a soulmate can feel increasingly complicated as you get older.
And Vanessa shares her thoughtful advice for anyone contemplating a major change in their own life.
This is a wonderfully funny, frank and revealingconversation about starting again at 64, financial independence, family expectations, love, loneliness - and finding the courage to write your next chapter on your own terms.
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When Hazel Gardiner became seriously ill at 27, she was forced to confront the thing most of us fear most - and it completely changed the way she approached the rest of her life.

In this episode of New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster, Hazel opens up about being diagnosed with a rare cancer, undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and how gardening became an unexpected lifeline during treatment.

Before her diagnosis, Hazel had built a career in television and fashion that looked brilliant on paper. But behind the scenes she was deeply unhappy, struggling with relentless stress and anxiety and, later, PTSD. She describes simply pushing it all down, carrying on and telling herself she was fine.Unable to read or even watch television during treatment, Hazel found there was one thing she could still do - garden. That connection with nature would eventually help lead her towards an extraordinary new career and the creation of her botanical design studio, Hazel Gardiner Design.

Today, Hazel is a botanical designer, broadcaster and writer who has won three RHS Gold Medals - including two at the Chelsea Flower Show - and even heard Monty Don describe her work as one of his favourite things.

She explains why facing mortality completely changed her relationship with fear - and gave her the courage to take risks, change direction and stop worrying so much about what might go wrong.

Hazel also speaks movingly about her mother’s dementia and the strange grief of losing someone who is still physically here, the dangers of comparison, and why the things that don’t quite go to plan are often the ones we learn most from.

This is a hugely uplifting conversation about finding the courage to change direction, learning from what goes wrong and discovering what can grow when life doesn’t go to plan.

Season Two of New Chapters is proudly sponsored by El Pepito, bringing handcrafted Andalusian ceramics and Mediterranean style into the home.

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When Katie Nicholl, one of the best-known royal journalists of her generation, was struck down by a rare and aggressive form of cancer, it became the fight of her life - and changed everything beyond recognition.

In this episode of New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster, Katie opens up about the 11-hour operation to remove half her liver, the end of her marriage, and the complete rebuilding of her life.She describes feeling “stripped back completely naked”, “lashed and whipped by the storms”, and howling that she didn’t know how much more she could take. For Katie, there is now a clear “BC and AC” - before cancer and after cancer.We see a side of her few people know: her love of nature, visualising her body healing, counselling, complementary therapies and healthy living, all alongside conventional medicine.

And she reflects on nearly two decades covering the Royal Family, the stories that made her a New York Times Bestseller, and landing her own Royal show as part of Piers Morgan’s Uncensored brand.

This is a super powerful conversation about cancer, divorce, motherhood, healing, resilience and starting again.

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In this episode of New Chapters with Isabel Webster, Dr Tessy Ojo CBE, CEO of The Diana Award, shares how she left a successful corporate career, took a major pay cut and found a very different kind of purpose.Tessy opens up about the grief that shaped her work, including the loss of her brother and why she believes pain can eventually be turned into purpose.She also talks about leading one of the few charities that still brings Prince William and Prince Harry together in their mother’s name, why Meghan joining the Royal Family felt like “a real turning point”, and the surreal moment Oprah recognised her at Harry and Meghan’s wedding.When pressed by Isabel on the relentless media coverage surrounding William and Harry - Tessy warns headlines and clickbait are dehumanising and bother her 'a lot'.Serious, single-minded and deeply impressive, Tessy is a woman driven by service, opportunity and a determination to create space for others.👉 Follow Isabel: @isabelwebstertv🎥 Watch more: @newchapterspodcast💫 Follow Tessy: @tessyojo👑 The Diana Award: @dianaaward🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE + SUBSCRIBE for more uplifting stories of reinvention, resilience and extraordinary lives / @newchapterspodcast 🎬 Video editor: @KnewKidMedia

In this episode of New Chapters Podcast with Isabel Webster, fashion designer turned bestselling novelist Tabitha Webb opens up about the highs, the losses and the reality behind years of glossy success.

Tabitha built a hugely successful label worn by everyone from the Princess of Wales and Pippa Middleton to Miranda Kerr, Cara Delevingne and Claudia Winkleman. But behind the celebrity endorsements, the business was brutally difficult to make pay and eventually folded very publicly.

Now she’s embracing a completely new chapter, swapping costly fashion for gloriously racy fiction. Her latest novel, Playing The Field, is full of half-naked farmers, countryside escapism and romps in the proverbial haystack. 🚜👨‍🌾🌾🔥

Warm, vulnerable, very funny and brilliantly self-deprecating, Tabitha talks ambition, money, self-doubt, motherhood and reinvention, and explains why success doesn’t always look quite the way it appears from the outside.

She also reveals why her husband thinks she’d lose less money if she simply sat at the kitchen table drinking tea. 😂

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Playing The Field by Tabitha Webb, published by HarperCollins, is available now

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