THE podcast for Christian women, talking real life and real faith. No topic is off limits as together we get closer to God, dig into the Bible and discuss what ...
Is church the only holy place? Host Tola-Doll Fisher and her guests consider the more unusual places people have claimed to find God - including retreats, forest bathing and solo car trips.
Karen Simmonds is the founder of Travel Matters, a company creating sustainable journeys for conscious travellers. Find out more about her work at Travel Matters - Bespoke Travel & Holidays around the World.
Jemimah Wright is Deputy Editor of Woman Alive, author and keen wild water swimmer. Find her on Instagram at jemimah_a_wright.
Our Great Sexpectations dilemma this episode is: 'I think I'm asexual.' GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I think I am asexual
The producer of the Woman Alive podcast is Rachel Huston.
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Late marriage was part of God's plan for us
In this heartwarming episode we hear from three women who married in what society would consider ‘later’ in life.
Wendy Griffith is a TV presenter who co-hosts the American television series The 700 Club and married aged 54. She's author of You Are a Prize to be Won which talks about a woman's worth.
Amy Peterson tied the knot at 45 after holding onto a 25-year-old promise from God that she would one day marry. She is the author of the novel Perpetua.
Patricia Walcott married later in life as well after a long-term relationship with someone else and believes her late marriage was all part of God's plan.
The Great Sexpectations dilemma this episode is 'My Christian boyfriend is a narcissist'
https://www.womanalive.co.uk/sex-and-relationships/great-sexpectations-my-christian-boyfriend-was-a-narcissist/17600.article
The producer of the Woman Alive podcast is Rachel Huston.
Special offer! Podcast listeners get 50% off Woman Alive magazine: womanalive.co.uk/podcast
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The truth about women and sex work
In this episode we'll be talking to two women about how best to protect sex workers. Would decriminalising sex work help? Could it even make things worse?
Jan Coleman is a former prostitute who has been fighting sexual exploitation in the porn industry for 17 years. After working as a porn actress she was sex trafficked herself. She now works as Intervention Leader for Kainos in Germany.
Karen Murdarasi is an Albanian interpreter and the secretary of Restore Glasgow, an anti-human-trafficking charity. She worked as a missionary in Albania in the early 2000s and has written on the subject in her first novel, Leda.
The Great Sexpectations dilemma this episode is 'Is born again virginity possible?'
https://www.womanalive.co.uk/opinion/great-sexpectations-is-born-again-virginity-possible/18204.article
The producer of the Woman Alive podcast is Rachel Huston.
Special offer! Podcast listeners get 50% off Woman Alive magazine: womanalive.co.uk/podcast
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Christian without church
In this episode we're talking about Christians who no longer go to church. Some have trauma from their experiences of attending. Others find value in meeting in person each week, even if they don't always get on with everyone.
Oliva Jackson is author of (Un)Certain: A Collective Memoir of Deconstructing Faith which uses the stories and reflections of over 150 interviewees from believers who felt the need to leave churches in order to heal.
Emma Fowle is Deputy Editor of Premier Christianity and Editor of Voice of Hope, Premier's quarterly devotional magazine. She's a regular churchgoer in her home in Cornwall.
Our Great Sexpectations dilemma this episode is: 'I'm scared of childbirth but want children, what should I do?'
https://www.womanalive.co.uk/sex-and-relationships/great-sexpectations-i-am-scared-of-childbirth-but-want-children-what-can-i-do/17800.article
The producer of the Woman Alive podcast is Rachel Huston.
Special offer! Podcast listeners get 50% off Woman Alive magazine: womanalive.co.uk/podcast
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Women are cursed
It all began with a little old apple...In this episode we'll be asking if women really are cursed and if we are do we just put up with it? Host Tola-Doll Fisher is joined by two guests:
Michelle Tant is a midwife, lecturer and deacon. She writes on her own blog Michelle Tant https://michelletant.blogspot.com/ and for Woman Alive magazine on breastfeeding and women's issues.
Belle Tindall is a theologian with a doctorate in Biblical Studies specialising in the radical inclusion of Jesus and the empowerment of women. She's a regular columnist for Woman Alive magazine and also writes for the Centre for Cultural Witness.
The Great Sexpectations dilemma this episode is 'Can I kiss boys at parties?'
https://www.womanalive.co.uk/opinion/great-sexpectations-can-i-kiss-boys-at-parties/17290.article
The producer of the Woman Alive podcast is Rachel Huston.
Special offer! Podcast listeners get 50% off Woman Alive magazine: womanalive.co.uk/podcast
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