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Woman's Hour: Trial of Harvey Weinstein, How Does Fat Feel, Mindfulness for Parents

06/01/2020

Trial of Harvey Weinstein, How Does Fat Feel, Mindfulness for Parents

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Trial of Harvey Weinstein, How Does Fat Feel, Mindfulness for Parents

Update from a listener, first featured in 2018, talking about how it feels to be fat.

An update from a listener, first featured in 2018, who replied to our question, How Does Fat Feel? Plus insight into how mindfulness can benefit parents and children.

Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial begins in New York today – two years after the first allegations against him were made public. .The Hollywood film producer who’s 67- faces  five charges of rape and sexual assault involving two women. He’s pleaded not guilty. Dozens of other women have made allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against Weinstein  since the publication of revelations in the New York Times in October 2017.  He  denies  any non-consensual sex.  Amanda Taub is a writer for the New York Times.

In May 2018 we put out a call to our listeners, asking How Does Fat Feel? Ena Miller interviewed three of the dozens of listeners who got in touch.  A woman we are calling Jules described herself as fat and said that as she got bigger her life got smaller. Her low self esteem was having an impact on her marriage and her general health was poor.  Today 'Jules' joins Jane to listen again to that interview and to talk about how she feels now.

Practising mindfulness can calm parents and children alike, according to Issy Judd who has written a book Mindfulness for Mums.  She tells Jane about simple activities to relieve chaotic family stress, along with Sian Warriner, Consultant midwife at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who runs mindfulness courses for expectant parents.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Interviewed guest: Amanda Taub
Interviewed guest: Sian Warriner
Interviewed guest: Issy Judd
Reporter: Ena Miller
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

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