Category Archives: On The Show

Great expectations

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As we wait – and wait – for spring to come (and actually stick around!), it’s a very expectant time of year right now.

So what could be better than to have Girls Around Town guests who work with women who are (or have been) expecting on this week’s show?

In the studio between 10am and 12 noon on Sunday, Fiona and Sue will be meeting Janey Harvey and Katie Greenfield, both very experienced yoga teachers.  Janey, who specialises in yoga for pregnancy, has been running classes in Newark for over 12 years and will be talking in the first hour about how she helps mums prepare for the big day with gentle yoga.

Then it’s over to Katie for the second hour of the show. Well-known in Newark for her baby yoga classes, she’s also passionate about postnatal yoga, for mums who have recently had a baby. More than just a nice way to relax, this is about helping your body adjust to and recover from the massive changes that birth brings with it – so, if your pelvic floor is a distant memory, this could be just what you need!

Find out more about yoga for pregnancy with Janey here and visit Katie’s website for details of new classes starting next month.

Tune in or listen online on Sunday morning to hear what Janey and Katie have to say and, from Fiona,  find out how homeopathy can also help during pregnancy and birth, whether for health niggles like indigestion or keeping energy levels up during labour. Now breathe…

Lingerie loveliness after breast surgery

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Finding the right bra is no easy task at the best of times. But for most of us, the search is a walk in the park compared with the difficulties faced by thousands of women looking for a bra – any bra! – after breast surgery.

Every year, 50,000 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer and they all need to replace their bras immediately. One such woman was next Sunday’s guest Sue Pringle, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 40. Following a mastectomy and reconstruction after two inconclusive lumpectomies and a further lumpectomy 10 years later, she just wasn’t satisfied with the choices on offer.

So she decided to put an end to tears in the changing room, to turn what she calls her ‘grump’ into a business – and millie lingerie was born…

Sue joins the Girls Around Town in the studio to talk about how, after a long and successful career in product development and marketing with retailers such as Clarks, Boots and Interflora, she’s just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help move the millie bra from prototype to production.

Sign up to support the campaign and you can take your pick from a series of ‘rewards’, whether you want to be among the first to own a millie, give one to a special friend or family member or help someone else feel a little lingerie loveliness by choosing to make a gift of a millie (or millies) to one of their charity partners, Nottingham Hospitals Charity or Keeping Abreast.

Tune in or listen online between 10am and 12 noon when Sue tells June and Tina about her mission to find ways of making it easier, more accessible and just as much fun as it should be for women to buy a bra after breast surgery.

Leader of the pack

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Are you a natural leader? Or do you need help finding out how to become a good leader in your own life, to discover your inner Alpha Wolf?

You probably know that the best leaders come from a position of confidence, kindness and consistency in their deeds, inspiring trust and respect in others and encouraging them to be the best they can be.

But just where do wolves come into all of this?

Join the Girls Around Town next weekend to hear guest Mel Downing explain why her leadership courses use the powerful metaphor of the wolf pack and how becoming an Alpha Wolf can help you take responsibility for achieving your own future success, whatever that means to you!

“Wolves are a highly organised and benevolent species,” says Mel. “They live in packs led by the Alpha Pair, which makes all the decisions in the life of the pack and every decision is made for the good of the pack.

“Whether you’re running your own business, changing career, parenting children, struggling with relationships or want to take your life in a different direction, our one-day Personal Leadership and Empowerment courses use their example to give you all the tools and support you need to find a better way of living and working in the world.”

Tune in or listen online between 10am and 12 noon next Sunday when Mel joins June, Tina and Sue to talk about this unique approach to developing your personal leadership skills. And if you’re a dog owner, you’ll want to hear what she says about two new courses on Canine Conversation too…