This is Not Therapy
Poet and theatre-maker Tina Sederholm riffs on those nagging issues that refuse to go away. Whether it’s dealing with a tyrannical to-do list, your job, marriage or simply trying to find inner peace, Tina has at least 42 stories to shift your perspective. Think of it as being wrapped in a lambswool patchwork poncho of love, and handed a homemade mint tea. Or taking a breath of actual fresh air, not air freshener. Or that sense of satisfaction you get when you finally de-sludge the kitchen sink plughole. Ahh…that’s better.
Episodes
26 episodes
S3E5 Everything's Working Out ...Poetically
S3E5 Everything’s Working Out…PoeticallyThis week’s episode features edited highlights of Everything’s Working Out Poetically, recorded the the Old Fire Station in Oxford, November 14th 2023, which asked,How do you...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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49:55
S3E4 Where'd You Park Your Spaceship?
S3E4 Where’d You Park Your Spaceship?Sometimes you take a risk and the risk comes off. I asked one of my all time heroes, New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell, if he would come on the podcast. And he said ‘Yep.’What?! On my...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:07:22
S3E3 Do This One Thing Every Day
S3E3 Do This One Thing Every DayEarly career writers often get the advice to ‘Write Every Day’. Adverts for fitness and self-improvement products exhort you to ‘Just do this for 10 minutes a day and your belly/ bank balance/life will cha...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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16:33
S3E2 Winner Never Quit, Quitters Never Win
S3E2 Winners Never Quit, Quitters Never WinWhat motivational quotes really get up your nose? In a slight departure from our normal format, I’m going to spend the next few episodes exploring common bits of life advice that are supposed to...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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17:19
S3E1 Treat Your Money Like Your Lover
S3E1 Treat Your Money Like Your LoverThis is Not Therapy is back for a third season, and yet again I’m kicking off with an off-piste episode where, instead of the usual format, I interview a fascinating individual to set the tone ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:05:34
S2E10 Read Hitchhikers!
S2E10 Read Hitchhikers!Do you have a book that you return to over and over again? What is it about that story? Is it getting lost in it that helps, or does it contain some wisdom, some clue that helps you makes sense of a chaotic ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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16:18
S2E9 Till Debt Us Do Part
S2E9 Till Debt Us Do PartMoney and debt can be triggering at the best of times but during a cost of living crisis? Let’s not even go there. But maybe we should. Maybe it’s time to look those fears in the face, or at least peak bet...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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25:06
S2E8 Memo to Mothers (and Those Who Are Not)
S2E8 Memo to Mothers (and Those Who Are Not)Whether you are blessed with child-bearing organs or not, I bet at some point in your life you tussled with yourself about whether to have children. I know I spent most of my twenties trying to...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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18:32
S2E7 REST: The One That Got Away
S2E7 Rest: The One that Got AwayEver find yourself saying, ‘I’ll just get that job done and then I’ll have a sit down,’ only to move onto the next task, having possibly put some water in the kettle, but never having made that cup ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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22:52
S2E6 Hello Failure, My Old Friend
S2E6 Hello Failure, My Old Friend In a world obsessed with success, Tina makes friends with disappointment, setbacks and the F-word.Featured Poem: Failure, You Make Me Interesting , from the collection
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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18:03
S2E5 Snow Leopardess and Me
S2E5 Snow Leopardess and MeHave you ever broken something you loved? Or been broken by it? My first love was horses, and yet by the age of 30, all the joy had gone out of the relationship, and I thought I could never get it back. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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20:43
S2E4 What Have Waterlilies Done for Me Lately?
How do you integrate lifechanging moments back into your everyday world? In fact, how do you return from anything? Tina goes on an unexpected pilgrimage with surprising results.Featured Poems: Revelation, from the collection
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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21:26
S2E3 Miss Coneybeare-Cross's Composition Competition
S2E3 Miss Coneybeare-Cross’s Composition Competition Why is it, that when you find something you want to do - write a book ,get a new job, get fit etc - your mind instantly comes up with all the reasons why you can’t or...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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18:00
S2E2 NELLIE'S PERFECT NUGGETS
S2 E2. Nellie’s Perfect NuggetsIt’s all very well finding the marvellous in mundane yet pleasant things, but what about finding the marvellous in icky things? Tina takes on the challenge in this episode, with the help of Nellie th...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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20:58
S2E1 Eleanor and the Ego Eradicator
Welcome back to series 2 of This Is Not Therapy! In a change from our normal programming, today I interview Eleanor O’Brien, sex positive theatre maker and all round wonderful mensch. We talk about following wildly improbable dreams, making the...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:02:25
S1E10 Making Friends With Gratitude
S1E10 Making Friends with GratitudeHow do you feel when someone asks you what you are grateful for? It should feel good, right? I struggled with gratitude for years. It felt like a straitjacket imposed from the outside, as som...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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12:52
S1E9 Who Are You?
S1E9 Who Are You?What do you say when a stranger asks you ‘What do you do?’ Is your job title enough to describe who you are? Or does the answer make you chafe? Tina takes an irreverent look at the labels we give ourselves and asks if th...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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16:56
S1E8 How Old Did You Say You Were?
S1E8 How Old Did You Say You Were?Ahhh….ageing. Happening to all of us, even those who look very young. Here’s a way to make peace with not only ageing, but any so-called youthful mistakes.Featured Poems: Letter to Tina of the...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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14:57
S1E7 How to Delight Your Dental Hygienist
S1E7 How To Delight Your Dental HygienistI know what you’re thinking. Ahh, Tina’s doing one about dentistry/people pleasing. And you could be forgiven for thinking that, bearing in mind the title. But in fact, it’s about…...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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26:37
S1E6 I Assume You Know What You Are Talking About
S1E6 I Assume You Know What You Are Talking AboutYes, yes we all know what assumptions do. They make an ass out of me and…umption. Seriously though, assumptions are tiny hidden engines that run our thinking and influence our decisi...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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11:12
S1E4 How to Get Everything Done (or not)
S1E4 How to Get Everything Done (or not)Is your to-do list a friend, or foe? Servant or master?To-do Lists, structure, planning apps….and yet it just takes one phone call for it all to go awry. Tina delves into our ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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14:03
S1 E4a BONUS Edinburgh Fringe episode
We're currently at the Edinburgh Fringe, so here's a bonus episode, made on the fly, to give you a flavour of what it's like to be a performer at the Fringe.Featuring:
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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6:50
S1E3: We all have Ghost Ships
S1E3: We all have Ghost ShipsWhen you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Did you do it? In this week’s episode, Tina explores her un-lived lives and finds a surprisingly joyful way to make peace with them.Featur...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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14:39
S1E2: Does Every Freedom Become a Prison?
Do you remember how excited you were when you got your first mobile phone? Or the first time you heard a ping from your computer that said 'You've Got Mail?'How do you feel about them now?Tina takes a quick journey down memory lane, to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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16:47