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This week, Alice is joined by Nick Collier, better known as Ella Vaday from Series 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race. It was just as Nick was hitting the big time that his mum, Donna, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today we’ll be talking about supporting a family member through a life-c ...  Show more

This week, Rachel is joined by Jo Proud. She was backed by all five dragons when she appeared on BBC One show Dragons Den, when she showcased her business Mood Bears, which is all about helping people express their emotions.  We’ll be chatting about her personal experience and wh ...  Show more

Why does family matter so much to us? As today’s guest, renowned psychotherapist Julia Samuel explains, every client she’s seen in 30 years of practice, mentions their family members. Like it or not, we all carry our upbringing into our adult lives. Our family is wired in us gene ...  Show more

Melissa Rivers is an actress and TV producer who, at just 18 years old, lost her TV producer father Edgar Rosenberg to suicide. Years later, she suffered another sudden loss, when her famous mother Joan Rivers died during a routine medical procedure. Melissa opens up about the st ...  Show more

Most of us first met actor and writer Samuel Johnson - and his silky voice - when he burst onto our screens over 20 years ago in the iconic show, The Secret Life of Us. Since then Sam’s experienced a lot of good times, but also some of the most challenging times any of us could i ...  Show more

Dani Shapiro puts deep-rooted family secrets under a microscope in both her New York Times bestselling memoir, Inheritance, and her podcast, Family Secrets. In today’s episode, Dani provides some insight for parents into striking a delicate balance between “the sky is falling” an ...  Show more