Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri
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Have you ever wanted X-ray specs into human behaviour? Then this is the podcast for you. Listen to ‘brilliant, insightful and wise’ agony aunt and journalist Annalisa Barbieri, as she releases exclusive conversations between her and the trusted specialists she’s consulted over the years, who put a life time’s learning into each conversation. Every week you can learn more about yourself and the people around you. Series 10 launched 1 September 2025.
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- How To Agree to Disagree (turning conflict into connection) with Gabrielle Rifkind · 43 min · Sezon 12 Odcinek 6I am not a fan of the saying “let’s agree to disagree”, it can be so passive aggressive. But it’s the title of Gabrielle Rifkind’s new book and maybe this pass-agg comment…
- Who we are and who we have become in an age of technology and A.I with Prof Alessandra Lemma · 48 min · Sezon 12 Odcinek 5This episode was not easy to name. The subject is highly topical, but the take on it is original and thought-provoking. Alessandra has written her 25th book: ‘Psychotechnical…
- Loneliness with David Robson · 38 min · Sezon 12 Odcinek 4In this episode I’m in conversation with David Robson. David is an award winning science writer and author of three books, one of which The Laws of Connection, we really delve…
- The Menstrual Brain with Dr Sophie Behrman · 39 min · Sezon 12 Odcinek 3Dr Sophie Behrman is a is a general adult psychiatrist and works in a community mental health team in Oxford. She’s set up an NHS menopause and menstrual disorders clinic, open…
- Dissociation with Dr Joanne Stubley · 59 min · Sezon 12 Odcinek 2I first came across the concept of dissociation when I saw a film called Sybil starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. It was about a young woman with multiple personalities…
- Why the arts are good for us with Prof Daisy Fancourt · 37 min · Sezon 12 Odcinek 1Daisy Fancourt is a professor of psychobiology and epidemiology and head of the Social Biobehavioural research group at University College London. She has a Phd in…
- The Menopause Brain with Dr Sophie Behrman · 41 min · Sezon 11 Odcinek 6I’m very pleased to see the menopause is being discussed more that it ever was. It does, after all, potentially affect a great many of us: directly and by proxy. About fifteen…
- Projection with psychotherapist Ryan Bennett-Clark · 46 min · Sezon 11 Odcinek 5In the spring of 2020, I got a letter. It was, quite possibly, the worse letter I’ve ever got and I’ve had a few. It was full of bile and unhappiness, unfair and harsh. I…
- Overwhelmed with Claudia Hammond · 42 min · Sezon 11 Odcinek 4Claudia Hammond is an award-winning author and broadcaster. Listeners may recognise her name and voice from her Radio Four programme All in the Mind, or Health Check on the…
- Facing Fate with Andrew Balfour · 39 min · Sezon 11 Odcinek 3Hello and welcome to E3 of S11 of Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri. This one is a bit of a potentially scary subject: facing fate. But I’m here to hold your hand through it…
- Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs) with Professor Clare Mackay · 47 min · Sezon 11 Odcinek 2Welcome back to Series 11 and episode 3. What are BFRBs? It's picking, biting or pulling, skin, nails or hair or Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours. Here I’m in conversation…
- The Good Enough Mother with Professor Alessandra Lemma · 39 min · Sezon 11 Odcinek 1Here is episode 1 of Series 11 of my podcast: Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri. I’ve long been fascinated with the idea of good enough, not only in mothering but, actually…
- Anxiety in the Young with psychotherapist Alison Roy · 47 min · Sezon 10 Odcinek 6One of the things I've noticed in recent years is the rise of anxiety in the young. What do I mean by young? Around secondary school age 11-18/19. It's not, as I say in this…
- Finding Joy with Professor Morten Kringelbach · 1 godz. 1 min · Sezon 10 Odcinek 5This episode is quite heavy on the neuroscience, which is one of my favourite subjects and it was recorded in person, in Oxford. I'm in conversation is with Professor Morten…
- How to Make Friends with Chris Mills · 51 min · Sezon 10 Odcinek 4As the years have gone by I've noticed a real shift in the sort of problems I get and friendship is a subject which is rearing its head again and again now. From young people to…
- Siblings with Catherine Carr · 1 godz. 1 min · Sezon 10 Odcinek 3The sibling podcast in series one remains the most listened to of all the Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri podcasts. So it seemed only right to re-visit this with a Sibling…
- Facing Adversity with Professor Lucy Easthope · 57 min · Sezon 10 Odcinek 2In this episode Lucy and I discuss how to do hard things, such as face adversity. Much as we all like to believe in an Enid Blyton [insert whichever imaginary world brought you…
- Should I have a(nother) baby? with psychotherapist Julia Bueno · 42 min · Sezon 10 Odcinek 1Welcome back! This is episode 1 of Series 10. Here I'm in conversation with UKCP registered psychotherapist and author Julia Bueno (who joined us in Series 4 talking about the…
- Womb Life. Life before we are born with psychotherapist Graham Music · 57 min · Sezon 9 Odcinek 6This podcast was inspired by Graham Music's book of the same name, Womb Life which is the best book on pregnancy I've ever read. Graham and I talk about the secret life of twins…
- The Parentified Child with psychotherapist Lisa Bruton · 36 min · Sezon 9 Odcinek 5In this, the penultimate episode of Series 9, I talk to UKCP accredited psychotherapist Lisa Bruton who is also a guest tutor at the University of Oxford. We talk about the…
- Hope and Loss with psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr Stephen Blumenthal · 50 min · Sezon 9 Odcinek 4In this episode, an idea suggested by my conversationalist, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr Stephen Blumenthal, we explore the big, painful emotion of loss. We tend…
- Retirement: should you, could you? From a psychological POV with psychotherapist Chris Mills · 45 min · Sezon 9 Odcinek 3Increasingly I get asked this question a lot in my Guardian column. Not from a financial POV but the 'should I retire and what will life be like afterwards?' question. Welcome…
- Should We Move? With psychotherapist Mark Vahrmeyer · 46 min · Sezon 9 Odcinek 2Welcome to episode 2 of Series 9 (Series 9 will be released sporadically). Should We Move? This has always been a question I've been asked a lot via my Guardian column (and in…
- Body Image, with Professor Alessandra Lemma, chartered clinical and counselling psychologist and psychoanalyst. · 51 min · Sezon 9 Odcinek 1I'd been wanting to do this podcast for a while. Professor Alessandra Lemma is one of the most experienced, and insightful, specialists I work with. Every word she shares is a…
- A Problem In the Family (and navigating CAMHS) with psychotherapist John Cavanagh · 1 godz. 10 min · Sezon 8 Odcinek 6This is the last episode, episode six, in Series 8 and in it I talk to UKCP registered family and systemic psychotherapist and John Cavanagh who is also a registered mental…
- Family Estrangement with Psychotherapist Chris Mills · 51 min · Sezon 8 Odcinek 5Very early on in my career as The Guardian's Agony Aunt the letters started coming in about family estrangements - the "should I cut X out of my life" style questions. Back then…
- Attachment with psychotherapist Dr Graham Music · 55 min · Sezon 8 Odcinek 4What is attachment and how does attachment theory different from the primary real-life attachment we learnt as babies? The two often get confused. In this episode I talk to…
- Forensic Psychotherapy with clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr Stephen Blumenthal · 56 min · Sezon 8 Odcinek 3Forensic psychotherapy is psychotherapy with people who have committed criminal offences. In this episode I talk with clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr Stephen…
- Self-sabotage with psychotherapist Ryan Bennett-Clarke · 54 min · Sezon 8 Odcinek 2Did you know that procrastination, risky behaviour, blaming others and even infidelity may be a sign of self-sabotage? There are a host of other symptoms, too. In this, episode 2…
- Baby Loss with Professor Lucy Easthope · 1 godz. 6 min · Sezon 8 Odcinek 1Welcome to series 8 of Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri. This episode was Professor Lucy Easthope's idea as it’s something she really wanted to talk about and I’m honoured…
- Birth Trauma with Kim Thomas, journalist and CEO of The Birth Trauma Association · 52 min · Sezon 7 Odcinek 6This is the final episode in Series 7. It's about birth trauma and I speak with journalist, author and CEO of The BTA, Kim Thomas. We talk about what birth trauma is, what can…
- Envy with psychotherapist Ryan Bennett-Clarke · 57 min · Sezon 7 Odcinek 5Interviewing Ryan Bennett-Clarke for my Guardian column - about something else entirely - we got talking about envy. And what he had to say fair blew my mind. What is envy? How…
- Unresolved Grief (adults bereaved in childhood) with psychotherapist Mandy Gosling · 48 min · Sezon 7 Odcinek 4Although unresolved grief can hit us at any stage in our lives, this episode specifically talks about childhood bereavement and the impact it can have on adulthood. My guest is…
- Shame with clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr Stephen Blumenthal · 44 min · Sezon 7 Odcinek 3Dr Stephen Blumenthal returns (catch him in Series 2 talking about Intimacy and Trust in Series 5) and this time we're talking about shame. What it is, how it differs to…
- Why You Can Never Plan Too Much with Professor Lucy Easthope · 59 min · Sezon 7 Odcinek 2Professor Lucy Easthope is a UK expert and advisor on emergency planning and disaster recover. A world authority on recovery and disaster planning and its aftermath. She’s…
- Where to Die (Home, Hospice, Care Home or Hospital) with Dr Kathryn Mannix · 1 godz. 13 min · Sezon 7 Odcinek 1Where to die? Not everyone gets that choice but you or a loved one might and that choice may be to go home from a hospice or hospital or care home, or go into one. In this…
- What makes a 'real' relationship with psychotherapist Joanna Harrison · 43 min · Sezon 6 Odcinek 6Not what makes a relationship real vs fantasy or made up, but the nubbins of relationships, the reality. Many people seem unprepared for what a real relationship looks and feels…
- Managing the In-Laws with psychotherapist Hannah Sherbersky · 56 min · Sezon 6 Odcinek 4The in-laws, long the butt of jokes but in reality rich fodder for my Guardian mail bag. Of course, none of us think of ourselves as troublesome in-laws, but maybe we are? In…
- Difficult Conversations Around Suicide with consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy Dr Jo Stubley · 1 godz. 5 min · Sezon 6 Odcinek 5Talking about suicide is never easy, yet it's essential. In this difficult episode both Dr Stubley and I bring personal experiences to the conversation in the hope that it might…
- The Psychology of Money with psychotherapist Chris Mills · 41 min · Sezon 6 Odcinek 3Why do some people find it so hard to talk about money? And whilst it's not a romantic thing to bring up it's absolutely essential if you're thinking of buying a property with…
- How to Help Siblings of Brothers and Sisters with Additional Needs with Linda Owen, Information Officer for the charity Sibs · 46 min · Sezon 6 Odcinek 2Sibs is a charity which supports children and adults who grow up with a brother or sister with additional needs or a long term health condition. And Linda Owen is the rather…
- Everyone's a Narcissist (apparently) with psychotherapist Mark Vahrmeyer · 1 godz. 2 min · Sezon 6 Odcinek 1Welcome to episode 1 of Series 6 A good few years ago, I started becoming aware of a term I'd hitherto not really heard much before, outside of my classics lessons: narcissism…
- Understanding Toddlers with child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas · 1 godz. 6 min · Sezon 5 Odcinek 6A lot of people struggle with the toddler stage. Where have their lovely, compliant babies gone? I think it's got worse the later we leave parenthood and the more used we are to…
- Planning a Good Funeral with progressive funeral director Louise Winter · 1 godz. 0 min · Sezon 5 Odcinek 5This is not a subject many of us discuss is it? Birth plans, maybe, weddings, definitely, but we will all die and we all need a send off, however small and modest. This episode…
- The Mechanics of Birth with Lead Research Midwife Amy Sutton Cole · 55 min · Sezon 5 Odcinek 4The way labour and birth is depicted on film and TV has bugged me for some years and, I think, does little to make women feel empowered. This episode isn't about how or where to…
- A Question of Trust with psychoanalyst Dr Stephen Blumenthal · 41 min · Sezon 5 Odcinek 3This is our first listener requested episode. "Joanne" (not her real name) asked us if we could do an episode on trust, after her husband had an affair. Although Joanne asked…
- Talking about Rape and Sexual Assault with SARSVL CEO Katie Russell · 52 min · Sezon 5 Odcinek 2This is a difficult subject, but an important one. I still get letters from people unsure whether they've been the survivor of sexual violence. My guest is Katie Russell, former…
- What It Means To Belong with psychotherapist Mark Vahrmeyer · 43 min · Sezon 5 Odcinek 1What does it mean to belong? What does it feel like? And does it even matter? I started asking myself this a few years ago, possibly because, as a child of immigrants, I wasn't…
- An Introduction to Sex with specialist in sexology Silva Neves · 42 min · Sezon 4 Odcinek 6Despite the plethora of information that's now available about sex, across so many mediums, it's still astonishing the misinformation that's spread on sex and the sexual organs…
- Baby-Led Weaning with Gill Rapley · 46 min · Sezon 4 Odcinek 5If you've even been near a baby, let alone had one, you've probably heard of baby-led weaning, the idea that babies don't need to have puree laden spoons shovelled into their…
