Anna Ledgard, end of life doula, speaking on The Anxiety Advantage podcast - hosted by writer and podcaster Yang-May Ooi

Anxiety and Courage in the Face of Death – Anna Ledgard AXAV0208 ¦ The Anxiety Advantage [podcast] Season 02 Episode 08

Are you afraid of death? Most of us are, but it's something that we all have to face eventually. Join The Anxiety Advantage host Yang-May Ooi and end of life doula Anna Ledgard as they explore the life…

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Playwright Joanne Lau speaking about her play Worth on Creative Conversations podcast hosted by Yang-May Ooi

Words and Worth – Joanne Lau CCV0504 ¦ Creative Conversations [podcast] Season 5 Episode 4

Playwright Joanne Lau started out as a neuroscientist and came to writing for the theatre via stand up comedy and TV screenwriting. Now her first play Worth is being produced by New Earth Theatre and premieres at the…

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Retirement coach Liz Watt on Anxiety and Retirment - on The Anxiety Advantage podcast hosted by Yang-May Ooi

Anxiety and Retirement  – Liz Watt AXAV0207 ¦ The Anxiety Advantage [podcast] Season 02 Episode 07 

Feeling anxious about retirement? Listen to this episode of The Anxiety Advantage podcast with Liz Watt and Yang-May Ooi to learn how to navigate the transition with confidence and vitality! #retirement #anxiety #coaching #regeneration #vitality

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The Anxiety Advantage Season 01 Episode 01 - To Be Anxious is To Be Human artwork - podcast by Yang-May Ooi

To Be Anxious is To Be Human – Yang-May Ooi AXAV0101 ¦ The Anxiety Advantage [podcast] Season 01 Episode 01 

Fear can feel overwhelming. Anxiety can cripple us. When we are afraid, we can lash out and behave in horrible ways. When we are anxious, we can feel paralyzed. Our thoughts go round and round in our heads.…

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Sparking Cross-Cultural Chemistry - Patti McCarthy on the Creative Conversations podcast hosted by Yang-May Ooi

Sparking Cross-Cultural Chemistry – Patti McCarthy CCV0407 ¦ Creative Conversations [podcast] and Oxford Moments

How do you fit in to a new country with a different culture from your own? How can we develop a sense of belonging while celebrating our differences especially when we are migrants or expats trying to make…

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Telling Family Stories – Janet Behan and Damian Le Bas CCV0405 ¦ Creative Conversations [podcast]

Actor Janet Behan and writer Damian Le Bas join Creative Conversation host, Yang-May Ooi, in today’s show to talk about Telling Family Stories in the context of their respective Irish, Gypsy and Chinese backgrounds. Along the way they…

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Callum Ruddock, travel writer - Creative Conversations podcast, hosted by Yang-May Ooi

What Travel Writing can tell us about Life – Callum Ruddock CCV0404 ¦ Creative Conversations [podcast] and Oxford Moments

In a world dominated by Youtube videos and Instagram images that can take you anywhere in the world, is there still a place for travel writing? How can the different types of writing about travel tell us about…

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Trees in Snow to illustrate Is My Wardrobe Enchanted? by Yang-May Ooi in her Oxford Moments blog

Is My Wardrobe Enchanted? ¦ Oxford Moments

All this talk of enchantment during times of crisis (see this blog’s previous posts Rose Lane, Pathway to Enchantment and The Enchantment of Christchurch Meadow) prompts writer Yang-May Ooi to think about fantasies of escape from ordinary life …

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"Feeling homey now my books and stuff are up in my new house" - Oxford Moments, a multimedia blog by Writer Yang-May Ooi

Making a New Home in Oxford ¦ Oxford Moments

Writer & Podcaster Yang-May Ooi starts an old-fashioned blog about her new home city. Part journal, part local travelogue, the blog follows her exploration of Oxford, its people and places and what it is like to make a…

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Steve Slack, heritage interpreation consultant, joins writer Yang-May Ooi on the Creative Conversations podcast

Behind the Scenes in the Museum World – Steve Slack, author of Interpreting Heritage CCV0401 ¦ Creative Conversations [podcast]

What do ABBA, Hadrian’s Wall and Grecian Urns have in common? They are all part of the world’s heritage. Steve Slack, writer and heritage interpretation consultant joins Creative Conversations host, Yang-May Ooi in this first episode of 2021…

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