Generation Uncharted
Generation Uncharted
Podcast Description
We are a generation navigating uncharted waters.
They say it’s the best time to be alive, but for many, it doesn’t feel that way. Crippling taxes, a cost-of-living crisis, and rising divorce rates leave little room for stability, let alone fun.
So what does living well and being successful actually look like in today’s world? And how do we move from just surviving to thriving?
Join broadcaster and author Lewis Oakley as he speaks with experts, innovators, and everyday people to uncover fresh perspectives, smarter life hacks, and practical ways to live well—despite the odds.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
Explores themes around modern living, personal success, and navigating contemporary challenges, with episodes featuring discussions on technology's impact on society, life hacks for mental well-being, and insights into achieving work-life balance. For example, the first episode with Davis Fang dives into the future of AI and how technology shapes our lives.
We are a generation navigating uncharted waters.
They say it’s the best time to be alive, but for many, it doesn’t feel that way. Crippling taxes, a cost-of-living crisis, and rising divorce rates leave little room for stability, let alone fun.
So what does living well and being successful actually look like in today’s world? And how do we move from just surviving to thriving?
Join broadcaster and author Lewis Oakley as he speaks with experts, innovators, and everyday people to uncover fresh perspectives, smarter life hacks, and practical ways to live well—despite the odds.
Helen Thorn is the author of How to Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger and one half of Scummy Mummies.
In this episode of Generation Uncharted, Helen joins Lewis Oakley to talk about the moment her life changed completely, discovering her husband had been having a four-year affair just before lockdown, navigating divorce, single parenting, dating again, and rebuilding a sense of self when the future you thought you had disappears.
This is a conversation about what happens when life does not go to plan.
Helen speaks openly about betrayal, desire, modern relationships, why divorce does not have to mean failure, and how big change can force you to ask who you really are without the old roles, routines and expectations.
They also discuss Helen’s new book, How to Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger, including the stories of women who have faced grief, cancer, addiction, divorce and major life change, and what those experiences reveal about resilience, hope and rebuilding.
Plus, Helen reflects on 13 years of Scummy Mummies, the impossible standards placed on modern parents, why motherhood is so public now, and why most of us are simply trying to be good enough.
Generation Uncharted is a podcast about navigating modern life when the old rules no longer apply.
Subscribe for more conversations about identity, relationships, culture, work and the pressure of modern life.
Guest:
Helen Thorn
Host:
Lewis Oakley
Helen’s book:
How to Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger
Follow Helen:
Instagram: @itsmehelenthorn
Scummy Mummies: @scummymummies
Follow Lewis:
Instagram: @lewyoaks
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