Self improvement meets comedy, by accident. Rose Honey Morgan is a chronically sleep deprived mother of two small children, with a catastrophic history of sticking to anything. So naturally she's spending the year testing self-improvement trends and wellness theories (with questionable methods and an anthropology degree) to work out what actually works, so you don't have to.
The experiment episodes follow Rose as she tests the trend, consults human history to work out whether we've completely lost the plot, and reports back on what actually happened. The Guru and Granny episodes bring in Old Ma, Rose's mother, a boomer with strong opinions, no filter, and advice that is either accidentally profound or completely unhinged. Sometimes within the same sentence.
Actually Trying is a podcast for frazzled women who want to sort their lives out - but don't want to waste time on it unless it really works.
Funny. Honest. Occasionally mortifying. Always actually trying.
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Have We All Got Undiagnosed ADHD? Let's Ask Old Ma
Host Rose Honey Morgan interviews "Old Ma" about undiagnosed ADHD in women, exploring symptoms, diagnosis challenges, and career changes for women over 50.
18 May 2026
Field Report: I Tried Every Walking Trend on the Internet
A field report (and Guru & Granny) featuring Japanese walking, Hot Girl Walks, movement after meals, and using the Steppin app to earn screen time through steps.
Click here to try the Steppin App - https://www.steppin.net/ ( https://www.steppin.net/)
Timestamps
0:00 Intro — reporting back on the walking experiment
1:00 Step In app review & my tragic step count
2:30 Why earning screen time through steps actually worked
4:10 The psychological cost of doomscrolling
4:45 Hostage-situation brand deals & choosing a secret code word
6:20 Japanese walking results
7:50 Why I abandoned the Japanese walking halfway through
9:00 Looking unhinged in front of villagers
10:00 Hot Girl Walks & mindset walking
10:45 My recurring imaginary hostage scenario
11:30 The gold eyeshadow plane defence plan
15:00 Krav Maga, Buffy & survival fantasies
16:30 Did Hot Girl Walks actually help?
17:15 Movement after meals
18:15 Finds & fails of the week
19:00 Hay fever, wasps & wanting to flee England
20:30 Guru & Granny: should you force a grown man to eat vegetables?
24:00 “You are not responsible for his asshole”
26:00 Tiny chopped vegetables vs letting nature take its course
27:00 Would Old Ma want another child in the family?
28:00 Final thoughts & term-time podcast plans
Ask Guru & Granny
Send your dilemmas, life problems and questionable decisions to:
@rosehoneymorgan
@field.notes.pod
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11 May 2026
Can Walking Fix Our Entire Lives and Personalities?
This week I’m testing whether walking really is the closest thing we have to a magic pill - and whether I can get my steps up without becoming the sort of person pacing the kitchen at 10pm to hit 10,000.
I’m trying:
• Japanese interval walking
• hot girl walks
• walking/moving after meals
• using SteppIn app to earn screen time through steps
• taking antihistamines so pollen can stop ruining my life
Also: why 10,000 steps may be a marketing myth, why walking helps mood, and whether we’ve lost the plot with step counts.
Click here to try the Steppin App - https://www.steppin.net/ (https://www.steppin.net/)
Timestamps
0:00 Intro — this week’s walking experiment
0:45 Step In: earning screen time with steps
3:20 Why my step count has collapsed
5:00 Is walking a magic pill?
7:30 My current tragic step count
8:45 The 10,000 steps myth
10:00 Japanese walking explained
12:30 Hot girl walks
15:30 Walking after meals
18:00 My actual plan for the week
20:00 Hay fever, antihistamines and walking barriers
22:30 Have We Lost the Plot? Step counts vs human history
25:00 This week’s homework
Ask Guru & Granny
Send your dilemmas, life problems and questionable decisions to:
@rosehoneymorgan
@field.notes.pod
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
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Have We All Got Undiagnosed ADHD? Let's Ask Old Ma
Published 23 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I loved that. And I felt very fulfilled doing that. But it was really physically hard work. And I didn't start that till I was 40. And it did make me very tired. So in the end, somebody wanted to buy it. So I sold it. And that was that. Yeah. So I think, I suppose, starting the business, growing up with my parents running their own business, I was under no illusions as to how hard that was. Because there's no... […]
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