Join us lifelong friends & psychotherapists Sarah and Emma on the Unknot Your Future Self podcast, where we talk all things personal development: psychology and wellbeing.
Journey with us as we compassionately and humbly share some of life's brutal truths and show you how to use your challenging experiences to grow and show up as the best version of yourself.
With a healthy dose of humour and unapologetic profanity, you will love this down to earth, psychologically informed labour of love.
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ SERIES 2, EPISODE 1: NEVER ENOUGH Ever feel like no matter what you do, how hard you try, or how much you achieve… it’s just never enough? Not successful enough. Not attractive enough. Not doing enough. Not being enough. But where does that feeling come from? And why is it so bloody hard to shake? Join Emma and Sarah as we kick off Series 2 by exploring the psychology behind that relentless feeling of never being enough. We unpack the beliefs, experiences and patterns that...
3 Jan 2026
2026 - A year to stop abandoning yourself
Send us a text Emma Lawton and Sarah Baker are therapists and long-time friends who have been in conversation about life, loss, and relationships since 2011. Between them, they bring deep experience in systemic work, trauma, bereavement, and the quiet ways people learn to abandon themselves in order to cope. Emma is a systemic life coach and family therapist, supporting high-functioning women who look like they’re coping — but feel disconnected, burnt out, and stuck in patterns of self-betray...
31 Dec 2025
Episode 9 - New Years Eve - A little message about 2026 and change
Send us a text This mini message brought to you by Emma, discusses our relationship with new years resolutions; change and why 2025 has been a difficult year. That change brings uncertainty and is often hard...but is always worth it. Happy New Year, Emma and Sarah x Support the show Please feel free to leave us some feedback and let us know any subjects you would like us to talk about on the show!
23 Dec 2025
Episode 8 - Tis the season to be Jolly....Or is it?
Send us a text In this Christmas special of The Unknot Your Future Self Podcast, Emma and Sarah sit down to talk about what Christmas really brings up for people — beyond the matching pyjamas and forced cheer. For many, Christmas isn’t restful. It’s activating. Family roles resurface. Old patterns creep back in. Expectations collide with reality. Grief, guilt, resentment, and pressure all show up at once — and we’re expected to smile through it. In this episode, we explore: Why Christmas is s...
16 Apr 2025
Episode 7 - Grief and Loss (part 1)
Send us a text Trigger warning contains content that some listeners may feel affected by. Usual profanities and humour are evident. Join Sarah and Emma as we talk about the impacts of grief and loss. In this episode, we explore the nuances of grief and loss as well as the individual experiences on people and society. We add our usual dose of humour and scratch the surface of a topic that is universally challenging yet inescapable. This can also be accessed as a video v...
28 Jan 2025
Episode 6 - Getting your shiz together
Send us a textHave your attempts at new years resolutions fallen short already? Are you needing change but have no idea where to start. Well, the good news is you don't need to pay a therapist or coach just yet as we are here to show you how. Forget new years resolutions, we prefer transformational change but know that people often struggle to get motivated and know where to start, so we, Sarah and Emma have created this episode especially for you!Join us in Episode 6 as we t...
13 Oct 2024
Episode 5 - Neurodiversity and the impacts on adult mental health and wellbeing
Send us a textJoin us, Sarah and Emma, for episode 5 of the Unknot Your Future Self Podcast. With more and more people coming to our counselling and coaching practices reporting struggles with symptoms of neurodiversity, this episode is a much-needed, raw, and honest conversation. Although we merely scratch the surface on the topic of neurodiversity including ASD and ADHD in adults we felt we should start it somewhere! We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a diagnos...
15 Sept 2024
Episode 4 - Body image & communication
Send us a textTrigger warning: This episode references eating disorders and could cause distress. Please talk to a professional if you are triggered by any of the content in today's episode. Body image is an issue that affects thousands of people. Join us, Emma and Sarah for episode 4. In this episode we talk about body image; the psychological issues of food addiction and Emma talks about her own battles with weight and recent surgery. Scratching the surface of an ever...
2 Jul 2024
Episode 3 - Shame & distorting emotions
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Join Sarah and Emma in Episode 3. It's a big one this month as we explore the emotion of shame. We also look at the concept of 'deny, distort and make it fit' by Cark Roger (Very Famous Therapist) and how sometimes our emotions are not actually the ones we really feel!
Are you an angry person? There's every chance you're not...so take a listen.
Shame has various definitions, and is perhaps why understanding it can be so difficult and hard to spot, but in this episode, we are candid and raw about it's impacts.
Shame often shows itself in unconscious ways and you may be holding more shame than you realise. In this episode, we attempt to give listeners insight into this debilitating emotion and offer solutions for working through it.
As always you'll hear some personal accounts as we attempt to debunk the mystery around psychology and what it means to be a therapist and you'll certainly agree by the end that no human, no matter what job they have or position they hold has/is effected by some level of shame at some point in their lives.
With some of the usual profanity and belly laughs we hope you enjoy the show as much as we did making it.
Sarah and Emma
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2 Jul 2024
Shame & distorting emotions
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Join Sarah and Emma in Episode 3. It's a big one this month as we explore the emotion of shame. We also look at the concept of 'deny, distort and make it fit' by Cark Roger (Very Famous Therapist) and how sometimes our emotions are not actually the ones we really feel!
Are you an angry person? There's every chance you're not...so take a listen.
Shame has various definitions, and is perhaps why understanding it can be so difficult and hard to spot, but in this episode, we are candid and raw about it's impacts.
Shame often shows itself in unconscious ways and you may be holding more shame than you realise. In this episode, we attempt to give listeners insight into this debilitating emotion and offer solutions for working through it.
As always you'll hear some personal accounts as we attempt to debunk the mystery around psychology and what it means to be a therapist and you'll certainly agree by the end that no human, no matter what job they have or position they hold has/is effected by some level of shame at some point in their lives.
With some of the usual profanity and belly laughs we hope you enjoy the show as much as we did making it.
Sarah and Emma
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Please feel free to leave us some feedback and let us know any subjects you would like us to talk about on the show!
2 Jun 2024
Episode 2 - Fun and why laughter really is the best medicine
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Join us Sarah and Emma, psychotherapists and life coaches in this exciting, hilarious and perhaps inappropriate, episode 2.
Journey with us how we talk openly about anxiety, depression, and the small and subtle ways you can take back control in your life. We explore fun (or the lack of it) and why laughter really is the best medicine.
This episode sees us share insight into the psychology around fun and laughter as well as a few funny but embarrassing stories in the name of not taking yourself too seriously and laughing when you really just want to cry!
Find out how and why your environment is one of the biggest influencers of your happiness and how to make small but long-lasting changes with a little self-awareness.
Warning, it contains the C BOMB (Emma of course). We discuss subjects that some people may find difficult or triggering.
For information about working with either Sarah or Emma, you can contact us on Instagram @unknotyourfutureselfpodcast
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4 May 2024
Episode 1 - Taking off the mask and being your authentic self
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In this exciting first episode join psychotherapists and life long friends Sarah and Emma as they talk all things personal development; psychology and wellbeing.
In todays episode we talk about the metaphor of wearing a mask and how this this can negatively impact how we show up in the world.
We explore how it can hold us back from living a life that is authentic and true to ourselves.
Discussing barriers to therapy and how therapy may not be the solution for everyone. We talk about the alternative ways to help yourself become more self aware in order to live a more enjoyable life!
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