About Zelda, Princess Warrior: Life Hacks for Living Full and Dying Well
When I decided to take time off work before starting treatment for an aggressive cancer, I hoped for 6 healthy months. I’m 3 years beyond that, heading for gap year Number 4. The oncologist tells me to keep on doing what I am doing - it is keeping the cancer under control. I’m not sure what it is I am doing that is offering me all this life. I hope to find out by interviewing experts in physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing.
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Zelda Wilson
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health & fitness · society & culture · society & culture
As a self proclaimed 'worst blind man in the world', Oli shares with Zelda the highs and lows, funny moments and challenging realities of navigating his new normal
Oli lost his sight in his left eye when he was a child but continued to excel in life, learning to drive, playing sport, and working as Secondary School PE teacher. In November 2022, when he was 29, Oli noticed a mist in his right eye and decided to get it checked out. After 18 months of complex medical treatment, 4 corneal transplants, an eye collapse, retinal detachment and a rare infection thrown into the mix, he was told by the doctor in May 2024 that his new found blindness was permanent.
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18 Nov 2024
18. Supporting in the Now with Clare Burgum
In this episode, Zelda sits down with her friend and fellow IronSister, Clare Burgum. Together, they reflect on the importance of living in the now and supporting loved ones at the end of life. Through laughter, shared fears, doubts, and heartfelt moments, they celebrate their friendship and the journey of being present in every step.
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8 Oct 2024
17. Limitless in the Now with Kirsty Van der Poll
Kirsty is a below knee amputee, whose passion is sports. She plays wheelchair basketball and has represented wales at para surfing. This summer she married Xander and the two of them love to travel and document living with a disability on their Instagram page @ourchaotic adventure.
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3 Oct 2024
16. Crafting the Now with Gill Frigerio
In this episode, Zelda talks to Gill Frigerio, Associate Professor in Lifelong Learning at the University of Warwick. As an avid amateur knitter and dear friend of Zelda, Gill brings her passion for crafting, education, and reflective practice into thoughtful discussions that inspire listeners to connect their own creative journeys with everyday life. Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or just getting started, join Gill as she explores how hands-on making can offer fresh perspectives on living in the moment and embracing lifelong learning.
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20 Aug 2024
15. Gratitude and Mindfulness in the Now with Anna Hardy & Rachel Pahlman
Anna Hardy is a yoga teacher and talks about how gratitude and breathing helps her stay in the now in a demanding job. Rachel Pahlman shares her grief at losing her mum when she was 23, how yoga connected them and how she uses staying in the now to persevere and get the most out of life.
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2 Jun 2024
14. Intentionally Being in the Now with Penny Wilkin
Penny Wilkin is a triathlon coach and has written a book with her friend, Emma about wild swimming called Dips and Chips.
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3 May 2024
13. Values in the Now with Alexander Wilson
Alexander is Zelda’s youngest son - a keen runner and climber he was recently hit with acute kidney failure after running Paris marathon and talks about how to live in the moment through knowing your values.
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15 Mar 2024
12. The End in Life with Jayne Hudson
Jayne Hudson is a funeral celebrant working in Warwickshire and the surrounding counties. She says of her podcast, ‘I had the pleasure of talking with Zelda and discussing her death, funeral and things that we can all do now to make your loved ones grief journey slightly easier to manage before and after death. Love each other and above all be kind.’
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20 Feb 2024
11. Positive Attitude in Life with Russell Hardy
Russell Hardy chairs multiple health trusts and charities and is a long-term friend. He talks about creating what it takes to create a positive attitude.
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24 Jan 2024
10. Nawaz in Life with Nawaz Walji
Nawaz Walji is a consultant Clinical Oncologist. He discusses what gives him most joy in his life and work and shares what he finds most frustrating at work.
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6 Jan 2024
9. Reframing in Life with Patrick Marr
Patrick Marr talks about the power of reframing a situation to achieve a more powerful outcome.
He is the owner of Leading Edge Performance who specialise in developing High Performance Culture in both business and in sport.
He is a leading performance coach for some of the biggest names in industry and currently the leadership and culture coach for the Red Roses (England Women’s Rugby Team).
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15 Dec 2023
8. Limitless in Death with Xander van der Poll
In 2018, a life changing accident left Xander, a 19 year old medical student, paralysed from the waist down. He has since navigated his medical school studies, got engaged and travelled around the world. He is proud of how far he has come with his disability and is determined to not let anyone to define his limitations for him.
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28 Nov 2023
7. Staying Strong in Death with Shell Gilkes
Shell Gilkes is a Coventry-based strength and movement trainer, her company is called Juno Fitness, which focuses on providing empowering and exciting fitness for women.
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8 Nov 2023
6. Community in Death with Karen van der Poll
In this episode, Zelda talks to Karen van der Poll. Karen works tirelessly at creating community as her job but also experienced the power of connectedness in her personal life when her son was paralysed five years ago.
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11 Oct 2023
5. Friendship in Death with Julie du Plessis
Julie du Plessis and Zelda discuss the role friendship plays when one faces illness and death. They explore boundaries, practical support and the importance of emotions and being a witness of each other’s lives.
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23 Sept 2023
4. Faith in Death with Justyn Towler
In this episode, Justyn explores with me faith in death - how it could be challenging, humbling and victorious.
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4 Aug 2023
3. Movement in Death with Yolande Yorke-Edgell
As a child experiencing trauma, dance was a place to escape to, to feel something other than pain. Recently retired contemporary ballet dancer, Yolande Yorke-Edgell discusses how movement has been her safe place, her emotional support and why it is so important for us to move.
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21 Jun 2023
2. Nourishment in Death with Rosan Meyer
In this episode, Rosan Meyer, friend to Zelda and established paediatrician and dietician, talks about how food can have a therapeutic impact in our lives with how we can gain such pleasure from food.
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17 Dec 2022
1. Vision in Death with Jane Morgan
In this first episode, Jane Morgan, coach and workshop facilitator, talks to Zelda about boundaries, staying warm and the merits of having a vision. Jane is the founder and MD of Plan.Coach.Succeed since 2004 and Co-Founder of the 8020 Excellerate Leadership Programa. She's also a partner, mum, and an adventurer from the time she could walk. After over 20 years in California and traveling the globe, she now lives happily near Oxford in the UK. Her biggest challenge after she adopted her son from China at the age of 53, was to continue to live fully and well, knowing that “waiting for the kids to leave home” to resume her life was just not an option. We talk about life, death, adventures and how to get through all of it.
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