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When the 'delightfully different, bright yellow and rather scruffy' Dandylion joins Miss Gardener's neat and tidy class, chaos and fun follow. But after one messy incident too many he's told to go home - he just doesn't fit in. It doesn't take long, however, for everyone to realise that too much neatness and order isn't always a good thing and everyone's desperate for Dandylion to return! At last, Dandylion feels like a wildflower in the right place! An empowering story about friendship, diversity and finding your place.

Words matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. "Effortless", "Sassy", "Ambitious", "Aggressive": What subtle digs and sneaky implications are conveyed when women are described with words like these? Words are made into weapons, warnings, praise, and blame, bearing an outsized influence on women's lives - to say nothing of our moods.

Countless Christians are deconstructing the fear-based faith they were handed, but many don’t want to give up on God—they want to love and be loved by Jesus without hateful or abusive theology. If you’re one of these believers, this feminist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming devotional will take you on a journey of spiritual reenchantment. Featuring 40 devotions on God’s radical and liberating salvation, it’s here to help you heal your church hurt, restore your sense of community, and embrace Jesus’s heart-healing forgiveness.

As we enter the dawn of a new "post-prohibition" era, the stigma surrounding cannabis use is fading, and the conversation about what it means to get high is changing. When it comes to being a respectful, thoughtful, and responsible consumer of pot, there is a lot you need to know. In Higher Etiquette, Lizzie Post - great-great granddaughter of Emily Post and co-president of America's most respected etiquette brand - explores and celebrates the wide world of legalized weed.

The history of humanity is one of devastating, once-in-a-thousand-year events: rising seas that make land uninhabitable, decades-long droughts, civilisational collapse, epidemics like the Black Death and the Spanish Flu that reduce a city’s population by fifty percent. And yet, despite enormous destruction and very real tragedy, these catastrophes all share one common denominator: we survived. In APOCALYPSE, Lizzie Wade reframes the story of human history to show how we can learn from these apocalyptic moments, seeing them not just as violent, world-ending events but as moments of progress.

WITTA (Writing In / To / Through Art) is a research initiative, founded at UWE Bristol (University of the West of England). It brings together arts practitioners and researchers from across the university and beyond who are interested in the broad crossovers with, and intersections between, words and art.Audio production and sound design by Oliver Sutherland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn from other business owners and entrepreneurs like you, sharing their experiences, tips, & advice for your networking success, hosted by networking-specialist, Lizzie Phillips. Lizzie has been running networking events since 2007, including successful WIBN events in the city exclusively for female entrepreneurs; and launching the online-only UK-wide networking events through Networking90 and Speed60 since 2020's pandemic encouraged her to pivot her business & offer events for focused yet time-poor business owners. Expect fun, interesting, and honest interviews across these episodes.

Many of us who grew up in the golden era of the romcom will recognise a perfect meet cute that turns into a head-over-heels relationship and ends in happily ever after. So when Lizzie was offered the chance to take part in a The Holiday-style festive house swap with a stranger in New York for an article, she said yes. But in real life things are a little more complicated.

Zombies have become a staple in pop culture. But where did the idea of zombies come from? According to biologist David Hughes, the culprit is nature itself.

Why and how do tears form? In response to a reader question, a psychologist explains that feeling overwhelmed is a major cause of emotional tears, which appear to be unique to humans.

A bioengineer at Tel Aviv University in Israel explains how to extract renewable energy from a potato.

If you throw a ball up while riding your bike, it does not go backward! Why is that?

Despite a mountain of evidence, some people still don't believe that climate change is occurring. Why is that? Find out in this insightful Q & A.

To understand what it means to be color-blind, you must first understand how most of us see color.

Now at Work helps you navigate the biggest questions at career and life crossroads: Who am I? Why am I here? What do I really want to create and contribute now? Hosted by Lizzie Azzolino, each episode features raw, never-spoken conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators. They share personal stories of redefining success, purpose, and how they lead in work and life. At the intersection of spirituality and modern life, this podcast helps you break free from outdated narratives, live fully in the present, and create the future you truly desire — right now.

1886 Bannin Bay, Westaustralien: Strände voller glänzender Perlen und Muscheln so groß wie Teller—hier wollen die Brightwells mit Tochter Eliza ihr Glück finden. Zehn Jahre später ist Charles Brightwell der erfolgreichste Perlenfischer der Küste. Eines Tages jedoch kehrt sein Boot ohne ihn zurück, Charles ist spurlos verschwunden. Eliza weigert sich zu glauben, dass ihr Vater tot ist und forscht entschieden nach. Doch in einer Stadt voller Korruption, Vorverurteilung und Erpressung lernt sie schnell: Die Wahrheit wird mehr kosten als Perlen.

Fraîchement diplômée, Louisa est une jeune femme promise à un grand avenir. Petit génie de l'informatique, elle est élevée dans un monde d'hommes, entre un père aimant qui est aussi son meilleur ami et un oncle surprotecteur à la tête des Bloody Tigers, l'un des plus dangereux gangs de bikers du pays. Mais elle ne sait pas quel chemin prendre... Un soir d'été, ce destin de rêve bascule et prend un tournant inattendu. Sa soif de vengeance et une quête de justice la mènent à Bakersfied, où elle sollicite l'aide de sa "famille".

Stalker. A person who can harass or persecute with obsessive and unwanted attention. I used to think that I was happy, that I had met the one for me. I was wrong. He betrayed me. He thought that I would accept that. I didn’t. When I met Alex, he set me free. He made me feel things for him that I never felt for David. I was ready to turn the page and start a new life. But instead, a person that I thought cared for me wanted to wreck the little world that I had made for myself.

Have you ever wondered if your life could still be destined for greatness? Or if your quest for success a pointless pipe dream because you're just too ordinary? Well so have we. Welcome to Dead Duck, a podcast where Lizzie Allan and Rebecca Eames explore what it takes to make it big in the great pond of life. We'll find out what it really means to be a "success" and offer honest and funny post-mortems on our best and worst failures. Let's find out if there's still hope for us or if we're already dead ducks!

We Are Abundant AF is a podcast and community for those seeking thoughtful conversations on just how the hell spirituality can work for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.