Being The Change; making meaningful choices about how we live with existential therapist Dr Stella Duffy | S6 E2

Dr Stella Duffy OBE is an existential psychotherapist, award-winning writer, speaker and theatremaker with a career spanning therapy, literature and the arts. Alongside her private practice, she has worked in NHS cancer support, hospice bereavement services and community mental health, helping people navigate life's biggest challenges with warmth, honesty and compassion. 

Awarded an OBE for Services to the Arts, Stella is also the author of 17 novels, more than 70 short stories and numerous plays. Her doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy focused on the embodied experience of post-menopause, reflecting her passion for exploring what it means to live a rich, authentic and meaningful life. 

Expect an engaging, thought-provoking evening as Stella shares insights into the human condition, resilience, creativity, and how we can all make better sense of ourselves and the lives we lead.

Key Points of the Episode:

• How she was the first person in her family to finish secondary school!
• Existential therapy- she practises it- what is it?
• How she has been in therapy herself 3 times in her life.
• Her experience with cancer.
• Her first experience of existential therapy and how she encountered it.
• Her experience of the self help movement.
• Her current practise (hint - slowwwwww down!)
• Why she is such a "doer"
• Her thoughts on education and its privilege.
• Her thoughts and statistics on menopause and the importance of supporting women. (an old school view but still very relevant)
•  The problem with current cultural attitudes
• What was really happening during the hunter/gathering period.
• Her new book.
• Sexuality and the freedom after menopause.
• The benefits of an existential outlook on life.
• A motivational message.