Catherine Coldstream

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329 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 24 Jul

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Fresh Air · A former nun on why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

So I found noise very difficult.

And I found talking to people very difficult, actually.

I mean, now I don't.

You were out of practice.

I disliked any sort of intrusive human contact.

I liked being left alone and I was used to it.

I found everything very messy and dirty and just too much going on.

So that was really difficult.

And I didn't like the sense of, well, obviously, I got used to a very ordered and structured world.

that had a kind of peaceful vibe.

Although, of course, you know, as I described, things were simmering and seething under the surface because we were human beings.

But outwardly, it was a very quiet and peaceful way of life.

But there were things, of course, I hugely enjoyed.

I mean, I loved the feeling of just being... the physical freedom of just being able to...

Just go, go wherever you wanted to.

I remember the first time I went to the sea and, you know, just running on the beach, hair flapping in the wind, jumping into the waves, you know, I mean, the physical freedom was wonderful.

You know, I enjoyed going for a drink as well.

I mean, you know, this is I remember I spent a bit of time in a sort of halfway house outside the monastery where I was having a bit of counselling and there was another nun there.

It was some sort of more secular type of religious order.

And there was another nun from a much more outgoing sort of apostolic order.

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