Ray D'Arcy

This is a What Next podcast.

Hello and welcome to Being Human.

It's the truly universal experience is being human.

It's what we all have in common.

And yet the human experience is different for all of us.

We all have individual ways of thinking, behaving, of coping, of existing in this world.

For this series, we're trying to understand what it is to be human with the help of our guests.

In this episode, we talk to writer and journalist Roisin Ingle.

Roisin's writing has been a part of a lot of people's week for a lot of years.

Her weekly columns are engaging, thought-provoking, personal, sometimes poignant and often very funny.

She has written about the human condition as she sees it.

and in doing so, helped many people.

In this conversation, you'll hear her speak about her cancer diagnosis, her dad's suicide, and a lot more.

Roisin is particularly strong on equanimity, the ability to remain calm and non-reactive when good or bad things happen to us.

Easier said than done.

Roisin invited us into her house and made us a nice cup of coffee before we sat down at the kitchen table.

There's a lot of hard-earned wisdom in this chat.

Rui.

Being human at Roche in England.

Being human, yeah.