Two Inconvenient Women
Episodes
Do we need to know what the future looks like?
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Many organisations and governments work within a strategy of Futures Thinking - a strategic concept to make predictions and pathways for probable and ...
How do we find strength in these turbulent times?
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are living in increasingly turbulent times and the shockwaves as old systems fall apart are starting to impact ever more people. Whilst we talk a l...
Throwback episode: the inconvenience of nature connection
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In many modern cultures, we find ourselves spending ever more time indoors, sitting down and separated from nature - both the nature within us and the...
How can we be learning for life?
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What sort of learning do we need to support young people with in a rapidly changing world? What does it mean to be a life-long-learner? What qualities...
Throwback episode: the inconvenience of systems thinking
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Holly and Rachel are away this week, so we're re-sharing an episode from this time last year on the inconvenience of systems change.Systems thinking i...
Why is singing so good for us?
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Singing is a deeply healing and cathartic experience for humans - mentally, emotionally, neurologically and spiritually. It is a primal quality we all...
What does it mean to belong?
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. It is primal - something that we all yearn for constantly and can find in...
Why are countries banning social media?
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There has been a lot emerging in the media recently about countries making decisions to ban social media for under 16s. Australia has been leading the...
What does it mean to 'winter'?
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Whilst many parts of the world experience a climate of winter, how many of us allow ourselves to 'winter' during this season? Or anytime? What does it...
Are we in a polycrisis and what can we do about it?
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When the world feels overwhelmingly complex, it is often hard to know where to put our energy; which 'crisis' to give our attention to as it were. You...
Is it really a new year? Is it really a new me?!
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For many in the world - those following the Gregorian calendar - January 1st marks the beginning of a new year. Midst the celebrations, revelry and re...
A New Year's Gift: Poem for a New Year By Matt Goodfellow
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Poem for a New YearBy Matt GoodfellowSomething’s moving in,I hear the weather in the wind,sense the tension of a sheep-fieldand the pilgrimage of fi...
A Christmas Gift: Stories of Triple WellBeing
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a break over the holidays and are not recording a new episode of Two Inconvenient Women today. Instead, we're sharing a gift - a whole ra...
Why is gratitude so powerful?
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We begin each podcast episode with a moment of gratitude. But why so? Much more than a 'nice thing to do', the practice of gratitude is ancient - part...
Why don't we talk to our neighbours?
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why don't we talk to our neighbours? This question is asked not to be provocative but more to reflect on what has shifted in our cultures to mean that...
Do we really want to be successful?
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you successful yet? When do you know you've "made it"? And - more importantly - is it a place that we actually want to be 'arriving'? Many of us a...
Are your values lived or laminated?
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many people find themselves working within organisations or structures that don't necessarily practice the values that are being preached (or laminate...
Why doesn't sustainability seem to be working?
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sustainability movement has been going since the 1950s, and ‘sustainability’ is now part of mainstream narrative, awareness and growing action...
What does 'home' mean to you?
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do you think of when you think of home? For some it's a building, for some it's a country, culture or identity. For many it's a feeling. Whilst t...
Should we be scared of AI?
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI technologies are becoming increasingly intertwined with our everyday lives. From healthcare, transportation and manufacturing to education, we are ...
What are you learning?
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week is half term for UK schools and we've taken time away from the 'day to day' work at ThoughtBox for a reading week - a week to really dive de...
Is it so bad to be naïve?
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast Rachel is off with the flu and so Holly is joined by guest inconvenient woman Sandy Glanfield, Immersive Experience Curator a...
What does it mean to 'trust our gut'?
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Having a 'gut feeling' about something is perhaps a familiar sensation to many, but what does this actually mean? When we 'trust our gut' what is it t...
How do we heal our broken world?
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A painful truth in our current cultures is how much we are all struggling with our mental and emotional wellbeing. This is especially true in young pe...
How do we heal our broken world? (introduction)
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Holly and Rachel are 'on-tour' for the podcast, which was recorded live from underneath a fig tree in a beautiful quad at Exeter College in...
Why are we more fixated on capturing life than living it?
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In many societies across the world, we find a dominant habit of record keeping as part of the daily focus. Paperwork, recording, data-capture, spreads...
How do we navigate cognitive dissonance in this crazy-beautiful world?
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“There's laundry to do and a genocide to stop…”This first line of a short poem by Vinay Krishan hits hard, not least because it captures so powe...
Do we really want to go back to work?
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time of year often beckons us to go "back to work". For some it's the beginning of a new academic year. For others it's a return to work after an...
Why are flags so controversial?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is national pride all about and where does it stem from? Following a recent surge in the flying of the Union flag and St George's flag in parts o...
ON NEW BEGINNINGS: Rachel shares a poem by John O'Donohue
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new season is upon many of us at this time of year. Summer shifting into Autumn, the beginning of a new school year, a new work cycle. Maybe just re...
WELLBEING SERIES: Reflecting back on the inconvenience of environmental wellbeing
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our August break continues here at ThoughtBox, so this week we're sharing a short collection of previous episodes where we dive into the nuance of env...
WELLBEING SERIES: Reflecting back on the inconvenience of social wellbeing
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our August break continues here at ThoughtBox, so this week we're sharing a short collection of previous episodes where we dive into the nuance of soc...
WELLBEING SERIES: Reflecting back on the inconvenience of personal wellbeing
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This August, we're taking a break here at ThoughtBox, so we're sharing a collection of previous episodes where we dive into the nuance of personal wel...
Exploring the inconvenience of earth-care
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we allow ourselves to fall back in love with the world? For many people it may feel obvious why we need to protect the earth and pre...
Exploring the inconvenience of people-care
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans are a social species by design, with an inbuilt need to be with others, whilst qualities of care and kindness are innate in us all. Many of us ...
Exploring the inconvenience of self-care
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Self-care gets a bad wrap. It's often at the very bottom of our agenda, seen sometimes as self-indulgent - selfish even. And yet being aware of oursel...
Exploring the inconvenience of head, heart & hands
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For reasons known and written about by many, there's been a shift over time which has enabled 'learning' within educational contexts to be mainly focu...
A throwback to the inconvenience of rest
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world that glorifies busyness, rest can feel inconvenient—even rebellious. But what happens when we stop doing and simply allow ourselves to be...
Exploring the inconvenience of joy
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Inconvenience of Joy“I will never apologise for embracing joy and beauty - even when the world is falling apart – for joy and beauty are the f...
Exploring the inconvenience of our humanity
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world is feeling a very broken place right now, with all that is erupting out of the Middle East, and with continued suffering across the world. W...
Exploring the inconvenience of change
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk a lot about change but living through it is something else entirely. Change is the only constant, and yet change can feel deeply uncomfortable...
Exploring the inconvenience of listening
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've all probably experienced the feeling at some point in our lives where we're talking to someone and know that they are just pretending to listen....
SPECIAL EPISODE: A throwback to why be "inconvenient"?
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holly is away this week, so we thought we'd re-share our very first episode of the Two Inconvenient Women podcast where we held a conversation about w...
Exploring the inconvenience of trees
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you ask a child to draw a tree, most likely it will be a green circle plopped on top of a brown vertical oblong (with a lot more artistic flavour i...
Exploring the inconvenience of leadership
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to lead when you don’t know where you’re going? Now, more than ever, the future feels very uncertain – foggy even, and the rol...
Exploring the inconvenience of time
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In many parts of the world, people find themselves trapped in cycles of business. Our lives are full to the brim and we're finding ourselves endlessly...
Exploring the inconvenience of EDI (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion)
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Equality, diversity and inclusion are often seen as political issues, but at their heart this is the essence of life and the vitality of how people ca...
Exploring the inconvenience of re-sourcing
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Self-care is something of a taboo in a lot of people’s minds because we’ve been made to feel guilt or shame about the idea of taking time to look ...
Exploring the inconvenience of ageing
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ask any child their age and they'll happily tell you, but for adults it is a different story. In certain cultures, elders are a revered and respected ...
Exploring the inconvenience of spirituality
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The mention of the word spiritual tends to trigger emotional responses - for some it is welcome, for some fear or rejection, for some trepidation, for...
Exploring the inconvenience of activism
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The word activism tends to bring up very specific connotations for people, yet has incredible depth, nuance and possibility – especially in our mode...
Exploring the inconvenience of wellbeing
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wellbeing is a 'trendy term' nowadays; something that organisations know they must support in their colleagues; something top of the agenda in our sch...
Exploring the inconvenience of nature connection (Part 2)
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is the difference between nature contact and nature connection? What does it mean to have a relationship with nature? And why - for some - is the...
Exploring the inconvenience of nature connection (Part 1)
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In many modern cultures, we find ourselves spending ever more time indoors, sitting down and separated from nature - both the nature within us and the...
Exploring the inconvenience of hypocrisy
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's one thing to be brazenly hypocritical but it's another thing entirely when you're having to unwillingly be a hypocrite. And yet so often in our c...
Exploring the inconvenience of systems thinking
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final of this 'triplet' of podcasts, Holly and Rachel are this week talking about the inconvenience of systems thinking.From the very get-go at...
Exploring the inconvenience of empathy
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of this 'triplet' of podcasts, Holly and Rachel are this week talking about the inconvenience of empathy.Empathy is a muscle, something ...
Exploring the inconvenience of critical thinking
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of Two Inconvenient Women, Holly and Rachel talk about the inconvenience of critical thinking – for many reasons, one being...
Exploring the inconvenience of hope
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In many cultures around the world, we are entering a new calendar year and with that often comes a sense of renewal, hope and possibility. But where d...
Exploring the inconvenience of ThoughtBox
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As 2024 comes to a close, we thought we'd take a moment to reflect on what's unfolded this year and - more significantly - what's been unfolding throu...
Exploring the inconvenience of gathering
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us, and within each of us sits a deeply primal need to gather together. But w...
Exploring the inconvenience of not buying stuff
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the UK we're coming up to Christmas, and with that the cultural pressure to consume, buy gifts and accumulate lots of 'stuff'. In this episode we e...
Exploring the inconvenience of COP
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week saw the conclusion of COP29 - the 29th annual UN Conference of Parties summit on climate change. The fact that we're now on our 29th confere...
Exploring the inconvenience of 'good' food
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What on earth are we eating? This is a topic we've wanted to explore deeply over time, recognising that there are many episodes that will unravel unde...
Exploring the inconvenience of life's rhythms
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most inconvenient truths for many people in the world is that 'we are nature', and that we (like all natural beings) are heavily influenced...
Exploring the inconvenience of Donald Trump
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We recorded this podcast on the morning of the US Presidential election results, with Donald Trump re-elected into office for another 4 years. Recogni...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Stories of Triple WellBeing with Tina Farr and Clare Whyles
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the UK it’s the school half term holiday and the ThoughtBox team are slowing down too, taking time for some reading, research and essen...
Exploring the inconvenience of the stories we tell
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we explore the role of stories in shaping the lives we are living. Each of us is born into a story. It forms our perspective on...
Exploring the inconvenience of the education system (pt. 1)
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's inconvenient conversation we start to unravel some of the challenges, complexities and issues of the education system and why it needs ...
Exploring the inconvenience of unlearning
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s conversation explores the idea of ‘unlearning’ and what it means to widen our perspectives, change our minds, shift our behaviours a...
SPECIAL EPISODE: Falling in love with the world
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we allow ourselves to fall in love with the world, everything changes. But sometimes we need someone to help us to fall in love in the first plac...
Exploring the inconvenience of the mess we're in
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week's conversation opens the box on the multiple crises we're facing in this moment in time. It's big, scary and overwhelming to face up to just...
Exploring the inconvenience of rest
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week's conversation is all about the power of rest to positively disrupt the status quo. Together, Rachel and Holly explore some of the following...
Why be "inconvenient"?
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel and Holly launch the Two Inconvenient Women podcast with a conversation about what it means to be "inconvenient" in a society that isn't set up...