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Hosted by Annalisa Barbieri · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 73 episodes
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Have you ever wanted X-ray specs into human behaviour? Then this is the podcast for you. Listen to ‘brilliant, insightful and wise’ agony aunt and journalist Annalisa Barbieri, as she releases exclusive conversations between her and the trusted specialists she’s consulted over the years, who put a life time’s learning into each conversation. Every week you can learn more about yourself and the people around you. Series 10 launched 1 September 2025. Make a one off donation: https://supporter.acast.com/conversations-with-annalisa-barbieri Want this podcast ad free? Head over to my Substack page: https://pocketannalisa.substack.com/ Insta: @annalisabarbieri Twitter: AnnalisaB Email us: conversationswithannalisa@gmail.com All the links: <a href="https://linktr.ee/annalisabarbieri?utm_source=linktree_admin_share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target
Annalisa Barbieri hosts Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri, a society show with 73 episodes published.
I am not a fan of the saying “let’s agree to disagree”, it can be so passive aggressive. But it’s the title of Gabrielle Rifkind’s new book and maybe this pass-agg comment deserves an upgrade. Regular listeners may
This episode was not easy to name. The subject is highly topical, but the take on it is original and thought-provoking. Alessandra has written her 25th book: ‘ Psychotechnical Becomings: Psychoanalysis, Identity, D
In this episode I’m in conversation with David Robson. David is an award winning science writer and author of three books, one of which The Laws of Connection , we really delve into here. David graduated from Cambr
Dr Sophie Behrman is a is a general adult psychiatrist and works in a community mental health team in Oxford. She’s set up an NHS menopause and menstrual disorders clinic, open to women who fit a certain criteria. She’s
I first came across the concept of dissociation when I saw a film called Sybil starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. It was about a young woman with multiple personalities. Sybil would dissociate and her various pers
Daisy Fancourt is a professor of psychobiology and epidemiology and head of the Social Biobehavioural research group at University College London. She has a Phd in psycho-neuroimmunology and is also director of the World
I’m very pleased to see the menopause is being discussed more that it ever was. It does, after all, potentially affect a great many of us: directly and by proxy. About fifteen years ago, I wanted to write an article for
In the spring of 2020, I got a letter. It was, quite possibly, the worse letter I’ve ever got and I’ve had a few. It was full of bile and unhappiness, unfair and harsh. I recognised immediately that the letter writer was
Claudia Hammond is an award-winning author and broadcaster. Listeners may recognise her name and voice from her Radio Four programme All in the Mind, or Health Check on the BBC’s World Service. Claudia is Radio’s F
Hello and welcome to E3 of S11 of Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri. This one is a bit of a potentially scary subject: facing fate. But I’m here to hold your hand through it. I’ve certainly had to do my fair share of
Welcome back to Series 11 and episode 3. What are BFRBs? It's picking, biting or pulling, skin, nails or hair or Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours. Here I’m in conversation with Professor Clare Mackay, Professor of Neur
Here is episode 1 of Series 11 of my podcast: Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri. I’ve long been fascinated with the idea of good enough, not only in mothering but, actually, for so many things. We tend to live i
One of the things I've noticed in recent years is the rise of anxiety in the young. What do I mean by young? Around secondary school age 11-18/19. It's not, as I say in this episode, that younger children don't get anxio
This episode is quite heavy on the neuroscience, which is one of my favourite subjects and it was recorded in person, in Oxford. I'm in conversation is with Professor Morten Kringelbach, Professor of Neuroscience at Oxfo
As the years have gone by I've noticed a real shift in the sort of problems I get and friendship is a subject which is rearing its head again and again now. From young people to old the question is: how do I make friends
The sibling podcast in series one remains the most listened to of all the Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri podcasts. So it seemed only right to re-visit this with a Sibling 2.0 episode. In this episode I’m in c
In this episode Lucy and I discuss how to do hard things, such as face adversity. Much as we all like to believe in an Enid Blyton [insert whichever imaginary world brought you comfort as a child] world the reality is of
Welcome back! This is episode 1 of Series 10. Here I'm in conversation with UKCP registered psychotherapist and author Julia Bueno (who joined us in Series 4 talking about the Inner Critic, so do have a listen to that on
This podcast was inspired by Graham Music's book of the same name, Womb Life which is the best book on pregnancy I've ever read. Graham and I talk about the secret life of twins in the womb and how their observed behavio
In this, the penultimate episode of Series 9, I talk to UKCP accredited psychotherapist Lisa Bruton who is also a guest tutor at the University of Oxford. We talk about the Parentified Child. Which is? A child who has be
Daisy Fancourt
Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology · UCL
1 appearance on this show
Claudia Hammond
presenter of 'All in the Mind' · BBC Radio 4
1 appearance on this show
Clare Mackay
Professor of Neuroscience · University of Oxford
1 appearance on this show
Chris Mills
student missions mobilizer · Lion Brand Yarn
6 appearances on this show
Lucy Easthope
author of When The Dust Settles
3 appearances on this show
Kim Thomas
Menopause Specialist, Human Givens Psychotherapist, Person Centred Counsellor · The Birth Trauma Association
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Kathryn Mannix
Palliative Care Specialist/Best Selling Author
2 appearances on this show
Silva Neves
specialist in sexology · Erotically Queer
2 appearances on this show
Jane Harris
psychotherapist and bereavement specialist · The Good Grief Project
1 appearance on this show
James McKenna
biological anthropologist
1 appearance on this show
Linda Owen
Sibs
1 appearance on this show
Katie Russell
SARSVL
1 appearance on this show
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