{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ddfa7be-69b9-413c-9c51-4965d3fb699a/994f358c-74e1-43e2-a574-141b180a04bb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Alexandra Heminsley | How to Put Yourself Back Together After a Break-Up","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e770906c05e2cf2f40943/1659110479216-dc7a541dee914707584e86457d719658.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>Trigger warning: This episode mentions sexual assault.</em></p><p>Alexandra Heminsley returns to the podcast to discuss her new book <a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784743070/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theemmagunssh-21&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1784743070&amp;linkId=f0a2572a7bfe3904d7e99357e387cbff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Some Body to Love: A Family Story</em></a> which charts an extremely challenging period in her life. Sexually assaulted on a train when she was nine months pregnant after a difficult journey to conceive via IVF and then when her baby was just months old, her then-husband revealed she intended to transition.</p><p>In a short period of time she lost a sense of herself, felt dissociated from her body and the marriage and life she thought she had in front of her disappeared.</p><p>In this conversation, <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hemmograms/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@hemmograms</a> reveals:</p><ul><li>How the conversation around women’s bodies has changed in the ten years since she wrote Running Like a Girl.</li><li>How the experiences in her own life made her reassess how she spoke about bodies.</li><li>Why it makes perfect sense why you have to reach breaking point.</li><li>The terrifying freedom of ‘it was never about me’ when her marriage ended.</li><li>The judgemental world of new motherhood.</li><li>The temptation of the toxic path of rage and anger.</li><li>Why it became a mission to understand and support the trans community.</li><li>The implications of the pink and blue world we live in.</li><li>Why, when you go through a traumatic experience, there’s value in ‘feeling all your feelings’.</li><li>Her advice for anyone who feels loss, not like themselves and who wants to get back to feeling whole again</li><li>And so much more...</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784743070/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theemmagunssh-21&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1784743070&amp;linkId=f0a2572a7bfe3904d7e99357e387cbff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Some Body to Love: A Family Story</em></strong></a> is available now.</p><p>To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583855258373361/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Emma Guns Show Forum</em></a>.</p><p>To follow me on social media &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https://twitter.com/emmaguns\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> | <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/emmaguns/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>.</p>","author_name":"Emma Gunavardhana"}