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15 of the best motivational podcasts for women to get your week back on track
By Amy Beecham
Updated 6 months ago
4 min read
Coming to the end of a tough week? Give yourself a positivity boost and get back on track with these 15 motivational podcasts, from Power Hour to the Michelle Obama podcast.
From news updates to true crime fixes, career advice to wellbeing tips, we really can rely on podcasts for just about everything. With the back-to-school mood still very much in the air, it’s nice to find a renewed sense of purpose, positivity and stimulation– in your life, work or relationships
Here, we’ve brought together our favourite inspiring podcasts to get you back on track. Whether you need a comforting listen, practical tips or some truth bombs, these 15 motivational podcasts have you covered.
Power Hour
Adrienne Herbert’s Power Hour is a motivational powerhouse aimed to help you make the most of your time and find success. Via interviews with experts, change-makers and innovators, Herbert guides you to explore new ways of living in order to unlock your full potential, whatever you want to achieve.
The Therapy Edit with Anna Mathur
From psychotherapist and bestselling author Anna Mathur comes a twice-weekly podcast, all about insights on life, mental health and motherhood.
Give Me Strength with Alice Liveing
What makes a strong person to you? Bestselling author and personal trainer Alice Liveing interviews extraordinary people about the importance of building mental and physical resilience and how this can empower us to live happier, stronger lives.
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
This personal development podcast is all about making small changes and focusing on exploring the day-to-day behaviours we all engage in that determine the results we gain in our lives. Hosted by Gregg Clunis, the show shares simple strategies you can implement into your life to start moving the needle towards your biggest goals.
In Good Company with Otegha Uwagba
Featuring practical advice, lots of ideas, and interviews with inspiring, successful women, In Good Company with Otegha Uwagba is a podcast with a lot to give. As founder of Women Who and author of Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women, Uwagba is a true expert in helping women get to where they want to be – and while there haven’t been any new episodes for a while, the back catalogue is certainly worth a listen.
The Michelle Obama Podcast
Join Michelle Obama as she dives deep into conversations with family, friends, and colleagues to share tools for living in today’s world with her trademark humor, candor, and compassion.
How To Fail with Elizabeth Day
Finally, a podcast that celebrates the things in life that haven’t gone right and what we might learn from them along the way. Every week, guests including Kate Winslet, Sadiq Khan and Shania Twain explore three failures, and what these failures have taught them about how to grow and succeed, better.
We Can Do Hard Things
We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing; caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy and peace.
On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed; her wife Abby Wambach; and her sister Amanda Doyle do the only thing they’ve found that has ever made life easier: drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard things including sex, gender, parenting, blended families, bodies, anxiety, addiction, justice, boundaries, fun, quitting, overwhelm … all of it.
Changeability by Kathryn Bryant and Julian Illman
Using science, business, entertainment and spirituality, hosts Kathryn Bryant and Julian Illman give you the tools to bring “more success and happiness into your life”. If you’re looking to initiate a big change in your personal or work life, this will have something for you.
Practical Positivity by Sophie Cliff
With plenty of practical tips to help you live a happier and more joyful life, Practical Positivity provides mindset hacks for building confidence as host Sophie Cliff shares the lessons she’s learned on her own quest to live a joyful life on her own terms.
The Good Life Project
The Good Life Project offers deep dives into the secrets of inspired living, providing validated tools, strategies and practices to make a real difference in your life. Featuring motivational powerhouses like Brené Brown and Elizabeth Gilbert, episodes are all about offering gentle guidance and alternative approaches to leading a meaningful life.
Optimal Living Daily by Justin Malik
Are you always missing out on interesting self-help articles because you don’t have the time to read them? Optimal Living Daily wants to help you inspire positive life changes on the go. It calls itself a “blogcast” and hand-picks the best personal development content to read to you, so you’ll never miss out on motivational content again.
Happiness Spells
No matter how busy we are, Happiness Spells encourages us to take five minutes to be present in and curious about the world. It soothingly lists the greatest pleasures and smallest joys in life – from little dogs to big, cosy jumpers – making it the perfect listen before bed to fall asleep happy.
Small Doses by Amanda Seales
Comedian Amanda Seales’ truth bombs might just be the kick you need on a slow week or when you’re feeling bogged down by life. With episodes on the “Side Effects of” insecurity, being a realist and being in your thirties, Seales delivers her motivational gems with honesty and love.
Superwomen With Rebecca Minkoff
From CEOs to artists, the Superwomen podcast features inspiring women as you’ve never heard them before. Hearing these leading ladies get candid about achieving work-life balance, vulnerability and progress over perfection will help you realise that you’re not alone in your challenges.
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