Season 7 is officially here — and we're kicking off with a completely honest catch-up on everything that's happened since end of April.

Soraya opens up about her fourth embryo transfer not working, navigating IVF with endometriosis, doing fertility injections on a Ryanair flight, and the hardest question of all: how do you make peace with the possibility that motherhood might not happen — and protect your mental health while trying?

We also get into the customer service crisis (cowboy builders, kitchens that arrive with missing parts, three weeks without Wi-Fi after moving house), and Jasmine's new chapter in her countryside cottage — now officially renamed Raspberry Cottage.

Plus: overthinking and how to quiet a busy brain, what it's like to think with aphantasia (no mental images at all), making time for deep friendships in your 30s, and a sneak peek at the Season 7 guest lineup — including investing expert Peter K on whether the OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs are worth your money.

Don't forget to Watch Soraya's TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/MkAfq6m8ECw?si=qE1PyTa2NK6A8oa4

In this episode:

• IVF, endometriosis and egg quality — what Soraya has tried and what's next
• Coping with fertility disappointment and protecting your mental health
• The decline of customer service and accountability at work
• How to stop overthinking (and why your brain won't shut up)
• Aphantasia: thinking without mental images
• Moving house, slow living and life in an English village

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