S3 Ep4 - A 31 year old mug inspiring an Olympic dream, Wimbledon Royal Box tea & helping young people fly through failing with Chemmy Alcott
Send us a textThis month’s guest is the amazing Chemmy Alcott. Chemmy is a 4 x Winter Olympian, presenter (Ski Sunday, Olympics) & speaker who is always seeking her next adventure or challenge ⛷️🗻Chemmy takes us behind the scenes of a Winter Olympics, talks about how proud she is of her skiing injuries as a reminder of going all out 100%, how having the courage to try regardless of results fuelled her & is what she passes on in coaching and with schools, as well as the story behind her real name. Also why if lost in a supermarket, she may be found browsing the tea aisles admiring the packaging ☕️The sheer determination & love during her career for the sport & in what she does shines through ✨Here are the mugs talked about. If you’d like to follow along and see, you can see pictures of all the mugs on @amugslifepod instagram: 1. Chemmy’s Christening mug 2. Lillehammer Winter Olympics 1994 mug3. Argentinian Mate mug 4. Powderhound snowsports mug released ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympics Some of her quick fire favourites!🏝️Desert Island picks - Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Madonna, Mother Teresa, Alberto Tomba, Mum 🍪☕️ Pairings - hobnob or digestive with tea, rocky road with coffee ☕️ Coffee Shop - The Coffee Pot, Thames Ditton🏅Olympic sport if Chemmy had been in the Summer Olympics - tennis/padel🎾 ☕️🍫 Best skiing hot chocolate - one with Grand Marnier/rum📺 Favourite TV show - Ski Sunday of course!! ⛷️Available on all platforms now to listen (Spotify/Apple podcasts) or watch (Spotify/YouTube)We always love to hear what you think so please let us know ☕️💗https://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
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S3 Ep3 - Going after what you love, an honest reflection on Instagram success & why Dolly Parton is Queen with Emma Puddick
Send us a textThis month’s guest is the brilliant @emmapuddickpottery. Emma creates colourful creations inspired by pop culture, tattoo iconography & vintage styles. She’s also a top 0.0001% worldwide** Dolly Parton fan (**unverified 😂)Emma runs her own ceramics business, centred around monthly shop drops! These often sell out in minutes so you have to be quick ⏰ Her following & success really started to grow in 2022. At this time, the art director of The Great Pottery Throwdown spotted her mugs & the judges used them on the show in deliberation section when they decide who’s potter of the week & who’s going homeFor those who’ve followed A Mug’s Life for a while you may have seen Emma’s mugs as they’re in many of my posts & stories. Her weather mugs are my personal mug favourites & also my most complimented mugs ☀️⛅️⚡️☔️. Her designs are simply incredible & so creative!Here are the mugs talked about, if you’d like to follow along and see: The start of Emma Puddick Pottery - purple leopard print mug Dolly Parton mug by Jake Ford CeramicsA photo mug of Emma & friends in Schitt’s Creek fancy dress Keith Brymer Jones mug - made during lockdown from his studio Adam Frew ceramics porcelain mug Some of her quick fire favourites!☕️ Tea: Yorkshire tea Biscuit Brew 🍪 & Whittards Dreamtime☕️ Coffee: Wogan coffee roastery📺 Hacks & Sort your life out with Stacey Solomon 🎙️Blindboy podcast & Dolly Parton’s America 📚 Thursday Murder Club, The Avocado Hotel, The Satsuma Complex Available on all platforms now to listen (Spotify/Apple podcasts) or watch (Spotify/YouTube). Also linked in my bio 💫We always love to hear what you think so please let us know ☕️💗https://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
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S3 Ep2 - Life as an actor & acting teacher, a true love of Superman and an IVF journey to motherhood with Mary Doherty
Send us a textThis month’s guest is my wonderful teacher, mentor & friend - Mary Doherty (the best 🥹) and it means a lot to have her on the podMary played Bonnie in the original West End cast of Come From Away and as part of that run, they won Best New Musical at the 2019 Olivier AwardsShe’s also performed in musicals including Les Miserables, Avenue Q, Grease, Our House & Merry Wives (alongside Dame Judi Dench)Mary has toured with the RSC & performed at the Globe, with her favourite role being Queen Margaret in the Henry VI trilogyIn 2012, she saw a space to help young actors on their journey to becoming professional actors & started the @theactorsclass which gets unanimous praise (having attended myself, all of it is deserved and much more - Mary creates an environment like no other 🪄✨)Personally there have been challenges, with a difficult journey to motherhood but ending in an IVF miracle. Mary is a proud Mum of Annie! Here are the mugs talked about, if you’d like to follow along and see: Tring Park School for the Performing Arts 50th anniversary mug ‘The best holiday of my life’ family collage mug made by her nephew of her family holiday in the Algarve, Portugal for her Dad’s birthdaySuperman mug - press night gift from husband Chris (one of many superman themed gifts 🦸🏻♂️)Come From Away The Musical mug Emma Bridgewater Mummy mug Some of Mary's quick fire favourites!☕️ Peppermint tea 🎬 Ordinary People📺 Shrinking 🎙️Mel Robbins🏝️ Holiday - Maldives (been) & Thailand (wants to visit)🎭 Bull - Mike Bartlett 🎭🎶 West Side Story TW// Discussion about infertility & miscarriage Available on all platforms now to listen (Spotify/Apple podcasts) or watch (Spotify/YouTube). Also linked in my bio 💫We always love to hear what you think so please let us know ☕️💗https://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
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S3 Ep1 - ‘Good shoes & a haircut’, creating a ceramics business, collaborating with local Scottish creators & the everyday JOY of mugs with Ella Fletcher
Send us a textWe’re back with S3 and I’m delighted to welcome our first guest: Ella has her own ceramics business based just outside Edinburgh @Ellafletcherdesigns. Her mission is ‘bringing joy to the everyday with colourful, handmade ceramics’ and she embodies this in what she creates 🌷💐🎨⏰Her new website where you’ll be able to buy a whole range of products will be launching Friday 25th April ‼️That joy & feeling when you choose a favourite mug from the cupboard. I’ve been a fan of her work for a while and it was such a pleasure to chat in Edinburgh 🪄 We cover all the key questions: Ella’s perfect brew, why the colour of the inside of the mug is so important & the art of mug handles ☕️We also chat about getting inspiration from the Scottish landscape, travel & collaborations with female-owned local Scottish businesses as well as a new contract this year with the National Trust for Scotland 🏴Here are the mugs talked about, if you’d like to follow along and see: 1. The first mug Ella ever made (taught by Chris Donnelly)2. The first mug Ella made by herself (THE ORIGINAL)3. By Jodie, MADE & MATTER CERAMICS, WALES (Made_and_matter ceramics)4. Bought in Ithaca, Greece from the maker at a gallery (Reminders of a 4 week Greek Island family trip last Summer5. Laura Grainger F*ck the Tories mug Collaborations & partnerships with local Scottish businesses: 💡Amanda Wells Lighting🕯️Luna Candles 🕯️Tyninghame Candles💗 It’s Good to Give charity - supporting young Cancer patients & their families in Scotland Quick fire favourites!📚The Bee Sting - Paul Murray 🐝📺 Big Boys, Day of the Jackal, Hacks🎧 Self Esteem 🗺️Greece & Scottish Highlands🎙️My therapist ghosted me & The rest is entertainment ✨Will it make the boat go faster? Ben Hunt-Davis Available on all platforms now to listen (Spotify/Apple podcasts) or watch (Spotify/YouTube). Also linked in my bio 💫We always love to hear what you think so please let us know ☕️💗Edited by Megan Tuck Audiohttps://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
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‘You just need to get off the train’ Tea Talks with Claudia Posada: On comparison, busy minds and finding balance in 2025
Send us a textIt’s Valentine’s Day and what a good reminder it is to be kind to yourself, not put yourself under too much pressure and most importantly to have fun! 🪩💌 Today we’re back with another chatty New Year’s episode with a twist as before recording Claudia & I spent the afternoon with card & magazines to put together mood boards for our 2025 intentions & beyond We talk through our mood boards and why we were drawn to the things we chose. We discuss it all from finding calm, being more present, to not packing your schedule too full so you can find joy in the spontaneity of deciding what do to do on the day (like seeing it’s snowing and buying sledges 🛷 ❄️)We’ve also moved to full video episodes so you can watch on YouTube & Spotify 📺 🥳 Video editing for the first time with a new software was an experience 😁 so bear with this first episode! If you do watch it, spot my Valentine’s themed socks 💗 (which were entirely unintentional as we didn’t know when the episode was going out!)We would love to hear about your 2025 intentions! 🎉Available on all platforms now to listen or watch! Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:57 Setting up our 2025 moodboard intentions 02:04 Sharing our moodboards 05:34 Finding calm & being present 11:07 Plans, balance & prioritisation 17:57 Relationships & prioritisation 22:48 Allowing yourself moments of calm 32:16 Bringing play & joyfulness into life - have fun! 36:37 Comparison & letting go 41:07 The abundance of choice/information overload 43:16 What we're looking forward to this year 49:15 Our words of the year 54:00 Conclusion & Recommendations (TV series/book)Claudia - Book - Absolutely & Forever (Rose Tremain) Juliet - TV show - Blue Lights - BBC iPlayer https://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
A look into people's mug collections, and the meaning a cup of tea/coffee has for us. The premise is that guests bring on 3-5 mugs on and it's a catalyst for broader conversation. Episodes are released monthly and there will also be special Tea Talks episodes about other topics enjoyed with a mug in hand
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