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My Three Favourite Podcasts

Hi there, Since travelling an awful lot on trains, coaches and the occasional overpriced Uber over summer, I finally began to jump onto the podcast bandwagon as my way of helping the time pass. Being such a fan of YouTube creators, I had always been quite visual and wasn’t sure that podcasts would entertain me in the same way videos did. If video wasn’t available, I had since always reached for music as my travel entertainment so again I saw no need for podcasts. But, with all of the travelling I was doing and not getting into much new music at the time, I got tired of listening to the same playlists over and over (plus unreliable signal on trains often prohibited me from watching YouTube), and finally gave podcasts a go. I have now found some that I really enjoy and that I will now often choose over music or video when on my daily commute. Banging Book Club - Hannah Witton, Lucy Moon and Leena Norms This is the first podcast that I really stuck my teeth into and have n...

Am I A Stupid MA Student? - Dealing With Imposter Syndrome

Hey there, Yet again, it has been a long time since I posted. Apologies. I have no real excuse other than life getting in the way. I do miss regular posting and maybe one day soon I can get back on track, but for now, I am popping in to have a chat about something I am hoping some of you can relate to. Apologies for the dramatic title, I’m not sure I’m quite at the level where I can use clickbait in any kind of serious way. Dramatic it is, but there is definitely some genuine feelings behind this claim. definition:  Impostor syndrome  (also known as  impostor phenomenon ,  impostorism ,  fraud syndrome  or the  impostor experience ) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent  internalized  fear of being exposed as a "fraud" I recently graduated from King’s College London with a 2:1 in Theology, granting me access to my chosen masters course in Religions and Theology at the Un...