Pick Yourself: From Rejection to Book Deal with Amie McNee
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
Release Date: 04/17/2025
Should I Quit My Job?
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
📬 Get in touch Email me at: biglifequestions @ edstott.com
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Why Can I Never Just Have One? 🍪
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
What if that “can’t stop eating” feeling isn’t about willpower, but design? Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Michael Moss has spent years inside the boardrooms, factories and labs where our food is being engineered, and what he’s discovered will change the way you think about food. In this full conversation, we dig into how processed food is crafted to override your appetite, what food giants don’t want you to know about nutrition “research,” and why breaking free from these cravings is harder than you think. 💡 What you’ll learn in this episode: How the food industry...
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Why Can't I Stop Thinking About Food? - Your 20 Minute Listen
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
From grandma’s kitchen to Ozempic - how eating got so complicated. This condensed version of the full-length documentary unpacks the surprising history behind food confusion, the tricks used by the diet and processed food industries, and what GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic really mean for the way we eat. 💡 In this quick listen, you’ll learn: The surprising moment eating stopped being simple How “healthy” food marketing rewired your appetite The one thing food companies can’t sell you (and why it’s the answer) 📖 Chapter Timestamps: 00:00 Why food feels confusing now 02:00...
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Why is Food So Complicated? Is Ozempic the Answer? 💉
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
📚 Michael Moss, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 🧠 Christy Harrison, dietitian and journalist behind 💉 Dr Nick Fuller from on how GLP-1s like Ozempic actually work 📖 Dr Lauren Samuelsson, food historian, on how The Women’s Weekly shaped modern diet culture → If you’ve ever felt confused about food, struggled to trust your appetite, or wondered why eating feels so fraught, this one’s for you. Loved the episode? Follow the show, share it with a friend, and know that every listen is a tiny act of resistance against unqualified men with microphones. 📬 Get in touch...
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I'm Not Ghosting You, I Swear
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
Darlings, an EXCITING update on what's coming next - eek! x As always, if you have anything you want to say, ideas to pitch or collaborations you'd like to make happen, send me an email - thatshelpful @ edstott.com
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The Simple Science to Your Baby's Best Sleep (WITHOUT Sleep Training!!) with Dr Pam Douglas
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
What if everything you've been told about baby sleep is wrong and the real solution is already built into your baby’s biology? Dr. Pam Douglas is the founder of the Possums Sleep Program, a science-backed, sanity-saving alternative to traditional sleep training. In this myth-busting episode, she shares where so many of the things we think we know about sleep come from, why they often create sleep problems instead of solving them & how understanding your baby’s biology can change everything. 💡 You’ll learn: Why “normal” baby sleep is wildly different than what you’ve been...
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Forgiveness: How to Let Go, Without Letting Them Off the Hook with Rachael Coopes
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
What if forgiveness didn’t mean forgetting, reconciling, or letting people off the hook — but reclaiming your future? Learning how to forgive — even when it feels like the hardest thing in the world to do — is transformative. It’s a complex process, and there’s a real art to balancing boundaries and letting go. It’s an art Rachael Coopes is obsessed with. She’s the author of The Art of Forgiveness. 💡 You’ll hear: – The origin of the word forgiveness — and why it changes everything – The science behind rumination, stress, and long-term health – What forgiveness has...
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What 90s Pop Culture REALLY Taught Us & How to Unlearn It with Sophie Gilbert
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
What if the pop culture you loved growing up was quietly teaching you to shrink, perform and turn on other women? In this episode, Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist Sophie Gilbert joins me to revisit the legacy of the 90s and 2000s — a time that likely shaped how you see yourself & other women. We talk about the toxic version of ‘empowerment’ that dominated the era, why so many of us still feel stuck in competition mode and how we can start untangling the stories we were sold. 💡 You'll hear: – How porn and pop culture collided to redefine girlhood – Why so many women still...
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Reclaim Your Focus: 5 Tiny Shifts to Detox Your Digital Brain
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
Know your phone is stealing your focus, but don't quite know how to take your back your brain? Here are 5 small, science-backed tweaks that will actually help. In this episode, I’m sharing how I broke the cycle—not with timers or guilt, but with insights from neuroscientists, psychologists, and attention experts who helped me understand the real cost of distraction, and what to do instead. 💡 You'll hear: How tech companies exploit your brain’s dopamine system The hidden cost of distraction most people never talk about The identity shift that makes new habits actually stick ...
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Why Good Mums Fail More with Victoria Vanstone
Ed Stott & The Big Life Questions
Feel like you're failing at motherhood? Maybe you're actually on the right track. In this episode, I chat with author and podcaster Victoria Vanstone about her year of “mumming” — a 12-month mission to try anything and everything to become a better mum. From parenting courses and rage walks to hiding in Aldi and whispering affirmations in the pantry, Victoria shares the real story of what worked, what didn’t, and why trying (and failing) might be the most important part. If mum guilt, mum rage, or the pressure to “get it right” are part of your daily internal monologue —...
info_outlineTired of waiting for someone to give you a chance? This is how you stop waiting — and start doing.
Whether you want to write, launch a project, change careers, or share your work with the world, this episode with author Amie McNee is your go-to guide. She shares how she stopped chasing permission, started backing herself, and built a creative career on her own terms — before anyone said yes.
If you’ve been holding back on making something or becoming something because you're waiting to be picked… this is your sign to choose yourself.
Yours helpfully,
Ed x
CHAPTERS
00:00 Living Between Two Worlds
01:47 The Essence of Art
06:22 Claiming Your Creative Identity
11:55 Self-Creation and Empowerment
17:14 Reclaiming Power as Creatives
22:41 Valuing Art Beyond Metrics
27:38 Taking Baby Steps in Creativity
29:31 The Power of Baby Steps in Creativity
32:24 Embracing Imperfection: The Art of Making Shitty Art
36:31 The Courage to Bomb: Lessons from Stand-Up Comedy
41:14 Vulnerability in the Creative Journey
45:50 The Transformative Power of Journaling
BOOKS
We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around & Make Something
PODCASTS
Ash Ambirge - Middle Finger Project
Sam Reece - Shitty Craft Club
The Unpublished Podcast (with Amie & James)
CONNECT WITH US
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