This week, the girls ask: what is a decidual cast? Is it true our body needs different nutrients during our cycle? How TF do I learn about my cycle, I thought my period was just one week?! Don't worry, we're in our late twenties and still clueless, we weren't taught about our bodies and our cycles, and it's time to fix that! (CN: This episode contains discussion of endometriosis, inclusive talk about periods and menstruating people, and mentions of bl**d) Book recs:Period Power by Maisie HillRebel Bodies by Sarah GrahamCycles: The Science of Periods, Why They Matter, and How to Nourish Each Phase by Amy J. HammerThis Won't Hurt: How Medicine Fails Women by Marieke Bigg#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

This episode is a HARD RELATE. Ever felt like your job defines you and your friendship circle? Wondering who you are without your to do list? This week's dilemma is sure to help you out if you're a workaholic with enabling friends. Here's The Chapters' girls take on how to move on from work-only friendships, jobs that no longer serve us, and carve out meaningful time for yourself. #TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook Reccos:Normal People by Sally Rooney (maybe Conversations with Friends)Zadie Smith - especially Swing Time and On BeautyCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerBig Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann FriedmanElizabeth Gilbert - especially Big MagicSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidYear of Yes by Shonda RhimesKeep the Receipts by Audrey Indome, Milena Sanchez, and Tolani Shoneye (The Receipts Podcast)Small Pleasures by Clare ChambersThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoFriends and Strangers by J. Courtney SullivanFriendaholic by Elizabeth Day#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

Bonjour book lovers, this one's a juicy one! We have two emotional rollercoaster dilemmas for you; one about cheating, self worth, and single motherhood, and the other about queerness, identity and supporting a trans sibling. Want to share your advice? Share your takes on socials and tag us!#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook Reccos:Dilemma One:Gender Euphoria ed. by Laura Kate DaleA Girlhood: A Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn HaysTo My Trans Sisters ed. by Charlie CraggsDetransition, Baby by Torrey PetersThe Gender Games by Juno DawsonAm I Trans Enough?: How to Overcome Your Doubts and Find Your Authentic Self by Alo JohnstonTransitional by Munroe BergdorfUnicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-KadhiDylan MulvaneySources of advice and guidance: Mermaids Gender, Switchboard, StonewallDilemma Two:Happy Single Mother by Sarah ThompsonMotherhood Your Way by Hollie de CruzGive Birth Like a Feminist by Milli HillRupi Kaur poetry would be easy to digest and upliftingNotes on Heartbreak by Annie LordThe Breakup Monologues by Rosie WilbyKnow Your Worth by Anna MathurGone Girl by Gillian FlynnHollie McNish poetryThe Unexpected Joy of Being Single by Catherine GreyThe Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by Phillipa PerryGoing Solo by Genevive Roberts#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

It's Wednesday, you know what that means... A brand new episode of The Chapters! This week, the girls tackle dilemmas about life expectations, things not going to plan, friendships falling apart, but ultimately, how to put everything back together. Life doesn't always work out how we thought it would, but there is beauty in the unexpected and the challenges. We have the books, tools, and big sister advice you need to guide you through the next chapter of your life...#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook Reccos:Dilemma One:Easy BeautyAnything by Mary OliverDisability Visibility by Alice WongWhat Doesn't Kill You by Tessa MillerBeing Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism by Elsa SjunnesonDilemma Two:Best Friends by Kamila ShamsieQueenie by Candice Carty WilliamsPeople Person by Candice Carty WilliamsEverything I Know about Love by Dolly Alderton#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

Happy New Year, readers! After a joyful and restful break, your favourite bookish gals are back with our first podcast of 2023! This episode is all about bringing your best mindset to the New Year, and blocking out the noise of 'new year new me' and focusing on your mental health and wellness - ft the impeccible life advice from Elle which is simply: eat an orange in the shower. Need we say more? Please note this episode was recorded pre Xmas. Hope you enjoy, and we'll now be back in your ears once a week!#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook Reccos:Manifest - Roxy NafusiWintering by Katherine MayA Manual for being human The body keeps the scoreChoose Joy by Sophie MillsEnchantment by Katherine May Winter Hours by Mary OIiverThe Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul- William Sieghart No Such Thing as Normal, Bryony GordonJog On, Bella MackieWhat Mental Illness Really Is... (and what it isn't) by Lucy Foulkes#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

This episode is one I'm sure we can all relate to - how do we navigate opinionated, controlling, nosy family with high expectations?! We all want to make our family and in laws happy, but celebrations like weddings, birthdays, achievements, new babies can put family dynamics under a microscope. How do we make decisions that are true to us and not to make other family members happy? How do we set boundaries with our family and in laws when we need them? What books are out there that touch on this and make us feel seen, whilst helping us to move forward? Molly and Em have all the answers you need...#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook recommendations:Dilemma 1:Yinka Where Is Your Husband - Lizzie Blackburn Concerning My Daughter - Kim Hye JinDestination Wedding by Diksha BasuMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez QuadeDilemma 2:I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Big little lies by lianne moriarty My Dark Vanessa The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly BourneIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

Join Molly, Elle and Emma in this episode as they discuss dilemmas around the BIG life choices. We've all spent time debating what the 'perfect' 5 year plan looks like, comparing our choices to our friends, and ultimately asking, how do we know what is right for us? This week, the girls chat about a listener's dilemma of being childfree by choice in a world of expectations for women and people with wombs, and what to do when you're stuck in a rut and full of regrets. #TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook recommendations:Dilemma 1:Olive by Emma Gannon  “Sixteen Writers on the Decision to Not Have Kids: Selfish Shallow and Self-Absorbed,” edited by Meghan Daum Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert City of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertDilemma 2: Careering by Daisy Buchanan Saltwater by Jessica Andrews Work Won’t Love you back by Sarah JaffeLiterally everything Mary Oliver ever wrote, especially ‘The Summer Day’Such a Fun Age by Kiley ReidShort Stories by Grace Paley Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

We're BACK, BABY! After a short hiatus (co-ordinating our Christmas launches!) we're delighted to be back sharing OUR dilemmas with you all, and recommending books to help each other! In this episode, Emma and Molly discuss creating adulting habits when you Just Can't Even, and building confidence and authenticity after struggling with a knock.  #TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook recommendations:Recommendations for Emma: Atomic Habit: Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour by James ClearMy Morning Routine- How Successful People Start Every Day InspiredGet Your Shit together journal by Sarah knightWorking Hard or Hardly Working by Grace BeverlyRecommendations for Molly: The Body Keeps the Score The Comfort Book by Matt HaigDiscomfort - Farrah Storr #TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

In this minisode, the girls answer one of your dilemmas about being single, not seeking romance, and happily so! It's a delicate balance, and one that society loves to remind us is akin to spinsterhood, but can we find examples of consciously uncoupled singles in fiction to empower you? Would reading the right book about the right single character make you feel more confident and reinforce your own choices? Why does society deem singlehood endearing for men but pitiful for women? These are some of the questions Emma and Molly dive into in answering this week's dilemma! #TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook recommendations:Conversations on Love by Natasha LunnUnattached by Angelica MalinQueenie by Candice Carty WilliamsLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott #TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk

With Andrew Tate recently being banned from social media, the girls discuss everyday sexism and how we can do better. This week, the girls advise a writer of a dilemma whose male friends see nothing wrong with Andrew Tate, and wants to help them to be better allies; as well as a dilemma about reading more widely where mythology and history are concerned. Book lovers and feminists, unite!#TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.ukBook recommendations:Dilemma 1:- Feminists Don’t Wear Pink- My Body Keeps Your Secrets by Lucia Osborne-Cowley- Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall- Women and Power by Mary Beard- Aint I a Woman by Bell Hooks- Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay- Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power by Lola Olufemi- Things Men Say to Me + Everyday Sexism by Laura BatesDilemma 2:- The works of Madeline Miller- The works of Natalie Haynes - The works of Pat Barker- Kiran Millwood Hargrave - The Mercies, The Dance Tree- NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS by Patricia Lockwood #TheChaptersPodcast is a chatty and entertaining listen for lovers of books and agony aunt advice! Hosted by the girls behind Books That Matter, this podcast is all about recommending books to get us through every chapter of life. Listeners write in, the girls deliver advice and the perfect books to get them through! New episodes are available every week, and you can find the girls at @booksthatmatteruk, and can write in with your dilemmas and questions to [email protected] podcast is brought to you by Books That Matter, the book subscription box by women, for women. Find our subscription boxes at www.booksthatmatter.co.uk