A Thought I Kept
Claire Fitzsimmons
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A Thought I Kept is a podcast about the ideas that stay with us, long after we’ve forgotten the rest. In each episode, a guest shares the one thought that shaped their life — the one they couldn’t let go of, and maybe you won’t either.
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S2E23 How We Find Our Way Back From Burnout with Dr Jillian Bybee
Burnout is often described as being too busy, working too hard, or having too much on our plates. But what if it has as much to do with how we relate to ourselves as it does with how much we do?In…
S2E22 When Wanting Something Is Reason Enough with Rachel Hartigan
What happens when wanting something is reason enough?In this episode of A Thought I Kept, I’m joined by writer and journalist Rachel Hartigan to explore a thought that has stayed with her for years:…
S2E21 How People Pleasing Stops Us Choosing Ourselves with Natalie Lue
My guest this week Natalie Lue is known to many people for her groundbreaking work on people pleasing, boundaries, emotional baggage, and relationships through The Baggage Reclaim Sessions and her…
S2E20 When Self-Help Becomes Something We Do Together with Toni Jones
This week, I talk to Toni Jones about all things self-help. Toni is the founder of Shelf Help, the world’s first self-help book club and over the last decade she has read 1,000 self-help books while…
S2E19 How We Live Between Belief and Doubt with Hiroko Yoda
In this episode of A Thought I Kept, I talk to Hiroko Yoda about grief, Japanese spirituality, uncertainty, ritual, belonging, and what it means to live somewhere between belief and doubt. We explore…
S2E18 Hope, Hulp and Human Tricky Things with Jacky Power
In this episode, I talk to Jacky Power about feelings — the ones we hide, the ones we soften, and the ones we’re not always sure we’re allowed to have. We explore what it means to be seen, and why…
S2E17 When You’re Here and Not Quite Here with Cathy Rentzenbrink
There are days when you’re here, fully in your life, in your conversations, in the small, ordinary moments, and days when part of you feels somewhere else entirely. That's what I get into with Cathy…
S2E16 How We Learn to Trust Things Will Be OK with Tanya Lynch
In this episode, I talk to Tanya Lynch about hope, resilience, and the ways we hold ourselves through change. We explore what it means to believe that things will be OK, not as a forced positive…
S2E15 When Trying is Enough with Imogen Partridge
What if trying — in your work, your parenting, your creativity — was already enough?There are time when it can feel like you’re doing everything you can, and still wondering if it’s enough. The days…
S2E14 Why Life Feels Better When We Do It Together with Laurence McCahill
There’s something that changes when we stop doing life on our own. Maybe that's an idea that only makes sense once it’s shared, a feeling that softens when someone else is there to hear it, or the…
S2E13 When Grief Changes You But Doesn’t Define You with Rachel Hart-Phillips
In this episode, I talk to Rachel Hart-Phillips about grief, suicide, and what it means to be there for someone in the hardest moments of their life. We explore that quiet, often uncomfortable space…
S2E12 Making Space for All That We Feel with Dr MaryCatherine McDonald
In this episode, I talk to Dr MaryCatherine McDonald about what it means to make space for all that we feel, especially the emotions we’ve been taught to push away. We explore anxiety, grief, joy,…
S2E11 How We Break Free from Alcohol with Ellie Nova
Sometimes the things we reach for to cope slowly become the things we feel trapped by. A glass of wine at the end of a long day. Something to take the edge off anxiety. Something that promises…
S2E10 How to Find Beauty in Everyday Life with Josephine Dolan-Dufourd
What if the way to feel better isn’t about doing more but learning how to notice what’s already here? In this episode, I talk with occupational therapist Josephine Dolan-Dufourd about what it means…
S2E9 Tea, Freedom and the Moment You Come Back to Yourself with Erica Moore
There are moments in life when everything looks fine on the outside, but something inside you is wondering, is this it? In this episode, I talk to Erica Moore about career change, rest, tea, and the…
S2E8 When You Realise You Get to Be Here with Gabrielle Treanor
This week I’m joined by writer, ADHD coach and founder of The Quiet ADHD Club, Gabrielle Treanor. Together, we explore what it means to feel fully here in your own life, especially if you’re a quiet…
S2E7 How to Live in Surrender Without Losing Yourself with Ray Martin
What happens when the life you carefully built no longer feels like it fits? When the version of success you were chasing leaves you anxious, or strangely unfulfilled? In this episode, I sit down…
S2E6 When Your Story No Longer Fits You with Hilary Salzman
Sometimes it isn’t a dramatic breaking point that tells us something needs to change. It can be quieter than that. Maybe just a sense of disconnect, or a feeling that the story we’re living no longer…
S2E5 When No One Is Coming to Save You with Edwina Jenner
This week’s thought I kept comes from Edwina Jenner, and it’s one that fundamentally reshaped how she thinks about responsibility, self-trust, and the way we move through midlife. It’s a thought that…
S2E4 When You Let Go of Beliefs That Aren’t Even Yours with Nicky Denson-Elliott
In this episode of A Thought I Kept, I’m joined by Nicky Denson-Elliott for a conversation about the beliefs many women carry without ever consciously choosing them and what can shift when we begin…
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A Thought I Kept has published 45 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.
A Thought I Kept is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 47m.
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