How Do We Manage?
How Do We Manage? is a weekly podcast hosted by Stephanie von Bismarck that explores how to navigate life in a world of rapid technological and social change. Each episode features conversations with thinkers and innovators about balancing wellbeing, resilience, and personal values amid constant digital transformation and new lifestyle trends. The show aims to offer practical tools and inspiring insights to help listeners keep up and thrive. It touches on topics like artificial intelligence, wearable devices, sustainability, and digital transformation.
Episodes
How Do We Manage Big Emotions?
Have you ever been described as ‘too much’? Ever felt like your reaction was bigger than it should have been? Many of us feel emotions more deeply than others - but what if this isn’t something to suppress, but something to understand?
This is the premise of a new book called ‘Too Sensitive’ by Dr Sasha Hamdani, a board-certified psychiatrist and ADHD Expert. The book explores RSD - rejection sen
How Do We Manage Parenting Styles?
Parenting has never come with more advice than it does today. Social media is full of people claiming that their style of raising a child is the right one, commenting on everything from discipline to nutrition to education. So how do you work out what to listen to?
Dr Aliza Pressman is a developmental psychologist, podcast host and author of the book, ‘The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essentia
How Do We Manage Being Digitally Savvy?
Navigating the online world for ourselves is hard enough, but trying to keep it safe for our children feels near impossible. We’ve talked a lot on the show lately about the dangers of posting pictures of our families, how children as young as three are using social media, and the sort of content that is being fed to our kids online. One thing that keeps coming up over and over is: how do we keep i
How Do We Manage ‘Sharenting’?
The term ‘sharenting’ describes the act of posting photos of your children on social media, something that many of us do today. In fact, it’s predicted that by 2030 two thirds of online fraud in young people will be caused by what their parents have uploaded about them. In a world where sharing images of your child to your social media account to celebrate a milestone, birthday or family holiday h
How Do We Manage Being a Stepparent?
Across Europe it’s estimated that around 10% of children live with a step parent. But the step-family journey can be a rocky one — what if your partner’s child rejects you? What if you have a tricky relationship with their ex? How do you make peace with the fact that as a step parent you may have to make more compromises than anyone else in the family?
When Katie South became a stepmum she realis
How Do We Manage Our Children’s Mental Health?
According to the World Health Organisation, one in seven adolescents globally experiences a mental health disorder. Depression and anxiety are some of the leading causes of illness in teenagers. But what can we do as parents to help?
Dr Beth Mosley is a consultant clinical psychologist who works with children, young adults and their families everyday. Her book ‘Happy Families’ is a guide to suppo
How Do We Manage Childbirth?
Childbirth is something that many women will experience, and yet if you speak to them you’ll find their experiences vary wildly, from stories of pure elation to ones that are far more traumatic. Women are told to plan for the birth they want and yet they rarely get to have it. So what are we getting wrong?
Megan Rossiter is the founder of Birth Ed - an antenatal programme that is designed to help
How Do We Manage Our Medication?
Did you know that, according to a study by the University of Liverpool, as many as 16.5% of hospital admissions in the UK are caused by adverse reactions to medication? Or that most prescription drugs work for less than half the population? We can be very willing to take the medicines that are prescribed for us, but how much do we really know about what we are ingesting?
Dr Nick Barber is Emeritu
How Do We Manage Banning Social Media?
In recent weeks the British government has announced that social media will be banned for under 16s. Australia implemented their own ban last year. Social media bans have attracted mixed reviews; some say that they will keep children safe, others say it takes the responsibility away from the big tech companies.
Our guest today helps us to understand what social media bans are, and what the effect
How Do We Manage Being Proactive About the Future?
How we navigate the future in an uncertain world is tricky. But for this week’s guest it is her job. Amy Webb is a futurist; someone who uses data, evidence and methodology to predict multiple plausible outcomes for the future. Amy is the CEO of Future Today Strategy Group, who advise leaders and businesses on how to strategise for potential outcomes. She publishes an annual ‘Convergence Outlook’;
How Do We Manage Understanding The Power of Motherhood?
Motherhood has created social and political change for centuries, so why has the act of growing, birthing and nurturing children been so overlooked as something that women just ‘do’?
Elinor Cleghorn is a historian and author, whose first book ‘Unwell Women’ documented the ways in which women’s health has been treated throughout the ages. Her latest book ‘A Woman’s Work: Reclaiming The Radical His
How Do We Manage Learning Through Movement?
Did you know that playing on the monkey bars could help improve your child’s writing skills? It’s reported all over the world that our lives are becoming more sedentary than ever before, and the knock-on effects for children extend far beyond health issues.
Movement is key for cognitive development in children, and when a Christchurch-based teacher called Gill Connell recognised this in her class
How Do We Manage Supporting Domestic Abuse Victims?
According to the charity Women’s Aid, statistics show that nearly a third of women in the UK have experienced domestic abuse in some form. Ministers have called it a ‘national emergency’ and yet women who decide to press charges against their abuser can find themselves in an extremely precarious position once they are in court.
Dr Charlotte Proudman is a renowned barrister and activist who has va
How Do We Manage A Good Mental Health Routine?
For years the conversation around mental health has been framed in a negative way. People often ask you ‘what’s wrong?’ but do they ever ask you ‘what’s right?’
In a new book What’s Going Right: A Powerful New Method for Optimizing Your Mental Health, celebrity-endorsed psychiatrist, renowned author and president of Pacific Premier Group, Dr Paul Conti flips the lens on mental health to arm us wi
How Do We Manage Running Out of Water?
How many times have you used your water supply today? To brush your teeth? Flush the toilet? Perhaps you gave your apple a quick rinse at breakfast while the kettle was boiling for your coffee. For many of us around the world we take for granted that when we turn a tap on water appears. But what if that basic resource suddenly disappeared?
A scenario where we're left with no water is referred to
How Do We Manage Chronic Pain?
Pain is something we all experience in some shape or form. However, 19% of adults in Europe and the US live with chronic pain, and almost half say they don’t get proper relief - so what are we getting wrong?
To understand the nuances of pain - whether chronic, acute or emotional - and its treatment, this week we speak to Dr Kirsty Bannister, Principal Investigator of the Central Modulation of Pa
How Do We Manage Raising Good Men?
Since the release of Louis Theroux’s documentary on the ‘Manosphere’ we have heard a lot of noise about influencers who are promoting potentially dangerous and misogynistic lifestyles and attitudes to young men. But when we know that our sons will see content like this whether we like it or not, how do we talk to them about it?
Ben Hurst is an educator who works with boys and young men to talk ab
How Do We Manage Male Fertility?
Fertility issues in a heterosexual couple generally fall into a 50/50 split between men and women. So why then, when we talk about infertility in a couple trying to conceive, does the focus often fall to the woman?
Even in a world of increased research and technology around having a baby, men’s fertility is still an under-discussed topic. Dr. Anand Patel is a UK-based GP and leading specialist in
How Do We Manage Living Longer?
Scrolling through social media we’re presented with all sorts of methods to live longer: supplements, bio-hacking, optimisation. All this speaks to a very individualistic approach to health, but actually one of the biggest factors to maximise your longevity is where you live.
Today’s guest, Dr Devi Sridhar is a professor and Chair of global public health at Edinburgh University. She’s written a b
How Do We Manage The True Price of Bread?
In 2015 the UN warned us that there are only 60 harvests left until the earth’s soil is too degraded to support efficient food production. Our food systems are weak and something needs to change for more sustainable modes of farming. But how realistic is that on a large scale?
Today we’re tackling the issue with George Lamb. During a break from his successful career as a TV and radio presenter,
How Do We Manage Love and Fidelity?
Why do we love who we love? Why do we stay when we know it’s over? And how do some couples stay madly in love? These are just some of the questions Dr Justin Garcia has been exploring in a new book called ‘The Intimate Animal’.
Justin is an evolutionary biologist and executive director at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. He’s been studying how humans have evolve
How Do We Manage The Manosphere?
Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, the audio may intermittently dip in quality, which could affect your listening experience.
According to UN statistics a third of women across the world experience sexual or physical violence at least once in their life. The rates of violence against women and girls are astonishing; in the UK a woman is killed by a man once every three days. So how d
How Do We Manage Life After Loss?
Sue Deagle was living a happy life in northern Virginia. She had a high-flying career and a beautiful home that she shared with her husband, son and daughter. But one day she woke up to find her husband unresponsive in bed, by the time he got to the hospital, he had sadly passed away. Sue suddenly found herself on a new path, juggling motherhood and work while navigating her own grief and her chil
How Do We Manage The Grieving Brain?
Grief is something we will all experience in some shape or form in our lives, not just through the death of loved ones but also in the breakdown of relationships, the loss of jobs and for the lives we thought we might lead that have taken a different path.
When we grieve our brain is battling a lot of conflicting information, and on this episode of How Do We Manage we invite in Dr Mary-Frances O’
How Do We Manage Teaching Students To Be Happy?
We learn a lot at school and university, but are we taught enough about how to have agency over our own mental health? One professor in the US didn’t think so and so created ‘Stoked Lab’. It’s a module at California’s Stanford University that teaches students how to find happiness and positivity in life. Through practical skills and life philosophies that the students can apply to their own journe
How Do We Manage Women’s Roles In Peace?
In the year 2000 the UN Security Council launched Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security - the first commitment to recognise the importance of women’s roles in conflict prevention and resolution. But more than 25 years on how much progress have we made?
While the number of women at negotiation tables is going up, there is still a way to go. Fawzia Koofi is an Afghan politician, writer and a
How Do We Manage Swipe Culture?
Ghosting, situationships, catfishing: dating culture has never been more complicated, and single people worldwide are getting fed up. When we are faced with thousands of potential suitors to choose from, how do we make ourselves stand out, ensure that we are making meaningful connections and prevent the dating fatigue from setting in?
Erika Ettin is a dating coach who works with clients to put a
How Do We Manage Advocating For Our Own Health?
When we picture healthcare experts we might think of people like doctors, nurses, surgeons and neurologists. But what about the patients? Patients are able to give us so much insight into what our healthcare systems are really like; where they thrive and where they fail.
Tilly Rose describes herself as an ‘expert’ patient. She spent the best part of two decades trying to receive diagnoses for a w
How Do We Manage Preventing Kids From Being Groomed by Gangs?
Sheldon Thomas is the founder of Gangsline Foundation Trust, a pioneering organisation that supports young people caught up in gangs. Once involved in gangs himself, Sheldon now dedicates his life to prevention and intervention; he has worked around the world to give young people a second chance through his mentoring schemes.
On this episode of How Do We Manage Sheldon tells Stephanie about his o
How Do We Manage the Future of AI and Therapy?
How often do you use AI in your daily life? Perhaps you use it to find a recipe, or to help plan your week, or a holiday. But have you ever turned to it for emotional support?
As the world’s collective mental health is worsening, many who are suffering do not have access to the support that they need, and so the number of people turning to the likes of ChatGPT or Gemini for help is increasing. B
How Do We Manage Getting Angry?
When you think about an angry person, who do you picture? Perhaps someone who flies off the handle easily, or someone who becomes intimidating when they are frustrated. Anger is framed so negatively in our society, but actually it’s as informative an emotion as happiness or sadness. Many of us hold our anger back but suppressed anger can be just as harmful as anger that comes out as aggression, so
How Do We Manage Our Drinking Habits Beyond Dry January?
As the dust settles from New Year’s Eve parties around the world, lots of us will be thinking about the changes we want to make to our lives in 2026. For many that will involve thinking about reducing alcohol, or even giving it up entirely. Challenges like Dry January are extremely popular among those who want to start living a healthier lifestyle, but what happens when February 1st hits? Is going
How Do We Manage Navigating Uncertainty?
According to the World Uncertainty Index we’re living through the most uncertain times since the financial crash in 2008. Uncertainty can apply to so many things in our lives from wider issues like a turbulent economy, to decisions that might affect our future, for example choosing what to study at university, and even in the minutiae of our day-to-day lives like deciding which route will get us h
How Do We Manage Growing Older, Bolder and Louder?
Throughout her forties, model and activist Mia Maugè felt lost, unseen and ashamed of her new older self.It took opening up on Instagram to change all that. She was immediatelyscouted by four model agenciesand has been a loud and proud advocate for aging and the beauty it brings ever since.
She and Stephanie discuss the changing identities of women as they age, embracing grey hair in all its glor
How Do We Manage the Science of Optimism?
How different might your life be if you approached it with a more optimistic mindset? It’s a question thathas fascinated our guest, journalist, scientistand author Sumit Paul-Choudhury since a huge personaltragedy led him to try and reframe his own life through a lens of optimism. The experiment was such assuccess that it led him to take a deep dive into the history and philosophy of looking on th
How Do We Manage Understanding Our Brains’ Perception of Reality?
Dwayne Godwin has a brilliant brain. He’sa neuroscientist, an educator, and an academic leaderworking as a Professor in Translational Neuroscience at the Wake Forest University School ofMedicine in the US. And in his collaboration with world-renowned cartoonist Jorge Cham, he’s hereto teach us that every one of us has a brain which is also completely brilliant. In their latest book-“Out of Your Mi
How Do We Manage Feeling Like an Impostor?
How often do you walk into a room convinced you don’t belong there–even though all the evidence tells you otherwise? It’s a feeling most of us have experienced at least once in our livesand for someone peopleit can become really debilitating–Impostor Syndrome.
Dr Valerie Young is an internationally recognised expert on the concept. She’s a global speaker,an award-winning author and co-founder of
How Do We Manage Negotiating Our Way to What We Want?
What if there was a way to get exactly what you wanted, just by reframing your approach? We can all take some tips on how to negotiate effectively from this week’s guest, Matthias Schranner. Described by Forbes magazine as “one of the the best negotiators in the world”, Matthias began his career as an undercover policeman, and his skill in dealing with extremely volatile circumstances led him to w
How Do We Manage Truth in a World of Liars?
When was the last lie you told? (Be honest!) Why did you tell it? Can you tell when someone is lying to you – your partner, your boss, your child? Is anyone born a liar? When is lying ok, and when can it destroy you? In this episode of How Do We Manage, Stephanie tackles all these questions and more with Swedish behavioral expert, worldwide best-selling author and speaker Thomas Erikson. In his “S
How Do We Manage Not Repeating the Same Mistakes in Relationships?
If you ever feel as though your relationship is stuck, or you find yourself making the same mistakes over and over again, this episode is for you. Jillian Turecki has helped thousands of people around the world transform their relationships and heal themselves from the inside out.
Through coaching, workshops, a podcast, newsletter, and social media community she reaches millions with her compassi
How Do We Manage the Brain’s Secret Life of Rest?
When was the last time your brain really took a break? In a world where we are conditioned to believe in constant production, achievement and success, resting the brain can feel counterproductive, scary or even lazy. But according to author and neuroscientist Dr Joseph Jebelli PhD, it’s completely essential.
After experience burnout in both his family members and himself, he began to research th
How Do We Manage Living Ethically in a World of Consumption?
Isabel Losada is someone who really puts her money where her mouth is. Having decided to live more ethically, she took herself to task and worked to change every element of her life – from what she wears, to who she banks with, and what she eats. Her book “The Joyful Environmentalist” provides us all with a humorous and, yes, joyful take on how we can all make similar changes to our lives.
She an
How Do We Manage Menopause Without Losing Our Minds?
How much do you know and understand about perimenopause and menopause? It’s a stage of life that will affect each and every one of us – either directly or indirectly, but until a few years ago, was barely spoken about.
Finally that conversation is getting louder – thanks to women like our guest Dr Naomi Potter.
Naomi is a leading menopause expert, the founder of Menopause Care clinic, and co-aut
How Do We Manage Telling The Truth When It Costs Everything?
Would you speak up if you knew it could risk everything? If you are Dr Eirliani Abdul Rahman, the answer is a resounding “yes”.
Now a Senior Fellow and Collaborative on Global Children's Issues at Georgetown University, Eirliani was a victim of child sex abuse when growing up. But she found the strength to share her story – and give voice to others. She’s the co- founder of YAKIN - (Youths, Adul
How Do We Manage The Life After Cancer No One Prepares You For?
Dr Liz O’Riordan is leading the way in getting us talking about cancer. She was 40 and working as a consultant breast surgeon when she herself was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. What she then went through opened her eyes to how women with cancer are treated, and all the things they aren’t told or warned about. She’s now changing the conversation with her books and online presence.
In this
How Do We Manage When Motherhood and Ambition Collide?
Having a successful career whilst raising children can sometimes feel like an impossible challenge – but Dolly Jones wants to change that narrative.
Dolly’s a former editor at Vogue, a digital consultant and author of “Leaving the Ladder Down”, a book which encourages us to think differently about working parents – for ourselves, our families and in the workplace.
In this episode of How Do We Ma
How Do We Manage When Women Aren’t Taught About Money?
It’s one of life’s last remaining taboo subjects...Money. What we earn, what we save and how we spend is mostly shrouded in secrecy. And in a world where the earning power and purse strings are still so often held by men, tackling the issue head on can be particularly challenging for women.
Today’s guest is on a mission to change that. Bola Sol is a financial advisor, a money columnist and the
How Do We Manage to Set Boundaries Guilt Free?
Boundaries... it’s one of those words we hear all the time, but what does a healthy boundary really look and feel like? Do you know how to set your own and respect other people’s?
In this episode Stephanie gets all the answers and so much more from best-selling author, therapist, and creator of the online platform “Struggle Care”, KC Davies.
KC shares how her own addiction battles and mental hea
How Do We Manage A Generation Raised on Porn?
How much do you know about what the children in your life are seeing online? The average age at which young people first see porn is now just 13 – with more than a quarter accessing it by age 11. As governments worldwide grapple with the best ways to protect children online, the theme of today’s episode is both timely and necessary. And the guest is a force to be reckoned with.
Tatiana Kotlyarenk
How Do We Manage When Food Feels Complicated?
It’s something so many people struggle with at some point in their lives – a healthy attitude to food, eating, diet and body image. So how can we eat in a way that’s well adjusted, and step away from those damaging messages that come from both outside influences and our own inner critic?
Priya Tew is an award-winning registered dietitian and nutrition professional who has an incredibly grounding,
How Do We Manage to Stop Freaking Out About AI?
Are you excited or frightened by AI? Is it helping us cope with everyday life more effectively – or destroying human creativity and agency?
These are some of the big questions tackled in today’s conversation with Greg Beato – a tech writer and co-author of the book “SuperAgency - What Could Possibly Go Right With Our Future”.
Written with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, the book explores the way
How Do We Manage... Living With Life-Limiting Illness?
In 2008, shortly after he’d qualified as as doctor, Dr Stuart Farrimond was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. He was forced to leave medical practise, but went on to become a science educator, an international bestselling author and a broadcaster.
In this very special episode Stephanie and Dr Stu talked about the mental health condition which, by chance, led to his brain tumour diagnosis,
How Do We Manage... Women’s Stories?
Tova Leigh is a breath of fresh air. Having originally trained as a lawyer, and then an actress, she became an online sensation when she started sharing her feelings about motherhood in a blog that went viral.
Since then she’s become a content creator, performer, best-selling author, and leads international women’s retreats.
Her thoughts on being a woman and everything it involves are honest, o
How Do We Manage... Online Safety? (Part 2)
The safety of our children online is a massive issue for parents, carers, guardians and governments worldwide.
As amendments to the UK Online Safety Act come into force this week, this is the second part of a conversation with Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE, a leading voice on children’s rights in the digital environment , who was instrumental in the creation of the Act.
In this, Part 2, we take a m
How Do We Manage... Online Safety? (Part 1)
Keeping children safe online is a massive global challenge, and Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE has been a huge force for establishing standards for digital safety and privacy across the world.
This conversation was recorded in July 2025 just before an amendment to the UK Online Safety Act came into force, to further protect children from harm, and we’re releasing it in two parts.
A crossbench peer
How Do We Manage... Living Sustainably?
How much environmental guilt do you suffer from? Knowing where to start in terms of living and working in a more sustainable way can feel like a never ending question, but this episode of How Do We Manage can help with that.
Stephanie’s joined by Chief Country Officer at the Sustainable Markets Initiative, Xenia zu Hohenlohe.
Xenia is an expert in sustainability, having spent years advising the
How Do We Manage... Nutrition for Neurodiversity?
Neurodiversity is something that now affects all of us – whether it be something you live with yourself, or through the relationships you have with friends, loved ones, and your children.It’s estimated that 15 to 20 percent of the global population have a neurodiversity, whether it be autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia or another condition.
In this episode of How Do We Manage…? Stephanie meets Luc
How Do We Manage... Connection & Community?
“My purpose in life is to bring joy and positivity to every person that I interact with”...The words of the guest for this episode, Charlie Dark, MBE.
Charlie is a DJ, creative, founder of Run Dem Crew, and a true inspiration.
In this episode he and Stephanie discuss his upbringing in 1970s Peckham in London, the school which both opened opportunities and presented real challenges, how he ground
How Do We Manage... Social Media?
How much time do you spend in the “mindless scroll?” Do you approach your social media with intention, or is it eating up your time, productivity and money in unhealthy ways?
In this episode of How Do We Manage, Stephanie chats with social media expert, Matt Navarra.
Matt is a consultant who advises major online platforms around the world including Google, Meta and the UN, and once managed the T
How Do We Manage... Hormonal Health?
If you’ve ever struggled to understand your hormonal balance and the impact it has on your physical and mental health each day, this episode is for you.
Stephanie’s guest is General Practitioner, Lifestyle and Longevity Expert Dr Anita Raja.
She and Stephanie take a deep dive into all things hormones...how they work, the areas of your health they can impact, how they affect mental health, and wh
How Do We Manage... Romance Fraud?
In this episode of How Do We Manage...Stephanie is joined by Cecile Fjellhøy. Cecilie shot to fame when her story of being defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a former lover was documented in the 2022 Netflix documentary, The Tinder Swindler.
She’s gone on to become an activist for victims of romance fraud, founding LoveSaid – an organsation which offers help and advice to those affe
How Do We Manage... AI & Entrepreneurship?
In this episode of How Do We Manage, Stephanie chats with Co-Founder and Chairman of Implement AI, Piers Linney. Piers is a highly successful British business leader and entrepreneur and has appeared in TV shows such as Dragon’s Den and The Secret Millionaire.
They discuss how to approach AI in the workplace, the digital change we need to prepare for and get on board with, and how to really maximi
How Do We Manage... Screentime?
In this episode of How Do We Manage, Stephanie chats with Emily Cherkin, aka The Screentime Consultant
Author of The Screentime Solution, Emily began her career as a teacher, but after a decade of watching screens becoming more and more present in children’s lives, both in the classroom and at home, she started working with parents and teachers to develop a healthy approach to screentime and now
How Do We Manage... Staying True To Our Values?
In this episode of How Do We Manage Stephanie is joined in the studio by a global fashion icon. Elizabeth von der Goltz has been a leading name in the fashion industry for decades. She worked her way up from a temp job at Barneys in New York to take on leadership roles at Bergdorf Goodman and Net-a-Porter and later became Chief Merchandising Officer for Matches.com and CEO of Browns. She’s now wor
How Do We Manage... Trauma?
Today's guest is Dr Paul Conti. Paul is a psychiatrist and author, specialising in trauma and the impact it can have on our minds and bodies. His 2022 book Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic, comes with an endorsement from Lady Gaga, who claims he saved her life.
In this episode, Paul and Stephanie talk in depth about trauma, both individual and collective, how we recognise it, and how we can work to
How Do We Manage... The Human Brain v AI Technology?
In this episode of How Do We Manage, Stephanie chats with neuroscientist and writer Dr Henning Beck.
They discuss the fundamental differences between AI and the human brain, and how to maximise the potential of both alongside one another. Henning explains how to stop our brains getting lazy and inactive, and whether technology will ever be competition for human creativity.
Plus if you’ve ever wo
How Do We Manage... Decision Making?
In this episode of How Do We Manage, Stephanie chats with Adrienne Adhami. She's a leading wellness coach, business advisor and author, and recently released her latest book - Decisions That Matter, How To Make Decisions In A World Of Endless Choice.
In this episode Stephanie and Adrienne chat all things decision making - from how to know which ones are important to how to make the right choic
How Do We Manage? Trailer
The world is changing more rapidly than we ever thought possible. Technology and lifestyle solutions are our new normal; from the workplace to our social lives, how we monitor our wellbeing to how we raise our children. Whether it's AI, wearable devices, superfoods or biotechnology, there's rarely time for us to catch a breath before the next innovation is unveiled. But are we emotionally, physica
