3: Career Setbacks, Journaling and Therapy with Caroline O'Donoghue

Trigger warnings: mentions of suicide and mental health. 
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On the show this week, Becki and Sophie sit down with the incredible and inspiring, Caroline O'Donoghue. 
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Journalist, author and fellow podcaster, Caroline O’Donoghue is a true multi-hyphenate. Graduating in 2011 from University College Cork with a degree in English, Caroline’s career has gone from strength to strength. Described by Dolly Alderton as “compelling and illuminating”, Caroline’s first novel, 'Promising Young Women', captured the zeitgeist and took the literary world by storm. Caroline’s next adult novel, 'Scenes of a Graphic Nature', will be published in 2020, followed by 'All Our Hidden Gifts', a novel for young adults published by Walker, in 2021. Her twenties have not always been a series of headline-grabbing success though, as when Caroline first moved to London at 21, she desrcibed in The Times that her two choices were “sex worker or bartender, so I chose bar work.” From living in a shared flat with a fortune teller, to signing a six-figure book deal, Caroline’s fortune is now firmly in her own hands. A hugely successful journalist with a weekly column in the Irish Times and host of the brilliant 'Sentimental Garbage' podcast, there seems to be no end to her talents.
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Grad Life by the Horns is a podcast covering every element of graduate life. From the existential dread that accompanies the last few months of university, to entering the graduate wasteland jobless and £30,000 in debt, this fortnightly show will offer practical advice and comforting stories to help ease the stress faced by students and recent graduates. 
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Social Media:
Co-host: Becki Hills @beckihills
Co-host: Sophie Scully @sophsculz
Instagram: @gradlifebythehorns
Twitter: @gradlifebth
Guest: Caroline O'Donoghue @czaronline or @czaronline
Artwork: Livi Arnold @livcreatively_
Producer: Pulama Kaufman @pulam.a
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