In this powerful solo episode, Ffion is joined by Carys Allen, Lead Nurse Specialist with Cervical Screening Wales, and Georgina Wren, a cervical cancer survivor, for an open and honest discussion about everything to do with cervical screening and cervical cancer.

Together, they explore what actually happens during a smear test, what HPV is and why it matters, and the reasons so many people still feel nervous or avoid attending their screenings. Georgina bravely shares her personal story of discovering she had cervical cancer following her first smear test — a reminder of just how life-saving early detection can be.

This episode tackles the taboos, fears, and misconceptions surrounding cervical screening, offering clarity, compassion, and reassurance that there is truly nothing to be afraid of.

Honest, informative, and empowering — this is a must-listen for anyone wanting to understand cervical health and the importance of regular screening.

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In this powerful episode of Say It How It Is, host Ffion is joined by this episodes co-host and GB Olympian Ellie Boatman for a deeply needed conversation on female health - from endometriosis and adenomyosis to hormones, diet culture, and everything in between.

Joining the discussion are Kirsty Smith, hormone health and perimenopausal coach, and Jen Moore, educator, campaigner, and author of the new book on endometriosis that’s changing the conversation around women’s pain.

Together, we unpack the realities of living with chronic reproductive health conditions, the impact of hormone imbalances, and the harmful effects of medical gaslighting that so many women experience. This episode is an unfiltered exploration of how women’s health is too often dismissed — and why it’s time to change that.

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In this powerful episode of The Other Side of the Bottle, host Ffion is joined by Olympian Jasmine Joyce-Butchers who is co-hosting this episode. They are joined by Olympian and England international rugby player, Meg Jones. Meg opens up about an incredibly tough year, losing her dad to cancer and just six months later, her mum to alcoholism.

Despite these heartbreaking challenges, Meg has continued to perform some of her best rugby — showing resilience both on and off the pitch. This conversation is raw, honest, and deeply personal, as Meg and Ffion confide in each other and share their own stories of growing up with a parent battling addiction. Jazz and Meg have an incredibly close friendship, rooming together during the olympics and share what it was like to support Meg during these tough times.

It’s a special episode filled with understanding, vulnerability, and the hope that by speaking out, others might feel less alone in their own journeys.

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In this episode of Say It How It Is, host Ffion is joined by content creators and full-time mums, Ellie Hardy and Carys Harding. They open up about the highs and lows of motherhood, the loneliness that often follows, and the journey behind their growing social media platforms.

Ellie and Carys share how using their accounts to document family life has not only built a supportive community of mums but also opened doors to brand collaborations, business opportunities, and financial independence. Their honesty and creativity online have transformed social media from a personal outlet into a professional path — allowing them to balance parenting while building sustainable careers.

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In this recent episode of Say It How It Is, Ffion is joined by Hikitalo Founder, Will.

We dive deep into the story behind Hikitalo Sauna — a unique space built around connection, tradition, and healing. Founder Will opens up about his personal journey, the inspiration behind creating Hikitalo, and the challenges and breakthroughs that shaped this powerful community.

From cold waters to hot stones, this isn’t just a story about a sauna — it’s about finding purpose, building something meaningful, and holding space for others to slow down, connect, and just be.

With two sauna locations now open in Porthcawl, Hikitalo is more than a wellness destination — it’s a growing movement rooted in simplicity, presence, and community.

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In this powerful first part of our two-part special Both Sides of the Bottle, I'm joined by my cohost for this episode, Ellie Boatman. We sit down with the incredibly open and courageous Sarah Stonehouse who shares her deeply personal journey through alcoholism, just as she celebrates her six-year sobriety anniversary.

This episode focuses on the side of the addict and dives into the raw reality of addiction—from the chaos and damage it caused in Sarah’s life, to the emotional toll it took on her and her loved ones. She speaks candidly about the guilt, the shame, and the wake-up calls, but also about the incredible support network that helped her find her way out. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like to live inside the grip of addiction, or you’ve watched someone close to you struggle, this conversation offers a brutally honest window into both the pain and the hope that coexist in recovery. Sarah doesn’t hold back, and her story is a reminder that healing is messy, personal, and possible.

Part 2 of Both Sides of the Bottle will shift the focus to the people on the outside—the family, friends, and loved ones who lived through the experience alongside the individual suffering with the addiction. Together, these two episodes tell the full story of addiction and its ripple effect on everyone involved.

About Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, community-based fellowship of individuals who share their experiences, strength, and hope to help each other recover from alcoholism. Founded in 1935, AA is non-professional, apolitical, self-supporting, and open to anyone who has a desire to stop drinking.

Meetings are held both in person and online, and offer a safe, confidential, and supportive environment for people at any stage of their sobriety journey.

AA is free to attend and available worldwide.

How to Find a Meeting

• 🌐 Website: https://www.aa.org
• 📍 Find local meetings: https://www.aa.org/find-aa
• 📞 Helpline (US/UK): Visit the website to find your region’s 24-hour hotline
• 💬 Online Meetings Available: Great for privacy or those in remote areas

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In this intimate and inspiring episode, Ffion sits down with Welsh and Olympic rugby stars Alisha and Jasmine Joyce-Butchers to talk about their shared IVF journey, navigating fertility while being full-time professional athletes—and a married couple. With the Rugby World Cup looming, Alisha made the emotional decision to put family first, stepping away from the opportunity to compete this year and to focus on starting a family.

The couple opens up about the physical and emotional toll of IVF, how they supported each other while training and competing at the highest level, and what it means to prioritize motherhood in the peak of a sporting career. It’s a rare and powerful glimpse into the personal lives behind the public profiles—about sacrifice, strength, and redefining what success looks like.

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Welcome to our brand new mini catch-up series, where we reconnect with past guests to see where life has taken them since they last joined the podcast.

In this episode, host Ffion sits down with Ellie Boatman, who first appeared in Season 1, opening up about her experience with disordered eating in elite sport.

Today’s conversation goes deeper, as Ellie shares some of the challenging moments she’s faced recently — from serious injury to career uncertainty after redundancy, then the emotional impact of her mum’s cancer returning.

This honest and heartfelt catch-up is a reminder that even the strongest athletes face seasons of struggle — and that sharing those stories show how you should be kind, always.

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In this episode of the new season, Ffion is joined by guest co-host Ollie Olds for an honest and eye-opening conversation with Jake Smith, professional runner for Nike and the NN Running Team.

Jake opens up about his deeply personal journey with RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) — a condition that silently affects many endurance athletes. He shares how years of underfuelling and the pressure to fit a certain ‘runner’ body type led to a significant decline in his health, disrupted training cycles, and compromised race performances.

We dive into the mental toll of battling an invisible condition, the emotional strain it’s placed on his family, and the frustration of navigating recovery in a sporting culture that often celebrates sacrifice at all costs. Jake also challenges the outdated perceptions of what a distance runner “should” look like — and how breaking free from those ideals has been key to rebuilding his relationship with sport and with himself.

Despite the setbacks, Jake speaks with quiet determination about his aim to hit the Olympic qualifying time, not for validation, but as a powerful step toward proving that you can compete at the highest level while prioritizing health, sustainability, and self-respect.

This is an essential listen for athletes, coaches, and fans who want to understand the human side of elite sport — the part that often goes unspoken.

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In this episode of Say It How It Is, Ffion kicks off a brand new chapter of the podcast — now hosted solo with a rotating cast of co-hosts and guests.

With Gwen stepping back, the podcast evolves into a space for deeper, more personal conversations, led by Ffion and the voices that matter most to her. This week, she’s joined by her best friend of 28 years, Kate, for an honest and heartfelt conversation about the ups and downs of life lately. Together, they open up about the pressure of approaching 30, navigating personal challenges, and embracing what they’re calling their “calmer era” — a phase focused on prioritising health, happiness, and slowing things down.

Whether you’re approaching a milestone birthday, dealing with change, or just craving an honest chat between two lifelong friends, this episode will feel like a warm, relatable catch-up you didn’t know you needed.

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On today’s episode of Say It How It Is, Ffion and Gwen are joined by The Oddballs Foundation Manager, Kieran Kelly and 19 year old testicular cancer survivor, Jamie Young. Oddballs was founded back in 2014, and uses wild, wacky and wonderful underwear prints as a way of creating conversation and awareness around testicular Cancer. Shortly after in 2015, The Oddballs Foundation was set up to act as the main charity affiliate to the brand and continue to spread awareness and tackle the stigma- delivering workshops and talks, with their now 50 university ambassadors across the UK. Jamie is the incoming Oddballs Foundation University Ambassador for Reading University. In 2019 at the age of just 14, Jamie was diagnosed with testicular cancer after experiencing hip pain and going to get it checked out.

This was just the beginning of his journey. The cancer has unfortunately spread to both his pelvis and lung, which required multiple rounds of chemotherapy and major operations. Following his recovery, Jamie is now keen to share his experiences with as many people as he can, raise awareness and contribute to breaking down barriers in talking around the topic. This episode provides huge insight into both what The Oddballs Foundation strives towards and how Jamie reacted to and dealt with his diagnosis and treatment, to bounce back and see life as he does today.

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Love Your Period now has 75 people world wide working towards their common goal, with an age range of 12- 87. They have a huge presence within the Welsh Government and are working with a variety of companies to help diminish period poverty by providing period products to those who need them.

Molly is a shining example of how to use what you go through as a vehicle for change and a way to help other people. We are so inspired by Mollys outlook on life and we are confident that you will be too.

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On today’s episode of Say It How It is, Ffion and Gwen are joined by Ollie Olds, mindset mentor, and Lloyd Ashley, ex-professional rugby player and founder of Living Well. In this episode expect to learn all things finding purpose, the power of service and helping others, how perspective allows you to be grateful for what you have and how to provide a safe space for people to talk. Ollie went through his own journey through depression following 3 ACL injuries and being told he shouldn’t play again. Following this he went through a process of finding his identity and purpose again before becoming a transformation coach to help others do the same and reach their potential. Lloyd, after gaining many different qualifications alongside his rugby career, decided he wanted to study counselling and fell in love with the idea of bringing people together, creating connections and creating safe spaces to have conversations.

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On today’s episode of Say It How It is, Ffion and Gwen are joined by Dragons professional rugby player Ashton Hewitt and Trauma and Orthopaedics Consultant, Mr Stuart Roy.

Newport born Ashton, has grown his rugby career through an academy programme all the way to international honours. Unfortunately, he has experienced 2 ACL injuries, one in 2021(MCL and ACL) and one in 2023 (LCL and ACL). He is currently rehabilitating his current ACL injury in the hope to return to rugby at the end of the year. 

Stuart was appointed as a consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in July, 2005. He has a full-time NHS contract and specialises in sports injuries and all aspects of knee surgery. He has been clinical director and is currently Audit lead for his department. Stuart himself has experienced an ACL injury during his rugby career, so has a lot of empathy and understanding for his patients. 

During this episode, expect to learn about the mechanisms of ACL injuries, the difference in risk between males and females and all different graph options for this level of surgery. It is clear that there needs to be more research into the increase of ACL injuries and the girls discuss all different forms of preventative measures that need to be implemented in sport. Due to the massive rise in these extremely horrific injuries, and with Ffion and Gwen experiencing these themselves, we hope this episode provides some insight into the severity of this injury. 

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On today’s episode of Say It How It is, Ffion and Gwen are joined by Founder of Speakeasy Club and mental health advocate Simon Clarke.

Simon founded Speakeasy Club following his own struggles with depression and anxiety over a number of years, with the aim of creating an environment where people feel comfortable to be vulnerable and open up about their own thoughts and feelings. For Simon, it took hitting rock bottom to find a way out. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Through Speakeasy Club, resources and conversations are being made more readily available to access in your time of need. And through Simon sharing his own story on this episode, we hope you can see that no matter what you are going through and how you feel, you are not alone and there is always a way out.

During this episode, expect to learn about the power of words and the lasting impact they can have on someone, the benefits and many forms of therapy, why being curious is so important, and so much more.

You can find more information on Speakeasy Club and their resources here: https://speakeasyclub.co.uk/about-us/

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On todays episode of Say It How It Is, Ffion and Gwen are joined by Natalie Riddler, founder of the Morgans Army Charity. On June 28th 2023, Natalie and her husband Matt tragically lost their wonderful little boy Morgan after a long and hard battle with Cancer. Throughout Morgan’s journey, Matt and Natalie fought unbelievably hard to help their son get the diagnosis and treatment he deserved, and in doing so realised that there was a missing piece in supporting children, parents and families that are suffering with an ongoing fight against childhood cancer. From this sparked Morgans Army, a charity set up with the tag line “no one fights alone”, aiming to bridge some of these gaps, and help to provide families with support during the toughest of times.

During the episode, Natalie shares openly the highs and lows of Morgan’s story, shares her favourite memories but also discusses how difficult it was and still is for them as a family. She explains how important family is and expresses the meaning behind her values, after what her family has sadly experienced.

There is incredible work being doing at Morgan’s Army and everyone at Say It How It Is hugely supports people just like Natalie, who are trying to make a difference to those in need!

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In today's episode Ffion and Gwen are back with Endometriosis Part 2, after a big response from Part 1 in the last season.

The girls welcome the return of Gynaecologist Mr/ Anthony Griffiths (The legendary Mr.G) and Sophie Richards, women’s health advocate and founder of The Endo Spectrum. The girls and their guests cover a range of topics from Sophie’s endo journey, pain links, fertility, Ffion’s recent Endo flares, the effects of nutrition on the condition and so much more. There are a huge amount of learning to be taken from this episode, whether you suffer from Endo, are a friend or partner of someone who does, or are simply just keen to learn more about this condition and how it affects 1/10 women.

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On today's episode the girls are joined by Drew Povey, ex-headmaster, leadership expert and all round legend. Throughout his career Drew has experienced many highs, lows, successes and setbacks, all of which have taught him valuable lessons around the power of perspective and “owning your shit”.

During his early career, Drew gained a plethora of experience in the field of rugby league coaching, before making the switch to becoming a headteacher, at Harrop Fold School, famously known for starring in “Educating Yorkshire”.

The leadership expert and author now spends his time sharing his experiences and learnings, through delivering workshops and mental skills sessions to sports teams, coaches, businesses and entrepreneurs.

You won’t find a man more real and genuine than this guy, and his insight into hardship, ownership and growth is a breath of fresh air.

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Season 2 is finally here! Welcome back to the Say It How It Is Podcast, connected by Vodafone.

On todays episode Ffion and Gwen reflect and catch up on life over the past few months. Rehab updates, plans for the future, death row meals and so much more.

Across season 2, the girls will be bringing you bi-monthly episodes every other Sunday alongside many more amazing and inspirational guests candidly sharing their stories with openness and vulnerability.

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In today’s bonus episode, Ffion and Gwen deep dive into the questions left by each guest in season 1. It became an end of episode tradition and the girls thought it would be a nice way to end their first season by answering them all themselves. 

The girls talk about the advice they would give their younger selves, their favourite muller corner yogurt and who would play themselves in a movie. 

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