Selected Media & Press

Body + Soul: My Twin Will Never be the Same, Times Weekend

Paperback Writer: How to master the art of change in a world in flux, Guardian

Feeling good in your own skin, Psychologies Magazine

True grit lies in knowing you can change, Guardian Weekly

Opinion: True grit lies in knowing you can change, Guardian

Is Grit Something You Can Learn?, Guardian online

Human Metamorphosis, The Independent

Forget Self Help – We’re Programmed for Change, Observer Magazine

Interview for Das Investment (Germany)

The Meaning of Life, Psychologies Magazine

Dean Potter’s extreme exploits showed us the beauty of life on the edge, Guardian

Risk Wise: Meet the Author, BBC Focus Magazine

School of Life Lessons, Psychologies Magazine

How I Learned To Be Brave, Grazia

You’re Braver Than You Think, The Oprah Magazine (SA) (cover story)

Ser Corajoso, Vogue (Portugal)

A Mother’s Courage, The Oprah Magazine (SA)

How To Be Brave, Psychology Today

Being Brave, Psychologies Magazine

How To Be Brave, Vogue (UK)

Terror Behind A Rising Curtain, Independent

What Does It Mean to be a GP Today?, Bristol Festival of Ideas

MINDSET workshops, Mastered.com

Why It’s Never Too Late To Change, Gransnet

LOD in conversation with Polly Morland and Ian Leslie, Life With Law

Five small steps to being brave, Psychologies online magazine

We don’t need another hero: the need for individual courage, ‘The  Importance of Ideas’, edited by Andrew Kelly (Guardian Shorts e-book), including essays by Nate Silver, Naomi Wolf, Andrew Solomon, Michael Pollan, Michael Sandel, George Monbiot and others.

Polly Morland on Writing The Society of Timid Souls or, How to be Brave, Crown Publishing

Top Five Misconceptions About Courage, Barnes & Noble, The Nook Blog

5 Books That Taught me About Bravery, Read It Forward

SRF, Switzerland, Kulturplatz

MSNBC, USA, The Cycle

BBC Radio Scotland, John Beattie Show

Newstalk Radio, Dublin, Moncrieff

Can we change ourselves? BBC Radio 4, Radio 4 in Four

BBC Radio 4, Woman’s Hour

BBC Focus Magazine podcast

Newstalk Radio, Dublin, Moncrieff

BBC Radio 4, The Human Zoo, ‘Hindsight Bias’

Monacle Radio, The Monacle Weekly

NPR/Wisconsin Public Radio, Central Time

WNYC, New York, Brian Lehrer Show

KFWB-AM, Los Angeles, Book Radio

Cosmo Radio 7/1, New York, John Searles Show

BBC Radio 4, Woman’s Hour

BBC World Service, Outlook

BBC Radio 5 Live, Tony Livesey Show

Newstalk Radio, Dublin, Moncrieff

BBC Radio Scotland, MacAulay and Co