Are you trapped in a stereotypical path through life? Do you feel stuck and want to make a change? Ever wonder if it’s possible to go your own way?

New year...new beginnings, and this week the ‘Life Happens*’ team discuss breaking out of a life you may feel stuck in.

Michelle, the young half of the team, is just starting out on her journey and contemplates the choices ahead and how to make them.

Nick, the ‘seasoned pro’ on the team has never trodden a conventional path and has the tales to prove it! He offers some helpful advice about finding what you’re good at and using that to make your life fun.

Listen now to ‘Go your own way’ and find out how you can make the key choices for a better life. It’s a new year...it could be a new you.

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Stand by for fireworks this week as the ‘Life Happens*’ team contemplate the impending arrival of 2026.

‘Should old acquaintance be forgot?’ is the question asked once a year in many English speaking countries as revellers join hands to sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. But why? Where does this tradition come from?

And did you know that in one country New Year’s Eve was an extra special celebration because Christmas was banned there for over 400 years? What country?

Then there’s the prickly topic of New Year’s resolutions. Good or bad thing? Michelle and Nick discuss the pros and cons and Michelle offers an interesting and practical alternative.

Check out ‘Life Happens*’ now and start the new year as you mean to go on – making life happen for you!

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’Tis the season to be jolly...or is it? For some, this is the most glorious time of the year, for others...not so much.

The ‘Life Happens*’ Christmas Special is a must listen cracker of an episode full of all kinds of aural stocking fillers! From chat about Christmas traditions in different cultures to Michelle and Nick’s reflections of their own Christmases Past.

From discussing the difference between Santa Claus and Father Christmas to the origins of Christmas traditions and food, and so much more including a mysterious, and slightly scary, dancing baby!

Nick and Michelle also talk about the mental health challenges the holiday season can cause and how to find some peace and happiness despite everything.

Join the conversation with Michelle R Williams and Nick Hirst in the bumper Christmas episode of ‘Life Happens*’. We hope you have a good one!

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