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Past Weekly Features

Every week we share a book, film or podcast feature. Past weeks' features live here, so if you missed one you can catch up on the article.

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Book Voices

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Podcast Voices

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Film Voices

The Something Inspirational Team, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 13 September 2026

Podcast Feature of the Week, Three Mums With a Dream

The Something Inspirational Team

Colleen, Louise and Siobhan turn the questions on themselves for an honest conversation about leaving stable jobs, facing fear and building the life they want.

Why can't it be us? So we decided it would be.
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Tonya Lester, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 6 September 2026

Book Feature of the Week, Author of PUSH BACK

Tonya Lester

Therapist and author Tonya Lester on speaking up in relationships, healthy conflict and why being called difficult can be a badge of honour.

We become courageous and confident by taking these emotional risks.
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PUSH BACK

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Stephen Lamar Lewis, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 30 August 2026

Film Feature of the Week, Actor, Writer and Director

Stephen Lamar Lewis

From a career in the Navy to theatre college and now running Just Us Studio in New York with his wife Brittany. Stephen asked strangers on Instagram for a one page script, and he is turning one of them into a film.

I believe in every individual's capacity for greatness.
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Talitha, Spheres Contemporary, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 23 August 2026

Feature of the Week, Stepping Out

Talitha, Spheres Contemporary

Talitha founded Spheres Contemporary to give artists somewhere unexpected to show their work. Her first showcase is a pop up gallery inside a half finished building by Frankfurt's S眉dbahnhof, wires, rubble and all.

This space, right now, exactly as it is, is enough to start with.
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Spheres Contemporary

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Phil Cousineau, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 16 August 2026

Book Feature of the Week, with New World Library

Phil Cousineau

Author of more than forty books and a protege of Joseph Campbell. In The Wisdom of the Odyssey, Phil Cousineau turns Homer's epic into twenty four life lessons about resilience, healing and coming home changed.

We do not return home unchanged. The person who walks back through the door is not the person who left.
AuthorMythologySelf Growth

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The Wisdom of the Odyssey

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The Boardman Watches, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 9 August 2026

Film Feature of the Week, From Novel to Screen

The Boardman Watches

One of our very first book picks is becoming a film. Duke Lott shares the official poster, the cast, and the long road from page to screen, with filming starting this October.

Some Secrets Don't Stay In Time.
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The Boardman Watches

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Jill Margaret Shulman, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 26 July 2026

Author, College Essay Coach and Steady Voice for Students

Jill Margaret Shulman

Our first feature with New World Library. Jill has spent decades helping high school students write their college essay with less anxiety, and her book gives them the one thing every applicant needs, permission to sound like themselves.

You are enough. That is the line Jill gives every student, without exception.
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College Essay Confidence

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People We Meet on Vacation, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 19 July 2026

Film of the Week, Now Streaming on Netflix

People We Meet on Vacation

Based on Emily Henry's bestselling novel. Poppy and Alex have one tradition, one week of vacation together every summer for ten years. This is the trip where everything finally gets said.

It is never the grand gestures that keep people close. It is the repeat ones.
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Watch on Netflix

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Amy Poehler, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 12 July 2026

Podcaster, Comedian and Warm Presence

Amy Poehler

Good Hang is the podcast Amy Poehler built to do one thing, make you laugh. No lessons, no life fixes, just warm, funny, honest conversations with the people she loves talking to.

Sometimes the most human thing a podcast can do is let two people talk, the way old friends do.
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Listen on Spotify

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The Swimmers, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 28 June 2026

Film of the Week, Now Streaming on Netflix

The Swimmers

The true story of Syrian sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini, two competitive swimmers who used the skill they had trained their whole lives for to save twenty lives in the Aegean Sea, then carried one of them all the way to the Rio Olympics.

They did not give up on each other, and they did not give up on their dream.
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Watch on Netflix

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Jay Shetty, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 21 June 2026

Podcaster, Author and Former Monk

Jay Shetty

The host of the number one mental health podcast in the world. A former monk on a quiet mission to make wisdom go viral, one warm and thoughtful conversation at a time.

When you make your purpose your priority, the world rearranges itself around it.
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Think Like a Monk

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Brianna Wiest, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 1 June 2026

Author and Quiet Voice of Self Mastery

Brianna Wiest

The author behind The Mountain Is You and 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Brianna writes about self sabotage and self mastery with rare clarity and quiet, lasting kindness.

The mountain is you. The hardest climb is rarely outward, it is the quiet work of meeting yourself with kindness.
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The Mountain Is You

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Mel Robbins, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 1 June 2026

Podcaster, Author and Quiet Force of Change

Mel Robbins

From $800,000 in debt to running the world's number one podcast. Mel Robbins gives millions a reason to believe in themselves, one honest conversation at a time.

You are one decision away from a completely different life.
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The Let Them Theory

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Catherine Daniels, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 24 May 2026

First Time Author, Mature Creative Writing Student

Catherine Daniels

At 51, Cath put four grown children first, then enrolled on a creative writing degree and published her first book. Proof that the best chapters can begin at any time.

It is never too late to begin again. The first page of your next chapter is still blank.
AuthorSelf GrowthLate Bloomers

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Dave The Series, We All Know a Dave

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Feven Mehereteab, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 18 May 2026

Solo Traveler and Travel Mentor

Feven Mehereteab

62 countries later, Feven has turned solo travel into a quiet act of self trust. She shares how booking the ticket can change everything.

Book the ticket. The version of you waiting on the other side is the one you have been looking for.
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Stress Free Remote Work and Solo Travel

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Duke Lott, featured author at Something Inspirational
Week of 10 May 2026

Author, Speaker and Diversity Coach

Duke Lott

An award winning Michigan voice using words to build bridges, foster honest dialogue and inspire quiet, lasting change.

Words build bridges. Use yours to leave the world a little kinder than you found it.
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The Boardman Watches

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