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    • Spring Season Blogs
    • Summer Season Blogs
    • The Emergency Chicken – The Saga Continues
    • Radiators & Drains
    • Virtual Insanity
    • What If…?
    • The Happiness Question
    • What’s Wrong With Good Enough?
    • I’m Sorry. It Isn’t You. It’s Me.
    • You Are Not Alone
  • About Us and Getting in Touch
    • Meet your Hosts
    • Contacting Us
    • Never Miss a Blog Post or a Podcast!
    • Important Information & Legals
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    • Life is never easy…..but you are not alone.
    • Never Miss a Blog Post or a Podcast!
    • Spring Season Blogs
    • Summer Season Blogs
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  • Seasons
    • One
      • The Emergency Chicken
      • The Tidal Wave that Never Came
      • Happiness is an inside job*
      • The Queen Bee Syndrome
      • Spring is Nature’s way of saying “Let’s Party!!!”
      • The Thief of Time
      • One Space or Two?
      • Winning at Life
    • Two
      • The Emergency Chicken – The Summer Sequel!
      • How (not) to cope in a crisis
      • The Best Things About Summer
      • The Lizard that Talks to Me (Part 1)
      • The Lizard that Talks to Me (Part 2)
      • Questions that never have an answer
      • Growing Up Is Hard To Do
      • Be Good Enough
    • Three
      • The Emergency Chicken – The Saga Continues
      • Radiators & Drains
      • Virtual Insanity
      • What If…?
      • The Happiness Question
      • What’s Wrong With Good Enough?
      • I’m Sorry. It Isn’t You. It’s Me.
      • You Are Not Alone
    • Four
  • Podcasts
    • Season One Podcasts
    • Summer Season Podcasts
    • Autumn Season Podcasts
  • Chicken Nuggets
    • Having a Positive Mental Attitude
    • The Do’s & Don’ts of Problem Solving
    • Stop Putting It Off!!
    • Help! I’m a Perfectionist…
  • Chick Chit Chat
    • How to Roast a Chicken
    • Pear Walnut and Stilton Salad
  • Chick Lit
    • Spring Season Books
    • Love Food? – Book Recommendations
    • Summer Reading for Kids
  • Home
    • Life is never easy…..but you are not alone.
    • Never Miss a Blog Post or a Podcast!
    • Spring Season Blogs
    • Summer Season Blogs
    • Autumn Season Blogs
  • Seasons
    • One
      • The Emergency Chicken
      • The Tidal Wave that Never Came
      • Happiness is an inside job*
      • The Queen Bee Syndrome
      • Spring is Nature’s way of saying “Let’s Party!!!”
      • The Thief of Time
      • One Space or Two?
      • Winning at Life
    • Two
      • The Emergency Chicken – The Summer Sequel!
      • How (not) to cope in a crisis
      • The Best Things About Summer
      • The Lizard that Talks to Me (Part 1)
      • The Lizard that Talks to Me (Part 2)
      • Questions that never have an answer
      • Growing Up Is Hard To Do
      • Be Good Enough
    • Three
      • The Emergency Chicken – The Saga Continues
      • Radiators & Drains
      • Virtual Insanity
      • What If…?
      • The Happiness Question
      • What’s Wrong With Good Enough?
      • I’m Sorry. It Isn’t You. It’s Me.
      • You Are Not Alone
    • Four
  • Podcasts
    • Season One Podcasts
    • Summer Season Podcasts
    • Autumn Season Podcasts
  • Chicken Nuggets
    • Having a Positive Mental Attitude
    • The Do’s & Don’ts of Problem Solving
    • Stop Putting It Off!!
    • Help! I’m a Perfectionist…
  • Chick Chit Chat
    • How to Roast a Chicken
    • Pear Walnut and Stilton Salad
  • Chick Lit
    • Spring Season Books
    • Love Food? – Book Recommendations
    • Summer Reading for Kids

Life may not be easy, but you are not alone.

Do you:

  • endlessly juggle life’s little wins and disasters?
  • try to anticipate every problem but realise you are never in control?
  • strive for perfection but worry you aren’t enough?
  • wonder if there is a bigger, better and more amazing life out there that you are missing out on?

We do too! And on a daily basis….

Come and join us and let us keep you company!

Our podcasts and blogs tell the story of living and life, in all its glorious detail. From how not to deal with a crisis, to the joys of working and dealing with change, we wonder and talk about it all. We’re learning as we go along and have come up with some top tips to help you make it through the day, as well as some advice collected from the multitude of self-help information out there.

Most importantly, though, always have your emergency chicken (or your food preference) in the freezer.

You won’t regret it.

The Emergency Chicken and Other Stories.

Hi there,

We’re Em and Milla, busy people with families, kids (of all ages) pets, and – of course – emergency chickens, or in Milla’s case Haloumi cheese.  We tackle everything life throws at us, sometimes struggling from one disaster to the next success.  Em writes the blogs; Milla listens very patiently to the stories.  Listen out for Sam the Scaredy Rescue Cat who likes to join in!
Click here to find out more about us.

The Emergency Chicken and Other Stories. Meet your Hosts.

The Emergency Chicken and Other Stories. Meet your hosts.

Read our stories…

You Are Not Alone

You Are Not Alone Not so long ago, I got up on a Saturday morning and I couldn’t see the point to carrying on any more. Not to the extent…

You Are Not AloneRead More

Help! I’m a Perfectionist…

Help! I’m a Perfectionist… Confession: I’m not a perfectionist. Of course, there are some things I’m very picky about. We all have our own standards, ways of doing things that…

Help! I’m a Perfectionist…Read More

I’m Sorry. It Isn’t You. It’s Me.

I’m Sorry. It Isn’t You. It’s Me. There is a song called ‘What a Fool Believes”, by The Doobie Brothers, sung by Michael McDonald.  Here’s the YouTube link if you either…

I’m Sorry. It Isn’t You. It’s Me.Read More

What’s Wrong With Good Enough?

What’s Wrong With Good Enough? It’s Friday morning and I scroll through Twitter/X/whatever it’s called. I come across a tweet (do we still call them tweets now we are living…

What’s Wrong With Good Enough?Read More

The Happiness Question

The Happiness Question Confession: I am a secret iPad Scroller. I can sit  browsing for hours; Facebook, Twitter, news channels, online shops and just about anything on the internet generally.  Give me…

The Happiness QuestionRead More

What If…?

What if…? When I grew up, there were lots of ‘What if?’ questions in my house.  My sister and I were curious kids, and we were actively encouraged to find things…

What If…?Read More

Virtual Insanity

Virtual Insanity Every now and again, during the course of my work, I need people to sign documents. I do not make this request lightly. I will need to meet…

Virtual InsanityRead More

Radiators & Drains

Radiators & Drains When Milla and I sat, and discussed our plans to make a Podcast, we talked quite a bit about content.  Being two women who can talk rather a…

Radiators & DrainsRead More

The Emergency Chicken – The Saga Continues

The Emergency Chicken – The Saga Continues The Emergency Chicken – the habit of needing to have a chicken in my freezer for any and every eventuality – is not…

The Emergency Chicken – The Saga ContinuesRead More

You can find our Podcast Seasons here.

The Emergency Chicken and Other Stories Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple, Goodpods, Podbean, Castbox and all platforms. Just Search "The Emergency Chicken".

Join Em and Milla as they wryly discuss the madness of living and life, the serious and ridiculous situations that they find themselves in and the glorious and occasionally grubby details of how they managed to get through it all.

We are on Spotify

You can hear us on Goodpods:

listen to the emergency chicken and other stories podcast on goodpods

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