<p>Written and performed by Esther Smith. </p><br><p>A woman attending a yoga class struggles to be present, before encountering someone from her past and having a spiritual experience. Just not the one the yoga teacher intended. </p><br><p>Esther Smith is a BAFTA-nominated British actor and writer who trained at the Guildford School of Acting. She currently stars opposite Rafe Spall in TRYING. Seasons 1 - 3 are currently streaming worldwide on Apple TV+ and the fourth is due out later this year. </p><br><p>This is the sixth episode of our brand new anthology podcast. We’ll be back every Monday with original, intimate stories from writers, performers and filmmakers.</p><br><p>Subscribe, rate and review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/never-told/id1687651052" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2AX7vfotES6rh6Emb0LObs?si=5f93e84a3d544764" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. </p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p><ul><li>Follow Esther on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/esthervonsmith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. </li><li>Follow Esther on <a href="https://twitter.com/esthervonsmith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. </li><li>Follow Brock Media on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wearebrockmedia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/WeAreBrockMedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</li><li>Watch <a href="https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/trying/umc.cmc.6muy4la7lj1omu5nci4bt2m66" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Trying</em></a> on AppleTV+. </li><li>Watch <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b04d72n6/cuckoo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Cuckoo</em></a> on BBC iPlayer.</li><li>Watch Esther (alongside Brett Goldstein) in the short film <a href="https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2019/02/13/fuck/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>F*ck</em></a>. </li><li>Try meditating with apps like <a href="https://www.headspace.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Headspace</a>, <a href="https://www.calm.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Calm</a> and <a href="https://balanceapp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Balance</a>. </li><li>Read Rainer Maria <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Letters-Young-Poet-Clothbound-Classics/dp/0241620031/ref=asc_df_0241620031/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=606824286194&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7400150772798128289&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-1731159754923&psc=1&th=1&psc=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rilke</a>’s ‘Letters to a Young Poet’.</li><li>Other podcasts that tackle grief include <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/griefcast/id1178572854" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Griefcast</a>, Rob Delaney’s episode of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s15-bonus-episode-how-to-fail-rob-delaney-on-the/id1407451189?i=1000583240307" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How To Fail</a> and this episode of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-126-joe-cornish/id1040481893?i=1000480465707" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Adam Buxton podcast</a>. </li></ul><p><br></p><p>Producer: Nicole Davis (she/her)</p><p>Executive Producer: Sarah Brocklehurst (she/her)</p><p>Production Assistant & Assistant Story Editor: Amy Yeo (she/her)</p><p>Sound Design and Mixing: Tom Whalley (he/him)</p><p>Artwork: Bett Norris (she/her).</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>