The Shakespeare Mindset: Improve your life the Bard way not the hard way

Find A Way To Live With Your Grief

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT

"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break." There's no right or wrong way to deal with grief, but as the man says if we want to move forward we need to acknowledge it.

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My Country Right And Wrong

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT

"This England never did nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself." As a teenager in the 1970s battling racism I'd always thought of Shakespeare as the embodiment of English nationalism. In this delightful episode Michael Dobson, head of the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon, explains why I couldn't have been more wrong.

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Why Do You Think Your Thoughts Are Facts?

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Today we look at the fuss around who wrote Shakespeare and how his works can help us uncover the truth.

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When Hope Falls Short

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown." If you want to be a leader at work or in your community, beware the pitfalls.

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Take Control of Your Life

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT

"Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast." You've assassinated the supreme leader. Now what? Today I'm looking at Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and why if you're going to be bold you need to consider the consequences ahead of acting.

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The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:29:46 GMT

"Dreams, indeed, are ambition, for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream." This week Dave talks to the writer Stefan Stern about how to get on in the world without resorting to murder most foul.

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If Only I Had Time To Listen To This Podcast

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

Why are we so obsessed with time? And why do we think we have so little of it? Shakespeare has an answer or two.

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What Are You Afraid Of?

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT

"Our doubts are traitors, And makes us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt."

What's holding you back in life? Shakespeare knows, and I'm here to tell you how to fix it.

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The Shakespeare Mindset

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:55:19 GMT

Welcome to The Shakespeare Mindset, where modern day problems are solved by the world's greatest ever writer.

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