Gemma CairneyOpen: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be
Sprecher: Cairney, Gemma
After a brief go at drama school and a stint working in fashion in her early twenties, Gemma Cairney is now a BBC broadcaster, magpie, and life enthusiast who has won awards for making documentaries on subjects such as young people in violent relationships. She presents The Surgery Show on BBC Radio 1 and co-produced and presented internet entertainment show, The Fox Problem. Gemma has presented shows and one offs for BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, 2, 3, 4, 4 Extra, 6Music and BBC World Service. She is also founder of boutique production company - Boom Shakalaka Productions. She likes to write, explore the planet, trek mountains and DJ garage classics.
Introduction
i: Welcome Unit
One: YOUR HEART Chapter
1: Family Chapter
2: Friendship Chapter
3: Love Chapter
4: Heartbreak Chapter
5: Death, Loss and Grief Unit
Two: YOUR MIND Chapter
6: Stress, Trauma, Anxiety Chapter
7: Depression Chapter
8: Eating Disorders Chapter
9: Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Chapter
10: Addiction Chapter
11: Self
Harm Chapter
12: The A to Z of a Happy Mind Unit
Three: YOUR BODY AND SOUL Chapter
13: Periods Chapter
14: Body Image Chapter
15: Exercise Chapter
16: Food, Glorious Fooood Chapter
17: Sex Chapter
18: Sexuality Chapter
19: Sexual Health Chapter
20: Abortion Chapter
21: Consent, Rape and Rape Culture Unit
Four: YOUR WORLD AND YOUR FUTURE Chapter
22: Politics Chapter
23: Our Natural World Chapter
24: Language and Words Chapter
25: The Internet Chapter
26: Volunteering Chapter
27: The Scary World Chapter
28: Prejudice Chapter
29: Feminism Chapter
30: Wanderlust and Expression Chapter
31: Money, Money, Money Chapter
32: Careers Section
ii: A Letter to Myself Aged 14 Acknowledgements
iii: Acknowledgements and Contributors Section
iv: Useful Websites Index
v: Index
