Archive - The Shift With Sam Baker

Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend

What's got my attention over the past seven days #135

Feb 13 • sam baker

How to matter in your own life

Do you feel essential, but not important? In a world of disconnection, feeling seen isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity, says Jennifer Breheny Wallace

Feb 12 • sam baker

Catherine Newman: 'I'm cultivating my wrinkledness. I want to be at the front end of new crone!'

Talking menopause, frownies, caregiving versus caretaking, why only men can afford to be out of signal for eight days, embracing the crone and so much…

Feb 10 • sam baker and Catherine Newman

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Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend

What's got my attention over the past seven days #134

Feb 6 • sam baker

Books I'm looking forward to in 2026

I read a lot of fiction, so you don't have to. Here, in no particular order, are some of my most anticipated of the year

Feb 5 • sam baker

Amy Larocca: 'The wellness industry sets women up to fail'

On the menopause goldrush and how to protect your self-esteem and your bank balance from the self-care epidemic

Feb 3 • sam baker

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January 2026

Introducing our February bookclub pick

Mrs Pearcey by Lottie Moggach – and 20 free copies to be won

Jan 31 • sam baker

Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend

What's got my attention over the past seven days #133

Jan 30 • sam baker

Is it time to do some weeding?

Ask yourself this: what are the things in our lives that strangle and shrink us, but masquerade as useful?

Jan 29 • sam baker

Catch up with Erin Somers at The Shift bookclub live

And join us as we get into the weeds of parenthood and imminent middle age with The Ten Year Affair

Jan 28 • sam baker and Erin Somers

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Gretchen Rubin on open doors, empty nests and the secrets of adulthood

'Sometimes we work in order to postpone the difficult work of facing something at home. We don't wanna deal with it!'

Jan 27 • sam baker and Gretchen Rubin

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Meet Erin Somers at this month's The Shift bookclub live - LINK ENCLOSED

Join Erin and me on Tuesday 27 January, 7pm GMT to talk about her hit novel, The Ten Year Affair

Jan 26 • sam baker

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