Episodes

  • Episode 3: Handling Illness

    Episode 3: Handling Illness
    Mar 11 2025
    How do we do battle with our minds during tough times? Since walking away from a car accident two years ago, on some days Elaine has “big conversations” in her mind to help get her out of bed. The sisters talk about the multifaceted ways grief appears – not just losing loved ones, but losing old selves, friendships and relationships. Caroline wonders if they give themselves enough time to grieve with Rachel saying “no, we just keep going”. All three Power sisters are the eldest children in their families. Rachel learned from a young age that “I needed to make sure I had it together”. They talk about giving their all to family until it comes to a head. Elaine asks, “who’s pouring into me?” with Caroline’s follows up - “what’s left for you?” exposing the emotional toll on them. At what point do they get to be themselves? SHOW NOTES Elaine recommends 'The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma' by Bessel Van Der Kolk. Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Power Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Episode 2: Ageing Like A Fine Wine

    Episode 2: Ageing Like A Fine Wine
    Mar 4 2025
    Are we happy ageing like fine wine? Caroline says the sisters have a decade left of still looking half decent. Rachel has learnt to celebrate each birthday in style, but Elaine only goes to parties where there are chairs and good food, and she can’t abide weddings with staged choreography. “We have to admit that our time has passed,” says Caroline, but “age brings respect” for Elaine – just don’t talk to her about Botox, she can’t stand needles. Rachel marvels at young people with their big lashes and lips, but admits “that’s just not the aesthetic we grew up with.” Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Power Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • Episode 1: You’ve Got To Be The Best

    Episode 1: You’ve Got To Be The Best
    Feb 25 2025
    Are sex, money and communication the key to a happy life? Caroline says love trumps everything, Elaine wants her vex money protected, and Rachel takes regular self-care. But how do they measure success for their children? Rachel’s daughter wants to be an actress, Caroline’s son dreams of being a professional footballer and Elaine’s boys are focussed on academic achievement, but what’s good for them, and what do we want as parents? “I just want to make sure life treats them fairly” says Caroline. Follow Power Sisters on Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • How I Met The Power Sisters

    How I Met The Power Sisters
    Feb 25 2025
    Producer Liza Ward recalls that first meeting on a tube train, and introduces us to Rachel, Elaine and Caroline. Follow on Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Power Sisters is a Whistledown podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 mins
  • Introducing... Power Sisters

    Introducing... Power Sisters
    Feb 18 2025
    Introducing... Power Sisters. Three lifelong friends who’ve juggled the demands of having high-powered careers along with the challenges of raising their families. This trio of black women - Rachel, Elaine and Caroline met at school in Streatham in the early 90s. They share stories of friendship, love, marriage, divorce, careers, motherhood. And talk candidly about the prejudice they’ve encountered, their struggles to get to the top of their chosen professions and the pressure they’ve felt as representatives of their respective communities. Rachel is a communications executive who has worked at No 10 for both Theresa May and Boris Johnson. Elaine has established a successful senior role in education and has been on a healing journey since a car accident in 2022. Caroline is a lawyer. Friends for three decades, they've been through it all - and the one constant? Each other. COMING: TUESDAY 25TH FEBRUARY Instagram: @powersisterspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 mins