Real Women's Stories with Lisa Quait

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I Closed My Business, Took On Debt And Started Again With Two Young Children

July 14, 2026

This is a story about resilience, motherhood and having the courage to begin again.In this episode, I’m joined by Liv Parkes, Founder and CEO of AI styling platform Persi.After more than 15 years working with brands including Reiss, House of Fraser, Monica Vinader and Missoma, Liv decided to build something of her own.She shares the reality of closing her first business, losing investment and starting again with no income and two young children to support. We talk about selling leftover jumpe...

Here's What It Was Really Like Working On The Generation Game In The 90s

July 09, 2026

In this Brucie bonus episode, I’m chatting to Sandi Birch about what it was really like working behind the scenes on The Generation Game in the 90s.From swapping vodka and Evian bottles during a studio drinking game, to accidentally causing a BBC evacuation over a cake left under her car, Sandi shares the kind of chaotic, hilarious and nostalgic TV stories you simply couldn’t make up.A lighter, behind-the-scenes bonus from our conversation - full of old-school telly memories, studio madness a...

Two Policemen Knocked On My Door… Then I Had To Rebuild My Life

July 07, 2026

This is a conversation about loss, resilience, hope, and learning how to live again after the unimaginable.Three weeks before her wedding, Sandi Birch opened the door to two police officers - and in that moment, her whole life changed.Her partner Griff had been killed in a car crash on his way to work, leaving Sandi suddenly widowed, a single mum to their six-month-old baby, and facing a future she had never imagined.In this deeply moving episode, Sandi shares the shock of that day, the grief...