F*CK, REINVENTING MYSELF AT 40! WITH TALITHA CUMMINS
Guest: Talitha Cummins
Season 1, conversation 3 · Published 28 March 2025
From newsroom to jewellery empire. Reinvention is always possible.
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About Talitha Cummins: Former TV journalist, founder of The Cut Jewellery.
Conversation guide
What if we don’t have to feel ready before we start? Talitha and I talk about changing direction, learning new things and what it feels like to start. She describes building the next piece while still feeling frightened. A small first step can tell us something, even if we decide it isn’t for us.
- Try a class before committing to a new direction.
- Separate a slow reply from the story you tell yourself.
- Bring one skill from your old work into the new field.
Learn about yourself by starting before you feel ready.
What would I try if I didn’t need to feel ready first?
Try this week: Take one small first step towards it this week and note what it tells you.
These ideas come from our conversation. The activities are a few suggestions to try, when you’re ready. The recovery story is a personal experience, not medical advice or an instruction to change treatment without appropriate support.
Transcript excerpt.
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Conversation excerpt · 14:19-14:48
[14:19] to London and I'll do the face tof face [14:21] um practical diamond grading so went [14:24] there into the laboratory and you know [14:27] there were seven or eight of us in the [14:28] class and you have your own microscope [14:30] and you have your tools and you learn [14:31] how to um basically look at a diamond [14:34] they they hand you diamonds and grade [14:36] them from start to finish in accordance [14:39] with the four CES uh really interesting [14:43] also a lot of maths involved and you [14:45] know which I didn't see coming I did [14:48] fear that I was going to fail the exam
Topics: REINVENTION, CAREER
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