Ferals' Den

Avril Millar has been an engineer, a teacher, a wealth manager, a CEO through the 2008 crash, and a board adviser for two decades. At 74 she's done pretending any of that made her tame. Feral's Den is a weekly solo dispatch on getting free of the system that trained you to shrink, delivered from her sitting room with no goddess talk, no therapy-speak and no motivational nonsense. Companion to her book FERAL.

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  Episode #4

  Why You Can't Stop Being Useful

  Aug 27, 202617 minS1

  <p>Ever feel like you have to be useful to matter? In this episode of Ferals’ Den, Avril Millar unpacks the unconscious beliefs formed in childhood that quietly run your adult life, from the compulsion to always be busy to the fear of standing out. Avril shares her own journey writing her book Feral, the self-doubt that nearly stopped her, and a simple five whys technique to uncover the belief driving your behavior.</p><p>JUMP TO A CHAPTER :</p><p> 00:00 Do You Matter If You're Not Useful?</p><p>00:14 The Party Trap: Always Being Useful</p><p>01:54 How Childhood Bel...

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  Episode #3

  The Real Reason You React Before You Think

  Aug 20, 202624 minS1

  <p>Ever reacted to something and immediately thought, why did I do that? Avril unpacks the hidden "operating system" driving your reactions, the difference between your shadow self and best self, and why we're all wired to overreact before we even realise it. Using a personal story about feedback that floored her, she breaks down how childhood shapes our emotional defaults and gives you a practical way to pause, reflect, and respond instead of react. </p><p><br></p><p>JUMP TO A CHAPTER :</p><p>00:00 When You React Without Knowing Why</p><p>01:32 Understanding Your Operating System</p><p>02:50...

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  Episode #2

  What Makes Us, Us?

  Aug 13, 202631 minS0

  <p>Why do kind, loving women turn into "keyboard warriors" online? Avril unpacks the wave of cruelty aimed at the new PM's wife this week, and why the women posting it are often the same ones showing up with meals and school pickups for their friends.</p><p>Avril connects this to her own recent recovery from lung cancer surgery, the unconscious motivators we form in early childhood, and the difference between operating from your "best self" versus your "shadow self." She also revisits her three boxes framework and shares her own adoption story to explain why your past shapes...

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  Ferals' Den

  The 3 Boxes Keeping Midlife Women Stuck

  Aug 6, 202636 minS0

  <p>Welcome to Feral’s Den  -  A podcast for midlife women who are exhausted, angry, and wondering "why does this feel so hard?" In this very first episode, host Avril Millar  shares the raw truth about her own midlife collapse, and explains exactly why this podcast (and her book) exist.</p><p>Avril breaks down the three "boxes" society pushes midlife women into (the goddess/spiritual-bypass trap, the trauma/therapy-culture trap, and the patriarchy-rage trap) and why none of them actually make you feel better long-term. She shares her own story of losing everything at 42, and the 30-year journey back...

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  Ferals' Den

  Welcome To Ferals' Den

  Aug 3, 20261 minS0

  <p>FERALS' DEN is a podcast for midlife women who are pretty damn fed up and knackered.  Host Avril Millar spent decades trying to work out why life felt so hard, and why she felt she was the only one struggling.  Then she saw how the system was designed to break us. Now 74, she knows how to get you off that hamster wheel for good. </p><p><br>Each episode unpacks the conditioning that keeps women stuck, breaking down the roles we're taught to play instead of who we actually are, and offers a path back to their real, unfiltered self...

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