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The Torn Podcast

Susan Quilliam, Caitlin Cockerton, James Knight

The Torn Podcast explores what it means to feel internally conflicted, at odds with yourself, pulled in different directions, torn. Through moving personal stories and specialist insights from psychology, philosophy, literature and more, the podcast dives into how inner conflict shows up in our lives and, crucially, how we can resolve it. From questions of love and loyalty to issues of work, morality, life and death, each episode offers perspectives to help listeners find clarity, harmony and

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Episode 9 - What is Parts Work & Why's it Important?...

The Torn Podcast ·

2026/01/06

What if the parts of you that feel anxious, critical, or overwhelming aren’t problems to fix, but parts of you trying, in their own way, to protect you?In this episode, Caitlin is joined byAlex, a London-based psychotherapist working withInternal Family Systems (IFS). For professional confidentiality reasons, Alex’s voice is performed by an actor, but the insights shared are very real and deeply practical.Together, they explore how IFS helps us understand inner conflict by recognising that we are

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Episode 8 - Ian's Story: Torn about my sexuality

The Torn Podcast ·

2025/12/23

What happens when who you are feels unsafe to be known?In this episode ofThe Torn Podcast, we share Ian’s story, which is a powerful, long-arc journey of inner conflict shaped by growing up gay in a time when homosexuality was illegal in the UK. Narrated by an actor to protect anonymity, Ian’s story traces decades of tension between inner truth and external danger: family expectations, religious pressure, fear of punishment, and the very real threat of violence.Susan and Caitlin reflect on Ian’s

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Episode 7 - The journey through inner conflict

The Torn Podcast ·

2025/12/09

What really happens inside us when we’re torn? After analysing over 120 real stories of inner conflict, the Torn Project team noticed something unexpected: a shared pattern running through every account. In this episode, they introduce The Torn Journey, a seven-stage map that traces how inner conflict first stirs, how it intensifies, where we get stuck, and how resolution can become possible.In this episode,Susan and Caitlin walk us through each stage: from unconscious unease and conscious

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Episode 6 - Mary's Story: My child's life in my hands

The Torn Podcast ·

2025/11/25

Inthis dramatisation of a real-life experience, we step inside the mindof a motherfacing an unimaginable choice. Told as a first-person monologue andvoiced by an actor without any external comment, this episode navigates the private landscape of fear, love,faith, anger, and the weight of responsibility. Through an explorationof the fierce bondbetween mother and child, we witness the inner journey of making animpossible decision.This is a deeply emotional story involvingserious child illness

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Episode 5 - Who we are: Introducing The Torn Project...

The Torn Podcast ·

2025/11/11

In this episode, the hosts turn the questions on themselves.Susan, Caitlin and James interview one another, sharing how The Torn Project began, what brought each of them to this work, and the personal experiences that continue to shape it.Together, they explore the threads that connect psychology, coaching, technology, and creativity, and reveal what inner conflict means to them, not just as professionals, but as people.This is an episode about purpose, partnership, and the human stories behind The

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Episode 4: Emilia's Story: Do I abandon my dream job?

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2025/10/27

What happens when the job you’ve worked your whole life to reach becomes a place of quiet harm? In this episode, an actor tells Emilia's story from the joy of being elected president of her national cycling federation to the slow realisation that she was facing a culture of undermining, surveillance and workplace bullying.After each chapter, Caitlin and James explore the inner conflict at the heart of Amelia’s experience: duty versus agency, heart versus gut, staying to “do the right thing” versus

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Episode 3 - What do we get torn about?

The Torn Podcast ·

2025/10/14

We all experience moments of inner conflict, from the small, everyday choices to the big, life-defining decisions. In this episode, Susan and Caitlin explore the many shapes that being ‘torn’ can take between duty and desire, past and future, self and others. Drawing on stories from The Torn Project and their own experiences, they uncover what these tensions reveal about who we are, what we value, and how we learn to live with the contradictions that make us human.Find more stories, resources and

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Episode 2 - Paul's Story: Should I leave my marriage?

The Torn Podcast ·

2025/09/30

Paul spent years pushing down his true desires, until one moment of honesty changed everything. In this episode, an actor shares Paul’s story and after each chapter of that story, Susan, Caitlin and James reflect on what his conflict reveals about choice, longing and courage. This is a story about the tension between 'wanting' and 'getting' and the possibilities and risks which open up when we finally pay attention to what we really want.Find more stories, resources and hope on all things inner

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Episode 1 - What is the Torn Project and Why?

The Torn Podcast ·

2025/09/30

We all know the feeling of being pulled in two directions at once. In this first episode, Susan, Caitlin and James introduce The Torn Project;why it exists; what 'inner conflict' really means; and how listening to real stories and learning from reliable resources can help us find balance. This process marks the start of an ongoing conversation about those messy human moments when our wants, needs and beliefs collide – moments which are actually an essential part of our development as human beings.If

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