Podcast: How to build a supportive community with Kate Middleton CEO & Founder of The Wren Project

We’re thrilled to share a recent episode of the Safe Place Podcast which features our own Kate Middleton, CEO and Founder of the Wren Project.

In this episode, Kate talks about receiving a diagnosis of Lupus aged 17, and how her own experience with this condition drove her to set up the Wren Project, and bridge the loneliness that millions of people living with autoimmune disease in the UK experience.

The conversation is raw, honest, and vulnerable - Kate discusses the emotional and physical challenge of living with a complex chronic illness, which affects multiple organs of the body. Kate reflects on the desire to help others who are struggling with similar diseases, while still maintaining important emotional boundaries to protect her own mental health. Throughout the conversation, Kate brings her wonderful humour - on topics from unsolicited advice and sharing a wheelchair with her grandma!, her utmost compassion for those with autoimmune disease, and the insight her experiences have brought her.

You can listen to the episode here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

If you don’t already know about the Safe Place Podcast, it’s well worth exploring. Hosted by Gavin Clarke, the Safe Place Podcast is a space of inclusivity, safety, for any conversation to be heard: “it is the place you go to feel comfort, to nurture your emotional wellbeing and escape the rigmarole of modern day living.“