In this 'Friends Season' of The Download, Jill shares 'a tale of two writers' that bridges books, friendship, and the mysterious ways the universe weaves them together. What begins as a reflection on World Book Day unfolds into the friendship frequency - and a children’s book that somehow finds its way, decades later and half a world away, into the hands of the next generation.

It’s a story about friendship that endures across time and distance, about intuitive connections that defy logic, and about the magical threads that run through our creative lives. From Winchester to Auckland, from one Fairy House to another, this is a gentle reminder that stories have their own frequencies — and they always know where to find us.

Along the way, Jill celebrates World Book Day, her long friendship with author Kelly McKain, and the synchronicity of a book rediscovered at the exact right moment.

Listen if you love: real-life magic, creative friendships, and stories that remind you the universe is always in conversation.

Links:

• World Book Dayhttps://www.worldbookday.com/
  
  
• Kelly McKain’s books
  
  
• Jane Blonde The Perfect Spylet - a World Book Day Mini Mission

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Welcome to The Download: Season of Friends.

Jill opens her Season of Friends with a story of lifelong connection, cosmic coincidence, and a birthday adventure that somehow involves Steve Coogan. From Cambridge kitchens to Cornish cliffs and the tiniest island in the Atlantic, this is a funny, tender reflection on friendship, memory, and the mysterious frequency that keeps us linked across time and distance.

In this episode, Jill opens her “Season of Friends,” a heartfelt and funny exploration of the strange synchronicities, shared memories and timeless threads that connect us to the people we love.

The story begins in Cambridge, in a college kitchen decades ago, where Jill first met her lifelong friend and the friend's then-new boyfriend. It travels through forty years of friendship, birthdays, laughter, and the kind of adventures that become folklore within your closest circle.

At the centre is a magical and slightly surreal trip to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles for their joint milestone birthdays ten years ago, complete with toy planes, puffins, a cottage fire, and an uncanny connection with Steve Coogan - who by coincidence, was born the same week as the two friends, and somehow became an accidental fourth member of their friendship triangle.

✨ In this episode:

• How lifelong friendships begin in the unlikeliest places (including kitchens)
• A once-in-a-lifetime synchronicity featuring Steve Coogan
• The enduring comfort of connection across miles, memories, and years
• Why friendship is one of the universe’s most mysterious and miraculous frequencies

If you’ve ever felt that certain friends exist in a timeless field with you, appearing in synchronicities, birthdays, and passing thoughts, this episode will resonate.

So pour a glass, light a candle, or take a walk somewhere beautiful, and tune into the frequency called friendship.

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This is Episode 40 — the episode that nearly wasn’t.

For two weeks I put out no new material: one encore, then nothing at all. And here’s the paradox: when I went quiet, the downloads spiked. Which made me stop and wonder - is there something in silence itself that draws people in?

In this milestone episode, I explore the power of fallow periods - those empty-chair moments when it looks like nothing is happening, but in truth everything is gathering strength beneath the surface. From Carl Jung’s insights on thresholds, to Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ call for the soul’s winter, to Thomas Moore and Parker Palmer’s reflections on silence, I share why doing nothing is not failure but part of the natural cycle.

We’ll talk about:

• What it means to leave the field fallow in life, work, and creativity
• Why silence, rest and waiting can be as powerful as constant output
• The paradox of absence: more downloads when no episode was released
• How to recognise the ‘let it lie’ moments a la Vic Reeves
• October as a season of harvest, thresholds and friends
• A preview of my upcoming “season of friends,” with milestone birthdays, memories and synchronicities to share

00:00 Welcome to the Download

00:29 Episode 40: A Milestone

00:58 The Fallow Period

02:03 Embracing Silence and Rest

06:25 The Wisdom of Letting It Lie

08:58 The Paradox of Silence

10:48 A Season of Friends

12:20 Conclusion and Next Steps

Episode 40 is a pause, a marker stone, a threshold. A reminder that it’s not wrong to do nothing, and that sometimes the most authentic thing we can do is let it lie.

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The Her-ro’s Journey Mentorship Programme is a contemporary take on the Hero’s and Heroine’s journeys, exploring many of the themes we cover here on The Download.

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