# Hurdling with Emily Ash Powell hello. this is the newsletter that looks at how we get over the things that get in our way. Page: Feed: --- ## [every lip balm and spf i bought in japan](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/every-lip-balm-and-suncscreen-i-bought-in-japan) _2026-08-19 · Emily Ash Powell_ and yes, i bought the shishedo fino hair mask as well... ## [9 books for your summer holiday](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/9-books-for-your-summer-holiday) _2026-08-13 · Emily Ash Powell_ stories to whip and zip through: preferably on a sunlounger, on a beach or in the company of a glass of €4 pale rosé. ## [hurdling with ryan march: editor of alternative wales, co-founder of teras and musician](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/hurdling-with-ryan-march) _2026-07-22 · Emily Ash Powell_ on sticking your neck out, backing yourself and finally just making the thing you wished existed. and why you don’t actually need to move to london to ‘make it’ in a creative career. ## [you're invited to: hurdles for dinner (heritage edition)](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/youre-invited-to-hurdles-for-dinner) _2026-07-20 · Emily Ash Powell_ join us at bara café in peckham on wednesday 29th july for an evening of sharing our food, oversharing our feelings and working out how to get over the things that get in our way. ## [how do we get over our friendship hurdles?](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/how-do-we-get-over-our-friendship-hurdles) _2026-07-17 · Emily Ash Powell_ a therapist's advice on getting over financial imbalances, being the only single friend, not liking partners, drifting too far away, envying success and pursuing child-free lives when others aren’t. ## [hurdling with naomi walkland: chief marketing officer, investor and advisor](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/hurdling-with-naomi-walkland) _2026-07-10 · Emily Ash Powell_ on learning the big old lesson that achievement does not create peace, the perils of not listening to your gut during an interview process and and why interviewing needs to be a two-way thing. ## [hurdling with alex holder: writer, creative director and former bookshop owner](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/hurdling-with-alex-holder-writer) _2026-06-25 · Emily Ash Powell_ on moving from london to lisbon (and back again), achieving financial fluidity and why no one would ever advise you to open up a bookshop ## [hurdling with emma-louise boynton: author, journalist and founder of sex talks](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/hurdling-with-emma-louise-boynton) _2026-06-18 · Emily Ash Powell_ on what sex therapy can really do for you, how creating a career that allows you to to your toes into so many different worlds can satiate your curiosity and why talking a lot is good, actually! ## [hurdling with kate pasola: journalist, editor and author of 'bread alone'](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/hurdling-with-kate-pasola-journalist) _2026-06-10 · Emily Ash Powell_ on how excessive gratitude gets in the way of presenting with confidence, why so much of the advice in The Artist’s Way is infuriating and why the best quality is being ‘conversationally accepting'. ## [Get started with Turso (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/46YJSv8u2DuY) _2026-06-10 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Turso account to access the app. ## [hurdling with katie clapham: writer, bookseller and bookshop owner](https://emilyashpowell.substack.com/p/hurdling-with-katie-clapham-writer) _2026-06-05 · Emily Ash Powell_ on making strategic life choices in order to prioritise happiness, being the person your parents made you and the curse of being your own hurdle.