with Zara Janjua

Zara’s Spiritual Life guest this week is Lisa McGee, the award-winning creator and writer of the global smash hit Derry Girls. She reflects on growing up Catholic in 1980s Derry, how faith has shaped both her life and storytelling, and her new eight-part Netflix comedy-drama, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.

Sister Mary Gianna shares how Greyfriars Convent in Elgin welcomes people of all ages for retreats throughout the year - creating space for reflection, prayer and meaningful conversation in a busy world.

And GP and writer Gavin Francis offers a fresh perspective on the mental health crisis, looking at why our minds are far more resilient, dynamic and deeply human than the labels often given. Something he explores in his new book, The Unfragile Mind.

Zara’s faith forum panel this week is Dr Aman De Sondy, senior lecturer in Contemporary Islam at University College Cork, Rev Bryan Kerr – Parish minister at Kilmacolm Parish Church, and Very Rev Sally Foster Fulton – UK and global churches ambassador for Christian Aid and former moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. This week, they’ll be thinking deeply about:

Showing support – both the prime minister and the King have this week had to think about who to show their support to and consider who is supporting them as the fall-out from the Epstein files continues. So, in our everyday lives, what do we do when someone we support challenges our moral compass, and can positive action be an outcome?

As Ramadan and Lent begin this week, our panel explore the relationship between fasting and spirituality.

And as Team GB suffer their fair share of disappointment at this year’s Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, how do we deal with those feelings in our own lives and in society as a whole?