Learning How To Live

A podcast for curious minds eager to step off the treadmill, dig deep and discover how to live well. Conversations about what happens on the inside and how it affects us on the outside.

Series 2, episode 5. Relapse and Recovery 07/27/2021

Series 2, episode 5. Relapse and Recovery An episode about that moment when you seem to be getting better and then suddenly have a bad day, or bad week. Following my story of recovery from anxiety and in this case discussing my relapse a few years later and how I came to terms with it. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/19946159

Series 2, episode 4: I'm struggling with anxiety, what should I do? 07/15/2021

Series 2, episode 4: I'm struggling with anxiety, what should I do? In this episode I look at the many varying ways I learnt to calm my anxiety. Some of these are small physical and practical changes, some were skills I learnt, others still were difficult relational choices I had to make. I hope this might help you if you have recognised you are struggling with anxiety and don't know what could help. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/19822889

Series 2, episode 3: The mindsets that can make you ill. 07/13/2021

Series 2, episode 3: The mindsets that can make you ill. In this episode I look at the unhelpful mindsets I was stuck in during my 20s (and if I am not careful mindsets I can still slip into today). These deeply held, but never properly acknowledged beliefs created an environment for anxiety to flourish. It is only by re-examining and unpicking these ideas I have been able to recover and live well. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/19745222

Series 2, episode 2: What happens when you are diagnosed with depression and anxiety. 07/06/2021

Series 2, episode 2: What happens when you are diagnosed with depression and anxiety. In this episode I discuss my mental health diagnosis (initially with Post-Natal Depression and then with Generalised Anxiety Disorder.) Being diagnosed with a strange experience, it changes nothing and every thing. Here I discuss my initial reactions to the diagnosis and what I then went and did about it with my usual level of skin-off honesty. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/19717958

Part 1: Recognising you are suffering with anxiety. 06/30/2021

Part 1: Recognising you are suffering with anxiety. It can be hard to recognise you are struggling with your mental health. In this podcast I discuss the situation the unrealistic expectations and circumstances that surrounded my diagnosis of post natal depression and anxiety. This correlates strongly with what I see happening around me at the moment. The pandemic has pushed many of us to the brink of not-coping and many people are struggling with anxiety for the first time. Lets talk about why and how and what we can do about it now. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/19645160

Episode 8: Speaking to your inner critic. 12/04/2019

Episode 8: Speaking to your inner critic. I can be my own worst and most harsh critic. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/12279545

Episode 7: Uncovering the World of Measurement. 11/25/2019

Episode 7: Uncovering the World of Measurement. In this episode I take a long hard look at the World of Measurement. Not sure what that is? It is the world most of us live in nearly all the time. A world where we compare and quantify, chart academic progress and weight loss, reward promotion and achievement, where the most important thing is winning and if that means somebody else loses, well so be it. In the World of Measurement we measure everything from our income to our cars, from how tastefully decorated or tidy our homes are to the behaviour of our /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/12169424

Episode 6: What we've learnt about authenticity, creativity and diagnosis (with the Positive Planners) 11/05/2019

Episode 6: What we've learnt about authenticity, creativity and diagnosis (with the Positive Planners) This might just be my favourite podcast episode so far. A couple of weeks back I travelled to Bath to attend the launch of the Positive Wellness Journal, the new book from the Positive Planners. For those of you who don’t know, the Positive Planners are Ali and Finn and together, fuelled by their personal mental health stories, they designed and launched a successful range of gratitude mindful journals. I was introduced to Ali and Finn about six months ago via the medium of Instagram. Having exchanged m /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/11914178

Episode 5: The truth about capacity or Discovering Your* Enough (*not a spelling mistake). 10/23/2019

Episode 5: The truth about capacity or Discovering Your* Enough (*not a spelling mistake). Episode 5: This episode explores why knowing the limits of your capacity is vital. I didn't know how much I was able to do. I tried to do it all. I pushed hard and kept going when I should have stopped. It didn't end well. I ended up at the age of 30 riddled with anxiety, experiencing panic attacks and burn out. One of the most important elements of my recovery has been to think about how much I can do. This is easier said than done when you live a life full of responsibility and activity. In this episode I /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/11751818

Episode 4: Emotional Articulacy and Anxiety 10/15/2019

Episode 4: Emotional Articulacy and Anxiety A conversation about finding the words to talk about how we are feeling and the limits of language. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/11650547

Episode 3: Your creative practice matters. 10/03/2019

Episode 3: Your creative practice matters. Why is it important to have a creative practice? What might stop you developing one? During my early 30s when I was suffering with post natal depression and anxiety I stopped thinking of myself as a creative being. This was not good. I discovered creativity is essential to maintaining my mental health and wellbeing. Hear my story of how I have learnt to incorporate creativity into my life on a daily basis and get encouragement and tips for how you can do the same. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/11496077

Episode 2: Don't start with self-care 09/11/2019

Episode 2: Don't start with self-care Does the idea of self-care make you feel icky or entitled or indulgent? Me too. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/11209535

Episode 1: Be A Beginner 08/17/2019

Episode 1: Be A Beginner I am a beginner. This is my first episode. It isn't easy to be a beginner and there seem to be so many reasons not to start. What if I fail? What if I don't know how? What if it feels too difficult? But if you don't start, you will never do anything. Here I discuss why and how to start when you aren't sure how. Covering ideas including imposter syndrome, living with a scarcity mentality, and how to be okay with being a bit crap to begin with. /episode/index/show/learninghowtolive/id/10905171

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