"Social Wellbeing" - giving back to your community or volunteering or fundraising has a number of personal benefits as well as helping those you are getting involved to support.  Reflect on a few of them in this podcast and see if they inspire you to inspire others to get involved.#socialwellbeing #benefitsofvolunteering #charitywork #fundraising

Learn about why we instinctively react or Knee jerk to strong emotional feelings, and what we can do to create some headspace to think more wisely, and act more effectively.#respondnotreact #personaldevelopment #emotionalmanagement

There are a lot of benefits of warm weather, but actually there are a number of problems associated with it to.  Learn about both, and what you can do to minimise the negative impact of heat in this short podcast.#hotweather #heatrage #benefitsofsummer

We know that happiness is a STATE not a goal, but it's not easy to "choose to be happy" - so why not choose any number of these other positive emotions instead, and they may LEAD to the state of happiness.#positivepsychology #howtobehappier #personaldevelopment #positiveaffect #lifesatisfaction #valuesinaction

It's actually quite easy to "act nice" - that is "act nice", and it gets you quite far.  But when you no longer get your way, the "nice" fascade can crumble leaving people thinking "WTF!?"  In this podcast I explore the reasons why people learn to "be nice" - but also what we can do if we're on the receiving end of thinking someone was nice and finding out it may have been a very good act.#actnice #gaslighting #nacissism #relationships #authenticity

Sometimes, if we have grown up being a "fixer" for whatever reason, that becomes a strategy for getting praised, avoiding trouble and getting on with others - and it works, people like someone who can solve their problems, but do it too much (for other adults) and they come to rely on you, they may take advantage of you, and they also never learn to empower themselves.  This podcast explores why it happens and what we can do about it.  #fixer #peoplepleaser #problemsolver

I cannot guarantee these will work, and neither am I offering legal advice, but in this episode I break down my approach to making a complaint which has enabled me to achieve mainly satisfactory resolutions/refunds/compensation - without the need to resort to the courts or other formal action.#howtocomplain #makingacomplaint #takingaction

Feeling unseen? If we have grown up learning to supress our needs, we can become very good at seeing them in others, BUT ALSO less good at asking for what we need ourselves.  This leaves us thinking - I'm so good to everyone, why don't they see me?  Sadly, what you may need to do is learn to voice what you need, or at least don't make it seem so easy if you're doing something "nice" that really does put you out! AND  spend time with those who really do appreciate you, and try and hear them fully.  Explanations and tips in this episode!#getneedsmet #feelunseen

If you are giving and giving and giving because you believe it's the right thing, but you're exhausted and you're getting little in return, perhaps it's time to change the value a little to something a bit more discerning.  This podcast explains why we do that, and how we can start to make healthy tweaks.#values #acceptancandcommitmenttherapy #selfworth

Using a reflection on my near acceptance of a potentially dangerous situation...because I really wanted it to work out as an example, I look at why we ignore red flags.  If we are choosing to do this, we need to ask ourselves - how much of the potential consequences are we truly willing to get used to?#redflags #usedcar #selfawareness

Being a high/over achiever is not necessarily a compliment, especially if that is your only focus.  While learning is wonderful, and it's important to grow, this podcast gives you ways in which you can press pause and reflect on how far you've come, which gives you a much more solid foundation to build further (as opposed to doing so - in case someone tells you you're not enough!!)#highachiever #overachiever #acceptanceandcommitment #presspause

While convenience is all well and good for the things that you are indifferent to, don't let it rob you of pleasure.  Yes, the time and effort it takes to see the people you love or to do the things that make you feel fantastic may not always seem worth it, but they are going to be far more meaningful than a lifetime of "meh"#convenience #maketheeffort #selfvalue #worthit

Are you a bit of a "drama queen" - do you always seem to be solving everyone's problems...and is there a bit of a love/hate feeling about that?  This podcast explains why we might feel that way and what we can do about it.#thefixer #whiteknightsyndrome #chaoticenvironment #reinforcement

If we don't role model wellbeing or expressing emotions in a healthy way - how can we expect our children to?  This podcase episode offers simple tips and tools to support children in expressing emotions as well as healthy self-soothing to build empowerment and self-efficacy.#wellbeing #children #selfefficacy #empowerment #selfsoothing

This episode is about recognising that if we can draw from our own strengths we can BOOST what additional help we may have.  Too often our pasts may have shaped us into something we believe is who we are...but that may not be true.  Identify what YOUR authentic needs are with the prompts in this podcast, and start to reshape your life - YOUR way.#empowerment #selfhelp #changeandgrowth

While we know "the best things come to those who wait" - the world seems set up to make us want things now now NOW.  Understand why, and use these tips to take a moment to press pause before jumping in too fast to something which might have been all the sweeter if you'd just waited a little while. #impusivity #benefitsofwaiting #presspause #ideallife

In part a reflection on one of the charity events I did - a karting race - with The Lewis Foundation, but very much a recognition of the true value of a gift.  Often given short shrift as "materialistic" - gifts can actually be so much more.  They are a real expression of love wrapped up in a package, and that is the most meaningful thing of all.  I look at how gifting can also include time, knowledge and creativity - and along with a physical gift offer the message - I care.For more on The Lewis Foundationwww.thelewisfoundation.co.uk

Are you a morning person?  How do you feel about a date before work!?  In this episode I reflect on the pros and cons of this new trend as well as offer some tips on making it as safe and conducive to relationships long term as possible!

Sometimes it's not about the ability to spin straw out of gold, with a better spinning wheel your output might be even greater.  While we commonly say " a bad worker blames their tools" - sometimes it really is that the tool needs to be improved/  How can a business hope to go online if the WiFi cannot sustain that, or how can someone be expected to work from home if they aren't given permissions, or their equipment is too slow.  We need to place the responsibility discerningly, and the solutions will be more effective!

I reflect on both my interview with the Hope Centre CEP, Robin Burgess and my own experience of sleeping "rough" in "The Big Sleep Out" to really shed some light on the "business of being homeless".  It isn't necessarily mental ill health or drink and drugs that CAUSE homelessness, but it can be a by product of the hugely traumatic experience.