OttaWOW, what an eight months it has been. The exchange has flown by, making many an amazing memory and risking many a limb to frostbite. With me to answer all your questions about our experience from the Instagram Q+A is the wonderful, Dot Holt, a friend and fellow student from Edinburgh University on exchange at Carleton. We discuss the best bits from exchange, the highs and lows of harsh climate, our biggest regrets during exchange and of course, some final woo girl moments. 

Dot's karaoke go-to: Darius Rucker - Wagon Wheel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvKyBcCDOB4)

Thanks for listening over the past eight months and hope you've enjoyed it!

This week on the Brit with a Cap podcast, my guest Tamta Gagoshidze-Davies and I talk a bit more candidly about our mental health. One thing people don't mention is how going abroad can affect your mental health, both positively and negatively. We discuss how we have dealt with the highs and lows of our year abroad and how the end result often can be incredibly positive. From identity crises to Instagram lies to the sense of achievement felt from overcoming any of these social pressures to whether Tamta is a snickers or a mars bar, we delve into our feelings on what has been a big, amazing, rollercoaster of a year. Please know that whatever you're doing that it's okay not to be okay and if you need to talk, feel free to email me at [email protected]. 

Tamta's karaoke go-to: Waterloo by ABBA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4)

An Introduction to Mental Health: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/mental-health-problems-introduction/#.XKviEOtKjUo

And I'm back! After a busy semester two, I am delighted to announce the return of the Brit with a Cap podcast. 

Kicking off season 2, my guests for this week are Will Chaffey and Paddy O'Brien. Travelling all the way from the land down under, they came to experience the joys (and sorrows) of a Canadian winter. We chat about their time here in Ottawa so far and how they've managed dealing living in the coldest city in Canada this year - minus 30 degrees anyone?

Paddy's karaoke go-to: The Horses by Daryl Braithwaite (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnigc08J6FI)

Will's karaoke go-to: Angels by Robbie Williams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luwAMFcc2f8)

For further reading on how cold it's been: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/dave-phillips-winter-misery-gold-1.5038715 

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