Creative Rehab

Whilst we finalise our plans for the year ahead, we’ve put together another best bits of 2024 episode for you to enjoy.

In this week's episode - we focus on friendship, some of the challenges of neurodiversity, how we’ve overcome some overwhelming situations, kinship, and the creative ways we can bring more joy to our lives! 

This is a great way to catch up on some of the bits you might have missed over the last couple of seasons. Rhianna and I will be back with you next week as usual sharing an update on where we are with our goals set in September, random ideas and thoughts on all things around living a creative life. 

And be aware - oversharing is standard - as we roll into 2025 being unapologetically ourselves.

Links to the shows featured in this podcast:

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S1 Ep 1: The One With The Stalker And The Yellow Coat

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S1 EP: I Found Them In A Paper Cup!

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S1 EP3: We've Had A Breakthrough!

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S1 EP4: Beckie's Blue Back Door

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S2 EP1: Summer Shenanigans!

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S2 EP2: Odd Mother

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S2 EP9: I'm A Neurodivergent...Get Me Out of Here! 

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What a brilliant year 2024 has been for Creative Rehab Podcast! 

In this best bits episode we take a look back at some of the laughter, love, makes, tips, advice, chats, questions and surprises; from the very start of Episode 1 in June 2024 all the way up to the unwrapping of our hand-made gifts for each other in the final festive episode. We also feature some of our lovely guests and the joy and wisdom they kindly shared.

We hope you enjoy hearing some of our best bits, and may we thank you for being part of our creative community. 

Going into 2025 we have some exciting podcast plans to come, creative adventures, lots of inspiring guests, exciting projects, and weekly conversations about how we navigate and celebrate neurodiversity.

As ever, if you have any subjects you’d like us to cover or guests you’d like us to feature on the Podcast, please let us know by sending us an email via the link in our show notes. Please hit the follow button and share with friends if you love our podcast - it really does help us get seen.

Happy New Year and keep being unapologetically you!

Some of the shows featured in this podcast:

S1 Ep 1: The One With The Stalker And The Yellow Coat

S1 EP4: Beckie's Blue Back Door

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S2 EP5: Ask Us Anything

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S2 EP7: Punch Needle Power With Joanne Mooney

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S2 EP8: Can I Claim For That?

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S2 EP10: Retro From Scratch

" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">S2 EP11: Stir Up For Christmas

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In the last of these festive episodes Beckie, Rhianna & Marie ‘the producer’ unwrap their homemade gifts to each other, proving the most heart warming thoughtful gifts really are ones made by hand. 💝 

From gifts wrapped in tin foil (a reference back to Rhianna and ‘Smiffy’ in a previous episode), homemade cakes and hot chocolate to polar bear stories and hand-stamped cards - it’s great episode to end our festive pods on!

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@5oclockapron (for the delicious marzipan and peach cake). 

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Beckie and Rhianna kick off with chatter about their busiest time of year work-wise. From a disheveled disco styling event to a ticketed shopping evening complete with delicious nibbles and creating your own Christmas decorations. They then share their favourite family games played over the festive season - ones for all the family. 

They both have to manage their Christmas plans with not only their own neurodivergence in mind but others too. This can be a very challenging time of year for so many. 

Details of the games can be found on their social media pages - see links below. 

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@hannabuck

@bwdmetal

Colchester Cancer Choir - colchestercancerchoir.wordpress.com

@thelittleevent_co 

@baked.by.eloise

Samaritans - samaritans.org

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How do you feel about giving and receiving preloved gifts at Christmas time? 

Beckie and Rhianna share creative gift ideas including, what goodies you can add into a Christmas hamper, making doorstops filled with cat litter and a tablecloth covered in years of embroidered names of Christmas guests which feels like the most perfect new tradition. Rhianna shares her new ADHD hypefixation of making yarn tinsel which is slowly covering her entire house!

As always they are unapologetically themselves, bursting with Christmas excitement and filled with creative festive ideas, together, of course, with the usual smattering of comedy moments.

Please feel free to share your Christmas traditions and creative ideas by sending us an email or connecting with us on social media - details below.

Please like, subscribe and give us a review if you enjoy our podcast 👍

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Beckie and Rhianna chat about their week which includes some sensory overload. They share practical tips on how to manage this - particularly around Christmas time. They talk openly around some of the neurodivergent challenges they have experienced during this festive period and how they have overcome these as a family.

They also discuss the recent revelation from Jude Law about the iconic house in "The Holiday" and how our supersonic eyes knew something wasn't as it seemed with the film.

As always, Beckie and Rhianna start with a round up of what creative mischief they’ve been up to, including some GLP1 chat, plus some delicious recipes and baking tips to make your holidays even more enjoyable. Tune in for a cosy, festive chat!

The Magic Pill by Johann Hari

https://amzn.eu/d/4PYvjtO

Symprove 

https://www.symprove.com/

Rhianna's Curry Recipe - @creativerehabpod

Florentine Recipe from @cakeandmoss

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This is the first part of our festive series where Beckie, Rhianna and Producer Marie talk about favourite films, (Producer Marie shares details of her Love Actually wedding) favourite Christmas songs, simple craft ideas for all budgets, wrapping tips and the perfect homemade food gifts for a hamper - all whilst making an angel decoration from toilet roll innards!

Are you someone who has to colour coordinate your tree, ensure all the decs are perfectly positioned and can’t wait to re-decorate after the kids have ‘had a go’?Or…. are you full on maximalist and happy to hand the decoration over to the little people - ending up with a tree that looks like Christmas has vomited all over it - in a good way??? We get into this….

Fresh Cranberry Relish -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fresh_cranberry_sauce_88244

The most insanely delicious mince pie recipe EVER (in our mince-pie-expert opinion)!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mincemeat_and_orange_21941

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Get ready to jingle all the way into the festive season with Beckie, Rhianna and Creative Rehab! In this episode, we jump headfirst into the magic of Christmas, starting with Stir-Up Sunday. We'll explore the history and traditions of this special day and share some delicious recipe ideas from Christmas Cake to Christmas morning muffins.

From there, we'll delve into the festive traditions that mark the beginning of the Christmas season - and we’d love to hear yours!! Get in touch and share your favourite traditions….

We also give a sneaky peek into our upcoming festive episodes, filled with creative inspo, delicious recipes, and an upcoming episode where we are making something festive whilst recording. So, grab a cup of hot chocolate, snuggle up, and join us on this magical journey through our version of the creative Christmas season.

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@maryberry

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@hannabuck

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In this episode, we chat with Becky Wash from Retro From Scratch about her inspiring journey of turning old classic books and board games into beautiful refillable notebooks for all.

We chat about how Becky started her creative business, and made the leap from archeology to a profitable creative career.

Becky shares her experiences as a member of the Brentwood Belles WI and her exciting onscreen Christmas experience with a famous celebrity and Instagram legend! 

We all bond over our shared love of stationary from the days of smelly rubbers and scratch and sniff stickers to beautiful note books and fountain pens with coloured ink! It's not to be missed.

As always, please like 👍 follow ↗️ and review - it helps others find us. 

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Our sensory systems are fascinating and help guide us to engage with the world. Each sensory system plays its part and together they communicate with our brain and help us to navigate how we react and interact with our environment around us.

This week Beckie and Rhianna take a light hearted deep dive into their own sensory systems which can sometimes be very challenging - from the sounds they find most annoying to intolerable smells. Join them to explore the workings of ‘Rhianna’s World’ and how Beckie can’t bear the smell of tumble-dried clothes. Hit 'play' to share in their amusing experiences!

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