GillHB & Friends

Gill and Janey talk openly about what they are seeing from both a personal and professional view-point in terms of the very different impact Covid-19 is having on people. Janey is a single Mum of 3 children and runs her own online business working with women. She shares what she has done to ride the 'emotional waves' of dealing with the situation so far. Gill and Janey talk about how your mindset, values and beliefs are absolutely key in this very fluid and changing situation especially in relation to children and partners.

Like many people Claire had some plans for herself and her future, some might call them goals or visions to work towards. Gill finds out what happened when Claire's plans didn't actually work out for many reasons. What did Claire learn from the experience and does she still plan for the future?

Gill is joined by her friend Frank Sinclair who runs an online fitness bootcamp FitwithFrank to discuss the pros and cons of people wearing Fitness Trackers. Have fitness trackers taken over from the obsession of getting on and off the scales but are in danger of having the same negative impact on how we feel?

Gill talks to Grainne about what life has been like since she discovered her first son had Special Educational Needs and then her second son was also diagnosed but with different SEN needs. Grainne shares her experiences, as well as give some practical tips, of how she went about getting the help she needed and how she coped personally. Grainne has started to to write a book to help other parents navigate their way through if their child has SEN.

Zoe is a young nurse who whilst on holiday discovers she has a problem going to the toilet. After returning home she learns that she has a large mass near her bowel and needs a big operation. She is told she will have a permanent stoma. She is very honest about the highs and lows of dealing with it, particularly as a young single woman. Having just got used to the idea there is another 'plot twist' to her story.

Gill finds out from Honor what made her leave corporate life in London for France to renovate old farm buildings to run a gite business. From cleaning showers to being accepted by a small rural community Honor lets us into the high and lows of being an English woman with 'schoolgirl French', a teenage daughter and Bob the Ambassordog running a self-catering business.

Gill talks about what to expect from her new podcast and the reasons she decided to start podcasting.

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