Welcome to How to Cope! A new podcast exploring just how we can best manage our mental health, when the global coronavirus crisis is doing its very best to pummel our sanity into a pulp.

Each episode, writer Becky Howard and psychotherapist Lucy Clyde will explore one element of the overwhelming amount of changes we're all having to deal with - and help us all find our way through this the best way we can.

From relationship challenges to mood swings, loneliness to parenting crises, Covid-19 is having all sorts of unprecedented impacts on our lives. So we're going to talk, share advice, and laugh our way through this, from a socially-responsible distance of at least 2 metres, of course.

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Lockdown with children in the house is really hard - how do we cope with our kids without losing our own sanity to the stresses of dealing with a global pandemic?

If you've got kids, it’s likely your parenting has taken a total battering. From rules flying out the window, to screens taking over and nowhere to hide (apart from the bathroom), many of us feel we’re doing a really bad job right now.

In this episode, writer Becky Howard and psychotherapist Lucy Clyde talk about crappy pandemic parenting – and why we should stop gaslighting our own kids and embrace freeing ourselves from the tyranny of routine. Because there are some silver linings to be had...

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Anger, sadness, tears, rage, numbness - our mood swings are extreme during the coronavirus crisis.

Feeling all over the place? Us too! With a global pandemic to cope with, many of us are finding it a struggle to understand our emotions. Flipping into fits of anger, followed by uncontrollable weeping and sometimes even a terrifying numbness has become the 'new normal' as our isolated existence takes its toll on our mental health. 

In this episode, writer Becky Howard and psychotherapist Lucy Clyde explore the phenomenon of the 'coronacoaster' mood swing, what do do when you're struck by emotional lightning and why the thought of a Pret tuna baguette can sometimes be the tiny little thing that makes us feel LOADS better... 

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Welcome to How to Cope! A new podcast exploring just how we can best manage our mental health, when the global coronavirus crisis is doing its very best to pummel our sanity into a pulp.

This time round, writer Becky Howard and psychotherapist Lucy Clyde are exploring loss. From loss of freedom, to loss of jobs, socialising, control, and even losing the choice to pay for an overpriced hipster coffee, it's something that's affecting all of us. So how can we deal with it?

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