IT'S YOUR LIFE

Today on IYL (and this is mine) we talked to Alice (from A Spoonful of Alice) about her experience with diet culture growing up, how her body image was affected by starting dieting at 11 years old, her obsession with Slimming World and the positive body acceptance mindset shift in her adulthood. Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments of @itsyourlifepod on Instagram.

Find more of Alice:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aspoonfulofalice/

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@aspoonfulofalice

Recommendations:

Just Eat It by Laura Thomas

Body Happy Kids by Molly Forbes

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk (only available until 30th Dec 2022)

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TW/ Grief Diaries will cover grief across all spectrums so please don't listen if you find that this could be triggering for you right now. This episode features anticipatory grief, terminal illness and talks on MND. 

Megan shares some of her story dealing with loss, anticipatory grief and looking after her dad with MND. We also touch on advice for people who don’t know how to approach someone who’s dealing with grief and what we’d have liked to hear going through a tough time.

The seventh episode of IYL sub-series: The Grief Diaries. Giving people a voice to share their grief story. Sharing loss, death and overcoming grief stories to help you feel less alone in your journey. Grief is so different from person to person so this series is to help you navigate grief and raise awareness for various conditions/illnesses.

Mentions:

MND Association to learn more - https://www.mndassociation.org/

MND all profit business - @themndtee on Instagram

Free Grief Counselling (adults) - https://www.sueryder.org/

Free Grief Counselling (kids) - https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/

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Today on IYL (and this is mine) we talked to Finola about her experience with psychosis and how it affected her growing up, alongside the importance of mental health education within schools. Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments of @itsyourlifepod on Instagram.

Speak to Finola about psychosis and mental health over on Instagram - @finolaallen____

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk (only available until 30th Dec 2022)

Contact [email protected] to share your story, thoughts or discuss a specific topic (you can be anon).

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Today on IYL (and this is mine) we talked to Tania about how she uncovered her true self during university, improving her emotional maturity and unravelling childhood trauma. Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments of @itsyourlifepod on Instagram.

Find more of Tania here:

Tania’s Youtube - Tania Alexis (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa5S3Odc6uNlWxA5F4ghmQw)

Tania’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tania.pomroy/

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk (only available until 30th Dec 2022)

Contact [email protected] to share your story, thoughts or discuss a specific topic (you can be anon).

JINGLE:

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Today on IYL (and this is mine) we talked to Serena about working for a food bank during the pandemic - delving into how dire the situation was and the negative impact it had on so many lives. We touch on what you can do to help in terms of donations or others way if you’re unable to financially support at this time.

Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments of @itsyourlifepod on Instagram.

Donate to https://www.trusselltrust.org/ to help support food banks around the country.

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk

Contact [email protected] to share your story, thoughts or discuss a specific topic (you can be anon).

JINGLE:

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Today on IYL (and this is mine) we talked to Lauren Black on sharing her healing journey online with an eating disorder and how that’s lead to the starting of her own business - Love Glow Heal. Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments of @itsyourlifepod on Instagram.

Find more of Lauren here:

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk

Contact [email protected] to share your story, thoughts or discuss a specific topic (you can be anon).

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Today on IYL (and this is mine) we talked to Alice about needing social media validation, living at home in your 20s, life and societal expectations, as well as the pressure to be constantly available online. Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments of @itsyourlifepod on Instagram.

Find more of Alice here:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alicelucybradley/

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@alicelucybradley

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/PennedTravels

Podcast (Staying Sweet)- https://open.spotify.com/show/0Xb7JO5Q1G8RXzgUsCqoBF?si=QnfXaDnDTreWQsQLf9wvqQ&nd=1

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk

Contact [email protected] to share your story, thoughts or discuss a specific topic (you can be anon).

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TW/ Mental Illness, OCD and slight touch on overdose.

Today on IYL (and this is mine) we talked to Hannah about growing up with OCD, how it affected her schooling life, some advice from her experiences and how she’s accepted her mental illness. Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments.

For OCD help:

Free OCD support from Mind - https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/self-care-for-ocd/

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk

Contact [email protected] to share your story, thoughts or discuss a specific topic (you can be anon).

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Today on IYL (and this is mine) we talked to Emilia, the founder of boob appreciation brand ‘Tits & Bits’, who is also part of the Uni Boob Team committee at Edghill University and how she balances her life at university with her side hustles/projects. Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments.

*You can still donate to Emilia as her trek was pushed back a year so defo go show her support if you can right now in the link below*

Find more of Emilia here:

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/titsandbits_x/

Tits&Bits (Emilia’s business) - DM the Instagram above to order!

Donate to Emilia’s 100km trek for CoppaFeel - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/emilia-mcrobie?newPage=True

CoppaFeel - https://coppafeel.org/

Check your boobs PROPERLY - https://self-checkout.coppafeel.org/onboarding-welcome

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk

Contact [email protected] to share your story, thoughts or discuss a specific topic (you can be anon).

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TW/ we touch on body image, eating disorders and mental health on surface level so please stop listening if you feel sensitive to these topics right now.

Today on IYL AND THIS IS MINE we talked to Weronika, who works in a private mental health hospital. Weronika breaks down the stigmas/preconceptions about mental health hospitals, as well as opening up about her eating disorder journey and scrapping labels when it comes to sexuality. Tune in on your favourite streaming platforms and let us know what you think in the comments.

Helplines/MH Information:

Grab your own personalised Self Love Journal - www.selflovejournal.co.uk

Contact [email protected] to share your story, thoughts or discuss a specific topic (you can be anon).

JINGLE:

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Don’t forget to rate IYL on Spotify and your fave streaming platforms!