In this week's mini-episode, Gwen and Kate rediscover the power of 'Tapping' (aka Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT) and Gwen shares a handy tip for stopping intrusive thoughts in their tracks. Plus, all your listener emails and shout outs.

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We talk to Financial Therapist, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, about why our psychological relationship with money can be so complicated. Lindsay unpacks the relationship between our finances and our minds, from resetting core beliefs, to understanding what underpins unhealthy spending behaviours.

She sets Gwen and Kate the challenge to better understand the different emotions associated with their finances, from pay day to that take away coffee that you just can't live without... or can you. 

Lindsey holds a Masters in social work, and is trained in financial therapy and financial social work. You can find out more about  her work (plus take the free quiz) at: https://www.mindmoneybalance.com/

Check out her book, The Financial Anxiety Solution, here

This interview is not intended to provide financial support in times of crisis. However do please check out the following UK organisations that provide advice and support:

The Money Charity
Turn 2 Us
Citizens Advice

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It's our brand new mini-episodes! Something to break up the terrible tedium between the normal longer episodes of Right Up My Podcast. Join Gwen and Kate as they chat about ways to feel good, read out listener emails and shout outs, and give some inside scoop on RUMP news!

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What better way to kick off a new season than by talking about kindness, with Prof. Robin Banerjee. What does it mean to be kind and is it really that important? What impacts does it have on people and communities, and can being kind sometimes be a disadvantage?

Robin is a psychology professor at the University of Sussex, home to the Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness. He led the world’s largest ever project on kindness: The Kindness Test, in partnership with the BBC.

You can also join Gwen and Kate as they put into practice Robin's kindness challenge – and find it's not as easy as it sounds. 

Find out more about The Centre for Research on Kindness here:  https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/kindness/

Listen to the BBC Radio 4 show about The Kindness Test here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00154cp

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We talk to Imogen Palmer about the life skills that can be learned from the art of improv, and how these can help us in our interactions with others – from learning to listen, build and collaborate, to being brave and confident in your own wonderful weirdness.

Imogen also leads Gwen and Kate through a classic improv game (try this one next time you're stuck in a traffic jam... or after a few tequilas!) and sets us a challenge to try out in everyday life.

Imogen is a highly experienced improv performer, coach and facilitator. For more information about improv classes and shows, visit the Bristol Improv Theatre website at improvtheatre.co.uk

Find out how you can bring improv to your workplace or community setting: improvtheatre.co.uk/workplace-and-applied-improv-training/

To find out more about Imogen's creative ventures, you can visit her theatre company site thedelightcollective.co.uk

In this episode we also mention the very first episode of Right Up My Podcast. You can listen here: rightupmy.buzzsprout.com/1337593/5429605-ep-1-living-orgasmically

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In this 2nd episode of our two-part breathwork special, we pick up where we left off with breathwork coach Lyndsey Marriott, this time exploring different therapeutic breathing exercises, that you can join in with too. These exercises can help with anxiety, panic disorders and other aspects of mental health, and can be incredibly powerful.

Lyndsey is a Conscious Connected Breathwork facilitator and founder of Bristol Breathwork. She shares with us a deeper understanding of how our breath is connected to our emotions and mental health, and what's happening when we're feeling anxious. 
She also sets some breathing exercises that can be done to really help in those difficult moments.

To find out more about Lyndsey's work head to bristolbreathwork.com
 
Lyndsey is running two Connected Breath workshops in Bristol in October, and you can find out more at the following links:

7th Oct: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Bristol/Bristol-YogaSpace/Conscious-Connected-Breathwork-with-Lyndsey--Anna/36487061/

8th Oct: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Bristol/The-Wild-Box/Conscious-Connected-Breathwork-with-Lyndsey--Anna/36486977/

In the episode, we also mention our SOMA Breathwork episode, which you can listen to here: rightupmy.buzzsprout.com/1337593/8422938-ep-12-soma-breathwork

And James Nestor's book, Breath:  https://www.waterstones.com/book/breath/james-nestor/9780241289129

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In this first episode of our two-part breathwork special, we talk to breathwork coach Lyndsey Marriott, all about functional breathing. Thought you knew everything there was to know about how to breathe? Well think again... 

Lyndsey is a Conscious Connected Breathwork facilitator and founder of Bristol Breathwork. She shares with us the benefits of optimising how we breathe and explains why this will have such an impact on our physical and mental health. She also shares some brilliant tips for those snorers out there.

To find out more about Lyndsey's work head to bristolbreathwork.com
 
Lyndsey is running two Connected Breath workshops in Bristol in October, and you can find out more at the following links:

7th Oct: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Bristol/Bristol-YogaSpace/Conscious-Connected-Breathwork-with-Lyndsey--Anna/36487061/

8th Oct: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Bristol/The-Wild-Box/Conscious-Connected-Breathwork-with-Lyndsey--Anna/36486977/

In the episode, we also mention our Connecting People episode, which you can listen to here: rightupmy.buzzsprout.com/1337593/12303785-ep-39-connecting-people

And James Nestor's book: Breath  https://www.waterstones.com/book/breath/james-nestor/9780241289129

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We talk to Nic Devlin & Danielle Macleod about how to create a remarkable life, stepping out of warrior and victim mode and instead playing to create a life that brings you joy.

Get your pens ready, as this bumper episode is chock-full of top tips, quotes + ideas to up-level your life, get out of your own way and unleash your brilliance. 

Nic & Danielle run a project called Remarkable Women, a coaching organisation that helps people to make incredible changes in their lives. They set Gwen & Kate the simple challenge of each day trying to do something that makes their day, and someone else's day, 1% better.

In the episode, we also mention our Walking Therapy episode, which you can listen to here: rightupmy.buzzsprout.com/1337593/8249060-ep-10-walking-therapy

To find out more about Nic & Danielle and the organisation Remarkable Women, go to remarkablewomen.co.uk

Book: Remarkable Leadership by Danielle Macleod

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Nici Harrison, founder of The Grief Space, chats with us about the lost art of grief tending. We explore how to live with and support those experiencing not just grief due to a bereavement, but the grief that comes with changes in relationships, health and shifting life circumstances. 

Nici is a grief tending facilitator, writer and speaker. She founded The Grief Space as a platform to shift the narrative on grief, inspire healing and bring people together at a time when we can feel most alone. 

Nici set us a beautiful challenge that everyone can do, regardless of your life experience, so kick off your shoes and head to the nearest patch of grass that you can find and let nature help carry your troubles away!

To find out more about Nici and The Grief Space head to thegriefspace.com

In the episode, we also mention the below episodes of Right Up My Podcast:

Ep.6 - Grounding: https://rightupmy.buzzsprout.com/1337593/6517003-ep-6-grounding-earthing

Ep.27 - Ecstatic Dance: https://rightupmy.buzzsprout.com/1337593/10783032-ep-27-ecstatic-dance-with-luisa-bradshaw-white

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Sara Lazar joins us on Ep.43 to talk about what's actually happening in our brains when we meditate. We're all told it's good for us, but we want to find out why.

Sara is Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Researcher in Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research focuses on the neuroscience underlying yoga and meditation. Her work has been covered by the likes of The New York Times and in TED talks, and you can find out more about her here:

How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains: Sara Lazar at TEDxCambridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8rRzTtP7Tc 
The Neuroscience of Yoga and Meditation - Dr Sara Lazar, PhD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhrV-vuI77I

Sara sets us one our loveliest challenges so far: to meditate while sending love out to others. Gwen & Kate try it out and you can join in too. 

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