Self Care Club

Skinny tea this, Weight Watchers that... Every day, women are assaulted by the constant diet culture messaging propagated by both social and traditional media. This week, Nicole and Lauren press pause on the never-ending diet circus and look within, with intuitive eating. Listen to hear all about their experience dispelling diet culture and instead listening to their bodily queues - and Nicole opens up about her past experience with disordered eating and toxic fitness culture.


If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, why not follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SelfCareClubPod. If you've tried out any of the practices mentioned on the show or want to get in contact with us, send us an email: via [email protected]. Be sure to tune in on Friday for the Epilogue Show!


Special thanks to Alissa Rumsey for coming onto the show. To learn more about intuitive eating or to read her book ‘Unapologetic Eating: Make Peace With Food and Transform Your Life’, find her at her website www.alissarumsey.com or @alissarumseyRD on Instagram. Also, thank you to Good Canteen for gifting us both their Golden Hour snack box. To try out the box for themselves, find them @goodcanteen on Instagram or at goodcanteen.co.uk
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Lauren and Nicole are back in the (home) studio to follow up on their progress with the Couch to 5K programme! Did Lauren stick it through? What's the status on Nicole's 10K? Also on today's Self Care Bookclub, a very exciting interview with "Overdue" author, Amity Reed. Listen for an insightful window into the world of midwifery in the NHS, as well as the importance of asking for help.


On a completely different note, the ladies talk vaginal glitter bombs and update you on everything they've been doing to help get them through the lockdown. Gin & tonic, anyone?


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Special thanks to Amity Reed, author of "Overdue: Birth, burnout and a blueprint for a better NHS", for appearing on this episode! For more information and to purchase her book visit https://www.pinterandmartin.com/amity-reed/
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On Christmas Eve, Lauren and Nicole strapped on their running shoes to try out the Couch to 5 programme! Listen to find out how they both got on - despite starting from two very different levels ("I'm the couch, you're the 5K," to quote Lauren) - and whether running multiple times a week really did improve the ladies' health and mental wellbeing.


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Welcome to the Self Care Club - lockdown edition! Today, Nicole and Lauren are broadcasting from their respective homes as our studio has had to close. Listen for a very grumpy update on how Lauren's been finding Dry January (get that woman some gin, STAT), the latest in witchy self-care, as well as an update on how the new national lockdown has been treating our ladies - and what they've been doing to help keep themselves sane. All that, plus some hilarious listener emails on today's Epilogue Show!


If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, why not follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SelfCareClubPod. If you've tried out any of the practices mentioned on the show or want to get in contact with us, send us an email: via [email protected]. Be sure to tune in on Friday for the Epilogue Show!


Special thanks to Ruari Fairbairns, Co-founder and CEO of One Year No Beer, for helping us out this episode! For various challenges and support groups surrounding easing back on your alcohol consumption, find him at www.oneyearnobeer.com
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Lauren and Nicole have accepted the challenge! For the whole of January the ladies have sworn off the G&Ts and Lauren is not happy about it. 


Listen to learn more about how cutting down on alcohol can massively benefit your physical and mental well-being, as well as how Lauren and Nicole are faring so far. Also on the show, a cracking interview with Ruari Fairbairns, co-founder of One Year No Beer. You won't want to miss this one!


If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, why not follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SelfCareClubPod. If you've tried out any of the practices mentioned on the show or want to get in contact with us, send us an email: via [email protected]. Be sure to tune in on Friday for the Epilogue Show!


Special thanks to Ruari Fairbairns, Co-founder and CEO of One Year No Beer, for helping us out this episode! For various challenges and support groups surrounding easing back on your alcohol consumption, find him at www.oneyearnobeer.com
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It's Friday, which means Nicole and Lauren are back in the studio to reflect on Tuesday's practice and see whether the injections really made much of a difference. Also on the show, the ladies discuss the latest in wellness trends (tailoring workouts to your menstrual cycle?) and fawn over the Duke of Hastings.


If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, why not follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SelfCareClubPod. If you've tried out any of the practices mentioned on the show or want to get in contact with us, send us an email! Via [email protected]


Special thanks to beautician Esther Sampson for helping us out this episode! Her insta is @esta_xx1and her email is [email protected] if you're interested in vitamin injections or other beauty treatments.
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Every January our social media feeds become cluttered with all the latest wellness trends and diet, but fear not as Lauren and Nicole are here to cut through the bullshit and tell you what is actually worth your time. First on the New Year wellness cutting block? B12 and Vitamin C injections. Listen now to learn whether or not these injections work and to hear a contentious first in Self Care Club history!


If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, why not follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SelfCareClubPod. If you've tried out any of the practices mentioned on the show or want to get in contact with us, send us an email: via [email protected]. Be sure to tune in on Friday for the Epilogue Show!


Special thanks to beautician Esther Sampson for helping us out this episode! Her insta is @esta_xx1and her email is [email protected] if you're interested in vitamin injections or other beauty treatments.
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2020 has FINALLY come to an end! Join Nicole and Lauren as they look back on the best (and worst) practices they tried this year. It's been a weird one for sure, but here's to another year on the podcast with lot's more joy and laughter.


Happy New Year! If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, why not follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SelfCareClubPod. If you've tried out any of the practices mentioned on the show or want to get in contact with us, send us an email! Via [email protected].
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**This episode was pre-recorded in early Autumn**


Our producer scheduled this episode for 4:44 pm - why? Because it's all about angels this week, baby! If you've seen a lot of feathers, butterflies, or repeating numbers such as 1111 and 2222, your angels are trying to contact you. So why not let them in? And that's exactly what Lauren and Nicole did! Listen to find out all about what angel therapy is, as well as hear the ladies' surprisingly moving experiences connecting to their angels.


Merry Christmas! If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, why not follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SelfCareClubPod. If you've tried out any of the practices mentioned on the show or want to get in contact with us, send us an email! Via [email protected] **** Be sure to tune in this Friday for our 2020 Wrap Up! ****


Special thank you to Dawn Brown for guiding us through this experience! If you're interested in angels or would like to experience an angel therapy session with Dawn, find her via her website https://www.dawnbrown.co.uk/.
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The Self Care Club ladies are back in the studio today to discuss how they've been applying the Festive Season Survival Toolkit to their day-to-day lives in the run up to Christmas - as well as how they're coping with Tier 4 and its interruption of everyone's plans. Also on the show, Nicole and Lauren speak with therapist Kate Medlin all about managing disappointment in the face of more restrictions during the holidays, and Nicole tells Lauren all about the wacky wellness products celebrities have released in 2020 - pussy incense, anyone?


Merry Christmas! If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, why not follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SelfCareClubPod. If you've tried out any of the practices mentioned on the show or want to get in contact with us, send us an email! Via [email protected]


Kate Medlin is a Psychodynamic Therapist and Supervisor who runs a thriving private practice in North London. She also works for the Counselling and Mental Health Service at Middlesex University and is the Agony Aunt for Bella Magazine. She is passionate about her work and feels privileged to be invited into the most confidential aspects of her clients lives. You can get in contact with her at [email protected].
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