the anxious poet’s podcast

Solvitur Ambulando - It is solved by walking. In this second episode the Anxious Poet explores the curative properties of walking. With poems, thoughts and feelings he looks at the way that going out of the front door and putting one foot ahead of another can, gradually, have beneficial effects on anxiety and all its attendant maladies. 

Here is the link to the Isabel Hardman piece on the BBC iPlayer mentioned in this episode. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0952ph0

This is Adrian G R Scott's first podacst in his new venture entitled The Anxious Poet. Adrian has published three collections of poetry and the most recent A Night Sea Journey is a poetic account of a breakdown he expereinced four years ago and his continuing struggles with anxiety. They can be purchased at www.adriangrscott.com This podcast is a way for him to explore poetry and our mental health and ways of moving towards a happier life. He also will draw others into the conversartion. 

There are a number of references in the podcast. The Nadiya Hussain piece can be found at https://www.stylist.co.uk/long-reads/nadiya-hussain-panic-attacks-disorder-anxiety-mental-health-symptoms-diagnosis-tips-self-care-bake-off-reality/215594 . The Calre Foy piece can be found at https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/sep/29/claire-foy-my-anxiety-was-a-tool-to-survive . The Andreas Schweizer book is called The Sungod's Journey htrough the Netherworld.