The Emma Guns Show

In this #minishow I update you on how my third #26habits has been going. Has daily meditation made me feel calm and collected? Have I noticed any difference beyond the 10 minutes that I'm listening to the meditation on Headspace? Are there any other observations from the last week and is there any proof that meditation is actually good for you?

Read Sali Hughes (@salihughes) piece on The Pool - Smartphone Addiction Made Me Restless, Anxious and Muddled.

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Caroline Hirons (@carolinehirons) and Nadine Baggott (@nadinebaggott) return to the podcast and it's a free-for-all on everything from twerking to skincare, dealing with trolls to supporting your colleagues.

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Polly Vernon's feature Am I too old to an instagram influencer?

Dr Jen Gunter I Snuck into Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Summit To See Just How Bonkers it was.

Nadine on Jo Glanville-Blackburn's channel on the subject of Ageist Beauty? Does Ageless Beauty Exist over 50?

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It's time for my third #26habits and after 48% of you on twitter and 60% of you on the Facebook group voted for Daily Meditation it's the habit I'm tackling next.

Sitting quietly every day seems like quite a singular pursuit so as with all these #26habits I want there to be take-away for you, my lovely listeners. I'll be keeping a journal of the benefits I feel straight away and over time, how easy it is to incorporate into my day and much more during the two weeks, but I would love to know what questions you have about this particular habit.

For this challenge I will be using the Headspace app, which I personally started using about 18 months ago when I was struggling with anxiety. It's now an app I use semi-regularly, but not as much as I should...

Email me at [email protected] or DM me on twitter @emmaguns and instagram @emmaguns and I'll answer the questions in the next #26habits podcast update. To join the Facebook group click here >> The Emma Guns Show Facebook Forum.

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Robin James (@manforhimself) is a men's style, grooming and lifestyle blogger and YouTube creator who joins me to talk about how he turned his side-hustle into his full time job. 

His YouTube channel Man for Himself has nearly 200,000 subscribers, features a one-to-one interview with everyone's favourite former footballer David Beckham and some excellent style and grooming advice. His video Always Look Good | Finding Your 2018 Style contains advice that everyone, male or female, should know. Not only is it good, solid advice, it can also help you find a signature style that won't break the budget. 

Robin has also started his own podcast and you can find it on iTunes at Flat White Chats by Robin James | Man for Himself.

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In this episode I update you on how I've been getting on in my pursuit to drink more water, be more hydrated and generally stop being the person who reaches for coffee or soft drinks when I feel thirsty. Clue: it's not being going well...

For everyone who has been in touch about my first #26habits and quitting shop-bought coffee, here's the link to the collapsible coffee cup from Stojo that I talked about on my instagram stories @emmaguns 

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It's time for the second of my #26Habits and after breaking my habit of daily shop-bought coffees it's time to make a habit... Drinking more water is a well-known resolution, but in order to make this stick I'm creating the habit of drinking as soon as I wake up and as soon as I get home in the evening.

To find out how I navigated my way through two weeks without buying a single coffee and the tips and tricks I'll be using to maintain the habit head to my website emmaguns.com where I've explained it all >> 1. #26habits No Shop Bought Coffee

The reusable cups mentioned in the show: 

- The Keep Cup >> Keep Cup Reusable Coffee Cup

- STOJO Pocket Cup >> Stojo @ Harvey Nichols

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Iskra Lawrence (@iskra) is a model and self-care advocate who joins me in this episode to talk about her quest to help women feel stronger, happier, more confident and find their beauty from the inside out. 

Her story is nothing short of inspirational; told she was 'too big' for modelling at aged 15 she decided that rather than changing herself she'd change the industry, and more specifically, promote a healthy lifestyle and body image.

In this conversation we talk about why it's so important to have a healthy relationship with your body, why practising self-care is so important, why social media can be a weapon of mass destruction, addressing self-esteem in schools and much more...

Iskra has been recognised as one of the BBC's 100 World's Most Influential Women, gave a rousing TEDx Talk about the need to abandon unrealistic beauty standards and is on a mission to inspire, which is where her new app everyBody with Iskra comes in. 

The app is a new digital health and wellness platform, which will offer a range of workouts, meal plans and recipes, meditation and a support community. Iskra wants you to succeed, feel great and good about yourself and her mission is to 'work with you to maintain a healthy and positive attitude to mind, body and food. 

For more Iskra:

Iskra on Youtube >> Iskra YouTube

Iskra's website >> Iskra Lawrence

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It's time for a #26habits update and the benefits and drawbacks of having eliminated shop-bought coffee. I'm ten days in and although there have been no headaches (apparently I metabolise caffeine like a champ) it hasn't been entirely comfortable. 

You've also been asking a lot of beauty questions so I thought it was time to share with you what I've been using recently and why I've been getting so many compliments. Tune in to hear the Nadine Baggott 'prescribed' three-step night time routine that has given me a real glow. 

In this show:

AeroPress from Perky Blenders.

My Nadine Baggott skincare prescription below - to view her youtube channel click here >> The Beauty Know It All.

Paula's Choice Hyaluronic Acid Booster (All Skin Types).

Perricone MD Peptide Complex.

Environ Youth EssentiA C-Quence Serum 1. 

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Louise Redknapp (@louiseredknapp) and Emma Thatcher (@emmarosestyle) are the team behind A Style Album (@astylealbum) and in this episode we talk about:

- the idea for A Style Album and how they made it a reality

- how they feel about being 'influencers'

- how they approach working with brands

- the advice they'd given to other women who want to start a blog, business or manage a side-hustle

- finding your identity

- their new Youtube channel A Style Album (I'm already a subscriber)

- managing work and motherhood

- creating a inclusive, safe, kind space for women to seek honest fashion advice

- growing in confidence and much more...

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Forget resolutions, taking on two-week mini projects is a heck of a lot easier, and potentially a lot more fun, so I'm doing 26 of them all through 2018. 

In this show I talk about the idea for #26habits, why I'm starting off with no shop-bought coffee and how you can get involved.

Links mentioned in this episode include:

The Keep Cup - a recommendation from a listener for a solution to eliminating the waste of unrecylable coffee cups.

Yoga with Adriene - honestly the best yoga instructor I've ever had.

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Thanks for listening. EG xx

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