The Self Help Podcast

With a global climate that is getting increasingly hotter year on year we might indeed end up with it being too much of a good thing. The question of the day, indeed a question of vital importance to us all, is “is global warming real”? What do you think? I would say yes. What does it mean for us all? Well… change. Are you ready?

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• Obesity in the UK
• The 5:2 Diet
• Can turning down the thermostat help you lose weight?

• Sean recommended The Beach mp3 for help with sleep and Couch to 5K for waking up
• Ed linked to this TED Talk: Intermittent Fasting, Transformational Technique | Cynthia Thurlow

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With a global climate that is getting increasingly hotter year on year we might indeed end up with it being too much of a good thing. The question of the day, indeed a question of vital importance to us all, is “is global warming real”? What do you think? I would say yes. What does it mean for us all? Well… change. Are you ready?

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• What were CO2 levels when you were born?
• What's your carbon footprint?

• Sean linked to a site that will give you tips on how to reduce your carbon footprint
• Ed linked to the excellent Treehugger and the #StopBurningStuff film

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

• Follow Live in the Present on Twitter and Facebook for daily doses of inspiration
• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
• Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes

We'd be amazingly grateful if you could leave us a review on iTunes. It will really help us to build our audience. So, if your like what you hear (and would like to hear more great free content) then visit our iTunes page and leave us an honest review (all feedback gratefully received!).

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This is the time of year when kids are turning into adults and heading off to three or four years at uni. Now most year most kids can’t wait to get away. This years seems a little different after lock downs and working from home many are feeling a bit nervous of going out on their own. Let's talk about empty nests and changing family dynamics…

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• What is a midlife crisis?

• Sean linked to work relating to John Bowlby's Attachment Theory
• Ed said you should watch The Bucket List and About Schmidt

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

• Follow Live in the Present on Twitter and Facebook for daily doses of inspiration
• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
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• Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes

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What on earth is a midlife crisis? What is midlife come to that? Well, when it comes to timings, in theory at least, the midlife crisis has to be happening later these days as we are living longer. Let's talk about how and why so many have the urge for change at this point.

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• What is a midlife crisis?

• Sean linked to this Telegraph article – Six signs you could be suffering from a midlife mental health crisis
• Ed loves what Nomad Cycling are doing – touring the world on bicycles. Check em out!

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

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So many people have dogs as companions and friends and there are many help and support dogs. I have clients who have hearing dogs to help with their deafness, seeing dogs to help with blindness and even seizures dogs who can tell their owner that they are about to have a fit before they realise it so that they can get to a place of safety. All animals are wonderful though dogs have lived with us throughout most of our evolution and have a special place in our hearts.

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• A history of the human-dog relationship
• Six ways pets boost your mental health

• Sean linked to the book The Secret Language of Dogs
• Ed recommended a bunch of movies – Marley & Me, Turner & Hooch and The Secret Life of Pets

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

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Slight blip in the UK this week as a little story about lorries almost brought our fragile transport network to its knees. It's the latest is a series of serious stories we've had to deal with (‘No CO2!', ‘Gas prices spiking!', etc.) so you'd think we'd be used to it by now… but no. So how do we deal with a crisis? How do we prepare and how do we react?

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• Fuel crisis in the UK!
• The Fall of the Roman Empire

• Sean linked to the book ‘Rewire Your Anxious Brain‘
• Ed linked to a handy leaflet that helps you figure out what you might need in a real national crisis

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

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“Here we go again” – it is detox time.

At the change of the seasons it is my custom to detox. At both spring and autumn are the times for a clean out. Many people get into the idea of ‘spring cleaning’, well I like an autumn clean as well. I have been doing it since I lived the ashram when I was a young man. Often as a yoga/meditation teacher students would join for the clean out. These days each year I invite all those around me to have a go. So, if you are game for a laugh go to liveinthepresent.co.uk and download the thirteen day detox.

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• The importance of detoxification
• What is fasting?
• Why detox?

• Sean linked to his 13 Day Detox
• Ed enjoyed this TED Talk – Intermittent Fasting: Transformational Technique

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

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Last week Ed organised a family/community gathering based around his loved subject of cycling. People rallied around and helped and many people turned up to enjoy the day. There has been a real sense of community. Ed is becoming a community nut in his drive to make our roads safe and encourage people to take to their bikes. He has a strong sense of community.

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• Here's some press coverage of Ed's cycling event
• Early independence in Swiss children

• Sean linked to Disciple Media, a great way to learn about online community building
• Ed is fascinated by Japanese urban design. This is how you build community

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

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As we move towards winter our diets tend to change and the level of carbs that we will be eating almost certainly will increase. We call this comfort eating.

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• Weight gain during COVID
• 6 popular ways to do intermittant fasting

• Sean linked to this great book by Gillian McKeith
• Ed is getting into Bokashi composting

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

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Okay, so as we are trying to return society to normal, take our masks off and get back to work how do you feel about it. Some are choosing not to wear face coverings, some are choosing not to be vaccinated! Life is all about decisions but also about consequences. What does it mean for the months ahead?

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week

• Sean linked to the Coronavirus Act and some of it's intricacies
• Ed has an event incoming! Join him and hundreds of others at the Leverhulme Summer Cycle on 12th September in Clatterbridge, Wirral

We're all over the web, so feel free to stay in touch:

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