The Self Help Podcast

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Finally, we've arrived at a point where depression is given the attention is deserves. Despite this, it's still a condition that can go unnoticed so easily.

How have we've managed to go 98 episodes without discussing this in details?!

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

• Here's a link to this week's blog post by Sean
• Great definition of depression by the clever folks at Rethink
• ‘Mindfulness-based therapy shows promise‘
• … and a similar article over at The Telegraph
• Some well know names that suffer(ed) from depression
• Unrelated, but check out the work of our regular listener Connie Rose (side note from Ed: can creativity help with depression? Wish I'd asked Sean that now…)

• Sean has found a list of apps for iOS and Android that will help you combat and understand depression
• Ed suggest that if you think you may be experiences some of the effects of depression then you should get help – and here's a great place to start

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‘Go with your gut', they say. ‘What does your instinct tell you?' they shout. But as we all know, most advice is just plain wrong (unless it comes from Sean).

So should we trust our intuition? Do we even have a choice?!

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• Here's a link to this week's blog post by Sean
• Intuition according to Wikipedia
• What's all this about pituitary glands eh?
• Chap called Lyall Watson that you should look up
• What the Bleep?
• Check out Derren Brown on Twitter, the man is a genius
• The Intention Experiment
• The Powers and Perils of Intention

• Sean suggests you take a look at the books of Dr T Lobsang Rampa
• Ed found a series of great articles on intuition plus thinks you should take a look at this article, 9 maps and charts that will make you feel happier about the world

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This week we're delighted to welcome back Vide Kadampa (Chris!), our resident Buddhist that we first met back in episode 57.

This time we have 5 amazing pieces of advice for you that you simply can't afford to ignore. They were written over 1000 years ago and yet are eerily relevant to our modern day lives of busyness, beeping smart phones and anxiety.

This one's an epic!

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

• Here's a link to this week's blog post by Vide Kadampa, this week's guest
• Here's a link to the previous episode with today's guest, another corker!
• Check out Vide's blog, the Daily Lamrim
• Follow Chis (or Vide Kadampa) on Twitter here or check out his Facebook page here too
• Check out the Facebook group, Students and Followers of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
• Interested in finding out more about Kadampa Buddhism? Here’s the place to start

• Sean gave a not so gentle nod to meditation. Try Headspace, Calm or get started with our free files by subscribing via the boxes on this site
• Ed demands that you watch Interstellar, preferably in BluRay if you can
• Vide (Chris!) recommends you dive deeper into the source of today's ‘Advice from Atisha's Heart‘

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Sean and Ed are talking about intolerance this week. What's up with intolerant people? Interestingly, by being intolerant of intolerant people we all end up intolerant. Go figure…

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

• Here's a link to this week's blog post by Sean
• The paradox of intolerance
• Quotes about intolerance
• Hypnosis Downloads talks about intolerance (no pressure to buy the mp3s guys – we haven't!)
• 5 steps to tolerance
• Gangs of New York trailer

• Sean had a unique resource this week – simply ‘Question yourself'… intriguing
• Ed talked about Al Gore's documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth‘ which YOU HAVE TO WATCH. It's online for free here or find it on Netflix

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We've talked about anxiety before but it's such a huge issue that we need to approach it again. Anxiety can creep up on us and, before we know it, it's affecting our every decision. No more!

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

• 5 Things Not To Say To Someone Living With Anxiety
• Anxiety and the Brain: An Introduction (Note: Please don't feel under any pressure to pay for the more thorough test results at the end of the presentation! We haven't so can't comment on whether or not represents good value!)
• What Happens When Anxiety Goes Untreated

• Sean has found a great podcast called Anxiety Slayer
• Ed thinks we worry about death too much and has found an article that proposes a ‘resigning' of it

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Growing old affects us all in different ways. Some embrace it whilst some fight against it. Our attitude towards age and growing old is vitally important and is something that needs talking about. So let's do it…

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• Here's a link to Sean's blog post for the week
• What is a midlife crisis?
• … some advice from the NHS
• A list of some amazing humans that have bloomed later in life
• ‘Mid-life crisis begins in mid-30s, Relate survey says‘

• Sean has found a great blog post that lists a few things we should all be doing
• Ed encourages you to watch a chat with a guy who's working on a cure for death, Aubrey de Grey

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It's just so darn easy these to waste time. To postpone. To delay. So why do we? Because we can? Or are we hiding from something. Procrastination is this week's topic and Ed is a master!

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

• Here's a link to Sean's blog post for the week
• Procrastination definition
• Looking for something to work on? Try The 4 Hour Work Week
• ‘Effective Ways to Eliminate Procrastination‘
• ‘The Much Delayed War on Procrastination‘

• Sean has found a list of apps via this website that will help if you're stuck in a rut
• Ed has a website too which is jammed full of great resources to delve in to

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The PR machine is in full effect once again for 50 Shades of Grey. To be fair though, the chatter is almost all from us rather than the media. But why are we so obsessed and why are so many flocking to see it when they could so easily find a similar release online elsewhere? Safety in numbers? A wider discussion about repression and inner feelings beckons…

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

• Here's a link to Sean's blog post for the week
• Here's the trailer for 50 Shades of Grey for those that haven't seen it
• Film buff Mark Kermode gives his verdict here
• All men watch porn, apparently
• … yet most find porn morally dubious

• Both Sean and Ed thought of the same resource – Sean's book Tantra, Sex, Orgasm & Meditation (Kindle version here too)

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The influence that we get from another person maybe positive or negative. A person's behaviour maybe so bad that they teach how not to act. So who decides who gets the power?

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• Here's a link to Sean's blog post for the week
• Sean & Ed discussed a similar(ish) theme many moons ago

• Sean recommended a book called Meetings with Remarkable Men
• Ed is wading through the impressive House of Cards right now. Sign up for a free 30 day account with Netflix to watch for free if you feel like it (the original is on there too)

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Self esteem is an often overlooked area of self improvement. Be good to others, take care of the world and those around you, sure. But how much does what we think about ourselves shape us? Quite a lot, we're guessing…

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

• What is self esteem then, hey?
• Take a personality test, Rosenberg Scale style
• Top notch mental health charity Mind with some great advice for self esteem
• Enough of You, Let's Talk About Me

• Sean has a bunch of quotes related to self esteem that you should check out plus a great article that will help to build your child's self esteem – get 'em while they're young!
• Want to feel better instantly? Get some more ELO in your life says Ed! Better you've never heard THAT as a self help tip

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

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