The Self Help Podcast

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Why detox? Well, if we cleanse our mind by meditating, then we can cleanse our bodies by undertaking a detox. Sean detoxes regularly and he's currently part way through a serious, 90 day detox. Wowzers!

Sean and Ed are discussing all things food this week and the show contains more than one disclaimer. We'll repeat it now for clarity: consult your doctor or a qualified nutritionist before undergoing any major changes to your diet.

Enjoy the show!

• A good place to start reading is Sean's recent blog post about his 90 Day Detox
• Here's Sean's original 13 Day Detox page
• Robert Lustig's YouTube talk ‘Sugar: The Bitter Truth‘ is a must watch
• Interested in these Blue Zones that Ed mentioned? Start here…
• Yet another mention for out friend Conrad Rafique, a fine, fine personal trainer and nutritional expert
• It's been a while since we mentioned the great folks at Lift App and their Quantified Diet is well worth a look if you're thinking about changing your eating habits (great blog post about it here by the founder, Tony Stubblebine)
• Check out the No Meat Athlete site for info on how to get energy in your body minus the meat
• Does milk cause cancer?
• ‘Fauja Singh becomes oldest marathon runner'
• That quote that Ed attempted, by Uncle Monty in Withnail and I

• Sean gave another mention to his own 13 Day Detox which is a great intro for everyone to the world of the detox
• Ed suggest you take a look at Jamie Oliver's TED Talk: Teach every child about food

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Apparently four year olds laugh, on average, 300 times a day. The average 40 year old? Only four. What's up with THAT?

Laughter is good for your health. It can boost your immune system, reduce stress, alleviate pain and attract all sorts of wonderful people to you. So, yes, maybe laughter is medicine.

Enjoy the show!

• Ed's into his cinnamon and honey at the moment. Here's why (note the distinct lack of actual science mentioned, therefore feel free to ignore this advice and listen to your doctor)
• Cinnamon-related wise-cracking from Jim Carrey, have a good laugh at this
• Do animals laugh?
• “The average four-year-old laughs 300 times a day, a 40-year-old, only four.”
• How Laughter Boosts Your Immune System, Reduces Stress and More
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
• World's oldest joke was classic toilet humour
• Check out Laughter Lab by Richard Wiseman
• Tim Vine wins joke of the year award

• Sean recommends the book Laughology: Improve Your Life With the Science of Laughter by Stephanie Davies
• Ed threw a few links out there this week. Check out Richard Herring's Leicester Square Podcast and some Bill Hicks if you like some out there comedy, early Jim Carrey is genius and of course there's The Marx Brothers, Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld. Dive in!

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Those three wonderful words – ‘I love you'. How wonderful to hear them! But get this… research has shown that the act of feeling loved and wanted has very little to do with what is said. More, it's about a persons tone of voice and, of course, their body language and actions.

Pretty much all humans have a basic desire to love and to be loved, finding love can often be quite a tribulation. Over to The Self Help Podcast to garner a few thoughts on the subject. Can Sean teach us how to fall in love?

Enjoy the show!

• A rare shot of Ed driving at speed in his temperamental kart – photos by David O'Brien
• Some interesting research by Arthur Arun – The Science of Love
• “75 percent of single men dating online looking for love, not sex“

• Sean mentioned a book that appears to be out of print! The Luscher Color Test by Max Luscher. Let us know if you manage to find a copy!
• Ed shows his love through cookery, and his all time favourite cookbook is Jamie at Home. The pizza dough and shoulder of lamb recipes are beyond awesome.

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

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What happens when ‘life' gets in the way of what we really, really, really want to do? Bills to pay, jobs to go to, etc. Where's your passion? Are you living out someone else's idea of a life well lived?

The ultimate test – do you relish getting out of bed in the morning?

Enjoy the show!

• Link to last weeks show in case you missed it, was such fun having Rie with us!
• Thanks to Chris at MSDL for saving the life of Rie's laptop
• Sean is back running in large part thanks to our pal Conrad – we WILL have him on the show soon!
• A day on venus lasts longer than a year – TRUE
• The success story of Ricky Gervais is one we love reading about
• “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life…“
• Ed runs a design & photography company called Dupe Creative, didn't you know?
• Mention to Joanne Finnerty Recruitment this week – we love Jo!
• Shout outs to The Secret, The Magic, Bob Proctor, John Assaraf AND Joe Vitale part way through
• Ed is a big fan of One Mole Digging a Hole and Can You See Sassoon. Intellectual…
• The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris is a must read for the 21st century entrepreneur
• The E-Myth Revisited is a great book. Well, Sean thinks so anyway

• Sean suggests that you try The Attractor Factor (Joe Vitale), The Passion Test (Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood) and The Key to Living the Law of Attraction (Jack Canfield) – or maybe just get one and read it 100 times
• Ed highly recommends that you dive into the roundtable interviews by The Hollywood Reporter. This is his favourite so far, with Matt Damon, Richard Gere, Denzel Washington and more…

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

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Cancer. The ‘C' word. To be told that you or a close relative has been diagnosed can come as a huge shock, where as more dangerous (statistically) conditions such as heart disease don't have the same fear-factor. That said, a huge percentage of people will develop cancer at some point of their lives, so it's best to be prepared.

This is a special episode as Sean and Ed have a special guest – it's Rie! Finally! Rie is a psycho-oncology counsellor (nice title!) who works at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre helping folks out. The majority of people Rie deals with have, interestingly, are at the end of their treatment, others maybe expecting them to be celebrating, but this a common time for people to struggle to deal with what has happened to them – depression and anxiety are both real issues. Living with cancer, whether it's there or not, is a hugely important issue.

Enjoy the show!

• Check out the website for Clatterbridge Cancer Centre – check out their ‘CanChat' online discussion forums in particular
• oDesk – hire people to do those jobs that you just don't have the time for
• More about Cancer Talk Week, by MacMillan and
• We mention MacMillan a lot this week. They do some awesome work
• Cancer Research UK are pretty amazing too
• How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones? – George Zaidan
• Living with Cancer (Woody Roseland) TEDx
• Fighting talk: Should cancer sufferers describe their illness as a battle?
• How Happiness Boosts the Immune System
• Rie recommends Headspace (meditation) to a LOT of the people she deals with
• Coronation Street and the right to die: why Hayley Cropper's story matters
• Here's Hayley (Julie Hesmondhalg) talking about her role on BBC Breakfast
• The Puzzle of Pancreatic Cancer: How Steve Jobs Did Not Beat the Odds
• Rie is a qualified HOPE course practitioner and is planning on running a course on the Wirral soon. Get in touch!
• Maggie's Centres‘ are amazing places. There are a few dotted around the UK
• LiveStrong are doing some good work in the States

• Sean recommends the Cancer Management Handbook for iPhone/iPad
• Rie is a fan of The Cancer Survivor's Companion: Practical ways to cope with your feelings after cancer
• Ed is a HUGE fan of a film The Fountain. Approach with caution, it's an emotional roller coaster but big on impact

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

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We're 34 episodes in to this little adventure of ours and it's time to take stock of where we're all up to. Do you live your life in the present? Are you ‘living in the now'? This episode is designed to focus your minds on everything that is important.

Astonishingly, Sean also uses todays episode to admit that he doesn't have all of the answers to life and that, occasionally, he might be wrong about things. Incredible!

Enjoy the show!

• Sean has been to see A Long Walk to Freedom and suggests you do the same
• Our past ‘Live in the Present‘ episode is still online and it's a corker
• That Buckminister Fuller quote that Ed, er, quoted
• Is the world a safe place? – Episode 3 of our show, way back when
• The decline of children's right to roam
• Some of Newman's best moments from Seinfeld
• Remember The Big Society?
• Read up on Bitcoin guys – big things to come of this!
• Martin Boroson, Meditation in a Moment

• Sean recommends another one of our books – the horror! Grab a copy of Live in the Present and use the code LITPNOW to get a nice little discount 🙂
• Ed encourages you to have a look at the amazing documentaries on Organised Wonder. Thanks to Phil Kiel for the link

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

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Ah, difficult people! Sometimes there's just no escaping them, either at home in our family life or at work. Is blood really thicker than water? This can be a tough point to take on board but remember that for the difficult person in your life it's you who is being difficult.

There's some advice in this from Sean that you might not expect…

Enjoy the show!

• Well done Rie, who is now officially an accredited HOPE Course Facilitator. Go Rie!
• Check out The Fizzle Show if you're into podcasts
• Graeme Le Saux: How Gay Slurs Almost Wrecked My Career
• Ed watched a documentary about the bomb dropped over Hiroshima recently. It's a grim tail but an important one to know about
• Need help clearing some clutter from your life? Get in touch with our friend Nikki from Pink Spaghetti

• Sean had the audacity to recommend his own book! The Frog Snoggers Guide was Sean's first book but is very relevant to this weeks discussion – enter the code LITPNOW at the checkout for a nice little surprise 🙂
• Ed has found (via Stephen Fry) a free eBook called ‘How to Achieve Less‘ by Life Squared

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

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• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
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When do we stop being children and become ‘adults'? When we turn 13? After leaving school or home? How about when we stop learning in general? We often look at young children as beings that need to be taught, but another reality is focusing on what they can teach us.

As we grow older we learn prejudice, fear and anxiety. Once you realise that this has been learned then you're free to make the change and release your inner child.

Enjoy the show!

• Details about Sean's Detox can be found here
• Sean donated some money to Marie Curie, a wonderful charity
• Ed mentions a book ‘One Mole Digging a Hole‘ that he read to his son. What do bees wear? Sunglasses!
• Watch Sir Ken Robinson talk about creativity in schools
• Anatomy of Disgust (not fear, as Ed said!) is a fascinating experiment with kids

• Sean wants you to dig out your atlas and go somewhere new! Also, read this article: How to Have Fun Like Children: 15 Joyful Tips
• Ed returns to his childhood roots with a game recommendation – a game for iPad/iPhone (and most other systems) called LIMBO. Amazing atmospheric, tricky and stylish. A work of art!

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

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• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
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New year, new you? A new year can mean new beginnings. This time of year is a great time to do a ‘self audit'. Reflect on how your life has been and dictate to yourself how you are going to be going forward.

Resolutions are funny things though, and can be quite superficial. There are plenty of statistics that show us how many will fail at resolutions just weeks or even days into their new habits. Not seeing these new habits through can be quite damaging to a person so think it through and make sure you're ready to take it on before you set the goal.

This one's a heartfelt chat with Sean and Ed but it's chock full of tips to kick start your 2014. Happy New Year everyone!

Enjoy the show!

• Ed bleats on about his son William a lot in this episode, here's a pic of him
• Top 5 Regrets of the Dying – don't work too hard guys!
• … but don't fall for the old ‘Work Life Balance Myth‘
• 5 Reasons Why You Should Commit Your Goals to Writing
• … and to counter that ‘Why Goal Setting Doesn't Work‘
• The quote/poem that Portia Nelson
• Follow Ed's karting exploits here
• Sean is working on a project called Mind Brain Systems. Teaser site here.
• Grab a copy of the Live in the Present book if you haven't already 🙂

• Sean's resource is to write that letter
• Ed recommends a book by Michael Palin called Himalaya. Remember, ‘travel is the only thing that you can buy that makes you richer.'

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

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• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
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Christmas is here and so Sean and Ed are here to discuss why we celebrate this strange but wonderful time of year. In a universal sense, Christmas is about the end of darkness and the beginning of light (think about it). Advent calendars, chocolate, turkey and decorated trees = what's it all about?

Enjoy the show!

• A brief history of Boxing Day
• Here's the ‘official' version of why we celebrate Christmas
• Since we recorded this episode Rie posted a great blog article for those who may be lonely at Christmas
• Check out your nearest Vipassana meditation centre if you need some solitude
• Sean is gearing up for his January detox
• Here's how to make an Affogato

• Sean loves The Holiday with Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Cameron Diaz. Oh, and there's Miracle on 34th Street of course
• Ed DEMANDS that you watch It's A Wonderful Life first and foremost, then there's Home Alone and Elf…

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

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