The Self Help Podcast

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Rational or otherwise, fear is something that affects us all in one form or another. For Ed it's spiders (how predictable). Sean? He has a fear of drowning that stems, he thinks, from the day he was born. True story. Many phobias are completely natural. A fear of heights keeps from harm, as does a healthy respect for certain creepy crawlies.

There are a few techniques that we can use to overcome our phobias and Sean and Ed will tell you how. Be gone, nasty snakes!

Sean's still feeling the effects of a full blown case of man flu at the start of the episode. Poor chap. This episode was, again, recorded at the offices of Rethink Mental Illness, a wonderful national UK charity based in London.

Fear explained. Enjoy the show!

• Christopher Hitchens had a go at waterboarding. Yikes (warning – this isn't really for the fainthearted)
• 101 Strange and Interesting Phobias
• Flooding is a form of behavior therapy based on the principles of respondent conditioning…
• Explanation of the rewind technique for treating trauma and phobias
• Here is where Sean did his Vipassana meditation course
• Mindfield – Counselling Courses, Psychotherapy & Anger Management Training

• Sean invites you to check out The Rewind Technique for Post Traumatic Stress
• Ed, with a completely straight face, recommended Batman. Yep, The Dark Knight Trilogy is a must see. A modern classic which deals with this week's themes. Watch!

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A guru is defined, quite simply, as someone ‘who imparts initiations'. Guess what that means? YOU ARE A GURU! Yep, you are a teacher and you have an impact on every person that you have ever met or hope to meet.

On the flip side, maybe it's time to look at who it is that you spend the most time with and assess whether those relationships are positive or negative. Deep. Don't forget about Mandel, Mother Theresa and Ghandi too, of course.

Enjoy the show!

• We've been nominated for an award! If you can do the same that would be SWELL. Of all of the categories, we think the ‘Religion/Inspiration' is the best fit for The Self Help Podcast. Here's the link 🙂
• Sean loves the Melvyn Bragg podcast
• Ed recommends you get on to Here's The Thing and The Property Podcast
• Rethink Mental Illness helps millions of people affected by mental illness by challenging attitudes, changing lives
• Here's the view from our window in London!
• Educating Yorkshire on Channel 4 is superb
• Paul Eddington: A Life Well Lived
• The story of Richard Branson is a good one

• Sean suggests that you take ‘the guru test'. Check out this cool website.
• Ed demands that you all install the TED Talks app (iPhone or Android) or bookmark the website. Guru in your pocket!

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It's tough at the top. People are always slinging mud and taking pot shots. Today,we're the mudslingers! The Secret is an amazing product full of superb wisdom, ideas and lessons. It also doesn't explain enough, in our view, about the sheer hard work that needs to be put in to making big changes in your life.

Ultimately, the trouble with The Secret is the same for all self help books, DVDs and other products: they only work if you apply the lessons that they teach.

Enjoy the show!

• Vipassana retreats in the UK
• Goenka: The Man who Taught the World to Meditate has passed away
• Grab your copy of The Secret – Book / DVD
• First 20 minutes of The Secret for free!
• An interview with Rhonda Bryrne, author and producer of The Secret
• The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles
• Down the Rabbit Hole – Quantum physics! Etc.!
• Our little self help book, Live in the Present
• The Story Behind Angry Birds
• Tithe – What is Tithing??!
• The Attractor Factor by Joe Vitale

• Sean suggests that you dive into the world of Goenke this week. Check out Discourse Summaries: Talks from a Ten-day Course in Vipassana Meditation.
• Ed is only to happy to suggest that you all subscribe to the Here's the Thing podcast presented by actor Alec Baldwin. Also, if you're into your comedy, dive in to Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee by the legend that is Jerry Seinfeld. Both are strike the perfect balance of wisdom and wit.

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

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How's your relationship? We all have our good and bad days and it's hard to stay on track, but there are certain things that we can all do to help ourselves (and the ones we love). This episode is full of rock solid advice for those in relationships (and for those who aren't – there are lessons here for all who interact with other human beings). Hint: communication is a big one here.

Ed's been to a wedding where he danced like crazy and ended up with a tie wrapped around his head. Sean is gearing up for some singing with friends. What a pair.

Enjoy the show!

• Thanks to Good Podcast for reviewing our show, both on iTunes and their website. Incredible! Great resource
• The relationships that last longer than marriage by Vanessa Barford
• Living with anxiety: Britain's silent epidemic by Rachel Cooke
• Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. The next big thing in the world of professional therapy?
• Seinfeld – The Story of Festivus, an alternative to Christmas
• We used a great article on Psychology Today in the show this week – 10 Ways to Nurture Your Relationship
• Follow the Kindness Challenge on our Facebook page
• Ed was given the chance to talk about Mont Blanc. Here's his story.

• Sean recommends a book called Getting the Love that You Want by Dr Harville Hendrix
• Ed has been playing with Lumosity on his iPhone. Get on it and supercharge your brain

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

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The word ‘Mindfulness' and the phrase ‘to be mindful' seems to be cropping up more and more in popular culture. What IS mindfulness, what does it mean and is it worth the hype? Well, if it's good enough for Novak Djokovic, then it's good enough for us. Be calm, live longer! Sean and Ed dive in…

Enjoy the show!

• Sean is doing ‘The 5:2 Diet‘. Some good and bad reviews online.
• Ed is reading the Louise Hay book ‘You Can Heal Your Life‘. Get on it. Affirmations!
• Teaching Children Meditation and Mindfulness – great article by Dawn Gluskin
• Loneliness is Deadly. Fascinating article by Jessica Olien
• EFT – Emotional Freedom Techniques (thanks Garry for the heads up!)
• Novak Djokovic combines Buddhist Mindfulness and Tennis at Wimbledon
• Listen to Andy Puddicombe's (he of the wonderful meditation resource Headspace) TED talk – All it takes is 10 mindful minutes
• Dictionary definition of mindfulness
• 1 Billion Heartbeats – The length of a lifetime
• One-Moment Meditation: “How to Meditate in a Moment”

• Sean wants you to check out an online exam that you can take in ‘benefits of mindfulness‘. Put together by the American Psychological Association. Nice!
• Ed is a big fan of calm.com. Take a few minutes out wherever you are and focus. Available simply as a website or on your shiny iPhone.

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

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Money is an amplifier. Spend it wisely and you'll see positive changes in your life. Make some poor decisions and odds are that you'll spiral downwards. Our relationship with money is programmed into us at an early age but, ultimately, we're all entrepreneurs of one kind or another.

Thanks again to listener Vide Kadampa for being the inspiration for this week's show. If there's anyone else out there that has had similar (or other) thoughts about the show, drop us a line.

In other news, Sean wishes his mother-in-law a happy birthday and is slightly frustrated over the lack of progress on his loft conversion. Here comes the Autumn. Ed might just have taken the best photo of his life but curses the little man who posed for it as he kept our host up all night, meaning that Ed might sound a little more groggy than usual.

Full marks to the listener that spots Sean's stomach rumbling on one occasion this week. Enjoy the show 🙂

• The best photo that Ed has taken? Maybe, just maybe…
• Plastic banknotes ready for 2016, says Bank of England
• Revealed: The world's happiest nations
• Ed mentioned Action for Happiness. Check 'em out.
• Get involved with the 21-Day Kindness Challenge now! Quick! If the challenge is over, fear not. Go forth and be kind regardless
• DailyLamrim.com – Inside Buddhist Meditations, by Vide Kadampa
• Edward Lamb – Tales from an Underachieving Entrepreneur
• Take a look at BBC documentaries Money and Power and Masters of Money
• The Sixty Minute Debt Buster by Rob Parsons
• Memoirs of a Fruitcake by Chris Evans is well worth a read
• Bill Gates is spending his money wisely and plans on eradicating HIV
• Angry Birds: the story behind iPhone's gaming phenomenon
• What is oniomania?

SHOULD ED KEEP HIS TITLE OF ‘ENTREPRENEUR'? EMAIL US ‘YES' OR ‘NO' to podcast [at] liveinthepresent.co.uk (or, if you're reading this via our weekly email, just hit the reply button.

• Sean recommends T.Harv Eker's Secrets of the Millionaire Mind in both audio and book format. Also take a look at The Attractor Factor by Joe Vitale.
• Ed recommends the documentary DVD series and book The Ascent of Money by the super-smart Naill Ferguson. Epic knowledge.

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

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Holidays. Buckets and spades, water slides, tension-filled airports and sun burnt faces. A good holiday is hard to come by and, if you're not careful, can result in higher stress levels than before you set off.

Autumn is starting to close in here in the UK which can be a tough time for those in strained relationships (both with others and themselves), in fact, now might be a great time to take a vacation! Before you do though, let Sean and Ed fill your ears with some advice.

Some points for discussion: What do you consider to be a holiday? Do you feel at all anxious before you set off? If so, you might not be heading to the right place. IF you are heading away with someone soon, think about sitting down with them before you leave and talking about what you both want from your time away.

First, they had a whole batch of iTunes reviews to mention before they really got started this week. Thank you all so much for taking the time to help us with your feedback and support. If you haven't already and would like to, here's the link to leave us an honest review of The Self Help Podcast.

Enjoy the show 🙂

• Ed was in Kielder, Northumberland. It's the darkest place in the UK (at night), didn't you know?
• Sean's Detox link
• Health effects of holidays ‘fade within fortnight'
• Sir David Frost is no more, sadly. He did so much in his life
• History of the word ‘holiday'
• This is where Ed goes on holiday
• Sean likes his lakes and has been here many times
• Episode 1 of our podcast was all about sunlight, which ties in with why we, rather stupidly, head for the sun in the summer, rather than the winter

• Sean had the audacity of mentioning one of his own meditation recordings, Relax & Let Go. It's been around for years and has helped thousands of people over the years. Get your copy here.
• Ed recommends a podcast, Tropical MBA which is presented by Dan and Ian. Get your work-life balance ideas going guys.

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

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Note from Ed: We ran over a little bit this week – Sean and Ed just couldn't shut up! Apologies to all who are used to listening on their 30 minutes commute to work! That said, we've had a lot of feedback that people would like the show to be longer. Let us know if you agree! 

Let's be clear from the start: 100% honesty is, thank goodness, completely impossible. Ed starts the debate in typically intellectual fashion by talking about the big budget Jim Carrey movie ‘Liar, Liar'. Being honest 100% of the time will land you in a whole lot of trouble in minutes. From a very early age we test the boundaries of what can and can't be said, eg. ‘where's your big fat belly?' (this will make sense, we promise).

Be sure to check out Ed's Jack Nicholson impression.

Sean is busy building his loft conversion / recording studio. He's set himself a TWO MONTH deadline to complete this and we implore all of our loyal listeners to hold him to this. Ed has been out racing his kart again. Joy of joys.

In other news, in turns out that celebrity TV chefs may be way off the mark when it comes to the nutritional excellence of their food. Shock! Horror! Ed is only too happy to talk about a clever chap called Jacque Fresco, the 97 year old visionary and architect. Be sure to look up The Venus Project.

Enjoy the show 🙂

• Jo Casey is officially a friend of ours. Check out her awesome website and thanks for the review, Jo!
• Celebrity chef recipes may be bad for your health
• Tomorrow's cities: How the Venus Project is redesigning the future
• Listen to an in depth interview with Jacque Fresco on London Real
• Liar, Liar starring Jim Carrey. Decent little film!
• ‘You want the truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!'
• How Nick Leeson broke the bank
• What the devil is NLP?
• Kirlian photography

• Sean loves his audio books and has been listening to Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness. Get on it.
• Aside from Liar, Liar (DVD available here!), Ed recommends that you dive into Foundation, a series of interviews with hotshot entrepreneurs. Foundation is presented by Kevin Rose who recently shot to fame when he threw a racoon down some stairs.

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

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How do we differentiate between an addiction and a habit? Is one worse than the other? Sean has live quite a life and has been addicted to all sorts. Now he says he's ‘addicted to life'. Ed is addicted to oxygen and water. Oh, and information too. He's one of those people that reaches for his phone within seconds of waking.

How about you? Do you like your habits? Let us know in the comments below.

Sean and Ed are back from their holidays and working hard. Sean talks about the latest in brain research which is pretty darn fascinating. Ed is focused on the new Premier League season. Go soccer fans!

Enjoy the show 🙂

• False memory planted in mouse's brain
• Difference between Habit and Addiction
• Sean mentioned the Limbic System within our brains
• Can self harm become an addiction?
• Hypnosis – does it really work?
• The 10,000 Hour Rule
• Here's what Bethan looks like 🙂

• Sean mentioned the Guardian Eyewitness app that will fill your mind with wonderful stories and images. Get on it.
• Ed recommends that you signup for Upworthy emails. Amazing stories delivered to you – my kind of news 🙂

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

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Ah, pornography. We're all watching (well, 68% of us are apparently) yet no one's talking about it. Sean and Ed are here to start the debate. A whole generation are growing up with it in their lives and we're yet to see the consequences. Morality, addiction and censorship are all discussed.

Elsewhere, Sean has been playing with his leftover risotto and reading about brain research, whilst is Ed back from a week in Anglesey with his family. You should go there.

Enjoy the show!

• Horizon Documentary – Monitor Me (UK only, sorry!)
• Lift App – track your habits
• Porn sites get more internet traffic in UK than social networks or shopping
• ‘All men watch porn, scientists find‘
• The Great Porn Experiment: Gary Wilson at TEDxGlasgow
• Ins and Outs of Teledildonics
• Demolition Man sex scene (NOT Judge Dredd, as Ed said)
• PORN: The Hidden Engine That Drives Innovation In Tech
• Russell Brand on sex addiction
• Porn-Proofing Your Life to Avoid Sex Addiction Relapse
• UK government blocking porn
• Psycho-sexual therapy advice

• Sean referred to a Pygmy sitar available here. Amazing!
• Ed talks about an app called Timehop which, er, he might have actually mentioned before. Still, check it out!

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

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