The Self Help Podcast

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How quick are you to forgive? Sean is very clear – if you want to move on from a negative incident you'll have to learn to forgive. For some, however, the idea of forgiveness is impossible to comprehend.

Sean talks candidly about his father who, for a variety of reasons, was a bit of a bugger. It took time, but Sean has forgiven him and moved on (in fact, he's actually grateful to his Dad for a few things).

Enjoy the show and let us know where you stand on this one.

• The CIPP – a great organisation that Sean has been working with
• Sean's news was related to out ‘Male Revolution' podcast
• He also mentioned a book called ‘India Dishonoured‘ by Sunny Hundal, which focuses on gender inequality in India
• Ed reflects a year on from London 2012
• Man that ran the London Marathon aged 101
• Chapter 1 in our book in Forgiveness
• Examples of amazing acts of forgiveness can be found here, here and here. There are plenty more.
• Nelson Mandela knew how to forgive and inspired a whole army of people

• Sean mentions a book by a chap he's a big fan of – Andrew Marr's A History of the World.
• Ed talks about a book called Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant. Follow him on Twitter. Top guy.

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

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Is Love All You Need? If it is, then why do we spend so much of our lives chasing other things? Sean has his own definition of love, and talks a lot about elasticity. Sean proclaims his love for Ed! So stay tuned, enjoy and let us know your thoughts in the comments on our website.

Sean is STILL running! Go Sean. Ed is remembering an old friend that passed away recently. Sean apologises for his synthetic shirts that have been rustling in recent episodes.

• Tom Boon is Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Raleigh International. Tom's aim is to help fundraise enough money so Raleigh can build a kindergarten in Sabah, Borneo. Sponsor him!
• Twitter abuse story , BBC
• Greek definitions of love
• Ed mentioned Lift App AGAIN

• Sean is a big fan of the meditation resource, Headspace, which has been put together by some clever people including Andy Puddicombe,
• Ed has been playing with an iPhone app called Everest which helps you to plan and build towards your dreams.

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

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How can it be the so many people that seemingly have it all can be so unhappy? What does wealth and richness actually mean? Life is a rich experience, and there's far more too it than material wealth.

Sean's been running (not rowing) and his body isn't happy.Ed's got high cholesterol! Go and get yours checked out too if you haven't already!

A baby was born in the UK this week! You may have heard about it. Sean and Ed then dive in to the weeks topic with their usual verve and gusto. Here are the show notes…

• Millions of girls still at risk of female genital mutilation
• Twins separated at birth married each other
• Men prefer women that look like them
• Rick Stein's India
• Australia by Simon Reeve – Aboriginal Life
• Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?
• The Story of the Mexican Fisherman
• Sean's story about the cow

• Sean mentioned an app that he's using every day, Couch to 5K. There's also a wealth of other material available, including a podcast.
• Ed uses Timehop on a daily basis – it's a time machine! Honestly! Get it for your iPhone today.

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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This week we're grateful as we'e finally on iTunes and a great deal of reviews have begun to appear. Thank you one and all!

Sean goes a little news crazy to begin with but we'll let him off because he's got the fitness bug thanks to his ‘Couch to 5K' regime. Ed talks briefly about the sad news regarding Cory Monteith.

The Male Revolution is here! We men are in trouble emotionally,though, at least according to Sean. Ed, the pedantic dishwasher stacker, thinks he's pretty advanced – he's been on a bread making course! Seriously though, the role of the male is under threat: we're outperformed at school by our female peers, we have higher levels of health issues and even suicide.  We discuss the end of the world very briefly.

Enjoy! Thanks for listening as ever.

• Thanks to all at The Property Podcast for their help and advice
• Couch to 5K
• The wonderful Andrew Marr is back at work! Welcome back, Andrew
• Kids are being tested earlier and earlier and we're not so sure it's a good idea
• Our beloved(?) NHS is under threat. Sean is clear in his view that it's simply under-staffed.
• Does caffeine cause anxiety?
• Cory Monteith dies at 31 after an overdose
• Diane Abbott MP – Crisis of Masculinity
• Is intelligence overrated? IQ vs EQ

• Sean mentioned a book of his, the wonderfully titled ‘What Colour is Your Knicker Elastic?'. You can grab a copy and find out more from our very own website.
• Sean also mentioned a very funny couple of YouTube clips called Dumb Ways to Die and Dumb Ways to Fail.
• Ed talked enthusiastically about a fantastic resource for those looking to build an online business. Behold Fizzle.co by Corbett Barr, Chase Reeves and Caleb Wojcik. Get involved.

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

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• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
• Subscribe to our weekly podcast on iTunes

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Chasing that perfect work life balance? Maybe you should come at it from another angle. This week Sean has been working with clients around the world using FaceTime. Ed has been listening to a lot of Daft Punk. We both discuss Stephen Hawking, Katie Hopkins, names and the top 5 regrets of the dying. Enjoy!

• The great and wonderful Stephen Hawking has been talking at Caltech.
• A young chap called Jordan Hassey drove a long way to see him talk
• Katie Hopkins almost killed YouTube with her exciting mix of snobbery and pseudo-facts
• How Much Does Your Name Matter? A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
• Our very own (and mightily popular ‘Work Life Balance Tips‘ blog post
• Top five regrets of the dying – The Guardian
• Our ‘Procrastination‘ blog post – it's not all bad!

• Sean mentioned a whole human being – Tim Ferriss. Grab his book The 4 Hour Work Week, The 4 Hour Chef and The 4 Hour Body, all of which are incredible bodies of work. Tim's blog is magnificent and you can find him on Twitter, Facebook and all over YouTube.
• Ed spared a few moments for Sir Ken Robinson, a wonderful creativity expert. His book The Element is a must read. Here's his massively popular and influential TED Talk titled ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?‘

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

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Sean and Ed discuss plastic surgery, moving on to the wider question of how important do we view our physical appearance? Would we be happier without all forms of physical self improvement? Where do we draw the line between supposedly healthy things such as shaving, makeup, etc. and surgical implants, gender switching and the like?

Aside from this, Sean talks meditation recordings and Ed is celebrating 5 years of self employment. Enjoy!

• The last words of some of Texas's 500 death row inmates
• The Rolling Stones played Glastonbury
• For a marriage that endures, bite your tongue
• A history of plastic surgery
• The pursuit of beauty: what compels women to go under the knife?

• Sean mentioned a book by Susan Lancaster, ‘Stay Young, the Golden Years are the Pits!'. You can read Sean's review of the book here or grab a copy right here.
• Ed talked about the popular photo sharing app Instagram. Download it for your smart phone now and don't forget to follow Ed to see what he's been up to 🙂

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

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Why Live in the Present? We named our company with a great deal of care. To live in the present, to be mindful and full of awareness is to be alive! Ian Brady is back in the news this week in the UK. Also, Ed and Sean talk about a very boozy tiramisu (which Ed's 18 month old son enjoyed), Ed's near death experience in his kart, Where's Wally? and it's value as a therapy tool and why you shouldn't have an orgasm whilst driving. Enjoy!

• Running is meditation
• The Fighter – a film about boxing
• Peepo – a wonderful children's book
• Understanding self harming
• Eddie Izzard – Marathon Man

• Sean and Ed discuss their book, Live in the Present. We think you'll love it, obviously!
• Sean mentioned his Relax & Let Go meditation mp2. Grab a copy from our shop – it's helped thousands of people over the years.
• Sean also mentioned a recording called ‘The Beach'. It'll be online soon! Subscribe to our list to be notified as soon as it's out 🙂
• Ed recommended the documentary Senna. Here's the trailer. Grab a copy here.

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

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This week Sean and Ed talked about safety. Is the world a safe place in which to live? It's easy to watch the news and think perhaps not, but the reality is a little different. What do you think? Let us know in the comments below this post. Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoy it 🙂

• Ed, with a completely straight face, admitted that he'd only just learnt that raisins are dried grapes. Oh dear.
• There seems to be more and more media focus on sexual violence. Why the increase? Child abuse on the rise?
• Diane Abbott, a UK MP, has been talking about a UK ‘crisis of masculinity‘ and so have we
• The ‘UK Peace Index' has highlighted the lowest rate of recorded violent crime for 40 years
• Mark Beaumont is The Man Who Cycled the World
• Michael Moore explored the difference between the US and Canada in his documentary ‘Bowling for Columbine'. Canadians don't lock their doors! Skip to 5.10 in the video for that.
• Couch Surfing – connect with travellers around the world
• Do video games make us more violent? Research is unsure…
• As he has done pretty much every week, Sean mentions Freakonomics. Dive in and enjoy.

• Ed recommended an app called Flipboard (available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices). Create your own magazine. Read the Live in the Present magazine, curated by Ed, by searching for us when you have installed it.
• Sean talked about a book called Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. Well worth a read.

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

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• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
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This week Sean and Ed talked about anxiety. In Sean's own words, anxiety is the single biggest issue affecting the health and well being of the people of planet earth. Would 30 minutes really be enough time to put this one to bed? We gave it a good go…

• Spring had arrived! We discuss the British obsession with the weather
• Sean's 13 Day Detox
• Angelina Jolie and her decision to have a double mastectomy
• Chris Hadfield is a (now) famous astronaut that was live-tweeting photos from space.
• Interesting research into why identical twins can take such different life paths.
• Anxiety defined
• Sean talked about the brain, specifically the limbic system and the amygdala
• The anatomy of disgust (video) – why do we react emotionally to certain things?
• The Rewinding Technique

• Ed recommended an iPhone (and now web) app called Lift. It allows you to track, monitor and nurture good habits in your life. Sign up and search for Edward Lamb and you can see how I'm doing. Sean is using it with some of his clients too with very interesting and positive results.
• Sean talked about a book called The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook by James A Duke.

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 (coming soon!)

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A quick apology for the sound quality in this episode. We were still finding our feet with the microphone and our audio setup. We considered not publishing it but, hey, it's better to have a go and fail rather than hide your efforts from the world, right?

This week Sean and Ed talked about sunlight. There's much to discuss, from Seasonal affective disorder and serotonin levels through to obesity levels and exercise routines. The sun is the source of all life on our humble little planet and it's effects on our emotional levels are huge.

• Feminism and the ‘masculine crisis'
• The retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson – will we all decide our retirement age in the future?
• Seasonal affective disorder
• Serotonin levels – here are 6 natural ways to increase yours
• We discuss obesity levels in the UK
• Ed gave a quick mention to Lift a web and iPhone app for building good habits

• Ed recommended the film Sunshine, a mind-bending Sci-fi flick by director Danny Boyle. Check out the trailer here or visit Amazon to grab yourself a copy of the DVD.
• Sean talked about a book called Happiness. Well worth a look.

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

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• Follow presenter Edward Lamb on Twitter
• Follow therapist Sean Orford on Facebook and Twitter
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