The Self Help Podcast

All around us people enact their power in order to win. It might be that we are at a crowded bar trying to get a drink so that we and a whole group of other people are trying to gain the attention of the bartender to get their order met. Who gets to the til first, gets on the bus first?

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• Read Sean's blog post for the episode
• A bit of background on the tennis stuff
• Issues at Parliament eh?
• Support for work place bullying

• Sean – https://www.businessinsider.com/difference-between-being-mentally-strong-and-having-big-ego-2020-7?amp
• Ed – https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Being-a-Victim-of-Bullying

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Is it better to be polite and to say what you know, or think you know the other person wants to hear. Or to be honest and say what you actually think or feel?

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• Read Sean's blog post for the episode

• Sean – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Growing-Through-Feedback-Graciously/dp/1532845294/
• Ed – https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2017/07/08/cruel-to-be-kind-when-its-ok-to-make-someone-feel-bad

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Kindness is a fundamental aspect of all successful human communications and relationships. In many ways we can’t talk about kindness enough. You would expect me to say this because I always do… …If we all look after each other we will all be okay… We all have such great potential for love, care and kindness if we just stop long enough to listen and respond appropriately.

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• Read Sean's blog post for the episode
• The Science of Kindness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9UByLyOjBM

• Sean – Here is a link to a full metta loving kindness meditation https://palousemindfulness.com/meditations/lovingkindness.html
• Ed. Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHlpmxLTxpw

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Ed & Sean are back from 4 days in the city of Amsterdam. It's a funny place to come back from – most friends and family have made quips about getting stoned, drunk or hanging out with strippers. However, we were there on a mission to see how a functioning city works. We visited Fully Charged Live but also got to wander aimlessly around the amazing streets of the old city. People walking, cycling and even the odd person driving. It had a big impact on us both – here's what we thought.

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• Read Sean's blog post for the episode
• Fully Charged Show
• Fully Charged Recruitment
• Not Just Bikes
• See Ed's photos here
• How the Dutch got their cycle paths

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There is a time in the madness of the world when I guess all that you can do is laugh. At this time it can be easy to feel that there is nothing good happening in the world. We have covid and the ongoing effects of covid, real wars and not just rumours of wars, the ongoing effects of Brexit, the ongoing antics of Trump and the ego stretching of Putin, what seems to be a collapsing NHS and Boris in number 10. This has to be the time to make a joke and have a laugh I think.

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• Read Sean's blog post for the episode
• Sean appeared on an episode of ‘Making Sense' with our very good friend Alison Blackler
• Laughter is the best medicine

• Sean – https://www.scienceofpeople.com/laughter-lunch/
• Ed – https://happytimesactivities.co.uk

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Keep smiling. It's Sean's favourite sign off for each episode! Easy to say, and for some it's easy to do. But do we know the science of smiling? Can smiling be ‘learned' or is it instinctive for some and not for others?

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• Read Sean's blog post for the episode
• The real benefits of smiling
• How Britain fell for adult braces

• Sean – https://www.sclhealth.org/blog/2019/06/the-real-health-benefits-of-smiling-and-laughing/
• Ed – https://selecthealth.org/blog/2019/04/why-smiling-is-good-for-you

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With covid, food banks and the Ukrainian war the concept of generosity and giving comes, for many of us, clearly into focus. Often we feel helpless in the face of all the trauma and the need to give something can ease our emotional burden and make us feel better. How much can it help? Let's explore…

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• Read Sean's blog post for the episode
• Check out the Wirral Wombles – get litter picking!

• Sean – Write a Gratitude Journal
• Ed – https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_delong_generosity_a_path_to_deep_connection

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Between the 1950s and the 1970s Britains favourite holiday destination was Britain. The West Country was heaving with people, not only from the UK but, from all over the world. COVID taught us to appreciate our local environment more and now a fuel and energy crisis looks to do similar. Can we take the hint? How can we make the most of our time off?

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• • Here's Sean's blog post for the week
  • History of the holiday

• Sean – https://www.timeout.com/uk/things-to-do/best-places-to-visit-in-the-uk
• Ed – Cheap train tickets! https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-one-million-half-price-rail-tickets-in-first-ever-great-british-rail-sale

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Everywhere I am looking I am seeing the expanding crisis with Putin in Ukraine. As I look across the world it all seems so much like an action replay of the 1930s prior to the Second World War. This is a tough blog and very much embedded in our time and the very things that are happening around us. Across the world there is political lurch to the right that, in many cases, is becoming fascistic.

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• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• 2 + 2 = 5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_%2B_2_%3D_5
• Three levels of human consciousness

• Sean – How to avoid a fascist future https://psmag.com/ideas/natasha-lennard-on-how-to-avoid-a-fascist-future
• Ed – IPCC report HOLY SHIT https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60987614

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We live in a strange world where physical violence is seen as bad and verbal violence becomes acceptable. Is it okay for someone to make a joke about your partner on national TV? Do we sit back and say nothing? To be kind is so easy and creates so much positivity. Why do we need to get nasty?

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• The benefits of kindness https://www.happiness.com/magazine/science-psychology/benefits-of-kindness/
• Kindness at work https://hbr.org/2021/05/dont-underestimate-the-power-of-kindness-at-work

• Sean – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Kindness-Unexpected-Benefits-Compassionate/dp/1585425885
• Ed – https://gonaturalenglish.com/how-to-say-no-politely/

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