The Self Help Podcast

Sean and Ed (OK, mainly Sean) are always dishing out advice. Sean does it for a living. Could you? A career in therapy can be hugely rewarding. Obviously it's not without a certain amount of risk – you're letting yourself in for a lot of sensitive information that can weigh heavily on you – but what career doesn't? Let's have a chat about it…

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• A Guardian article on becoming a therapist or counsellor

Resrouce of the Week

• Sean recommended completing an Advanced Driving Test
• Ed linked to the official advice on the Gov.uk website
• More advice from the BACP

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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Look left, look right. The Green Cross Code. Road safety is drilled into us from a very early age… and rightly so! With an increasing number of weapons grade vehicles swooshing around our streets we'd be wise to take care. Right? Well… yes, but as Ed has found out in recent years, it's far more complicated than that. Time for a new approach to road safety?

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• It's Indian Road Safety Week(!!!)
• Here's a link to UK road safety charity, Brake
• Info on the changes to the UK Highway Code
• Sustainable Safety
• Feisty name but amazing podcast – join The War on Cars

Resrouce of the Week

• Sean recommended completing an Advanced Driving Test
• Ed linked to the amazing YouTube channel, Not Just Bikes

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
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It's that time again! The calendar clicks across to a new year and we are given the chance to set some serious goals for ourselves. How do we stick to them? Are they the right goals? How to we stay on track?? Happy new year!

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• Ed linked to Udemy and Masterclass for online learning
• Sean linked to a post about tips for creating goals for 2022 and beyond

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

We'd be amazingly grateful if you could leave us a review on iTunes. It will really help us to build our audience. So, if your like what you hear (and would like to hear more great free content) then visit our iTunes page and leave us an honest review (all feedback gratefully received!).

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It is time to see the growing light of the lengthening days and shortening nights. Following the darkness of winter, that has its depth at the winter solstice and the longest night, comes the lightening, as the days draw out.

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week

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

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Does Father Christmas exist? Does Boris Johnson exist?

This week the issue on every front page has been the issue of the staff at Number 10 having jolly Christmas parties while at the same time telling the rest of the world that they cannot. The repeated word is liar and lying. If you have ever had to deal with a liar you may well have a very strong point of view about it.

The word liar and lies seems to be a moveable feast that can change as and when we need them to. Is it ever okay to lie?

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week

• Sean linked to a book called How to Stop Lying
• Ed found this great article on Very Well Mind

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
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With Covid and related stresses I notice that fuses are getting shorter and intolerance is on the increase.

Do you listen to what you say? Do you hear the tone of your voice? Do you realise how you are heard by others? I guess if your answer to these questions was ‘no’ then you would probably not be reading this blog. However, becoming really aware of what is coming out of our mouths is an art and requires awareness and awake-ness.

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

• Here's Alison's blog post for the week

• Sean linked to a book called ‘Loving Someone With Anxiety‘
• Ed says ‘Go chop some wood'

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

We'd be amazingly grateful if you could leave us a review on iTunes. It will really help us to build our audience. So, if your like what you hear (and would like to hear more great free content) then visit our iTunes page and leave us an honest review (all feedback gratefully received!).

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Relationships are complex and probably one of our biggest challenges. Most adults spend much of their life in an intimate relationship. Relationships are potentially satisfying. They protect us from loneliness and can improve our mental and emotional wellbeing. This week we're joined by author and transformational mind coach Alison Blackler to see how we can work through our relationship issues.

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

• Here's Alison's blog post for the week
• Looking for links to Alison's work and books? You'll find them here
• We have spoken with Alison twice before – once to talk about Loyalty (episode 308) and also to talk about Alison's 1st book (episode 362)

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

We'd be amazingly grateful if you could leave us a review on iTunes. It will really help us to build our audience. So, if your like what you hear (and would like to hear more great free content) then visit our iTunes page and leave us an honest review (all feedback gratefully received!).

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Surveys will often show that, above a certain level of income, money does not make us happy. In fact it can actually make us deeply unhappy! Why is this, and how can we find the sweet spot of financial and emotional happiness?

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• Therapist reveals all about super rich clients
• Check out the big, soulless, empty houses beautifully presented by Enes Yilmazer

• Sean linked to the classic ‘Science of Getting Rich‘ by Wallace Wattles
• Ed just nabbed a copy of Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle by Lloyd Alter

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

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Anyone following UK politics over the last couple of years could not fail to notice the interesting difference between what comes out of our politicians moths and their actions. It is as though there are two scripts running side by side one for us and one for them. Why?

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week
• The UK and it's love of the monarchy
• UK thoughts on it's 'empire'

• Sean recommended three books – The Art of War by Sun Tze, How to Use Your Enemies by Baltasar Gracian and Socrates Defence by Plato
• Ed watched Dune and loved it. Lots going on. Needs repeat viewing

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

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How do you feel about getting on plane right now and jetting away? The people I am talking to are split both ways. There are those that would grab a bag right now and rush to the airport while others are saying to me that they don’t expect to be going abroad until at least 2023. But… you don't need to get on a plane to have a break do you? Do you??!

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

• Here's Sean's blog post for the week

• Sean said you should simply look for some good days out in your area
• Ed linked to a blast from the past – episode 6 when we talking about the myth of the work life balance

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

We'd be amazingly grateful if you could leave us a review on iTunes. It will really help us to build our audience. So, if your like what you hear (and would like to hear more great free content) then visit our iTunes page and leave us an honest review (all feedback gratefully received!).

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