In episode 6 of the Your Colourful Self Podcast Dr Wendy Clochet, Counselling Psychologist talks to Dr Romi Ran, Clinical Psychologist and author about her latest book Your Bite Sized Peace. The book centres around our relationship with food and how when we change how we eat, accept our bodies, we can transform our lives. If you have ever struggled with your relationship with food or your body then this podcast episode will hopefully inspire you. Dr Romi Ran's book is available to purchase from Amazon and you can learn more by visiting her website on the following address: https://www.drromiran.com/bite-sized-peace. Instagram: @drromiran. Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bite-Sized-Peace-Change-Transform-ebook/dp/B0CRDN2C2N?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=2e31745d-1a57-4171-808a-f0ecdffbb823

In this episode, Dr Wendy Clochet, Chartered Counselling Psychologist talks to Chris Morris, Personal Trainer, about the benefits and importance of weight trainer for both physical and psychological well-being. The podcast episode will hopefully inspire you to reflect on your own journey with physical fitness and give you insight into how it is doable for everyone. In addition, we hope that the episode will also give you insight into the fact that weight training goes far beyond the physical benefits. You can find Chris Morris on instagram: @chrismorrisuk

Dr Wendy talks briefly about the origin of the word emotion, how emotions arise, how we learn to manage emotions, how we manage emotions in a healthy way. Emotions can become incredibly overwhelming too so if you are in distress you can ring your local CRISIS service, 111, you can attend A&E if you are unable to keep yourself safe and you can also ring the Samaritans on 116 123.

In this third episode of the Your Colourful Self Podcast Dr Wendy talks about mindfulness and how we can incorporate it into our day to day life. She also shares quotes from Martin Aylward's book and a poem by Jess Foster. The aim is to make Mindfulness as accessible as possible because it truly is a life changing practice. References Foster J (2016), The Way of Rest, finding the courage to hold everything in love, Sounds True, Boulder Colorado. Wayward M (2021), Awake where you are, the art of embodied awareness, Wisdom Publications, Somerville

This is a brief 15 minutes episode on self care. In this episode Dr Wendy discusses what we mean by self care and some of the basic building blocks of self care. The episodes contains some useful ways of identifying when self care has slipped and a few tips around increasing self care habits. Please see below references which includes a few books you may find useful. All articles can be found on www.scholar.Google.com. Austin El-Osta et al, Tools for Measuring individual self-care capability: a scoping review, BMC Public Health,2023: 23:13:12

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This episode focuses on Mindfulness and what it is. The episode is done in collaboration with Krissi Carter from ThinkingSpot Coaching. Krissi is passionate about mental health and has recently embarked on a coaching career. Previously Krissi was a headteacher for many years and also has her own Tedtalk on managing behaviours in schools: https://www.ted.com/talks/krissi_carter_badly_behaved_or_emotionally_strained?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare. Dr Wendy Clochet is a holistic Counselling Psychologist and has worked on a array of different settings. She is passionate about a holistic approach; mind, body and spirituality for overall well-being.