[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Why do you go to work? Do you jump out of bed shouting ‘hooray’? If not why not? A few people will be doing what they do each day because they simply love it and would carryon doing it what ever happened. Sadly many people will be going to work simply for the money and hating everyday of their life. Let’s talk ab...
May 08, 2014•39 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Do you ever feel like you have lost the will to carry on, or have no energy to get going? Why is it that some people seem to have boundless energy while others have none at all? Well, we’ve got just the podcast for you… It’s The Self Help Podcast. Enjoy the show! Show Notes and Links Sponsor Sean or else ! He’s r...
Apr 30, 2014•41 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Apologies in advance for the quality of Ed’s sound in this one… small gremlin in the works! Having a child is arguably the seminal moment in a person or couple’s life. Its undeniably wonderful for all sorts of reasons, but what else can’t be denied are the pressures and challenges that another person in your life...
Apr 24, 2014•42 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? It’s Easter time so Sean and Ed are looking at the themes of new life, spring, resurrection and more. The thinking behind this episode is that NOW (rather than January/Winter) is a much better time of year to get things done and plan ahead. Listen in to hear why now is a great time to spring clean your life. It’s...
Apr 17, 2014•34 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? We all know it, but how many of us are really putting the hours in? Exercise and physical activity plays a vital part in our levels of wellbeing. Healthy body, healthy mind. Sean and Ed are delighted to be joined by their friend and networking pal Conrad Rafique of Rock Mountain Fitness. Together, the three discu...
Apr 10, 2014•1 hr
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Why are you listening to this podcast when you could be doing something productive hey?! Only joking of course, listening to Sean and Ed is a fine way to spend your time. Seriously though, it’s never been easier to be distracted from the work in hand. Dealing with those distractions isn’t so easy. Sean talks in t...
Apr 03, 2014•41 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? The statistics on divorce are fairly well known and, on the face of it, rather bleak. Still, we’re living long and healthy lives and, knowing what we know about how people develop and change, then moving on from long term relationships should be something that we’re better prepared for. Agree? Disagree? Let us kn...
Mar 27, 2014•39 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? For those listening to this on March 20th 2014 (the date we published it), sound the klaxons – it’s the UN International Day of Happiness! Happiness is a bit of a fuzzy concept and can mean a million different things. One thing’s for sure though, EVERYONE is searching for it. Take a deep breath… it’s The Self Hel...
Mar 20, 2014•44 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Grrrrrrrr. Anger! Angry boys. Angry girls. Angry Birds. We’re all susceptible to the red mist, dealing with anger comes easier to some more than others. It’s negative sides are all too apparent, as emotion spills into violence. Not good. Violence resulting from anger is a clear sign that one or both sides involve...
Mar 13, 2014•42 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Envy, one of the seven deadly sins, is something that a good chunk of the population will struggle with at some point. The thing is, envy, desire, jealously, et al. are all forms of anxiety – we’re projecting forward to a future that is not yet here. It’s not all bad though, as those pangs of envy can drive us fo...
Mar 06, 2014•40 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Why detox? Well, if we cleanse our mind by meditating, then we can cleanse our bodies by undertaking a detox. Sean detoxes regularly and he’s currently part way through a serious, 90 day detox. Wowzers! Sean and Ed are discussing all things food this week and the show contains more than one disclaimer. We’ll repe...
Feb 27, 2014•45 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Apparently four year olds laugh, on average, 300 times a day. The average 40 year old? Only four. What’s up with THAT? Laughter is good for your health. It can boost your immune system, reduce stress, alleviate pain and attract all sorts of wonderful people to you. So, yes, maybe laughter is medicine. Enjoy the s...
Feb 20, 2014•35 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Those three wonderful words – ‘I love you’. How wonderful to hear them! But get this… research has shown that the act of feeling loved and wanted has very little to do with what is said. More, it’s about a persons tone of voice and, of course, their body language and actions. Pretty much all humans have a basic d...
Feb 13, 2014•39 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? What happens when ‘life’ gets in the way of what we really, really, really want to do? Bills to pay, jobs to go to, etc. Where’s your passion? Are you living out someone else’s idea of a life well lived? The ultimate test – do you relish getting out of bed in the morning? Enjoy the show! Show Notes and Links Link...
Feb 06, 2014•44 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Cancer. The ‘C’ word. To be told that you or a close relative has been diagnosed can come as a huge shock, where as more dangerous (statistically) conditions such as heart disease don’t have the same fear-factor. That said, a huge percentage of people will develop cancer at some point of their lives, so it’s best...
Jan 30, 2014•45 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? We’re 34 episodes in to this little adventure of ours and it’s time to take stock of where we’re all up to. Do you live your life in the present? Are you ‘living in the now’? This episode is designed to focus your minds on everything that is important. Astonishingly, Sean also uses todays episode to admit that he...
Jan 23, 2014•44 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Ah, difficult people! Sometimes there’s just no escaping them, either at home in our family life or at work. Is blood really thicker than water? This can be a tough point to take on board but remember that for the difficult person in your life it’s you who is being difficult. There’s some advice in this from Sean...
Jan 16, 2014•36 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? When do we stop being children and become ‘adults’? When we turn 13? After leaving school or home? How about when we stop learning in general? We often look at young children as beings that need to be taught, but another reality is focusing on what they can teach us . As we grow older we learn prejudice, fear and...
Jan 09, 2014•42 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? New year, new you? A new year can mean new beginnings. This time of year is a great time to do a ‘self audit’. Reflect on how your life has been and dictate to yourself how you are going to be going forward. Resolutions are funny things though, and can be quite superficial. There are plenty of statistics that sho...
Jan 02, 2014•35 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Christmas is here and so Sean and Ed are here to discuss why we celebrate this strange but wonderful time of year. In a universal sense, Christmas is about the end of darkness and the beginning of light (think about it). Advent calendars, chocolate, turkey and decorated trees = what’s it all about? Enjoy the show...
Dec 26, 2013•27 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Loneliness is a killer, didn’t you know? There are plenty of blog posts that discuss this. Sean and Ed do the same this week on The Self Help Podcast and also take a look at the positive sides of some time on our own. Loneliness and solitude are very different things. We all have a drive to connect, but is ‘colle...
Dec 19, 2013•37 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Nelson Mandela recently passed away and he’s left quite a legacy. His rise to prominence and his journey from angry young to forgiving, empathetic elder statesman was truly remarkable. What was Mandela’s legacy? For some it may be negative, for the vast majority, it’s incredibly positive. Here’s the thing: we’ll ...
Dec 12, 2013•38 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? We all have very different experiences of pain. The fact that pain is in the mind can be tricky to accept, but even harder to deny. Some are able to withstand much more than others, both psychical and emotional. All together now – pain is in the brain! Pain is in the brain! Ed apologises if he sounds a little tir...
Dec 05, 2013•42 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? What is work and why do we do it? We’ll spend perhaps a third of our lives at work so we need to be very careful that we’re doing work that we find rewarding. Our work, in many cases, defines who we are. When a person asks ‘and what do you do?’, how do you answer? Sean and Ed discuss status, their relationship wi...
Nov 28, 2013•39 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Last week it was sleep. This week: dreams! Whether you remember them in the morning or not, you do dream. But why do we dream? For all sorts of reasons! If you want a better understanding of yourself then perhaps you could pay more attention to your dreams. Do you remember many of your dreams? Do you record them?...
Nov 21, 2013•46 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? You’ll spend roughly 30% of your entire life asleep. Why do we sleep? Well, the much of the science of sleep is a mystery, but the restorative functions that it brings are as important as any aspect of your routine. It’s vital that you sleep well. Sleep deprivation can make you snappy, depressed, impulsive and mo...
Nov 14, 2013•43 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Meditation can be an oasis of calm in the madness of life. For thousands of years, human beings have been using meditation to gain a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. Sean has been meditating since he was 10. Ed hasn’t yet got the bug, so this is meditation for beginners. Thankfully (f...
Nov 07, 2013•1 hr 1 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Meditation can be an oasis of calm in the madness of life. For thousands of years, human beings have been using meditation to gain a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. For a few years now, the ever-growing team at Headspace have been spreading the message of meditation via their wonderf...
Nov 07, 2013•32 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? You can say an awful lot without moving your lips, didn’t you know? Our bodies are talking constantly, sending messages to all who may be watching. We come in all shapes and sizes and, further more, we all move our bodies in different ways. Body language secrets aren’t tricky to spot or learn, and many will inves...
Oct 31, 2013•40 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Is it just us or does everyone seem stressed these days? Are we all just working too darn hard? Stress is an interesting thing in that it doesn’t really exist; it’s something that we create ourselves. With that realisation comes the power to wave goodbye to it at any moment. So… how stressed are you? Are you real...
Oct 24, 2013•35 min
