How To Hold Onto Hope

06/25/20 • 25 min

How To Cope - with Becky Howard + Lucy Clyde

Hope is a powerful emotion. But how can we feel hopeful, when often the pandemic leaves us feeling pretty hopeless? Whether that's feeling down about our future, the economy, our family, or even our likelihood of hugging friends in the next few months, it's easy to be overwhelmed by negative feelings.

But just like the legendary late George Michael, we've gotta have faith. In this episode, writer Becky Howard and psychotherapist Lucy Clyde look into just how we can do this - remembering that feelings AREN'T facts (who knew?) and that really, the worst-case scenarios very rarely happen.

Also - listen in for a fun reminisce down memory lane of another unpopular virus - our good old friend norovirus.

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Also - listen in for a fun reminisce down memory lane of another unpopular virus - our good old friend norovirus.

Thanks so much for listening! Please like, subscribe or leave us a review - it means so much to us. You can also follow us on Twitter @cope_podcast.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

The Emotional Slump + What It's Doing To Us

We're all in a collective emotional slump right now, feeling tired, fed up, angry and just plain old BORED with the continuing, seemingly never-ending life under coronavirus. AAAGGGHHHHH....

With the manic positive energy of early lockdown long gone, and people feeling disillusioned with things, this mounting frustration as weeks become months (and months) is manifesting itself in all sorts of different emotions.

In this episode, writer Becky Howard and psychotherapist Lucy Clyde delve into the different mental health challenges this is presenting us with - for some of us it's futile raging anger, for others is depleting exhaustion. And for some of us it's a touch of melancholia - but how can we deal with this and get through it?

Listen in to find out how - and also discover Lucy's incredible lockdown super-power at the top of the episode...

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Next Episode

Frustration, Fracture + Why We're Getting Super-Judgey

After 100+ days of lockdown, it's no wonder frustration is high as we've all felt desperate, a bit depressed and lonely. But now as lockdown begins to ease for some of us, what's happening as our 'we're all in this together' united society starts to fracture?

Psychotherapist Lucy Clyde and writer Becky Howard delve into the nation's mental health as we start to experience a personal choice pandemic. Whether you're still shielding, and nothing's changed or are back at work, have kids back at school, or are happily going down to the beach with the crowds, there are hundreds of new, different choices we all have to make every day.

With Covid-19 still looming over every part of our lives, it's no wonder we're emotional and confused - but what's behind all that appetite for public shaming that's everywhere? We get to the bottom of it!

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