Ep 88. Being Mentally Fit with Shona Vertue

02/08/20 • 61 min

This week I speak to personal trainer and yoga teacher Shona Vertue.
We discuss:
* Her experience of therapy and SAD * Attachment theory and why there's nothing to be ashamed of if you are needy or codependent in relationships * The pressures and boundaries of social media * And of course, ask her the question – how are you really?
Transcript
Mentally fit with Shona Vertue
Chloe Brotheridge: Hello and welcome to the ‘Calmer
You’ podcast. This is your host Chloe Brotheridge. I am a coach, a
hypnotherapist and I'm the author of the ‘Anxiety Solution’ and ‘Brave New Girl’.
Thank you so much for listening today. I have an amazing guest this week Shona Vertue.
Shona is known for being a fitness instructor and yoga teacher. But for some
reason, this conversation isn't actually that much about fitness. We get into
such a varied number of topics. She has had her career so far in the fitness
industry, but she is now studying psychology and so this is a real passion of
hers.
So, we get into topics like her experience of therapy, why it's totally
okay to have therapy and we talk about things like how to find a therapist. We
talk about something called ‘Attachment Theory’ and you might have heard this
before. Some of us might be anxiously attached for example and it has to do
with things that happened in our childhood. We really get into why there's
nothing to be ashamed about if you're somebody that is perhaps needy or
codependent in relationships because it's not your fault and it can often go
back to these things in childhood. So, we chat about that.
We get into the pressures and boundaries of social media and I also ask her my favorite question to ask people which is. How are you really? I love Shona’s answer this, she's really honest and open and talks about something that I think a lot of us can relate to particularly at this time of year. So, I think gonna love this episode. I felt like I was chatting to an old friend where I met show know even though we just met ten minutes before.
Confidence Challenge
Also, I want to let you know that my confidence challenge is coming up on the 24th of February 2020. You can sign up at Calmeryou.com/confidence.
It's going to be 5 days of community, fun challenges, helping you to
think differently and take some action. So, that you can take a few steps
towards living the life that you want to live, being the person that you want
to be, accepting and loving yourself more, building your own self as and just
feeling better about being you overall. Last time I ran, it was really really
amazing to see how people made profound changes over just five days and made
new friends and expanded their idea of what's possible for them. So, I'd love
for you to join us as well. You need to sign up and register to get all the
downloads and workbooks and access the community. You can do that on my website
calmeryou.com/confidence.
So, let's get into the episode, with Shona. Welcome Shona, thank you so
much for joining me. How are you?
Shona Vertue: I am good. Thank you for
having me.
Chloe Brotheridge: I would love to know a bit
about, what it is that you do people that don't know.
Shona Vertue: Okay.
Chloe Brotheridge: And how you got to where you
are today? Can you share a bit about that?

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Ep 87. Ice cream for Breakfast, mental health and play with Laura Jane Williams

In this episode I speak to author Laura Jane Williams. We chat about:
* The ups and downs of work* Her experiences with anxiety and mental health * Giving yourself the recognition you deserve * When your life is “amazing” on the outside but inside you’re struggling* The complexities of adulthood
Transcript
Chloe: Hello, and welcome to the comedy podcast. This is your host Chloe Brotheridge. I am a coach. I'm a therapist and the author of the Anxiety Solution and Brave New Girl. I welcome you to this podcast. Thank you so much for listening. Thanks for being here. I'm talking to the wonderful, brilliant Laura Jane Williams. Laura Jane Williams is an author. She has written several books. The latest of which is called Our Stop. If you’ve read her books or you follow her online, she is just one of these people who has an amazing way of putting words to things that so many of us experience but find it hard to express.
She's got an incredibly
magnetic personality, an amazing way with words and she talks a lot about
mental health. We get into discussions about the ups and downs of work and this
thing that can happen so often when our life seems really amazing from the
outside. Maybe people are congratulating us on how well things are going and
yet inside, we're really struggling. This can happen to so many of us and we
chat about this.
We talk about her
experiences of her journey with her mental health and anxiety. We talk about
why it's so hard to give yourself recognition for things. She shares a practice
and an example of the experiences she's had where she's really been able to
give herself that recognition. I think in having this discussion, it also gives
us, the listeners, the permission to give ourselves recognition as well. We
talk about the complexities of adulthood and just get into that whole topic,
which I think all of us will be able to relate to.
I love this conversation
with Laura. I think you’re going to love it as well and get loads from it. So,
I just want to let you know that my amazing, if I do say so myself, confidence
challenge is coming up at the end of February 2020. I would love you to join us.
It’s completely free. It's a five-day challenge. I am confident that if you
join us, you will notice a change in your life and how you feel.
Here's what Michelle said,
someone who joined the last on that around there. She said, “This challenge
gave me the courage to go out of my comfort zone and try something new. It also
gave me the nudge I needed to reach out to some old friends and reconnect. More
importantly, it's made me realize I'm not alone. I now understand it's okay to
be open, honest and vulnerable.” So many people have said this from this free
challenge that I run, they met new friends. They took action that they wouldn't
have taken before. They learned things about themselves.
They took a step outside of their comfort zone and I would love all of these things for you and more. You can sign up for free if you head to my website calmer-you.com/confidence. Pop your email address in there and I'll send you all the details about the challenge. That's calmer-you.com/confidence and I hope to see you there. Let's get into the interview with Laura Jane Williams. Welcome, Laura, thank you so much for joining me. How are you today?

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Ep 89. Owning It with Caroline Foran

Caroline Foran is the number 1 bestselling author of Owning It and The Confidence Kit. She is currently working on her third title. She's the host of the ‘Owning it' anxiety podcast.
We chat about:
* Her experience with anxiety* Why so many of us are anxious* Practical ways to deal with anxiety* How to support a friend or ask for support from others

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