Ep 95. Busting myths and calming anxiety around COVID-19 with Dr. Frankie Jackson-Spence

03/30/20 • 34 min

In this episode I am joined by Dr. Frankie Jackson-Spence, we discuss:
* Why social distancing is so important * Dr. Frankie Jackson-Spence shares her COVID-19 anxiety tips * Busting some myths * The good things that can come out of this crisis
Listen at:
* iTunes: https://apple.co/2mhhwoG* Spotify:https://spoti.fi/2nIETYt* Website: https://bit.ly/2HuaZAk
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Transcript
Hello and welcome to the Calmer You Podcast. This is your host, Chloe Brotheridge. I'm a coach, a hypnotherapist, and I'm the author of The Anxiety Solution and Brave New Girl. And this podcast is all about helping you to become your calmest, happiest and most confident self.
Chloe Brotheridge: So, welcome to this episode. This is a COVID-19 themed episode. Today, after this week, I'm going to be going back to my pre-recorded episodes that I planned, obviously, before this whole situation kicked off. So, perhaps that will be a bit of distraction, a bit more normality to get back to. So, hopefully I'll look forward to that.
But this week, I'm talking to the wonderful Dr. Frankie Jackson-Spence, who is a GP, and she has been sharing a lot about the facts around COVID-19, and busting a lot of myths and helping people to feel calmer and less anxious by spreading helpful information. So, I really wanted to speak to her about this topic.
So, she shares about how she's handling it, how her job has changed as a result of this crisis. We talk about the importance of physical distancing. She busts some of the most common myths that she hears and she shares her tips for feeling calm in the face of the situation.
I also want to let you know that I've created a new tool kit which is designed to help you to feel calm and resilient in uncertain times. You can check out on my website at calmer-you.com/benddontbreak. So, that's calmer-you.com/benddontbreak. So, let's get into the interview with Dr. Frankie.
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Ep 94. Working from Home in a time of Corona Virus with Toni Jones

Anxious about working from home? Partner driving you to despair because you're together 24/7? In this episode of The Calmer You Podcast I chat with journalist and Shelf Help Bookclub founder Toni Jones about how to handle coronanxiety and thrive at home in a time of Covid-19.
We discuss:
* WFH tips for introverts and extroverts * How to still be social (but also not overwhelm yourself with video calls and WhatsApp messages)* The importance of routine* Working at home with your partner or kids * WFH tips for introverts and extroverts * How to still be social (but also not overwhelm yourself with video calls and WhatsApp messages)
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Transcript
Hello and
welcome to the Calmer You Podcast. This is your host, Chloe Brotheridge. I'm a
coach, a hypnotherapist, and I'm the author of The Anxiety Solution and Brave
New Girl. And this podcast is all about helping you to become your calmest,
happiest and most confident self.
Chloe
Brotheridge: Thank you so much for listening today. Obviously, I'm so
aware of what an anxious time this is for so many of you. I've been having tons
of messages and questions coming through about how to deal with the uncertainty
about coronavirus and all the things that we have to deal with from redundancy
is to not be able to leave the house to lack of social interaction to fear
about our health and the health of our loved ones. There are so many things to
consider right now.
And so, what I normally do is record
podcasts quite a few weeks in advance and I've decided to push back the ones I
had scheduled and actually have in place some podcasts that are dealing with
the issues that we're struggling with today.
So, obviously, I know what an anxious
time they says and I'm going to be planning some online workshops to help you
to feel more resilient and feel more positive in what is, for many people, a
really challenging time.
If you want to hear about that and also download some of the freebies I have on my website, you can go to calmer-you.com/free. I've got hypnotherapy mp3 on there, affirmations, worksheets; all designed to help me to be a calmer you. And I'll also let you know about any events or live workshops I'm doing online.
So, I am chatting on the podcast today to my friend, Toni Jones. She was a guest, maybe a year ago now, on the podcast. She's the founder of the self-help book club, Shelf Help. And I definitely recommend you check them out. There's tons for you to get involved in. Even though the in-person meetups aren’t happening for now, she's doing loads of stuffs online. Definitely check out Shelf Help Club on Facebook and on her website and on Instagram.
I got in touch with Toni because she'd written
a fascinating blog post, all about working from home and the challenges that
can come up for us when it comes to working from home; from being productive to
spending more time with our partners,

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Ep 96. Creating a Natural Lifestyle with Tony Riddle

Tony Riddle, otherwise known as the natural lifestylist, joined me on the Calmer You Podcast for a very in-depth and inspiring conversation. I think you are going to really find this episode quite fascinating and mind-blowing.
We chat about:
* The link between being disconnected from nature and depression and anxiety.* Re-wilding ourselves – what can we do at work, home and on daily life to re-wild. * Practical tips on everything from the plants to have in your house to clean the air to how to sleep better.
Tony Riddle offers Natural Lifestyle Coaching – find out more here.
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Transcript
Hello and
welcome to the Calmer You Podcast. This is your host, Chloe Brotheridge. I'm a
coach, a hypnotherapist, and I'm the author of The Anxiety Solution and Brave
New Girl. And this podcast is all about helping you to become your calmest,
happiest and most confident self.
Chloe Brotheridge: Today, I'm speaking to the incredibly interesting Tony Riddell, a.k.a. The Naturallife Stylist. Tony is a natural lifestyle coach and he's spent the last 18 years developing and refining a robust way of life based on the principles of a natural lifestyle. Central to his continuing exploration is the question, “What makes the human animal successful in the modern world?”
We have a really interesting discussion all about the links between our disconnection from nature and the levels of depression and anxiety that we experience.
Tony
teaches us how we can re-wild ourselves, what we can do at work, at home and in
our daily lives to connect back to nature and gain all the health and mental
well-being benefits of doing that.
In this episode
And
he shares loads of practical tips on everything from the plants that you need
to have in your house to clean the air, to how to sleep better, to how to squat
better and so much more.
I think you are going to really find this episode quite fascinating and mind-blowing. So, let's get into the interview with Tony Riddle.
I'd love to invite you to check out
my new app, The Calmer You App. We are so proud of this app. It's been about
two years in the making. It's a great app, I have to say. It's not a crappy app
that was made in a rush with bad design. It works incredibly well.
There are so many tools in their
meditations,