Coming Up for Air

I did an episode like this last year however I fully believe you are continually learning and continually evolving from traumatic experiences so I re visit this question and raise some new lessons I have learnt.  Support the show

 Toxic online breakup advice is the reason why I started my podcast initially therefore in this episode I read out some of the toxic advice that is online and give you healthier advice to follow.  Support the show

 Trust me I have been there I have said it. I have yelled it even. 2 years on I can honestly say my life has become so much more enriched. In this episode I talk through how I understand that it feels like that your life has been ruined, but take it from someone who's future was planned out - your life is just starting.  Support the show

If you are anything like me you would have probably started the year by setting some big goals and some new year resolutions. The thing is we forget to check back in, re focus and re adjust so our goals are still motivating us. I go through a journaling technique in this episode which you can use to help you focus on your goals for the next 6 months of the year.  Support the show

 I like to call these sorts of episodes an LG ramble (LG being my initials) But In this episode I cover you deserving to be happy, you deserving to move on, complimenting yourself & being the most valuable person in the room. I love talking on mindset so hopefully this episode makes you feel good about yourself.  Support the show

 I read an article this week in the Women's Health magazine and it was on micro cheating. A term I had never heard about until I saw it on their Instagram. In this episode I explore what micro cheating is, my experiences & my thoughts. I would love to know your thoughts on this topic too!    Support the show

These are just a few things that I have mastered over my healing journey & some things I am trying to implement now into my life. I had a therapy session this week which was very reflective so I thought I would share some valuable things that you could introduce into your life to help you on your healing journey.  Support the show

This is a what I call a reactive episode as the 3 topics I cover in this were all things that came into my head this week. Which isn't something I usually do. But I had a situation to deal with this week involving my ex so I talk though how I coped with that. I also talk about not making your life shorter than it needs to be and then finally I talk about living in land Delulu. A light hearted...

In this episode I talk about mental health & mental illnesses. I talk about abandonment trauma and PTSD. I go into detail about my therapy & how grateful I am for my therapist. It wasn't just a silly breakup, please do not ever think that about any situation you are going through. Your feelings matter and how your feeling is valid.  If you are suffering or struggling with a mental ill...

I talk a lot about my past, with my break up and wanted to do an episode that I hope would make everyone listening who is going through a hard time know that when people say 'It does get better' it really does. Hopefully this episode brings you some peace.  Support the show

When a relationship or a friendship ends you have to deal with the painful reality that you have the memories of happier times. These can haunt you *& making healing incredibly difficult. I talk this through on this weeks episode.  Support the show

I am a self confessed wine lover & party enthusiast so when I decided to go sober I was faced with a lot of laughs. However, I did it & learnt a hell of a lot. I go into it all in this episode. I was able to reflect on how I depended on alcohol during in my break up but also how going sober impacted my training for the Manchester Marathon.  Support the show

So if you didn't know I ran the Manchester marathon with tonsilitis so I go through the course, my advice, my motivation and how I basically got through the hardest marathon I have ever ran.  Support the show

You might be at the stage where you have thought about meeting someone new, you might not be. However I cover a few things that you do not have to worry about when you are ready to open yourself to the idea of dating when you have come out of a relationship or gone through a huge breakup. Support the show

I didn't realise how much of what I was focusing on was blocking me starting on my healing journey. I think they are easy things to fall into and sometimes you don't realise you are doing them. I explore the things I did which blocked my healing in this episode. Support the show

Self compassion was something I didn't know about until I started therapy. You can build self compassion and apply it to every area of your life. I feel like was such an important part of my healing journey so thought I would share it with you.  Support the show

I think this mindset shift can be applied to every area of your life, in this episode I apply it to my work, my break up and my friends. Along with a catch up and usual tangents. Support the show

A full 75 hard break down and all the lessons I have learnt. I would fully recommend doing this challenge to everyone. I have learnt so much about myself & will take so many things away and implement them into my routine now they have become a habit. STILL not drinking - 5 weeks to the DAY that I will be though!  Support the show

I spoke about this briefly on my Instagram but I go into more detail as to why I don't like people telling me I've changed in relation to running and healing. I go through why I prefer to say I've grown rather than changed. Along with the standard catch up and usual tangents.    Support the show

The two most common questions I get asked are 'How do you run marathons' & 'How did you heal?' My answer - TIME. Yes it takes a while but it is so worth it. At the half marathon race I ran last Sunday the finish line made me realise how important time is.  Support the show

This question left mine and my families mouths more times than I care to remember & it CRUCIFIED me! Eventually over time and with some help from my therapist I understood why I couldn't understand what they did. In this episode I go through how I found some closure when asking myself this question.  Support the show

WE ARE HALF WAY THROUGH MARATHON TRAINING. BOSH. Oh my god I am LOVING this training block. I feel so strong. I do a little catch up and then go through how to 8 weeks has gone. I finish with going through how I am currently dealing with a bit of a tough week and just share some things I am doing to take the heat off a bit. Sending love always x Support the show

Congratulations for getting through the longest month of your life. January can be a tough month to get through and its also a month you can out a lot of pressure on yourself to achieve new goals. If your January has been hard, your not alone. In this episode I go through just how you can reset the month and smash Feb.. are you with me?    Support the show

A little update on how all my training is going. I think 75 Hard is going to be the best thing I have ever done, its hard but its not called 75 easy is it. Marathon training is also going so well too. I also include all the details about my Patreon in this episode too.  Support the show

I had a thought in the shower the other day after coming home from a run, I thought about how I can compare training for a marathon to recovering from my break up. I had never realised just how much of the strength I have shown in all my training, I had also shown in my healing journey. Warning - this episode might make you want to run a marathon... Support the show