The Emergency Chicken and Other Stories

In our final special episode exploring Friendship and Loneliness, Milla and Em talk about what makes for a good friend and how we bond over shared values and ideas. Milla talks about The Marmalade Trust - ⁠www.marmaladetrust.org ⁠ - and explains what their advice is if you feel lonely or know someone who is. Life is not always easy, but you are not alone Do you: want to be fearless, but you’d rath...

What does self care mean to you? Em hasn't looked after herself in a while and believes she has been guilty of self neglect. Milla and Em talk about how that is now changing and must change and why self care means different things to each of us. Life is not always easy, but you are not alone Do you: want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared for everything, but it n...

Continuing with our special episodes about Loneliness and Friendship, Milla and Em talk about what friends are and how friendship can be a tricky thing to navigate. You can find out more about Loneliness and Friendship at The Marmalade Trust - ⁠www.marmaladetrust.org ⁠ Life is not always easy, but you are not alone Do you: want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared for...

So, you have made a big change - or gone through big changes - and now you wonder what to do next. Do you need a plan? Em says that everyone says you must have a plan. But how do you work that out? Milla and Em talk about ways to plan without freezing with overwhelm and what motivation and momentum are. You can find out more at: calm.com melrobbins.com mogawdat.com Life is not always easy, but you...

This week is Loneliness Awareness Week. In this special episode Milla and Em talk about what loneliness is and what you can do to make you or others feel less lonely. Milla talks about The Marmalade Trust - www.marmaladetrust.org - and explains what their advice is if you feel lonely or know someone who is. Life is not always easy, but you are not alone Do you: want to be fearless, but you’d rathe...

Milla and Em are back with new episodes. This week they talk about changes - the bigger ones, where you need to be big and brave. Em thinks she has finally lost the need to over-prepare and anticipate every problem - well, almost! They talk about recent changes in their lives, why they needed to make changes, how they achieved their goals and why change can be very difficult to deal with. If you w...

It's our Season Finale and Part 3 of our special episodes with Em and Milla talking to Lisa Clare of Lisa Clare Hypnotherapy ⁠⁠⁠(https://lisaclarehypnotherapy.co.uk).⁠⁠⁠ Lisa is a qualified Solution-Focused Hypnotherapist. This type of therapy can help with low mood, stress, anxiety, phobias and the breaking of habits and patterns of behaviour. This week, Lisa explains more about how our posit...

It's Part 2 of three special episodes with Em and Milla talking to Lisa Clare of Lisa Clare Hypnotherapy ⁠(https://lisaclarehypnotherapy.co.uk).⁠ Lisa is a qualified Solution-Focused Hypnotherapist. This type of therapy can help with low mood, stress, anxiety, phobias and the breaking of habits and patterns of behaviour. This week, Lisa explains how negative thoughts cause anxiety but that positiv...

In the first of three special episodes, Em and Milla talk to out guest, Lisa Clare of Lisa Clare Hypnotherapy (https://lisaclarehypnotherapy.co.uk). Lisa is a qualified Solution-Focused Hypnotherapist. This type of therapy can help with low mood, stress, anxiety, phobias and the breaking of bad habits. This week, Lisa explains how the brain works, how the different parts of the brain interact and...

What is trust? Why do we need to trust others, including complete strangers? And what happens when you don't feel that you can trust others? Em and Milla discuss trust in a world of scams and frauds and wonder how you can protect yourself from being taken in. Life is not always easy, but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared for everyth...

A Bonus Special for you. Our Milla Reed has a new book out. 'According to Eve' is a book inspired by the diaries written by Milla's Mum. Part memoir, part social history, this is the tale of a young woman living and loving in 1950's Kent, UK, a very different world to now. Milla talks about how she discovered the diaries and the secrets they held. Available in all bookshops includi...

Is it normal to compare ourselves to others? And if it, is there a positive way of doing that, or are we asking for trouble? Em and Milla discuss why we compare ourselves to others, how to turn comparisons from a negative to a positive and learn a bit about Social Comparison Theory. Life is not always easy, but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be...

It matters that you matter! Em has discovered another strand of positive psychology - the science of mattering. Why we need to matter, how what we want, think and do really does matter for your happiness and what happens to your mental health if you believe that you don't matter. Life is not always easy, but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be...

What happened to us? Where did we go? Does Em still have an Emergency Chicken? After a longer break than expected, we are back. Let us entertain you with more tales of the Emergency Chicken, the mad situations we find ourselves in and how we navigate our way through life. Life is not always easy, but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared fo...

Be gentle because Milla has a bit of Laryngitis! But she has soldiered on to talk about habits, setting intentions and whether or not its useful to make resolutions in January. Does it work for you? Life is never easy but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared for everything, but it never quite works out? So do we!! It happens here, too. Wel...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Em has had a clear out and is feeling quite virtuous about it. Em and Milla talk about getting rid of the clutter and the things that have outlived their usefulness and why making way for better things can help you to move on. Life is never easy but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared for everything, but it never quite works out? S...

Do you ever think about the power of the words that you use? How does the way you are spoken to and the words that are used to communicate with you make you feel or affect you? Em and Milla discuss the way we speak to each other, how we get our messages across and why talking is often better than emailing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Life is never easy but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d ra...

Christmas is a time to spend with those you love and care for. But what about having to see those people that you aren't quite so keen on? How do you deal with relatives or friends that always fall out and treat the Holidays as a time for a good argument instead of a time of goodwill? Em and Milla talk about how to deal with visiting those that you might not want to see and how to diffuse the tens...

How do you prepare for Christmas and the Holidays? What are your top tips for making life a bit easier at one of the busiest times of the year? Em and Milla share some ideas that they think work, including the age old question: 'Fresh or Frozen?' in this Christmas Special. Life is never easy but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared for eve...

What are your Christmas traditions or festive holiday rituals? Everyone has them and everyone does them a little bit differently. Em and Milla talk about theirs in this Christmas Special. Life is never easy but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared for everything, but it never quite works out? So do we!! It happens here, too. Welcome to our...

It's officially Winter. Em isn't a fan but Milla loves it! We talk about how to cope with the short days, bad weather and how to get through January, even when it feels as if time stands still. Life might not be easy but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run and hide? try to be prepared for everything, but it never quite works out? So do we!! It happens here, t...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sometimes you have problems that overwhelm you and you want to run and hide. Em and Milla talk about this, why time and space might help to put those things into perspective and why talking things through with the right people can help. Knowing you are not alone and that you can find find solutions, one at a time, often makes things much easier. Life might not be easy but you are not alone...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ How do you deliver bad news? With love and respect? With grace and dignity? Or do you, like Em, avoid it at all costs and then blurt it out and blunder on? Em and Milla talk about the best way of giving bad news and saying no and Milla offers tips on how to deliver bad news in the best way possible. Life is never easy but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rather run a...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Following on from our episode 'Be Good Enough', Em and Milla explore why being good enough doesn't seem to be good enough. Why do we think that striving for perfection is the only answer and why being average is actually great! Milla and Em discuss the language we use and how the thoughts we have stop us from accepting that good enough really is enough. Life is never easy but yo...

The word 'Happy' is Googled over 902 million times a day. We are all seeking happiness. Em and Milla talk about positive psychology, the ways we can be happy, what we can do to remind ourselves of happy times, how being more mindful can lead to happiness and why the happiness questions will run and run. Life might not be easy but you are not alone Do you want to be fearless, but you’d rath...