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TSHP527: A chance for a fresh start

What’s Coming This Episode? It’s a new year which always gives us that precious thing – a chance for a fresh start! Let’s have a chat about goals and starting things afresh. Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Links Sean’s blog post for the week Stay in Touch We’re all over the web, […]

TSHP526: A Christmas Podcast

What’s Coming This Episode? It’s Chriiiiiistmaaaaaas! The time of year of giving and receiving. Of spending time with family and friends. Food! And more. It’s also a time to reflect and to assess. Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Links Giving and Receiving Is Not Just For Christmas It’s Christmas time to see […]

TSHP525: Hygge!

What’s Coming This Episode? Hygge is a Danish concept that is defined as a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. This it would seem would be be the natural desire of all people. The perfect relationship between couple and in families embodies these very things. Yet, despite […]

TSHP524: Remembrance

What’s Coming This Episode? Remembrance Day is a powerful time of year for me. It was on that day, a while ago now, when Mike, my father in law dew his last breath. I looked at my watch and it was 2.33 in the afternoon. So, now, every November 11th at 2.33 I raise a […]

TSHP523: It’s Good To Smell!

What’s Coming This Episode? Our sense of smell is probably our most underrated and misunderstood of all of our senses. We have tended to lose the importance of our sense of smell because we have devalued it and hijacked it with chemical additives. Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Links Sean’s blog post […]

TSHP522: Think Local To Be Happy

What’s Coming This Episode? Ed has been thinking about the importance of local action recently. Some fantastic volunteers have been hard at work in his area and he’s been amazed by the reaction of people. How can we harness this effect more widely? What can our listeners do to get stuck in? Enjoy the show, […]

TSHP521: New Life & Grandparenting

What’s Coming This Episode? Sean has some news – a grandchild has arrived for him and his family! Very exciting news… but it’s an important job with important responsibilities. Let’s have a chat about how to make the most of this potentially fantastic period of our lives. Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast! […]

TSHP520: Getting out of your comfort zone

What’s Coming This Episode? Today we’re talking about getting out of your comfort zone and meeting people! We were inspired by a story on The Good News Network. Have a listen and let us know your thoughts. Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Links The Good News Network – lady in Warrington challenges […]

TSHP519: How useful is anger?

What’s Coming This Episode? We have just seen the attempted assassination of Donald Trump followed by an appeal by President Biden for the population to come together and accept disagreement with out seeing it as a threat. It is okay to disagree with other people. It does not need to lead to violence, war and […]

THSP518: Truth & Lies

What’s Coming This Episode? George Orwell, author of Animal Farm, described a political landscape that I am starting to see developing all around me. I see laws and rules being created only then to see them not being followed or totally ignored by those people who created them in the first place. The obvious was […]