The Self Help Podcast

Oct 30 2024 100 ep. 27 mins 7.9k
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The Self Help Podcast is a weekly podcast dedicated to your emotional health and wellbeing brought to you by Live in the Present. Each week entrepreneur Edward Lamb talks to psychotherapist Sean Orford about all things interesting. Why self help? Well, what makes we human beings tick? Why are some more susceptible to depression, anxiety, etc. than others? Why does Sean help more people in the Winter than the Summer? So many questions and so little time! Ultimately, the aim of The Self Help Podcast is to help our listeners to become better human beings.

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TSHP523: It’s Good To Smell!

Oct 30 2024 25 mins  
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!

TSHP522: Think Local To Be Happy

Oct 14 2024 32 mins  
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, it's The Self Help Podcast!

TSHP521: New Life & Grandparenting

Sep 25 2024 29 mins  
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

Sep 09 2024 25 mins  
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!

TSHP519: How useful is anger?

Aug 20 2024 28 mins  
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 death. Now we see violence on the streets of the UK! We often see anger as a negative force. Though

THSP518: Truth & Lies

Jul 28 2024 26 mins  
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 the fiasco of Dominic Cummings and the Barnard Castle affair and the Party Gate nonsense. Enjoy t

TSHP517: A Quick Pre/Post Election Episode

Jul 15 2024 28 mins  
The election is here (in the UK)!!! Sean and Ed recorded a quick episode before the big day... but in the knowledge that it would likely be published after the results had been announced. Will it hold up? Will it be of any use??! Let's find out... Enjoy the show, it's The Self Help Podcast!

TSHP516: Your Brain Can Be Fooled

Jun 30 2024 30 mins  
How do we know what we are belong told is true? How do we know if what we believe is real? We are all told things from the day we are born about life, other people, history and events. Politicians, teachers, religious leaders, advertisers, propagandists, to the covid doom sayers and conspiracy theorists and even our loved ones all want us to share their point of view and to belie

TSHP515: Nature and Mental Health 

Jun 10 2024 32 mins  
This week we are revisiting our relationship with nature and the effect that it has on our mental health and wellbeing. Finally the rain seems to have stopped and we are enjoying some sunshine. I was reminded of when I was looking out of the window of my apartment in Doha Qatar when I was working at Sidra Hospital. Below me the City was a busy place and I could see at least a thous

TSHP514: Processing Trauma

May 23 2024 28 mins  
Currently the world seems a not very safe place, the news is full of war reports and stabbings in schools. Alongside this are all the reports of violent shop lifting and assaults on care staff in the NHS. More and more counselling clients are sharing their anxious concerns for themselves and their families especially their children. There is an increase in trauma both direct and vi