Rest and Recreation

Michael Millward
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Rest and Recreation is the part of WorkWorkWork.works where we look at work life balance from a very practical perspective identifying and exploring ways in which you can improve your work life balance in a sustainable way. The range of topics we cover will be as varied as life itself. As well as guidance about improving your own work life balance you will practical hints and tips including   Reviews of the books, and interviews with the authors Previews and reviews of the films, theatre or other culture events  Our experiences trying out new leisure activities, hobbies or learn new skills Ideas of what you can do to enjoy life away from work

  1. Fight, Flight, Freeze, – a conversation with psychotherapist Noel McDermott

    2d ago

    Fight, Flight, Freeze, – a conversation with psychotherapist Noel McDermott

    Understanding stress is the first step to achieving balance in your life? Noel McDermott is a psychotherapist, founder of Mental Health Works a comprehensive mental health service and host of The Well Being Show a weekly live video-based podcast available on YouTube and Facebook. In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, Noel explains to host Michael Millward what psychotherapists do all day, with examples from his career which started by assisting people to leave long-term institutional care. Noel also explains how well being is something that can we achieved by everyone regardless of what health condition or disability they live with. Their conversation continues with a discussion of the four corners of well-being with a focus on how anyone can learn how to manage their own fight, flight, or freeze reactions to stressful situations. They conclude with a discussion about breathing techniques and the truth behind the maxim, ‘a trouble shared is a trouble halved’. This episode of Rest and Recreation is ideal listening for anyone trying to understand how to manage their reactions to difficult situations. Discover more about Noel and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk Audience Offers Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because it is so easy to use. You can as well. Visit Zencastr. Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices as a member of The Ultimate Travel Club. Health – The Annual Health Test from York Test is conducted by an experienced phlebotomist at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests for 39 health markers. A Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and guidance for effective lifestyle changes anytime. Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25. Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU. Be a Guest Visit Matchmaker.fm. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership. We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre. Thank you to you for listening. We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

    29 min
  2. Overcoming Workaholism

    May 22

    Overcoming Workaholism

    Is Workaholism a mental health issue? Taking an alternative approach to mental health led to Lilia Bogoeva being known as the Inner Demon Crusher. Lilia advocates for a more constructive approach to mental health that goes beyond the diagnosis of a problem and focuses on understanding how someone functions. In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, Lilia and host Michael Millward discuss her positive approach, including how Receiving a diagnosis can provide as an excuse to do something or not do other things. Activity can be good for managing mental health, but people with an existing condition can select negative activities. This can often be work. Workaholism can be a signpost of undiagnosed mental health conditions How a balanced approach to every aspect of life can be a better solutionLilia explains the wide range of artistic and sporting activities that she is involved in. Lilia describes how she selected these activities. Lilia is also explains what each activity has taught her about herself and improved her ability to manage when things don’t go as well as she had hoped. Discover more about Lilia and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk Lilia’s book Lilia The Inner Demon Crusher: Workaholism vs. Food Porn is available from Amazon Audience Offers Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because it is so easy to use. You can as well. Visit Zencastr. Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices as a member of The Ultimate Travel Club. Health – The Annual Health Test from York Test is conducted by an experienced phlebotomist at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests for 39 health markers. A Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and guidance for effective lifestyle changes anytime. Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25. Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU. Be a Guest Visit Matchmaker.fm. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership. We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre. Thank you to you for listening. We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

    30 min
  3. Inclusive Motor Sport – a conversation with Team Brit GT racing car driver Paul Fullnick

    May 15

    Inclusive Motor Sport – a conversation with Team Brit GT racing car driver Paul Fullnick

    Making it possible for disabled drivers to participate in motorsport A motor cycling accident resulted in Paul Fullnick, having a leg amputated. Devastating, but the prospect of not being able to ride his bike was worse. Then Paul discovered Team Brit and the prospect of being involved in motorsport was rekindled. In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, Paul introduces host Michael Millward to Team Brit the world’s only competitive team of all-disabled racing drivers. During their conversation Paul and Michael discuss ·The origins of Team Brit  How Team Brit got its title sponsor. How the race cars are adapted for disabled drivers The safety rules that the disabled drivers much comply with Paul’s progression through his motorsport career. How a race car is different to its road going brand mate. The importance of aerodynamics The role of the backroom team How Paul funds his motor-racing How racing liberates Paul from the restrictions of being labelled disabled Driving techniques How anyone and everyone can get involved in motorsportDiscover more about Paul and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk Audience Offers Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because it is so easy to use. You can as well. Visit Zencastr. Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices as a member of The Ultimate Travel Club. Health – The Annual Health Test from York Test is conducted by an experienced phlebotomist at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests for 39 health markers. A Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and guidance for effective lifestyle changes anytime. Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25.

    30 min
  4. Building Confidence and Self Awareness – a conversation with Trauma Survivor Anu Verma

    May 8

    Building Confidence and Self Awareness – a conversation with Trauma Survivor Anu Verma

    Building self confidence and self-awareness is the key to recovering from trauma and mental illness. Anu Verma has lived experience of numerous different types of abuse. Anu now works to support other survivors to understand their experiences and learn how to develop the confidence and self-awareness so that they can regain their individual power and live authentically. WARNING This episode of Rest and Recreation is a conversation about recovering from the trauma and consequent mental illness that is caused by childhood sexual abuse and abusive adult relationships. The discussion includes references to drug abuse and suicide. In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, Anu helps host Michael Millward to understand the impact childhood sexual abuse had on her adult life. Anu also explains the passion her experiences gave her for helping other survivors to achieve the same changes in their lives. Anu and Michael discuss The connection between an abusive childhood and abusive relationships in adult life. Going from people pleaser to self-first approach to life. Breaking free from the opinions of other people. Building self-confidence Building self-awareness The role of exercise in improving mental health How to use affirmations to reinforce positive self-beliefs.Discover more about Anu and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk Audience Offers Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because it is so easy to use. You can as well. Visit Zencastr and use offer code ABECEDER. Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices as a member of The Ultimate Travel Club. Health – The Annual Health Test from York Test is conducted by an experienced phlebotomist at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests for 39 health markers. A Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and guidance for effective lifestyle changes anytime. Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25. Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU. Be a Guest Visit Matchmaker.fm. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership. We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre. Thank you to you for listening. We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

    30 min
  5. Adversity as a Catalist for Change – a conversation with Amie Yaniak

    May 1

    Adversity as a Catalist for Change – a conversation with Amie Yaniak

    Sometimes it takes a kick in the teeth for us to start living our best life. Amie Yaniak has a successful career as a music therapist, until the COVID lockdown. Then Amie received a stage four cancer diagnosis. That news was the catalyst for Amie to change her life for the better. In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, Amie and host Michael Millward explore her wide-ranging experience and how she now lives a full and satisfying life while living with stage four cancer. Why, they ask, does it take a kick in the teeth like a cancer diagnosis before we start living our best lives. They examine the different ways in which friends, family and society in general puts barriers in our way that we perceive limit our life choices. Amie explains how she is completing her bucket list activities, like acting in a film and recording an album of gospel music God's Amazing Grace...Music To Touch Your Heart Discover more about Amie and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk Audience Offers Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because it is so easy to use. You can as well. Visit Zencastrand use offer code ABECEDER. Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices as a member of The Ultimate Travel Club. Health – The Annual Health Test from York Test is conducted by an experienced phlebotomist at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests for 39 health markers. A Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and guidance for effective lifestyle changes anytime. Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25. Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU. Be a Guest Visit Matchmaker.fm. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership. We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre. Thank you to you for listening. We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

    29 min
  6. Deeper, Stronger Friendships – a conversation with Daniella Granzotto

    Apr 24

    Deeper, Stronger Friendships – a conversation with Daniella Granzotto

    Friends are hard to find, but when life gets busy, friends are very easy to lose. That is the reality for many people. Regardless of our age, life throws all sorts of demands on our time, it is often if not usually our friendships that get left on the sidelines. That was the predicament that Daniella Granzotto was in until she discovered the Wednesday Waffles concept and decided to turn the weekly friendship ritual into an App. In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, Daniella explains to host Michael Millward how Wednesday Waffles was created, and how the App works. Michael and Daniella discuss what friendship is and why something that is so important can, without anyone being directly responsible, just fizzle out. They also highlight that family relationships can also fizzle out in the same way when careers and marriages mean that people move away. Daniella explains why the weekly friendship ritual that Wednesday Waffles curates works and the impact keeping up with the ritual has on maintaining friendships, at any age across any distance. This is the podcast for people who find themselves separated from friends or family. Discover more about Daniella and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk Audience Offers Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because it is so easy to use. You can as well. Visit Zencastr and use offer code ABECEDER. Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices as a member of The Ultimate Travel Club. Health – The Annual Health Test from York Test is conducted by an experienced phlebotomist at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests for 39 health markers. A Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and guidance for effective lifestyle changes anytime. Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25. Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU. Be a Guest Visit Matchmaker.fm. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership. We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre. Thank you to you for listening. We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

    28 min
  7. See the Able not the Label – a conversation with B.Able

    Apr 17

    See the Able not the Label – a conversation with B.Able

    B. Able stands at the forefront of a new narrative: one that challenges stereotypes and demands that the world “see the able, not the label.” Revolutionary recording artist, songwriter, actor and saxophonist B. Able blends hip-hop, R&B, soul, and jazz influences to create music that awakens awareness as much as it entertains. In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, B.Able explains to host Michael Millward how as a man who is openly on the autism spectrum, he is awakening awareness of autism, and how people focus on the label not the individual person. B.Able explains how after moving to Los Angeles he built a network of the right people and how he combats the masking that people with autism adopt to fit in. They discuss ·B.Able’s first single “The Definition,” and his follow-up project “Working on Myself,” which embodies disciplined growth in action. Being defined as autistic at age 2 and the challenges that created The value of family support How B.Able built his music career How B.Able spends his rest and recreation time.Discover more about B.Able and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk Mentioned in this programme Ian Drury and the Blockheads Breaking BarriersAudience Offers Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because it is so easy to use. Visit Zencastr for more information. Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices as a member of The Ultimate Travel Club. Health – The Annual Health Test from York Test is conducted by an experienced phlebotomist at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests for 39 health markers. A Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and guidance for effective lifestyle changes anytime. Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25. Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU. Be a Guest Visit Matchmaker.fm. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership. We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre. Thank you to you for listening. We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

    27 min
  8. Podcasting: a good hobby for the curious– a conversation with Rashad Woods host of TRON

    Apr 10

    Podcasting: a good hobby for the curious– a conversation with Rashad Woods host of TRON

    A fascination for facts led to a curiosity about the people behind the facts Rashad Woods is the host of T.R.O.N. the hit podcast that developed out of his fascination with facts and the people who worked on the projects that resulted in the fact. In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, Rashad describes to host Michael Millward how having the encyclopaedia Brittanica resulted in him developing the ability to store and recall facts, making him the sort of person you need on your pub quiz team. Rashad’s enduring curiosity with other people and the work that they do led to him launching the T.R.O.N podcast. Rashad and Michael discuss the similarities and differences in their experience of hosting a podcast and the lessons they have learnt. Their discussion covers Creating a positive experience for guests Adding value for the audience How conversations develop Being a podcast that guests want to appear on Learning from guests like Elizabeth SolaruRashad describes how he spends his leisure time and the lessons he learnt from participating in those hobbies. Discover more about Rashad and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk Audience Offers Rashad says that he enjoyed watching the BBC series Peaky Blinders Rest and Recreation is made on Zencastr, because it is so easy to use. You can as well. Visit Zencastr and use offer code ABECEDER. Travel – at trade prices to anywhere in the world at trade prices as a member of The Ultimate Travel Club. Health – The Annual Health Test from York Test is conducted by an experienced phlebotomist at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests for 39 health markers. A Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and guidance for effective lifestyle changes anytime. Visit York Test and use this discount code REST25. Tech Problems? – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote our referral code WPFNUQHU. Be a Guest Visit Matchmaker.fm. Use code MILW10 for a discount on membership. We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre. Thank you to you for listening. We appreciate every like, download, and subscription.

    29 min
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Rest and Recreation is the part of WorkWorkWork.works where we look at work life balance from a very practical perspective identifying and exploring ways in which you can improve your work life balance in a sustainable way. The range of topics we cover will be as varied as life itself. As well as guidance about improving your own work life balance you will practical hints and tips including   Reviews of the books, and interviews with the authors Previews and reviews of the films, theatre or other culture events  Our experiences trying out new leisure activities, hobbies or learn new skills Ideas of what you can do to enjoy life away from work

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  • Creator
    Michael Millward
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    82
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Abeceder Limited
  • Show Website
    Rest and Recreation