SELF Care 101 Puja K McClymont

Do you ever go on social media and get bored? Seeing the same old same old from influencers, brands and celebrities? Do you endlessly scroll reels and TikToks, come out of the app and find yourself back in again within minutes?

That’s the dopamine effect.

But what if what you’re consuming on social media is actually making you feel worse about yourself and your problems - your mental health and wellbeing?

In today’s episode, I’m having a frank conversation with Alex Partridge who is one of the pioneers of social media content the way we know it today. At age 21 in 2010, while a student at Oxford Brookes University, he founded UNILAD, one of the most popular social news and entertainment Internet companies in the world with an astonishing following of 50 million people around the globe. In 2012, Alex founded LADBible which would also grow to become a social media juggernaut.

Whilst the episode shares our opinions, there’s some food thought that I hope will enable you to decipher which accounts and behaviours are to your benefit when you’re scrolling on social media.


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In this episode I'm sharing a powerful tool that I use with my clients called what makes a good, great, amazing day? This tool is a brilliant way to begin a self-development journey especially if you find yourself lacking time to implement other things.
Edward M. Hallowell, is an expert in attention deficit disorder (ADD) and he likens the experience of busyness to that of people suffering from ADD.

Being busy, rather than focused on the big stuff, is more like ADD rather than being the super-effective person we aspire to be. 
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I’ve been on a bit of bold discovery journey these past few months and I’m not mad at it. I’ve learned so much about myself, my work and how I show up in the world and you know what? I want to be louder.
 One of the things that I tend to downplay is the success my clients achieve as a result of working with me. Sound familiar? 
My clients say the work we do together is "life-changing." And so today, my dear podcast listener, I want to share with you 5 tools that have changed the lives of so many of my clients. Give them a go yourself and let me know how you get on.


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Creating meaningful connections starts with creating a meaningful life.

Whenever there's a problem, we tend to look outside of ourselves before looking inward but what we truly want is lying deep within us.

If you know what a meaningful life looks like and you begin to live it, you will naturally seek the meaningful connections to enhance your life.

Expecting others to give you what you need will almost always end in failure.

So be brave, go within, who are you? What do you bring to the table? What are you curious about?
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Yes, SELF Care 101 is back. I had a serious wobble which I share with you in the show but first, I address why it happened because there’s a huge learning here for us all.

We must give ourselves permission to slow down.
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Have you ever read a book and felt like the author wrote it just for you?
When I was sent Career Self Care by Minda Zetlin, that’s exactly what I felt. Each page invited me to remember how difficult it was to be in the workplace and honestly, if I had this book before I burnt out, I might just be in a very different place now.
Minda Zetlin is an author, speaker, journalist, and contributing editor at Inc. Her newest book is Career Self-Care: Find Your Happiness, Success, and Fulfilment at Work.
She is former president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and a contributor to CNBC.com, Insider.com, and CIO.com.
In the show today, Minda Zetlin talks about Career Self Care by diving deeper into the chapters of the book. She shares how to give your career some much needed self-care along with some incredible tips to help you take stock of what’s important to you.

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