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Broken Mind and Growing Confidence

32 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

Broken mind and growing confidence is my life story. My story goes from being suicidal all the way to now, living a positive and happy life!
I help you create a toolkit for your mental health and well-being.
Topics from mental health and wellness, depression, anxiety, mindfulness, meditation, stress; natural living, parenting, crystals, healing, art, law of attraction and more. It’s about living a better life, self-help and the ways I managed all of this to allow me to step into a better place.

I started working for the NHS in 2000, helping to create the Activities team to introduce activities to the mental health wards. I then became a health care assistant, doing a lot of work on the Dementia ward. 
The initial inspiration behind Positive Life Workshops was possibly my first emotionally intelligent experience. I’d applied for a job on the Activities Team. It involved creativity, which suited me nicely. I had experience and thought the job was mine – but it wasn’t to be. I realised that I needed to listen to myself and start to do the things I enjoy. That’s when I decided to make a change: I’d earn more money doing what I loved, working the hours that I wanted. 

My first actual session was a contract in a private mental health hospital doing acrylic pour painting. Using the things that have helped me improve my mental health to help others, such as my art, journaling, meditation, tarot cards, reiki and more – this was what started it all. 

Establishing Positive Life Workshops has changed my life! I started off living with poor mental health, working for the NHS in ways that went against my own values. My confidence has grown and so has the people’s confidence that I’ve been working with too. 

I’ve just had my website built http://positivelifeworkshopscic.com

I facilitated the Ladies’ Wellbeing sessions at Momo’s Cafe until lockdown began. It will be returning in a new format soon, but from Thursday 18th February that we have an eight week wellbeing programme that anyone can attend via Zoom, based around my mood booster workbook.  You can get your free funded tickets here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-eddleston-16570322959

I’ve recorded my anxiety course, This, will be going onto my website soon! I’ve also just launched a series of books – a mood booster workbook, a lockdown journal, and some notebooks featuring my artwork. The 8 weeks of stay connected sessions will run around this book. Mood Boosters Workbook https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TFKP2Q5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_XCVAK0QHB3YS0RP4Z1QW

The main aim of Positive Life Workshops is to improve people’s wellbeing and mental health. We want to reduce the suicide rates in the UK by supporting people, sharing my own stories, and giving people vital self-help and resilience skills. Using the things that help me daily, and the creative activities that I love and enjoy.  We aim to help anyone who needs a bit of support to people who are struggling. The sessions and podcast share my experiences of how I helped myself and if I can do it we all can. Sometimes we just need some support and some reminders to be kind to ourselves.

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Stay Connected - Getting creative to boost our mood

April 23, 2021 11:35 - 19 minutes - 12.7 MB

Stay Connected Podcasts run around my Mood Booster Workbook.  You can find it on Amazon. This week is all about creativity and using it as a tool to boost our moods. Listen in for some tips on different ways we can be creative, start building your own mood boosting toolkit.  If you would like to join us live in our sessions, we now have weekly Saturday's Ladies Lounge click here for tickets. Staying connected is important come and follow me on Facebook too. This week I talked about A...

Stay Connected - Talking to friends

April 01, 2021 10:42 - 13 minutes - 9.97 MB

This week we are talking about boosting our mood by staying connected and talking to our friends. Funding from the lottery means we have 8 weeks of Stay connected podcasts that will run around my Mood Booster Workbook. If you would like to join us live in these sessions the tickets are funded and free you can book here. Staying connected is important come and follow me on Facebook.  We also have the private ladies group here.  You can get a copy of My Mood Booster Workbook here.   Pint...

Stay Connected - How fresh air can boost our mood,

March 19, 2021 13:17 - 8 minutes - 6.97 MB

How going outside for some fresh air can boost our mood. Sometimes its the simple things that we know we need to do that we aren't doing. Funding from the lottery means we have 8 weeks of Stay connected podcasts that will run around my Mood Booster Workbook. This is our fourth week you can catch up on the podcast. If you would like to join us live in these sessions the tickets are funded and free you can book here. Staying connected is important come and follow me on Facebook.  We also h...

Stay connected - Reading books to boost our mood.

March 12, 2021 10:04 - 15 minutes - 15.5 MB

Funding from the lottery means we have 8 weeks of Stay connected podcasts that will run around my Mood Booster Workbook. This is our third week you can catch up on the podcast. This week is all about book and reading and how it can help reduce stress therefore using them as tools to boost our moods. Listen in for some tips on how to choose the right ones to start to add to your own mood boosting toolkit.  If you would like to join us live in these sessions the tickets are funded and fr...

Stay Connected - Positive quotes and affirmations to boost our mood.

March 04, 2021 22:21 - 16 minutes - 9.2 MB

Funding from the lottery means we have the next 8 weeks podcasts that will run around my Mood Booster Workbook. This is our second week you can catch up on the podcast. This week is all about Positive quotes and affirmations and using them as tools to boost our moods. Listen in for some tips on how to choose the right ones to start to add to your own mood boosting toolkit.  If you would like to join us live in these sessions the tickets are funded and free you can book here. Staying...

Stay connected - Music as a tool to boost our mood

February 25, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 9.39 MB

New funding from the lottery means we have the next 8 weeks podcasts that will run around my Mood Booster Workbook. This week is all about music and using it as a tool to boost our moods. Listen in for some tips on how to choose the right music to start building your own mood boosting toolkit.  If you would like to join us live in these sessions the tickets are funded and free you can book here. Staying connected is important come and follow me on facebook.  https://www.facebook.com/...

Stay Connected - Keeping going when things get tough - building a toolkit

February 18, 2021 06:00 - 10 minutes - 11.7 MB

Stay Connected It's been a hard week, I talk about why and what I've been doing to help myself. We have our new Stay connected sessions starting on Thursdays at 6-7pm you can join us live or listen back on the podcasts.  Get your Mood booster workbook here  Facebook page link -  https://www.facebook.com/positivelifeworkshopsCIC/ Eventbrite Link -  https://plwcic.eventbrite.co.uk  Pinterest Link -  https://pin.it/jl9vs3D Twitter Link -  http://twitter.com/PLWorkshops Ins...

Keeping going when things get tough - building a toolkit

February 18, 2021 06:00 - 10 minutes - 11.7 MB

This weeks the last of the 24 originally funded episodes! A huge hank you to all the listeners that's YOU! and to the Lottery for funding us too. It's been a hard week, I talk about why and what I've been doing to help myself. We have our new Stay connected sessions starting on Thursdays at 6-7pm you can join us live or listen back on the podcasts.  Get your Mood booster workbook here  Facebook page link -  https://www.facebook.com/positivelifeworkshopsCIC/ Eventbrite Link -  htt...

Hard week - changing our moods.

February 11, 2021 06:00 - 10 minutes - 7.12 MB

What I did when I had a hard week, how I used what I tell people to do to help myself. How not doing my usual self care makes my mood dip.  My Mood Booster Workbook is now Available here I've spoken about Jeremiah Scott's book again in this podcast this is the link here.  To book into our new free weekly staying connected online zoom sessions please go here Everyone is welcome to the free funded sessions from the lottery and the government too. 

Being kind to ourselves - home school and beyond.

January 28, 2021 13:57 - 14 minutes - 14.3 MB

Being kind to ourselves - home school and beyond. This week I talk about being kind to ourselves and how much it can make a difference to our lives. I do talk home school again but its more about the bigger message of being kind to ourselves. Listening to our intuition, standing up for our own vales and looking after ourselves.  Mood Booster Workbook  Notebooks/Journals A sneaky extra notebook  Please subscribe to the podcast, rate and leave us review. Positive Life Workshops CI...

Home school in lock down how are you coping? Lockdown Life.....

January 21, 2021 14:29 - 14 minutes - 23.7 MB

It an unusual time for us all, were all in different situations. Its about learning to manage with what we have and looking after ourselves too. Do you have a routine? Are you working from home or a key worker? be kind to yourself.  Positive Life Workshops CIC Facebook page  Mood Booster Workbook - Create your own tool kit.  Lockdown Journal  Chakra Art notebook and Potion bottle Art notebook  This is Jeremiah's page who I talk about listening to, he also has a podcast launching s...

Interview with Cat and Claire talking business, mental health friendship and more

January 14, 2021 06:00 - 19 minutes - 11.4 MB

An interview with Claire Rigby from Momo's cafe CIC and Catherine Woods from Green Town CIC. We talk about business, how we met, helping and empowering each other, mental health sustainability and more.  Positive Life Workshops CIC Momo's Green Town CIC  

Helping ourselves in Lockdown - what can you do for you?

January 07, 2021 14:31 - 13 minutes - 10.4 MB

How can we help ourselves during another Lockdown? We can use what we have learned so far, in the other lockdowns. Things that we have already experienced. Our well-being and mental health are important lets choose to do what's best for us.    If you would like to join the Soul Healing Meditation group you can book here  Our Ladies group is here and my page is here too, come and say hello! The groups are a great place to come if you need some support. 

Dream boards and making plans for 2021

December 31, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes - 8.54 MB

Using Dream and vision boards to help us live in a way that makes us happy by allowing ourselves to do what we love. This week I talk about how using vision and dream boards have helped me to get to where I am in life and how you can use them too.  Email - [email protected]   

An unusual Christmas - Protecting ourselves

December 24, 2020 06:00 - 14 minutes - 10.8 MB

This week I'm talking about how we can protect ourselves and enjoy the holidays even if we don't usually enjoy it. This year more people than ever are struggling. Listen in and see if it helps.  The ladies group is here and the podcast group is here. 

Stopping the anxiety cycle in its tracks.

December 17, 2020 06:00 - 14 minutes - 9.45 MB

When were anxious all the time it can be difficult to live each day as our symptoms take over and grow. Listen to this weeks episode and find out how I stop anxiety in it tracks its simple and free and even better you can do it too.

Low mood, boredom and stopping it in its tracks

December 10, 2020 11:03 - 8 minutes - 5.91 MB

When you start to feel boredom creeping in and you can feel your mood dipping this podcast is a good one on how to stop it in its tracks. Chane your focus and do something take note of things you love. 

Meditation - How I started, what for, and why?

December 03, 2020 06:00 - 13 minutes - 13.6 MB

Meditation as a medication. Why and how to start using meditation to better your life. How learning to meditate is just like learning anything else. We would expect ourselves to know complex maths without the basic concepts first. Join me on the beginner meditation 4 week course here - Meditation course booking     

Interview with Julie Gibbons - How she helped me more

November 26, 2020 10:58 - 26 minutes - 21.8 MB

This week we have an interview with Julie Gibbons.  I talk about how Julie has helped me get to where I am now and how Julie started doing what she does now too.  (2) Julie Gibbons Creative | Facebook Julie Gibbons is creating symbolic art, creative films + art-making events. | Patreon If your interested in my creative self discovery sessions you can email me [email protected]

Finding happiness in lock down, law of attraction and abundance

November 19, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

This week we are talking about the things we can and can't control and how this links with Law of attraction. I talk about the secret and Samsara tells us her experience of the abundance challenge. The more we focus on the negative the more we attract it. How changing our focus can improve our lives. 

Food and its relationship with our well being - Allergies, Anxiety, Junk food, Natural food

November 12, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB

Food and its relationship with our well being - Allergies, Anxiety, Junk food, Natural food. We are what we eat - How Allergies changed my life! How what I was eating caused me Anxiety. How HG gave me PSTD around food.  What about the prepacked processed foods, Junk food and take away's? Eating things that haven't had any pain or suffering, being almost vegan. ~How this is related to how we are feeling. Knowledge is power! 

Pregnancy with hyperemesis gravidarum, sickness, ketosis.

November 05, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutes - 9.46 MB

This week I explain the nightmare that is a HG pregnancy - hyperemesis gravidarum. How I feel much more support is needed especially around the mental health side of things. How my whole diet has now changed.  If your looking for support this is the group I talk about - https://www.facebook.com/groups/120865887959037 I also offer one to one support too here

Sexual Empowerment and Body Confidence

October 29, 2020 05:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB

This week we get down and dirty and go all out talking about sexual empowerment, orgasms, body confidence. We talk about how amazing our bodies how talking helps and sex toys too.  Interview with Serena Novelli   Lets unleash the unseen energies and let ourselves go, allow us to manifest with our sexual energies. Live to our own values and become emotionally intelligent. I have my own anxiety course coming very soon, you can also book in for one to one sessions here too.  We have our...

Living a natural life - Chemical free , Cloth nappies and more.

October 22, 2020 05:00 - 14 minutes - 12 MB

This week its all about the living the natural life. I feel this is one of the things that allowed me to improve my life.  Cloth nappies Natural products Breastfeeding Eco sanitary products.  Fine me on Facebook here book in for sessions with me here.  Birth2Potty - Tropic by Aileen - NYR Lyndsey May - Kreative Kirsty

Self discovery, creativity and emotional intelligence.

October 15, 2020 05:00 - 10 minutes - 8.42 MB

Once we have made changes to our lives we need to discover who we are and what we want. I used creativity and the frustrations of not getting a job, that I thought was mine to start me on the journey to what I do now.  The first course will be on anxiety, as I feel we need to work on certain things in our lives before we move onto self discovery.  Facebook Page  Broken Mind and Growing Confidence Ladies Well being group    Available sessions can be found here 

The Independant single mum

October 08, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MB

I have a chat with Claire Standen -The Independent Single Mum about our experiences of leaving a unhappy marriage when you have children.  Finding the confidence and the what happens next. Empowering Women to allow themselves to be happy. This also goes for the men out there too and what we talk about can be put into many different situations.  Book in for guidance with me I have a few options available here. 

Lockdown from COVID staying positive and happy.

October 01, 2020 07:34 - 13 minutes - 11 MB

Lockdown from COVID has forced a lot of us to make unexpected changes to our lives. This week I talk about helping ourselves by focusing on the things we can control. I also talk about protecting our mental health with the media we consume and on Facebook and social media too. Invest in your well-being and listen today.  Come and join in the conversations on Facebook -  Positive Life Workshops CIC Facebook Ladies well-being Private Group  Broken Mind and Growing Confidence Private G...

Changing life - Moving away from addiction and medications.

September 24, 2020 06:05 - 10 minutes - 9.64 MB

This week I’m talking about addiction to painkillers, and coming off mental health medications and antidepressants. The struggle of withdrawing, the changes and the difference it all made to my life.  Eating better  Starting to exercise Thinking clearly  No more worry  Feeling the freedom of being able to do what I wanted to do.    Facebook page - Positive Life Workshops CIC  https://www.facebook.com/positivelifeworkshopsCIC/ Come and join us in the groups to talk about this ...

Abusive relationship and breaking free to make changes

September 17, 2020 13:40 - 10 minutes - 8.69 MB

Broken mind and growing confidence is a podcast about my life story. This episode talks of baby loss at the start. My story goes from being suicidal all the way to now, living a positive and happy life! I am a guide and a healer looking to help as many people as I can. This podcast will cover a wide range of topics from mental health and wellness, depression, anxiety, mindfulness, meditation, stress; natural living, parenting, crystals, healing, art, law of attraction and more. It’s about ...

Mental Health admission PMT, PMDD and getting help

September 17, 2020 12:31 - 13 minutes - 10.4 MB

This weeks episode I talk about my admission to a mental health ward and how that was as someone who was a member of staff on these wards.  PMDD mental and financial abuse Feeling suicidal Gynaecology Leaving my abusive partner Starting to live the changes I needed to improve my life.    Facebook page link -  https://www.facebook.com/positivelifeworkshopsCIC/   Come and join us in the groups to talk about this weeks episodes and for guidance too.  Ladies wellbeing group...

Ladies Mental Health, PMT, PMDD and getting help

September 17, 2020 12:31 - 13 minutes - 10.4 MB

Broken mind and growing confidence is a podcast about my life story. My story goes from being suicidal all the way to now, living a positive and happy life! I am a guide and a healer looking to help as many people as I can. This podcast will cover a wide range of topics from mental health and wellness, depression, anxiety, mindfulness, meditation, stress; natural living, parenting, crystals, healing, art, law of attraction and more. It’s about living a better life, self-help and the ways I m...

Trailer Episode - My life, mental health and healing

September 17, 2020 09:07 - 8 minutes - 7.27 MB

Broken mind and growing confidence is a podcast about my life story. My story goes from being suicidal all the way to now, living a positive and happy life! I am a guide and a healer looking to help as many people as I can. This podcast will cover a wide range of topics from mental health and wellness, depression, anxiety, mindfulness, meditation, stress; natural living, parenting, crystals, healing, art, law of attraction and more. It’s about living a better life, self-help and the ways I m...

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