Laurie and Amy Hunter: Watch Modding and Conspiracies!

Amy works in a hospital as a women's healthcare assistant, she enjoys looking after patients making sure they are as comfortable as possible. When she isn't working, Amy enjoys going out on a night out! Laurie works in Middlesbrough Children's Services, as a communications and engagement officer. 

When they are not at work, Amy enjoys experimenting and expressing herself through her love of makeup, whilst Laurie loves delving into a bit of video gaming. 

Give it a Go

Laurie's Give It a Go for this episode is singing! Laurie advised that practicing singing is actually really good for your mental health, because this also actually controls your breathing. Controlling the breathing is, as we know, helpful in reducing our anxiety. Laurie and Amy have had music in their lives since birth - both of their parents love to sing, and their mother was actually classically trained. 

Amy's recommendation for Give it a Go is make-up. Amy tells us how her fascination with make-up stems from insecurity. She started experimenting with make-up from the age of about 12. As she got older she realised that there were more artistic and creative aspects to make up, and she now enjoys experimenting with many different colour palettes and shapes to enhance her features. Amy compares this to an artist producing a painting. 

Mental Health Spotlight

Laurie explains her thoughts on a big issue during the Covid pandemic being loneliness. Laurie explains that you can still experience loneliness even when you have friends. She sometimes suffers from anxiety and depression. Laurie explains that there can be a tendency not to reach out to friends. This can come from thoughts of not wanting to be a burden to your friends. 

Amy also explains how the pandemic has had an effect on her. Although there can plenty of 'virtual' social interaction through social media. She explains how she misses the physical contact of friendship, for example a good old hug! 

Amy tell us about her first experiences on receiving therapy, which completely changed her attitude towards her own mental health. She tell us about CGT, which stands for cognitive behavioural therapy, and helped her to validate her experiences. 

Hidden Dragon

Laurie is the first to share her Hidden Dragon, which is building watches! This entails purchasing after-market parts and building them herself in order to produce your own unique, customised watch. She loves the intense focus that is required to assemble all of the parts intricately. 

Amy's Hidden Dragon is conspiracies! She loves reading things about aliens and missing people. She gets into the dark content regarding missing people of things that are happening currently. 

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