Latest Psychological flexibility Podcast Episodes

Building emotional resilience as a carer series – Part 2 - Resentment

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - October 07, 2020 15:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
If you would prefer to read the blog version of this episode, please click here This week's thought-provoking podcast is the second in a four-part series covering four of the most prominent emotions carers experience throughout their caring journey: guilt, resentment, grief and anger and today ...

Building emotional resilience as a carer series - Part 1 - Guilt

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - September 16, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This weeks thought-provoking blog post and podcast, is the first in a four-part series covering the four most prominent emotions carers experience throughout their caring journey: guilt, resentment, grief and anger and today we are starting with probably the most common emotion, guilt Feeling g...

Introduction to a 4-part series building emotional resilience as a carer.

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - September 02, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week is an introduction to a four-part series covering the four most prominent emotions carers experience throughout their caring journey: guilt, resentment, grief and anger. However, before I started this thought-provoking series, I thought it would be useful to provide some clarity of a ...

The Answer to “The meaning to life, the universe and everything” for carers! Part 2

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - August 26, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Welcome to this second episode about finding meaning and purpose as a carer. Last week I explored the meaning of ‘meaning’ and its importance in our wellbeing as carers. I shared some definitions to help to explain the concept of meaning and then discussed some ways you can find sources of meani...

The Answer to “The meaning to life, the universe and everything” for carers! Part 1

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - August 19, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
First off, the short answer to the question in the title is…42!  If you have seen or heard of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, then you probably already knew that answer! In this episode and next week, I will be discussing ‘meaning in life’ in the caregiving context. I will start with an ...

Carer's identity - Is it important to identify as a carer to others, such as employers and friends?

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - August 05, 2020 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode, I talk about some of the reasons why people who care for friends and loved ones, do and do not refer to themselves as cares/caregivers.  I discuss what the advantages can be in identifying yourself as a carer/caregiver and why. I also summaries the benefits for employers in supp...

BONUS: Keeping in touch with a friend or colleague who is a carer

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - July 30, 2020 06:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
If you have a friend, family member or work colleague who you know or think is a carer/caregiver, in this bonus episode, I talk about some of the barriers that they might have with staying in touch with you and discuss some suggestions for different communications styles to support them and deve...

Club sandwich anyone? When you are caring for more than one generation

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - July 15, 2020 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Thriving podcast is a twice-monthly evidence-based resource to support unpaid and working caregivers with understanding the emotions they experience and help them to develop emotional resilience and psychological flexibility.

Feeling lonely, even when you are not on your own

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - July 01, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
It doesn’t matter who you are caring for a partner, a parent or child, loneliness can affect us all at any time. In this episode, I talk about how we can feel more isolated and lonely, as our lifestyle changes as carers. It can result from having to withdraw from usual activities such as the ro...

Episode Schedule Change: "Walking my own talk"!

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - June 29, 2020 06:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Welcome to A Care's Heart podcast. In this very short extra episode, I am letting you know that the schedule of the podcasts is going to change. They were originally every Wednesday, so four a month, possibly five. However, I am going to have to change that down to two episodes, the 1st and 3rd...

"A goal without a plan, is just a wish" - Ideas to help you achieve your dreams

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - June 24, 2020 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week we're talking about planning, but not planning in terms of your role as a carer but planning for YOU.    For a lot of us, we have to plan for things like medication or having an emergency plan, the essential things to actually make our lives work as carers, to run families and to work,...

COVID & Caring: 5 Practical activities to support you in a crisis

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - June 17, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode goes through the additional challenges we have face and will continue to face as carers/caregivers, during the COVID 19 pandemic. I go through the three phases of coping, starting with the first weeks as we went into lockdown, to where the world is now, emerging from isolation to t...

A Carer's Heart Podcast - More indepth details about episodes

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - June 10, 2020 06:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Episodes will be published every Wednesday morning at 7 am (UK Time) and will last between 15- 30 mins. At the end of each episode, I will discuss further reading and research, exercises and activities. Some of the topics may be sensitive, such as talking about grief or bereavement. Although th...

Welcome to A Carer's Heart Podcast

Thriving Carer: A Podcast for Unpaid Carers - June 01, 2020 11:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this welcome episode, I explain that I set up my social enterprise, A Carer’s Heart, for all caregivers, regardless of who you are caring for and whether you are at the beginning of your caring journey, actively caring for a loved one or friend or if active caring has ended, and beyond.   In...