Hard Aul Life

This week Deirdre and Aimée are talking about mind melting, panic inducing, end of the world catastrophizing freak out moments. The moments that fill you with impending doom but after an hour or a week or a month you can emerge the other side to a calmer more level headed you. This week's episode is all about people's freakouts, what causes them and what we can do to reduce all the horrible feelings freak outs give us. Some items mentioned in this week's podcast: Blindboy Podcast - An intro to cognitive  Psychology:https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/anintrotocognitivepsychologypt1 Live Awake Podcast (referred to as 'awake') https://soundcloud.com/liveawakepodcast Pachelbel's Canon in D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA-2hl1Vbc As mentioned in the podcast if you want to get in touch with us we're only an email away! Shoot us a message hardaullife@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook or Instagram @hardaullife

The good and the bad. Who you want to be but more importantly who you don’t want to be. In this episode we explore ways to get to know yourself better, how to figure out your values, you weaknesses, your strengths. This episode is interactive, so join in with a pen and paper or find our form on our instagram page @hardaullife As mentioned in the podcast if you want to get in touch with us we're only an email away! Shoot us a message hardaullife@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook or Instagram @hardaullife Oprah Article: https://www.oprah.com/spirit/how-to-find-out-who-you-really-are-by-anne-lamott/all

The final part of the two parter episode on How to be a failure, we have some real life stories of failure from some lovely contributors as well as a few more lessons and fun psycological facts on failure .  As mentioned in the podcast if you want to get in touch with us we're only an email away! Shoot us a message hardaullife@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook or Instagram @hardaullife

At some point in your life you're going to be a bit of a failure, and it may be one of the best things to happen to you. Success if great but it's the failure that makes you grow as a person. You just don’t tend to learn as much when you’re having a good time. So in this weeks episode we're chatting about why failure is so important, how not to beat yourself up when it happens and how to look on the bright side.  As mentioned in the podcast if you want to get in touch with us we're only an email away! Shoot us a message hardaullife@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook or Instagram @hardaullife

In episode one we covered self care, which is about being kind to yourself but sometimes you need to be a bit tough with yourself and that's where being your own mammy comes in. Self parenting is all about giving yourself the unconditional love, guidance and boundaries that a good parent would.  In episode three we're talking about how to handle life's problems without your parents, whether they're in another county, another country, aren't around or are simply a bit shit. Episode three is about being an independent self-sufficient lady/man (and how sometimes that can actually mean relying on other people).

The world (and the people in it) could just benefit from a bit more kindness. In episode one we focused on how we can be kinder to ourselves, now in episode two we're chatting about taking that kindness and sharing it with others (while still minding yourself in the process) Deirdre and Aimée chat all about how to be kind to the aggravating people in your life as well as how not to lash out at the one's you love.  A few bits that were mentioned during the podcast: Jocko Willink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTMDpizis8 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (The book Deirdre read about judging people and going with your gut instinct) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink:ThePowerofThinkingWithoutThinking

Life is long and you're stuck with yourself for all of it, so you might as well figure out how to be nice to yourself. The ability to take a step back and check in with yourself/ recognise you're not being a friend to yourself is such a vital tool for getting through your 20s, that's why we're kicking off season one with an episode all about self love/ acceptance and how to figure out the tools that will make you kinder to yourself. The poet that we mention during the episode is Nayyirah Waheed - She has a great instagram for all those interested!

Just a lil' introduction to the podcast, letting you know who we are and why you should bother listening to us. We also run through the episode list for the season.