Self Care Club

Remember how easy it was to make friends as a child? Well, things have changed now that you are a grown-up. Aside from the fear of rejection, making new friends takes a lot of time. This week Lauren and Nicole look how to make a new friend as an adult. Lauren gets a surprising response and Nicole is left out of a coffee clique.  To listen to this full episode click here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/self-care-club-wellness-road-tested/id1505703522?i=1000552523112 If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email  hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the snippet this week Lauren was adamant that Nicole try Thai massage, after she booked one for herself as a birthday treat, but Nicole wasn't prepared for what was in store.  To listen to the full episode please click here - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/self-care-club-wellness-road-tested/id1505703522?i=1000554031152 If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dreams seem to fascinate us; why we have them, what they are and where they come from. The majority of dream researchers today believe that dreams are messages from our unconscious mind and if we know how to interpret them, they can be powerful tools for personal growth. Research has shown that the more you remember and investigate your dreams, the better your creativity and problem-solving skills and can give you insight as well as be a source of guidance, healing, discovery, change and growth. So this week at the club we are going to teach you how to capture and remember your dreams. To help us with this week and we enlisted Theresa Cheung. Theresa is a Sunday Times bestselling author and one of 32 women listed in the 100 most spiritually influential living people of 2023. She's the author of The Dream Dictionary from A to Z, The Dream Decoder Card Pack and The Premonition Code. Her latest title Empower Your Inner Psychic is out now. Theresa works closely with scientists researching consciousness and has contributed features about dream power to newspapers and magazines and is a frequent dream decoding guest and spiritual expert on ITV: This Morning and also hosts her own spiritual podcast, White Shores. You can find out more about her and her work here: https://www.theresacheung.com This episode of Self Care Club was sponsored by Cocoon Weaver https://cocoonweaver.com https://m.facebook.com/cocoonweaver/ https://www.instagram.com/cocoonweaver/ Many Thanks to the lovely folks at Cocoon Weaver who taught us how to weave our dreams and share the voice notes through their app which is available to download for free. To download on Android  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.origin.cocoonweaver  To download on iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cocoonweaver-voice-your-self/id1464144628 If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren and Nicole return to the epilogue show to chat more about Cacao and to hear the listeners feedback. They chat about Bare Minimum Mondays and why they are not fans of the idea and give their recommendations of the week. Thanks again to Helen Driver who facilitated the cacao ceremony. You can find out more about her and her work here: https://www.therisingspace.co.uk or @therisingspace If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's International Women's Day 2023 and what better way to celebrate it than to visit a previous episode which was originally released on International Women's day March 8th 2022 when Lauren and Nicole attended a sister circle. To listen to the full episode please click here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/self-care-club-wellness-road-tested/id1505703522?i=1000553243674 If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cacao is a thousands-of-years-old Central American rite that Olmec, Aztec, and Mayan elites leaned on to connect with the gods and promote good health. It can be used in ceremony which is what we are doing today. A cacao ceremony is any sort of ceremony in which a cacao beverage is consumed to elevate the spiritual ritual being practised and today, more and more people are exploring its benefits. To help us with our week and facilitate the ceremony we enlisted the help of Helen Driver who is a trained cacao practitioner, meditation teacher and transformational space holder. She is the founder of The Rising Space which encourages slow living in a fast paced world. Helen trained as a space holder and certified cacao practitioner to hold safe, supportive and empowering space for others. The Rising Space offers a range of bespoke experiences, from private gatherings & cacao ceremonies to workshops, individual guidance and corporate offerings You can find out more about her work here: https://www.therisingspace.co.uk or @therisingspace If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the full interview with our expert of the week Zoe Blaskey. Zoe is the founder of Motherkind, a self empowerment platform for modern mums. Through Motherkind Zoe coaches mothers of all backgrounds on how to navigate the huge challenges of modern motherhood. Zoe is a mum of two and the host of The Motherkind Podcast where she speaks every week on a range of topics from self care, mental health, career, nutrition and parenting. Zoe very kindly helped us to navigate the world of self compassion, from how to turn hateful words to kind ones, how to catch these nasty thought and how to build a healthier internal dialogue. For more of Zoe's work please visit https://www.motherkind.co/ If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this weeks epilogue show Lauren and Nicole chat about how they are getting on after their week of self compassion - (spoiler alert: they are both still shockingly awful at it) Special guest Zoe Blaskey returns to the club to give the listeners their Challenge of the Week and Tik Tok beauty trends are all the rage in the Welllness Newsflash - period blood face masks anyone? To find out more about Zoe Blaskey and her work pls go to https://www.motherkind.co/ If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this snippet, after testing chia seeds out for a full week, Lauren and Nicole make James (our studio manager) trial out different chia puddings. We then decide whether chia seeds make it into the club. Lauren is not impressed Click here to listen to the full episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/self-care-club-wellness-road-tested/id1505703522?i=1000554796818If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Lauren and Nicole give self compassion a whirl and let’s just say, it wasn't a smooth ride. Self compassion is simply the process of turning compassion inwards. So why is it so hard? Lauren brings a quiz to see who is the most compassionate and Nicole gets very competitive. To help with this enormous task, they enlisted Zoe Blaskey as the expert of the week. Zoe is the founder of Motherkind, a self empowerment platform for modern mums. Through Motherkind Zoe coaches mothers of all backgrounds on how to navigate the huge challenges of modern motherhood. Zoe is a mum of two and the host of The Motherkind Podcast. For more of her wonderful work pls go to https://www.motherkind.co/ If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please note this show was first released in February 2022 The ladies are back to talk more about their week of being kind to yourself with their practice of ‘being your own best friend’. They also hear back from the listeners who share some vulnerable feelings about how they treat themselves. Nicole touches on mothers’ guilt and Lauren can’t believe she now had an adult son.  If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In these snippets we will be selecting our favourite moments from previous episodes of Self Care Club. This episode was released on 4th March 2022  Most weeks Lauren and Nicole have to nag the listeners to take part in Challenge of The Week but in this snippet from our epilogue show the listeners shocked us by deciding to test out our most controversial practice to date and feedback to us on how it went. Find out how they got on… For the full episode you can listen here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/self-care-club-wellness-road-tested/id1505703522?i=1000552877471 If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please note the original release of this show was Feb 2022 in our self love mini series. Lauren and Nicole test out being kind to yourself with a week of being your own best friend. If your best friend wouldn’t speak to you like that then why are you speaking to yourself that way? Nicole wrestles with guilt and a struggle to rest even whilst having Covid and Lauren learns that frozen roast potatoes are not the end of the world. If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In these snippets we will be selecting our favourite moments from previous episodes of Self Care Club. This episode was released on 15th February 2022 when Lauren and Nicole celebrated Valentine’s Day by taking themselves on a date. Where did their hearts desire take them both?  For the full episode you can listen here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/self-care-club-wellness-road-tested/id1505703522?i=1000551107197 If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website- www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comparing yourself to others is the mental act of placing your achievements, experiences, and self worth alongside others. Falling into the comparison trap often leads to you imagining others’ experiences as being far superior to your own and can lead to low self esteem and general dissatisfaction. In this episode the ladies discuss how to use comparison as motivation and inspiration and share tips on how to see other people's success and abundance as a sign that you can have it all too. If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube- https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email-  hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website- www.theselfcareclub.co.uk   Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Friday which means only one thing. Lauren and Nicole are back with the epilogue show. This week they feedback on how love languages are going down in their households and Lauren is feeling very smug, yet perturbed that her tidyness guru Marie Kondo has quit tidying up. In other news, the ladies put themselves at high risk of being disowned by their kids in a new section of the show entitled ‘middle aged women teaching teen slang’ and they even have accessories. If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website- www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In these snippets we will be selecting our favourite moments from previous episodes of Self Care Club. This episode was released on 9th Feb 2021 As Oscar Wilde said: ‘To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance’ and with February the month for love - how about learning to love yourself a little more? We call that self care! In this snippet Nicole shares how her week of self love went. This episode was recorded during lockdown.  For the full episode you can listen here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/self-care-club-wellness-road-tested/id1505703522?i=1000508350678 If you like what we do here and want to be part of the club, come follow us and be part of our growing facebook group  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1115099072702743/?ref=share_group_link Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/selfcareclubpod/ YouTube https://youtube.com/c/SelfCareClub TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnXyS1S/ Email hello@theselfcareclub.co.uk  Website www.theselfcareclub.co.uk Studio production by @launchpodstudios Music by purpleplanet.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices