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Right Up My Podcast

Gwen Watson and Kate White

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Right Up My Podcast is the podcast for those seeking the lesser-known (and occasionally bonkers) methods of self-care, self-love and ways to make you feel good. Hosted by voice artist and presenter Gwen Watson and journalist and producer Kate White, Right Up My Podcast came from a mutual obsession with psychology and finding new ways to improve our own mental health, taking self-help off the bookshelf and into the real world. Each episode we chat to a different expert about their feel-good f ...
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Send us a text In this bite-sized-pisode, Gwen & Kate get right into the powers of visualisation, the weird successes of vision boards and how you can POWER UP your manifestations (and make yourself feel really good in the process) with the help of Chat GPT! Plus hear your listener shout outs. Do you want to change your own life? Check out ChatGPT …
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Send us a text In this incy-wincy-sode, Gwen & Kate chat about the curse of too much movie choice and the joy of watching an old fave, Gwen gets Jack White & Jack Black mixed up AGAIN and Kate shuffles the deck of RUMP guest Melissa Romano's nervous system reset cards and walks us through some fun exercises to get back into rest & digest, which Gwe…
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Send us a text In this pocket-sized-sode, Gwen & Kate ponder: are there benefits to drinking alcohol? Two-glasses-of-rosé-Gwen would say yes! We laugh at the best jokes from this year's Edinburgh Festival and Kate shares the morning routine for a winning day. We also try out the 100 Questions writing exercise and share the benefits of being more cu…
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Send us a text In this ickle-bitty RUMP, Gwen & Kate chat about Polish weddings and their MASSIVE food spreads, when to change sheets, human drivers and finding out the antidote to coping behaviours we've learnt in childhood - e.g. people pleasing + perfectionism, and the importance of listing the things you love. Plus the inside scoop! Our Art Min…
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Send us a text In this mini-RUMP, Gwen & Kate ask the big question: can bread make you depressed? Where do you go when your life pillars are feeling wobbly? Is it to bed with a box of chocolates from Spar? Well you're in good company! We hear the wisdom of mantras from Miriam Margolyes and Louise Hay. Plus listeners' feedback and ways they make the…
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Send us a text In this teensy-sode, Gwen & Kate talk about a family stranded at sea (drinking turtle's blood?!), addiction to drama + being in fight or flight, why boring relationships are the best, why it's important to find alternative sources of dopamine, and Jimmy Carr's unlikely pearl of wisdom re: life dysmorphia. Plus listeners' feedback and…
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Send us a text Join us as we learn about the benefits of cold water therapy combined with breathwork, with Jen Bailey-Hobbs at the beautiful Seedlings Retreats in West Wales. Jen expertly guides Gwen and Kate through their first ice bath experience. And it just so happens that they had their mics switched on… so brace yourself for splashes, a lot o…
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Send us a text In this mini-popisode, Gwen reports back from The Big Retreat Festival, we chat gong baths, energy orgasms & question Gok Wan's DJing; Kate asks - do we all tell white lies when we're late? And we feed back on our very first RUMP workshop - Art Mindfulness in which we all had our minds BLOWN staring at the Mona Lisa (the recording of…
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Send us a text We talk to fragrance expert Karen Gilbert about the relationship between scent and wellbeing. She teaches us how to better understand scent and all importantly how to harness it to change our emotional state. Karen teaches individuals and brands to make perfume, as well as combining her training in meditation and NLP to teach people …
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Send us a text In our latest teenisode, Gwen and Kate chat about the fact that 85% of what we worry about never comes to pass, despite what Cate Blanchett says, and we finally reveal the TRUTH on whether your cats or dogs will eat you. We also hear a clip from our chat with coach Katie Abbotts on breaking down types of rest, and talk about our fave…
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Send us a text We’re joined by Karly Allen and Lucia van de Drift from the Lumina Collective, to learn about art mindfulness; how slow-looking and guided mindfulness techniques can transform your experience of looking at art, calm your system and help you find joy in your everyday life. Karly and Lucia have worked with The National Gallery, The Bri…
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Send us a text In this week's minisode, Gwen and Kate chat about the news that kissing for 6 seconds in the morning can extend your life by 4 whole years! And we ask, does a 20s hug require consent? And discuss: sleeping with cats! Fairy Lights! Virgin River! Plus listener glimmers + shout outs. Want a mention in the next RUMPette? Tell us what you…
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Send us a text We talk to psychologist and award winning BBC broadcaster Claudia Hammond about the importance of rest. Claudia shares with us why it's so important to our health that we regularly have guilt free rest, what's happening in our brains when we rest... and when we don't. And why we all need to take it more seriously. Her book The Art of…
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Send us a text In this week's dinky-episode, Gwen and Kate chat about GLIMMERS! Finding the joy in the small moments in life and a new buzz word – vorfreude, aka the anticipation of joy. Gwen's prized herself out of W. Wales into the big smoke and we chat Sarah Snook being amazing in The Picture of Dorian Gray and Andrew Scott in Vanya. Plus, read …
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Send us a text We’re joined by the Seed Sistas who share their herbal secrets, as we talk all things herbalism, botany and plant medicine. They encourage us to reconnect with the natural world around us and see the magic and medicine in our hedgerows through new eyes. Don't miss the recipes that they share, including a healing dandelion tincture. A…
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Send us a text In this week's mini-episode, Gwen and Kate chat about Kate in a duvet den, foot rubbing, wandering in forests, top tips on negative self-talk from @cameronrosin and the secret life of the dishwasher club. We give listener shout outs and let you know what’s coming up next. Want a shout out? Tell us what you do to make yourself feel go…
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Send us a text We take a deep dive into our nervous system, with Melissa Romano, who educates us about the vagus nerve. She talks us through how to change the way we process stress and tone our nervous system, so that we can stay better connected, responding appropriately rather than reacting in those moments of stress. Melissa is a holistic therap…
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Send us a text In this week's mini-episode, Gwen and Kate rediscover the power of 'Tapping' (aka Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT) and Gwen shares a handy tip for stopping intrusive thoughts in their tracks. Plus, all your listener emails and shout outs. Want a shout out? Tell us what you do to make yourself feel good: rightupmypodcast@gmail.com …
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Send us a text We talk to Financial Therapist, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, about why our psychological relationship with money can be so complicated. Lindsay unpacks the relationship between our finances and our minds, from resetting core beliefs, to understanding what underpins unhealthy spending behaviours. She sets Gwen and Kate the challenge to bette…
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Send us a text It's our brand new mini-episodes! Something to break up the terrible tedium between the normal longer episodes of Right Up My Podcast. Join Gwen and Kate as they chat about ways to feel good, read out listener emails and shout outs, and give some inside scoop on RUMP news! Want a shout out? Tell us what you do to make yourself feel g…
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Send us a text What better way to kick off a new season than by talking about kindness, with Prof. Robin Banerjee. What does it mean to be kind and is it really that important? What impacts does it have on people and communities, and can being kind sometimes be a disadvantage? Robin is a psychology professor at the University of Sussex, home to the…
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Send us a text We talk to Imogen Palmer about the life skills that can be learned from the art of improv, and how these can help us in our interactions with others – from learning to listen, build and collaborate, to being brave and confident in your own wonderful weirdness. Imogen also leads Gwen and Kate through a classic improv game (try this on…
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Send us a text In this 2nd episode of our two-part breathwork special, we pick up where we left off with breathwork coach Lyndsey Marriott, this time exploring different therapeutic breathing exercises, that you can join in with too. These exercises can help with anxiety, panic disorders and other aspects of mental health, and can be incredibly pow…
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Send us a text In this first episode of our two-part breathwork special, we talk to breathwork coach Lyndsey Marriott, all about functional breathing. Thought you knew everything there was to know about how to breathe? Well think again... Lyndsey is a Conscious Connected Breathwork facilitator and founder of Bristol Breathwork. She shares with us t…
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Send us a text We talk to Nic Devlin & Danielle Macleod about how to create a remarkable life, stepping out of warrior and victim mode and instead playing to create a life that brings you joy. Get your pens ready, as this bumper episode is chock-full of top tips, quotes + ideas to up-level your life, get out of your own way and unleash your brillia…
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Send us a text Nici Harrison, founder of The Grief Space, chats with us about the lost art of grief tending. We explore how to live with and support those experiencing not just grief due to a bereavement, but the grief that comes with changes in relationships, health and shifting life circumstances. Nici is a grief tending facilitator, writer and s…
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Send us a text Sara Lazar joins us on Ep.43 to talk about what's actually happening in our brains when we meditate. We're all told it's good for us, but we want to find out why. Sara is Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Researcher in Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research focuses on the ne…
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Send us a text We talk all things Vision Boarding, in this special episode that features insights from not one, not two, but three vision boarding experts. Artist Di Ford runs vision boarding and mindful collaging workshops in West Wales. In this episode she joins Gwen and Kate in Gwen's kitchen, to help them create their very own vision boards. Ar…
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Send us a text Nutritionist and cognitive reframing specialist Nicola Moore chats to us about the relationship between our gut health and our mental health. Nicola shares with us how and why our gut biomes are so directly linked to our emotions, as well as breaking down some common myths surrounding everyday nutrition. She also sets Gwen and Kate a…
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Send us a text We talk to Verity Glasgow from the charity OnePlusOne about how to argue better and manage healthy conflict in our relationships, whether that's with a partner, family member, friend or colleague. Verity also sets Gwen and Kate a listening exercise, to teach better active listening skills, one of the core elements of having a healthy…
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Send us a text We talk to Maff Potts about the importance of having people and purpose in our lives. Maff is the founder of Camerados, a charity that helps people support each other through tough times. One of the main ways they do this is by setting up Public Living Rooms – places to go to when you need to connect to or just be around other humans…
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Send us a text Cyclical living coach, Leslie Draffin, talks us through how we can better understand our bodies and get the most out of our lives by tracking the phases we go through. And by tuning in with our own cycles, or those in nature, we can discover the key to better mental and physical health, more energy, happiness and productivity. Leslie…
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Send us a text Therapist Elsie Owen joins us to lift the lid on people pleasing. We learn what people pleasing actually is and why we would all be better off if we just stop doing it. Plus, Elsie gives us a bucket load of practical tips for how we can better prioritise ourselves, maintain healthy boundaries and still be a nice person! Gwen and Kate…
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Send us a text We talk men's mental health with Ben Akers, co-founder of the male mental fitness charity, Talk Club. Talk Club is a talking and listening club for men, offering talking groups, sports groups and therapy, and has been championed recently by the likes of Liam Gallagher and Tyson Fury. We discuss the terrifying statistics around suicid…
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Send us a text Anna Anderson, author of the best-selling book From the Inside Out, joins us to talk about what it means to truly nourish our minds and bodies and break free from the outdated rules of diet culture. We look at why we comfort eat, and how pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone and working consistently towards loving ourselves is th…
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Send us a text Ellen Mary joins us for a fascinating chat about the physical and mental well-being benefits of getting our fingers in the soil, growing plants and connecting with the natural world. Ellen is an author, broadcaster, speaker, creator, podcaster, columnist & gardener. She's trained in horticulture, social and therapeutic horticulture, …
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Send us a text We talk to Alicia Navarro about the enormous benefits of Deep Work and how to achieve it. She also discusses why it's becoming increasingly hard for people to focus, sharing a number of psychological hacks to avoid distraction and get into a state of deep work and flow. Alicia Navarro is the CEO and founder of FLOWN, an online platfo…
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Send us a text Artist Vicky Paul joins us to chat about the therapeutic benefits of intuitive painting. Vicky is an abstract artist and energy healer and teaches people to use art as a way to express and process emotions, plus tap into their psychic powers and channel their intuition. She also guides us through how to do our own intuitive energy pa…
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Send us a text Behavioural Change Specialist, Shahroo Izadi, joins us to explore how to break those unhelpful habits and form some sparkly new ones. Shahroo is a psychologist whose approach is inspired by her experience of working with people with addictions. She was awarded 'Thought Leader of the Year' Baton Award at the House of Lords, and Women’…
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Send us a text Mr Motivator (yes, THE Mr Motivator) chats to us about everything from exercise to positivity, future-proofing your health, leading an exercise class before a funeral, the importance of wearing Day-Glo lycra and how he likes to tell his wife he loves her. The Jamaican-born British fitness instructor burst onto our screens in the '90s…
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Send us a text Anne Therese, founder of The Climate Optimist, chats to us about the relationship between activism and feeling good. Anne is a speaker, educator and long-term environmental activist. She explains how we are more likely to act and make changes in our lives if we feel hopeful about the future, rather than being paralysed by fear and an…
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Send us a text We're talking all things burnout and chronic stress with the founder of The Anti-Burnout Club, Bex Spiller. Bex explains what burnout actually means and how it's not just reserved for city CEOs but can affect all of us juggling busy lives. She shares how to spot the signs (erm screen scrolling & bingeing anyone?) how to deal with bur…
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Send us a text We talk to actor, conscious DJ and breathwork facilitator Luisa Bradshaw-White, live at The Big Retreat Festival. Best known for her roles in This Life, Eastenders, Bad Girls and Holby City, Luisa talks to us about one of her big passions – ecstatic dance, as well as her relationship with her mental health, breathwork and how she fin…
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Send us a text We talk to Semra Haksever, AKA Mama Moon, about everyday rituals and spells and how we can all bring a bit of magic into our lives. Semra describes herself as an eclectic witch, intuitive, healer and empath. She shows us how even the simplest act can be a ritual to bring focus into your day, if done with the right intention. She also…
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Send us a text We talk to Emma Mumford about the Law of Attraction and manifesting, exploring how to turn our dreams into reality. Emma is the UK’s leading Law of Attraction expert. She's also an award-winning life coach and best selling author (Spiritual Queen, 2019 No. 1 best-selling book on Amazon). She has her own podcast called ‘Spiritual Quee…
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Send us a text We talk to Dr Pamela Kryskow about the research she and her team are doing into the use of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of PTSD, anxiety, depression, addiction and much more. Pamela is a Canadian doctor who specialises in psychedelic medicine, mental health and chronic pain. She is a clinical instructor at the University of Bri…
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Send us a text We talk to journalist Emma Howarth about her book 'A Year of Mystical Thinking' – an account of the year that changed her life, where she explored the power of vision boarding, sound baths, spirit guides, rituals, mediation, tarot, oracle cards, crystals, astrology & manifestations...to name just a few. Emma shares with us her experi…
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Send us a text Rediscover the lost art of letter writing. But not any old letter... this episode we are exploring the world of smutty letter writing. Why? Because it's FUN! We are joined by Rosy Pendlebaby, who runs smutty letter writing workshops around the country and is on a mission to make us all fall in love with letter writing again. Rosy als…
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Send us a text Which apps are your weakness? Instagram, WhatsApp, dating apps? ALL of them? If you've ever lost precious time to your smartphone that could been spent doing something better, or even doing nothing at all, then this episode's for you. We talk to cyberpyschology expert, Daria Kuss, about smartphone addiction. We discuss what happens t…
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Send us a text We talk to women's health expert and registered nutritionist, Emma Bardwell, about perimenopause – a hot topic that despite getting an increased amount of media attention, still leaves many women with a lot of unanswered questions. Emma takes an evidence-based, no-nonsense approach to demystifying the perimenopause. We talk all thing…
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