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co-dot UK for terms. Hello, hi and welcome. I am your host Emmagan Awardner, and in my nearly 20 year career as a beauty and health writer,

I have interviewed a lot of people. Supermodels, entrepreneurs, authors, celebrities and doctors,

and many of these conversations had a real impact on me, and

I'd come away feeling inspired, excited, informed, and really empowered.

And at the back of my mind, I'd always think, I wish I could just publish the tape so people could really feel that conversation.

Well on this podcast, you get to feel the conversation. I talk with experts, guests and a few friends who I hope will inspire, inform and empower you,

and maybe also challenge you, whether you're looking for self-help, self-improvement,

beauty advice, health insights, business know-how,

or just some good old-fashioned life advice and a bit of a laugh. It's all here.

Welcome to the show.

My guest on this episode of the podcast is author and writer Aaron Gillis. Now Aaron wrote a book called

How to Survive the End of the World when it's in your own head, semi-colon,

or actually it's a colon, an anxiety survival guide a little while ago and it was a book I had on my list to

read who doesn't have a massively long list of books that they want to read and if you're

a long time listener you'll know that deep diving into topics such as anxiety, depression, mental health and the like are not topics that we shy away from here.

So when I first heard about Aaron's book it was extremely appealing.

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