Anxious about taking a rest? A psychologist on why we should take holidays more seriously

Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast

Caroline Foran

Overwhelm, Education, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Caroline Foran, Stress, Anxiety

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This bonus episode is brought to you in collaboration with British Airways Holidays who are on a mission to make all of us take our holidays a little more seriously! I’m joined again by Dr Claire Kambamettu and we dive into our complicated relationship with rest, and the importance of setting firm boundaries when on holiday. We discuss the anxiety we feel around taking time off, the guilt we feel around having to be productive every minute of every day, and how holidays can be the perfect way to get that bigger rest, to complement our daily micro rest requirements. British Airways Holidays encourages everyone to prioritise their well-being by taking their holidays seriously. Alongside competitive pricing, their offerings include a 24-hour helpline, carefully selected hotels, ATOL protection, and a generous 23kg per person baggage allowance. Moreover, you can secure your holiday from a £60 per person deposit, so customers can relax, rejuvenate, and switch off. Search Ba.com/holidays for more.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to Owning It. If you would like to support the series, the best thing you can do is just tell a friend or better yet share it on social media.
0:08.0	If you really, really want to support, you can subscribe to me on Substack where I write a weekly column.
0:13.0	Listeners of the pod get a 20% discount forever at carolineforin.substack.com.
0:18.7	Thank you.
0:20.1	Hello, dear listener, and welcome to owning it the anxiety podcast
0:23.3	with me, Caroline Forin, bestselling author, and a new string to my bow. I am now a bestseller on
0:29.5	Substack 2, so I hope you will join me there. This is a very special episode of the podcast,
0:34.6	and it is made possible by British Airways Holidays who are on a mission
0:38.6	to make all of us take our holidays a little more seriously. You might remember last year I shared
0:43.7	an episode all about my experience of travel anxiety and it was only honestly when I sat down to
0:49.2	record that and really tease apart the anxiety that I had carried around for such a huge part of my life,
0:55.6	that I realized how significant it really was for me. And judging by the feedback I got on that
1:00.5	episode, it's something a lot of you have experienced too. That episode also focused, most importantly,
1:07.0	on precisely how I overcame those challenges to get to the point I'm at now where travelling and holidays are such a joyful part of my life that no longer makes me feel anxious.
1:16.6	Well, for this episode, we're turning our attention back to the subject of travel as we focus on the anxiety we feel around resting and even taking a holiday in the first place.
1:25.1	Not only did travel become something I enjoy, it became an integral
1:28.3	part of my well-being. Being able to switch off, and I mean really switch off, and take the pressure
1:33.1	off is something I'm still learning to do. And while I know that's super important, it can bring up a lot
1:38.1	of anxiety in itself for a lot of people. In this bonus episode, I'm thrilled to be joined by an expert
1:43.3	who you've heard from
1:44.3	in nearly every season I've ever done. Psychologist Dr. Claire Kambametteu, she just has such a
1:49.4	brilliant way of explaining things and putting the psychology side of our experience into context.
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