Hello and welcome to the Calmar You podcast. This is your host, Chloe Brotheridge. I'm a coach, a

hypnotologist and I'm the author of The Anxiety Solution and Brave New Girl. And this podcast is all

about helping you to become your calmest, happiest and most confident self. Welcome, welcome.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I get to speak to

the really very lovely and effervescent Amanda Byron, who is known as a TV presenter, but she is the

author of the new book, The Switch, The Secret to Overcoming, The Pressures of Perfection

and Finding Health and Happiness.

And I absolutely loved her book.

It's really funny.

It's really practical.

There's sciencey bits in there for those science nerds amongst us.

I really, really recommend it.

And I love what she had to say on this

podcast. Amanda shares really openly about her own experiences in life and the things that have

held her back for years and years and how she has made the switch in her own life. We talk about

ending the battle with the voice in your head. And I think you know which voice I'm talking

about. We all have this inner critic that is beating us up and pointing out flaws and, you know,

squishing our ideas. And so we really get into how to end that battle. We talk about Amanda's relationship with caffeine and alcohol,

two things that are very much linked to our mood, our anxiety levels, our confidence even,

and she shares how her relationship with this has changed and how yours can too. And we discuss

getting off the perfection treadmill.

So one thing I've been working on recently is something I'm really excited to get to share with you,

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