Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG Fitness Podcast. This morning I have been doing

some one-to-one client check-ins and one question I had for the podcast was how to manage

emotional tsunamis and stay on track. So you know know, just quite a small question for the podcast.

I probably have this up there with like, what is the meaning of life? Quite a tough one to answer,

but I thought I would give it my best shot and hopefully this will be helpful to some people.

So I think in this situation, perspective is your best friend and it's going to be quite individual how you find that. So I wrote a list of a few

things that help me find perspective. The first one's going to be really obvious and quite unhelpful really, but

going for a walk, I find that being in nature or just outside of your normal environment,

basically in a different environment, really helps with perspective. And I think if you can get away from your normal home as well like not just a walk

around the block like can you go a little bit further so for example I where I live just over

the river that I live next to or the estuary if you will where river meets the sea. Just over the other side is a really

nice place called Newport, which coincidentally is where my parents live, which is lovely.

And it's about a probably like a two or three minute drive, but it feels so far away from

Dundee, which is where I live.

I mean, not that far away, obviously, but it gives you that almost like barrier,

that it just feels like you're stepping out of work mode or stress mode

or whatever it is family mode, whatever it is that's stressing you out.

So that's my first tip and my second tip is that I will think about how I'll feel in a week,

in a year on my deathbed, like depending on the size of the problem or stress that I'm having or decision

that I'm trying to make. So if it's a minor thing, I might consider if I'll care about this next

week. And if it's a slightly bigger problem, I might think, will I care about this in a month?

And again, if it's a little bit bigger, maybe I'll like this time next year, will this

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