Ep 36. Adwoa talks to Dr. Ciara Dockery about how we can all thrive in isolation

The Gurls Talk Podcast

Gurls Talk

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 584 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

There’s nothing more important right now than a good chat with a wise friend, and that’s exactly what Dr. Ciara Dockery is for both myself and every member of the Gurls Talk community. Ciara is a clinical psychologist and our new chief clinical advisor and she’s here to show us how we can do more than just survive isolation, we can thrive in it. This episode teaches us all about how our mental health can be impacted during such strange times. To overcome, we must take stock of our emot...

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0:00.0	Girls Talk.
0:06.8	You're listening to the Girls Talk podcast, hosted by me, Adjoa-Boha and powered by our friends at Nike.
0:13.9	This is where girls come together to talk, share, listen and take control.
0:19.0	So listen to us every week for your source of fierce chat. And don't forget to
0:23.8	subscribe. Hi everyone. I hope you're all safe and well in this incredibly uncertain time. I'm excited to introduce the wonderful
0:39.4	Dr. Kira Dockery, a doctor of clinical psychology with expertise in crisis intervention and suicide
0:46.2	prevention to the Girls Talk podcast. This is really such a special episode for us as recently
0:53.1	Kira has joined our team as chief clinical advisor.
0:57.0	She will be helping out behind the scenes alongside myself and the girls talk team to ensure we provide
1:02.5	you with medically accurate information and all that we do. Dr. Dockery will also have a regular
1:09.2	slot on the girls talk podcast, exploring mental health
1:12.7	from an expert's point of view and answering questions you may have. So please send them all her
1:18.7	way. I'm so excited about this part and this new part of the podcast. But on today's episode,
1:26.2	we will be discussing the mental health implications of COVID-19,
1:30.8	our ongoing digital initiative coping together and coping tips to practice during this lockdown period.
1:37.6	Kira, welcome to the Girl's Talk Podcast.
1:41.1	Hello, Adjua, happy to be here.
1:43.7	Oh, I'm so glad not to have you here because we're not
1:46.6	together. I know, I know. As we are self-quarantining, but to see you through the laptop and to be doing
1:54.3	our first ever, I mean, I suppose we've done them remotely before, but this, I suppose, is different because of the situations that
2:02.6	we've all found ourselves in, but it's so nice that we're able to do this and to talk about
2:08.3	some really important things that the whole world and our community are going through at this time.
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