Hello and welcome to the Friday 5, my weekly dip into the cool reviving waters of the

world of well-being and first up Happy New Year! I hope it turns out to be a very happy

and healthy one for all of us. Good news that Omicrom is proving to be so mild and that our

natural immunity to COVID is increasing in society, this can only be a good thing and perhaps

even signaling an end to this pandemic, here's hoping so in any case. Very many thanks indeed to all

those who have so kindly left my team and me such incredibly supportive and positive messages

across all our social media platforms. We do pick up and respond to pretty much all comments and

queries and it has been so great to connect with so many of my podcast listeners this way too.

So if you fancy a bit of interaction you can find us, Lazar Wellbeing on Instagram, Facebook,

Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and now even on TikTok too, so plenty of ways to get in touch and there's

even email of course, like this one sent to the team and me just before Christmas from a nurse,

Sarah, which was just such a lovely example of the very many comments and feedback that we receive

just so positive that I thought I would kick off today's show by sharing it with you.

So Sarah writes, dear Lizelle team, I just want to thank you so much for your incredible

inspiration and knowledge that he's been shared throughout this year. I've become a real Lizelle

groupie. I was reflecting back to this time last year, which was when I seriously decided to look

far deeper into my own world of health and wellbeing. As I reflected, I realised just how much

change has happened as a result of listening to your podcasts, live Monday, Wednesday and Friday

lunchtime sessions, as well as devouring your bi-monthly magazine and reading inspirational stories

from other people who also follow you on social media. I am a nurse who has been working on the

front line since the start of the pandemic and so any opportunity to listen to you is, quote,

my time and my husband knows not to interrupt me when I say I'm having some Lizelle time.

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