How To Have a Happy Holiday
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Author & psychologist Claudia Hammond talks lockdown loneliness during Christmas, including how the pandemic has impacted the nation's mental wellbeing, how the Government needs to handle potential increased pressure on mental health services, and ways we can improve and manage our moods as we enter the holiday season.
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| 0:02.4 | Hello, political listeners. I'm Mark Stephen, presenter of the Scotland Outdoors podcast. Now, I know this is completely different to politics, but if you love nature and the outdoors, then we have some fascinating stuff for you. We've been doing this for a couple of years now, and we've got everything from walking the West Highland way to the eerie and rather beautiful sound of seals |
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| 0:34.7 | Now, back to Podlitical. |
| 0:41.3 | Music via BBC Sands. Now, back to Podlitical. You're listening to BBC Scotland. |
| 0:46.2 | Hi, we're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast. It brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood's and Westminster. |
| 0:53.5 | It's 20 to |
| 0:54.3 | 4 on Wednesday the 2nd of |
| 0:56.0 | December. I'm Lucy White, a journalist |
| 0:58.0 | based in the Glasgow Newsroom. |
| 1:00.0 | And I'm Phil Sim at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 1:02.0 | And this is a bit of a bonus |
| 1:04.3 | pod litigal today. As you'll notice |
| 1:06.1 | we're recording on a Wednesday, not |
| 1:07.8 | Thursday, because we have |
| 1:10.0 | a very special guest with us, psychologist |
| 1:12.8 | Claudia Hammond, author of The Art of Rest and presenter of Radio 4's All in the Mind. Hello, Claudia. |
| 1:20.3 | Hello, hi, thanks for having me. You are very welcome. And as people may guess, political |
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