S3, Ep 8 Best Friend Therapy: Festive Hangovers - Why can Christmas feel complicated? How can we support ourselves? What can we learn?
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Emma Reed Turrell
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Or not. Because, however your festive season has been this year, and however you chose to celebrate, you’re welcome in this conversation. So join us, as we ease our festive hangovers together (both literal and metaphorical).
Special occasions and holidays can be a flashpoint for emotions, and expectation can be the thief of joy. We’re not responsible for other people’s enjoyment of Christmas and yet the pressures to shop, socialise, cook, dress, eat and drink in festive form, can overwhelm even the most hardened people-pleasers among us.
Emma and Elizabeth share their best and worst Christmasses and offer advice if you’ve had a tough one this year. And we look forward by looking back, because the Christmas run-up can be one big set-up, and it’s something we can learn from for the future.
*genuine hangover advice also provided*
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| 0:00.0 | With Peloton offering up to £400 of selected bike plus and tread packages, |
| 0:04.7 | you might go all in with their classes and become a marathon training shadow boxing, |
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| 0:11.2 | Or you may just want to be able to touch your toes. |
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| 0:18.8 | start strong with up to £400 of selected Peloton packages. |
| 0:22.7 | Ofference 35th of January 2024. |
| 0:24.7 | Internet connection and Peloton all access membership £39 per month required. |
| 0:28.4 | C1 Peloton.co.uk |
| 0:31.4 | Hello and welcome to Best Friend Therapy. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm Elizabeth Day, author and podcaster and for over 20 years, |
| 0:38.3 | I've been best friends with a therapist. |
| 0:40.8 | That's me. Hello, I'm Emery Terrell and I'm a psychotherapist. |
| 0:44.7 | In my private practice, I talk to clients about the challenges they face in daily life |
| 0:48.7 | and we work together in a non-judgmental, supportive space to increase their sense of well-being. |
| 0:53.3 | And as her BFF, I get all the benefit of her expertise and wisdom for free. |
| 0:58.6 | Emma makes me feel better about life but also helps me to understand why I act the way I do. |
| 1:04.8 | Ah, thanks Liz. |
| 1:06.0 | She's also one of the only people allowed to call me Liz. |
| 1:09.3 | We wanted to open the doors to our friendship and throw a light on the therapy we all need |
| 1:14.0 | in our everyday lives. |
| 1:15.8 | Each week, we chat about what's on our minds to get deeper in our minds. |
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