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0:00.0	How's the business going?
0:01.1	We're busier than ever, but struggling to get the staff we need. Recruiting can be such a distraction. We gave Job Centre Plus a try, and they've really helped us out. Really? Yeah. It was dead easy. We got our own employer advisor, Julie, who helped advertise our jobs, shortlisted candidates for us and letters interview at the Job Centre. We've hired some great people, and Job Centre Plus really took the hassle out of it, And there was no fee.
0:22.7	Brilliant. That's straight on my to-do list. you at the Job Centre. We've hired some great people and Job Centre Plus really took the hassle
0:21.1	out of it and there was no fee. Brilliant. That's straight on my to-do list.
0:25.1	Find out more at business.gov.uk slash recruit. Eligibility criteria apply. Surviving the season.
0:46.3	This time of year can be really loaded for a lot of us.
0:51.0	The world is blasting messages about joy, family, and gratitude, while our nervous
0:55.2	systems are like, absolutely not. I'll say absolutely fuck not. So this is a space to name some of
1:01.2	what might be coming up, not to fix it, not to spin it, just to acknowledge it. Memories and triggers.
1:07.6	The holidays have a way of stirring things up for a lot of us the memories
1:11.0	tied to the season aren't cozy they're full of chaos tension unpredictability or emotional neglect
1:18.3	it's also a time of year loaded with sensory overload the lights music smells food and constant
1:24.3	noise can all act as triggers our bodies often react before our minds understand why.
1:30.7	Sometimes it brings back specific scenes from past holidays.
1:35.0	Other times, it just shows up as heaviness, dread, a sense that something is off,
1:40.5	like walking around with low-grade emotional hangover.
1:46.9	Grief in layers. The holidays can bring up a lot of grief to the surface, not always obvious and not always about one single thing. It can feel like grief
1:53.0	is stacking on top of grief. Some of the layers of grief that might show up, grief for people
1:58.0	who are no longer here, family members, friends, or pets,
2:07.4	who are a safe person, our anchor, or our only sense of home. Grief for the childhood we didn't get. The cozy, safe, loving version of the holidays we see in the movies and never experienced
2:12.0	ourselves. Grief for the family we wish we had, the fantasy version of our parents or siblings that
2:18.0	doesn't exist in real life but still lives somewhere in us.
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