cry, laugh, eat - making friends with your emotions
Feel less anxiety and stress and more peace and confidence in your relationships and your everyday life? In this podcast we share how your emotions can become your best friends! We share simple and fun ways to understand your emotions and strengthen your resilience and confidence.
Discover more freedom to be you!
Come and join us we explore everyday emotions in everyday life!
Love and squgz,
Helen and Ruth
(A squg is a big squishy hug! )
https://squgz.com/
Episodes
44 episodes
44. Happiness Jams: add a little P.O.P to your day!
In this episode, Ruth and Helen explore the vibrant connection between music, emotions, and happiness. We explore how P.O.P can bring colour and warmth to your day. Tune in as we share stories, laughter, and a few musical surprises that w...
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43: When life shocks you: what you can learn
Managing the stress of hard experiences. This episode was recorded right in the middle of receiving shock filled news. Through the shock, Ruth find some moments of peace and shares what she is learning about riding the waves of shock.&nbs...
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42: Dealing with the unexpected
Have you ever thought about the emotion surprise? In this episode we explore how surprise can help us get curious and learn what we need most.
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41: Three words to remember when you feel uncomfortable
In this episode, we share 3 things to try when you feel uncomfortable. We talk about what happens when we ignore our uncomfortable feelings and share 3 words to remind you what you can do to hear the message of your uncomfortable feelings.
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40: Four reasons why feeling uncomfortable is so great!
If you're like us, you don't like feeling uncomfortable. How can it possibly be a great thing? Join us and see what we have discovered about feeling uncomfortable.
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39: If I share how I really feel, what difference would it make?
So your orange warming light has switched on, your emotions are swirling inside you. Join us, as we explore one simple step to begin to feel different?
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38: Are you too responsible?
Do you frequently pay attention to other people's needs but neglect your own? This episode can help you find a balance and take care of you as well. https://squgz.com/
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37: Learn the signs: What are the warnings lights of your emotions?
How are your emotions similar to driving a car? What are the warnings lights on the dashboard of your emotional wellbeing?Come join us as we explore this and help you to know your signs and care for yourself as much as you care for ot...
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36: You got this: the power is within you to welcome your fears
No matter how stressful life is, or whatever you are experiencing, in this episode we talk about one step you can take when you feel uncertainty or fear taking over.
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35: A tool to help you shift unhelpful thoughts
Do your thoughts empower you and help you find solutions, or do they sometimes keep you stuck?Join us in this episode to explore a way to empower yourself to find the solutions and confidence you need.
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Episode 36
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34: You are stronger than you think you are!
You are stronger than you know! No matter whether you struggle with anxiety, anger management, worry, sadness, or overthinking, these struggles do not mean you are weak. Join us for this episode as we cheer you on We look forward to sh...
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33: Things to think about when a relationship feels one sided
This episode explores the feelings of one sided relationships and explores some helpful ways to help you know what to do
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32: How to feel strong when someone makes fun of you
In this episode we share three steps to help you when someone makes fun of the way you do things.
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31: 4 ways to handle criticism
What do you do when someone criticizes you? This episode share 4 simple ideas to manage the feelings that come when you are being criticized.
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30. How to ride the wave of frustration in your relationships
All of us feel frustration in our relationships sometimes. How do you deal with it? Does it mean your relationship is in trouble?
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29. Feeling exhausted?
What do when you feel exhausted? This episode talks about things we can do to feel rejuvenated
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28: How the emotion anger helps you to be heard
The emotion anger says "I am the voice in your head that tells you to stand up, speak out and fight back. When you listen to Anger, respect it, and hear its true message for you, you can feel strong and peaceful.
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Episode 28
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27: Friend or bully- how is your self talk?
Just because you think something negative about yourself, doesn't make it true!
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26: Don't stay down, get determined
We all feel disappointment, not just once but lots of times. It can leave us feeling flat. Don't stay down, disappointment has a personal message just for you.
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25: What makes you happy?
In this episode, we share 3 x easy ways to feel and enjoy happiness when it knocks on your door. We also we chat about connection, one of the faces of happiness.
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Episode 25
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24: Fear opens the door to confidence
All of us will feel nervous or fear towards something or someone in our lifetime. From our own personal life experiences we have learnt that, Fear as a friend tell us, "You've got this!"
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Episode 24
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23. Overwhelm is trying to tell you something important
Sometimes we are so busy trying to be a good person, we may overcommit ourselves and end up running around doing everything for everyone else. In this episode, we touch on the feelings of overwhelm vs overwhelmed, and the importance of ta...
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Episode 23
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22: Hiding from it doesn't work
Sometimes we try to hide from our emotions when they are trying to help us.Our friend Daniel Shine, joins us in this episode and shares the lessons he learned from Sadness, when he was caring for his ageing father.
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Episode 22
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