Why is that you can go on holiday and happily have a cream tea in the rain, but this would seem like a crazy idea if you were at home? How do holidays and travel affect our state of mind? And is it to possible to feel as good as we do when we have had a good holiday in our day to day lives? In this episode of the A Life Less Serious podcast George Halfin meets Juliet Fay, Three Principles Facilitator, poet and writer to reflect on these questions and contemplate how holidays and travel affect our state of mind and why.

If you would like to read the book 'A Life Less Serious' which features Juliet's story along with another 26 inspiring women from different backgrounds and and stages of life sharing their personal stories that reveal much about our relationship with ourselves, with each other and with the world, you can buy this on Amazon.

Find out more and join the Life Less Serious conversation on https://bio.site/alifelessserious Find out more about Juliet and connect with her onhttps://solcare.org/ Music: Seriously by: Yonina https://www.yoninamusic.com/ Illustration by: Thoughts Make Things https://www.thoughtsmakethings.com/

In this episode George Halfin meets Bronwen Warner, child physiotherapist and mum of two who lost her grandmother, her dad and her brother within five months of each other and six weeks before the birth of her second child. Bronwen shares the impact this had on her, how she came to terms with her grief as well as the innate capacity we all possess to deal with whatever life throws at us. They also discuss the freedom that comes when we are able to see beyond the expectations that we perceive other people have of us and people close to us. To find out more and join the Life Less Serious conversation go to https://bio.site/alifelessserious

Music: Seriously by: Yonina https://www.yoninamusic.com/

Illustration by: Thoughts Make Things https://www.thoughtsmakethings.com/

In this first episode George Halfin meets Tania Elfersy author of 'The Wiser Woman's Guide to Perimenopause and Menopause'. Tania shares her experiences of how her serious thinking about not feeling she was 'enough' in relation to her business and her kids affected her physical health and how she was able to see beyond this to have a new experience of life. They discuss the mind body connection and how this can impact symptoms of the perimenopause (a time of up to ten years when the body makes the natural transition to menopause which marks the end of the reproductive years) and menopause and much more besides.

You can find out more about Tania including where to get her book at https://www.thewiserwoman.com/

If you would like to read the book 'A Life Less Serious' which features Tania's story along with another 26 inspiring women from different backgrounds and and stages of life sharing their personal stories which reveal much about our relationship with ourselves, with each other and with the world you can it is available on here.

To find out more and join the Life Less Serious conversation go to https://alifelessserious.club/

Music: Seriously by: Yonina https://www.yoninamusic.com/

Illustration by: Thoughts Make Things https://www.thoughtsmakethings.com/