Ep 87. Ice cream for Breakfast, mental health and play with Laura Jane Williams

In this episode I speak to author Laura Jane Williams. We chat about:* The ups and downs of work* Her experiences with anxiety and mental health * Giving yourself the recognition you deserve * When your life is “amazing” on the outside but inside you’re struggling* The complexities of adulthoodTranscriptChloe:                        Hello, and welcome to the comedy podcast. This is your host Chloe Brotheridge. I am a coach. I'm a therapist and the author of the Anxiety Solution and Brave New Girl. I welcome you to this podcast. Thank you so much for listening. Thanks for being here. I'm talking to the wonderful, brilliant Laura Jane Williams. Laura Jane Williams is an author. She has written several books. The latest of which is called Our Stop. If you’ve read her books or you follow her online, she is just one of these people who has an amazing way of putting words to things that so many of us experience but find it hard to express. She's got an incrediblymagnetic personality, an amazing way with words and she talks a lot aboutmental health. We get into discussions about the ups and downs of work and thisthing that can happen so often when our life seems really amazing from theoutside. Maybe people are congratulating us on how well things are going andyet inside, we're really struggling. This can happen to so many of us and wechat about this. We talk about herexperiences of her journey with her mental health and anxiety. We talk aboutwhy it's so hard to give yourself recognition for things. She shares a practiceand an example of the experiences she's had where she's really been able togive herself that recognition. I think in having this discussion, it also givesus, the listeners, the permission to give ourselves recognition as well. Wetalk about the complexities of adulthood and just get into that whole topic,which I think all of us will be able to relate to.I love this conversationwith Laura. I think you’re going to love it as well and get loads from it. So,I just want to let you know that my amazing, if I do say so myself, confidencechallenge is coming up at the end of February 2020. I would love you to join us.It’s completely free. It's a five-day challenge. I am confident that if youjoin us, you will notice a change in your life and how you feel. Here's what Michelle said,someone who joined the last on that around there. She said, “This challengegave me the courage to go out of my comfort zone and try something new. It alsogave me the nudge I needed to reach out to some old friends and reconnect. Moreimportantly, it's made me realize I'm not alone. I now understand it's okay tobe open, honest and vulnerable.” So many people have said this from this freechallenge that I run, they met new friends. They took action that they wouldn'thave taken before. They learned things about themselves.They took a step outside of their comfort zone and I would love all of these things for you and more. You can sign up for free if you head to my website calmer-you.com/confidence. Pop your email address in there and I'll send you all the details about the challenge. That's calmer-you.com/confidence and I hope to see you there. Let's get into the interview with Laura Jane Williams. Welcome, Laura, thank you so much for joining me. How are you today? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.