Catherine Lorimer's Guide to Life

What have I been up to this week?  Have a listen to find out about my Meiners Disease diagnosis,  I don't let it stop me from doing things I want to do though.  I remembered the end music this week!

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We are at week 8 already, have a listen to this weeks podcast, find out how Pippa is getting on, what I have been up to with Merlin and what things I have been doing this week. 

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This week I update on how Pippa is getting on, what I have been doing with Merlin.  How the golf is going.  

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This week we headed off the Edinburgh for the fringe, hear all about some of the shows that we saw and some food recommendations.  If you haven't been to the fringe its a really great experience.

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Well we are already at week 5 of the new podcast format, fantastic thanks for listening.  A catch up on how everyone is getting along and then I chat about the difficulties of weight loss when you have PCOS.  I chat about how I am trying to overcome this, what techniques I am trying to loose weight and check out my Youtube video on the subject this week as well.  

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This week I give an update on how my golf is doing, I have begone the progression from horses to golf, by leaning to play golf this year, find out how I am getting on with that.

I also give an update on my weight loss and what I have been doing to lose weight, an update on my running. Find out what Merlin was up to this week and how Pippa is getting on with her incontinence issues.  Also find out how the teenager really surprised us this week.

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This weeks podcast probably isn't so humorous, but that's life isn't it, sometimes we have good weeks and sometimes we have bad weeks.  One thing that I have learned is not to tolerate the people in your life, who say they want to be involved in your life, try and get your attention then use silence as a form of emotional abuse, to make you doubt yourself. 

People who start criticising things you are doing, making people close to you see you in a different light just because they are jealous that you are getting more of th...

Have a listen to this weeks humorous podcas.  Get an update on the Badger situation.  Find out exactly why Jon calls perfect Pippa AZBO dog, find out what the teenager has been doing this week.  Hear about Merlin the Fell pony and what he has been up to this week and find out just how terrible this weeks round of golf was   

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A slightly refreshed podcast format, I will be sharing humorous stories about my week.

In this weeks episode, find out why I was in big trouble with the teenager. An update on what I am eating and how much exercise I am doing to achieve weight loss now I am over 50. 

Also find out about the Badger raiders, what Merlin thinks of his new hoof boots and why Pippa is being called AZBO dog!

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On this weeks podcast I chat through why I am qualified to provide advice on this topic and chat through ways to build resilience, based on my own experience.

I also give you a taster of a new stand up comedy routine that I have been working on, with the aim of going to an open mic night at some point.

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Here is the podcast that you have been waiting for all about Feng Shui, concepts and how I use it in my house.

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One this weeks podcast I give an update on how I am doing with the personal objectives and challenges that I have set myself.

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On this weeks podcast I chat about how I define success and give a bit of an insight into what it was like managing a Glaswegian team vs an English team.

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I was a bit surprised recently that some people don't know how to organise events.  Having worked for a Royal Medical College and organised complex admission ceremonies, examinations and educational events as well as the Lights to Remember service for Marie Curie at Chester Cathedral, I thought I would give some advice to anyone who is organising an event for the fist time and how to market it to the right people.

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This was prompted by Sophie Ellis Bexter*s post on Instagram a couple of weeks ago about the lack of female artists at festivals. I wanted to look a bit more into the detail a bit more on this one and see if that was the case.  This led me to thinking about the seemingly lack of rock chicks and female rock stars and I have a look at the reasons that might be. Is this whole Manosphere scaring women off putting themselves into the limelight? Or has the stalking of famous female celebrities had an impact? After all c...

Find out how I am getting along with my self improvement plan this month.  I give you an update about what I have been up to and what plans I have for the future.

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On this weeks podcast I chat through how to move away from dwelling on tramas of the past and things that happened in the past that you have no control over.  We all do it, recall past events, but you can't change the past and there is nothing that you can do to change it.

Looking around a garden is a great form of mind fullness, using everything that a garden like the one at Bodnant to bring you into the present moment.  

I also compare the cost of a lifetime membership to the National Tr...

In this weeks podcast I chat about how I worked through my post holiday blues.  having spent 5 fantastic days with a brilliant group of like minded independent women, with lovely food, lots of exercise so dopamine and serotonin hits, I was feeling really low, down, irritable and grumpy so I wanted to find a way to get myself out of feeling like this, have a listen to my podcast to see what worked and how long it took.

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On this weeks podcast I chat about relaxation and what I have learned this week.  I do a little meditation to give you an idea of what it is about.  I focus on collecting all of your negative thoughts or memories of past negative experiences help you to collect them up and help you to let them go. 

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Have a listen to this months news rant, not too much ranting going on though as you can't really change what is happening in the world.  So you are better focusing on your own life, changing that and living your best life and being the best version of yourself.

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The story of the music by Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring is set post second World War, he wrote it for a ballerina, the story is based on a young couple who are settling into a new farmhouse in the early 19th century.    

The angel is the woman looking back on her own life.  It also shows the transgression towards the end of her life, the spotlight represents the beam of light, a way up to heaven.  The music has part of the Lord of the Dance...

Firstly thanks to my incredible listeners, blown away by this weeks download figures, 11/04 it was 164 downloads over 7 days, a bit stunned really as when I first started it was about 7 a week.  Really appreciate the original 7 people though.  

This month there has been a lot of personal change for me, I am really good at identifying what is working in my life and what isn't.  If something is making me unhappy then I work to identify that and change it.

I am also really good at identifying things that I no will be a problem for...

Having had an encounter with someone who has this, I recognised some personality traits in myself so I wanted to find out all about it and self analyse myself. This podcast goes through the psychological and physical personality traits and what steps that you can take to overcome social anxiety.

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What has Mad King Donald been doing this month?

There is a bit of news, but not much as its a bit depressing, mostly this week I chat about getting a voice note from Vernon Kay and sending one back to him.  I also sing a bit and hopefully sound slightly funny in an effort to cheer anyone listening up a bit.  I hopefully restore your faith in humanity by relating a story about a really lovely encounter that I had with some strangers.

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Find out how I am getting on with my own personal self improvement plan and what exciting things that I have been up to this month. 

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For anyone who follows me on Instagram, then you might have seen that I have been sharing that a lot of chocolate contains palm oil. The amount of coco in chocolate has decreased which has impacted on coco bean farmers, the amount of milk in chocolate has been reduced which has impacted on diary farmers.

I can't remember what type of Easter egg that I received last year can you?

I thought I would have a look at some other gift ideas, or an experience,  something that someone will actually remember, rather than just getting a...

On this weeks episode, I take a light hearted look at Ghostly and UFO sightings in Derbyshire.  I chat through in a humorous and light hearted way, whether they could be a real thing or is there an alternative explanation.

Hopefully this will take you away from the news events that we are currently exposed to and give you some escape for a short while.

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In a special episode this week, I give my thoughts and opinions on the war in the Middle East.

I also give you some advice on how not to get to caught up in it, how to try to focus on the present moment.  Let now be the time that you decide to do that thing you always wanted to, unless its travelling to the Middle East obviously!

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This month there is certainly a lot of news to go through. This podcast will not cover everything and it should go with a warning, if you are a public school boy who went to boarding school, in government or a CEO of a multi million pound company you are not going to like what I have to say.

Listen to the end and please text into the podcast and let me know what you think about the last piece of news.

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Thanks to all my global listeners, really appreciate you listening to my podcast and joining my on my journey.

Here is February's podcast on how I am getting on with the objectives that I have set myself. How my surprise Valentines date went and a whole host of other stuff, including not trying to say erm quite as much.

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Its February the 14th, you have been living under a load of pressure of work, family, financial responsibilities and you have woken up and suddenly realised that its Valentines Day.  You have not arranged anything, not even got a card, don't panic, all is good, just have a listen to my podcast this morning, its packed with lots of ideas that can be arranged last minute that will make you look as though you had something planned all along.

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In this weeks podcast I have a look at UFO sightings and ghost sightings in Cheshire to see if there is any real evidence that either a UFO or a Ghost has been spotted. 

Have a listen to find out whether there are any real unexplained UFO sightings and has someone really seen a ghost.

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On this week I fill you in on what's been happening in January so you don't have to get to bogged down with what's in the news.  Sorry I do swear a few times this week!  

There is a new section called What's Trump done now, How many of you think he is starting to look more yellow that orange and more like Hommer Simpson?

I also give my thinking on Clocaenog Forrest Man, how he might have go there, so have a listen to this and lets see if we can get this person id...

As a follow up to my New Year New You podcast, I am going to do a monthly update evaluating how I am getting on with the things that I set myself SMART objectives for.  Which was do some more competing with my pony Merlin, do more with my art and aim to sell a painting by December and finish writing my book.  

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A new topic for this year, I am looking at UFO sightings in the UK starting in Cumbria.  This information is from the Government website which has published UFO sightings that have been reported from 1997 - 2009.

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This weeks podcast contains a collection of ghost stories from Cumbria.

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Happy New Year to all my listeners.  At the beginning of every year I like to reflect on myself and my situation.  What doesn't work, what I want to change about myself, what things I enjoyed doing and what I want to do more of. What things that I didn't enjoy and want to do less of next year. 

Join me on this podcast as I review myself and set myself some personal goals for 2026.  If you are doing this yourself remember to make sure they are SMART, specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timed.  If you set yours...

I was so organised in December preparing my news rant in advance, then forgot to publish it after too much Christmas Sherry.  Sorry for the wait here it is.  

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This weeks podcast is about things that you can do with your partner, obviously there is the usual banter by myself which has nothing to do with the actual podcast and I sing at the end as well.  For any James Blunt fans out there, yes you guessed it I am a little off key!  

Christmas can be a lonely time though, so you can do quite a few of these things on your own or with your dog, you don't need to be part of a couple. 

And Christmas is just one day, you don...

This week as a Christmas special I have written a ghost story, sorry its not Christmas themed.  As with everything that I do it is based on real events and things that have actually happened to me which I revel after the story.

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