005: Don't Ask Me, I'm Not Here - with Zoe Flint

Have you ever experience hot sweats, shaking, dizziness, and panic in a public place? Do you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks regularly? Zoe did, and this is her story from a young age of feeling this way, through early adulthood and ultimately her journey of self-discovery. Although Zoe works predominantly in the mental health, wellness, and positive psychological space, she also has a very influential personal story. Zoe shares with us her personal experience of stress, depression and anxiety as well as her feelings of overwhelm and her experience with panic attacks from a very young age.

 

Trigger warning: this particular podcast episode mentions self-harming and suicide.

 

Best Quotes:

‘’One of the hardest things is the exhaustion… just feeling as if, I can remember describing it to my boss at the time, as if my body was made of lead. I was walking through treacle and every step was just exhausting.’’

 

‘’People self-harm for different reasons but for me, it was a suicide prevention. I felt absolute despair and like I’m completely backed into a corner but self-harming shocked that out of me a little bit.’’

 

‘’If you open your vulnerabilities, and I'm just going to qualify that sentence to say, our perception is that we are as judged for both of those things and in actual fact, maybe not.’’

 

RESOURCES:

• Action for Happiness: https://www.actionforhappiness.org/

• Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life - https://www.waterstones.com/book/ikigai/hector-garcia/francesc-miralles/9781786330895

 

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HOSTED BY: Sarah Myerscough 

 
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ABOUT THE GUEST

Zoe Flint is the Managing Director of Work.Live.Thrive . – an expert wellbeing consultancy that works based on the latest developments within mindfulness, positive psychology and neuroscience. She specialises in training, subscription services and policy writing as well as being able to provide tools and techniques that help you to manage your own mental health personally or within an organisation.   Website: https://worklivethrive.co.uk/