The Simplists
By The Simplists
We believe that simplicity leads to freedom, increased joy, and less stress.
The Simplists Apr 02, 2019
I'm back
I'm back.
I know, I know. Usual story. Busy. Blah.
(I promise I am back for REALS now).
Come follow me on instagram @the.simplists
Caitlin Limmer - 'HRH' - Honesty, Resilience and Hard Work
Caitlin is the founder of The BearCat Running club, a running club based in a pub. She is the former Race Director of the iconic Cabbage Patch 10 race and someone who has so many stories to tell.
Take this episode out on a long walk or run and be INSPIRED.
Episode links:
The BearCat Running Club - go and follow and join in on some virtual runs with the club www.facebook.com/BearCatRunningClub
MDS Charity - Caitlin is involved with this wonderful charity that provides patient support for this underfunded disease
mdspatientsupport.org.uk/
A book that I gift SO OFTEN - Living with a Seal - Jesse Itzler. Read it. So many wonderful nuggets of wisdom. An intro to David Goggins.
Then read this book - Can't Hurt Me - David Goggins. Breathtaking.
Digme Fitness - spin, HIIT and yoga concept studio www.digmefitness.com
A book Caitlin recommended that I haven't read - Everyday Ubuntu
If you would like to connect with Cailtin, you can email her caitlin@bearcatrunningclub.co.uk
I know Caitlin will be back, I can't wait. We might share some embarrassing stories on the next one.....
Until next time stay safe and stay well
Bridget xx
Leanne Spencer - Health, Hustle, Humility and Happiness.
Our last lunch date went on for hours, we just talk and talk when we get together.
I have wanted to introduce you to Leanne for a while now, the lockdown was the perfect opportunity to get an interview recorded.
In this episode:
Why Leanne left the corporate world.
The route through and out of alcoholism/addiction.
The 3 words that describe The World's Toughest Ski Race.
The health and fitness myths that really bug Leanne.
What it takes to become a Bear Grylls Survival Instructor.
Why I believe she is a 'fierce female' and a quick introduction to her Diversity Role Models work.
We will be back for another episode!
Here are some links for you to follow as we discussed:
Leanne's TedTalk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SLP1BF7KBQ
Bullet Journals video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm15cmYU0IM
The Oura Ring - https://ouraring.com/meet-oura
HRV explained - https://www.firstbeat.com/en/blog/what-is-heart-rate-variability-hrv/
Leanne's 5 books she would love you to read:
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Slim by Design by Brian Wansink Ph.D
You can connect with Leanne and Bodyshot Performance here:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BodyshotPT
Instagram @bodyshotperformance
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannespencer1975/
Please connect with Leanne, share this episode with someone who may benefit from it, and let’s spread the love.
Until next week Stay safe and stay well Bridget xx
Sponsorships: off for this episode
Robin Windsor - Strictly, Sequins, Sadness and Success
I can’t believe how quickly this podcast episode went. It seemed to go by in a flash, I will definitely get Robin back to chat some more at a later date.
In this episode:
- How and why dancing has been a part of his life for so long.
- The instant fame that Strictly Come Dancing brought him.
- The special moments from his four SCD seasons.
- How one text message saved his life (literally.
- Why mental health matters and what he is doing to help others.
- Padded pants (you’ll have to listen to find out!).
- Who Robin is NOW.
- How to tune in for his wonderful Friday night ‘In In’ dancing and drinking session.
- Why he believes he can teach anyone to dance.
- How losing everything financially, taught him so much.
Let’s not forget Robin’s message to the world:
“Make someone, you don’t know, smile today.”
You can connect with Robin here:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/robinwindsor
Instagram @robinwindsor
Twitter https://twitter.com/Robinwindsor
Robin is available for 1 to 1 classes, group classes too – just contact him info@officialrobinwindsor.com
Please connect with him, share this episode with someone who may benefit from it, and let’s spread the love.
Until next week
Stay safe and stay well
Bridget xx
A comforting chat in the time of Coronavirus lockdown - some suggestions to help you all mentally
In a slightly different direction from my season 2 format (although still in the same subject area), I wanted to pop on and create an episode for you all seeing as we are now on lockdown.
It's an episode that we will all look back on after our lives have changed in so many different ways.
It's an unprecedented time, we haven't experienced anything quite like it before.
Many of you have contacted me with fears that you are becoming increasingly lonely, bored, anxious and depressed. I hope this episode will be of some light relief.
I have noticed so many changes in the way we are being marketed to, particularly on social media. At least the strong/skinny/diet stuff as stopped for now!
Let's all stick together.
I'm here for you all.
Find me on Instagram @mrsbridgethunt Twitter @inbedwithbee and Facebook www.facebook.com/bridget.hunt1
If you need to email me - huntbridget@icloud.com
Huge love to you all
Stay Safe Xxxx
Mental Health Makeover - The social media trap.
As ever I start with a little catch-up...
In my second episode in this series on mental health, I delve into the social media world to find out what steps we can take to stop spiraling into depression and the anxiety comparison trap.
I am passionate about mental health and the rise of social media has seen an increase in comparison anxiety.
One very simple sentence that I read recently inspired this episode so I'll spend a bit of time chatting about that first.
Then, given that it's January I thought I would talk about New Years Resolutions and falling off an imaginary wagon (Clue it's not the falling that's the problem!).
The rules I have for who I follow.
How to cull - the questions to ask yourself.
Why breathwork and then humour is the best antidote to an anxiety attack.
Send me your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt Have a great weekend everyone.
Happy New Year - let's start 2020 with a new mindset over mental health
I am back with a new mini-series on improving mental health!
Tucked up in bed in my PJs and ready to help you in these dark winter months.
After a brief update (and excuses) on what I have been up to since the last episode, I get stuck into the topic of depression/anxiety.
Some links you may be interested in:
Spinning Out - Netlfix series here
What is Yin Yoga? here
I will post details of our I AM ENOUGH event here shortly.....
Previous episode on the topic I AM ENOUGH here
Start your very own journey into feeling 'enough'. Take a sheet of paper and spend 15-30 minutes writing all the ways you are enough. Now stick it somewhere you will see it every single day.
Send me your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt Have a great weekend everyone.
Getting over Imposter Syndrome
I start this episode with a catch-up, sorry I haven't recorded anything for a while. You can fast-forward if you like but some of it is relevant to my podcast episode.
I want to include a mini catch up at the start of each episode from now on.
Diving into Imposter syndrome, I cover:
- What Imposter syndrome is.
- The effect that it has on us.
- Ten ways I have found helped me move on from it, into action and higher self-esteem.
- The sentence I learned from the entrepreneur Glen Carlson that changes EVERYTHING.
Links to stuff I chat about and recommend:
Fiit app - Introduced to me by my lovely friend Antonia, I particularly recommend the breathwork on the app. Find out more here
The work of Max Strom - he does breathwork and he does yoga, start by watching this Ted Talk
This crazy book by Miranda July - No one belongs here more than you
Cal Newport's Talk and Book - highly recommend both!
It's a topic that I see come up time after time and you really don't need to be paralyzed by it anymore. Start some breathwork and allow yourself space to understand that no one belongs here more than you xxx
Send me your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt Have a great week everyone.
Guilty pleasures - why not simply 'pleasures'? Let's ditch the guilt.
Guilty pleasures get talked about a lot.
From TV to food, we feel that we should justify why we choose to do something.
I disagree with the principle that a pleasure has guilt attached to it.
In this episode I delve a little deeper!
Send me your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt Have a great week everyone.
Raising your self-esteem - how to go from 'not enough' to I AM ENOUGH
Self-esteem is one of my FAVOURITE topics.
Pretty much everyone I coach comes to me with a specific goal and behind that lack of perceived ability to reach for it is low self-esteem.
In this episode I share:
- Some interesting research into self-esteem.
- How a lack of self-esteem manifests in everyday life.
- What higher self-esteem could mean for you - (spoiler - big things happen)
- Practical tips to raise your esteem.
- The one simple thing that always makes my self-esteem soar.
I could talk for hours on this topic. It's so vital.
I just LOVE to help people in a way that works, if you have a topic you would like me to do an episode on then please get in touch.
Send me your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt Have a great week everyone.
Why positive psychology is making us more depressed.
One of my burning topics right now.
I get so many clients coming to me with shame. A shame that they don't feel like they are 'winning at life' and guilt because in spite of having read books, gone on courses, they still haven't got to where they want to be.
In this episode:
- What trying to lie to ourselves does.
- What happens when we move away from our feelings.
- What the fuck-it bucket is.
- Why "just snap out of it" is one of the worst things you can say to someone with depression.
- The problem with the trend in gratitudes and how to make them work and maximise their benefit.
- How I get to my goals, the one mindset I choose to work with.
I like people to leave with positive action steps and not a fluffy 'dream it and you'll do it' mentality. It doesn't work.
I just LOVE to help people in a way that works, if you have a topic you would like me to do an episode on then please get in touch.
Send me your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt Have a great week everyone.
How we can all improve our mental health
Last week was mental health awareness week and so after a week of reflection on my own mental health history I have tucked myself into bed to chat about why we are suffering, and what we can do about it.
In this episode I discuss:
- Why mental health issues are on the rise.
- Why a certain age group is having increasing mental health issues.
- Why the film Pretty Woman inspired part of this episode.
- Why self-doubt is one of the things we need to address to improve our mental health.
- The reasons we struggle.
- What we can do to address improving our mental well-being.
The link to the fabulous book 'Women who think too much' is here.
Now go and do a mini-audit, find your voice and choose happiness :)
Send me your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt Have a great week everyone!
How words can be weapons - the stuff we tell ourselves that isn't true
In this episode I give you a couple of examples of how what we tell ourselves, matters.
My own battle with depression and anxiety used to be driven by my feeling that I wasn't enough. Due to bullying at school I felt not good enough, not worthy of others time.
When we get a negative input from childhood, often a word or a sentence we can carry that for decades, we tell ourselves it's the truth when often there isn't a shred of truth to it.
How we can reframe it by examining it and then replacing it with what we know to be true.
I would love to hear any limiting beliefs that you have, let me help you examine them and let's start a new version of that story that is positive.
Send me your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt
Have a great week everyone!
Interview with my muse - the incredible Jo Beale
Everyone needs a muse right?
Jo Beale is mine.
We first met years ago and through friendship and coaching, we have the most incredible connection.
Everything I write, every answer I go and seek is for her. I wouldn't be where I am today without her in my life.
In this episode you will discover:
- How we met.
- Why she hated other women.
- How she lost an entire 'person' in weight.
- Why she is such a straight-talker.
- How she helps her clients REALLY get fitness results.
- How she parents (she is a WONDERFUL Mother).
- Which book is the one she recommends the most.
- Something no one knows about her....
For more information on her services or to connect with Jo:
Website: www.fitmess.co.uk
Instagram: @jobealept
Facebook.com/jobealept
Email: jo@fitmess.co.uk
The link to the two books we mention in this episode:
I loved our interview, I can't wait to chat to her again!
A Collection of 'truths' I have discovered that make life much happier.
I discuss fad diets, stupid exercise classes, people who don't like me, chin hair, communication, sweating the small stuff.
I would love you to share this episode with anyone who needs to know how great life is in your 40's.
For a bit of balance I also mention some of the not so great things.......
I would love to hear your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt
Have a great week everyone!
Success can happen at any age - here's the secret sauce.
One topic I am really passionate about is living a life of no regrets. I am not talking about making mistakes as we all make mistakes and learn and grow from them. I am talking about REALLY wanting to do something and not doing it, not taking action and regretting it.
We set so many expectations for ourselves by using age as a milestone for achievement.
I hear so many people say "By 30/40/50 I want to have x,y,z", usually marriage, house, kids etc.
I also hear people in their 40's still not know what they want to do in life and a pressure to make a decision and tick some boxes.
But my biggest concern is that as we get older, we use age as a barrier. A barrier that means we no longer try, we stop dreaming and we SETTLE.
I am here to tell you that I won't accept this from any of you. I want you to find that passion, dream big, take action every day and go to sleep feeling happy and satisfied every single day.
In this episode I also share my road map of rules I live by when I want to live my passion.
Success can happen at any age and it doesn't matter if you haven't got it all figured out and you feel like you are 'winging it'. Thank you to the wonderful @cmclymer for the story on Kathryn Joosten.
I would love to hear your thoughts! Send me a voicemail on the Anchor app or message me on Facebook here or Instagram @mrsbridgethunt
Have a great week everyone!
People-pleasing doesn't work, here's what does.
Are you a people-pleaser?
I used to really battle with this and still do a little but I am 90% better than I was.
I want to write a whole book about people-pleasing and may still do that in a year or so but before then I am going to chat about it in this episode as it is so important.
I outline the different people-pleasing signs and some of you might identify with just one, one of my clients came to me with all of them and we worked hard on turning it around!
If you battle with people-pleasing then doing the work on it will free up your time, allow you to truly step into your own identity and you will have the courage to to just be yourself.
Some of the things I discuss:
- How the trait of people-pleasing starts in our formative years.
- Why we guess what others are thinking.
- What mind-reading and fortune-telling are and why people-pleasers often use both.
- Why assertiveness is the only way to clear and authentic communication.
I loved this episode because I am so passionate about it. I have learnt a lot over the years about overcoming people-pleasing and I now carry the words of Derek Sivers around with me all day, every day...
"It's either a HELL YEAH or a NO. Join me in choosing to do something because it's a HELL YEAH and let's say a firm NO to the things that don't serve us.
You don't need motivation - you need an action plan.
Motivation is so fleeting, as is inspiration.
I know so many people who read self-help books or go to big seminars and say "I feel so inspired and motivated", and yet they don't take any action. Then they get into a spiral of needing that new high from a book or course and so it repeats.
I believe that we get motivated after we take action on something we truly want to achieve.
Instead of seeking external motivation from 'uplifting quotes', set a goal for your motivation to come internally.
When you write a kick-ass plan for yourself, one that is bullet-proof, the day you start on it is the day that motivation comes into play.
My favourite place to start in this journey towards success is forming an awesome routine.
So join me in this episode where I outline the mistakes we make in waiting for motivation to come knocking at our door and how by forming a very simple action plan you CAN be inspired every single day.
The link to the fabulous book Atomic Habits by James Clear is here.
Thank you for listening!
Burnout is very real - and dangerous too. Here's how to AVOID it.
I have suffered with burnout before and I want to help you if you are heading that way.
I discuss what burnout is and what it can mean to your body.
I share the one question I ask myself to check if I am heading for burnout again.
Do you have 'human giver syndrome'? What is it and what it means if you do.
My tips for preventing burnout, they work for me and I would like you to try them. They include putting yourself first and creating a cavewoman space!
How I recently spotted it in someone else and why I believe it's important to have our antennae listening for the signs in others.
It's a topic close to my heart, thank you for listening and if you would like to message me you can find me here:
www.facebook.com/inbedwithbridget
Instagram @mrsbridgethunt
Until next time
Bridget x
Fear is the enemy of action.
In this episode I explore:
How fear can paralyse us - how the story we tell ourselves often has no evidence behind it.
Why do we listen to it?
A strategy for lessening fear.
How little actions every day lead us to big results.
The one trick I use to overcome fear and it works for me every single time. Here is the link to the Mel Robbins Talk.
I saw this quote over a year ago now and it really has stuck with me:
To fight fear, act. To increase fear — wait, put off, postpone.
– David Joseph Schwartz
You CAN beat procrastination
In this episode I talk about overcoming procrastination.
The reasons we procrastinate and what to do to overcome it.
I would love to hear your thoughts!
What do you procrastinate about most?
You can find me on Facebook - Bridget Baronti-Hunt
Or on Instagram - @mrsbridgethunt
I can't wait to help you get out of procrastination and into ACTION.
P.S. This is the microphone I am using - I got mine on Amazon and here is the link.
Welcome to 'In bed, with Bridget'
Please let me know if you have any topics that you would like me to talk about.