Ep 85. Help Me! (Like a virtual hug) with Marianne Power

On today's Calmer You Podcast I speak with Marianne Power the Author of Help Me! We chat about:* Facing your fears (Marianne has done some incredible things!)* How Marianne upgraded her identity to be a more confident person * The things that Marianne has found most (and least) helpful on her self help journey * How to overcome a fear of public speaking * Powerful and Reassuring advice for those with anxiety and depression.My confidence challenge is coming up at the end of Feb: 5 days to become more confident, connect with others of the same path and have fun. It’s one of my favourite offers and totally free. Join at www.calmeryou.com/confidenceA special offer from our sponsorThis podcast is sponsored by Blinkist. Get a 7-day free trial and 25% off when you head to www.blinkist.com/calmeryouTranscriptChloe:Hello, and welcome to the Calmer You Podcast. This is the place to be to becomeyour calmest, happiest, and most confident self. And this is your host, ChloeBrotheridge. I am a coach and a hypnotherapist. I'm the author of The AnxietySolution and Brave New Girl. Today, I'm so lucky to get to speak the MariannePower, who is the author of the brilliant book, Help Me, which is herexperience of reading a different self-help book every day for a year, andputting things into practice, and seeing what the results were for her. Andthis book is firstly, very, very funny, and secondly, very helpful, comforting,inspiring, reassuring. There are practical assets in there as well. I reallythink you're gonna love it. And so myself and Marianne talked about facing yourfears, and Marianne really has faced a lot of fears and she shares some of theincredible things that she's done through the course of writing this book, andI think it's quite amazing. I'm very, very in awe of her. Wetalked about the things that Marianne has found the most, and also the leasthelpful from all the things that she's tried on her self-help journey. We alsoget into how to handle her fear of public speaking. So, many of us strugglewith this, and Marianne shares really beautifully about her experience of thatand what she's doing is overcome it. And she just gives some really reassuring,lovely, comforting words of advice to people who are struggling with anxietyand depression. And this podcast, I hope is going to feel like a big hug and areassuring message that you are actually okay. And you're not as bad as youthink you are basically. In fact, you're wonderful. So, I really hope you’regoing to enjoy this episode. If you're looking to become a more confidentversion of yourself in 2020, then I want to invite you to come on over to seemy website and join me in the upcoming confidence challenge where every dayI'll be sending you free resources and invites to connect with our community togrow your confidence in five days in very, very simple, simple and fun stepsand with simple fun exercises. So, you can join us, we're going to be startingsoon over at CalmerYou.com/Confidence. So, let's get into the interview with Marianne Power.Welcome, Marianne, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.