Ep 88. Being Mentally Fit with Shona Vertue

This week I speak to personal trainer and yoga teacher Shona Vertue. We discuss:* Her experience of therapy and SAD * Attachment theory and why there's nothing to be ashamed of if you are needy or codependent in relationships  * The pressures and boundaries of social media  * And of course, ask her the question – how are you really?  TranscriptMentally fit with Shona VertueChloe Brotheridge: Hello and welcome to the ‘CalmerYou’ podcast. This is your host Chloe Brotheridge. I am a coach, ahypnotherapist and I'm the author of the ‘Anxiety Solution’ and ‘Brave New Girl’.Thank you so much for listening today. I have an amazing guest this week Shona Vertue.Shona is known for being a fitness instructor and yoga teacher. But for somereason, this conversation isn't actually that much about fitness. We get intosuch a varied number of topics. She has had her career so far in the fitnessindustry, but she is now studying psychology and so this is a real passion ofhers.So, we get into topics like her experience of therapy, why it's totallyokay to have therapy and we talk about things like how to find a therapist. Wetalk about something called ‘Attachment Theory’ and you might have heard thisbefore. Some of us might be anxiously attached for example and it has to dowith things that happened in our childhood. We really get into why there'snothing to be ashamed about if you're somebody that is perhaps needy orcodependent in relationships because it's not your fault and it can often goback to these things in childhood. So, we chat about that.We get into the pressures and boundaries of social media and I also ask her my favorite question to ask people which is. How are you really? I love Shona’s answer this, she's really honest and open and talks about something that I think a lot of us can relate to particularly at this time of year. So, I think gonna love this episode. I felt like I was chatting to an old friend where I met show know even though we just met ten minutes before. Confidence ChallengeAlso, I want to let you know that my confidence challenge is coming up on the 24th of February 2020. You can sign up at Calmeryou.com/confidence.It's going to be 5 days of community, fun challenges, helping you tothink differently and take some action. So, that you can take a few stepstowards living the life that you want to live, being the person that you wantto be, accepting and loving yourself more, building your own self as and justfeeling better about being you overall. Last time I ran, it was really reallyamazing to see how people made profound changes over just five days and madenew friends and expanded their idea of what's possible for them. So, I'd lovefor you to join us as well. You need to sign up and register to get all thedownloads and workbooks and access the community. You can do that on my websitecalmeryou.com/confidence.So, let's get into the episode, with Shona. Welcome Shona, thank you somuch for joining me. How are you?Shona Vertue: I am good. Thank you forhaving me.Chloe Brotheridge: I would love to know a bitabout, what it is that you do people that don't know.Shona Vertue: Okay.Chloe Brotheridge: And how you got to where youare today? Can you share a bit about that? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.