Walk the Pod: 10 minute walking

In this, the penultimate episode of Series 22 of Walk the Pod, Rach takes her podcast for a walk because she doesn't have a dog. Take 10 minutes out of your day to walk in nature, and to pay attention to what’s directly in front of you. 

Your host

Rachel Wheeley is a comedian and human in the world, trying to figure out how to be happy here.

In this episode

Walking the cycle path in SW London and contemplating various things: the best name for a squirrel, loneliness and the stress cycle. 

And although I wasn't remembering it correctly, delightedly to have brought you this wonderful quote from Heather Havrilesky from this Ask Polly column from December, 2018.

"This is the beauty and the horror of being a writer — or trying to be anything, really: You can feel important or unimportant. No one cares. No one is watching. You can have fun or you can suffer. No one is grading you. No one is invested. You can proclaim yourself ahead of schedule, or you can spend your whole life telling yourself that you’re running behind. No one is there to measure. You can suspect that you’re insecure and outdated, long-winded and short-sighted, high-strung and lowbrow. Or you can conclude that you’re charismatic, a teensy bit talented, never boring, and reasonably worthy. You have choices. You are the decider. Because the truth is, no one else gives a flying f*ck."

Completing the stress cycle

Now that the threats to our safety are remote and intangible, how do we clear our systems of stress induced cortisol? Here are a few suggestions:

• Do some physical exercise
• Pet a dog
• Hug a friend
• Snog your partner/partners
• Hug your children
• Laugh
• Have a conversation with somebody
• Have a good cry
• Do something creative: make or cook something
  • Have a bath

My newsletter on the subject

Thank you for walking with me, Poddies. Looking forward to bringing you the last episode of the series tomorrow.

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• The next Walk the Pod walking meet up on January 9th 2022
• The WtP community message board discord server.

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