Catherine Lorimer's Guide to Life
Fifty something, strong minded independent woman who lives with a black Labrador called Pippa. I have lived a full life, been married, divorced, travelled with others and alone, been to concerts and festivals alone. I have run a marathon, owned and run my own small holding and separate dog walking business, I ride horses and currently own a rare breed Fell pony called Merlin. I have taken part in dressage, show jumping, cross country and long distance rides. I have been on a South African Wildlife Safari, riding horses amongst zebras and giraffe. I have worked for a Royal College, a Castle on a small country estate, in book production and publishing, for Italian and Chinese companies.
I started my podcast to help me survive divorce, it has taken me on an incredible journey and I have pushed myself out of my comfort zone, doing activities the stories of which are available for you to listen to. I have met some incredible individuals along the way, real people who have overcome lots of different life challenges.
I have found myself having coffee with Paula Radcliff in Manchester, I have met Chris Evans, been interviewed by him on Virgin Radio, I have met the inspirational Richard Branson, sat next to the lovely Jake Quickendon at a charity event and asked him if he was on Instagram. I have worked on my self development, physical fitness and mental health, having suffered from social anxiety and had a massive lack of self confidence and I talk about this in my podcasts. By pushing myself to do all the things I talk about in my podcast, I have built up resilience. I am now mentally strong enough to date and my podcasts are currently on this topic. There are interviews with some truly inspiring real people to have a listen to, real life role models, who have overcome real life situations which you can listen to for advice and encouragement to help you through life.
Episodes
158 episodes
Coping with Post Holiday Blues
In this weeks podcast I chat about how I worked through my post holiday blues. having spent 5 fantastic days with a brilliant group of like minded independent women, with lovely food, lots of exercise so dopamine and serotonin hits, I was...
Let Those Thoughts go
New file with sound this time On this weeks podcast I chat about relaxation and what I have learned this week. I do a little meditation to give you an idea of what it is about. I focus on collecting all of you...
April News Rant
New file with sound this time Have a listen to this months news rant, not too much ranting going on though as you can't really change what is happening in the world. So you are better focusing on your own life, changing that a...
Star of Your Life - All about my painting
Star of Your Life = new file with sound this time The story of the music by Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring is set post second World War, he wrote it for a ballerina, the story is based on a young couple who are settling into a new...
New April New Me
Firstly thanks to my incredible listeners, blown away by this weeks download figures, 11/04 it was 164 downloads over 7 days, a bit stunned really as when I first started it was about 7 a week. Really appreciate the original 7 people thou...
All About Social Anxiety
Having had an encounter with someone who has this, I recognised some personality traits in myself so I wanted to find out all about it and self analyse myself. This podcast goes through the psychological and physical personality traits and what...
March News Rant
What has Mad King Donald been doing this month?There is a bit of news, but not much as its a bit depressing, mostly this week I chat about getting a voice note from Vernon Kay and sending one back to him. I also sing a bit and hope...
New Me New March
Find out how I am getting on with my own personal self improvement plan and what exciting things that I have been up to this month.
Don't just get a chocolate egg for Easter
For anyone who follows me on Instagram, then you might have seen that I have been sharing that a lot of chocolate contains palm oil. The amount of coco in chocolate has decreased which has impacted on coco bean farmers, the amount of milk in ch...
Ghosts and UFO's of Derbyshire
On this weeks episode, I take a light hearted look at Ghostly and UFO sightings in Derbyshire. I chat through in a humorous and light hearted way, whether they could be a real thing or is there an alternative explanation.Hopefully ...
What has Trump Done Now?
In a special episode this week, I give my thoughts and opinions on the war in the Middle East.I also give you some advice on how not to get to caught up in it, how to try to focus on the present moment. Let now be the time that you...
February News Rant
This month there is certainly a lot of news to go through. This podcast will not cover everything and it should go with a warning, if you are a public school boy who went to boarding school, in government or a CEO of a multi million pound compa...
New Year New February
Thanks to all my global listeners, really appreciate you listening to my podcast and joining my on my journey.Here is February's podcast on how I am getting on with the objectives that I have set myself. How my surprise Valentines date w...
Last Minute Valentines Ideas
Its February the 14th, you have been living under a load of pressure of work, family, financial responsibilities and you have woken up and suddenly realised that its Valentines Day. You have not arranged anything, not even got a card, don...
Cheshire UFO's and Ghost Sightings
In this weeks podcast I have a look at UFO sightings and ghost sightings in Cheshire to see if there is any real evidence that either a UFO or a Ghost has been spotted. Have a listen to find out whether there are any real unexplaine...
January News Rant
On this week I fill you in on what's been happening in January so you don't have to get to bogged down with what's in the news. Sorry I do swear a few times this week! There is a new section called What's Trump done now, How ...
New Year New January
As a follow up to my New Year New You podcast, I am going to do a monthly update evaluating how I am getting on with the things that I set myself SMART objectives for. Which was do some more competing with my pony Merlin, do more with my ...
UFO Sightings in Cumbria
A new topic for this year, I am looking at UFO sightings in the UK starting in Cumbria. This information is from the Government website which has published UFO sightings that have been reported from 1997 - 2009.
Spooky Tales from Cumbria
This weeks podcast contains a collection of ghost stories from Cumbria.
New Year New Me
Happy New Year to all my listeners. At the beginning of every year I like to reflect on myself and my situation. What doesn't work, what I want to change about myself, what things I enjoyed doing and what I want to do more of. What ...
December Monthly News Rant
I was so organised in December preparing my news rant in advance, then forgot to publish it after too much Christmas Sherry. Sorry for the wait here it is.
50 Things to do with your partner at Christmas
This weeks podcast is about things that you can do with your partner, obviously there is the usual banter by myself which has nothing to do with the actual podcast and I sing at the end as well. For any James Blunt fans out there, yes you...
Ghost Story - The Accident
This week as a Christmas special I have written a ghost story, sorry its not Christmas themed. As with everything that I do it is based on real events and things that have actually happened to me which I revel after the story.