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.
Catherine Lorimer's Guide to Life
Learning How to Say NO
On this weeks podcast I chat about something so simple that can made you feel a lot better and it will ensure that the takers of this world no longer take from you. Its the power of two letters to form a word that says no. For anyone who suffers from anxiety its hard to say those two words as you don't want to let people down, but if you continually do something for someone and they just take and take and don't give anything back then you will end up in a situation where you just feel really angry about everything.
Its not just saying no because you don't want to do something its saying no you don't want to be treated that way any more, you don't want someone to use you or to take advantage of you anymore.
By saying no you are practicing self care, you are setting boundaries for the takers of this world. Saying no the first time is really difficult, because you get anxious about the persons reaction and you build it up in your head as a big thing, but actually its not if you phase it correctly. I give a few examples of saying no without actually saying no. So please have a listen as saying no is one of the most important things in life that you can learn to do.