Today on Rise we are thrilled to welcome the lovely Michelle O'Dwyer. Michelle is a business owner and CIC founder who provides healthy cooking classes to a wide community of people in need of support across Liverpool and organises a free annual Christmas dinner which last year was attended by over 200 people. She was the perfect person for us to explore the positive power of local communities with, and a total inspiration.

Michelle's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bay_tree_cookery_academy_cic/
Donation page for Michelle's Community Christmas Dinner 2024: Community Christmas Dinner 2024 | Give as you Live Donate

Other resources mentioned:

Claritee Alcohol Free Events: https://www.clariteegroup.co.uk/

Zoe's Place Hospice Campaign: https://www.zoes-place.org.uk/save-our-liverpool-hospice/

We Can Do Hard Things Podcast: https://wecandohardthingspodcast.com/

Kindred (support for socially-trading organisations): https://kindred-lcr.co.uk/about-kindred/about-us/

The Women's Organisation: https://www.thewomensorganisation.org.uk/about-us/our-history/

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Welcome back to Rise! Today we are chatting about the science and psychology of awe and how accessing more of it in our lives can enhance our happiness and wellbeing. It is a unique emotion which we all recognise immediately when we feel it, but can be surprisingly hard to define and categorise.

Resources mentioned:

Liz's website featuring her Awe-tumn (see what she did there?) challenge: https://lizfolan.com/f/liz-folans-rise-resilience-programme-setting-to-soar

Liz's LinkedIn page: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/liz-folan-380a88a

Liz's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunrise.psychology/

Science of Happiness course:
https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/online_courses_tools/the_science_of_happiness

Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner: https://www.dacherkeltner.com/

Glimmers: https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/glimmers

The Huberman Lab: https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-charan-ranganath-how-to-improve-memory-focus-using-science-protocols

VIA Character Strengths: https://www.viacharacter.org/

Roy Basnett on Liverpool Live Radio (featuring Liz for Feel Good Fridays): https://www.liverpoolliveradio.com/roy-basnett/

Mindfulness: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/tips-and-support/mindfulness/

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot: https://canongate.co.uk/books/2264-the-outrun/

Young Minds: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

Dr Julie: https://www.drjulie.uk/

PERMA model of wellbeing: https://positivepsychology.com/perma-model/

Kate Baily: https://www.katebaily.com/

Raisin Meditation: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/raisin_meditation

Mel Robbins - looking for hearts: https://www.melrobbins.com/podcasts/episode-7

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Today on Rise we are chatting about the impact transitional periods can have on our mental health and wellbeing and how we have been impacted by this in different ways through parenting challenges, career changes and of course our sobriety journeys.

Resources mentioned:

The Outrun by Amy Liptrot: https://www.jameslockhartagency.com/agency-author/amy-liptrot/

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/56429/a-million-little-pieces-by-james-frey/

Jazmine and Mandy's open water swimming episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2055773/episodes/12093012-episode-8-water-with-jazmine-seddon-and-mandy-parker

Mindfulness: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/self-help/tips-and-support/mindfulness/

Elaine's breathwork episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2055773/episodes/15446243-episode-35-breathwork-with-elaine-bonfrer

Polyvagal theory: https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/whatispolyvagaltheory

Whole30: https://whole30.com/

Diary of a CEO: https://stevenbartlett.com/doac/

Andrew Huberman: https://www.hubermanlab.com/

Positively Teenage by Nicola Morgan: https://nicolamorgan.com/my-books/positively-teenage/

James Hollis: https://jameshollis.net/

Morning Pages: https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/

Will and Harper: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/will-and-harper-release-date-trailer-news

Scattered Minds by Dr Gabor Maté: https://drgabormate.com/book/scattered-minds/

Glennon Doyle: https://momastery.com/

Liverpool Live Radio (featuring Liz for Feel Good Fridays): https://www.liverpoolliveradio.com/roy-basnett/

DBT: https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/

Meditations for Mortals for Oliver Burkeman: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/

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