Episode 8: Lockdown Lessons - with Lucy Donoughue, Happiful

How does someone whose work focuses on understanding community well-being, manage their own well-being in a pandemic? When Covid-19 hit I remembered conversations I’d shared with Lucy Donoughue from Happiful magazine about what people’s priorities were around wellness and mental health. This was in February 2020 (which seems like a lifetime ago!) just before Corona appeared in our world. I was curious to know what Happiful and Lucy’s research was bringing up in the middle of a pandemic and how someone who focuses on well-being manages their own mental health. When life gives you lemons…do you really make lemonade? I’m so pleased to welcome Lucy Donoughue for this episode where we share lockdown lessons, corona-isms and what the world looks like when we lose all certainty and control. It’s a juicy one so grab a cuppa! Lucy is the host of I am. I have podcast, contributing writer for Happiful Magazine and Head of Partnerships for the Happiful Family, which includes Counselling Directory and Life Coach Directory. Lucy is particularly interested in highlighting that while we all have mental health, and some of us will have mental illness, this doesn’t define who we are.  She has lived with OCD since her teenage years and is an advocate of therapy and open conversations about mental health in the workplace.   Lockdown lessons we share: - The importance of making conversations about mental health normal and how C-19 has affected this - How people are coping with Corona and lockdown - The long term effects of Corona and what our new normal looks like - How to really truly cope with uncertainty and being ok with the unstable ground - An amazing tool to appreciate the benefits of this time - All the corona-isms - unusual challenges, the words we never thought we would be using - Our best lockdown lessons including writing a letter to your future self at https://www.futureme.org/ See all the amazing work Lucy and the team at Happiful does to create a happier, healthier society. Leave a great review and win a free 121 coaching session... If you enjoy the show, please do subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast app and leave a 5 star review. It helps spread the well-being message and allows more passionate people learn how to create mindful businesses. Every month one reviewer will get the chance to win a free 121 wellness coaching session. www.alifemoremindful.com