Life After Vaccination
Stories, sounds and reflections on life after the Covid-19 vaccination.
Presented by Matt Brombley.
16: Hugging
Thursday night lateral flow testing. Friday morning baking “I’ve Missed You Like Mad” Cookies. And, after much waiting, hugging.
15: Take The Weight
Another stage of lockdown easing is announced, with cautious cuddling included, but, when just a few days later concerns about new varients rise, will the protection of vaccination take the weight we need it to?
14: Maxination
Two weeks after dose two, what freedoms does (and maybe should) "maxination" bring?
13: Vaccination Day Two
Follow along with vaccination appointment number two, breakfast afterwards, and a catch up on side effects later in the week.
12: Second Shot
This week's episode opens with a follow up from last week's topic, further inspired by an Observer interview with Nigella Lawson. Then, a text message arrives, vaccination appointment two is book, an orange twirl is eaten, and some reflections on what this second shot really means.
11: Food, Fuel and Friendship
Food is not just fuel, but deeply social. This week's episode delights in food that fuels the body, that expresses the love of friendship, and that is shared and delighted in together.
Original Blood Orange Drizzle Cake Recipe (Saved Story on Instagram)
Episode 010 - Opening Up
As life opens up, this week's episode opens up about some of the struggles and strategies that this week brought with it.
Links:
Curiosity (Stylist):
https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/mental-health/coping-with-change-curious-mindset-benefits/497304
Episode 009 - Stepping Out...
It's a big week, as life life is slowly resurected, with the rule of six outdoors, and shielding coming to an end. The week's episode documents the stories, and the sounds, of each little step, each day, as life begins to open up once more.
Episode 008 - Present & Future
This week's episode reflects on the power of vaccines to help us forget about vaccines; about the power of vaccines to protect ourselves, our loved ones, and even strangers; and how anxiety can increase as our post-lockdown future becomes our post-lockdown present.
Episode 007 - One Year On
This week's episode looks back to one year ago, and ahead to one year from now. From the innocent naivety of the first weeks of lockdown, to imagining the impossible — what life will be like one year from now.
Hank Green's 'How Will Post Pandemic Behaviour Change?' Video
Episode 006 - Loneliness
This week's episode explores the topic of loneliness, Including lockdown loneliness, both in moments of celebration and moments of sadness, and how it has impacted LGBTQ+ young people (with a brief diversion in to the topic of conversion therapy). The episode ends with a mindfulness meditation to help find acceptance of ourselves, even in all our mess an uncertainty.
For anyone listening with kids, please note, there is one s-bomb in this week's episode, at 13:29.
Episode 005 - Thank You, Next
Ariana Grande is the unexpected inspiration behind this week's focus on managing the axietiies of life coming out of lockdown.
This week's episode opens with an unexpected inspiration for mental health advice. But in a song about Ariana Grande's ex's there is also a way to deal with the worries of coming out of lockdown. The episode then moves on to the ways lockdown has been difficult for each of us in different ways, and how by seeing in others things we recognise in ourselves, we can bring about more open conversations that will hopefully help make the months ahead easier.
Episode 004 - Resilience & Routines
This week's episode opens with reflections on the nature of anxiety, set to the backdrop of a week where everything has changed, yet, nothing has really changed.
Then, we jump in to the second part of Matt's conversation with Jess Clark, where the discussion moves to themes of resilience and routines in the face of changing circumstances.
Find Jess Clark on Instagram (@jessclark_pt).
Finally, the episode closes with two single breath mindfulness exercises.
Episode 003 - I Hardly Dare Hope
Featuring an interview with Jess Clark: personal trainer and frontline NHS worker.
