One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Gratitude - Noticing Whats Already There

This week Dr Caroline starts a three-part series on Gratitude. Our brain is designed to detect threat, so if you feel you're always seeing the negative, it's actually natural - the way we were designed. But can we challenge our brain and change the way we see things through neuroplasticity?    On…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Stacking

Sometimes it's hard to get motivated, especially when there's so much to do. It all seems too hard! But what if you could make inroads on that task list by cutting them into smaller tasks and stacking them, ticking them off as you go. Today Dr Caroline makes the complex easy, and the easy a breeze…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - 30 Second Hug

We find ourselves being busy, far too busy for true connection - but dis you know that a 30 second or longer hug releases a flood of happy feelings and creates an overall feeling of acceptance and bonding between each other?  As much as we might be racing from place to place, only connecting virtu…

One Small Thing with Dr Caroline - Sting in the Tail

What if the things we dismiss first have the most to teach us? In this episode of One Small Thing with Dr Caroline, we consider how easily we focus on what is obvious while overlooking what is valuable and how this tendency influences the way we think about ageing, experience and the contribution o…

My Social Support Network - Ep 27. You're Bad At Breathing

Here we are with Episode 2 of Regain Control, the guide to taking your life back, getting back out there, while helping you feel well, beat pain and more! This time, My Social Support Network's very own Paula Billig takes us through how to beat pain, and it's partly about learning how to breath. M…

My Social Support Network - Ep 26. Regain Control

2025 is a year of inspiration, so today we start our series on Regaining Control. How to take your life back, how to get back out there, how to feel well, beat pain and more!  My Social Support Network's very own Paula Billig takes us through the first part of our programme, and along with this ep…

My Social Support Network - Ep 25. Small Steps, Big Impact

In our second episode of Season 2, Dr Caroline Howe (founder of My Social Support Network) takes us through the very real changes we see in our bodies after an injury. This is very common, especially due to the added effects of damage to the Vagus nerve and the increase of cortisol in the systems o…

My Social Support Network - Ep 24. Create Today

In today's episode, we hear from Dr Caroline Howe, Founder of My Social Support Network (MSSN), as she takes us through the year ahead for the podcast, how MSSN works to support and encourage our members to heal and feel safe to get back to work via the Social Cognitive Career Theory. This year we…

My Social Support Network - Ep 23. Counting the Cost - Financial Help After Workplace Injuries

This is our third episode in the Summer Series, and this time we're revisiting Dr Caroline Howe's interview with Bernadette Redford from the Salvation Army "Money Care" Team. Originally aired as Episode 4 - Financial Support for Injured Workers, Bernadette will talk us through some practical advice…

My Social Support Network - Ep 22. Your Case Your Rights

This is the second episode of our best-of Summer Series while the MSSN Team take a break and prepare for more episodes in 2025. In this episode, Dr Caroline Howe speaks with Kevin Sawers from the Walker Law Group about worker's rights as they make their way through the Worker's Compensation Scheme…