Muddling Through: Recent Episodes
Antonia Holligan and Charlotte Dempster
Hello everyone and welcome to Muddling Through, hosted by us, two Scottish best friends, Antonia and Charlotte.
In this Podcast we will chat about everything from post lockdown anxieties to our worst adulting failures and everything in between!
Disclaimer: lots of rambling by us but hopefully lots of enjoyment by you!
Helloooo and welcome back to another episode of Muddling Through!
In this week's episode, we chat about all of our top holiday planning and money saving tips, as well as some of the best ones we have found online! We are fast approaching holiday season and we simply cannot wait!! However, life is expensive and so finding ways to save money or stretch the pounds are invaluable, and so we thought we would share some of our faves. We discuss everything from the best ways to save money on flights and car hire, to how get cute holiday outfits without splurging. We also just love holiday planning full stop so any excuse!
We hope you find some of these tips useful and helpful for planning all of your summer adventures!
- C & A xxx
In this week’s episode we are joined by Amy, Stacey and Molly, the amazing business women behind the vegan leather accessory brand, AR+CO. We discussed the inspiration and story behind AR+CO, the highs and lows of running your own business (whilst having other jobs and kids!), and the brand’s focus on ethical and sustainable fashion. We also get to hear how women empowerment is a driving force behind AR+CO, and how their own life experiences have made this focus all the more important. We also got to hear Amy, Stacey and Molly’s top tips for other aspiring business owners.We absolutely loved this conversation - we hope you do too! PSA: AR+CO are kindly offering Muddling Through listeners a 10% off code to use at checkout, valid until the end of April. Code: Muddle10 Go go go!!!
This week we had the pleasure of chatting to Jun, owner and chef at Cafe Pomelo, about all things business and food. We discussed the process of opening Cafe Pomelo, the biggest struggles of being a business owner and also the most rewarding parts. We picked Jun’s brain about where the inspiration for Cafe Pomelo came from and what his biggest piece of advice would be for someone thinking about opening their own business!
Of course, we also discussed the food and asked Jun about where he takes inspiration from when developing the menu, who taught him how to cook and what his death row meal would be!
Jun, you are an inspiration and we’re an absolute delight to speak to - thank you so much for coming on this episode!
Watch this space, big things are coming for this guy!
Ps - swipe for some banging food pics, Cafe Pomelo have some pop ups coming up soon so make sure you check out their Instagram page and book in before it’s too late 🍜
Heyyyyy friends, welcome back!
In this episode we revisit our old friend imposter syndrome but look at it through a fresh set of specs. We discuss how social constructs allow many people to believe they have imposter syndrome when they don't necessarily, the negative impacts of hustle culture and the realisation that even those you think most likely to avoid mistakes, likely make them every day!
We also discuss the importance of backing yourself and taking that leap of faith... it could lead to great things.
Before we chat about any of that however, please do enjoy a solid 20 minute catchup on our lives and a good old ramble - it's what we do best.
Love
C & A
xxx
In today's episode we are lucky to be joined by the lovely Isla to chat about how she finds life being (mostly) social media free. We discuss the pros and cons of life without social media, and Isla gives actionable tips on how to reduce social media time. We also get to hear how living without Instagram has helped Isla to stop seeking validation for her looks from Instagram likes, or from fitting the “instagram aesthetic”. She also explains how ditching the socials allows you to reclaim control not only over your time, but all aspects of your life, including your thoughts and interests. We found this episode super interesting and eye opening - we hope you do too!! - C & A xxx
This week we discuss friendships ( again ) ! In this episode we chat about inner circles getting smaller, making friends becoming harder, and the importance of maintaining and nurturing the friendships you do have amongst many other things.
Thanks so much to everyone who answered our instagram polls - you can find us @muddlingthrough_
We hope you enjoy <3
Love
C & A
xxx
Hello everyone - we hope you haven't forgotten who we are!
After a v long break, we are super excited to be back recording. What better way to start a new year, and a new season than to reflect on 2022, and focus on our mindset, goals and aspirations for 2023.
We find it so useful and rewarding to take the time to think about how we have been feeling over the last year, and think about ways which we can learn and grow from it, whilst aiming to make 2023 an even more rewarding and fun year!
We hope you enjoy this chatty episode and we are SO PLEASED to be back!!!
Lots of love
- C & A xxx
We were very lucky to have our bestest friend Katie join us on this weeks episode to speak about her journey with cancer. Katie was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma at the beginning of 2019 and has been on a crazy journey since then, one that we are incredibly proud of her for!
Join us on todays episode whilst we chat to Katie about what it’s like being a young person with cancer, the ways in which she dealt with it, how she remains such a positive bean and the importance of knowing your body when there is something wrong and checking yourself!!
Big thank you to Katie for coming on the podcast and we hope that this episode reminds you that everyone is fighting their own battles and to be kind, always ❤️
Helloooo everyone! ✨ In this weeks episode we Muddle Through our biggest insecurities together. We hope that by talking about topics like body image, sexuality and intelligence we can help you know that you’re not alone in any insecurities that you have, and that these do not define you and can be combatted! We hope you enjoy this episode and our usual ramblings! Love C & A xxx
Hellloooo everyone and Happy Sunday!!
In this week's episode we talk about the things you can do to reclaim yo life! We discuss the concept of time, how we use it, and how we should view it. Each person has an average of 4000 weeks on this planet, but we discuss how this does not mean that you should be feeling stressed to use everyday "productively", but rather doing the things that bring you joy - which we have found it a harder concept to get our head around than you would think!
We also discuss the importance of confidence, and whilst it is not necessarily something that we all have bags of, we can do things every day to help build and maintain our confidence levels.
We hope you enjoy this episode!
- C & A xxx
This week we had the absolute pleasure of chatting to Ciara of @tinyweehoose about everything interiors, tiny home renovation, home inspiration, storage solutions, food and of course their feature on Scotlands Home of the Year!!
Check out this episode for some insider gossip on what’s happening next for the tinyweehouse and please give their page a follow on instagram because it is beautifulll 🌸
Helloooo everyone and welcome to a brand new season of Muddling Through!
We fell off of the radar for a bit (whoopsies!) but we are super excited to be back with you all recording again - Sunday's have just not been the same!
Today we are Muddling Through Friendships. This is topic that we have wanted to cover for a while and we know that lots of you have also wanted to hear an episode on this - so here goes! We chat about what our friendships mean to us, what makes a solid friendship, and how to know when to let a friendship go - along with the usual ramblings in between, hehe
Happy Sunday, and we hope you enjoy this episode!!!
- C & A xxx
This week we are Muddling Through Manifestation: what is manifestation, how do you do it and does it work?
This episode discusses exactly what is said on the tin! Neither of us currently practice manifestation but have always wanted to take a deeper look into what it is, how it works and explore whether we could implement it into our own lives! As you all probably know we are all about enhancing our wellness so let the manifestation begin 💫
Also a massive thanks to everyone who participated in our polls this week - it’s always much appreciated!
Happy Sunday guys!!
Love always - C & A xxx
This week we discuss The Negative Bias! Do you ever think about insults more than compliments?, dwell on unpleasant or traumatic events more than pleasant ones? or focus your attention more quickly on negative rather than positive information? Well it is likely that you, like most of us in this weird and wonderful world, suffer from negative bias. In this episode we discuss what exactly negative bias is, where it comes from, how it affects us and lastly how we can overcome it! We hope you enjoy <3
Helloooo everyone and welcome back to another episode of Muddling Through!
In this weeks episode we discuss the lessons we have learned and the things we are grateful for over the past year, and look towards the things we want to achieve and work on for 2022. We find it useful to use this time to reflect on how we feel the past year has went and use this to set a direction for the new year to come.
We hope you enjoy this episode and take the time to reflect on how you have been feeling over the past year, and think about the things you may want to do for yourself in 2022.
In the words of Char, let's make it rock !! x
- C & A xxx
This week we are Muddling Through the Festive Period. With Christmas just around the corner we thought it would be fun to chat about some of our favourite things during the festive period from our best-loved Christmas foods to our best and worst Christmas gifts. We also discuss some ways to be more sustainable this Christmas and some great charities that we can to help support at this time of year!
We hope that you all enjoy and are having a great December so far ❄️✨🎁🥂
Helloooo everyone and welcome back to a brand new season of Muddling Through! We are so excited to be back podcasting with you all <3 In this weeks episode, we are Muddling Through the impacts that seasonal changes can have on our mental health and wellbeing. Recently, we have both been feeling pretty meh and we know that a lot of people we know have been too. At this time of year, when the days get shorter, and the weather gets colder, it can be pretty hard to stay motivated and inspired in general. So today, we chat about the ways that we can bring a little spark and magic back into our lives, and how to help us feel ourselves again! We hope that you guys enjoy this episode, and as always, our DMs are always open for anyone who wants a chat! - C&A xxx
This week we are Muddling Through getting to know us - we apologise for the shit name but it is what it is people.
In this episode we talk about everything from our star signs to what we would sing at Karaoke- cue some terrible singing from char, apologies to everyone with ears!
Thanks so much to everyone who wrote in with questions for us - you are all gems!
After a wee break we can’t wait to be back better than ever with Season 3! As always thanks for the support and love everyone!! 💛
Hello everyone and welcome back!
In this week’s episode we are Muddling Through social media. We chat about the impacts social media can have on our mental well being and confidence, and time as well as discussing how social media can be both a good and bad tool for keeping up with the news. We are planning on doing a social media free day this Tuesday coming, so if you join in then please let us know! We hope you enjoy the episode!
- C and A xxx
Hello everyone and welcome back!
In this weeks episode we are Muddling Though life advice with our mums. We were lucky enough this week to have 2 very special guests on the podcast giving us some fabulous motherly advice on friendships, relationships and jobs!
As much as the two of us think we give great advice, we thought we could benefit from gaining some wiser advice from our life experienced mammas.
We hope you enjoy 🌟
- C &A xxxx
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
Hellooo everyone,
Today we are Muddling Through the contraceptive pill.
In this episode we discuss the experiences we, and some of our friends have had with the pill and the changes it has made to the way we feel mentally, physically and emotionally. We also discuss the results of the poll that many you kindly voted in. The contraceptive pill can be an amazing thing for many women, and we are so grateful for it, but it can also cause issues for women too and we feel like these should be highlighted and discussed through people's stories so that women can understand some of the trade offs the may be making and have the knowledge to make educated decisions about their health.
Please remember, if you are feeling like you are having adverse side effects, there are always other options to explore and consider!
- C & A xxx
music by the wonderful: @gusharrower
In this weeks episode we are Muddling Through Relationships. We chat about some of our first dates, pet peeves and things we never thought we would do in front of our boyfriends.
We also give some advice on how to muddle through relationship issues, how to do long distance and how to recognise when your relationship is not quite right.
Apparently we think we are relationship experts so we really hope you guys enjoy this weeks episode!!
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
Helloooo everyone and welcome back!
In this weeks episode we are muddling through the big, bad world of jobs. We chat about the do’s and dont’s for applications and share some of our best interview advice from the lessons we have learnt along the way.
We have made many many mistakes, some funny, some bad and some really awkward so we hope you guys enjoy listening and hopefully can pick up a wee nugget of useful advice too!
- C & A xxx
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
In this episode we Muddle Through your dilemmas! We chat about everything from getting back with an ex, getting a good work/life balance to dealing with some really pongy farts and everything in between. Yes, you read that right - we did indeed receive a dilemma about pongy farts!
We had loads of fun recording this episode so we really hope that you all enjoy it and thanks so much again to anyone who gave us their dilemmas, you guys are amazing!
- C & A xxx
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
Oh heyyyy there, welcome back to another season of Muddling Through!
In our first episode back we Muddle Through Sexual Harassment. We share some of our own experiences with sexual harassment and also discuss the results from our Instagram poll which sadly has provided an all too predictable set of results.
By having this conversation we hope to give some of you the confidence and space to speak about your experiences and know that whatever has happened, you are not and will not be alone. We are always stronger together <3
P.S. As always, our Instagram DM’s are always open, and we will also post the details of organisations which can provide support to those who have been subjected to sexual harassment.
- C&A xxx
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
In this weeks episode we Muddle Through Down Days, Weeks and Months. We chat about times when we have felt particularly low and some bad habits that we have developed along the way.
We also chat about some ways that we deal with feeling down and some useful resources that can hopefully help you too.
We hope you enjoy this episode and we want to remind you that it is okay not to feel okay!
This is also our last episode of Season 1!! Time has flown by and it is time for us to take a little break before coming back better than ever with Season 2. Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to us speaking shite for this whole season, we greatly appreciate it and we hope you will join us again very soon!
C & A xxxxx
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
In this weeks episode we Muddle Through our love of foooood. We chat about everything from our favourite meals to cook and places to eat, to which guests we would pick for our dream dinner party.
We hope to provide you with some delicious listening and some tasty foodie inspiration.
We are both such huge foodies so we just had to do a food focused episode. We really enjoyed recording this episode so we hope you enjoy listening just as much!
Love C&A xxx
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
In this week's episode we we Muddle Through feeling embarrassed about things we shouldn't. We chat about everything from periods and STI's to cringeworthy parents. We hope to provide you with a few relatable stories and want to remind you that these things are all part of life - own them! We also hope to provide you with some advice along the way as to how to overcome and embrace embarrassment. As always, we hope you enjoy!
C&A xxxx
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
In this weeks episode we muddle through nostalgia as we take a trip down memory lane. We chat about some of our favourite childhood memories, and the things we loved growing up over the years. We finish with a few lessons which we would tell our younger selves. Hopefully this episode will bring back some happy memories for you too!
C&A xxx
Disclaimer: be prepared for some horrific cringeworthy rapping Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
In this episode, we muddle through the media and body shaming. We discuss some of the ways in which the media perpetrates body shaming and our own biases around it. We then discuss some of the impacts that body shaming has on our society, including the rise of fat-phobic behaviour and finally, as always, we offer some tips to help combat these biases. We hope you enjoy!
C&A xxx
Music by the wonderful @gusharrower
In this episode we discuss all things adulting. We chat about our many adulting failures and the lessons we have learned from them in the hopes that others can benefit from them too. We also have a ramble about things that excite us as adults which we never believed would, and the things we begrudge buying. As always, we provide some tips to survive adulting and the many challenges which come with attempting it.
We had a lot of fun recording this episode and we hope you have just as much fun listening to it.
- C & A xx
Music by the wonderful Gus Harrower: @gusharrower
Whilst many of us are naturally excited about the prospect of life returning to normal, it is important to remember to take things at your own pace.
In this episode we discuss some of our favourite lockdown pastimes, some things we certainly won’t miss about lockdown and some things we have been feeling a little bit anxious about.
We hope to provide you with some tips and advice to help you navigate your way back into a post-Covid world.
We hope you enjoy!!
C & A xxx
Hello and welcome to the first episode of our new podcast, Muddling Through! We're Charlotte and Antonia, two best friends who met at university, became flat mates and have been inseparable ever since. We spend soooo much time having chats about anything and everything so we wanted to create this podcast together.
We chose the name Muddling Through as we believe we can muddle our way through any situation! The road may not always be smooth but we always help each other through sticky situations and we thought we would make this podcast to share our experiences with you guys! Hopefully it makes you see that you are not alone in how you feel.
In this episode we chat about how easy it is to constantly compare yourself to others, and the best ways to deal with it. We also discuss imposter syndrome - what it is, how it affects people, and how to combat it.
We hope you gain a little something from listening
- C&A xxx
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