Mel's Monday Musings: Recent Episodes
Mel B
For a while now people have been saying I should do my own podcast, I am the Queen of the WhatsApp voice note and for some reason really enjoy the sound of my own voice (egotistical I know).
Every other Monday (this should probably say, every Monday where I have the time) I am going to be releasing bite size snippets of topics I am passionate about, wish I had known more about when I was younger or just something I want to have a little rant/ramble on about :)
A round up of 2021, where I am, what I hope for in 2022.
If you would like to be a guest on season 3 please do DM me.
What topics should you avoid if you are talking to a couple? What things should you avoid?
All those annoying things that people say to you when you are single, I talk about them on todays podcast!
Society makes us think we have to do/achieve certain things before a certain age. We are all on our own journey, why do we compare our own personal journey to everyone else? Why can't we just focus on our own path?
So something else I have been working on this year is training to be a celebrant! In this podcast I talk about what being a celebrant means and what I hope to achieve with my diploma.
So we have all been there, when you think a relationship is looking really promising and then all of a sudden the person you are talking to stops messaging you completely out of the blue. This episode delves into this subject in more detail and I talk about my new favourite book 'Women don't owe you pretty' by Florence Given
What would you say to your younger self?
What advice would you give yourself?
Thank you to everyone who contributed anonymously
Time to open up the conversation about smear tests!
What is a smear test like? What is the HPV virus?
A frank and honest chat about my journey with antidepressants and how I am feeling two months on.
I had a massive fear of flying throughout my teenage years, it got so bad that I was finding a two hour trip to Portugal ectremly challenging. I was not able to relax on holiday for the fear of the getting the plane home was so great. I then went on the British Airways fear of flying course and things MASSIVELY changed!
The sound quality is not great but it is from the heart so I don't want to re-record it. I talk from the heart, nothing written down, like I am just talking one on one with someone.
It is mental health awareness week and I want to share my own personal experience with mental health which I have really struggled with over the past few months.
This year has been interesting to say the least, so I have decided to deep dive into the year and reflect upon everything that has taken place!
Today I read back certain diary entries from my childhood from 2000 and 2001 (so when I was aged 12/13 years old) and let me tell you they don't disappoint.
“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.” - Eloise Ristad
Modelled on the amazing podcast by Elizabeth Day, the things we fail out actually help us carve out our greatest successes. Here are my my three personal failures, which I feel have defined me.
I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 14, in this clip I talk about the super power that is dyslexia and how it has shaped my life.
A show with pure heart and soul, during lockdown I struggling to find new shows to watch and let in. I wanted to stick with the familiar, with things I already knew or had watched countless times, however this show captured me fully. It lets the characters be who they want to be, no judgement, no shame, no preconceptions, they are who they are and they do not apologies for it.
I wish this show had been around when I was younger, to help me understand that life is not a fairy tale.
It would have helped me understand that relationships are complicated, difficult and not perfect.
My starting topic has to be the thing I am most passionate about - theatre.
It is a one take wonder, 17 minutes of me just talking, not edited, not scripted.
Enjoy :)