Locked And Down: Recent Episodes
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Cindy Poluta channels the anxieties of a locked-down community and with the help of Cassey Chambers of SADAG, receives practical advice to cope in a time of fear.
This Mental Health Month Cindy Poluta is helping you through the best ways to reset, brought to you by Solal. Mind, body, Solal.
Throughout this Locked and Down: The Reset series, Cindy Poluta and her guests have spoken about reset, reset, reset but HOW do we reset in a lasting way? She is joined by two guests for this final episode: Mark Joseph from the Mindful Revolution and Educational Psychologist and Life Coach Dr Tshepiso Matentjie.
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This Mental Health Month Cindy Poluta is helping you through the best ways to reset, brought to you by Solal. Mind, body, Solal.
Could it have been our children who took the biggest mental hit from Covid? Or were they already having to deal with so much in the world around them? Cindy's guest in this episode is psychologist Liane Lurie, and she tries to make sense of what was already a troubled time in development.
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This Mental Health Month Cindy Poluta is helping you through the best ways to reset, brought to you by Solal. Mind, body, Solal.
From one day to the next we were taken out of the lull of lockdown and thrust into the real world – forced to go back to the frantic race of life before covid, with no warm-up exercises or stretching.
Cindy's clinical psychologist guest Colinda Linde guides us to making the change (back), sustainable.
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This Mental Health Month Cindy Poluta is helping you through the best ways to reset, brought to you by Solal. Mind, body, Solal.
Less than 2 years ago, we were all forced to live close together with some people - yet we were further apart from others. Forced to be in close contact with those living under the same roof, but socially distanced from our friends, colleagues and wider networks.
Cindy's guest - psychologist Vuyo Themba shares great advice for those that are still struggling get back on track.
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This Mental Health Month Cindy Poluta is helping you through the best ways to reset, brought to you by Solal. Mind, body, Solal.
Returning to work after lockdown has not been easy. For many, this process has conjured stresses and anxieties not experienced before. Cindy's guest - psychologist Sikander Kalla - guides us through the mixed feelings and explains what traits to nurture in order to reset for future success.
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This Mental Health Month Cindy Poluta is helping you through the best ways to reset, brought to you by Solal. Mind, body, Solal.
Her special guest is clinical psychologist Chris Kemp to unpack the different forms of grief we might be experiencing after lockdown, and also to share practical tips for coping with loss.
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This Mental Health Month Cindy Poluta is helping you through the best ways to reset, brought to you by Solal. Mind, body, Solal.
Her special guest is Judy Klipin a Martha Beck certified Master Life Coach specialising in issues around burnout, and also author of "Recover from Burnout".
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This Mental Health Month Cindy Poluta kicks off a brand new season talking through the best ways to cope with change, brought to you by Solal. Mind, body, Solal.
Season 1 special guest Cassey Chambers from the South African Depression and Anxiety Group reminds us of the best ways to cope with change.
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Educational psychologist Dr Gloria Marsay joins Cindy to talk through some of the challenges faced by educators during lockdown. Dr Marsay makes the case for educators to be acknowledged as frontline health workers.
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Psychology Honours Graduate from Wits, Riyasat-Jaan Khana, joins Cindy Poluta to talk about grief in a time of lockdown. Khana is also a telephonic counsellor with The South African Depression and Anxiety Group and shares a unique experience from performing the role.
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Clinical Psychologist Dessy Tzoneva rejoins Cindy Poluta to unpack the range of feelings many of us are feeling right now while working remotely.
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Cindy Poluta is joined by Educational Psychologist Viviana Schwendinger to unpack some of the likely emotional responses around children returning to school - and the anxieties that go with it.
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SADAG's Cassey Chambers joins Cindy Poluta to mark the day which WOULD have been the end of 21 days of lockdown - but which now serves as a reminder that so much is beyond our control. Thanks to lockdown, we're also learning to be ok with that :)
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Ian Bessarabia – an Experience Coach specializing in emotional intelligence linked to workplaces of the future - has been in a semi lockdown for almost a year. He shares his unique story with Cindy Poluta and also tips on how to make it a time of opportunity.
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Cindy Poluta is joined by Rudi Keil, CEO of BMoved Wellness to talk through wide-ranging wellness strategies over this time.
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Craig Turton of Easy Equities shares practical tips with Cindy Poluta on how to reduce expenditure and improve management of family finances during lockdown.
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Colinda Linde rejoins Cindy Poluta to share the benefits of regular mediation in managing exceptional and everyday anxieties and leads Cindy through a basic meditation as an illustrative example.
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Cindy chats to mindful eating and life coach Xenia Ayiotis about awareness around binge eating, mindless eating - and not eating at all. Xenia cautions that now is not the time to be dieting and worrying about your weight.
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A national lockdown is unchartered territory for everyone - including businesses, trying to survive in the face of massive economic uncertainty. Cindy Poluta is joined by behaviour change advisor and coach Zandi Mathe for advice on how to emotionally manage a process like retrenchment.
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Cindy Poluta is joined by Clinical Psychologist Dessy Tzoneva to talk about looking after a loved ones metal health - how to look out for them, what you should be looking for, how to navigate crucial conversations that can indicate issues.
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Clinical Psychologist, Liane Lurie chats to Cindy poluta about helping teens manage their mental health during lockdown (as well as tackling disappointment, change in school schedule, not being able to see friends, sports, etc.)
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Cindy Poluta gets a rude awakening from psychologist Neil Amoore as he explains the mental health implications of lockdown on addicts.
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Clinical Psychologist and SADAG Board Member, Zamo Mbele joins Cindy Poluta to unpack mental health dynamics the general public are generally not exposed to, but which some people are living each day.
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Feel like a novice at homeschooling - and the dyanmics that come with it? Clinical psychologist Candice Cowen, rejoins Cindy Poluta to share techniques to manage varying anxieties during lockdown.
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Clinical psychologist Candice Cowen, who specialises in children and anxiety, advises Cindy Poluta on techniques to manage children during lockdown - but also on how best to frame COVID-19 to them.
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Author & Executive Coach Neil Bierbaum joins Cindy Poluta to unpack strategies for staying motivated while working from home.
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Cindy Poluta calls on clinical psychologist Colinda Linde to help with the problem solving side of mental health during lockdown. Dr Linde shares her 5 kinds of social support systems and ways to cope over this time of distancing.
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Clinical Psychologist Charity Mkone joins Cindy to talk through how exploring and practicing gratitude can reframe our experience of this time.
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Clinical Psychologist Charity Mkone joins Cindy to talk through helplessness and how to frame what is and what isn't in our control at this time.
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Cindy Poluta and SADAG's Cassey Chambers take stock of the extent of emotions one can feel during lockdown and decide it helps to know we are all in this together!
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Cindy Poluta and SADAG's Cassey Chambers take stock of the extent of emotions one can feel during lockdown and decide it helps to know we are all in this together!
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Cindy Poluta and SADAG's Cassey Chambers take stock of the extent of emotions one can feel during lockdown and decide it helps to know we are all in this together!
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Cindy Poluta and SADAG's Cassey Chambers take stock of the extent of emotions one can feel during lockdown and decide it helps to know we are all in this together!
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