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A Self Isolation Survival Guide
We understand the catch-22 of A) not wanting to hear another thing about COVID-19 and B) not being able to think about literally anything else, so we're bringing you an extra long double-pronged episode. We've interviewed beautiful nurse and friend of the podcast Phaedra Gurton about why self isolation is so important, what 'flattening the curve' means and how to support the already-overwhelmed medical industry. Plus, we've collated a handful of tips for dealing with epidemic anxiety and the stress that comes with being home alone for weeks on end. If you're not wanting to hear about the crisis at all, skip forward to 32:00. Here, we'll give a big ol' list of reading, watching and listening recommendations and distract you with every little tidbit of mindless celebrity news we could muster. We also answer life's existential questions: Should millennials join TikTok? Why is Isabelle sexually attracted to gay men? Why is Ben Affleck so annoying? Why is Donna the best? Listen now - and for once we aren't asking you to rate, review and subscribe but to instead stay inside!
The five senses trick for anxiety:
5: Acknowledge FIVE things you see around you.
4: Acknowledge FOUR things you can touch around you
3: Acknowledge THREE things you hear
2: Acknowledge TWO things you can smell.
1: Acknowledge ONE thing you can taste
What to watch in a lockdown:
RuPaul’s Drag Race - Grace's recommendation: Start with All Stars Season 2, followed by S5, S6, S4, S8, S3, S7, All Stars 1, S9, S10 (or something like that I really haven't thought about it). Leave All Stars 3 and 4 TBH.
Queer Eye
Dakota Johnson’s house tour on Architectural Digest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwhBTrzzqeg
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
What to read in a lockdown:
Literally anything Liane Moriarty (except Nine Perfect Strangers)
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Watermelon by Marian Keyes
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Anything by David Sedaris - start with Calypso and Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Literally anything by Malcolm Gladwell - but start Blink, Talking to Strangers or Outliers
Anything by Joan Didion - but start with The White Album, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Year of Magical Thinking
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
What to listen to:
Alright Mary podcast (recapping RuPaul’s Drag Race)
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