We kick off series 10 with a fantastic guest, chartered psychologist and founder of The Psychology School, Serena Simmons. We’ve been looking forward to chatting withSerena since we met her at Therapy Expo where she blew us away with her talk.
Serena has worked in the area of psychology and mental health for almost 30 years, she has over 22 years’ experience working in the field and is a senior lecturer at NottinghamTrent University.
She is heavily involved in a variety of forensic based work too. Serena specialises in serial murder and she still advises on a consultation basis. Much of her work now however is in the capacity of profiling and media work, for example you may have seen her in the TV series ‘Cops Who Kill’.
Serena says, ‘many people struggle to see the link between forensic psychology and positive psychology and behavioural change.’
With her speciality in effecting change using positive psychology and with so many of us in midlife trying to negotiate so many changes we wanted to hear more. We find out why making healthy lifestyle changes can be so hard, we also discuss self-care, guilt, the importance of play and serial killers- not necessarily all at the same time!
You can watch the full unedited interview on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel.
We discuss guilt, self care (& why it's not easy), the importance of play, boundaries and much more. You will come away with some ideas of how you can to implementing some positive changes into your life.
In the Book Collective we begin our book for series 10, Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn, it’s got us hooked from reading the introduction. You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.
We catch up on your comments and find out what we got up to on our Easter break, and Jinty tells us about the Bolivian Aymara women climbing Everest in traditional dress. It’sanother episode brimming with chat and all the usual shenanigans! So, settle in for this hour(ish) podcast full of meaningful chat.
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Serena Simmons:
W: https://thepsychologyschool.co/
I: @serenapsychologist
F: The Psychology School
L: @Serena Simmons
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