It's our last episode of 2020 and we are closing out a crazy year with an awesome collection of tips, tricks and powerful self-help switches from presenter, business woman and now author Amanda Byram.

Amanda's broadcasting career has spanned more than two decades. She is the CEO and owner of the sportswear brand, Body by Byram, as well as a certified personal trainer and a student of nutrition coaching and NLP.

She is also a recovering perfectionist and The Switch, her first book, is a tried and tested guide to how she overcame the pressures of perfection to find health and happiness.

The Switch is a distillation of all the techniques and strategies Amanda used to get herself off the ‘perfection treadmill’ and switch to a balanced lifestyle where food, fitness, family, friends and self-care are all in sync.

We like to find a lesson in every situation at shelf help. and if 2020 has taught us anything it’s that chasing perfectionism is futile. So Amanda is the perfect person to celebrate the end of this year with, as well as to share advice on making the most of the next one.

Warning: there is a bit of light swearing in this conversation so it’s possibly not appropriate for very small or very sensitive ears.

In this podcast:

*How at 47 Amanda is in the best mental and physical shape of her life

*How she spiralled into depression after cancelling a wedding in her late 30s (and the strategies she used to bounce back)

*About her years of disordered eating and how she fell back in love with food

*Why we need to learn to accept compliments and stop using the word STRESS

*Why the root cause of unhappiness is speaking unkindly to ourselves (and how to switch this)

*The three types of perfectionists (Amanda has tried all three on for size)

*How we can use this time of uncertainty rather than being scared of it (time to WAKE UP and get off that treadmill!)

*Amanda's favourite self-help books

*Her (new, improved) morning routine

*Why those of us with a long way to go when it comes to self-help are on the brink of a most brilliant adventure 

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SHOW NOTES // RECOMMENDED READING

Book - The Switch by Amanda Byram 

Instagram - @amandabyram

Website  - www.amandabyram.com

Take the perfectionist test HERE

Read >  The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Read > The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein

Read > A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Watch > Leonard Cohen sing Anthem “There is a crack in everything, it’s how the light gets in."