Life After Vaccination
Stories, sounds and reflections on life after the Covid-19 vaccination.
Presented by Matt Brombley.
036: World Mental Health Day
Today, we take a moment to value the conversations that happen the other 364 days of the year, as well as the top five things that make life awesome.
034: Making It Your Own
For something to fit, so we can really fly, we have to make it our own.
033: Once a Year
Birthdays (and yes, Christmas) come but once a year, and whislt this year's feels so different from the last, there is a long shadow cast by celebrations missed over the past 18 months.
032: One Thing at a Time
Recognising when our mental post-it notes are running low, and allowing ourselves to take things one thing at a time, knowing that, even moving in little steps, build the mental pathways needed for further steps.
031: Paper Thin
When our resilience is wearing thin, what can we do, and how do others see us?
030: Undercover
This week takes a look under the covers of an interview I did with Voice FM.
29: Gratitude
Finding things to be grateful for, even when it's the first week back at work...
28: Making It Work
This week returns the wisdom of Jess Clark, and thinks about how being on holiday can hlep us figure our our negotiables, and our non-negotiables, and, with a little help from cognitive behavioural therapy, avoid over-promising and under delivering as we try to make post-pandemic life work.
Links:
27: Six Months Later
Back to where it all began: episode one, and vaccination day one, but six months later.
26: Passing On
This week marks one year since my friend Emma died. In the same week, I got a wonderful gift from my mum: a framed set of four photographs of my grandparents, So, this week is a set of reflections on some of the things passed on to me, by those who have passed on. This week's music includes clips from tracks made with Emma.
24: Summer Rain
The sound of rain, the smells of summer. and taking time to let the ground dry out.
023: The End
In episode 23, we try to make sense of a week where the end of restrictions is announced, even if the pandemic is far from over.
22: Experiments in Sound
When there's so much creative electricity in the air, it can be hard to find words to organise the chaos, and so this week focusses on more experiments with sound and music to try and explore the and the week as it is.
Blood Orange Blondies (with caramelised white chocolate, and blood orange caramel)
Blood Orange Caramel
- 200g Golden Caster Sugar
- Juice from four small blood oranges
- 200ml Double Cream
- 50g Butter
Blondie
- 110g Butter (browned and then slightly cooled)
- 220g Soft Light Brown Sugar
- Zest of Four Small Blood Oranges
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1tsp Vanilla Bean Paste
- 1/2tsp salt
- 1/4tsp baking powder
- 180g Plain Flour
- 100g Caramelised White Chocolate
- 50g Dark Chocolate
- 50g Pecans
Add the caster sugar to a pan, along with the juice of the blood oranges, and bring to a boil over a medium heat. You want the bubbles to go from larger to smaller, and the colour to turn a deeper brown and caramelised. Stir in the butter and the double cream and leave to one side too cool.
Beat the liquid browned butter with the sugar and blood orange zest for a few minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla, and beat again for another few minutes. Add the salt, baking powder and flour, beating one more time til combined. Tip in the two chocolates and the pecans and fold by hand to combine.
Tip in to a lined and greased 7inch square tin, dollop spoonfuls of the caramel on top and swirling through the mixture gently.
Bake at 175C for around 20 minutes, or until set and golden on top. Allow to cool completely before removing from the tin and serving.
21: Writing as Thinking
Where to begin? This week's episode explores returning to face-to-face work, and the ways writing things down can help make sense of whats going on in our heads.
20: Comfortable
In this week’s episode, we get a little phylosophical, and think about what makes for a comfortable pace.
18: Things Right Now
A little lightness this week, with a run down of a few of my current favourites from the worlds of books/audiobooks, TV, food, music and other things.
Links:
You Will Get Through This Night by Dan Howell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HZFLP34/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_HMMH1YM74DY8JA1BX5TY
Dr John Cambell on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Campbellteaching
Claire Saffitz, Desert Person on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ClaireSaffitzxDessertPerson
Glow Up on iPlayer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p099yzf0/glow-up-britains-next-makeup-star-series-3-episode-1
Sour — Olivia Rodrigo (Spotify Link): https://open.spotify.com/album/6s84u2TUpR3wdUv4NgKA2j?si=NP2cwqK2RcShOUc1ppYOkw
17: The Changing of the Seasons
This week's episode celebrates the arrival of the Great British summer with talk of summer album soundtracks, and making summer plans on a summer bucket list.