33 Living with kids under lockdown with Dr Orlena Kerek

I talk to Dr Orlena Kerek, a pediatric doctor turned weight loss and health coach. She lives in Spain with her 4 kids, currently under lockdown. She knows a lot about managing anxiety and healthy nutrition.

  • Life under lockdown in Spain
  • Coping with children at home
  • How best to stay sane under lockdown
  • Coping with uncertainty
  • Acknowledging our needs as well as everyone else’s
  • Letting things go
  • Accepting life as it is now
  • How oxygen may be all that many people need when they are in hospital with coronavirus
  • Working with the information we have on the evolution of the disease
  • How children are considered super-spreaders
  • Working out what to do in a new relationship under quarantine
  • The benefits of a strict lockdown
  • Maintaining a healthy diet at this time
  • Going easy on yourself if you’re not always eating healthily
  • Celebrate the nice things every day
  • Try to plan your meals but don’t overdo it – work with what you have
  • Managing anxiety in this new normal
  • The importance of movement for mental health
  • Getting outside if you can and getting enough sleep
  • Taking this opportunity to try new things
  • All the online learning and connection possibilities with the pandemic happening now
  • Staying sociable remotely to stay well

You can find out more about Dr Orlena:

Websites | drorlena.com, snotty-noses.com, happyhealthyeatingforkids.com

Linkedin, Twitter

You can also listen to Orlena’s Fit and Fabulous Podcast

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and maybe leave a review on iTunes or wherever you’re listening. Find out how to leave a review here: bit.ly/leavepodcastreview

You can find out more information and get the show notes to every episode at magnificentmidlife.com. That’s also where you’ll find strategies, support and resources to help make your midlife magnificent. There’s a midlife wellness program, courses, midlife mentoring to help make the most of your next chapter and our online Members Club. If not now, when?

Om Podcasten

Midlife isn’t the end of meaningful life, just the end of the first half rehearsal. Listen, laugh and be inspired as Rachel Lankester, author, mentor and founder of Magnificent Midlife, interviews women in midlife and beyond living authentic, empowered lives, not disappearing into obscurity. From round the world yachtswomen to 60 year old pole dancers, from palliative care doctors to sustainable food evangelists, this podcast explores the myriad things older women get up to and the issues we face. We challenge the status quo and bash those negative stereotypes about being an older woman. Need some inspiration about what’s possible for you when you're over 40, over 50 or beyond? These women will show you anything is. Need help overcoming your own limiting beliefs about getting older or struggles with menopause? Learn from women who’ve experienced the same but found ways to thrive and become who they were always meant to be. Learn their life-hacks and how they do what they do. This podcast is all about celebrating women in midlife and beyond. We’re not over the hill or on a downward slope. We get better with age not worse. We talk all things midlife, about issues that matter, and share fabulous stories of magnificent women doing very cool stuff. Now's our time! Find out more at magnificentmidlife.com.