We’re back! And this week we’re mostly discussing all the ways we (and everyone else) commit right ol’ faux pas on WhatsApp. Is it OK to video call someone without arranging it first? Can you add someone to a group without asking their permission? We want to know what you think, too.

We also chat Heated Rivalry and Hamnet – when cinema becomes therapy. And Kate has finally succumbed to Traitors.

Plus, how good journalling can make us feel when we need to reconnect to ourselves. And a brilliant journalling exercise to bring us right back into the present.

Plus a RUMP update for the new year.

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Old fave, new intro! In Season 7, we talked to psychologist and award-winning BBC broadcaster Claudia Hammond about the importance of rest. Claudia shares with us why it's so important to our health that we regularly have guilt free rest, what's happening in our brains when we rest... and when we don't. And why we all need to take it more seriously.

Her book The Art of Rest draws on ground-breaking research that Claudia collaborated on –The Rest Test – the largest global survey into rest ever undertaken, across 135 different countries.

Claudia Hammond is a broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer. She is the presenter of All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 which covers psychology, neuroscience & mental health. Plus, the weekly global health show Health Check on BBC World Service. She is Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Sussex. She also writes a regular column on medical myths for BBC Future.

To find out more go to claudiahammond.com/

You can find her book 'The Art of Rest' here: claudiahammond.com/the-art-of-rest/

More information on The Rest Test: claudiahammond.com/the-rest-test/

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Holiday mode has hit early for Gwen and Kate, who bounce between life’s tiny joys (like micro-meditation while the kettle boils) and the big stuff — like why Christmas now turns up every three weeks once you’ve had 50 of them. They ponder whether Secret Santa could save family gifting, if 47 is too old to start long-boarding (it isn’t), and how couples with different bedtimes ever make it work. They even wonder if they can be better humans than just “women who talk about Netflix.”

What hobby have you taken up later in life?

We reference our recent episode on Mindset: Ep.69 - Mindset: How changing the way we think can rewire our brains and change our lives for the better | Karen Allen

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