Isolation inspiration
By Ben Walker on 31 March 2020
As well as looking after your physical health during this period of isolation, it’s really important to take care of your wellbeing, carving out time wherever you can to relax and destress.
Like so many others out there, we’ve been finding new and creative ways to spend our spare time while we’re at home and have been enjoying sharing our ideas and inspiration among the team. Rather than keeping these to ourselves, we thought it would be nice to compile some of our favourites into a journal post to share with you.
From captivating podcasts and binge-worthy television series, to motivational online workouts and mindful meditation exercises, we hope you can take some inspiration from our list of recommendations, which we’ll continue to add to.
Books
Calypso – David Sedaris
Everything I Know About Love – Dolly Alderton
Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong – Elizabeth Day
My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante
Notes on a Nervous Planet – Matt Haig
Ordinary People – Diana Evans
Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig
Start With Why – Simon Sinek
Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid
Swell – Captain Liz Clark
The Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling
The Interestings – Meg Wolitzer
Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens
Films
Captain Fantastic
Edward Scissorhands
Green Book
Hook
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
I, Daniel Blake
Jurassic Park
Lady Bird
Marriage Story
Mean Girls
Mrs Doubtfire
Silver Linings Playbook
Someone Great
Space Jam
Star Wars
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Terminal
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Podcasts
Ctrl Alt Delete
Deliciously Ella
Dreamgun Film Reads
Feminists Don’t Wear Pink
Football, Feminism & Everything in Between
Guilt and Shame
Happy Place by Fearne Cotton
Heavyweight
Honestly Podcast with Clemmie Telford
How to Fail with Elizabeth Day
I Weigh with Jameela Jamil
Love Stories with Dolly Alderton
My Favourite Murder
Table Manners with Jessie Ware
Talk Art
Talking Tastebuds
The Guilty Feminist
The High Low
The Missing Cryptoqueen
The Rich Roll Podcast
This American Life
Under the Skin with Russell Brand
Waterpeople Podcast
Television series
Afterlife – Netflix
Big Little Lies – Amazon Prime / Sky Atlantic
Derry Girls – Channel 4 / Netflix
Catastrophe – Channel 4 / Amazon Prime
Gavin and Stacey – Netflix / BBC
Grey’s Anatomy – Netflix
Hunters – Amazon Prime
I Hate Suzie – Sky Atlantic
Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millennial – Netflix
Killing Eve – BBC
Love Is Blind – Netflix
Master of None – Netflix
Normal People – BBC
Noughts + Crosses – BBC
Schitts Creek – Netflix
Sex Education – Netflix
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer – Channel 4
The Great Festive Bake Off with the Derry Girls – Channel 4
The Morning Show – Apple TV
The Nest – BBC
The People vs. O.J. Simpson – Netflix
This Way Up – Channel 4
Tiger King – Netflix
Us – BBC
Home workouts
Barry’s UK Instagram Live workouts
PsycleLondon Instagram Live workouts
Seconds Pro: Interval Timer app
Meditation apps
Online yoga
Edinburgh Community Yoga live streamed classes
Katie White Yoga live streamed classes
Meadowlark Yoga live streamed classes
Playlists
Derry Girls – The Full Playlist – Spotify
One World: Together at Home – Spotify
Tuckers: Isolation Station (90s female artists)
If there’s a particular television series, book, or anything else for that matter, that you’ve been enjoying recently, we’d love to hear from you – and your suggestions could be added to this list as we continue to build on it in the coming weeks.
Alternatively, if you’re currently working from home and are finding yourself struggling with the challenges of this transition, we have shared some of our tried and tested tips in this article, which we hope you will find helpful. In the meantime, happy reading, watching and exercising.
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