Gemma Speig
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1,085 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 7 May
Gemma Speig’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But it's also an aggregation of the loss of the little things that lift us up as well.
Like I genuinely think it's like two sides of the same coin.
So make sure that that is an active priority for you.
Of course, on top of that and following on from before, try and also commit to doing new things, practicing small deviations from the routine.
If novelty and a lack of it is why we end up in a funk, it obviously makes sense logically that adding it back in might reverse the funk.
But like, it doesn't have to be monumental, just like taking a different route on your way home from work.
going to the supermarket and only buying from brands you've never tried or only getting stuff you've always been like oh my god I always wanted to try that like that kind of novelty reshuffling the layout of your house listening to a new album every single day instead of the same stuff checking out a film you probably wouldn't normally watch maybe something with subtitles like
All these things, meeting your friends at different places rather than just the same old pub, like switching up your gym routine.
These things are so small and they are not life-changing, but they fundamentally change your brain and your perception of reality because they just make you see that a different reality is possible, even if it is only a degree of separation away from your previous reality.
If you want to commit to something more major, if your funk is really getting to an intense level, perhaps you could request like a few days off work and use those days to do something brand new for yourself.
My friend, she did a, my friend Shelby, amazing woman, did a surfing course last year because she's the coolest person alive.
And she was like, that was a reset for me.
Just creating new distinct memories you never thought you were going to create, especially in your 20s.
Firstly, medicine to cure the funk.
Also, psychologically protective long term, so that when you perhaps are in the state again, you can come back to this time when you really pushed yourself out of this moment and feel confident that you will survive again.
Again, novel experiences happen.
are so valuable.
They trigger slow dopamine release.
They improve neuroplasticity.
They give us a sense that there is more to live for.
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