Paddleboarding UK 🏄‍♀️ SUP and swim on the River Wey (dealing with anxiety) 

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Thank you 🙏 Yes you are right there, it’s easy to forget when you feel ok and then for me things can start to slide pretty rapidly. You’ve reminded me I need some more sleep sups though, I often take 5htp which seems to help. I think I’ll put some music on too, thank you! 🤩

So true x

Well, the regulators can hopefully start getting some teeth (and money) back after Thursday.

some of the rivers definitely are polluted, I hope not all but I really don’t know. must be lovely living in France near the river, beautiful. I will have a look into the meditation bells thank you!

it is once you’ve got the pumping over and your out on the water suddenly peace sets in and it’s so lovely ☺️

Glad you enjoyed it!

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i am so glad! I think it’s a great idea you won’t regret it and once you get into the swing of things I am sure it can only help. happy paddling and ☺️

It’s very interesting going past all the boats and wondering if people live on them. I certainly agree with peace tranquility and country life, I’m all about the slow lane. Do you live on a canal boat now? I’m not sure if I realised that from what you said before. If you know anyone with one to rent/houseboat so I could try out the lifestyle let me know!

thank you I am so glad you found this video helpful, it really can be crippling and it’s so easy to feel like you’re the only person who feels that way too. thanks for watching ❤️

Dylon sounds very special ❤️ I truly won’t ever forget Nancy, although I hope it becomes less raw some day. i do want to get another dog when I can, it is such a pure relationship and I miss it all so much.

they really do, just having them there with there sweet faces and the way they live in the moment is so relaxing and calming.

Thank you so much!! ha yes that’s best so she says anyway ❤️

🙏 agree, being in nature really is the best medicine ☺️💙

@@brettclark3954 i am so glad! 😌 and you’re totally right, i don’t think we ever regret just doing something and living life!

thank you 🙏 i wish you well

that’s sounds wonderful, i think I could do with some long walks. filter the whole waterway 😅 that is a good suggestion!

Thank you ☺️ Living off grid that sounds great so glad it’s had such a positive effect for you, one day for me hopefully!

@@missnancysdayoff This time of year is amazing. You have a period of 4months Nov/Feb that can be a drag. Everything has a price though. I get really excited when the garden stirs as I know it's only a matter of time before nature chatters and blooms. The long days of light and early morning bird calls set my clock perfectly. Then jumpers and fires snuggle my soul as the nights draw in. Not many people get it or have the time. The dark, cold and mud that follows resets you and makes you appreciate what has gone before and before too long will shortly follow. If it is something you would like to do and you get the chance, go for it. I know for sure it's been a challenge and I have been lucky. I was never afraid of failing, I was more afraid of regretting not giving it a go. We all have our battles. It's shown me you don't need a lot to be happy and at peace with oneself. A cup of tea, biscuit and a the heat of a fire and I'm grinning like a Cheshire cat. I do have to be careful though that living as I do on my own that I don't become too feral 😂

​@@missnancysdayoff You're welcome. Come and try it for a few days and see 👍 I will leave you to it. Be interesting to see if it helps you find peace. Just don't wreck the place 😂

You are so kind, thank you!

@@missnancysdayoff Will u have another Greyhound in the future?

It worked for us when we lost our first rescue too soon. We knew what we meant to the dog when we got her out of the rescue centre and we knew more dogs like her come in every day. You naturaly question if it's too soon but life is quick enough as it is, sometimes you have to make decisions even though you're not sure it's time. We never forget our last dog, never. They all keep that place in your heart and the memories are still there. But seeing the joy of another rescue and living that happiness with them, adding more new memories, it is so worth it. And as you say we get benefit too from that companionship. It's win win.

Honestly me too, there is nothing else i can think of that i look forward to like that ☺️

I wholeheartedly agree with this. It’s a special gift to give, and also to receive, and I can’t wait to experience it again.

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So glad you like it thanks for the sub! I think you’re absolutely right, if I was spending a few hours each day out walking i think I’d be feeling somewhat better now. Just need to tour that into action. I’m so glad you were able to turn it around ☺️

Thanks! They are beautiful birds

It’s so easy to talk ourselves out of it, i do it all the time, i try to take each day as a fresh chance 🙏

glad you found us thank you! it would be lovely to cycle, really peaceful

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Hey Pablo. I too can relate, I posted this by itself, but wanted to share with you. I jusy found something that worked for me, after 30+ years of dealing with it. Look up "Internal Family Systems" it worked crazy well for me even doing it by myself. Honestly, doing solo is why it worked. I had to look inward and basically talk to that anxiety inside me like it is it's own person. Show them the love and support you would show your best friend. Tell yourself. "I see you, thank you for doing your best to help me. I love you. Let's let calm and confidence take over." Meditate and use that as your intention and I know you'll feel a shift. If you or anyone else tries it, please let me know. It literally changed my whole life. Namaste. 😊❤

It’s so easy to feel that way, but no I reckon lots of us are freaky like that 😊 thank you! 🤩

That’s excellent! It’s s nice out on the water, sometimes seems like a faff to get ready but it’s worth it ☺️

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thanks ☺️ Self-compassion, that’s an interesting one and that so right and something I am trying to do a little more

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Thank you so much, In am glad you like it ❤️ and that you are feeling better these days too, depression and anxiety and no fun and hard to get over.

it is nice and easy!

Thank you 🙏 yeah me too but I guess we can’t feel good all the time. Trying to get on with things but it does make life more difficult that’s for sure. Haha the dog oh my gosh I though my phone was going in the water and that would have been it 🫣

@@missnancysdayoff You're right that life has peaks and troughs and after a traumatic event such as you've been through those troughs might be deeper and longer for a while but you'll come through them. You need a hug girl!

@stephenpickering5968 ☺️ yeah to be fair at least to be honest I know why I feel bad. I can be so prickly when I’m not feeling good though Hugging me can be a dangerous business 😅

Thank you ☺️ that sounds like a good tip for paddling a few people mentioned a similar thing! 🙏

Thank you!. I am so glad that you have recovered, it’s like you say at first you really think you are going to die, and gradually you just start to find a way through ☺️

@@missnancysdayoff I hope you'll be well again soon. Just don't rush it 🥰 Stress never helps 🙂

Thank you so much! 😊 Paddleboarding is actually pretty fun, if you live near water totally do it 🥰

Thank you for sharing that, yeah honestly it doesn’t feel like I’m doing so great a lot of the time 🫣 But every today is a new day, I am trying to learn to take a bit of pressure off myself when I’m not feeling great which is not so easy. Deep breaths 🙏

Haha thank you, not sure about no question but it wasn’t too close a call 😊 thankfully I’ve not had a panic attack for years, the lifestyle of my 20s did not help with that but I’m pretty clean living now! Anxiety does come and go though it sucks.

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lovely I hope you had a great day!

Thanks, it was pretty peaceful and quiet that day very nice. I’m sorry to hear that, it’s definitely something that I think we need to kind of engage with and accept to learn how to deal with it. That paddleboard actually has 3 fins attached permanently on the back, which I assume are supposed to fulfill that function?! So I think it’s my terrible paddle ing, to be fair that is a very small board which make it easier to turn, but harder to go straight. That’s my excuse! 😅

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that sounds awful, it really can feel like you are dying, I hope things are a bit better for you now. a traffic jam is not where you want that popping up either! rambling round the Norfolk coast sounds like the perfect thing to me ☺️

Thank you 🙏 I am so glad the video are calming for you and I hope that your recovery is smooth☺️ ❤️ x

Thank you I’m glad you liked it! Yes I agree it was nowhere near as appealing as the sea but it was what was available and it was so hot! No chance I’d go in in the winter. Ok the J stroke, this definitely sound lie the answers and i will try it next time I am out thank you, 10km oh my gosh 😅

Ok this I need to try net time i am on the board thank you! I got a crippling should pain from paddling one side too much 🫣☺️

I am so glad you triumphed over it! 😊

@@missnancysdayoff You will also Triumph Nacy, I look back and realized it was just a moment in my life and you will too. It will make you stronger and you will have the Strength of a Lioness, fight through It and Win - I would have you In my team any day because you are a Winner 🏆. Never Never Never Give Up 💪💪

Thank you! Ha yes it is a good work out pumping, it’s a pretty good pump though it doesn’t really take long I just make it look hard 😅 xx

@@missnancysdayoff thanks for the reply tori hope you are ok and well looking forward to your next adventure be safe and take care ❤️xxx

awesome thanks, glad you found us!

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😅 of course, always thinking of you! Infact I need to get a new one I think my head has grown I can barely get it on! Argh I cannot abide cold showers but I dare say you are right. An ice pack down my back! Isn’t that just torture?!

@@missnancysdayoff the doctor said that the idea is to shock your nervous system out of the panic. So it’s rather like first aid. Mindfulness is so important,so that’s good. Love the Nancy graphics. The D3 from the sun is vital. Your baby blues are all the therapy this man needs. Good afternoon.

@tommylandbeach8049 i like that thought, it’s first aid, I’d better do it! I can see that though shocking yourself right again. I’m glad you liked Miss Nancy, I don’t want her getting left out it’s her channel after all 🥰

I’m not going to lie I think my favourite thing to do on the paddleboard is just lie down and have a nap 😅

They were cute, nowhere near as cute as my girl but they can’t help that 🫣 honestly if it hadn’t been so hot i don’t think i would have gone in, sparkling clear water is definelty far more appealing! The sea may also be full of raw sewage but at least them is more of it to dilute it 😂 that sounds like a very fun college trip though, id like to try a canal boat. I wish it was continuing the mindfulness practice, I’ve done it in the past but i really need to start from scratch, I’m not putting the right things first I admit. Thank you for the reminder, it’s crazy how i can know from my own personal experience as well as reading things as you have said that it is of great benefit to me, and yet still not just do it. Humans are weird. The whole milk thing is utterly nuts when you really do think about it. Surely the great milk ice cream makes a lot more sense! Absolutely nuts. Of course harvesting breast milk from others species that is produced purely and solely to grow there babies into big fat calves makes sense and isn’t at all disturbing 🫣 Thank you ☺️🤗

@@missnancysdayoff 'sea may also be full of raw sewage but at least them is more of it to dilute it' 🤣🤣 that's true! Hmmm if I could take a canal boat and put it on the rivers of Europe that will be great, I'm pretty sure you could travel a new stretch of water every day for years without covering the same area twice. Believe it or not but 'not' doing what you know is good for you is actually one of the recovery stages of grief. For the same reason a person can stay in bed all day, they beat themselves up that they're being lazy or unproductive but the brain needs that time to process which ultimately leads them closer recovery. So don't be too hard on yourself. What you feed your mind is important and one way to do that in a fairly easy way is with a good podcast. Perhaps choose something on the subject of mindfulness to listen to, something that describes the benefits or people's experiences, even though you know that it can reinforce or enhance the desire to participate again in mindfulness practice. I remember speaking to a farmer who had twin carves that were orphaned and none of the other mothers took them on so they were fed formula and he said that their growth pattern was severely stunted because they were not drinking their mother's milk. It's also odd that human mothers would prefer in some cases to feed their newborns on formula. I know there are complications such as latching if a mother decides to feed her newborn naturally but this is the only way her child would get an immune system amongst other numerous benefits. Indeed humans are weird. Keep up the good work Tori, and always self-care. 😊🤗

😅 i know right, you wouldn’t tell by looking it is rock hard! so glad ❤️

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Thanks! It was very peaceful out there on that day, it does take a really long time to feel better sometimes. Like years 🤣 I just knew when I watched that back people were gonna be secretly hoping for a fall, only natural! Xx 🤗

@@missnancysdayoff I’m crossing everything, fingers, arms, toes, legs and eyes that it doesn’t really take years! 😂 Well, ahem, of course I wasn’t hoping you would fall in at all! 👀 😂 xx 🤗

I’m glad to cheered you although honestly it was a bit much hot! I am so sorry to hear about Max. I am glad he had a long life but I’m sure that doesn’t make it any easier to loose him, your beloved companion for so long. I really am sorry you know I know how you feel. Well there are certainly many poor dogs out there in kennels waiting for someone to give them a home, and it’s great that you are able to do that if you decide the time is right. Have you ever thought about a greyhound. I hope you are both ok 🙏

Thank you I will look it up!

Thank you too!

Thanks, I loved the songs on this one too ❤️

Absolutely! thank you x

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Thank you, well done that sounds like really good action and it is so hard you are right, i hope you are doing well ❤️

Thanks Tori , I'm.like you I have good days and bad days at the moment .but you take care of yourself OK 👍lee

Thank you! Aah not being confident swimming would put me off boating a bit for sure! You’re brave. I’m really glad you have healed, nature is the way to go. Ps next time 😅

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I’m glad you liked it! Ah funny you should say that i am hoping to get back on my MTB too (if i can get the brakes unseized 🫣) so you can tell me them what I’m doing wrong! Hope you’re keeping well and have seen some ponies today, magical place

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I’m glad you liked it! Sounds like it’s about time to get that paddleboard out 😅that’s it, the first time i had one i literally thought i was dying it was nuts. Then you get really paranoid every time you feel a bit off. I’ve come a long way from there thankfully, but still a real struggle sometimes. I do think getting outside can heal most things, I’m glad you find it so. Ha es the dogs are saying quit your filming and live in the moment!

Awesome i am so glad you found it helpful! Should be a good day out and you can go a lot further than i did if you want, have a pint in Guildford 🍺 thanks for the sub, you too! ☺️🛶🏊‍♀️

thank you! did you get out in the kayak this week? I hope you and snowy are having a great weekend ❤️

@@missnancysdayoff Yes thank you very much for inspiring us to get out in the kayak we went to our local beach where it got quite choppy and let’s just say Miss snowy was not best impressed As waves splashed over the side she got quite wet😩😂😂

I’m sorry to hear it, it’s not an easy thing to deal with. You’re right though we do have to just pull ourselves out somehow and it certainly can take a long time. Thank you 🙏❤️

@@missnancysdayoff you're welcome. Cold swimming is supposed to be brilliant for anxiety, something I've never done. Good on you! I'm so much better than I used to be, honestly if I can improve anyone can. I live alone and am solitary, that's the best thing to be with recovering from anxiety. I had a big problem with supermarkets, but after a few months of being terrible (shopping every day because it's convenient) I realised I should go in, slow down, not whizz round because your instinct is to get the job done as quickly as possible. I instantly found supermarkets easier to cope with. Being alone forces you to do it yourself, then you get better. Carry on making the videos!

I do think the cold swimming does help. I am told cold showers do the same but I haven’t been brave enough to do that yet! I’m glad you been improving, you’re right sometimes slowing down is a lot more effective. Thank you I will try!

You two would make an lovely couplee even my husband agrees. You both seem to have the same outlook on life would to view a video of an adventure of you and Andy we have subscribed to both your lovely channels. Love Barbara x

@@englishblood1547 Er what do I owe you?! haha Thank you. No denying I like Tori, would love to go on Vantrip for a week or so, sup board, hike, and wild swimming week away in Anglsey/wales with Tori, we both have vans so would be great. Plus I would treat her to some Vegan burger and Coffee goodness. Ball is in Toris court. .. Cheers. 😄

That’s awesome good for you. It really is the most powerful thing any individual can do to help the environment, and to help animals not to suffer. It has also made me much happier as a person to be living more in harmony with all animals ❤️ so wins all round!

Thank you! Ha I know they need some new ones. The canal is very peaceful bless you try t do something where it would be better if you were undisturbed 😅🐕 thank you, the dragonfly’s were amazing there! I hope your swim went well, it feels like forever since i was in the sea, it definitely makes swimming less daunting when you can come out into a bit of sunshine 🌞🥰🙏🤗

@@missnancysdayoff Enjoyed our swim but it was quite quick 😜😂.. Felt good after though 🙏🏊💖😘

thank you i am so glad you liked it 🙏

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Hello! I’m really sorry to hear that, it’s not easy. I’m glad you liked the video 😊

I’m so sorry 😔 Yes it’s true, everything becomes sad it’s really very hard.

I think I’ve read about that I want to go, sounds like another trip is needed! I didn’t know about the spring though sounds perfect. Thank you I will try, your right it’s not it’s beautiful although I cannot deny I find it infuriating at times how many people there are 🤣🫣

I wonder if it is more murky now, i fear it is 🫣 anxiety is a strange thing and can definitely crop up at any time. I’ve not being doing so great about getting out into nature either, but i try to remind myself that everyday is a new opportunity to do it.

Sadly it’s true in The western world anyway. I really to try and prioritise the mindfulness stuff at the moment really. I’m so glad you like the videos thank you!

I too have found most help by reading books that helped to explain what’s going on, i don’t think I’ve read a proper psychology one though. It’s very hard for people who haven’t experienced it to truly empathise. I am so sorry about you dog 😞 I hope you are healing, and that i will one day too.

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It’s true, it can be so hard to find something where your mind isn’t still torturing you, I used to do CrossFit which was amazing because it’s just so damn painful there is no room in your head for anything at all! Thanks, it’s definitely an improvement over my first videos it used to feel incredibly awkward and it sure showed. Do you, I guess Guildford wasn’t too much further up. I think there supposed to be a ruined chapel a bit further up have you seen that? I definitely paddled far enough for one day infact I have crippling neck pain now 😅 but I might go back to walk and swim further up.

St Catherine's, between Guildford and Shalford. I have walked past a few times when I lived in Guildford. Quite a way from Godalming on a paddleboard I expect.

@JamesandRibble I think I’ll try to park somewhere a bit closer 😅

it’s grotesque, they are doing it all over the country it’s an absolute shocker that its legal

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Hello, thank you! Did you see her at the very end as well? That was a new one. She tells me she doesn’t want to be left out and I totally agree. Haha what was happening me wrestling with the paddleboard?! It puts up a fight those batons are the worst 🤣 I need to walk more. Since I left Cornwall I have not been getting out much and it has not been helping no doubt about that. When I was walking the coast path I was still miserable but it was also calming. I think I need to break myself in with the water bottle with a body of water that just looks a bit cleaner, a nice Welsh mountain lake would do! Thank you I’m glad you liked it, I will try ☺️🙏❤️

Sorry for the slow reply. Of course I watched it all😁 I love the end and her waving, beautiful, she became part of you, you never need to lose that. Today I was walking a mountain no filming just a walk. I'm out filming on lake and camping there Thursday. It has so much there. I can swim and play there. Walking is so good. I've been reading a book by Julia Bradbury walk yourself happy. It talks about the benefits of being outside. It's really good. The lakes here are clean, so many waterfalls and I think you pick up even more subscribers. Love to see you in Wales one day. I'm driving back in minute. Later tonight I'll watch an older video of yours and comment. Your new video is really good, you are so easy to listen to. I know you'll be busy with your many many replies to this video. I'll comment on an older tonight. No need to reply I know you'll be tired❤👋

I’m glad you liked my waving Nancy that was my favourite bit 🫣 i think getting out for a walk and not filming anything is so important also, I’m kinda missing out on that at the moment. Are you in south or north wales? That book sounds good I should look it out. I really liked your last video infact i should right this there instead!

@missnancysdayoff Hi Tori. I think it's great you keep it in. People that have watched you see you both together and it's right you keep it in. It's a beautiful thing. I was putting up one video a week. Just rushing around and lost the enjoyment of why I go out. I've slowed right down on filming. One a month and a few shorts. For a small yourtuber my shorts do pretty good. They pick up people that then watch the longer one. I prefer making shorts. Last night I camped at Llyn y Fan Fach. I had lots planned, I was going to lots of silly things, running, swimming, jumping in. A woman from Spain watches and she has Cystic Fibrosis, she's not well. I said I would run and play for her on a short. I was using the OneRepublic song I lived, the boy on the video has CF. Instead it rained and rained. I filmed some but the full hike and a few trigs, crashed plane site etc would take 5 hours. I walked to the lake,40 minutes and cooked for bit it rained🤦🏻😁 I left about 7.30am this morning. I'll go back and finish it Mon or Tuesday. She was looking forward to the short. I'm from South Wales. I mainly walk Brecon Beacons area, Pen y Fan is 35 minute drive for me. Snowdon is about 4hrs 35. I love the Brecon Beacons, so many places. North Wales is stunning it's just not as easy for me to reach. I'm going back soon though. I fell in love with it. It's more like Scotland huge mountains everywhere. This year I have few more mountains camps in the Brecon Beacons, a beach one New Quay West Wales. Camped the once. That's nice place dolphins and seals. Very small but pretty place. The Shropshire Hills and then Scafell Pike and Helvellyn camp there too. You don't need that book now after reading all of this😂🤦🏻 I try hard when you put a new video not to say so much. I talk like I write too😁 Yesterday I was talking to everyone walking up the mountain, have you seen the crashed plane? I shared some funny Welsh mountain names with 3 girls and we all had a good laugh. I told them I've been up Lord Herefords knob and Fan y Big😂 Everyone in England walks up there and says it wrong. I don't know why but I find it hilarious every time. In Welsh F is V so it's Vanny Big not F😂 Right time for me to shout up again. Keep sharing your videos, you speak very well and share nature beautiful. Some I watch sound boring, you never do. Keep smashing it💪👋❤️

Thank you 🙏