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Are you getting frustrated at yourself or others because of apparent laziness, lack of motivation or proscratination? What if it wasn't any of these things, but simply an adaptation of your nervous system that puts you into the FREEZE response?
We're all fairly familiar with the fight or flight response, but like 99% of my clients, freeze isn't something we easily identify with. But it's way more common than you think! In this episode, I'll help you identify when you might be in freeze and what you can do about it.
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In a conversation with Kirsty from Sky Rose Coaching, a transformational life coach passionate about helping people explore life without alcohol, we discuss stress and emotions, and how it relates to our use of alcohol. Kirsty shares golden nuggets on when we shouldn't be drinking, tips on how to avoid it and manage a social life without alcohol.
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Why is it critical for women in perimenopause and menopause to take control of their overwhelm, stress and anxiety? It's all to do with protecting a specific hormone...
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Moving into Autumn with the support and practices of Ayurveda, the ancient sister science of yoga, with Kerry McKay of Deeper Yoga.
Kerry is a Holistic Health Coach, yoga teacher and polarity therapist who uses Ayurveda to create a healthy mind and body, all year long.
In this episode, we cover:
~ 4 min- The 3 doshas: the 3 qualities of Ayurveda. The VATA quality and how it manifests.
~ 6.45 min- Practices: oiling the skin with sesame seed oil and self-massage
~ 9 min- Grounding for the mind
~ 12.0 min- Diet- eating seasonally: warm food, adding fats, liquids
~16.45 min- Spices to create heat
~18.30 min- Preparing your food to calm the nervous system, soaking the food for digestion
~ 21.30 mi- Creating new habits
~ 25 min- Drinks!
Links
Autumn Drinks tipsheet
https://sunny-creator-5363.ck.page/49f7182f8a
Get Juicy course
https://www.deeperyoga.uk/getjuicy/
Kerry's Thrive Community Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2309545162678825/?ref=share
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You may not call it insomnia yet, but your sleep troubles might be!
There's a science behind sleep, and there are many little things that you can do to help foster a good night's sleep naturally.
And I'm sharing my best tips in this episode!
To find out more about my Zero to Zzzz insomnia program, go to app.clanwellness.com
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In this episode, I'm diving into the neurobiology of the brain to explain why you can't change the way you think with your mind alone.
Hint: it has got something to do with the previous episode's topic: emotions!
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In today's episode I'm covering why the "Good vibes only" saying that you see EVERYWHERE gets on my nerves (yes, I do get annoyed sometimes!) and why I actually believe it's all wrong.
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Let's get the giggles with Pete and laughter yoga!
Yes, you've read that right, laughter yoga hahaha!
In this episode, I'm talking to Pete "The laughter man" of Canned Laughter about what laughter yoga is, how it benefits us and why it's so important for your health before he leads us into a mini laughter yoga session.
To find out more and follow Pete, search for #thelaughterman on most social media platforms and visit his website petecann.com
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In this episode, I'm talking about stress. Why stres is not all bad as we always seem to think...in fact, it's actually good, so long as it doesn't become chronic!
~2 mins: Your nervous system
~5 mins: Your brain and threat centre
~6 mins: The stress response
~8 mins: Why stress is good
~8.30 mins: The "brake"
~9 mins: WimHof method
~10 mins: Nervous system flexibility and self-regulation
~12 mins: The effects of chronic stress
~13.30 mins:Techniques to apply the brake
~15 mins: Heart coherence practice
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In this 6th and final installment of the mind-body connection series, I'm talking about the wandering vagus nerve.
There is a lot to say about this nerve, and I focused on the polyvagal theory, and polyvagal ladder, its role in the stress response, regulation of emotion and the way we communicate and socialise with others.
~ 5mins: Anatomy and biology
~ 8mins: The 2 branches
~ 9mins: The polyvagal ladder
~ 10mins: The stress response
~ 12mins: Emotions and the vagus nerve
~ 15mins: Vagus nerve and optimum state for health
~ 16mins: Social engagement
~ 18mins: Breathing for vagus nerve stimulation
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In this episode, part 5 of the mind-body connection, Cath Lyden, whom I met on my first yoga teacher training shares her story of ill health and how it all linked to her psoas muscle. We explore the connections of this almighty muscle to our physical, emotional and mental health.
~10 mins: Anatomy- what is the psoas and where is it?
~14 mins: The links to organs and the nervous system
~16 mins: The impact of a tight psoas on the body and the digestive system
~18 mins: The solar plexus and connection to the gut and nervous system
~21 mins: the stress reponse and psoas
~23 mins: the emotional release
~25 mins: yoga as a way to tend to mental health
~29 mins: psoas as the muscle of fear and protection
~31 mins: connecting to and releasing the psoas
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In the 4th episode exploring the mind-body connection (which I really think should be known as the body-mind connection!)I'm talking to Gavin Andrews, Director of HeartMath UK and Ireland about heart coherence.
Gavin explains what coherence is, and how we can tap into it to enhance our health and cognitive functions of the brain.
We finish with a lovely Heart Lock-in TM technique!
~ 1 min: Who is Gavin Andrews?
~ 5 mins: What is heart coherence?
~7 mins: How do you get into coherence?
~ 8 mins: HRV and the importance of how we breathe
~ 10 mins: What the HeartMath technology shows
~ 14 mins: Biofeedback
~ 15 mins: Choosing positive emotions and their effect on our physiology
~ 19 mins: The effect of the heart on the way we think
~ 21 mins: The impact of stress on our brain
~ 22 mins: Our " baseline operating system" and patterns creation
~ 25 mins: Heart Lock-in TM practice
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In this third episode exploring the mind-body connection, I'm talking about the breath, and how it influences the nervous system and our heart, and how in turn, this influences the way we feel, react, think and behave.
~ 1 min: Breathing and the 9 limbs of yoga in the Yoga Sutras
~ 3 mins: The nervous system
~ 4 mins: The autonomous nervous system: sympathetic versus parasympathetic
~ 6 mins: The mechanism of the breath and how it affects your heart
~ 8 mins: Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
~ 10 mins: Heart-brain communication and influence on the cognitive brain centres
~ 13 mins: Breathing practice
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In this second episode of the mind-body connection series I talked to Jacqui, of ATP Holistic about massage therapy and its effects on our wellbeing and mental health.
~14 mins: GP studies and effect of touch during consultations
~16 mins: Cancer touch treatment, Amanda Winwood Made for life organics
~18 mins: Somatic emotional release
~20 mins:Dopamnie, serotonin and exytocin
~ 22 mins: rest and digest, parasympathetic and ventral vagal
~ 24 mins: Light touch cancer, lymphatic drainage
~ 26 mins: study on couples and touch, effect on heart rate and blood pressure
~ 27 mins: Boosting imune system naturally, cancer and depression
~ 32 mins: the pain gate
~ 34 mins: chronic pain
~ 35 mins: Fascia and superficial back line, tension headaches
~ 37 mins: working out and superficial beackline
~ 38 mins: fascia and meridians in Chines Medicine
~ 40 mins: gallbladder meridian, opening and rebalancing
~ 45 mins: face massage
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This episode kick starts a series on the mind-body connection.
Today we explore the fascia: the mysterious connective tissue that is everywhere.
Connecting the body to the mind through its many receptors, nerves and perhaps even enabling connection between different parts of the body through collagen.
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In this episode, I talk to David Balfe, ex-raving DJ, now IT contractor and yoga teacher. We talk about men's mental health, how yoga has been portrayed in the West by the media and how science can explain why this ancient practice works.
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