MatChat with Mina Blair
89 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNeed a regular wellbeing boost? Then this podcast is for you! We know looking after our physical and mental health is more important now than ever, and talking openly about what concerns or worries us goes a long way to lighten the load. Hearing other people's stories gives us perspective and reassurance. So, every month I invite a guest onto the "yogamat" to discuss what they have learned on their wellbeing journeys. The intention is to leave you feeling uplifted and empowered.
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A trip to Nepal and India - is it about the journey or the destination? with Debs Albon
March 27, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MBIt's a popular cliché, "it's about the journey and not the destination", but is this true? What is more important, the getting there or arriving at the endpoint? Fellow yogini Debs Albon and I found ourselves inadvertently answering this question on a trekking trip to Nepal a few weeks ago, and concluded that it is most definitely about the journey! We had booked the trip with the intention of seeing and honouring the mighty Himalayas and chose the Annapurna Sanctuary trek route. We wante...
How liberation is in the surrender with Mina
February 03, 2024 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBI am going solo this time to talk about one of my favourite yogic principles: surrender. I have learned to love this word and apply this principle to my life, which has not been without challenge given the fact it has such negative connotations in the West. Because surrender is something we want to avoid at all costs, isn't it? It means defeat, losing, weakness, giving in or up. Not so! Interestingly, in the yogic tradition that is thousands of years old, surrender is a good thing, in f...
Bringing chanting back into the mainstream with James Boag
January 09, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBWhat is the common thread that runs through every human culture through the millenia? It's so simple: gathering around a fire, sharing food, sharing stories and singing. A practice of collective sharing that connects and binds us together as sentient beings. Dropping into the modern world, in some places this tradition has been lost, largely in the West. You will find group singing in school/church/professional choirs of course, but not as a regular activity for most people. Not so i...
How a trip to Bali was a lesson in awareness, intention and leaps of faith with Kalina Mileva
December 03, 2023 16:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBHave you had moments in your life when you just knew in your heart that a decision was right? Even though perhaps it seemed like a risk at the time and the outcome was uncertain? This is called a leap of faith, and in my experience, these decisions are the most rewarding. I took a leap of faith this year that inviting a friend I had met online, but not in person, on a trip to Bali was going to be great and it was in fact more! Kalina and I got in touch through a 300 hour advanced yoga te...
We are more than our identifiers - the Pancha Maya Koshas with Debs Albon
October 19, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBWe are obsessed with our identifiers, aren't we? We think that who we are, our personality/identity, are things like our work status, relationship status, family role, gender, race, nationality, physical attributes, religious beliefs, political views etc etc. But this is not the whole picture because there is more - we are more than what our egoic mind is telling us. So I'm diving into the ancient yogic scriptures with fellow yoga teacher Debs Albon to find out what wisdom is offered ther...
How connection is at the heart of saving humanity with Baruch Zeichner
September 06, 2023 06:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBI'm back on the mat with radio host, podcaster and therapist Baruch Zeichner to reflect on this transitional phase the world finds itself in at the moment. And part of this journey is our collective face off with the dark side of humanity. We are having to stare at the results of what happens when all we can comprehend and accept is the individual perspective. When the ego I-ness is the only point of reference. We're chatting about: How fear is the main driver of behaviour and why what ...
Dancing your way to good health with Flavio de Brito
August 08, 2023 06:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBIt's a long way from southern Brazil to the south coast of England, but it's a journey that Flavio de Brito took over 20 years ago to improve his english and learn ballroom dancing. His penchant for the performing arts had started already with acting at the age of 14, but it was dance, and specifically the Argentine Tango, that had initially set his heart on fire. Having arrived with a plan to stay for 3 months, he is still here, and Argentine Tango is his life. He performs professionally...
Leaving it all behind to follow your heart with Kirsten Berry
July 06, 2023 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBYou hear about people who take the risk and walk away from stable, successful lives. They leave secure income and safe career paths to head into the unknown. Why do they do it? How do they do it? Well, I'm finding out in this podcast with Kirsten Berry, co-founder of Akasha Yoga Academy which offers onsite and online 200 hour and 300 hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training. Years ago in Berlin, she was on the path of a successful architect with all that that implies. But going to a yoga class...
Overcoming (hidden) food addictions with Dr Cori Stern
June 06, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBI think we all understand the old saying "you are what you eat", but what if you're not aware of what you are actually eating? Of what the specific ingredients are in the things you are putting in your mouth? Of the reason(s) behind the choice? Dr Cori Stern has a lot to say about this as she has spent most of her life first sorting out her own health, and then taking that knowledge to help others. Brought up by parents who fed her junk food, having they themselves been brought up with j...
Why yoga is the gift that keeps giving with Debs Albon
May 09, 2023 06:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this western culture of "been there, done that, bought the T-shirt" one could think that at some point there isn't more to learn. Can't teach an old dog new tricks sort of thing. Not so yoga! I'm chatting with Debs Albon who has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 30 years and feels that this is a subject that simply keeps on giving. It is a joyful, bottomless well of knowledge that offers you gifts of wisdom every time you dip into it! Debs is passionate about reading ancient...
How consciousness and energy has given rise to a new global Golden Era with Dr Alison Kay
April 06, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBThere seems to be a lot going on around the world and most of it not good: wars and conflict, climate change, Ego-driven politics, suffering on a mass scale. Perhaps it's best to bury our heads in the sand and hope it all goes away? Absolutely not! Fortunately I'm chatting to Dr Alison Kay - award-winning author, yoga and meditation teacher, subtle energies practitioner (chakra system) and founder of the Vibrational UPgrade System - who explains how we are actually in the process of creat...
Making friends with death with Sarah Seymour
March 09, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBCan we make friends with death? Why would we need to do that? Surely death is something we don't want to talk about, it's too depressing or scary. The inspiration behind this podcast is the book by Judith Lief called Making friends with death, which was recommended reading for a Yoga for Cancer teacher training I completed earlier in the year. And by taking us through the Buddhist and Tibetan traditions regarding death, Judith explains why it's beneficial to contemplate death and be comf...
Using the no-mind space in Cranio Sacral Therapy to harness the body's healing powers with Etienne Peirsman
February 07, 2023 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.9 MBAs so often happens, when something very challenging, very painful comes your way, it can be life-changing. It's the Universe waking you up. This was certainly the case for Etienne Peirsman, a leader and author in the field of Cranio Sacral Therapy. He tells us how a near-death experience due to a staph infection lead to a trip to India where he did more than recover - he found his life purpose. To heal and teach people the Cranio Sacral approach. We discuss what is behind our resistanc...
It's not about the weight but what's underneath with Lori Aloisio
January 04, 2023 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBIt's the first MatChat Podcast of 2023 and what a better way to start than chatting with Lori Aloisio, a Holistic Weight Loss Coach. Being on the other side of the festive season, perhaps weight is a poignant subject at the moment. Losing weight and getting fit must be on the top of most people's new year's resolutions list after all. But is there another way to approach this challenge other than starting a(nother) diet? Lori offers an alternative option that goes beyond, or rather, un...
Giving the gifts that aren't in a box with Tobiah
December 07, 2022 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBChristmas is fast approaching and I've invited friend and singer-songwriter Tobiah back on the mat to chat about what giving and receiving really means. Because it's so easy to just focus on the commercial, material side of this celebration and miss the deeper message. It needs to be less "what did I get?" and more "what did I give back?" in the form of good intention and spirit. We begin by reflecting on all the gifts you can give that don't come in a box, and there are loads! Such as...
Taking risk to find your purpose with Sarah Seymour
October 31, 2022 14:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBAre you in the right place, doing what you feel you were made to do and fulfilling your core purpose? Or are you just going through the motions, playing it safe and sensible, yet knowing it's not what your heart really desires? I think most of us at some point have asked ourselves these questions. Very few hit on what their core purpose is straight away. It can be a journey spanning years before we stop, switch off our loud, dominating mind, and listen to what our heart is whispering. B...
Practising self-enquiry: who am I? with Mina
September 28, 2022 17:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBWe are defined by so many things, aren't we? Just think about it. Your name was given to you by your parents, your nationality is an accident of birthplace, and your physical features by your genes. Now add educational status, social status, work status, financial status etc etc. You are defined by multiple surface layers, some acquired willingly, others not! But who are you really? When you strip back all those layers, what is there? What is left? The practice of self-enquiry is th...
A collective approach to our mental health with Sarah Cox
September 06, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBMental health - if we're not talking about it, we're probably thinking about it. Our own and that of others we care about. The pandemic has focused our attention very firmly on this subject. It touches everyone - young, old, rich, poor. It transcends all difference because it's about being human and how to manage stress. I'm chatting to friend and fellow yogi Sarah Cox about why mental health is at the top of the agenda and simply can't be ignored. Because it wasn't always this way. W...
Reframing meno-pause as meno-go and celebrating the Wise Woman phase with Melissa Ayres
August 02, 2022 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBThis week I'm co-hosting with friend and fellow yogi Sarah Cox and we are talking about the M-word: menopause. Half the population have to go through this natural transition and yet for many women it's fraught with emotional, mental and physical issues. No two menopausal experiences are the same. It's a time of upheaval and yet so often unspoken. Well, fortunately things have changed, and women have been given permission to speak up for themselves and get the support/treatment they nee...
Feel the vibe - bringing sound to the yoga mat with Zach Silver
June 28, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBIt's all about vibration. The universe is vibrating, this planet is vibrating and you/we are vibrating. Even rocks vibrate. All the time. Everything is in constant motion - some you can feel, like an earthquake, and some you can't, like the different frequencies in vibration of your internal organs. But it's all scientifically proven and measured. In fact, scientists tell us the universe vibrates at 432 hertz! But universal vibration is something that has been known in the spiritual wo...
Producing food from the heart - a farmer's story with Pammy Riggs
June 21, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBI must admit, in my ignorance I had always thought that "organic farming" was an alternative response to modern farming. But this week Pammy Riggs sets me and the record straight. The term "organic" is misleading. For thousands of years, human beings have farmed without chemicals - call that organic is you wish - and then in modern times the chemicals were invented to increase yield. Organic farming is simply farming like it's always been done. She should know - she and her husband boug...
Lightening your karmic load with Sarah Cox
June 14, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBWhat is karma? You're probably thinking that it's the thing where you do something bad, then something bad happens to you. "Getting your just desserts", as it were. That's part of it but there's a lot more. Yes, the energy created by a negative action sometimes causes a negative rebound, but it doesn't have to. Instead, it can roll over and accumulate, becoming a karmic burden. This week I chat to friend and fellow yogi Sarah Cox and ask her what her take is on this subject. It turns ...
Coming home - finding your true self with Gillian McMichael
May 31, 2022 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBThere is one thing we all have, and that is a story. Our own personal story. It begins the moment we are born, but we don't become aware of it until we develop cognition and memory as older children. We can be given a good story, such as "you are loved", "you are worthy", "you are valued". But unfortunately, some of us are given a heavy load to carry, such as "you're not good enough", "you're a failure", "you don't belong". Gillian McMichael - master coach, reiki healer, meditation teac...
The joy of the full breath - the gift of pranayama with Devdas
May 24, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBApparently we breathe in and out about 22,000 times a day without thinking. It happens automatically, a bodily function we take for granted, along with the heart beating and the body digesting. But the ancient yogis discovered that there was much more to the breath when practiced consciously - what would happen if you paid attention when you breathed? Who better to ask than Devdas, lead pranayama teacher at Akasha Yoga Academy, who has taught pranayama for several decades including 12 yea...
How letting go builds a business fit for the future with Carmela Martinez
May 17, 2022 06:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBCarmela Martinez is no stranger to the concept of letting go on many levels. When she took over her father's printing business seven years ago in Montreal, Canada, she had some big shoes to fill. The company was organised on old school, patriarchal values which Carmela quickly realised didn't resonate with her management style. Enter: a challenging time of forging change that had her questioning her identity and her ability. What did she discover? To build a company fit for the future, y...
How detachment sets you free with Sarah Cox
May 10, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBWe spend a lot of time and energy clinging onto stuff, don't we! Just think about it. What are the things you are constantly striving for or fear losing - your looks? Money? Status? A relationship? It can get quite exhausting. And it's a timely subject given we're being forced to think about what we really need in the wake of current food/energy/petrol supply issues. I invite friend and fellow yogi Sarah Cox back onto the mat to chat (and laugh!) about why channelling non-attachment ...
Why giving back and empowering women is a win-win
April 26, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBIt's simply a fact that empowering others feels empowering! You've learnt some stuff in your life - specific skills, knowledge, and maybe you've had a few unexpected curve balls thrown at you that's given you wisdom and resilience - and now it's time to share that with others. To give a leg up to those finding their own way on their journey. It feels great, it feels right, making it all worthwhile. This is where my friend and ex-colleague Connie Fogarty is at. She has earned her corpor...
Why giving back and empowering women is a win-win with Connie Fogarty
April 26, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBIt's simply a fact that empowering others feels empowering! You've learnt some stuff in your life - specific skills, knowledge, and maybe you've had a few unexpected curve balls thrown at you that's given you wisdom and resilience - and now it's time to share that with others. To give a leg up to those finding their own way on their journey. It feels great, it feels right, making it all worthwhile. This is where my friend and ex-colleague Connie Fogarty is at. She has earned her corpor...
Staying curious about what makes us tick with Joff Brown
April 19, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBThere is a lot of discussion and information out there about the mind-body connection, isn't there. It's a big topic. But what does it mean? And what can cause disassociation, a disconnect, between the head and the body? So this week I'm chatting with Joff Brown, a Functional Neurology Practitioner and Pain & Performance Therapist, to find out more. He spends his personal time studying, and professional time treating people with, issues surrounding neural connections, movement and pain....
Empowering farmers and ourselves through progressive agricultural practices with Karen Seyersted
April 12, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBRegardless of where we live in the world, what we believe in and what work we do, there is one thing every human being has in common: the need to eat. Most people have to buy food, making choices about what to put into our, and our family's, bodies. It's an ongoing routine that goes on automatic most of the time, I expect. And perhaps now, with a pandemic-induced health awareness, we think about those choices more. More veg/fruit/lean meat, less sugar and fat etc. But how about taking...
Outrunning the demons - healing trauma through running with Phil Hewitt
March 29, 2022 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBPhil Hewitt (UK runner, author and journalist) woke up to a sunny morning in Cape Town, South Africa and a day filled with his favourite sport, cricket. He was thrilled to have got tickets and make the journey. But by the end of the day, Phil's life had changed forever. A decision to walk back to the city on his own led to a near-fatal knife attack, his life miraculously saved by a passing pizza delivery man. Returning back to the UK, it became clear that Phil was suffering from Post Tra...
Outrunning the demons - healing trauma through running
March 29, 2022 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBPhil Hewitt (UK runner, author and journalist) woke up to a sunny morning in Cape Town, South Africa and a day filled with his favourite sport, cricket. He was thrilled to have got tickets and make the journey. But by the end of the day, Phil's life had changed forever. A decision to walk back to the city on his own led to a near-fatal knife attack, his life miraculously saved by a passing pizza delivery man. Returning back to the UK, it became clear that Phil was suffering from Post Tra...
Offering a new take on the "Mother Role" with Sarah Cox
March 23, 2022 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBIt's Mother's Day in the UK this coming Sunday, when we celebrate mothers, but it's actually a day that is difficult for many. You may have lost a mother recently/prematurely, or desperately want to be a mother but can't for whatever reason, or have a difficult relationship with your mother, or have lost a child and are no longer a mother. Yeah, it can be a pretty loaded day. I invite friend and fellow yogi Sarah Cox back onto the mat to chat about our society's general relationship with ...
A lesson in contentment by a Sami reindeer farmer with Mina
March 15, 2022 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.65 MBIt's a solo episode this week as I share reflections on a recent trip to the Arctic! It's my second trip to Northern Norway but this time in mid-winter, when the landscape is covered in ice and snow. It's just as raw and rugged and awe-inducing as summer, but perhaps a bit more magical in the frosty glow. While there, I visited a Sami reindeer camp, where we could interact with the animals and learn about the Sami culture. It's quite the thing when you're in the same room with an indigeno...
Managing the loss of a parent to Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementia with Tobiah
March 01, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBWe arrive into this world and meet the people (or person) who are going to look after us, usually our parents. From that moment on we are dependent on them/her/him until we are old enough to take care of ourselves and establish our own lives. But this relationship, be it good or bad, easy or hard, joyful or painful - let's try to take the judgement out of it - remains part of our story. Regardless of the quality of that parental connection, the moment will come when they pass on, and assu...
Navigating the generational shift with Tobiah
March 01, 2022 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBWe arrive into this world and meet the people (or person) who are going to look after us, usually our parents. From that moment on we are dependent on them/her/him until we are old enough to take care of ourselves and establish our own lives. But this relationship, be it good or bad, easy or hard, joyful or painful - let's try to take the judgement out of it - remains part of our story. Regardless of the quality of that parental connection, the moment will come when they pass on, and assu...
Finding gratitude after serious injury and healing PTSD through writing with Katy Parker
February 22, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIt was just another day until Katy Parker was crossing the road and got hit by a van only a metre away from reaching the pavement. Lying dazed on the ground but aware she had been badly injured, she was overwhelmed with a profound sense of gratitude. Gratitude that she was still alive, she could open her eyes and see the sky. Later in A&E, she was told it had been a very close call - a few inches further back and she could have been killed or paralysed. As it was, she was lucky to have g...
Can suffering be a catalyst for positive personal growth? with Baruch Zeichner
February 15, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBTo suffer is to be human, but this is a tricky question which might provoke an immediate "No!" for some or most people. Resisting or avoiding pain is understandable and perfectly natural! However, it's something I can explore with Baruch Zeichner who describes his life as a growth journey. After gaining a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology from college in New Hampshire, US, Baruch began his own practice and teaching. A part time job as a DJ on local radio sparked his lifelong passio...
The risks and rewards of unconditional love - is it worth the ride? with Sarah Cox
February 08, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBWhat is unconditional love? That's a big bite to chew, isn't it! And to tackle this universal, eternal key life question, I invite my friend and fellow yogi Sarah Cox back onto the mat. Loving should be so easy and effortless, I mean, we all have a heart, so what is the problem. Well, it turns out that love is a risky business involving heartache and disappointment, depending on who and what the object of our devotion is, and the cards we are dealt in life. We start the discussion by ...
Building a bridge of trust to our herbal roots with Dee Atkinson
February 01, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBHuman beings have had a relationship with the plant world since we were formed. We rely on it for food, fuel and food for raising domestic animals which also sustain us. But we have also relied on plants and herbs for medicinal purposes and for helping us heal. Herbalism is a tradition found in every culture in the world, anywhere plants grow. Which is why I'm excited to chat with Dee Atkinson, a Medicinal Herbalist (of Napiers Herbalists in Edinburgh, est 1860) . Dee's journey to herbal...
Why finding stillness and meditating is essential 'hygiene for the mind' with Burkhard Langemann
January 25, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBI'm sure I'm not the only one who finds regular meditation challenging to maintain in all the busy-ness of daily life, but Burkhard Langemann is very clear that it's an essential practice we need to do daily. Like brushing our teeth. Hygiene for the mouth and hygiene for the mind, he says. Burkhard should know, he is a Psychologist by background and is currently a Yoga & Meditation Teacher Trainer. Ten years ago he co-founded Akasha Yoga Academy, which is where our paths crossed when I di...
Embracing change and growth through physical, mental and emotional movement - NLP explained with Nily Ron
January 11, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBI'm always curious when I sense - hear, feel or see - fear of change. It's like we think that a state of things-must-stay-the-same is a safe, secure place, and that change is scary or dangerous. Fear of change is actually fear of the unknown, the not-knowing. But the reality is that change is happening constantly, it's something we can neither control nor resist or avoid. And change is a good thing! Life is therefore a state of continuous movement, as Nily Ron explains in this week's Mat...
A back-breaking story of finding one's inner resilience with Reva Myers
January 04, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBI celebrate the start of a new year and my chosen theme for the year, resilience, by inviting fellow yogi Reva Myers onto the mat for a chat. We met on Bali nearly five years ago where we shared an intense month on a yoga teacher training course, a life-changing experience for us both. She returned to the US with a dream to live the life of a travelling yoga teacher, going wherever the spirit would take her in a yogified van! Reva did indeed make her dream a reality but not quite in the wa...
Channelling resilience for 2022 with Mina
December 28, 2021 07:00 - 11 minutes - 8.3 MBIt's the end of another year and a natural pause for reflection. So this week I'm sitting on my virtual mat on my own and sharing some thoughts on the year that's gone. What will you take with you into the new year? What have you learned? Do you need to make some changes to the way you behave, to what you value and to your attitude? I think in the end it's about discovering your inner resilience, which is a profound awareness that emerges when we are deeply challenged. And that's what ...
Finding one's purpose through loss and giving the gift of acupuncture with Paula Macklin Creasy
December 21, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBOne of the key learnings in the ancient yogic scripture The Bhagavad Gita, is: "It is better to strive in one's own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one's own dharma." Dharma is Sanskrit for purpose, for one's calling. It's the thing you've come into the world to do and it resonates deeply in your heart. It can be something obvious that you know from a young age or it can take years to become apparent. Sometimes we have to suffer to dis...
How conventional and traditional medicine can work together - a homeopath's story with Lone Pedersen
December 14, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBHumans have been treating their ailments for thousands of years in one way or another, leaning into what Mother Nature offers. Conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann, homeopathy joined the ranks of traditional (I don't like the word 'alternative'!) medicine and has been helping people heal ever since. I ask Lone Pedersen what she has discovered during the 20 years she has been practicing as a Classical Homeopath in her international practice which focuses on mental and e...
Can self-care and Christmas co-exist? with Sarah Cox
December 07, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBChristmas is soon upon us with all the excitement and expectation that that implies! It's a time of celebration and joy, of course, but it can also be a difficult time, of stress, as you strive to make it whatever you feel it needs to be. If you celebrate Christmas, you will have developed a relationship with it over the years, and perhaps wellbeing tends not be on the (very long) seasonal to-do list! I ask friend and fellow yogi Sarah Cox, can self-care and Christmas co-exist? Because y...
Why we really are what we eat with Nicola Russell
November 30, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBThis week I'm exploring the gut with Nutritional Therapist Nicola Russell. It's so much more than a 9 metre long tube where stuff goes in at the top and waste comes out at the bottom! It produces more neurotransmitters than the brain. It regulates and self-cleans itself. It controls our mood. We discuss all this and other interesting facts as Nicola takes us through her own gut journey overcoming IBS, and how she now empowers others to heal their digestive system and get their lives bac...
Embracing the changes of the female body over a lifetime
November 23, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBIt feels like we at times fear or fight change in principle, that we'd prefer things stayed the same. And yet change is all around and within us constantly without our control! Take the female body. From the moment of birth, it's an ongoing growth that shifts into monthly cycles, pausing only for the 9 month wonder of pregnancy if and when that occurs, before it gears down into peri- and finally menopause. It's quite the journey to navigate, but how supportive of ourselves are we on the ...
Embracing the ever-changing female body (especially during menopause!) with Becky Potts
November 23, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBIt feels like we at times fear or fight change in principle, that we'd prefer things stayed the same. And yet change is all around and within us constantly without our control! Take the female body. From the moment of birth, it's an ongoing growth that shifts into monthly cycles, pausing only for the 9 month wonder of pregnancy if and when that occurs, before it gears down into peri- and finally menopause. It's quite the journey to navigate, but how supportive of ourselves are we on the ...