Reconditioned with Lauren Vaknine

Ep. 43 – RISE – Why Do We Stay In Unhealthy & Unhappy Relationships?

RISE is a series within the Reconditioned podcast where there’s no guest, just me, offering little tidbits of wisdom, knowledge and emotional, psychological and spiritual guidance on a wide range of topics that I see come up with my clients the most.   In this week’s episode, I speak about unhappy and unhealthy relationships. I take a deep dive into the REAL reason behind why we stay, and offer the transformative tools you need to move forward.   It’s not easy listening. It takes no comf...

Ep. 42 – DANIELLE BEINSTEIN – Spiritual & Psychological Astrology

We all know our sun sign, but what does our moon sign represent? How can we use the moon to more effortlessly navigate our lives? How can we use the zodiac to understand our core self better? What does it mean when a planet is in retrograde? What is a natal chart? How can we use astrology to help us manifest more easily?   These are just a few of the questions that New York-based psychological astrologer, Dani Beinstein, talks us through in this hugely eye-opening and expansive episod...

Ep. 41 – THOMAS OLIVIER – Understanding Epigenetics; Your Genes ARE NOT Your Destiny

I was SO excited today to sit down with Thomas Olivier, a nutrigenomic practitioner who was the first coach in the UK to offer fitness and nutrition plans based on individual DNA make-up, and CEO of Omnos.   Omnos is an AI health optimisation platform that analyses one's genome combined with lifestyle and functional medicine tests to provide a scientifically validated dashboard of one’s health with personalised and actionable recommendations. This platform is revolutionary and life-changin...

Episode 40 – SEED SISTAS Pt 2 – Kitchen Witchery with Herbalism

In the second part of our series on herbalism, I speak with the other half of the Seed Sistas – Karen Lawton, all about kitchen witchery.   I honestly LOVED every minute of recording this episode. Karen and I delved into the subjects of healing with food; how preventative healthcare should be the foremost mode of healthcare and how it begins in the kitchen; which herbs we can grow at home and how; about how to get started with foraging; about how food and herbs support immune and digestive...

Ep. 40 – SEED SISTAS Pt 2 – Kitchen Witchery with Herbalism

In the second part of our series on herbalism, I speak with the other half of the Seed Sistas – Karen Lawton, all about kitchen witchery.   I honestly LOVED every minute of recording this episode. Karen and I delved into the subjects of healing with food; how preventative healthcare should be the foremost mode of healthcare and how it begins in the kitchen; which herbs we can grow at home and how; about how to get started with foraging; about how food and herbs support immune and digestive...

Ep. 39 – SEED SISTAS Pt 1 – Sensory Herbalism

I had the pleasure today of speaking with Fiona – one half of the Seed Sistas. The Seed Sistas are herbalists with a special love and interest in the so-called witching herbs of old, the poisons or power plants!   Karen and Fiona run a social enterprise called Sensory Solutions Herbal Evolution to try and encourage people to further their knowledge on herbs by getting involved with planting and foraging. They combine their clinical experience with ritual, art and creativity to teach herbal...

Ep. 38 – NADINE ARTEMIS – Holistic Beauty, Anti-Ageing & Ancient Healing Wisdom

  On this week’s episode of Reconditioned, I had the pleasure of speaking with Nadine Artemis - world-renowned natural beauty expert and aromacologist, and founder of the award-winning skincare brand, Living libations. We spoke all about how we can use what nature has already given us to boost our health AND our beauty.   We delve into everything from the importance of sun exposure, to anti-ageing, to breast health, protecting the microbiome, and how the over-use of anti-bacterial products ...

Ep. 37- RISE – The Cause of All Inner Suffering

In this RISE episode, I talk you through the ONE thing that is the cause of all inner suffering.   I AM NOT ENOUGH. Self-love, self-acceptance, I AM ENOUGH. That’s where it’s at.   Listen along to hear why, and how to implement it into your life!   DON'T FORGET, THE RECONDITION YOUR LIFE ACADEMY IS *NOW OPEN WITH LIMITED SPACES*! VISIT www.laurenvakninecoaching.com FOR MORE INFO OR TO SIGN UP. CART CLOSES END OF MARCH AND IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AGAIN UNTIL THE AUTUMN.   Haven't lef...

Ep. 36 – KATE NORTHRUP – Burnt Out? Learn How to Do Less, Achieve More & Honour Your Higher Self in Parenthood & Business

  I was beyond excited today, to speak to someone who has truly inspired my own journey.   Kate Northrup is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, and mother, who has built a multimedia educational platform that reaches hundreds of thousands globally. She’s committed to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out.   Kate teaches data and soul-driven time and energy management practices that result in saving time, making more money, and experien...

Ep. 35 - LAUREN CADILLAC - Intuitive Eating & Body Acceptance

I was so excited to speak to Lauren Cadillac, otherwise known as Feel Good Dietician – a Manhattan-based registered dietician, all about the life-changing medium of Intuitive Eating.   Lauren runs her own virtual private practice helping clients to ditch the dieting cycle and heal their relationship with food using the intuitive eating framework, and we covered that framework here and spoke about everything from why we have lost touch of our ability to intuitively know what our bodies need...

Ep. 34 - ZITA WEST - A Holistic Approach to Fertility

This week’s episode is very close to my heart as I spoke with Zita West, whose fertility clinic is renowned for its holistic approach. Not only does the Zita West Clinic help women who previously couldn’t conceive, to conceive through a more natural approach, but they also offer IVF and other fertility treatments, using a holistic approach to gain the best outcome.   My daughter Vida is a result of Zita’s clinic and their approach, and so this episode was very important to me.   If you a...

Ep. 33 – RISE – KNOW YOURSELF, The ONLY Way to Long-Term Happiness

Welcome to RISE, a new series within the Reconditioned Podcast, where I aim to offer you transformational coaching tools and wisdom that will hopefully help you live more fulfilled lives. If you have a topic in mind that you’d like me to cover, please email my team at [email protected] or message me on Instagram!   In this episode of RISE I talk about why knowing yourself is the only way to true happiness, and I offer tools to help you get to know yourself.   For the free resource ...

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Ep. 32 - JAY SHETTY - The Real Meaning of Spirituality, Season 3 Finale Special

I was honoured to be joined in this season 3 finale special, by my friend, spiritual guide and motivational speaker, Jay Shetty. Jay and I met through our spiritual connections many years ago and in that time he has not only been a friend, but also a mentor of sorts, like he is for so many others. The lessons I have learnt from him (and his equally insightful wife Radhi) have been humbling and life-defining. So many people know Jay’s work and have listened to him speaking about his life as ...

Ep. 31 – BRANDON LUCERO - The Alchemy of Mixing Business & Spirituality

I have been eagerly awaiting the recording of this episode and Brandon did not disappoint. I came away feeling inspired, empowered and ready to take on anything, and I really think you’ll feel the same after listening to it.   After his own rock bottom where he was $40k in debt, Brandon Lucero used spiritual wisdom - gained along the way and through working with a shaman - alongside his expertise in online business to scale his business to 7 figures and beyond.   In this episode we go DE...

Ep. 30 – OLIVIA WAYNE – The Conscious Parenting vs Career Passion Juggle

I was able to sit down IN PERSON (YAY!)  (in between lockdown 1.0 and 2.0!) with my friend, TV presenter and conscious mama of two, Olivia Wayne. I wanted to have Olivia on the show because she and I share the same constant juggle, something we often talk (read: moan) about when we’re together: navigating our choice to consciously parent our children and manage a holistic way of living, alongside a deep passion and ambition for our careers.   As women, this is no easy feat, as our choices ...

Ep. 29 – SARA COSENDAI – Women’s Health Expert on Mother Nurture: Pregnancy, Motherhood & Beyond

This week I speak to one of the UK’s top holistic female health experts, Sara Cosendai. Sara is a naturopathic nutritionist, clinical aromatherapist, doula, prenatal yoga teacher and Kundalini yoga teacher. What she does is truly magical, because, in blending all her qualifications and passions, she has found a way to support women during the most transformational time in their lives, to ensure a smooth trip from pre-conception right through to motherhood and beyond.   Sara was fortunate e...

Ep. 28 – AISHA CARRINGTON – When Spirituality & Entrepreneurship Merge

What happens when an entrepreneur is aligned and in their worth? Magical things! I open this topic up today with Aisha Carrington, a spiritual coach and healer, who has helped me in my own healing journey. Aisha is working to make wellness a more diverse and inclusive place, and to help us all on our paths back to self-love. It has truly been one of the most magical episodes to record because of all the topics we touched on and what they brought up for us both. What does spirituality actual...

Ep. 27 – LEO COSENDAI, Making Meditation Accessible Through Sound Healing

Ever heard of ASMR – the tingling sensation you get when you listen to someone whose voice is simply hypnotic? Thats exactly what you will experience listening to today’s guest, Leo Cosendai. Not only is he a sound healing facilitator, but the sound of his own voice alone might just alter your state of consciousness; it was a struggle for me to stay coherent during the interview! (You’re welcome :) )  Aside from facilitating sound baths internationally, Leo is also an author, teacher and th...

Ep. 26 – KARINA GRANT, Renowned Energy Healing Practitioner on Energy Healing for Self-Growth

Today’s guest was a person I’m so grateful to have in my life; a true healer, authentic spiritualist, genuine light-worker – all of those in the most pure sense of the word, without even trying. She is one of a kind and she is Karina Grant.  Karina has been working as an energy healing practitioner for over 2 decades, performing, teaching and lecturing on modalities such as Quantum Touch, Reiki, Bio Energy and Permissioning and Transformation, as well as facilitating many successful mindful...

Ep. 25 – DR DAVID CLARKE, A MindBody Approach to Curing Chronic Pain (inc. Trigeminal Neuralgia)

{Trigger warning: sexual abuse} Dr David Clarke is president of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. He is also Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics and Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus both at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, USA, among many other impressive accomplishments, and I was fortunate enough to spend over an hour with him discussing psychophysiologic disorders. In the 1970s, Dr John Sarno discovered that many ...

Ep. 24 – ALEX CANTONE, Using Human Design to Understand & Communicate with Our Children Effectively

We all have ideas about the way we want to parent our children, but then they are born, each with their own unique personalities, and all our ideas get thrown out the window. But what if we could gain a deeper insight into each of our children’s individual makeups in order to adapt our parenting style to their specific needs?   That is exactly what Alex Cantone offers. Alex is a Human Design reader, but specifically tailors her business to reading children’s charts to help parents navigate...

Ep.23 - MELISSA ELIYAHOO, Self-Love Coach on How to Move Into A Place of Self-Love & Live In the Present Moment

Melissa Eliyahoo is a Malibu-based self-love coach and conscious mama who is on a mission to uplift the planet back to the frequency of love.   In this episode we talk about what self-love really means, and how we can move into a place of implementing it and truly believing it, in order to be able to live in the present moment and not in the past or future.   Melissa offers insights and practical tips on how to do this, and why it is so important for our growth to unblock old traumas and...

Ep. 22 – KAREN HURD, Nutritionist & Biochemist on How to Heal from Any Condition with Food

Today’s episode is with nutritionist and biochemist, Karen Hurd. After her 18-month-old daughter’s tragic poisoning, and her subsequent quest to heal her daughter, Karen came up with a method of detoxing that, simplistic as it is at its core, no one had yet thought of. Since then she has been asked to speak and teach all over the world, and she has a database of over 50,000 people who have had success from her protocols. Karen’s philosophy in approaching health is that “food has the power to...

Ep.21 – LAUREN VAKNINE, A Journey From Disability to Remission - My Story

Welcome back! Reconditioned with Lauren Vaknine was previously Healthy Happy Home with Lauren Vaknine and Tilly Wood. After 2 seasons, we decided that we could use our distinct skillsets and passions more effectively by going solo. Tilly and I remain good friends, and while I take over this podcast, with the emphasis remaining on health and growth, Tilly has started her own podcast with a focus on home and lifestyle. Search for Tilly At home With to check out her podcast.   I though it was...

Ep. 21 – LAUREN VAKNINE, A Journey From Disability to Remission - My Story

Welcome back! Reconditioned with Lauren Vaknine was previously Healthy Happy Home with Lauren Vaknine and Tilly Wood. After 2 seasons, we decided that we could use our distinct skillsets and passions more effectively by going solo and I'm feeling very excited about really stepping into my true purpose with this podcast now, and I really think you'll all love what I have in store!   I though it was important to do an episode that explains my story, why keeping this podcast going and startin...

Ep. 20 – Why Protecting Our Microbiome Is Integral to the Survival of the Human Race with Microbirth Documentary Film Maker, Toni Harman

In this episode, we talk with the creator of the award-winning and game-changing documentary, Microbirth, about Lauren’s favourite subject – microbiome! We learn how and why moving away from our natural processes, we are destroying our microbiome. Increased rates in caesarean sections, lower breastfeeding rates, a steady increase in birth interventions and no skin-on-skin post-birth are all contributing factors in preventing the baby from accessing the mother’s essential microbiome – the bac...

Ep. 19 - Racial Diversity In Wellness with Writer, Poet & Black Equality Advocate Vean Ima

In what is arguably one of our most important episodes to date, and in the wake of the tragic and heart-breaking death of George Floyd which has sparked global outcry for an end to systemic racism, we speak to poet, writer, wife and mother of six, Vean Ima, whose work centres around the themes of womanhood, identity and race, inspired by her own journey to self-love and self-acceptance. Though we are not a current affairs podcast, we don’t believe in having a platform and a voice yet remaini...

Ep. 18 – Arvigo Maya Abdominal Therapy and Sexual Education & Empowerment with Medical Herbalist Victoria Kearns

Women and men alike will love this episode and find it SO expansive. Victoria is a Medical Herbalist and Arvigo Maya Abdominal Therapist, working with clients on issues that specifically affect the abdominal and pelvic organs and has a passion in sexual health and empowerment. Inspired by her clients, Victoria is currently training to become a Psychosexual & Relationship Therapist in order to further support people with the connection between their mind and their body.   In the show we spe...

Ep. 17 – Understanding Infant Mental Health with Crystal Miles, IAIM Baby Massage, 3 Step Rewind Therapist & Birth Facilitator

In honour of Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2020, we interview Crystal Miles. Crystal originally trained as a Nutritional Therapist specialising in preconception and fertility health. After giving birth to her first child in 2010, she followed a further interest in all things birth and baby. A self-confessed course junkie, Crystal went on to train in Hypnobirthing, Lactation, Baby Massage and Baby Yoga, 3 Step Rewind, as a Doula and she is currently studying child psychology. Crystal no...

Ep. 16 - Rewilding & Down-regulating with Natural Life-Stylist, Tony Riddle

We loved recording this episode with the man who ran barefoot from Land’s End to John O Groats, the Natural Life-stylist himself, Tony Riddle. After twenty years of studying the modern condition and working on ways to free us from its constraints to achieve total wellness, Tony devised his Natural life-style philosophy as a way to recharge, reboot and re-educate on the importance of re-aligning ourselves with Nature for emotional, spiritual and physical health. We began the episode with Ton...

Ep. 15 – Becoming Successful in Business While Maintaining A Holistic Approach to Life with Green & Black’s Founder, Jo Fairley

Jo Fairley is one of the UK's leading female entrepreneurs. After becoming the UK’s youngest-ever magazine editor, at the age of 23, she set out on her entrepreneurial journey in 1991 when she co-founded Green & Black’s Chocolate, now a $100 million a year brand. She is co-founder of beautybible.com (which grew out of the bestselling Beauty Bible series) and The Perfume Society, and before lockdown travelled the UK and Europe motivating audiences with lessons from her business and life journ...

Ep. 14 – Why Is Breastfeeding So Important? With Kathryn Stagg IBCLC

The UK remains one of the countries with the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. As the previous generation began to acquiesce to the new accepted medicalised paradigm when it came to raising children, this did, unfortunately, filter down into following generations, with women choosing to breastfeed less and less. However, we are now starting to see an increase in breastfeeding again, perhaps because of the rise in the wellbeing movement alongside the access we now have to information h...

Ep. 13 – A Natural Approach To Breast Cancer Prevention & Navigating Menopause Without Drugs with Dr Nyjon Eccles, The Natural Doctor

  We were honoured to have Dr Nyjon Eccles on the show today. Following his double doctorates (Medicine and Pharmacology) Dr. Eccles has worked as a general and natural medicine physician with special interest in supportive nutritional treatments that promote well-being, recovery and anti-ageing. He is also one of UK’s leading experts in bio-identical hormones. As the medical Director of The Natural Doctor in Harley Street, London, he has become one of Europe’s leading clinicians involved ...

Ep. 12- How Using Simple Mindset Tools Can Help Reduce Stress Levels and Create Mental Clarity with Scott Stevenson, The Mindset Specialist

 As we are in enforced lockdown, during the Covid-19 crisis we are bringing you topics that we believe are relevant in the midst of this crisis, in the hope of offering practical solutions, perhaps ease some anxieties, and encourage a sense of equilibrium. However as this episode covers ways to reduce stress and gives an insight into the work of Mindset specialist, Scott Stevenson, it will remain relevant regardless of external circumstances. Scott Stevenson, otherwise known as the Mindset...

Ep. 11 - A Root Cause, Individualised Approach to Healthcare, with Functional Medicine Practitioner, Debbie Lewis

  This episode was recorded just before the Covid-19 lockdown began, as the pandemic was starting to become bigger news. We released the previous 2 episodes of the season before this one, even though it was recorded before, as they were recorded during lockdown and we wanted things to be very relevant for our listeners during life in the midst of this new normal. However, we are so excited about this episode as it really sums up one large facet of what Healthy Happy Home is all about – a r...

Ep. 10 – Gentle Birth Method & Informed Choice in Childbirth with Childbirth Pioneer Dr Gowri Motha,

  We recorded this episode during the third week of enforced lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis. A lot of fear and anxiety are circulating our atmosphere right now, and we believe that life-changing decisions should never be made from a place of darkness, so, though we had started recording this season a while ago, we have decided to rejig things a bit to make the topics more relevant and record right in the midst of the crisis, in the hope of offering practical solutions, perhaps ease som...

Ep. 9 – How to Find Balance & Peace Amidst A Global Crisis with Mexican Shaman & Healer Chloe Garcia Ponce

As we record this, we are in the very midst of the Covid-19 crisis. Here in the UK we are on week 2 of enforced lockdown and while the mainstream media feed us nothing but fear, we’re left wondering if any of the myriad conspiracy theories are true, if the mainstream media have any of it right, or if we really are as much in the dark as we feel we are. What we do know is that people are witnessing a lot of suffering – both physical and emotional, and though many of us are finding the light b...

Ep. 8 – How Understanding Our DNA Can Help Us Live Healthier Lives & Prevent Disease, With Omnos Founder, Thomas Olivier

In this totally mind-blowing and enlightening episode we talk to Thomas Olivier, Founder and CEO of Omnos. Omnos is an AI health optimisation platform that can truly revolutionise healthcare as we know it, by using the latest in scientific discovery and applying it to a preventative and individualised approach to our health. Omnos analyses a person’s genome and, combined with lifestyle and functional medicine tests, they provide a scientifically validated dashboard of one’s health with pers...

Ep 7. Conscious Menstruality with Authors of Wild Power, Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer

In this truly illuminative and powerful episode, we speak to Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, authors of Wild Power and founders of Red School, about the importance of reconnecting with our feminine power. The menstrual cycle is a vital and vitalizing system in the female body, and prior to the Abrahamic religions, a woman’s menstruating body was viewed as sacred and full of power. But in recent history our understanding of and respect for this process has become limited and distor...

Ep. 6 - The Importance of Birth Preparation with Doula, Hypnobirthing Instructor & Birth Facilitator Dani Diosi

In this beautifully enlightening episode, we speak to doula, hypnobirthing instructor and trainer, and birth facilitator, Dani Diosi from Mama Serene Birth about the importance of preparation for birth. If it is true that no one would dream of entering a marathon without training, why do we, as modern women, believe that we can go into birth – one of the most challenging and transformative moments of our lives – without preparing both physically and emotionally? We explore ways to physical...

Ep. 5 - Body Positivity with Stylist and Body Positive Coach Stevie B

In perhaps one of our most edifying episodes for self-evolution, we talk today to Stevie B, celebrity stylist and body positive coach. We have spent the past few decades being fed the shameful and cruel narrative that if you are not an exact replica of a 90s supermodel, you are not beautiful. Thankfully for us in the lead-up to a new decade, the body positive movement was born, and it is teaching women (and men) that we do not need to be a size 10 to be beautiful, that beauty comes from a pl...

BONUS: Mini-sode 6 - The 6 Pillars of Wellbeing; How To Stay Healthy Year-Round

In the sixth and final mini-sode, we share with you Lauren's six pillars of wellbeing. When we were researching how to make this podcast the best it could possibly be, and unique to us and our message, we realised that there are certain topics when it comes to holistic living that people really want easy and accessible information for. To that end, we decided to offer 6 “mini-sodes”: short, micro-episodes that answer your most burning questions when it comes to holistic living and parenting...

BONUS: Mini-sode 5 - Daily Practices For A Healthy Happy Home

In the fifth of our mini-sodes, we share our daily practices for a healthy, happy home. When we were researching how to make this podcast the best it could possibly be, and unique to us and our message, we realised that there are certain topics when it comes to holistic living that people really want easy and accessible information for. To that end, we decided to offer 6 “mini-sodes”: short, micro-episodes that answer your most burning questions when it comes to holistic living and parentin...

BONUS: Mini-sode 4 - Our Top Tips For Motherhood Self-Care

In the fourth of our mini-sodes, we offer our top tips for motherhood self-care.  When we were researching how to make this podcast the best it could possibly be, and unique to us and our message, we realised that there are certain topics when it comes to holistic living that people really want easy and accessible information for. To that end, we decided to offer 6 “mini-sodes”: short, micro-episodes that answer your most burning questions when it comes to holistic living and parenting. An...

BONUS: Mini-sode 3 - My Child Is Unwell; What Do I Do?

In the third of our Healthy Happy Home Mini-sodes, we talk you through our top tips for nursing children supportively through acute illness. When we were researching how to make this podcast the best it could possibly be, and unique to us and our message, we realised that there are certain topics when it comes to holistic living that people really want easy and accessible information for. To that end, we decided to offer 6 “mini-sodes”: short, micro-episodes that answer your most burning qu...

BONUS: Mini-sode 2 - Natural Family Wellbeing Toolkit; What Are The Essentials We Need To Stock Up On At Home?

In the second of our Healthy Happy Home Mini-sodes, we answer the question, what are the essentials for a holistic family wellbeing toolkit? When we were researching how to make this podcast the best it could possibly be, and unique to us and our message, we realised that there are certain topics when it comes to holistic living that people really want easy and accessible information for. To that end, we decided to offer 6 “mini-sodes”: short, micro-episodes that answer your most burning qu...

BONUS: Mini-sode 1 - Is eating organic really that important & how to find ways to manage it financially (Clean 15, Dirty Dozen)

In this Healthy Happy Home Mini-sode, we answer the question, is eating organic really that important and how can we find ways to manage it financially? When we were researching how to make this podcast the best it could possibly be, and unique to us and our message, we realised that there are certain topics when it comes to holistic living that people really want easy and accessible information for. To that end, we decided to offer 6 “mini-sodes”: short, micro-episodes that answer your mos...

Ep. 4 – Holistic Education & Why Schools Kill Creativity with Dominic Miles, Forest School Leader

In episode 4 of Healthy Happy Home, we talk about a holistic approach to education with forest school leader, Dominic Miles. We are learning more and more about the importance and benefits of child-led learning, with some mainstream schools even implementing some more holistic education systems. We talk here about why the Western way of schooling is not conducive to positive learning and how, in the words of Sir Ken Robinson, schools can kill creativity. We talk about why the Scandinavian ed...

Ep. 3 – Ayurveda to Enrich Our Modern Lives with Mira Manek, Author, Cook & Ayurveda Expert

In this episode we talk to author, cook and Ayurveda expert, Mira Manek, about how we can use the ancient teachings of Ayurveda to enhance our modern-day lives, and how we can incorporate those teachings into modern living. In trying to optimise health and subsequently end up living more holistically, we often find that we “go back to basics”. In doing this we realise that the ancients had so many of the answers to the questions we have been seeking, and that perhaps in our quest for modern...