Well-Being In The Kingdom
32 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWellbeing In The Kingdom is the show which has been created to inform, inspire and empower you to take action towards greater well-being, in all its forms.
This show is designed to help you better understand your own physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing, as well bring you conversations that focus on improving your health, wellness and personal development.
This is for those listeners who want to get healthier in every way, have a better life and be empowered to take the manageable steps needed to grow in every area of life. Presented by positive psychology specialist Najma Zaman, this show shares evidence-based interventions that listeners can undertake to improve their wellbeing.
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#23 The Supernatural in Children and Young Adult's Entertainment and Games with Melissa Rupp
September 07, 2023 18:05 - 59 minutes - 37.6 MBIn this episode Melissa Rupp discusses entertainment, especially those aimed at children and young adults. She tells a few stories about her and her family's experiences and also other people's experiences. She informs us about various things she's found whilst researching areas of young people's entertainment and play. She also advises how parents and children can navigate these things. You will hear about: Dungeons and Dragons - the movie Dungeons and Dragons - the game Sophia the F...
#22 The Reality of Ouija, Tarrot, Mediums with Melissa Rupp
August 31, 2023 13:54 - 40 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this episode Dr Melissa Rupp starts off by talking about Ouija Boards. She tells us the origins of the board and how and why they are used. Melissa also delves into Tarrot Cards. Throughout she tells real life stories of the experiences both she and others have had with these and other things. You will hear: Origins of Ouija boards and what they are used for Experiences that people have had after using Ouija Boards So called Christian versions of these boards Origins of Tarrot Ca...
#21 Forest Bathing with Dr Kirsten McEwan
February 22, 2023 17:29 - 43 minutes - 27.6 MBToday Najma's guest is Dr Kirsten McEwan who is a research psychologist at the university of Derby, UK. She talks about forest bathing including the research she has conducted with sdults and adolescents. She also talks about online forest bathing and the results she found in esearch with people suffering with long covid. In this episode you will hear: Explanation of what forest bathing is. What happens during a forest bathing session. Different places you can do ‘forest bathing’. N...
Halloween with Melissa Rupp
October 27, 2022 17:43 - 55 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this episode Dr Melissa Rupp is back. This time she and Najma talk about Halloween. Melissa tells about the roots of Halloween, the myths around it and what the Bible has to say. Her stance on Halloween might surprise some of you. In this episode you will hear: * The origins of Halloween * The different myths and traditions * What the Bible has to say * What about dressing up at Halloween? * Statistics regarding crime on Halloween * Being proactive in advance of Halloween
Why You Should Stay Away From Certain Treatements And Practices With Dr Melissa Rupp
August 25, 2022 19:25 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MBToday Najma is talking with Mellisa Rupp, who is a healing and deliverance minister and author of books: Weaponized Prayer and Keys to Healing. They discuss the spiritual dangers of alternative and new age therapies. The Bible illustrates the connection between disease and demons and tells how Jesus healed people through casting out demons. Melissa reminds us that God is our ultimate healer and that when we seek healing through certain alternative mediums, you can leave ourselves open ...
#19 Why You Should Stay Away From Certain Treatements And Practices With Dr Melissa Rupp
August 25, 2022 19:25 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MBToday Najma is talking with Mellisa Rupp, who is a healing and deliverance minister and author of books: Weaponized Prayer and Keys to Healing. They discuss the spiritual dangers of alternative and new age therapies. The Bible illustrates the connection between disease and demons and tells how Jesus healed people through casting out demons. Melissa reminds us that God is our ultimate healer and that when we seek healing through certain alternative mediums, you can leave ourselves open ...
#18 Three Phases of Health with Dr Rachel Hamel
July 26, 2022 22:40 - 47 minutes - 36.3 MBIn this episode Najma is talking with chiropractor, Dr Rachel Hamil, about holistic approaches to health and well-being. Too often we think about our health only when we get ill and need to find a remedy, but what we really need to do is aim to maintain good health and well-being all the time. It is this which will help us to lead productive and fulfilling lives. Dr Rachel introduces us to the 3 phases of health: mechanical, biochemical and emotional/spiritual; explains how blockages can l...
#17 Looking After Your Brain with Vineta Kravale
February 28, 2022 23:06 - 50 minutes - 36.3 MBToday's guest is Vineta Kravale, who is a certified brain health coach and neuro-optimal therapist. Vineta’s mission to help others began when she started to search answers in her own life. In her search for solutions to the many ‘whys’ and ‘wherefores’, Vineta stumbled upon NeurOptimal®, a technology that would help to improve her life significantly. After seeing amazing results in herself within a relatively short time period, Vineta decided to embark on a journey where she would help othe...
#16 More About Optimising Indoor Spaces To Promote Well-being With Anna Wcislo
November 28, 2021 20:56 - 38 minutes - 27.5 MBToday Najma continues her conversation with interior designer, Anna Wcislo, who outlines a number of practical steps we can take when choosing furniture and accessories, in order to improve our health and wellbeing. She discusses the importance of identifying your needs and requirements when laying out your home and gives ideas of how to create multi-functional spaces. Now we are spending more of our time indoors, she explains how to organise a home office ergonomically; the importance of ai...
#15 Optimising Indoor Spaces To Promote Well-being
October 25, 2021 23:02 - 39 minutes - 29.7 MBToday, Najma is talking to interior designer, Anna Wcislo about the link between home décor and well-being. Anna has a passion for well-being and her ultimate mission is to create spaces that support mental and physical comfort, relaxation, and productivity. Looking for inspiration in nature, she emphasises the importance of biophilic design and advices how to improve our homes for happy life. With most people spending over 90% of their time indoors, either at home or in the workplace, Ann...
#15 Optimising Indoor Spaces To Promote Well-being With Anna Wcislo
October 25, 2021 23:02 - 39 minutes - 29.7 MBToday, Najma is talking to interior designer, Anna Wcislo about the link between home décor and well-being. Anna has a passion for well-being and her ultimate mission is to create spaces that support mental and physical comfort, relaxation, and productivity. Looking for inspiration in nature, she emphasises the importance of biophilic design and advices how to improve our homes for happy life. With most people spending over 90% of their time indoors, either at home or in the workplace, Ann...
#14 How Your Spritual Life Impacts Your Physical and Mental Health
September 23, 2021 15:51 - 56 minutes - 41.1 MBToday, Najma is talking to her friend, Yohan Bhogadi, who shares his extraordinary testimony. He describes how his mother was visited by angels telling her of his birth, his father’s conversion and his early life with his parents. However, it was after he came to London as an adult that he was touched by God during a church service, an event that changed the his entire way of thinking. Yohan talks about the freedom and peace that can be felt when you give up your worries to God, and how you ...
#14 How Your Spiritual Life Impacts Your Physical and Mental Health
September 23, 2021 15:51 - 56 minutes - 41.1 MBToday, Najma is talking to her friend, Yohan Bhogadi, who shares his extraordinary testimony. He describes how his mother was visited by angels telling her of his birth, his father’s conversion and his early life with his parents. However, it was after he came to London as an adult that he was touched by God during a church service, an event that changed the his entire way of thinking. Yohan talks about the freedom and peace that can be felt when you give up your worries to God, and how you ...
#13 Auditory Processing With Mary Kidson
June 25, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 21.1 MBToday Mary Kidson is back on the show. As well as being an experienced gardener who runs My Garden Academy, Mary also works as an educational therapist. Today she talks about this. Mary got into educational therapy due to her children having problems with auditory processing. Mary explains what auditory processing disorder is and how it transpires and can affect children in their education, mental health and every day life. In this show you will hear about: * Auditory processing diso...
#12 Steps To Improve Mind Body Well-being, A Mini Compilation
June 11, 2021 22:17 - 26 minutes - 21.1 MBThis episode is a compilation which aims to help you take steps to improve your mind and body well-being. In this show you will hear: Sheena McKinney talking about lemon water and alternate nostril breathing, from episode 4. Dr Anthony Rafferty talking about gut health and the best way to improve it, from episode 10. Najma and Cleide Burgess talking about gratitude, and an exercise you can try, from episode 1. ***DISCLAIMER*** The content in this podcast is not intended to be a s...
#11 Dancing for Physical and Mental Health with Dr Peter Lovatt
May 28, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 41.4 MBToday Najma's guest is Psychologist Dr Peter Lovatt, AKA Dr Dance. He spent 20 years working in university research labs and lecturing. In 2008 he set up his first Dance Psychology lab. From here he studied how movement changes the way people think, how it changes social interaction and how it changes people’s feelings. Peter is co-founder of Movement In Practice Academy, where he and his wife Lindsey offer training programmes. He was recently diagnosed with bowel cancer and used dance to he...
#11 Dancing for Physical and mental Health with Dr Peter Lovatt
May 28, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 41.4 MBToday Najma's guest is Psychologist Dr Peter Lovatt, AKA Dr Dance. He spent 20 years working in university research labs and lecturing. In 2008 he set up his first Dance Psychology lab. From here he studied how movement changes the way people think, how it changes social interaction how it changes people’s feelings. Peter is co-founder of Movement In Practice Academy, where he and his wife, Lindsey offer training programmes. He was recently diagnosed with bowel cancer and used dance to help ...
#10 Gut Health With Anthony Rafferty
May 13, 2021 19:22 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBToday Najma is talking to Dr Anthony Rafferty, about why the gut is vital for maintaining our physical and mental wellbeing. Anthony explains why it is crucial we take care of the trillion types of bacteria inside our gut, and describes how we can do so through a high-fibre, plant-rich diet. He breaks down the buzzwords, 'probiotic' and 'prebiotic', telling us when it is useful (and not useful) to take those supplements on sale at the supermarket; advises us how to munch our way through 30 ...
#9 Gardening and Mental Health With Mary Kidson
April 30, 2021 12:17 - 41 minutes - 34.3 MBToday Najma is talking to founder of My Garden Academy, Mary Kidson, about the link between gardening and mental health. The lockdown has led to a resurgence in gardening, with many people growing their own plants and vegetables for the first time. The two talk about how the act of planting growing and harvesting your own food; tending to plants; or sitting in the tranquillity of your own space can create hope, reduce stress and ease depression. Mary explains how those lacking outdoor space...
#8 Talking Identity With Cherri Middleton
April 15, 2021 13:13 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBToday Najma is joined by lymphologist and coach Cherri Middleton who talks about identity. Cherri tells of how, as a child when her parents’ divorced and remarried, and in acquiring a new name, new parents and new extended families, she found herself losing her identity. Cherri goes on to talk about how we can hold in the stress created by negative thoughts and traumas and how this stress creates diseases like cancer, oedemas and even paralysis. She ends with some practical advice to help yo...
#7 Effects of Kindness With Valdeiza Costa
April 02, 2021 16:50 - 49 minutes - 41.5 MBToday Najma is speaking to Positive Psychology Practitioner and teacher, Valdeiza Costa, about kindness. Last December Valdeiza created a series of Portuguese-language videos during Action for Happiness’ Month of Kindness, which was watched by 350 people. They discuss how kindness is a practical application of the Bible’s command to love our neighbour and thus is at the heart of the Christian faith. Valdeiza points out how being kind to others helps you to recognise your own blessings; tha...
#6 Freedom From Addiction - A Story Of Hope with Rob Lohman
March 09, 2021 19:49 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBNajma’s guest is interventionist & recovery coach, Rob Lohman. He talks about the alcohol and drug addictions which plagued his teens and twenties, and his miraculous recovery from both, as well as the mental breakdown which led to his incarceration and subsequent freedom. Today, Rob is an interventionist who helps people with addiction issues to find a meaningful and sustained path to recovery. He tells us how it is vital to live your life in your identity in Christ; that the resources for ...
#5 Increasing Your Productivity with Sathish Rajamani
February 10, 2021 16:34 - 42 minutes - 59.4 MBIn this episode Najma talks to Sathish Rajamani about time-management and productivity. Satish Rajamani is an IT leader and business coach who is passionate about helping businesses succeed and showing individuals how to increase their ‘personal productivity.’ He explains that whilst technology has made it easier than ever to fulfil our goals, it is also enabling us to drown in a flow of material (from social media, emails and other sources) which demands our attention and makes it difficult...
#4 Easy and Inexpensive Health Hacks to Improve Your Health with Sheena McKinney
January 29, 2021 23:07 - 34 minutes - 50.7 MBNajma's guest is Sheena McKinney who is a board certified Functional Health Coach certified through the accredited Institute for Functional Health Coaching, board certified by AANWC, and a Licensed Holistic Practitioner through GEMA. She has been a voracious learner of natural, preventative, and holistic health since she was a teenager, back in the mid 1980’s. After recently beating Stage 3 breast cancer using an integrative approach, her life-long mission to help others became an answered ...
#4. Easy and Inexpensive Health Hacks to Improve Your Health with Sheena McKinney
January 29, 2021 23:07 - 34 minutes - 50.7 MBNajma & her guest, Sheena McKinney discuss: Lemon water. Alternate nasal breathing. Squatty potty. Mouth-taping. Inclined Bed ***DISCLAIMER*** The content in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice.
#Trailer Welcome To Well-Being In The Kingdom
January 15, 2021 23:34 - 3 minutes - 3.91 MBThis introductory episode is designed to give a taste of the exciting things to come; share the subjects and topics that will be covered within this powerful podcast series; reveal the sort of guests and experts you can expect ongoing and give you an insight into how well-being must be focused on in mental, physical and spiritual forms.
#2 How To Stay Healthy During Party Seasons With Tracy Nackle
January 11, 2021 23:22 - 28 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week on the show Najma meets Tracy Nackel who is a whole body wellness expert. Tracy is on a mission to help people nourish their body with the food their body needs and making small, sustainable lifestyle shifts to live healthy! As a Certified Health Coach, Tracy provides people with the tools, resources, and most important, the support needed to nourish your body with clean, whole foods, discover hacks that make healthy eating a snap, and replace old lifestyle habits with a new atti...
#2 Healthy Hacks For Party Seasons With Tracy Nackle
January 11, 2021 23:22 - 28 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week on the show Najma meets Tracy Nackel who is a whole body wellness expert. Tracy is on a mission to help people nourish their body with the food their body needs and making small, sustainable lifestyle shifts to live healthy! As a Certified Health Coach, Tracy provides people with the tools, resources, and most important, the support needed to nourish your body with clean, whole foods, discover hacks that make healthy eating a snap, and replace old lifestyle habits with a new atti...
#2 Healthy Hacks For Party Seasons With Tracy Nackel
January 11, 2021 23:22 - 28 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week on the show Najma meets Tracy Nackel who is a whole body wellness expert. Tracy is on a mission to help people nourish their body with the food their body needs and making small, sustainable lifestyle shifts to live healthy! As a Certified Health Coach, Tracy provides people with the tools, resources, and most important, the support needed to nourish your body with clean, whole foods, discover hacks that make healthy eating a snap, and replace old lifestyle habits with a new atti...
#3 How To Actually Use Gratitude with Cleide Burgess
January 07, 2021 23:40 - 19 minutes - 15.5 MBThis week on the show Najma welcomes back Psychology, Counselling & Coaching expert Cleide Burgess. Drawing from many years of experience as a counsellor, Cleide has a passion for seeing people set free from limiting beliefs or traumatic events, which hold them back from reaching their full potential. In this show you will hear: How Cleide used a 21 day gratitude to get closer to her husband The power of writing down what you are grateful for The importance of focusing on...
#1 The Power Of Gratitude with Cleide Burgess
December 20, 2020 19:47 - 23 minutes - 18.4 MBThis week on the show Najma welcomes Psychology, Counselling & Coaching expert Cleide Burgess. Drawing from many years of experience as a counsellor, Cleide has a passion for seeing people set free from limiting beliefs or traumatic events, which hold them back from reaching their full potential. In this show you will hear: What the definition of gratitude is and why we need to understand it The importance of having an ‘attitude of gratitude’ How gratitude is the password into God...
Welcome To Well-Being In The Kingdom
December 15, 2020 09:56 - 37 seconds - 803 KBLAUNCHING MONDAY 21ST DECEMBER Wellbeing In The Kingdom is the show which has been created to inform, inspire and empower you to take action towards your greater well-being, in all its forms. This show is designed to help you better understand physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing, as well bring you conversations that focus on improving your health, wellness and personal development and stories to give you hope. This is for those listeners who want to get healthier, have a better li...