A Way to Live Well
There is no one size fit's all when it comes to your health and wellbeing. And the way we approach our health will change over the course of our life times. Education can be one of our best tools towards understanding and refining what might be the best approach in this moment. Join me and my knowledgeable guests as we discuss different experiences and approaches to living well!
Episodes
In this intimate and wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Peter Levine joins me on the podcast to explore the evolution of Somatic Experiencing® not only as a clinical method, but as a deeply human, relational process. We speak about the process of writing his autobiography, the early days of his work, and the shifting culture of body-based therapies. Peter’s generosity always shines in the way he shares knowledge, holds sp...
Join me as I sit down with Olivia from The Dietitian Lab, a dedicated dietitian with a First Class Honours in Dietetics from a prestigious London university. Olivia specialises in women’s health, hormonal imbalances, and functional lab testing, offering evidence-based nutrition guidance to help you feel your best.
In this e...
In this episode, I’m joined by the insightful and deeply passionate skin specialist, Elle (@winslowskincare / @winslow.education). With over a decade of experience supporting people through acne, changes related to ageing, rosacea and more, Elle shares how skin health is so much more than skin-deep.
We explore the emotional impact of skin condit...
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Sue Redmond Integrative Somatic Trauma practitioner to explore the transformative power of somatics—how body awareness can help us deepen our relationships, set healthy boundaries, and cultivate a stronger connection with ourselves.
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In this episode, we sit down with Christina, a psychologist with extensive experience in trauma therapy and holistic mental health care. Christina shares her insights on Polyvagal Theory and the nervous system, exploring how these concepts are crucial to understanding and healing trauma. We discuss practical strategies for nurturing both mind and body, delve into the intricacies of attachment-informed therapy, and highlight the imp...
In this episode, we sit down with Bec, a clinical psychologist with seven years of experience in the mental health field. Originally from Australia and currently living in the UK, Bec shares her insights on body image from both an individual and societal perspective. We delve into the challenges of the body positive movement, explore ways to befriend your body, and discuss how to heal any ruptures in your relationship with it. Whet...
Why are women more prone to experiencing back pain? Chronic pain is more then just the issue in our tissue...it is a combination of biological, psychological and socio economic factors.
Stella is a vibrant, passionate and soulful human being, she is an occupational therapist, embodiment and somatic practitioner and teacher and an advocate for accessible yoga.
We discuss embodiment work, working with accute mental health treatment, the language of yoga and creating more inclusive accessible spaces for all, and balancing that with supporting her own wellbeing as a space holder and facilitator of these practices.
She...
Back pain is not all about your back. Certain mental health conditions can amplify your experience of pain. And in turn back pain can cause mental health conditions.
We look at the reasons and some of the tools and techniques you can use to reduce back pain and improve mental health.
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Your spine is a beautiful and complex structure, it is primarily designed to support , stabilise and protect you.
Back pain is one of the biggest causes of people missing work. It can prevent us from feeling like we can do the things that we love and showing up in the way that we want to in the world.
What causes back pain? What is pain? And how can we care for our spines and manage back pain? These are some of the questions I will...
In this weeks episode I take a look at poly vagal theory and it's applications in yoga especially with regards to it's use with groups and individuals within a trauma informed setting.
We discuss how I became interested in this topic, a brief introduction to the nervous system and the 10th cranial nerve (the vagus nerve), Steven Porges the psychiatrist and neuroscientist who developed the Poly vagal theory and how yoga helps us to ...
Kristian Morgan is a remarkable human being, he is an ultra marathon world record holder. His joyful spirit, resilience and perseverance are an incredible reminder of human potential.
In this episode I had the honour to ask him some of the deeper questions about what inspires and motivates him. And what goes through his mind as he pushes it to its absolute li...
Beth Edwards is a nutritional therapist with a special interest and expertise in diabetes type 1 she is also a health psychologist with a no-nonsense approach to helping her clients eat well and live well.
On this weeks show we take a deep dive with Beth into her own personal experience with type 1 diabetes. She answers questions around how this chronic illness effects people, and she shares how she hel...
Finn is a marine scientist, author, Clean Coast Ambassador and a Climate Change Ambassador, self proclaimed foodie who is passionate about sharing her knowledge about the environment, low impact travel and how to help people live more sustainably.
In this episode we speak about her journey to finding her calling as a guardian of our planets oceans, her journey to healing her own health and how that lead her to create her own gluten...
Tanya is a Yoga teacher and Birth Doula and baby massage teacher with a passion for holding space and supporting women and their families through the journey of having a child.
We dive into how as a teacher you are always evolving and how unexpected challenges shift the direction of work and sense of purpose.
Journalling is a key part of Tanya's day and she shares with us some brilliant journalling prompts to help clear the mind fo...
Lara Otunla Bsc(Hons) MRpharmS is the director and founder of the London House of Wellbeing.
Lara and the team are dedicated to helping people take a proactive approach to their own health by offering screen testing, advice and information for various health issues in a welcoming environment.
The LHOW is based in Herne Hill with a view to rolling out other locations across London.
Charlie is currently studying to be a health coach at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. It is his aim to support people in understanding how to make health work for them on a daily basis. Charlie is the host of a podcast called The Practice of Health, where he empowers you to take ownership of your own health. We chat about - his journey, his passion for Jiu Jitsu, the microbiome and loads more!
Charlie is also a yoga studio...
Mental health is more than the mind. In the last 20 years we have begun to uncover more about the science behind the mind body connection than ever before. This connection is one that the ancient Yogi’s, Buddhist meditators and animistic cultures have understood intuitively for thousands of years.
Dr Natalie Bodart, a London based clinical psyc...
Andrea is a doula, a wife and a mother of three. She holds women’s circles for women of all ages, supporting them to connect on a deeper level with their bodies and their menstrual cycle.
When women begin to tune into their own cycle they begin to have a greater sense of understanding why they might feel a certain way during different times of the month.
She ...
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