SLP 488: Come Back to Centre through Nature with Charmaine Newmark

‘To me depression feels like a choice, anxiety feels like a body’s response. And for me anxiety is whenever I am not connected to my truth. It is like my own alarm bell to go, ‘Babe you’ve gone off course, come back to centre.’ And it will be just like ‘aarrgghh’ until I have come back to centre. And I come back to centre through nature, when I am eating beautiful food, when I’m moving my body, when I am out in the sun, at the beach, I will instantly come back to centre and into my truth. And when I disconnect from that, and my essence of being, that’s when anxiety will come.’ ~ Charmaine Newmark

In this inspiring episode of the Self Love Podcast, I’m joined by the beautiful Charmaine Newmark – The Nourished Naturopath. Charmaine is a holistic counsellor, energetic healer, naturopath, and a devoted mum of three who brings a deeply grounded and refreshingly real perspective on life, health, and motherhood. Together, we dive into powerful conversations around personal growth, anxiety, depression, ancestral wisdom, gut health, and how to truly nourish ourselves in the chaos of modern life. Charmaine’s journey through chronic illness and mental health challenges has shaped the way she supports women – especially mums – offering a realistic, empowering, and sustainable approach to healing. This is a conversation filled with wisdom, warmth, and soul. You’ll walk away feeling seen, held, and inspired to reconnect with your own truth.

Charmaine is the Nourished Naturopath, Holistic Counsellor, Naturopath, Energetic healer, Mumma to 3 and wife and whilst juggling the chaos of modern motherhood, has a deep passion for connecting us back to our ancestral truths, without needing to run away to the forest forever. Her musings are often lost in creating fusions between the worlds our ancestral body lives in, and the realities of modernity. How do we support one with the other?

With a deep love of the links between stress, diet, gut health and mental health, Charmaine weaves Naturopathy, Herbal medicine, Dietary support and Holistic Counselling to offer a well balanced support system. She loves supporting Women and Mums to navigate healing in ways that feel realistic, authentic, empowering and sustainable.

Charmaine hasn’t just learnt her craft in a textbook. It is through the darkness of depression, anxiety, autoimmunity, chronic fatigue and hashimotos, that she found her way home to herself and her calling. She shares her stories in a hope to help other busy mums, feel seen, empowered, held and to find their unique path back towards themselves, that is so often lost in early Motherhood.

Her definition of Self Love is having love and compassion for oneself for any experience one is moving through.

Her favourite quote is: ‘You are who you’ve been looking for.’

Links to follow: Website: https://www.charmainenewmark.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charmaine.newmark.nourished Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charmainenewmarkthenourishednaturopath

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Quotes: I realised what was keeping my mum alive was also keeping her sick. Depression feels like a choice anxiety feels like a body’s response. Anxiety is a barometer for me. It has a purpose. I trust every single word I say back to me. It’s a barometer that is uncomfortable for a reason. It’s so ok if some are not my people. I have such deep compassion for myself. Food is medicine. If something doesn’t fit in a box it’s great to work with integrative practitioners. I look at the problem and know that the body is protecting you. Repair work a