Wisdom for Wellbeing: Mind-Body Psychology and Somatic Skills for Healing and Growth

Integrating to Empowerment with GriefologyTM with Rosemary Wanganeen

In this episode, Rosemary Wanganeen talks through her path of healing from loss and grief.
What is covered in this episode:
>>Introduction to Rosemary and her 30 years + of experience doing this GriefologyTM  work
>>The path of healing through the 'intuitive research' that required Rosemary to cultivate wisdom, connect to ancestral wisdom and integrate her counselling skills
>>Understanding victimised inner child states and grief triggers
>>Exploring how grief presents
>>The Seven Phases to Integrating Loss and Grief, and where we can start our journey from victimhood to empowerment
Links Discussed
Connect with Rosemary at lossandgrief.com.au
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"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."

Skills to Navigate Panic Attacks through a Values-Based Framework with Dr Kaitlin Harkess

In this episode, I discuss cultivating skills to navigate panic attacks using a values-based framework. 
What was specifically discussed: 
What a panic attack is and some IRL examples
Discussion around how Panic Disorder develops following a panic attack
Consideration of Agoraphobia (the fear of leaving one’s house) and how it develops
Tools to help get through a panic attack and Agoraphobia, including values, acceptance, defusion skills, distraction skills, and breathing techniques
Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 
 
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Looking at Yoga From A Neuroscience Perspective with Dr Val Rytova

In this episode, Dr Val Rytova discusses Yoga form a Neuroscience perspective. 
What was specifically discussed: 
A basic overview of neuroanatomy and the role of structure, function and brain circuits 
Consideration of what neuroplasticity means and how internal and external (environmental) elements impact it
An understanding of how can yoga support neuroplasticity
Consideration of yoga’s role in cultivating cognitive performance and buffering against mental disorders
Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 
 
"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."

Skills and Story Sharing to Support Your Navigation of Grief and Trauma with Dr Lisa Myers

In this episode, Dr Lisa Myers describes her experience of story-sharing while experiencing grief from the loss of a loved one. 
 
What was specifically discussed: 
Introduction to Lisa (psychiatrist and author of the book When the Light Goes Out)
How Lisa navigated personal grief and trauma as a psychiatrist, who has been trained to support people in navigating mental health challenges- Consideration of the spiral of grief experientially
Tools Lisa used to navigate grief and trauma in her journey
Why suffering shows up differently for everyone
Advice to listeners about when they should reach out for help
Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 
 
"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."

Psychoneuroimmunology of Breathwork with Dr Kaitlin Harkess

It’s Mental Health Week, let’s dive into the most cost-effective mental health practice, breathwork.
 
Here’s what was covered in this week’s episode: 
You can control your breath, as it rests on the border of the conscious and unconscious.
Stress turns on your fight or flight response, which is an unconscious evolutionary response.
You can perceive neutral stimuli as threats (like a text message), because inflammation in your body is communicated as danger to your brain.
Diaphragmatic breathing can stimulate your vagus nerve and induce a relaxation response, which influences neural, endocrine and immune processes.
Nasal breathing has evolutionary value and can help you cultivate relaxation.
You can cultivate a relaxation response through deliberate breathing practice.
Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 
 
"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."

How To Cultivate Confidence with Dr Kaitlin Harkess

In this episode, I discuss cultivating confidence in novel or nerve-racking situations.
 
What I covered:
-       The evolutionary element of why you want security and social approval
-       Confidence comes after action
-       You need to be willing to fail to find success
-       Self-esteem is a modern fallacy
-       Self-compassion is what supports mental health
-       Doing hard things teaches you can do hard things
-       Learning to ‘Feel the fear and do it anyway.’
 
Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 
 
"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."

Planting Seeds of Compassion in a Painful World with Professor Paul Gilbert | Part 2 of 2

Paul Gilbert, FBPsS, PhD, OBE is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and honorary visiting Prof at the University of Queensland. Until his retirement from the NHS in 2016 he was Consultant Clinical Psychologist for over 40 years. He has researched evolutionary approaches to psychopathology with a special focus on mood, shame and self-criticism in various mental health difficulties for which Compassion Focused Therapy was developed. 
 
What we discuss in this episode: 
-3 flows of compassion (receiving for others, for yourself)
-Why compassion needs to have a political focus
-The danger of self-compassion falling into neo-liberalism
-Mutual flourishing as an intention in a world that does have cruelty, violence and hatred
-Practices to cultivate compassion in your mind and body
Make sure to listen to the previous episode where Professor Gilbert shared more about compassion as an active, courageous and wise practice, your ‘tricky brain’, and why learning to fail is important
Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 
 
"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."

Cultivating The Strength For Compassion with Professor Paul Gilbert | Part 1 of 2

Paul Gilbert, FBPsS, PhD, OBE is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and honorary visiting Prof at the University of Queensland. Until his retirement from the NHS in 2016 he was Consultant Clinical Psychologist for over 40 years. He has researched evolutionary approaches to psychopathology with a special focus on mood, shame and self-criticism in various mental health difficulties for which Compassion Focused Therapy was developed. 
 
What we discuss in this episode: 
-   An introduction to Professor Paul Gilbert and how he came to develop CFT
-   Consideration of compassion as an active, courageous and wise practice
-   What does it mean that we have a 'tricky brain'?
-   Why learning to fail is important
 
Tune in next week to hear about the 3 flows of compassion (receiving for others, for yourself), about the need for compassion to have a political focus, and to learn a practices to cultivate compassion in mind and body
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"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."

Unlocking The Power Of Your Voice To Move Beyond Anxiety with Dr Louise Mahler

Did you know that your body and voice influence your mental state, and very much influence how people perceive you? This means it is important to learn how they all work together - your mind-body-voice connection. In this episode, I interview Dr Louise Mahler on how you can cultivate what she calls Vocal Intelligence wisdom.
 
We specifically discuss:
-   How anxiety influences and is influenced by your voice
-   Why you should use your lower body to cultivate power, rather than your neck and head
-   An exploration of the natural capacity you were born with for singing and communication
-   The need for congruent hand gestures in communication
-   How your voice connects you viscerally to other beings
-   Breathing practices you can use to cultivate diaphragmatic control
-   How your personality is your voice, and your voice is your inspiration
-   What it means to bring your individual resonance to the world
Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 
 
"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."

Designing your Life through Financial Wellbeing in a Neurodiverse World

In this episode, Lauren Thiel talks about financial well being through a social justice and neurodiverse-inclusive lens. Lauren Thiel is founder of boutique accounting firm, The Real Thiel. A Chartered Accountant and Tax Agent, with a passion for the arts, Lauren is on a mission to educate, empower and motivate creative small business owners.
What’s covered in this episode:
- Lauren’s journey from the sparkles and spins of ballet to becoming an accountant for creatives and a student of psychology with social justice motives in supporting individuals in navigating financial trauma and the like
- How neurodiversity influences individual’s financial struggles and strengths, and how Lauren has found a way to cater to this
- How ‘time blindness’ and difficult emotions like shame and disgust can get in the way of doing tasks associated with finances
- What financial wellness is and consideration around how budgets do and do not work
- The steps to taking yourself out on a date and why rewards along the way work
- Where a date with an accountant is the perfect move, and options for individuals in serious financial toil
Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 
 
"So much gratitude for Wisdom for Wellbeing."