Wisdom for Wellbeing: Mind-Body Psychology and Somatic Skills for Healing and Growth
A weekly podcast designed for you to cultivate wellness and unlock your highest potential! Join me and wellbeing thought leaders for #wellbeingwednesday as we bring heartfelt wisdom and the ultimate science-based strategies straight out of the therapy room, off the yoga mat and into your earbuds.
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Digestible science, mini coaching sessions, and expert interviews with the brightest minds and biggest hearts guiding you on your path to your best self. Join me and special guests weekly as we discuss the art of living well, so that you can master your mindset, find your purpose and thrive in your personal and professional life!
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All are welcome! If you’re burnt out, anxious, ADHD, feeling low, or simply looking for some self-development inspo, you’ll find a wide-range of tools here.
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Episodes
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Justine Spencer is a Registered Psychologist and Certified Wellness Coach based in Western Australia. In today's episode Justine openly talks you through her fertility struggles and how this lead her on a mission towards self-care and wholistic wellbeing. Justine highlights the importance of giving yourself permission to take care of yourself, and describes how self-care is an act of self-love needing to be practiced. This is such an important episode as we are globally experiencing one of the most stressful events of our lifetime, and we know how disconnecting and disempowering this experience can be.
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Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Manuela O’Connell is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice and teaches at universidad Favaloro in Buenos Aires, Argentina.She is a Peer reviewed ACT trainer and Fellow of ACBS (Association of Contextual Behavioral Science) and trains clinician in South America. Manuela uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, Functional Analytic Psycotherapy (FAP) and Compassion. She is also trained in a body awareness technique called Eutony develop by Gerda Alexander and has been a practitioner of different body techniques for the last 30 years.
In this episode Manuel introduces you to embodied metaphors and the benefit of this in terms of connecting with your inner compass, regulating emotions, cultivating empathetic connection in relationships, and empowering your body as a guide to your healing. This episode is brilliant in supporting you to cultivate an embodied awareness practice and includes a 10 minute embodied metaphor mindfulness practice at the end.
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Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Dr. Jennie Rosier is an associate professor of interpersonal communication at James Madison University and an expert on relationships and parenting. She is married to her best friend and has four children herself. You'll find this relevant as she couples research evidence with her lived experience, and shares some amazing stories stories to illustrate.
Drawing on the wisdom of her newest book The Who Does More War, Dr. Rosier specifically introduces you to the very real challenge of parenthood: both in terms of the common arguments and maintaining connection and empathy through one of the most stressful periods of a relationship. Dr. Rosier speaks to those of you with children, but highlights how extremely important this conversation is for those thinking of having children.
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Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Erin Matthews is a Clinical Social Worker who supports individuals who have experienced racial trauma, and who facilitates small groups aimed at supporting white people to move towards allyship and live in empathy.In today's episode Erin shares some specific tips for persons of colour in cultivating and maintaining self-care given the ongoing racial trauma experienced. She also offers wisdom to help white folk 'un-freeze' and move towards values-aligned action and conversation aimed at supporting our Black friends and community.
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Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
This episode is a bit different to the others, which have all aimed to support your knowledge and cultivation of wellbeing skills. This episode is about providing sign posts to specific episodes in Season One that may support you in cultivating wellbeing during these unusual COVID19 times.
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Dr. Nashat Latib, board certified emergency medicine physician, trained in functional medicine and integrative health, discusses ways to maintain your wellness during Coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr. Latib explains what exactly COVID-19 is, and why hand-washing and social distancing work so well. She also explains how you can 'upgrade your health' and enhance your immunity with daily strategies and supplements.
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Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Dr. Emily K. Sandoz, author, Professor and Clinical Psychologist, discusses her journey to a regular home yoga practice and explores how yoga is an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) consistent practice. This episode is particularly inspiring if you are thinking of how you might introduce mindful movement into your life at home, as Dr. Sandoz shares how she got started with YouTube videos and 10 minute practices in the context of having three kids and limited financial resources. Further, you will find Dr. Sandoz eloquently conceptualises how a yoga practice enhances psychological flexibility - one of the big predictors of wellbeing.
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Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Dr. Heather Moday is a board certified physician specialising in allergies and immunology, and trained in both Functional and Integrative medicine. In today's episode Dr. Moday explains what exactly COVID-19 is, how your immune system works, and ways that you can enhance your immunity (both in terms of lifestyle factors and nutritional supplementation).
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Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Dr. Chantell Douglass is a clinical psychologist, yoga and meditation teacher, and compassionate human. In today's episode shes hares her journey from exploring mindfulness academically to turning her exploration inward through her own practice - all based on the compelling research she was compiling. This interview is so timely, given the increasing social distancing there is an opportunity to turn inwards and navigate new ways around the 'old brain' structures to connecting with your compassion (for yourself and others). To support you through all of the COVID19 uncertainty, Dr. Douglas offers a beautiful meditation at the end of this episode.
Shownotes: www.wisdomforwellbeingpodcast.com
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Dr. Jessica Borushock is a registered clinical and health psychologist, author, and wellness enthusiast who introduces the concept of Whole Health. You probably already know there is a mind-body connection, but here you will see all the elements of your life link together. When you cultivate whole health, you ultimately thrive! Dr. Jessica will talk you through the very real balances of being human, and help you get clear on your values (you might not be wanting to get fit for the reasons you first think!).
Shownotes: www.wisdomforwellbeingpodcast.com
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