Welcome to another episode, friends!  Today I'm chatting to my beautiful friend Megan Gidney.  Megan is a table tennis champ from the UK and in today's episode we chat about how competing in elite sport encouraged her eating disorder, why she made the decision to leave her competitive life, recovery and relapse from an eating disorder, and why we've decided to take our healing seriously with Project: Build Me Up!  Megan dives into her story and we also share a few tips for making peace with your body and finding balance after and eating disorder.  

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Welcome back to a brand new episode of Barefoot Chats!  So today I wanted to mix it up a little and share a guided meditation with you all.  If you follow my on Instagram (@saharathagunna) or have listened to some of my other podcast episode, you will know I love my meditations!  They always help me feel grounded and connected, and I love to start my day with a calming meditation just like this.  This is a quick 10 minute meditation to help you feel cam and peaceful.  You can do it in the morning to set you up for a good day or at night to unwind before bed.  I hope you guys enjoy and if you like it please do let me know as I'd love to do more!

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Last week I talked about the importance of having a good morning routine and this week I'm continuing the time/productivity theme and chatting all things time management!  Being intentional with your time will make such a difference in not only your work life but also your personal life.  All those things or people you "don't have time for"?  All those projects, courses or new skills you want to learn?  That class you want to take or habit you want to implement, but again "there just isn't enough time in the day"?  Well, these tips and hacks will help you MAKE time for these things and create space in your day so that you can enjoy the things that make you happy!

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Morning routines - let's chat!!  Okay, I know it might sound typical,  everyone nowadays is always talking about morning routines, but listen up guys.  There is a reason people are talking about it.  Having a routine in the morning that focuses on you and gives you time in the morning is amazing for getting you into a positive mindset so that you can feel good throughout your day!  In the last couple of months I really feel like I've developed a morning routine that I like, that works for me and makes me feel good, so I thought I'd share it with you guys today to hopefully inspire you to start giving yourself that time in the morning, even if it's just a few minutes, it can make a big difference.

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We're back with a brand new episode!  This week we are switching it up and I'm chatting to Joburg based permaculturist, yogi and adventurer, David Jaffe.  David runs his own urban greening and permaculture company, PlantLife Artscapes, as well as being the founder of the non-profit organisatio, PlantNation, which focuses on tree planting projects, education and community upliftment.  We chat about David's work, how he stumbled across permaculture, and why reigniting our connection to the planet is so important.  

Make sure to grab a screenshot of this episode and share it on your Instgram stories, tagging me @saharathagunna and the podcast @barefootchats so we can give you a shout out too!

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Today I am chatting to the wonderful, inspiring and hilarious, Sophi Moore.  Sophi is a women's empowerment advocate and share's all the #realness on her amazing Instagram platform, definitely give her a follow!  In our episode we chat about Sophi's journey with an eating disorder and body dysmorphia, being called "skinny", and how starting her Instagram page helped her see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Happy Friday, fam, I hope you've had a wonderful week!  In today's solo episode I am sharing my TOP tips for facing fear foods in eating disorder recovery.  These are a few things I learned along the way and I hope you find them helpful!

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What's up friends and welcome to another episode of the Barefoot Chats Podcast!

Today I've got #realtalk solo ep for you chatting about the HONEST truth about eating disorder recovery.  Personally, I feel like recovery can be a bit glamourized on social media so I'm here to rip off that filter and get into the nitty gritty of it all.  I also share a few of my tips and daily practices that really helped me during my recovery and still do to this day!

Links:

Cat Meffan

Rainbow Yoga Coaching (my mom!)

Studio on Main

I hope you enjoy and once you're done, make sure to grab a screenshot of this episode and share it on your Instagram stories, making sure to tag us so we can give you a shoutout too, or share the link directly with your friends and family - your support means a ton!

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Being the person playing the supporting role to someone going through an eating disorder or mental health issues can be really hard.  Today I'm sharing a few tips that I feel are important to keep in mind when being the supporting role, of course it totally depends on the individual and the situation, but these are just a few things that I feel are good to know.

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This week I sit down with young Scottish body image activists, Abbie and Rachael, for an in depth chat on the effects of social media on mental health and body image, Abbie's struggle with an eating disorder, how to tell if a photo is "Insta or Reality", and why Instagram needs to change its policies surrounding edited/photoshopped/filtered photos.

*Trigger Warning* this episode includes discussion on topics such as body image and eating disorders.  If you are sensitive to these topics please skip to a different episode.

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Read Abbie and Rachael's stories.

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