Cyber Synapse Podcast

Todays end episode is completed with a colleague of, and in the world of trauma. Oliva James and I chat about public speaking, trauma, twitter hassle, calling out the BS, the trauma Olympics and how this is a framework for something I called traumatology identity. Why do some people need their label, their victimhood and repetitive nature of story telling, We look to the palatable reframe of awful human behaviour and why we do this?

How the current climate is causing children to mistrust, cybertrauma, attachment trauma and more. Why sandals and candles might be the best phrasing from Oliva about the approaches of cliche, practice to help you heal from your trauma. 

Rapport and the story of trauma and how relational safety can be the regulator for the client and or patient. 

Why being a people person is the most important aspect in trauma healing. 

We end on a chat about IEMT (Integrative Eye Movement Technique) and what this is and why we both like this intervention.

To follow is a bonus edition because we didn't get everything covered in this episode!

Today I'm joined by Nicole Dawson-Cullinan. She is a classical homeopath, functional health practitioner, and creator of Wellness Place International.  

01:00 - What is a homeopath? Why is there such stigma and why are we the "ahhh" practitioners?

05:00 Burnout. Why this often shows up in functional medicine. 

09:30 Turning the tide to integrative models of medicine- the pandemic within the pandemic, systemic issues

14:30 Biodiversity and the loss of species, connection to nature. From egocentrism to world-centric (and beyond)

17:00 polarisation and integration. Why health needs more than crisis medicine

22:00 Wellness, diversity and are there really hacks or magic pills?

27:00 "Real-ationships", healing and being in relationships

30:00 How home cooking became the content for Wellness International

34:00 The overworked person and burnout as a presenting issue of extreme manifestations. 

37:00 Motherhood and a 'career'; a marathon, and a juggling act

41:00 The high achiever pushing to the n'th degree how this may be the marker for burnout

45:20 The chaordic system

You can find Nicole here: www.wellnessplaceint.com

As we head to the end of season 3 you won't be left hanging for long as season 4 has already begun recording. Stay with me and see how far the rabbit hole goes!

This episode I am speaking with another functional medicine practitioner as the lockdown continues.

I am joined by Corrina Van Der Erden from Germany, where she is creating one of the biggest networks of functional medicine/health practitioners in Europe! Corrina takes us through her story of noticing when she was 15 that she had an autoimmune disease, and how this has impacted her life, and yet through the process of functional medicine she has created a life of health for herself and others, including her children.

Given the lockdown has impacted so many people in so many ways this is an episode for you to really get to grips with how you can take care of your health, for you and your children, and your children's children.

01:30 Corrina's journey into School of Applied Functional Medicine

03:30 Why helping others and altruism drive the health movement

08:00 Noticing Hashimotos

13::00 When help is local

28:00 What you eat is often related to your symptoms

34:00 Health advice "I read it in a book" why books and advice evolve over time

38:00 Power to local people to make a change

43:00 How Functional health in Germany can mean needing to speak German about your poop. When the translation isn't quite enough

49:00 Micro movements and the daily use of your body

54: 00 Women's health, straight-talking, and poop conversations, why Functional Health has to include your digestive motions

I'm joined today by a fellow psychotherapist with a passion for understanding technology and how we relate to and with this invention of man.

Ronen and I have riffed about this subject matter at conferences for some time, and even in a sauna at the TA conference in Birmingham in 2019, where we were supposed to be taking care of ourselves and relaxing, yet it turned into an animated conversation about the development of the human next to/with and through this (see the chats I've had about the detox properties of saunas in previous episodes)

We talk attachment, tough, relationships, gaming, and parenting and, much more, A Fabulous conversation and this must be part one...

 See the timestamps below for more details:

05: 30 Covid and Technology, the ambivalence of therapists

07:20 The infancy of understanding

10:50 Relating, what is this, and how does the threat response impact us?

13:50 Touch, Attachment (strokes & strokes) and tech

16:40 Attachment and regulation

20:10 Cars and technology, what's the link?

23:00 Addiction, or replacement. Is this relating?

26:00 How Ronen noticed childhood play and his own experience

30:20 Polyglot and language; are you talking about me?

33:30 The vehicle of socialisation, disconnection, and connection

37:30 Boredom, self-connection, and regulation

42:10 Pack warfare or team cohesion?

45:45 Parenting and gaming, power dynamics!!

48:10 Closing the circle

Ronen can be. found on his Facebook page: Ronen Stilman Psychotherapy

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Darryl Edwards joins me today for one of the most timely and important conversations.  This is not new in terms of the subject matter, however, we have to change the narrative.. its time.   Timestamps:  04:02 Black Lives Matter, an introduction. 05:44 #BrokenLegsMatter 08:40 Empathy for victims, do we have to experience it to 'know' it? 13:01 This is our shared trauma experience as black people. 15:45 "Diplomatic conversations" why this becomes a norm? 20:00 Why are you out running?  26:10 Angry, Bitter, or something else? 29:30 On the fence, what can I do or say to challenge the status quo? 36:35 One eye open, one eye closed, why the "background operating system" is always ON 39:30 Overcompensation to reduce and mitigate racist decisions. 43:15 The district line life expectancy of 20 years difference. Barking to Richmond.. why;  SES and living conditions.  45:30 "Just eat this food & exercise this way" why the privileged narrative is patronising and misses the culture and SES. Class and racism. 47: 50 Clean eating, Why it's not about Olive oil as a dressing! Lifestyle choices versus Elitelsim 49:02 "If you just..." Why this narrative is unhelpful. Listening is key. Why blame helps no-one 53:35 COVID impact on the 'haves vs have nots', how the environment will have an impact on health 57:00 Why you don't need a gym; how you can help yourself in lockdown in less than 2M squared 60:01 The government guidelines approve exercise during the lockdown and why this is so good for everyone 64:40 The civil uprisings of the sixties and the parallel to current responses to George Floyd's death and blacklivesmatter 67:02 That could have been me: Cybertrauma and how black people witness trauma and why this is an issue we need to take into account moving forward. how the news creates much more trauma for people. 73:15 Why metaphor might just be the way to communicate the issues that we need to talk about.   This interview matters so please do share where you can.  You can find Darryl on Insta at @fitnessexplorer  His website is www.primalplay.com

Thomas Olivier, CEO of Omnos.me joins me today after a bit of a wait to get him on the podcast. I met Thomas in 2017 when I joined him for my Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics training and knew that I had to get this story out to people about how they could get a handle on their health and mitigate some serious health conditions going forward based on their unique 'bio-individuality'' (N=1)  Thomas has developed a stunning platform that allows for a person to take an in-depth dive into their health at the genetic level where the changes (SNP's) matter. This episode is one not to miss if you're treating to avoid the big 4 killer diseases!  Thomas speaks about his journey to the launch of Omnos.me, and what this actually is!    

Timestamps: ... 

05:48- We are dying of diseases 

07:33 DNA, Epigenetics and what we are made of (hint its 37 trillion cells and more) 

11:02 Whole genome sequencing, do we need this or specific tests? What's the cost? 

14:37 Would veganism suit my genes? How would I know and why is Omega 6 and 3 important? 

17:02 Scientifically validated genetic and functional testing. Why does this sound like NASA? 18:30 The four killers. Multifactorial? 

21:38 Gamification of health systems, #levelup? 

24:  Toxic environments, car fumes what harm can they do? 

30:50 Choices in health: will COVID make a difference? 

33:00 Our vulnerability, body wisdom and connectedness 

36:15 New Health architecture, the new future? 

40:00 Health Optimisation events and sharing of knowledge 

45:00 The future is faster, why Kotler and Diamandis make their mark in this conversation! (love this bit, but I am biased with tech) 

50:00 Are health predictions like meteorology? 

52:00 Balancing not boosting your immune system 

55:00 Optimsiing: what is this?  

You can find Thomas at Omnos.me on Instagram... the platform is https://www.omnos.me/   

as always to find out more, sign up for free courses around Epigenetic Psychotherapy  & Functional health visit www.catherineknibbs.co.uk

First of all this episode was put on the back burner whilst a few episodes took centre stage during the outset of covid-19. Thank you to Matt Dipll for being patient as this was recorded some weeks ago!! Danke!

So moving to the episode, firstly this is a wonderful, wonderful conversation with some fantastic reflections about culture, the advancement of life, the deep biology of each of us, and the humanness of the life narrative. Matt has a background in Chinese Medicine, Has travelled and lived all over the world practising and then heading into the world of biohacking after losing a friend, and being in and around workers in technology and also his own health.

We talk technology, sun=bjectiveness and objectiveness and how this was the seeing towards Matt working around his Male psyche, emotional needs and impact of this on day to day living. Matt brings into the conversation about how mental health presentations also are represented in biological health. Matt talks about how life, early needs and wants are mirrored through interpersonal connection. Pain is most certainly an underlying reason for health issues (See my blogs on ACES and illness).

Matt talks about inside out and outside in and how to 'be' a man.. What is a man and what is healthy masculinity? There are layers here and this is THE most wonderful part of the conversation today. THIS is authentic and raw and real. You need to listen deeply here so be in a space where you can absorb this message. It's so good. Like for reals really good!

Apologies for coughing in the episode, anyone would think that there was a reason for this. (perhaps?)

CONTACT:

Matt is on Insta @Biohacking101.co and @MattDippl

BOOKS:

Iron John by Robert Bly

Manhood by Steve Biddulph (book) :  

His Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/stevebiddulphraisingboys

This is an adhoc episode discussing the impact of physical distancing, upon relationships, sexual activity and pornography use, explained through the theories of Polyvagal, interpersonal and relational aspects. Don't worry you don't have to understand these theories in depth, We make it easy to understand.

As always to find out more about Cath see www.catherineknibbs.co.uk

I'm joined Today by Gavin Andrews from HeartMath UK. This is another podcast recorded pre-lockdown and we briefly mention the impending crisis as we are chatting about regulation and the practice of gratitude, heart coherence and beyond. Whist this originates in how to use biofeedback for practices such as psychotherapy, this is also pertinent to the crisis that has shaken the world recently.  Gavin is offering a 15% discount on the products available from HeartMath UK with the code CATH

goto https://www.heartmath.co.uk/ to purchase in the United Kingdom

This video was originally recorded before the current health crisis. The introduction sets the scene for why getting to the root cause of an issue is the prefix to good health. Now we are in the light of Covid-19 this approach is likely to be more important than ever. Shania and I discuss why functional, holistic, naturopathic methods can really help you understand your health to the cellular level and how this can help mitigate from issues in the future.  Shania can be contacted at www.radiantbalance.co.uk   As always more information about Catherine can be found at wwwcatherineknibbs.co.uk