Elevate

Holistic heath, CoVid & Polyamory: Paul Chek is a world-renowned expert in the fields of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology, stress management and holistic wellness. For over thirty years, Paul's unique, integrated approach to treatment and education has changed the lives of many of his clients, his students and their clients. By treating the body as a whole system and finding the root cause of a problem, Paul has been successful where traditional approaches have consistently failed. Paul is the founder of the CHEK (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA and the P~P~S Success Mastery Coaching Program. He is a prolific author of books, articles and blog posts and the host of the popular podcast Living 4D with Paul Chek.

In this episode we discuss:

•The problems with our current health systems

•Why Mother Nature (and Black Madonna) is sending us a very strong message and listening will be essential for the survival of human kind

•Paul's thoughts on this Corona Virus pandemic and its significance on a global scale and why this is an opportunity for us to learn more about ourselves

•How Paul gracefully navigates the complexities of not one, but two intimate relationships with his wives. How he evolved into this dynamic and how this has been so beneficial for his growing family

•Paul shares his personal practices for optimal physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being and what he's currently manifesting

Where To Find Paul:

C.H.E.K Institute

Paul's Blog

Facebook

Podcast

Chekiva

Instagram

Holistic Lifestyle Coaching Level 1

Resources:

The Future of Life

Voices of the First Day

Stalking the Wild Pendulum

GreenMedInfo

Connect with your Elevate hosts: Sarah Hopkins and Amanda Noga.

Amanda's website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah's website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Healing with Whole Foods and Living Toxin Free: Creator and director of Star Anise Organic Wholefoods founded in 2010 (in the garage of my home!) and Broth Bar & Larder founded 2015.

Real and traditional foods cooking instructor, health coach, public speaker, blogger, and just an ordinary Mum on an extraordinary mission to inspire and empower others to lead less toxic, mire nourishing lives so that they can be the best possible versions of themselves.

In this episode we discuss:

How Soulla's life evolved from Corporate Lawyer to amazing health influencer, entrepreneur and educator through her channels Star Anise Organic and Broth Bar and Larder

Why mould is always toxic, how it could be impacting your health and Soulla's personal experience with it

Healthy parenting. How to navigate food changes with our children. When to be strict and when to relax and let go.

Healthy wholefoods in the context of women's hormones and fertility and why our ancestry holds the wisdom around this

What self care looks like for Soulla, and why it might be different to what you have heard

Where To Find Soulla

Instagram

Facebook

Twitter

Star Anise Organic

Broth Bar Larder

Resources:

Weston A Price

Connect with your Elevate hosts: Sarah Hopkins and Amanda Noga.

Amanda's website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah's website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Periods, Productivity and Femininity: Claire is a life coach who teaches women how to find their flow by living in sync with their menstrual cycle. In this episode we chat about how understanding our natural rhythm can elevate our health and relationships, how to hack your work, schedule and creativity according to your cycle and Claire's take on self-acceptance, spirituality and so much more.

In this episode we discuss:

•Why the 7-day meal plan / exercise plan doesn't work for women

•How to communicate in your relationships about your menstrual cycle

•Cycle awareness in relationship to creativity and work

•Cyclical self care, how to adapt your rituals according to your seasonal phase

•How to step up and be seen socially in sync with your cycle

•What to do when life goes against your flow

•The beloved and dreaded coffee consideration

Resources:

Connect with Claire

Instagram

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Evolving Our Nervous System with Polyvagal Theory and Quantum Biology. Meet Naturopath and health guru, Heath Daly. In this episode we discover the driver of holistic health, Polyvagal theory and the work of Dr Stephen Porges. And why understanding Polyvagal theory is the key to our human evolution.

•Why our perceived feeling of safety underlies our health

•What is the vagus nerve and why its tone is important

•The progression from fight or flight to rest and digest, to a polyvagal state

•Practical tools to improve your vagal tone

•The secret power of breath and sound to heal trauma

•The effect of social media and tech on polyvagal tone

•The difference between the male and female nervous system

•What is quantum biology

Resources

Heath Daly

Dr Stephen Porges

The autonomic ladder, understanding the CNS

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

We're back!! And so so excited to share an interview season with you. We've got some amazing guests coming up so subscribe and tune in next week to hear these incredible conversations.

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

What does it mean to live a meaningful life? The age-old quest for meaning and purpose is something we all want to cultivate, is it as simple as following your bliss? Or is there something more tangible that we can do to make every day meaningful?

In this episode we discuss:

The number 1 question we get asked by students, clients, and friends

How creating space helped Amanda get out of 'Should-ing' and into Doing

How to cultivate Passion and reconcile desire

Why quitting your day job is not a good idea

Why comparison is a Purpose killer

Why being OK in 'the void' is essential for uncovering your soul's direction

How your doshas relate to your dharma

Sarah's secret childhood love of dance is making a comeback

Resources:

Dr Demartini "You have to do what you love"

Recommendations:

Commit to a journalling, stillness or affirmation practice

Karma Collab

Paths to YOU

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Is anti-anxiety being glamourised? Anxiety is now the single most common mental health issue among Australian women and teen girls, find out the anatomy of anxiety and why the medication being heavily prescribed is not OK.

In this episode we discuss:

•Amanda's personal experience with anxiety

•Sarah's perspective over working with hundreds of women who are on medication

•The reason why it is so prevalent in 2019

•Our fundamental misunderstanding our Feeling

•Why we need to get to grief asap

•How anxiety is understood in Ayurveda

•Lifestyle and diet to mitigate anxious tendencies

•Tools to nip it in the bud and so much more

Resources:

Osher Gunsberg on Mental Health

Anxiety and Ayurveda blog post

Elevate episode on Coffee

Recommendations:

Insight Timer

One Giant Mind

Grounding - cool video on benefits

Paths to YOU

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Is sunscreen causing Cancer? For years we have been told to slip, slop, slap and stay away from the sun. We are debunking the myth that sun exposure causes health problems and why it's actually an essential part of your daily diet.

In this episode we discuss:

•Our radically different understanding of sun exposure

•How we came to know the mainstream media/science on cancer was nonsense

•Why solariums are now illegal in Australia

•Our personal daily practice of sun worship

•What sunscreen is actually causing health problems and not protecting from them

•Our advice for healthy sun protection

•Why sun gazing cures jet lag

Recommendations:

Halka B, Sun Oil

Natural Vs Artificial light

Resources:

List of natural oils with high SPF

Industrial seed resource

Sun Gazing by Dr Mercola

Healing power of sunlight with Don Tolman

Mineral based DIY sunscreen recipe

Paths to YOU

Connect with your Elevate hosts:

Amanda Noga

Website: - www.yogaalchemy.com.au

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/yoga_alchemy/

Join the Paths to You Membership: - https://www.yogaalchemy.info/pty-pg

Sarah Hopkins

Website: - https://health-wellbeing.com.au/

Instagram: - https://www.instagram.com/shopkinshealth/

Facebook - facebook.com/shopkinshealthwellbeing

Bookings (Consultation, Mentoring, Podcast): - https://calendly.com/shopkinshealth/

Is monogamy dead? Is marriage the way? We're talking all things Marriage, Monogamy, and long term relationships, why Sarah and Amanda have resistance around marriage, our perspective on the wedding industry, thoughts on taking His name. How to navigate when your partner isn't into health or spirituality and our unbreakable rule for relationship longevity.

In this episode we discuss:

•How our cultural and familial conditioning impacts our ideas on marriage

•Why we have had resistance around marriage and how we made peace

•The difference between legal and emotional commitments

•Why Sarah is changing her name and Amanda isn't

•What to do if your partner isn't interested in health or spirituality

•The most important thing to practice in a long term relationship

•The evolutionary evidence about open relationships and polyamory

Recommendations:

Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed

David Deida, Enlightened Sex

Resources:

Paths to YOU

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga

Is alcohol a poison or medicine? This episode discusses the most socially acceptable drug most of us consume and why it can be problematic physically, mentally and spiritually.

•Amanda's personal story with alcohol and mental health

•Why alcohol may interfere with long term health goals

•The cultural role alcohol plays in our lives

•Why women's sensitivity to alcohol is higher than men

•The role booze plays in hormones, mood, sleep, blood sugar and more

•Why beer might be the worst offender and how alcohol interferes with gut health

•Ayurvedic perspectives on alcohol

•Alternative ways to fill our cup and what we do to drink consciously

References:

The Blue Zones

Paths To YOU

Recommendations:

Sober Curious - Ruby Warrington

Sexy Sobriety - Rebecca Weller

Where To Find Us:

Sarah Hopkins

Amanda Noga