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Body + Soul cover star and wellness businesswoman Rachael Finch discusses her momentous mental shift from being obsessed with sweating-it-out at the gym (and her appearance), to being 100 percent comfortable with who she really is... 

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To hear today's full interview, where Rachael shares her health non-negotiables...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods.

Find out more of Rach’s business via Instagram @rachael_finch; or for @kissedearth see here; Body By Finch, here; and her fitness gear, here. 

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Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here.

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Each Friday, host Felicity Harley and Body + Soul's digital director, Ali Izzo chat through three stories that made them spit-out - or guzzle - their green juices. Or wine. This week, they chat about Married At First Sight (MAFS) - again! - (see story, here); the exact amount of time you need to exercise to get a mood boost (see study, here); what happened when Ali doubled her daily water intake for a week (see story, here). 

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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In May 2020, broadcaster and author Indira Naidoo lost her younger sister to suicide. Her world was shattered. In this ep, she discusses embracing her grief - and healing - by using the magical power of nature.

*Trigger warning: this episode deals with suicide. For support, please visit lifeline, here, or call 131114.

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To hear today's full interview, where Indira talks through the different aspects of nature that brought her solace...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods.

Find out more about Indira’s book The Space Between The Stars (Murdoch Books, $32.99) here, or follow her on Instagram @dearindira. 

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here.

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Get this: millennials check their phone on average 85 times* per day. Meditation coach and founder of EQ minds Chelsea Pottenger talks about the importance of healthy phone use for our mental wellbeing and how to actually put the damn thing down.

*Nottingham Trent University

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To hear today's full interview, where Chelsea shares her tips on how to live a high performance life...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods.

Find out more about Chelsea via her website, here, or follow her on Instagram @eqminds or via @chelseapottingerofficial. If you want to pre-order her book The Mindful High Performer, click here.

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here.

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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The use of psychedelic medicine to treat mental illness is nothing new, but just last year the Federal Government announced it will pour millions into clinical trials using the likes of magic mushrooms for treatments. Entrepreneur Tania De Jong AM is the co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia and explains psychedelic therapy for treating mental illness and what's currently legal (and not) to consume in Australia. 

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To hear today's full interview, where Tania discusses why psychedelic therapy should play a major role in treating mental illness...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods.

Find out more about Tania via her website, here, or on Twitter @taniadeJong. For Mind Medicine Australia, click here. 

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here.

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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From The Bachelorette to Home & Away Sam Frost has lived a turbulent eight years in the spotlight. She talks openly about how she’s worked on building her mental fitness to cope plus shares her must-do daily habits to boost mental health. 

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To hear today's full interview, where Sam talks honestly about learning to love her imperfections...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods.

Find out about Sam’s new book Believe (Hachette, $32.99) here or via her website. You can also follow her on Instagram @samfrost. 

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here.

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each Friday, host Felicity Harley and Body + Soul's digital director Ali Izzo chat through three stories that made them spit-out - or guzzle - their green juices. Or wine. This week, they chat about Married at First Sight and why it's wrong to share someone's nudes (see story, here); is Byron Bae’s version of wellness B.S?; 2022 best birth photos (you’ve got to see them, here).

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

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Dr Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist from Oxford University, author and Tedx speaker who’s spent decades researching why humans love. She discusses how the West has become obsessed with romantic love and why it’s just as important to appreciate other areas of our lives where love also exists. 

WANT MORE FROM ANNA?

To hear today's full interview, where Anna discusses the science behind falling in love…search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods.

Find out more about Anna’s book Why We Love (Pegasus Books, $28.95) here, via her website, or on Twitter @dr_amachin. 

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here.

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Psychologist and author Peter Quarry decided to critically review his life - from birth to the present day - and then turned his counselling skills on himself. In this ep, he gives insights and tips on how to examine - and applaud - your own life. 

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To hear today's full interview, where Peter discusses the importance of life mapping ...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods.

Find out more about Peter’s book If I Were You (Hardie Grant, $35.00), here, or check out his website, here. 

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here.

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

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Gardening guru Simon Holloway will have you growing vegetables by the end of this podcast. He talks about the power of gardening for health and wellbeing, the easiest veggies to grow, and shares his top secret for gardening success.

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To hear today's full interview, where Simon discusses planting, growing and picking your own veggies...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods.

Find out more about Simon via Vegepod, here. 

WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? 

Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.

On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. 

On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here.

In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.