Honestly Unbalanced

By Adam HuslerAlternative Health Health & Fitness Mental Health Fitness

Honestly Unbalanced episodes

September 15, 2023#96 Andy Nathan - Men's coach ; short episode recorded live at Soul Circus
Andy Nathan (@andyjnathan) believe’s men thrive best when supported and challenged equally by other ambitious, open minded and big hearted men. Andy specialise in exploring an adult’s childhood conditioning and the psychology of what makes humans tick, which has led him to recently found The Man Program; a 6 month men’s coaching, mentorship and therapeutic program the first round of which closes its doors on 8 October 2023
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
How our brains are wired for survival, and anything new or different is often perceived as a threat.
Our misconceptions about fear and how it can can be a sign of growth and should be embraced.
The difference between ego and intuition
The societal and cultural factors that contribute towards challenges men face in expressing vulnerability and opening up emotionally
How we can remodel emotional openness and vulnerability as strengths rather than weaknesses.
How the term "toxic masculinity" can produce non-desirable outcomes including the perpetuation of unhealthy shame.
How generational trauma and unresolved past experiences can impact individuals' emotional well-being.
The importance of empathy, acknowledgment, and validation in childhood development and how these factors shape one's sense of self.

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Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
17 min
August 25, 2023#95 Vidya Heisel - Founder of one of Europe's leading retreat centres & yoga schools
Vidya Jacqueline Heisel (@suryalilayoga) is the Director of Suryalila Retreat Centre and the Director of Frog Lotus Yoga International Yoga Teacher Training Programmes. With an impressive teaching legacy spanning over 45 years, Vidya possesses a profound understanding of yogic philosophy and meditation that resonates with practitioners worldwide.
Vidya's presence continues to inspire, a radiant force who lives and breathes yoga. Her expertise, honed by years of dedicated practice and a profound connection with yogic philosophy, radiates authenticity and depth. With an extensive repertoire of accomplishments, Vidya remains a guiding light for all who seek to awaken their inner potential through the transformative journey of yoga.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
How Vidya’s created a magical retreat space beyond the aesthetic
The value of having a mission statement and the creation of Suryalila’s.
Vidya’s journey to creating the Suryalila Retreat Centre in Spain
Vidya’s advice on public speaking and the importance of self confidence
Vidya’s approach to sharing her yoga and why she doesn’t follow trends
How Vidya would describe her yoga and philosophy approach
Discussion around vinyasa flow and how it can be interpreted differently depending on the teacher’s training
About the history of the sun salutation and where it came from
Vidya’s thoughts on the nature of happiness

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10% off Liforme yoga mats with code HUSLER10
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10% off Vivobarefoot with code ADAMHUSLERVB
25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
56 min
August 15, 2023#94 - Julie Montagu - 'American Aristocrat' and 20+ Year Yoga Teacher
Julie Montagu (@juliemontagu) is a television presenter and yoga teacher; her most recent series is ‘An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates’ has aired in the UK and US. Julie is the founder of Whole Self Yoga, which provides 200-hour teacher training courses as well as short courses and retreats. She is also the author of four best-selling books: ‘Superfoods’, ‘Eat Real Food’, Superfoods Superfast’ and ‘Recharge: A Year of Self-Care to Focus on You’. Julie is married with four children, and divides her time between London and Dorset, where she works with her husband Luke managing and developing Mapperton Estate.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Whether Julie missed the hustle of teaching in London, having moved to her estate during covid
How Julie went about starting her yoga career over 20yrs ago
Why it’s important to turn up and teach regardless if no one shows up to a class
How Julie brought yoga into her parenting
Finding ways to balance life, work and own practice whilst knowing it changes over time
Finding ways to be grateful in the day and how to foster being grateful if it doesn’t naturally come to you
How Julie tries to navigate her two path career now with her online yoga and renovating her family stately home
About Julie’s latest renovation projects with re-wildling and adding creatures to the estate to help with this
How Meghan Markle’s marriage into the royal catalysed a presenting career for Julie

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10% off Liforme yoga mats with code HUSLER10
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10% off Vivobarefoot with code ADAMHUSLERVB
25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
54 min
July 30, 2023#93 - MAUDE HIRST - on working towards self love and guiding people on their meditation journey
Maude Hirst (@maudehirst), the founder of the bespoke meditation company EnergyRise, specialising in making meditation accessible to all. Maude is an actor (best known for her role as Helga in “Vikings") turned leading meditation practitioner based in London and runs a virtual members club for the mind, a meditation app and wellness retreats. She teaches meditation and Energy Healing globally. Her classes deliver an empowering internal experience, encouraging people to find personal well-being to improve both mental and physical health.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
What led Maude to working towards self love in order to fall in love
Why it’s important to learn from each relationship and move forward with it
About the value of being with yourself in meditation
The best ways to get into meditation and start a practice
Why it’s important to keep working on yourself rather than simply spiritual bypassing
Maude’s thoughts on why it’s important to keep exploring different types of meditation
About learning to tune into your body and feelings & why it’s important to relearn this skill
How yoga helped Maude delve into her own body and intuition
Maude’s thoughts on making meditation and mindfulness more accessible in schools and how this can help kids long term
How shifting careers can help shift mindset and how Maude saw herself
The best dinner party question to ask instead of “what do you do for work?”
Ways to deal with social situations when you feel overwhelmed by them
What impact nature has on mental health and wellbeing
What mantra or saying does Maude say at the end of a practice

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10% off Liforme yoga mats with code HUSLER10
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10% off Vivobarefoot with code ADAMHUSLERVB
25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
56 min
July 18, 2023#92 - REBECCA ANDERTON-DAVIES - On using the Shifting the Dials Structure to stay fulfilled, healthy and happy in every element of life.
Rebecca Anderton-Davies (@rebecca.anderton.davies ) is a trailblazing senior investment banker, yoga practitioner, author, wife, and mother of two young sons, based in London. She has over 15 years experience as a successful banker, first as a currency sales-trader and now as a relationship manager, she is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.
While building her successful corporate career, she fell into yoga (literally getting hit by a truck and turning to it to heal), she has built two lnstagram communities with a follower count of nearly 300k: her personal account where she shares her unique combination of yoga, career and family life, and her yoga community account. She published her first book - The Book of Yoga Self Practice - with Yellow Kite in 2020. Her latest book - Shifting the Dials - is out now; a ground-breaking, fresh new approach on how to thrive in your career, your family life and your personal life, all at the same time. Shifting the Dials is an innovative guide to having a flexible, empowering perspective on working life - not seeing work and life as a simple binary, but a series of multi-dimensional and constantly evolving priorities that takes into account work, family, marriage and life goals. With case studies, prompts and questions, this book asks readers to reflect on their own personal priorities in order to create a plan that is unique to their individual needs.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Rebecca's Shifting the Dials structure and how she’s always used structure in her own life to achieve so much, in so many different area of life
How someone tunes into which dial needs to be shifted at a particular time
What’s the reflection process in the dials system and why its important to important to build intention in to your chosen goals
Why we need to change the conversations around building resilience and grit especially for young people entering work now
How important Rebecca’s yoga practice is to her and her life
About the experience of pregnancy on a woman’s yoga practice
Why we can all be nodes for change within our own network

PERKS FOR YOU
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10% off Vivobarefoot with code ADAMHUSLERVB
25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
52 min
June 29, 2023#91 - SUZY READING - On ways to experience ‘rest’, burnout vs stress, the benefits of therapy & the guilt of doing nothing
Suzy Reading (@suzyreading) is a mother of two, an author, Chartered Psychologist and Coach. She specialises in self-care, helping people manage their stress, emotions, and energetic bank balance. It was her life experience of motherhood colliding with the terminal illness of her father that sparked her passion for self-care which she now teaches to her clients, young and old, to cope during periods of stress, loss and change and to boost their resilience in the face of future challenges. Suzy is the Psychology Expert for wellbeing brand Neom Organics and is a founding member of the ‘Nourish’ app. She figure-skated her way through her childhood, growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, and now makes her home in the hills of Hertfordshire, UK. Her first book ‘The Self-Care Revolution’ published by Aster came out in 2017, 'Stand Tall Like a Mountain: Mindfulness & Self-Care for Children and Parents' and 'The Little Book of Self-Care’ came out in 2019. ‘Self-Care for Tough Times’ and her first children’s book ‘This Book Will (Help) Make You Happy’ were published in 2021. Her first journal And Breathe, Sit to Get Fit and her new deck of cards, “The Little Box of Self-Care” came out in 2022. Rest to Reset is hot off the press now, just in time to shake off the winter blues and boost the rebirth of Spring.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Why it’s beneficial to speak to a therapist through life changes and why men tend to try to do things alone
What the benefits are of speaking to an impartial person for support
How taking away barriers can make talking easier for people
Discovering different ways to experience “rest” depending on what you need
The differences between burnout vs stress
Why do we feel guilty about taking rest
How Suzy uses the path of least resistance can help people access a breathwork practice
Why we find it challenging to do nothing
Finding freedom in fuller expression to support others vs focusing on a very focused niche
Suzy’s thoughts on creating rest in a busy schedule using Adam as a case study

PERKS FOR YOU
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25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
56 min
June 10, 2023#90 - BEN PARKER - On creating a game changing running app and running mistakes you're probably making
Ben Parker (@benparkerfitness) has is a professional running coach and co-founder of Runna (@runna_coach) ; a personal running coach in your pocket, which provide world-class training, coaching and community for everyone, whether you're doing a couch to 5k plan or training for your first marathon
Ben is a qualified Personal Trainer, IRONMAN Coach, England Athletics Coach and Pilates instructor. He ranks top-5 in his age group for IRONMAN in the UK, and came top-20 in the 2020 virtual London Marathon with a time of 2:34. Ben also recently qualified for the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship..
'PODCAST' will give anyone downloading Runna a 2 week free trial (the default is 1 week)
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
How Ben stays productive on his intense days of work and training
What are the benefits of using a running coach and Runna online programs
How did Ben make his app stand out as a new start up in a busy market
Thoughts around Ai vs human support
The most common mistakes that people make when it comes to running and solutions for them
About Ben’s thoughts on the evolution of humans with running whether we should be using barefoot shoes or traditional running shoe
Why Ben runs

PERKS FOR YOU
10% off Liforme yoga mats with code HUSLER10
10% off Colorful Standard clothing with code ADAMHUSLERCS10
10% off Vivobarefoot with code ADAMHUSLERVB
25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
56 min
June 02, 2023#89 - RADHIKA DAS - On using you voice for 'attraction' vs 'promotion' and embracing joy
Radhika Das (@radhika_dasa) is widely being regarded as kirtan’s upcoming big name. 15 years ago, he went in search of spiritual truth and deeper happiness. The path he connected most with is "Bhakti Yoga," the journey of love and devotion, and of the various limbs of bhakti, Radhika dedicated most of himself to becoming absorbed in the ancient practice of Kirtan.
“I'm devoting my life to helping people find spiritual fulfilment, whether it be from an existing yoga or spiritual background or those with limited or no exposure to any practice. My aim is to help you toward a holistic way of joyful living.”
A variety of spaces have been kind to include Radhika Das’s efforts, such as collaborative events with Russell Brand, yoga festivals: Wanderlust, World Yoga Festival, Soul Circus and at venues like The British Museum.
YOU'LL LEARN
How has having children impacted Radhika’s spiritual practice
Whether being spiritual means you can’t have lots of money
The difference between discipline and motivation
How to build self esteem
Radhika’s resistance to Kirtan when he first started
To reflect on whether you’re using your voice for attraction or promotion
Why it’s important to not overthink how people are perceiving you

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10% off Colorful Standard clothing with code ADAMHUSLERCS10
10% off Vivobarefoot with code ADAMHUSLERVB
25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
58 min
May 16, 2023#88 - JILL MILLER- On fascia misunderstandings, body blind spots and finding rest states
Jill Miller (@thejillmiller) has 30 years of corrective movement expertise that forges links between the worlds of yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Her signature self-care fitness programs, Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® are found at gyms, yoga studios, hospitals, athletic training facilities and corporations worldwide. Jill is the former anatomy columnist for Yoga Journal, has been featured in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Shape, Women’s Health, O, the Today Show, and is a contributing expert on the Oprah Winfrey Network. She is the author of The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body, and a contributing author on self-myofascial release in the text book Fascia, Function and Medical Applications. Her new book, Body by Breath: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience is out now. She lives in LA with her husband, 2 kids and rescue dog. www.tuneupfitness.com
YOU'LL LEARN
What we can learn about movement from children
About how you can tell when you are disconnected from your body
What body blind spots are and how to spot them
About the connection Jill discovered between self massage with therapy balls and emotional trauma
Things that are misunderstood about Fascia in the yoga world
How Jill supports students to find their rest state through her tools and practices

PERKS FOR YOU
10% off Liforme yoga mats with code HUSLER10
10% off Colorful Standard clothing with code ADAMHUSLERCS10
10% off Vivobarefoot with code ADAMHUSLERVB
25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
1 hr
May 02, 2023#87 - JOOLS SAMPSON - On curating and hosting unforgettable retreats
Jools Sampson created her retreat company, Reclaim Your Self Retreats, (@reclaimyourself) in 2005 and she has been designing and leading global retreats ever since. She is an industry pioneer with a passion for finding locations where retreats don’t usually happen and building innovative retreats from scratch.
With a background in international development and time spent living and working in East Africa, she is a passionate advocate for positive impact tourism. Reclaim Yourself specialises in transformational trips in remote paradise locations. It is now one of the leading retreat companies in the UK, running sold out trips that feature regularly in the press. Jools is also the Co-Founder of Retreat Creators, sharing her experience and wisdom with the retreat leaders of tomorrow.
Jools is member of the Conscious Travel Foundation, Tourism Declares, Women in Travel and with her BCorp application in process, she is part of a movement to lead the UK wellness industry into a more responsible and regenerative future
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
What are the motivators for people wanting to head on retreat.
Why people choose to join Jools on a retreat that combines yoga with a dream destination adventures
The refined process by which Jools creates and retreat & how she’s learnt from retreat fails
How does Jools manage expectations on a retreat; both of attendees and her own
How attendees contribute to the dynamics and feeling of a retreat
About managing boundaries, professionalism and keeping balance on the retreats
What Jools does post retreat to process and recalibrate herself
What advice would Jools share with yoga teachers wanting to host their first retreat

PERKS FOR YOU
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10% off Colorful Standard clothing with code ADAMHUSLERCS10
10% off Vivobarefoot with code ADAMHUSLERVB
25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation)
Hosted by @adamhusler and @iamhollyhusler
54 min

About Honestly Unbalanced

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Adam Husler cuts through the curated calm of wellness culture to explore what finding a grounded, balanced life really looks like — messy, moving, and unmistakably human, with clarity that’s always hard-earned.