This episode was recorded on the 10/10/23 and it is part of the ‘Mind Matters’ mini-series, dedicated to mental health awareness. In under 20minutes, you are invited to delve into the importance of acknowledging and nurturing your mental and emotional well-being. A timely discussion, as we reflect on World Mental Health Day and observe National Depression & Mental Health Screening Month throughout this month.

Host Tara, with her characteristic warmth, shares personal stories of triumph over mental and emotional challenges. She explores the profound impact of trauma on mental health and the courage it takes to heal. In a world where many suffer in silence, Tara emphasises the power of sharing stories as a way to de-stigmatise health issues.

But the episode doesn't stop at stories; Tara delves into the holistic modalities and tools that have been instrumental in her own journey of self-improvement and healing. She opens a gateway to the world of alternative and complementary practices that complement traditional approaches, making for a well-rounded discussion on mental health care.

As you embark on this journey, you are reminded that it's absolutely okay to seek improvement in our mental and emotional health. Tune in to ‘Mind Matters’ for insights, stories, and tools to empower you on your own path to wellness.

This episode is part of the ‘Mind Matters’ mini-series, dedicated to mental health awareness. In light of World Mental Health Day, Tara wanted to delve deeper into the subject of feeling safe and finding safety in your body. This discussion is a journey of self-acceptance, self-love and healing - with a chance to explore meditation together at the end of the episode.

You are welcome to explore your inner sanctuary, through a 9-minute guided meditation, where you will be able to find refuge within yourself. Please find a comfortable place to tune in and enjoy your exploration! - and don’t forget to tune in to ‘Mind Matters’ for insights, stories, and tools to empower you on your own path to wellness.

Want to know how yoga helped me rebalance after the my parents split and the death of my Dad?

In this episode, I will take you on my journey of finding solace and rebalancing.

Life was hard at age 7 (right through to my teens), but it was through the practice of yoga that genuinely helped. I want to talk to you about:

• The impact loss and childhood trauma had on my life

• How I discovered yoga as a healing tool

• The power of yoga practice

• Mind-Body connection

• Building a support system to help yourself heal and overcome trauma

• Balancing grief and gratitude

• The ripple effect of healing

• Rebuilding life with yoga practice and yoga therapy

• My expert insights as an advanced, trauma-informed yoga instructor and a trainee therapist

Let my story be a testament to the incredible power of yoga as a tool for healing and rebalancing. Thank you for listening, sister 🙏🏽

What makes a soul business to you?

What is a soul match to you when it comes to the work you do?

Does your work feel like devotion?

How does it feel allowing your soul-essence to be expressed into the world and into your community?

What is the next thing that your soul is leading you to do or experience?

Listen to find out more about how Tara (MadeofSHE) and Angie (Real Women’s Movement) came to soul alignment through the work, projects & long suppressed passions. Angie shares how she lives and embodies life by her own design, and the journey its taken to become a ‘slow-mad’ living in Portugal and her birthplace, Mexico. Plus special news* Angie’s Reading Recommendations:

- Jen Sincero: You Are a Badass at Making Money

- Héctor García: Ikigai (The Japanese secret to a long and happy life)

- Sahara Rose: 5 Steps to Find Your Dharma https://iamsahararose.com/blog/dharma/how-to-find-your-dharma/

Angies New Pinterest Visionboard: https://www.pinterest.com.mx/angiegophoto_/my-fuckn-magical-life/

Yoga United Discount Code: ‘MADEOFSHE’ - https://www.yogaunited.com/?ref=cm1NpfKSXmT1rj

So it’s mental health awareness week and Tara has been improving her own mental fitness with some form of daily breathwork practice movement. This kind of habit stacking, along with her yoga is bringing in different tools to her wellbeing practice each day and it’s a conversation she wants to share to help you!

In this episode, you learn not only the importance of good quality breath but it means when you start each morning with breath and that helps with managing to come back to wellbeing practice throughout the day.

In terms of creating mental fitness, this is your tool kit — so that you can create special moments for yourself to just align. From there, you can start to work on improving the way your mind works and your quality of wellbeing by using breath, of course!

FUN FACT: We humans get 70% of our energy from breath!

Find all of Tara’s classes here: https://momence.com/u/omtara-yoga-JyRGGc

It’s never too late to start working on one’s own relationship to self, and to nurture the love we feel for ourselves — so here’s some guidance as to how you can start practicing self-love today, interwoven with some wisdom from my own personal journey.

The tiktoker referenced was @taliemiller (I absolutely love showing my mind some love by engaging with her deep, philosophical, intellectual content) — and also the mantra I sung in my bath ceremony was this https://open.spotify.com/track/6DIgQbaIXZXERniKYNrT1D?si=r8TQmCNrSiqStr4U3Pr3zw. The Shri Ram mantra is a supreme manifestation of the divine ideal AKA it enhances esteem and mental energy. It raises consciousness and helps one build a deeper connection to divine truths (that being you are love, loved and light) and blessings. Hope this helps xx

Hands up who knows about psilocybin therapy? This week you’re going to hear about my incredible self-love journey with the psychedelic medicine and how horrendously hard it was — how it pushed/pulled/expanded me in all manner of directions — and how it has since emerged as one of the most promising and impactful/spiritual treatments I’ve ever had on my journey to overcome grief and trauma.

The compounds in Magic mushroom are said to increase brain connectivity in people with severe depression — and based on my one-off experience, I feel it helped me out of a rut, in a way that other therapies just never have/never could.

Fast facts:

* Mushrooms/Psilocybin can have both positive and negative physical and psychological effect

* It’s not naturally addictive

* It can help heal trauma but a trip can also trigger a psychotic episode

* If you have a pre-disposition to psychosis, likely you’ll have an increased risk of an adverse psychiatric reaction (though this can just happen to you as a short term experience and isn’t necessarily a symptom of mental illness - but be careful, please!) 🤍

An exciting day for the world over — and a change for Tara to share the magic and power of harnessing and honouring the feminine as well as understanding the essence encoded in us all!

To start off a new series, in this brand new year (almost), I particularly want to talk about and show you how to move through times when something in your body doesn’t feel right - how to come into the body and feel safe amidst all kinds of angst, emotional instability, disharmony or a lack of control.

Use my various trauma-informed techniques to navigate your way through these difficult situations, whether it be my stress-reduction techniques like deep breathing or meditation; whether it’s engaging in light sunrise yoga with me online every Wednesday or whether it’s the bonus exercise I deliver to you at the end of episode. Time to feel safe and secure, sister x

How stressful would your life be if you could stop loosing sleep about how you’ve over spent? How much would your life change if you could boost the things that are powerful, empowering and nourishing rather than draining and distracting? Do you measure your profits and losses? I’m coming to you this week, having realised a BIG mistake I’ve made this year. I can almost guarantee some of you have made the same mistake too — and it’s costed us a lot! So if you’re here for growth, healing and success, here are some key lessons to save yourself from overspending, over-exerting and being overdrawn in the new year..