This upcoming episode you’re just about to listen to is packed with so much great stuff!

Let me ask you first, is food a fuel for you or is it your emotional rescue?

In this episode we talked about the role of food and eating habits, food as a coping mechanism, the so-called gut brain integration method which Kiki (my today’s guest) is a founder of and is teaching to her clients.

Kiki is an intuitive eating health coach, focused on helping women conquer emotional eating and practise healthy, balanced eating with consistency and ease, helping women become the healthiest versions of themselves. 

She went through her personal healing journey where since a young age, she has suffered from various forms of eating disorders. 

If you want to get an answer to: How to eat what you want without gaining weight, how to make bread, carbs and gluten sexy again, how to know when your stomach is full, how stress affects your digestion, how to make connected and pleasurable choices instead of restrictive and how to feel great again within your body without a guilt of eating what you want - then press play and  listen..

00:00 Intro

01:15 Clean eating obsession and living double life

05:40 Intuitive eating

07:50 Under-eating and overeating

12:19 Food as coping mechanism and it’s linked to our beliefs

14:30 Gut Brain Integration Method explained

17:10 Comparison as killer of healthy eating

19:23 Stress and balancing our nervous system - why and how?

21:18 Be calm and make the right food choices

25:27 Dieting or ‘making bread and cheese sexy again?’

29:28 Kiki’s eating habits

32:30 Bread, carbs and gluten can be your friend

36:00 How to know when ‘we’re full’?

37:48 Pleasure vs pain trick

41:33 Digestion when stressed and when calm differs

47:50 Make connected and intentional choices

49:50 Slipping back to old habits - use acceptance

55:01 Listen to this if you struggle with relationship with food

57:00 Final part - website and socials info

Kiki

Website: https://www.kikiathanas.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiki_athanas/

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Liz is a Soul Purpose Coach  & Sound Practitioner who is obsessed with helping women transform their biggest challenges into their super power. Liz has a master’s degree in Integrative Psychotherapy and worked as a therapist for over 10 years. Liz is a certified Beautiful You Life Coach, and a cancer thriver of over 8 years. This life shock led her to her passion of helping women around the world to live lives with joy, purpose and freedom!

She supports women to awaken to who they truly are through deeper inner connection, seeing through the programming and moving beyond limiting beliefs, so that they can live a rewarding soul-led life. As a sound practitioner, Liz is increasingly inviting sound into her coaching practice as well as in person relaxing sound baths.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

01:25 Who is Liz?

03:04 Cancer diagnosis and spiritual awakening

10:36 Address own traumas and heal

15:57 Generational trauma - Liz and her personal story

18:30 How to recognise signs of trauma

23:40 Taking responsibility for healing future generations. ‘’It stops with me.’’

28:20 Wisdom in pain - cancer journey

29:40 Toxic behaviours and healthy boundaries

32:10 Environment shaping our beliefs

37:27 ''That’s the way I am.’’ Awareness vs. ignorance

38:48 Chapter for women who live their lives for others and have forgotten who they are.

46:00 Be present. How?

50:01 Collective consciousness and our predictions

54:12 Liz and her ultimate goal

57:32 Message for listeners. ’’The answer is...”

59:50 Best ways to contact Liz

01:01:44 Simona’s insights

Liz

Instagram: www.instagram.com/liz.keates

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/meantformorewithlizkeates/

Free life purpose meditation and workbook

https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/k7e9b8

Blog, The Tit Is Back!

https://www.lizkeates.com/blog-1/https://yestolife.org.uk/the-tit-is-back-8-lessons-learned-from-a-cancer-diagnosis-mastectomy-beyond-by-liz-keates

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Arleta is a highly experienced and certified strength coach with a passion for helping individuals unlock their full potential. With over 15 years of experience as a Trainer, Arleta has worked with clients from various backgrounds, including professional athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and individuals seeking to improve their overall health and wellness. She's a knowledgeable Nutrition Coach who helped many of her clients to improve their relationship with food, body image, and to make meaningful lifestyle changes that last a lifetime. In 2023 she took her business to a new level opening her gym in Brentford, London.

Topics

0:00 Introduction of the guest

1:27 Biggest myths of the fitness industry

14:06 Strength training benefits

15:54 Alcohol and fitness goals

27:00 How to choose the right exercise?

29:14 Body functionality vs. body image and weight loss

33:21 Motivation and consistency? Set achievable goals

35:32 Muscle groups vs. full body workout training?

40:25 Nutrition and fitness during menopause

44:55 Collagen

46:37 Sleep - nr.1 supplement and recovery

51:30 Reflecting back on Arleta’s business journey

57:49 Learn from the struggle - fail forward

1:00:25 Arleta’s business info

1:01:49 Arleta’s final message 

Arleta

Website: https://www.arletaontrack.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arletaontrack/?hl=en 

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Mind Coach Alison has left career in NHS to build her own business and today she is speaking about her journey, reasons why she is more full-filled working for herself than ever before. Alison has a wealth of experience around human behaviour; coaching, counselling, facilitation and clinical excellence, with both adults and young people. She has a passion to help others overcome obstacles in their lives. Simplistically said - she walked her talk. 

Topics discussed:

Books

A Path Travelled: How to Make Sense of Your Life

Website

2-minds

Youtube

2minds

TRIGGER WARNING.

Please feel free to pause or stop listening if you feel uncomfortable or re-experiencing trauma and come back when is the right time for you to continue. BE safe.

In today's episode I speak to my friend Ginger about her painful childhood abuse experience at the age of 4 and what impact abuse in such an early age has on her life till today.

We talk about her courage to speak up and coming up on this episode as well as many other parts of her life, including self -harming as a way of crying for help, self image built upon early experiences. We talk about difference between physical and emotional abuse, reactions from the environment and family, judgments and assumptions.

We stress that abuse involves both men and women and we talk about what shift in mindset needs to happen for one to say enough is enough.  We also cover how families can live through generational traumatic abuse experiences again and again. 

We share and we want to let you know that you're not alone. We want to let you now that people care and you don't need to suffer alone. 

I need to say huge thanks for the trust Ginger had in me sharing her story.

If you have a question or message for Ginger please email me to [email protected] and I'll make sure she gets your message.

Please reach out if you're in risk of your or your children's life or you need help and support.

Helplines

0808 1689 111

https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/

24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline

0808 2000 247

https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

This episode is one honest and raw conversation with Marci Warhaft - an author of the memoir The Good Stripper. As she is talking to me she reveals the punishing circumstances and self-destructive behaviours that shaped her early adulthood, including divorced parents, bank-robbing stepfather, the loss of her beloved brother and mother, eating disorders, and sexual misadventures during a dysfunctional marriage.

We talk about the body image and what society and fitness industry consider as ''healthy''. We dive into the roots for the eating disorders and limiting beliefs Marci was controlled by in the most challenging times of her life.

Above all, it is the conversation of how one woman, after years of living a double life, packing school lunches by day and giving lapdances by night, finally became the inspirational leader she was always meant to be.

Purchase the book The Good Stripper

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KGW1GB5/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Contact Marci Warhaft

https://www.facebook.com/fitvsfiction

https://www.instagram.com/marciwarhaft/?hl=en

This episode is one honest and raw conversation with Marci Warhaft - an author of the memoir The Good Stripper. As she is talking to me she reveals the punishing circumstances and self-destructive behaviours that shaped her early adulthood, including divorced parents, bank-robbing stepfather, the loss of her beloved brother and mother, eating disorders, and sexual misadventures during a dysfunctional marriage.

We talk about the body image and what society and fitness industry consider as ''healthy''. We dive into the roots for the eating disorders and limiting beliefs Marci was controlled by in the most challenging times of her life.

Above all, it is the conversation of how one woman, after years of living a double life, packing school lunches by day and giving lapdances by night, finally became the inspirational leader she was always meant to be.

Purchase the book The Good Stripper

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KGW1GB5/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Contact Marci Warhaft

https://www.facebook.com/fitvsfiction

https://www.instagram.com/marciwarhaft/?hl=en

This episode is packed with goodies! Each one is but this one especially. 

My today's guest - Hedi Shaefer has been a high performer running away from her internal feelings of unhappiness and ''not being enough'' via keeping herself busy by constant doing and people pleasing. Trying to fit into society standards of the outside recognition and autopilots. After she became a mum her baby made her face her emotions of unfulfillment. This child did not need anything to be loving and full of joy and that was a wake up call for Hedi. She has decided to take on and redesign her life from the scratch. 

In our conversation we are discussing the roots of people pleasing and a need to prove our worth to the outside world. Hedi is sharing practical tips which helped her to, as she says, innovate her life. She is sharing her desire to create a functional family which she did not have, aiming to create a ''safe hub'' where all the family members are free to be who they are. 

We talk about her spiritual awakening, breaking the victim mode of living a life in pain, reframing her mind and all limiting beliefs that do not serve her anymore, triggers and wisdom in traumas as they're here to heal our wounds.

We end the episode with our view that everything is energy and once you are aware of that we will carefully choose who we surround ourselves with. 

Listen to her morning routine to start the day on high and get inspired to live fully, aligned and in a vibration of light.

Links are below if you wish to get in touch with Hedi Shaefer.

Website: www.hedischaefer.com

Get 25% of with the code SIMONA

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hedi-schaefer-2b375a3b/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQI0bcLU5X499_GQYWJhEQ

Telegram: https://t.me/transform_with_hedi

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hedi_schaefer/?hl=en

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.de/hedischaefer

The focus on today's episode is on clarity and fulfilment - how positive psychology sees these. Most importantly. What are the keys to clarity.

Maybe you find yourself setting a goal and not committing to it all way through? Or perhaps you feel you really want to change your life but don’t know what would make you happy or where to start? Those are few of the questions we are answering in this episode.

My guest today is young curious woman, fulfilment seeker Lucy Abigail. Lucy Abigail is a young businesswoman and fulfilment seeker here today to share the science-backed tips that helped her.. live a more fulfilling life. Growing up Lucy struggled to know what she should do to live a life of ultimate happiness and to pass with no regrets. When no-one around her could give her a satisfying answer she, aged fourteen, turned to the world of positive psychology, the science behind all the best self-help books.

And there the most reputable psychologists became her teachers, and with them, she found answers to some of her life's most challenging questions. 

In the upcoming conversation we will capture Lucy’s story as she, at the very young age, questioned the answers that were given to her, we will discuss the difference between excellence and perfection, happiness and fulfilment, what is decision fatigue, and how setting your goals can act as an anxiety relief. Lucy will explain what clarity means to her, why it's important to have purpose, motivations and roadmap and how one can find his/her passions...

This is very interesting conversation that explores the mind of a young curious woman that is not settling for less that she is capable of. 

If you wish to purchase Lucy’s book/ journal ‘’keys to clarity’’ and hold yourself accountable while working towards your goals– please follow the links below.

www.keystoclarity.co.uk

keystoclarity.ck.page/newsletter

Instagram @keys_to_clarity

Pinterest @keys_to_clarity

Would you take red or blue pill?

Would you stay doing energy draining, unfulfilling, not aligned with your values job or would you find a courage to seek what makes you really happy? Answer to this is clear and easy to say but reality is many times more challenging....I feel you. But. Choice is yours. 

Just think about it for a second. Are you telling me that you are sacrificing your mental health and wellbeing for work that is not making you happy but rather miserable? I hope you can feel the power of these words.

My today's guest is Pin Cher - personal development & career coach. In the past, Pin herself felt stuck and lost in her career direction. This painful experience has taught her valuable lessons so now she can share her experience & knowledge and help others to achieve their own success. Her coaching is a powerful combination of head and heart, reflection and action and her goal is to help others find their North Star to lead a life with more meaning and purpose.

Pin is a certified coach and in this episode of Women Up! Podcast show she is sharing her story and valuable lessons so that you also can find clarity if your work and job. 

Listen to her recommendation of how to shift the mindset from thinking ''my current job is my only option'' to ''there is much more to what I can achieve''. She is sharing her perspective on feeling the fear of unknown when leaving an unfulfilling job vs. staying frustrated and anxious with the old ways of being. Moreover, she has designed her coaching program around importance of defining our values, strengths and interests in order to find clarity when seeking direction. She shares her belief that each individual possesses the abilities to make a change to their life, pointing out that many times we underestimate ourselves and our potential.

Website https://pincher.coach/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pin_cher_852/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pin-cher-08627354/

Free webinar https://pincher.coach/webinar/