In this first episode of Series 2, I am joined by the wonderful Tally Rye.

Personal Trainer, Fitness Instructor, Content Creator and Author based in London, Tally has been in the fitness space for over 6 years and during this time has gone on a personal and professional journey that has led her today to work as a Non-Diet, Weight Inclusive Personal Trainer who specialises in Intuitive Movement.

Through her work she supports her clients and community to ditch diet culture and re-discover a positive relationship with fitness, food and body by shifting their relationship with movement from one of punishment to a form of self care, and to learn to train happy.In this episode Tally talks about journey into intuitive movement, working inclusively and towards positive change, the importance of investing in your mental health, body image and so much more.

To find out more about Tally’s work, book and podcast check out here website www.tallyrye.co.uk or follow here on instagram @tallyrye

Show Notes: https://www.ljsprojects.uk/blog/tally-rye-show-notes

In this first episode of Series 2, I am joined by the wonderful Tally Rye.

Personal Trainer, Fitness Instructor, Content Creator and Author based in London, Tally has been in the fitness space for over 6 years and during this time has gone on a personal and professional journey that has led her today to work as a Non-Diet, Weight Inclusive Personal Trainer who specialises in Intuitive Movement.

Through her work she supports her clients and community to ditch diet culture and re-discover a positive relationship with fitness, food and body by shifting their relationship with movement from one of punishment to a form of self care, and to learn to train happy.In this episode Tally talks about journey into intuitive movement, working inclusively and towards positive change, the importance of investing in your mental health, body image and so much more.

To find out more about Tally’s work, book and podcast check out here website www.tallyrye.co.uk or follow here on instagram @tallyrye

Show Notes: https://www.ljsprojects.uk/blog/tally-rye-show-notes

Sara and Ben are two of the three people behind the ‘It's OKAY Project’. (Shoutout to Dominic that unfortunately was not well on the day of the podcast recording).Sara is an artist, teacher, skater, mother and wife and she is the Founder and Art Director of the project. Ben is a teacher, rugby player, dad and is the administration and communications consultant for the project.‘It's OKAY Project’ was born in 2020 and it evolved from a story of bereavement and mental health struggles. The project aims to drop the stigmas attached to mental health and communicate stories of peoples struggles and achievements, through their Zine, social media campaigns and community projects.The Mental Health Zine in particular encourages a creative outlet as a form of communication for mental health battles and allows to raise important funds for creative community project as well as supporting brilliant mental health charities such as Papyrus, the UK Charity for the prevention of young suicide (under 35).In this episode Sara and Ben talk about what the ‘It's OKAY Project’ means to them, the power of sharing stories, our love of quotes, the need to bring our education system into the 21st Century and so much more.To find out more about the ‘It's OKAY Project’ check out their website https://www.itsokayproject.com/ or you can find them on Instagram and Facebook @itsokayproj

Sara and Ben are two of the three people behind the ‘It's OKAY Project’. (Shoutout to Dominic that unfortunately was not well on the day of the podcast recording).Sara is an artist, teacher, skater, mother and wife and she is the Founder and Art Director of the project. Ben is a teacher, rugby player, dad and is the administration and communications consultant for the project.‘It's OKAY Project’ was born in 2020 and it evolved from a story of bereavement and mental health struggles. The project aims to drop the stigmas attached to mental health and communicate stories of peoples struggles and achievements, through their Zine, social media campaigns and community projects.The Mental Health Zine in particular encourages a creative outlet as a form of communication for mental health battles and allows to raise important funds for creative community project as well as supporting brilliant mental health charities such as Papyrus, the UK Charity for the prevention of young suicide (under 35).In this episode Sara and Ben talk about what the ‘It's OKAY Project’ means to them, the power of sharing stories, our love of quotes, the need to bring our education system into the 21st Century and so much more.To find out more about the ‘It's OKAY Project’ check out their website https://www.itsokayproject.com/ or you can find them on Instagram and Facebook @itsokayproj

Kiera and Aimie are two wives, dog mums to Juno, and founders of the Feel Good Club, a club here to remind people that we are all just humans.Through their work, they are on a mission to support people to become their best and happiest selves and at the same time normalise the conversations around mental health and feelings in general.In this episode they talk about how Feel Good Club started as a response to Kiera’s mental health struggles and eating disorder; how, once they finally decided to give it a proper go a year ago, they have grown a huge online community using their social media platform and are now opening their first multifunctional coffee house, designed to encourage customers to connect, be themselves and talk about their feelings and mental health openly, and how this whole initiative has impacted positively on their own mental health and overall wellbeing.You can find out more about Feel Good Club on their website www.feelgoodclub.co or to follow them on Instagram for daily motivation, positivity, and inspiration @wearefeelgoodclub

Kiera and Aimie are two wives, dog mums to Juno, and founders of the Feel Good Club, a club here to remind people that we are all just humans.Through their work, they are on a mission to support people to become their best and happiest selves and at the same time normalise the conversations around mental health and feelings in general.In this episode they talk about how Feel Good Club started as a response to Kiera’s mental health struggles and eating disorder; how, once they finally decided to give it a proper go a year ago, they have grown a huge online community using their social media platform and are now opening their first multifunctional coffee house, designed to encourage customers to connect, be themselves and talk about their feelings and mental health openly, and how this whole initiative has impacted positively on their own mental health and overall wellbeing.You can find out more about Feel Good Club on their website www.feelgoodclub.co or to follow them on Instagram for daily motivation, positivity, and inspiration @wearefeelgoodclub

Hannah is a hardcore diy’er and renovator, knitwear designer, Crohn's warrior and all round inspiring creative being. After living in Sweden for a while, Hannah started getting ulcers in her mouths that were causing a great deal of pain, and after going to the hospital, firstly in Sweden and then back in London, discovered she has Crohn's disease. In this episode Hannah talks about some of the painful and scary symptoms she got prior to being diagnosed with Crohn's, and what life looks now living with Crohn's, also during the Corona Virus pandemic, taking care of her overall health, both physical and mental, by creating boundaries and making the right choices for her, and also about her work as a knitwear designer, the importance of fulfilling the root of your creative needs and a little bit about her epic house renovation project.If you want to find out more about the renovation project Hannah is undertaking with her partner Josh, you can find them on Instagram at 43bythesea_

Hannah is a hardcore diy’er and renovator, knitwear designer, Crohn's warrior and all round inspiring creative being. After living in Sweden for a while, Hannah started getting ulcers in her mouths that were causing a great deal of pain, and after going to the hospital, firstly in Sweden and then back in London, discovered she has Crohn's disease. In this episode Hannah talks about some of the painful and scary symptoms she got prior to being diagnosed with Crohn's, and what life looks now living with Crohn's, also during the Corona Virus pandemic, taking care of her overall health, both physical and mental, by creating boundaries and making the right choices for her, and also about her work as a knitwear designer, the importance of fulfilling the root of your creative needs and a little bit about her epic house renovation project.If you want to find out more about the renovation project Hannah is undertaking with her partner Josh, you can find them on Instagram at 43bythesea_

Nina Gee is a mother, a wife, a creative being, and a trainer for a domestic abuse charity.When Nina was about 15 when, due to a shift in her family dynamic that brought about a new living situation, challenging home circumstances, she found herself feeling out of place, insecurity and lost a lot of self confidence. It was then that she turned to bulimia, that became her coping mechanism on and off for the next 15 years.In this episode Nina talks about her experience with bulimia in quite some detail, from how it started, her first experience at the doctors, the yo yo-ing behaviours and the extremes she went to in her destructive cycle, as well as her recovery, her passion for feminism, the empowerment of breaking away from diet culture and from being a patriarchy pleaser, and the power of coming into your creative power and using your talents.For Podcast Show notes click here.(Please be aware this episode is a really honest account of Nina’s experience and can be triggering for some - if this is something you are currently going through or you are not in the right head space to listen to this, please feel free to move on to another episode and you can come back to this when you are in a better space).You can find Nina Gee’s amazing house account on Instagram at : Nina Gee HomeIf you need to talk to anyone about any of the themes in this podcast the following organisation can offer support:Anorexia and Bulimia Care (ABC): 03000 11 12 13 anorexiabulimiacare.org.ukAdvice and support for anyone affected by eating problems.Beat: 0808 801 0711 (youthline); 0808 801 0811 (studentline) beateatingdisorders.co.ukOvereaters Anonymous Great Britain: oagb.org.ukPapyrus HOPELINEUK: 0800 068 41 41; 07786 209697 (text); papyrus-uk.orgMind: 0300 123 3393 or text 86463 www.mind.org.uk/

Nina Gee is a mother, a wife, a creative being, and a trainer for a domestic abuse charity.When Nina was about 15 when, due to a shift in her family dynamic that brought about a new living situation, challenging home circumstances, she found herself feeling out of place, insecurity and lost a lot of self confidence. It was then that she turned to bulimia, that became her coping mechanism on and off for the next 15 years.In this episode Nina talks about her experience with bulimia in quite some detail, from how it started, her first experience at the doctors, the yo yo-ing behaviours and the extremes she went to in her destructive cycle, as well as her recovery, her passion for feminism, the empowerment of breaking away from diet culture and from being a patriarchy pleaser, and the power of coming into your creative power and using your talents.For Podcast Show notes click here.(Please be aware this episode is a really honest account of Nina’s experience and can be triggering for some - if this is something you are currently going through or you are not in the right head space to listen to this, please feel free to move on to another episode and you can come back to this when you are in a better space).You can find Nina Gee’s amazing house account on Instagram at : Nina Gee HomeIf you need to talk to anyone about any of the themes in this podcast the following organisation can offer support:Anorexia and Bulimia Care (ABC): 03000 11 12 13 anorexiabulimiacare.org.ukAdvice and support for anyone affected by eating problems.Beat: 0808 801 0711 (youthline); 0808 801 0811 (studentline) beateatingdisorders.co.ukOvereaters Anonymous Great Britain: oagb.org.ukPapyrus HOPELINEUK: 0800 068 41 41; 07786 209697 (text); papyrus-uk.orgMind: 0300 123 3393 or text 86463 www.mind.org.uk/