Lifability

Lifability

By Shradha HariaHealth & Fitness
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Lifability episodes

  • 14 - Plant based diet and lifestyle with Lisa violet
    In this episode, Lisa gives us an overview of the benefits of incorporating a plant-based diet, the importance of micronutrients and the effects on hormonal health.
    Lisa is a qualified Clinical Nutritionist with both a Bachelor of Nutritional & Dietetic Medicine & a Bachelor of Complementary Medicine. Having followed a vegan lifestyle for over a decade, Lisa specialises in optimising vegetarian, vegan & plant-based diets.
    Lisa gives us some insight into:
    - supplementing to safeguard against potential nutrient deficiencies
    - B12 is sourced from a bacteria
    - sourcing meals to allow for various nutrients
    - iron absorption enhancers and inhibitors
    - importance of micronutrients
    - benefits of sugar in a fruit form vs processed foods
    - role of microbiome on gut and overall health
    - hormonal health
    You can find out more about Lisa and her offerings:
    website -m www.lisavioletnutrition.com
    Instagram -
    Lisa | PLANT BASED NUTRITION (@lisavioletnutrition) • Instagram photos and videos
    37 min
  • 13 - Free diving and the power of breath with Adam Sellars

    In this episode, Adam Sellars discusses his personal journey into free diving. As a free diving instructor, Adam help people deal with the pressures and stresses of everyday life through lessons he’s picked up from the deep, and all on one breath. Adam provides organizations, national sporting teams, schools and individuals with the tools they need to survive and thrive.

    Over the past 5 years Adam Sellars has been on what could be described as a spiritual journey that has culminated in the colliding of two worlds that have shaped the person he is today. Adam uses the principles of meditation, power of breath and breath hold to empower himself and others in his new path of helping people unlock their potential through releasing the shackles of pressure.


    You can find out more about Adam and his offerings:

    Start Your Freediving Journey | The Pressure Project
    Freediving • Meditation • Yoga • Ice Bath (@pressureproject) • Instagram photos and videos

    58 min
  • 12 - ADHD and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - with Carlyn Neek
    Carlyn Neek is a mental health professional with nine years of university, 17 years in the field and continued training in neuroscience & mental health. She is passionate about helping clients resume meaningful activity, knowing that getting back to doing what is important is central to well being. Carlyn developed the ⁠ACTivate Vitality: Rise and Live Fully program⁠ to help the helpers, focusing mainly on other OTs.
    When she's not working, Carlyn is most likely to be found on a pottery wheel, outdoors, or on an airplane with her husband and school aged children, heading off on another adventure. She is passionate about helping clients resume meaningful activity, knowing that getting back to doing what is important is central to well-being. 
    In this episode Carlyn discusses her own experience of ADHD and the use of ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy). Some of the principles of ACT include:
    - mindfulness-based tool
    - the power of noticing and accepting
    - identifying the next small step for action
    - being curious
    You can find out more about Carlyn Neek:
    Personal Development Coach | Carlyn Neek | Balance Works | Home
    About (balanceworksot.ca)
    Carlyn Neek OT Coach (@balanceworksot) • Instagram photos and videos
    41 min
  • 11- Role of Lifestyle on Chronic Conditions - with Dr Shamistra Barathan
    In this episode, Dr Shami dives deep into the role of lifestyle and its impact on chronic diseases. She discusses how the gut is directly connected to the nervous system. Therefore, chronic stress can cause symptoms such as leaky gut, absorption issues and autoimmune diseases leading to chronic disease. Dr Shami sheds light on the impact of lifestyle habits such as diet, sleep and stress on chronic conditions.
    Dr Shamistra Barathan has over 22 years of experience and has specialised in nutritional and environmental medicine by completing a degree (FACNEM) with the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM). She also holds the fellowship to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP). In 2021, she was Vice-President of ACNEM.
    Dr Shami is a pianist, loves singing, meditating, hiking and travelling. She is also a podcaster and blogger.
    In this podcast episode, Dr Shami states that three main factors when considering
    nutrient deficiency include understanding:
    - Is one eating
    enough nutrient dense foods
    -  Is one losing nutrients e.g. through blood/stool
    -  Is one not able to absorb the nutrients
    Dr Shami suggests a great way to a nutritional diet is eating veggies first, protein second and carbs last. Dr Shami discusses 80% of causes of chronic conditions is related to poor lifestyle and diet. Addressing simple things like nutrient deficiency, diet, stress management and lifestyle can help resolve some of these chronic conditions.
     
    Dr Shami discusses simple strategies to improve one’s
    lifestyle including:
    - Good sleep hygiene
    - Sunlight
    - Decreasing screen time
    - Vagal tone exercises e.g. deep breathing/meditation/yoga
    - Reducing caffeine intake
    - Magnesium levels
    Follow Dr Shami:
    Website- Meet our Medical & Allied Health Team | MINT Clinic
    Podcast -https://open.spotify.com/show/2qaEYVWxopQAE2gxaugmmy?si=685e335f371e424a
    Instagram -
    Dr Shamistra Barathan -Functional Medicine Family Doctor (@drshami_) • Instagram photos and videos
    Follow Shradha (LiFability)
    Website -
    Lifability | Online Occupational Therapy Programs
    Lifability Program -
    Lifability Programs
    Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6xEg71BL2k3kJ5BVNHFaZV?si=4793f94e0a1e422d
    Instagram -
    LiFability (@shradha_haria) • Instagram photos and videos
    36 min
  • 10 - An OT's lived experience of Fibromyalgia and Joint Hypermobility

    In this episode Aaron briefly touches on the vast scope of practice for OT. Aaron discusses his own health journey and some tricks and tools that have helped him manage the symptoms of Fibromyalgia and Joint Hypermobility.


    Aaron, the founder of Do it with Purpose Occupational Therapy (DIWPOT), established the organisation after serving as a registered occupational therapist in the public sector in Brisbane. With a background as a community mental health occupational therapist, Aaron dedicated himself to supporting individuals with serious mental illness, advocating for their health and well-being, and assisting them in pursuing their goals.


    Aaron is passionate about integrating his knowledge of mental wellness and his lived experience to empower individuals to leverage their strengths for a purposeful life. His focus lies in adult mental health, where he enjoys aiding individuals in developing independence, managing stress and emotions, establishing and maintaining structure and routine, and reconnecting with their communities. Aaron has a lived experience of mental illness having grown up around people living with mental health challenges and addiction and experiencing his own health challenges.

     

    Aaron identified some key factors that helps manage symptoms of fibromyalgia and joint mobility including:

    - diet

    - exercise

    - sleep hygiene

    - pacing/ energy conservation

    - nervous system regulation

    - physiotherapy

    - podiatry

    -acupuncture

    These are the links where you can connect with Aaron more:

    Instagram -

    Do it with Purpose Occupational Therapy (@do_it_with_purpose_ot) • Instagram photos and videos
    Linked In -

    Website -

    Do it with Purpose Occupational Therapy | Home

    25 min
  • 09 - Iyengar Yoga and Well-being with Brad Thrupp
    In this episode, Brad discusses the benefits of Iyengar Yoga in activating the parasympathetic nervous system to create a restorative state. He explains how being in more control of the mind using breaths and attuning with one-self allows us to access inner wisdom. We discuss the concepts of trauma, benefits of yoga and enabling one to understand and more connected within themselves.
    Brad has over 20 years of experience as an Iyengar Yoga teacher and a kinesiologist. Brad shares his knowledge and practice of Iyengar Yoga and Kinesiology through group classes in his studios at Coolangatta, Qld, and Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia. Iyengar yoga utilises the use of props and focuses on body and mind alignment.
    Brad brings awareness to some bitesize strategies that can be utilised on a daily basis:
    - putting gentle pressure on the forehead
    - grounding and being with nature
    - benefits of a quite, gentle practice to help one understand themselves
    - establishing safety and increasing trust by understanding your own body's capacity
    - reducing back bends or fire-type poses to reduce the activation of the sympathetic nervous system
    - use of forward bends and mild inversion to create a sense of safety
    - use of bodily senses to bring more internal awareness
    - consistency is the key
    - book (yoga the iyengar method by Mira Mehta)
    - strap (an easy, portable tool)
    Instagram -
    Brad Thrupp (@bradthrupp) • Instagram photos and videos
    36 min
  • 08 - Workplace Health, Happiness and Harmony - with Emily Schmidt
    In this episode, Emily discusses workplace culture and the role of daily habits to promote health and wellness. Emily desires to encourage and empower the people around her so they can embody their true self and live their highest potential. Emily's background in Occupational therapy, fitness and corporate experience drives her purpose to improve workplace culture and empower people so they can be the leader of their own life and health.
    Emily discusses the butterfly effect of incorporating habits to reinforce health, happiness and harmony in the workplace and how that then transfers into individualistic and social transformation.
    Emily discusses some bitesize strategies:
    - self reflection through self-coaching/journaling
    - Gratitude (the more specific you are, the more effective it is)
    - using your senses whilst reflecting
    - Emotional release step by step guide
    - exercise
    energymovement.com.au
    https://energymovement.thinkific.com/courses/twelve-wellness-topics
    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/energy_movement_wellness/
    LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/emily-schmidt-emw
    34 min
  • 07- Occupational engagement for an optimised lifetsyle
    Many people consider the word occupation to be their paid job or an income producing activity, however, occupation is really any activity that we engage in throughout our day.
    For example, meditating and being with oneself to connect inwards is a type of occupation. As is toileting or scuba-diving. It’s important to start becoming more aware of the occupations that we engage in so that we can start to see our own patterns. We can become more reflective of the ones that are supportive and the ones that might feel good in the moment but actually hinder us in the long run.
    When we look at our lives, breaking down the occupations into 5 categories can enhance the fullfilement we have in our lives. These 5
    categories are:
    - fitness
    -mindset
    -money
    -knowledge
    -creativity.
    When we become of the energies we spend, we can attempt to be more moderate and consistent so that we can engage in an optimised lifestyle.
    Check out the Lifability programs that provide 1:1 support to help you achieve your optimal self.
    https://www.lifability.com/programs
    Follow Lifability:
    https://www.instagram.com/lifability/
    https://www.facebook.com/lifability
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfBGmrRtHK4Pw3RxALbafMg
    14 min
  • 06 - Role of Kinesiology and Primitive reflexes on learning - with Ondrej Bursik

    In this episode, we discuss the role of Kinesiology and Primitive Reflexes on learning with Ondrej Bursik. Ondrej is a well renowned kinesiologist and the co-founder of the college of complementary medicine. Ondre has over 20 years of experience in the field of Psychology and Kinesiology. His niche is working with individuals with learning difficulties.

    You will learn:
    - brief description of primitive reflex therapy and kinesiology

    - Strategies to aid brain integration e.g. movement, grounding/earthing, sleep hygiene, heavy metals toxicity test, omega 6

    - how a chain reaction of positive experiences can be created by identifying the underlying stressor


    Find out more about Lifability and various online programs offered - www.lifability.com


    Ondrej Bursik and his offerings:

    https://www.instagram.com/optimallearning/

    https://www.instagram.com/crystalkinesiology/

    31 min

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