Life - An Inside Job

This episode is all about how the understanding of ourselves as cyclical beings can help us navigate the climate emergency. Giulietta Durante of Hormones in Harmony, Natasha Richardson from Forage Botanicals and period educator Tara Ghosh all kindly volunteered to share their wisdom and experience, we talk about:

·      How to manage climate anxiety

·      How to manage your nervous system and make a difference

·      How living cyclically helps you and the planet

·      How to have difficult conversations about the climate emergency

·      Being your own kind of activist

·      Plus many great tips to make a difference to climate change in your everyday life

Here is the info and links for my guests:
Giulietta Durante: Hormones in Harmony
Giulietta is a menstrual cycle nutritionist on a mission to show you how your menstrual cycle can be the key to accessing the most complete version of yourself. Through hormone-healing nutrition she will inspire you to align with the powers of your menstrual cycle and deepen your connection to self so that you can explore and redefine what it means to live in harmony with your hormones. Giulietta’s unconventional blend of hard science and a love for spirituality have earned her the title of ‘Hormone Whisperer’; and she loves nothing more than weaving together her extensive biochemical knowledge of hormones with more intuitive ways of healing to help you live your best hormonal life.
Website https://www.hormonesinharmony.co.uk/
Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/hormones_in_harmony/

Natasha Richardson: Forage Botanicals
Natasha Richardson has a Bsc (Hons) in herbal medicine and is trained as a doula and antenatal teacher. She ran a successful clinic for over 10 years helping with menstrual complaints from menarche to menopause before writing her book ‘Your Period Handbook’. Now she has a team that takes patients while she focuses on product development and community relationships whilst raising her son and researching at Oxford University on her Masters in design history where she has investigated women's medicine from 1850-2010.
Website https://foragebotanicals.co.uk/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/foragebotanicals/

Tara Ghosh
Tara Ghosh is a period educator and abdominal therapist passionate about sharing the simple ways to great health. Tara works with people 1:1 all over the world, as well as running Period Ready workshops for 8-12 years olds, how not to hate your period for teenagers and a 6-week course Embrace Your Cyclical Power for those in their 30s and 40s.
Website https://taraghosh.com/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_taraghosh_/

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

My guest  Clarissa Kristjansson PhD is an internationally recognized menopause educator. She specialises in Yang Sheng, TCM nutrition, medical qigong and mindfulness. She is passionate about nurturing the body, mind and spirit in harmony with the natural rhythms of nature during perimenopause. Clarissa is the host of the popular Thriving Thru Menopause podcast, she lectures and teaches around the world as well as meeting clients through online courses and 1 to 1 consultations.

We talk about Everyday Empowerment 

• What it might look like
• how it can help us in perimenopause and menopause
• Why seasonal living is much simpler than you think
• why is it the counter to the huge rise of women being sold to in menopause
• how following the seasons will help with your perimenopause
• Why less is more

Ancient wisdom for peri brought up to date!

Clarissa's website is: https://www.thrivethrumenopause.com/
The podcast is Thriving Through Menopause
Instagram is: @thrivingthrumenopause

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

I first came across Rosie Barnes's photography through her exhibition ‘No you’re not’ a striking series of portraits and statements from autistic women who have been successful in academia and business. Two images from this series have been included in the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Gallery in London. Rosie is a  documentary and fine art photographer with a particular interest in our relationship with the natural world. She also makes work about disability, difference, community and family. She has exhibited internationally, most recently in Sweden and China and has been commissioned by the Guardian, the FT, and the Wellcome Collection, amongst others.

 We talk about her work and the images of autistic women, the value of shyness, Rosie’s route into photography, her funny, haunting work around nature and our relationship to it, what it’s like to see her work exhibited on a huge scale, and Rosie’s fascinating project to create a truly integrated, community housing project.

Rosie's website is www.rosiebarnes.com
Rosie's Instagram is @rosiebarnesphoto
The No You're Not series can be seen at https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Yd8L-hAAAIAWFxqa

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

Sam Palmer of Midlife Makeover talks through all the fear of exercise and what stops us from moving, and what to do about it.

Midlife makeover is an online community where women can access menopause fitness and lifestyle support. Sam’s work started in the NHS, she’s worked in further education, she trained as a running coach and was coach of the year in 2014. Midlife Makeover has supported thousands of midlifers to make simple, proven lifestyle changes since its launch in 2014.

We explore how we get over the FEAR of doing exercise in midlife when we always feel we’re too something, be it too fat, too thin, too weak, too stiff, too tired or too dyspraxic. 

• How to find a class that suits you
• Why it’s OK to walk out
• How to get started (even when You’re as resistant as Kate)
• How to exercise when you’re sleep deprived
• How trauma may be preventing you from moving
• What coaches and PT’s should know about this

 Sam's contacts 

Website - https://www.midlifemakeover.co.uk/

Email - [email protected]

Linked In - www.linkedin.com/in/midlifemakeover

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sampalmermidlifemakeover

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/samsmidlifemakeover

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

Born in 1922, Gerda was the founder of Biodynamic Psychology, an energy-based psychotherapeutic practice that includes touch, energy, spirituality, and great humanity, which has influenced most body-orientated psychotherapeutic and complementary health modalities that have arisen since the 70s. This episode features people who trained in Biodynamic methods and share how it has deeply touched their lives and work.
 
Barbara Hussong
Biodynamic psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher and supervisor  https://www.barbarahussong.co.uk/

Dr. Gottfried M. Heuer
Jungian Training-psychoanalyst, Neo-Reichian body-psychotherapist, scholar, artist and poet. 

Julie Jenner
Integrative body psychotherapist, Internal Parts (Family) Systems, offering both short-term and long-term for individuals and couples.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliejenner/

Bernd Eiden MA
Co-founder of the Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy in 1983 where he was director, trainer and supervisor as well as in private practice. He also taught internationally and has written widely on this subject. Bernd retired in 2011.

Caroline Duggan
Practicing body psychotherapy and Biodynamic Massage Practitioner since qualifying from Chiron  in 2006. She works in private practice and has a special interest in working with shame and trauma. https://heartofwessexpsychotherapy.co.uk/

Carlien Van Heel
Biodynamic psychotherapist and Biodynamic Cranio-sacral therapist in private practice, supervisor and trainer at LSBP.  Carlien has written widely on Biodynamic topics.

Rubens Kignel
Psychotherapist and teacher working for the preservation of humankind and nature in general. www.psychotherapyindialogs.org

Nicky Smout
Biodynamic therapist and trainer, from 2005  co-director of the Dutch school of biodynamic psychology (NIB). Main field of work is early childhood trauma, birth work and pulsation. www.nickysmout.nl  www.biodynamiek.nl

Jochen Lude
Co-founder of the Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy in 1983 where was director, trainer and supervisor as well as in private practice. He also taught body psychotherapy internationally until he retired in 2011.

Melanie d’Ursel
Body Psychotherapist and Biodynamic Massage therapist, also trained  with David Boadella in Switzerland and with Berit Bunkan in Norway. She is currently a training assistant at LSBP. www.therapy.dursel.com

Anat Ben Israel
Biodynamic Psychotherapist, senior biodynamic trainer who has training schools in Israel and the USA, and Training Board member at LSBP and in private practice  https://www.biodynamictherapy.net/

With psycho-peristalsis from Catherine Gehin

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

My guest Catherine Morgan multi-award-winning qualified Financial Planner and award-winning Certified Financial Coach is on a mission to reduce financial anxiety and increase financial empowerment & resilience for 1 million women around the world. 

 She is also very generous with her knowledge and shares about:

• Pensions in your 50’s
• How to get started with investments
• Why it’s so important that conscious women develop wealth
• The relationship between self-esteem and earnings
• How and why pay yourself a salary
• How to manage in a global crisis

You can get a copy of Catherine’s very helpful book It’s Not About The Money at www.itsnotaboutthemoney.com

Catherine’s website is https://catherinemorgan.com/

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-morgan/

Twitter https://twitter.com/themoneypanel

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

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/catherinemorganmoney

In Her Financial Shoes Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-her-financial-shoes-podcast/id1449065629

Resources mentioned

Pension tracking service for lost pensions https://www.findpensioncontacts.service.gov.uk/

Pension forecast https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension

Profit First, by Mike Michalowicz https://www.waterstones.com/book/profit-first/mike-michalowicz/9780735214149

Step Change debt solutions https://www.stepchange.org/

Tax credits if you have a baby https://www.gov.uk/tax-credits-if-you-have-baby

More information about Kate
https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/
Instagram @kate_codrington
Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite bookshop

Music
Trust Me (instrumental) by RYYZN
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Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

This is another exploration into the way ADHD affects us, my guest is Victoria Gazzard, who shares more deeply and widely about the challenges of parenting girls with ADHD, rites of passage and managing adult life. Together we ponder how female gender stereotypes can be particularly restrictive and damaging for girls and women with ADHD and how these restrictions play out over adult life.

Victoria specialises in fertility and provides emotional support and therapies as well as practical advice and coaching to help her clients through challenging times.

If this episode is helpful for you, you may also enjoy season 2, episode 12 with Francine Forde and Season 2, Episode 14 with Victoria and other voices sharing their experiences of ADHD and perimenopause.

Victoria's website https://www.victoriagazzard.com/
Victoria's Instagram @fertility2birth https://www.instagram.com/fertility2birth/
Victoria's facebook https://www.facebook.com/VGazzard

Resources
ADHD self test: https://www.additudemag.com/self-test-adhd-symptoms-women-girls/?src=test
News, research and resources: https://www.additudemag.com/
UK resources and coach directory: https://adhduk.co.uk/
Penny Belle TedX Talk: How I learnt to fix my ‘broken brain’ by healing my broken heart - ADHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blHAY4gApN8
Trauma geek on neurodiversity and nervous system regulation and trauma recovery: https://www.traumageek.com/
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD by Sari Solden https://www.amazon.co.uk/Radical-Guide-Women-ADHD-Neurodiversity/dp/168403261X/r
Podcasts
The ADHD Women's Wellbeing podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-adhd-womens-wellbeing-podcast/id1605386171
Is it my ADHD? with Grace Timothy: https://podcasts.apple.com/qa/podcast/is-it-my-adhd/id1612236855
Community forum: https://www.divergentdesignstudios.com/landing?from=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.divergentdesignstudios.com%2Ffeed
Excellent articles: https://sluggish.substack.com/

More information about Kate
https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/
Instagram @kate_codrington
Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite bookshop

Music
Trust Me (instrumental) by RYYZN
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream
Music promoted by Audio Library

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

In this very special episode, after a year or more of nudging I have persuaded my teachers Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer of Red School to come along and talk about their wonderful new book Wise Power: Discover the Liberating power of menopause to Awaken Authority, Purpose and Belonging. It’s published by Hay House and you can pre-order now and get your hands on an actual copy on the 22nd of September.

 It’s a grand, trailblazing guide to menopause, filled with nourishing wisdom to help you thrive as your empowered, confident self through this transition and into Second Spring. I was lucky enough to read an early copy and it reframes menopause with great clarity and precision, giving you a clear and grounded psycho-spiritual path to plot your way through the storms.

I ditched all the boring questions authors get asked and dug into what I really wanted to know to give you the exclusive, inside story on Wise Power. You won't hear this anywhere else!

The free, Wise Power Retreat is to be found at www.wisepowerretreat.com

All of Red School’s courses and resources and their fabulous menstruality leadership program is available at  https://www.redschool.net/

More information about Kate
https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/
Instagram @kate_codrington
Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite bookshop

You will find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and all major platforms, just search for 'Life - An Inside Job'.

If you enjoyed the episode yourself, then it would be fab if you shared it with a friend or with your community on social media.

Music
Trust Me (instrumental) by RYYZN
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream
Music promoted by Audio Library

Artwork
Portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

Out of all the guests I have had on Life An Inside job, Jess Glenny offers the most vibrant and intimate window into her inside life as an Autistic person.  I gobbled up Ravelled Up in a day, Jess's book is a beautiful exploration of how it is to be a human in movement, in growth and in authentic presence.

Jess is a movement teacher, facilitator, therapist and writer about all things body.  She teaches ashtanga vinyasa, still yoga and conscious dance, and mentors yoga and dance teachers. She has specialisms in hypermobility and complex trauma. Her books include The Yoga Teacher Mentor, Hypermobility on the Yoga Mat, and Ravelled Up: A Journey Into Embodiment. Jess is Autistic and welcomes neurodivergent people into her movement spaces.

To find out more about her work go to www.embodyyogadance.co.uk
Or find her on Instagram at @embodyyogadance

More information about Kate
https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/
Instagram @kate_codrington
Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite bookshop

Resources
Dr Rachel Moseley's research https://www.scienceonthespectrum.net/my-research
Dr Rachel Moseley's resources and support: https://www.scienceonthespectrum.net/resources-and-support
AsperDames support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2045807795659419
Autism information: https://autismandhealth.org/
Lucy Pierce's excellent article and book list: https://dreamingaloud.net/2019/02/i-am-a-unicorn/
Ravelled Up by Jess Glenny: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravelled-Up-journey-into-embodiment/dp/B0B2PWHQFX
Trauma Geek, excellent resources on Neurodiversity, trauma and neurology: https://www.traumageek.com/
Self-directed female/non-binary autism questionnaire: https://goodautismschool.com/autism-women-test/
Rosie Barne's 'No, You're Not' photography project at the Wellcome Insitute: https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Yd8L-hAAAIAWFxqa

You will find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and all major platforms, just search for 'Life - An Inside Job'.

If you enjoyed the episode yourself, then it would be fab if you shared it with a friend or with your community on social media.

Music
Trust Me (instrumental) by RYYZN
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream
Music promoted by Audio Library

Artwork
Portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

What happens to Autistic women and non-binary people in menopause? At a time when more and more people are receiving a diagnosis of Autism in midlife, we are only just beginning to discover what's going on.

In this episode, we hear a range of Autistic people talking about their experiences of their perimenopause and postmenopause life, what helped them, and what made things worse. Dr Rachel Mosely, who is Autistic herself and the principal academic in the Department of Psychology at Bournemouth University, offers us an overview of the situation along with her excellent research papers on menopause and autism. I am hugely grateful to all those who gave their time to share their experiences with us.

You will hear from:
Lucy Pierce: author artist and publisher www.lucyhpierce.com
Margaret Pelling: 74, a retired civil servant, author, wife, mother and grandmother who has a PhD in astrophysics.
A contributor who prefers to remain anonymous
Dr Rachel Moseley: principal academic in the Department of Psychology at Bournemouth University. She is autistic and her research centres around issues facing autistic adults, particularly mental health, suicidality, self-harm and ageing.  www.scienceonthespectrum.net

With gratitude also to Rosie Barnes for her help with this project. https://rosiebarnes.com/

Resources
Dr Rachel Moseley's research https://www.scienceonthespectrum.net/my-research
Dr Rachel Moseley's resources and support: https://www.scienceonthespectrum.net/resources-and-support
AsperDames support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2045807795659419
Autism information: https://autismandhealth.org/
Lucy Pierce's excellent article and book list: https://dreamingaloud.net/2019/02/i-am-a-unicorn/
Ravelled Up by Jess Glenny: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravelled-Up-journey-into-embodiment/dp/B0B2PWHQFX
Trauma Geek, excellent resources on Neurodiversity, trauma and neurology: https://www.traumageek.com/
Self-directed female/non-binary autism questionnaire: https://goodautismschool.com/autism-women-test/
Rosie Barne's 'No, You're Not' photography project at the Wellcome Insitute: https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Yd8L-hAAAIAWFxqa

More information about Kate
https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/
Instagram @kate_codrington
Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is published by HarperCollins and available from your favourite bookshop
You will find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and all major platforms, just search for 'Life - An Inside Job'.
If you enjoyed the episode yourself, then it would be fab if you shared it with a friend or with your community on social media.

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
 The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library  
Instagram @kate_codrington 
Perimenopause Starter Kit online course https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/

Music
Trust Me by RYYZN

Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles