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In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Philly Powell, the Wellness Provocateur and founder of Wellbeing Tick. Philly helps businesses ditch burnout, rethink work, and create cultures where people don't just survive—they thrive.
A few months ago, over a meal, we both admitted to snacking after dinner.
Right then and there, we decided we wanted to stop, and NEAD was born.
NEAD stands for not eating after dinner.
After giving up alcohol, we thought NEAD would be easy…it wasn't!
This podcast is about why we decided to stop EAD and the insights and hurdles we've experienced, such as…
It's a raw and authentic conversation between two women who combine their knowledge about changing habits and nutrition to stop unnecessary EAD.
We'll tell you what helped and what didn't and offer valuable suggestions (just in case you also struggle with EAD!), including replacing self-criticism with self-love.
"For me, the biggest thing was the admission because this is secret stuff. This is stuff that women keep secret from one another." – Kerene Strochnetter
"We are both delusional, BUT we are very aware of supporting one another to nail this!! The radical honesty and vulnerability are a key part of the process to change." – Philly Powell
Producing podcasts takes a lot of time and love, so I'd be so grateful if you'd please share the love in return!
Send me a message – I'd love to know the one thing you'll do differently after listening to this episode.
Share this episode – you never know how this episode could change someone's life!
Rate the show and hit the follow button – to introduce more people to this epic community!
Connect with Philly
www.wellbeingtick.co.nz
Wellbeing Tick Instagram
LinkedIn
The Wellbeing Junkie Instagram
Connect with Kerene
Mindful at Work
James Dear is a recovering drug addict. He was severely addicted but has been sober for over 5 years. In 2018, he started a movement called 'Break The Chain' to raise awareness and provide information about addiction and mental health after tragically losing a close friend to suicide. He took his advocacy to the next level by training as a counsellor and now works in a residential drug and alcohol treatment centre.
In this episode, James talks about his personal experience with addiction and how practising meditation, yoga, and spirituality 'broke the chain' for him…
In this episode, we discuss:
Connect with James:
Break The Chain Website
Break The Chain Instagram
Meditation New Zealand
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene_strochnetter
Facebook – Mindful at Work
Meredith McCarthy is a clinical hypnotherapist, author, and speaker with over 30 years of experience helping individuals unlock the power of their minds to overcome challenges, including addiction and anxiety.
Meredith founded the New Zealand Academy of Clinical Hypnotherapy (NZACH) and is president of the New Zealand Association of Professional Hypnotherapists (NZAPH). She's passionate about empowering others to transform their lives by addressing subconscious patterns and fostering emotional healing.
Meredith blends psychodynamics, cognitive psychology, and hypnosis techniques to address the root causes of behavioural issues. She also offers practical strategies, such as self-hypnosis. Her innovative HELP System guides individuals to unlock their mental potential, fostering self-belief and resilience.
In her therapeutic work, Meredith emphasises the 'Three D's'—Detachment, Determination, and Direction—as a framework for overcoming addiction and achieving personal growth.
In this episode, we discuss:
We would love to know what stood out the most for you in this episode. Please feel free to contact either of us via the links below.
Remember to rate the podcast on Spotify or leave a review on Apple Podcasts; your support will help us reach a wider audience and help more people.
Connect with Meredith:
LinkedIn: Website and Business
Podcast: NZACH Talk time
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene_strochnetter
Facebook – Mindful at Work
I loved this conversation with Carl Lemieux from Mindsmatter. I could talk with him for hours!
Carl is an author, workplace psychologist, management consultant, executive coach, psychotherapist, and mindfulness teacher. With 35 years of experience in corporate strategy, transformation, and leadership development, Carl understands the importance of well-being and self-awareness for himself, leaders, and the workforce.
He doesn't see himself as an expert on addiction, but in my eyes, he's a behaviour change expert with a wealth of experience.
Carl summarises this episode beautifully - " You've got a conditioned brain and a higher brain, and if you don't train the conditioned brain, you'll get stuck in your habits, patterns (and addictions) for a long time." The good news is, it is trainable!
In this episode, we discuss:
We would love to know what stood out the most for you in this episode. Please feel free to contact either of us via the links below.
Remember to rate the podcast on Spotify or leave a review on Apple Podcasts; your support will help us reach a wider audience and help more people.
Connect with Carl:
LinkedIn: Carl Lemieux
Website: Mindsmatter
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene_strochnetter
Facebook – Mindful at Work
Zach Cotogni and his sister Michaela wrote Blue Honey—Personal Experiences Using Psilocybin for Mental Health in Aotearoa, a book that challenges ugly preconceptions and misunderstandings about using MCPs (Mushrooms Containing Psilocybin, more commonly known as Magic Mushrooms).
In this episode, Zach talks about his experience using MCPs to overcome his addiction to alcohol and drugs.
I interviewed Michaela on the Little Addicts podcast in episode #8. It was a raw and emotional interview where Michaela spoke about her long struggle with mental illness, running out of options, and ultimately deciding to break the law and use MCPs as a last-ditch attempt. If you're interested, go back and listen!
Disclaimer: As psilocybin is a class A substance in New Zealand, we're not encouraging anyone to take these substances but to raise awareness.
In this episode, we discuss:
We would love to know what stood out the most for you in this episode. Please feel free to contact either of us via the links below.
Remember to rate the podcast on Spotify or leave a review on Apple Podcasts; your support will help us reach a wider audience and help more people.
Connect with Zach:
Website: Blue Honey
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene_strochnetter
Facebook – Mindful at Work
What I love about Buddhism is how it aligns with neuroscience (and how neuroscience proves that Buddhism is true).
In this episode, I'm joined by Patrick Kearney. Patrick explains how the Buddha's teachings help us to understand and overcome addiction.
He's particularly interested in the Buddha's original teachings before the invention of "Buddhism", and applying the Buddha's radical insights to our contemporary life.
Patrick has practised mindfulness meditation since 1977 and spent several years as a Buddhist monk. A full-time mindfulness meditation teacher for over twenty years, Patrick conducts residential and online retreats, workshops, and seminars.
For Patrick meditation as a physical practice that reconnects us with our senses and allows us to live life directly rather than through the cling wrap of our habitual thinking!
In this episode, we discuss:
At the end of this podcast, we decided that Patrick, the Buddha, and I are all on a dukkha reduction project!
We would love to know what stood out the most for you in this episode. Please feel free to contact either of us via the links below.
Remember to rate the podcast on Spotify or leave a review on Apple Podcasts; your support will help us reach a wider audience and help more people.
Connect with Patrick:
Patrick Kearney Website
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene_strochnetter
Facebook – Mindful at Work
Richard Bolstad trains NLP Practitioners and trainers in America, Europe, Asia, and Australasia. He has written or co-written over 20 NLP books, which have been translated into nine languages. His book 'Transforming Communication' has been a core text in several New Zealand university programs. He has also been a personal trainer for some top New Zealand business and sports people, including leading New Zealand triathlete Steve Gurney.
Richard won the NLP International Award from the ANLP in 2017, the first year it was offered. He delivers with integrity and precision and has offered invaluable help to people traumatised in the aftermath of earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, as well as helped in the aftermath of war in Eastern European countries. He has been described as "modest and very personable, and reading about the difference his NLP work has made, especially in response to a crisis, is pretty amazing."
Richard has many professional trainings and qualifications. He is a member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists, a trained Teacher (Diploma of Teaching Tertiary), a Registered Nurse, a Master Trainer of NLP with several international NLP Certification Organizations such as IANLP and IN, has a State of California-recognized Doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy, and is currently completing a Degree in Archaeology at Leicester University.
In this episode we talk about:
We would love to know what stood out the most for you in this episode. Please feel free to contact either of us via the links below.
Don't forget to rate the podcast on Spotify or leave a review on Apple Podcasts, your support will help us reach a wider audience and help more people on the road to recovery.
Connect with Richard:
Websites - Transformations or https://richardbolstad.com/
LinkedIn – Richard Bolstad
Facebook - Transformations
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene_strochnetter
Facebook – Mindful at Work
Gai Foskett is a Master Certified Coach and a Master NLP practitioner. She also has an MBA and works with senior leaders and managers, business owners, professionals, and entrepreneurs in NZ, the USA, Australia, Asia, the UK, and Canada.
Gai's coaching approach draws on contemporary neuroscience, positive psychology, change management and models, Philosophy, Systems theory, Emotional Intelligence, Motivation theory, Thinking and creativity, Mindfulness and Mindful leadership, and NLP.
In this episode, you will learn about:
We would love to know what stood out the most for you in this episode. Please feel free to contact either of us via the links below.
Don't forget to rate the podcast on Spotify or leave a review on Apple Podcasts; your support will help us reach a wider audience and help more people on the road to recovery.
Connect with Gai Foskett:
Website – Gai Foskett
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaifoskettcoaching/
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene_strochnetter
Facebook – Mindful at Work
In this episode, Michaela talks about her own mental health journey that led her to use MCP (Mushrooms Containing Psilocybin, commonly known as Magic Mushrooms) and why she and her brother Zach wrote Blue Honey – Personal Experiences Using Psilocybin for Mental Health in Aotearoa.
I've been following what's happening in the psychedelic space since reading Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind - The New Science of Psychedelics. Psychedelics are on the precipice for radically changing how we treat mental health – in particular, depression, end-of-life anxiety, PSTD and addiction (especially alcoholism and drug addiction).
Disclaimer: The legal status of psilocybin mushrooms varies worldwide. In New Zealand, psilocybin is a class A substance, and in the USA, it's schedule 1. We're not encouraging anyone to take these substances but to raise awareness. It can be dangerous to take these substances with prescribed medicines or other substances.
In this episode, you will learn about:
We would love to know what stood out the most for you in this episode. Please feel free to contact either of us via the links below.
Don't forget to rate the podcast on Spotify or leave a review on Apple Podcasts; your support will help me reach a wider audience and help more people on the road to recovery.
Connect with Michaela Cotogni:
Website – Blue Honey
Blue Honey – The book
LinkedIn – Michaela CotogniInstagram – Mushrooms as medicine
Facebook – Blue Honey NZ
How Magic Mushrooms Rearrange the Brain
Homological Scaffolds of Brain Functional Networks
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene_strochnetter
Facebook – Mindful at Work
Scott is the founder of Calmly, a Kiwi breathing innovation tool that supports healthy ways of relaxing, assists vapers and smokers in quitting, and helps reduce general anxiety and stress.
Scott has a Master of Science from Lincoln University and extensive experience in the tourism, environmental advocacy, and, more recently, health and wellness sectors.
Over two decades of research and development have gone into honing the Calmly device, with several discoveries during that time, such as the benefits of diaphragmatic breathing and engaging the parasympathetic nervous system, along with the device's wellness links to aromatherapy, mindfulness, and meditation.
If he had to choose his favourite Calmly aroma, it would be the lavender, lemon, and Roman chamomile blend.
In this episode, we discuss:
We would love to know what stood out the most for you in this episode. Please feel free to contact either of us via the links below.
Remember to rate the podcast on Spotify or leave a review on Apple Podcasts; your support will help me reach a wider audience and help more people.
Connect with Scott:
Website - Calmly World
LinkedIn – Scott Pearson
Instagram – Calmly World
Facebook – Calmly World
Connect with Kerene:
Website – Mindful at Work
LinkedIn - Kerene Strochnetter
Instagram – Kerene Strochnetter
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