Mama Joy

Having spent 20 years in marketing and corporate worlds, Carmen Rendell followed a tug of curiosity and dissatisfaction that led her to a place where she now gets to integrate her love of adventure, travel, nature and understanding the bigger questions in life. She’s a trained Business and Personal Integrative Therapist and Founder of Soulhub, a hub of content, support and stories. We covered lots in this episode! From those “big decision” moments in life, and how to follow your heart, to the power of trusting in the painful moments just as much as the joyful ones.

What we talked about:
•What integrative therapy is all about
•How a breakdown in her marriage triggered a real drop into unfulfillment in her life (and her journey out of that)
•Allowing curiosity to lead the way
•How to recognise those moments in your life that are telling you to do something different
•Why we need to create ways to “sit with” things to come up with new answers
•Staying in full trust with ourselves
•Carmen’s Soulhub journal of sharing collective “soulful” stories of adventure, travel, suffering, and joy

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It’s all very well to say just “do what lights you up” but what if you have no idea what that is? What if the thing that’s keeping you so stuck is you feel like nothing is really lighting you up right now in your life? I’m sharing a few tools you can use to uncover the stuff that feels great to you, to bring back your clarity so you can start living your life with more ease, fun and still get all the ‘results’ you want – whether that’s a thriving relationship, successful career, or simply a night in on the sofa.

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If you’ve ever got yourself caught up in a spiral of indecision and not known how to move forward with something in your life this episode is for you. We’re joined by Natalie Eve Roper, Ayurvedic therapist, new mum and lover of nature. She shares how her philosophy of always following your dreams and finding ways to create time “without pressure” in our lives can give us the clarity we need to fulfil our passions. She shares how Ayurveda has supported her to connect in more with her own uniqueness (and how you can do the same too), plus the reality of self-care rituals and tools and being okay with the phases of life we’re moving through.

What we talked about:
•Following your dreams always and fulfilling your passions
•Creating time for ourselves without pressure and how that draws out creativity and clarity
•How distance from challenges can give us more perspective
•What Ayurveda is all about and why Natalie chose to change her career direction to use these tools
•Your body’s uniqueness and how that can support you to make decisions that feel right in your life
•Self-care rituals and tools

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If you find yourself getting completely stuck in your thoughts, over analysing things and generally not being able to make quick decisions – this episode is for you. And, it’s also for you if you’re, well, human. Because we all do it. We all let our minds take hold and take centre stage for too long. I’m sharing what getting “into your heart” really means and why it’s so important to practice making decisions from this place. I promise you it’ll give you relief from decision fatigue and bring about more joy in your life.

In this episode we’re joined by Dima Mekdad, a Syrian Londoner who used to be a pharmacist, is currently finishing her PhD, and also co-founded a not-for-profit over five years ago, whose mission is to tell and share stories that showcase the cultural heritage and human identity of Syrians. Having experienced a complete burn out after a major crisis in her life, she’s been on her own personal growth journey to reconnect with herself.

What we talked about:
•How Dima used running to support her mental health, despite having never run before
•Using gratitude in slow and intentional ways
•Why spaces to check in with how we feel are so important
•Dima’s system she created to embed joy in her life, her “J-Factor”
•What to do when resistance shows up and it feels like you’re going backwards
•Asking for help and staying consistent

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It’s always about this time of year that the “year-end pull” starts to take hold. That feeling of running out of time and the diary commitments start to pile up. How can we approach this time with less stress and more joy? In this week’s episode I share three insights that have worked really well for me in my own life to ensure that I don’t let “busy” take hold and to really enjoy and make the most of the final weeks of the year.

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Having created her business when she couldn’t get a job 11 years ago, Ruth Poundwhite now finds her joy from simply being herself. While she refers to herself as an “massive introvert” it’s her calm confidence that drew me to invite her onto the show. On today’s episode she shares how the philosophy of “doing things differently” has supported her to keep creating her own path and why presence is the key to joy.

What we talked about:
•How she created her own career when stepping out of uni during credit crunch didn’t know what else to do, philosophy of doing things differently
•Key moments that made Ruth feel more confident and value herself more
•How going travelling for a year helped her move away from mainstream thinking and hone her business message
•The joy of being more present and how to create more of it
•Creating intentional solitude in your life
•Being okay with being yourself

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There’s one practice I’ve had in my life for decades and it was a *must* during the most stressful times of my life – from high pressured uni exams through to burnout and figuring out “what to do with my life” this tool has always brought me back to feeling more joyful, and given me the support I’ve needed. And, it’s not just because of the feel-goods you get from the “nice messages” the practice actually trains your brain to think and respond differently in all sorts of situations in your life.

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Our guest today, Anoushka Florence, has a fun story involving how literally walking to the top of a mountain gave her the realisation of what she needed to do next and launched her into self-discovery and reconnecting with her heart. Before that mountain she was caught in putting others first and not listening to herself enough. She now leads women through sacred feminine experiences through her Women’s Circles, meditations, and soulful offerings. But her pathway to what she “does” now wasn’t linear – she says it’s been a process of falling in love with the experimentation and the zigzagging that helps her connect to her joy.

What we talked about:
•What’s a “sacred space” and why are they important
•How the intention we put into things can transform our results
•When we’re doing everything for others we can lose ourselves
•Moving from “shoulds” and things outside of us to exploring what lights you up, and taking steps in the direction of what feels inspiring
•Enjoying the experimentation process because it leads you to back to joy
•Why stillness is so needed to allow your inner voice to rise

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Ever wondered why you can’t get past a certain point of “success” or “results” in your life? And it feels like you just keep getting stuck? What if the biggest mistake you’re making is that you’re making things too hard? In this episode I share the science behind why making things easy actually leads you to greater success. And, how you can apply this to creating simple new habits in your life that’ll give you back clarity and momentum.

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