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- #70 Metaphysical AF
On this episode of Midlife AF, I talk with Filipa Bellette about her book "Ending Body Burnout" and our experiences with burnout, people-pleasing, and alcohol use.
We discuss the connection between underlying beliefs, trauma, and dysfunctional behaviors, as well as ways to address both physical and mental imbalances for lasting change.
Episode Highlights:- How busyness, perfectionism, and people-pleasing can lead to burnout of the body systems
- The role that underlying beliefs about ourselves play in developing coping mechanisms like overworking, binge eating, and drinking
- How even seemingly small childhood experiences can impact our nervous systems and lead to trauma responses
- The importance of addressing both physical imbalances and deeper root causes through techniques like belief reprogramming
- My upcoming 5-day virtual retreat on changing your relationship with alcohol by challenging limiting beliefs and prioritising self-care
RESOURCES
- Find out more about Filly at https://www.chrisandfilly.fm/links/
- Follow Filly on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisandfilly_fm
My Upcoming Live Coached Events & Programs:
- Virtual Retreat - 5 Days To Freedom - 19th-23rd Feb 2024 https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5dayvrfeb2024
- FREE Masterclass - '5 Surprising Ways Taking A Break From Alcohol Can Be Effortless & Change your Life' - 28th Feb 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/feb24masterclassreg
- 30 Day - Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment - LIVE! 4th March - 2nd April 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
49 min - #69 Regulated AF
Amy Guerrero joins me to discuss her personal journey overcoming addiction through somatic experiencing and internal family systems therapy. We explore the importance of integrating personal growth into our professional lives and cultivating trust within ourselves. Amy shares how she now helps individuals develop their unique gifts to bring to the world through her Lead with Love program.
Episode Highiights:- How Amy discovered the connection between trauma and the body through her own experiences with addiction and sensitivity
- The importance of curiosity over judgment in personal growth and undoing patterns
- Bringing our whole selves to work, even in corporate environments, and learning to be undefendable without armour
- Fragmentation in life leads to feeling "yucky" and out of integrity
- Amy's approach to helping individuals start and scale businesses while transforming lifestyles through a whole-person lens
- The lack of authenticity in online "hustle culture" and benefits of Amy's nurturing Lead with Love program
RESOURCES
- Find out more about Amy at https://www.regulatewithamy.com/
- Follow Amy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/regulatewithamy/
My Upcoming Live Coached Events & Programs:
- Virtual Retreat - 5 Days To Freedom - 19th-23rd Feb 2024 https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5dayvrfeb2024
- FREE Masterclass - '5 Surprising Ways Taking A Break From Alcohol Can Be Effortless & Change your Life' - 28th Feb 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/feb24masterclassreg
- 30 Day - Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment - LIVE! 4th March - 2nd April 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
49 min - #68 Loved AF
Emma Walkinshaw shares her personal transformation from struggling with lack of body acceptance to becoming a transformational life coach focused on intuitive eating and body positivity.
She discusses overcoming internalised fatphobia and the importance of challenging societal beauty standards. Emma also provides insights from her upcoming Body Love Revolution summit aimed at normalising all bodies.
Episode Highlights:- Recognising the impact of comparison and cultivating interoceptive awareness through intuitive eating practices
- Questioning diet culture programming and the desire for control it provides
- Learning to respect what our bodies need through mindfulness and seasonal eating
- Accepting our bodies are in constant flux and flow rather than criticising changes
- Understanding body image issues impact all of us and finding community is empowering
- Coping mechanisms like restrictive eating stem from emotional responses and lack of power
- Cultivating self-love, compassion and allowing self-expression freely
RESOURCES
- Find out more about Emma Walkinshaw at https://www.emmawalkinshaw.com.au/
- Follow Emma in Instagram at @emma_walkinshaw
My Upcoming Live Coached Events & Programs:
- Virtual Retreat - 5 Days To Freedom - 19th-23rd Feb 2024 https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5dayvrfeb2024
- FREE Masterclass - '5 Surprising Ways Taking A Break From Alcohol Can Be Effortless & Change your Life' - 28th Feb 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/feb24masterclassreg
- 30 Day - Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment - LIVE! 4th March - 2nd April 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
59 min - #67 Open AF
In this episode, I chat with Rebecca Jade, a doctor of Chinese medicine and acupuncture as well as a meditation and yoga teacher. We discuss the benefits of yin yoga and how it can be used as a form of medicine to address physical and mental health issues.
We also touch on the importance of having practices like yoga and meditation to support an alcohol-free life.
Episode Highlights:- Yin yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga that focuses on long holds to promote fascia release and nourishment of joints
- It can be used to address specific health issues by targeting relevant meridian points and poses - Practices like yin yoga and meditation are important to have as "scaffolding" to support life without relying on coping mechanisms like alcohol
- Community and shared experiences, like those offered in Rebecca's classes, can help people feel less alone and more able to sit with difficult emotions
LINKS
- Find out more about Rebecca at https://www.peaceloveacupuncture.com/
- Follow Rebecca on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peace.love.and.acupuncture/
My Upcoming Live Coached Events & Programs:- Virtual Retreat - 5 Days To Freedom - 19th-23rd Feb 2024 https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/5dayvrfeb2024
- FREE Masterclass - '5 Surprising Ways Taking A Break From Alcohol Can Be Effortless & Change your Life' - 28th Feb 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/feb24masterclassreg
- 30 Day - Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment - LIVE! 4th March - 2nd April 2024 - https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/the_great_aussie_alcohol_experiment
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
48 min - #66 Coachable AF
I'm opening up about what it means to be coachable and open to change. I talk about my own training and methodology as both a coach and counsellor, and the importance of looking deeply at underlying reasons for behaviours rather than surface fixes.
Key takeaways include understanding your relationship with discomfort, learning to nurture yourself through distress, and choosing self-care over people-pleasing.
Episode Highlights:- Being coachable requires willingness to look at what's really happening and make necessary changes
- Our behaviours often have very good underlying reasons related to early life experiences
- True change comes through discomfort, not by avoiding or dismissing difficult feelings
- Focus on nurturing the "original human" within through self-compassion instead of self-judgment
- Choose yourself and your needs above all else, including other people's perceptions
RESOURCES
- Access Emma's Summer Success Bundle here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/summersuccessbundle
- Join Emma's VIP ELITE experience here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/offers/k7AXMNPG
- Join Emma's Be The Lighthouse membership here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/bethelighthouse
- Get Emma's North Star Visualisation audio download at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/northstarvisualisation
- Emma's Awareness worksheets for people wanting to prepare prior to taking a break from drinking or reduce their drinking by being more mindful about what and why they drink https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/awareness-worksheets-opt-in
- Emma's 5 Day Alcohol Reset for people looking to take a quick reset https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/fivedayreset
- Join The Self-Paced Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/aae
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
35 min - #65 Abundant AF
This week I'm talking about fear around making commitments and change, the difference between viewing life through an abundance or scarcity lens, and how to stay motivated as we return to routines and work.
Episode Highlights
- Fear of change often comes from our inner child who learned we couldn't rely on others for comfort
- An abundance mindset sees our potential, while scarcity sees what we're missing out on
- Small slip ups aren't failures, they provide learning to do better next time
- Nurturing our inner child with compassion helps us feel safe trying new things
RESOURCES
- Access Emma's Summer Success Bundle here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/summersuccessbundle
- Join Emma's VIP ELITE experience here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/offers/k7AXMNPG
- Join Emma's Be The Lighthouse membership here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/bethelighthouse
- Get Emma's North Star Visualisation audio download at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/northstarvisualisation
- Emma's Awareness worksheets for people wanting to prepare prior to taking a break from drinking or reduce their drinking by being more mindful about what and why they drink https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/awareness-worksheets-opt-in
- Emma's 5 Day Alcohol Reset for people looking to take a quick reset https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/fivedayreset
- Join The Self-Paced Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/aae
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
36 min - #64 2024 AF
In this episode, I'm opening up about my personal experiences with bullying, burnout, and mental health challenges. I'm also discussing the importance of community in overcoming adversity and finding joy.
Key themes of this deeply personal episode include trauma, neurodiversity, midlife transitions, and creating a ""village"" of support.
Episode Highlights- Trauma is stored in the body, and breathwork can help release it with an empathetic witness
- Midlife is a time to reclaim one's authentic self and undo layers of protection from childhood
- Communities that support each other through life's difficulties can replace the ""village"" many lack
- Both laughter and tears have a place - it's about navigating life's ups and downs together
- Small acts of kindness and an alcohol-free life can cultivate well-being and joy"
RESOURCES
- Access Emma's Summer Success Bundle here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/summersuccessbundle
- Join Emma's VIP ELITE experience here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/offers/k7AXMNPG
- Join Emma's Be The Lighthouse membership here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/bethelighthouse
- Get Emma's North Star Visualisation audio download at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/northstarvisualisation
- Emma's Awareness worksheets for people wanting to prepare prior to taking a break from drinking or reduce their drinking by being more mindful about what and why they drink https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/awareness-worksheets-opt-in
- Emma's 5 Day Alcohol Reset for people looking to take a quick reset https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/fivedayreset
- Join The Self-Paced Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/aae
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
26 min - #63 New Year AF
In this episode, I'm sharing my unexpected journey to being Midlife AF after deciding to do a Dry January experiment. I share how listening to the This Naked Mind podcast led me to question my beliefs around alcohol and ultimately stop drinking.
I also open up about the transformative effects on my life, from my health to my career path.Episode Highlights
- Doing Dry January or other short-term sobriety experiments can lead to unexpected realisations about your relationship with alcohol
- Challenging unconscious beliefs around alcohol through education can be life-changing
- Stopping drinking revealed issues around food and body image that I was then able to address
- How AF living opened up new opportunities both personally and professionally for me
RESOURCES
- Access Emma's Summer Success Bundle here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/summersuccessbundle
- Join Emma's VIP ELITE experience here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/offers/k7AXMNPG
- Join Emma's Be The Lighthouse membership here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/bethelighthouse
- Get Emma's North Star Visualisation audio download at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/northstarvisualisation
- Emma's Awareness worksheets for people wanting to prepare prior to taking a break from drinking or reduce their drinking by being more mindful about what and why they drink https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/awareness-worksheets-opt-in
- Emma's 5 Day Alcohol Reset for people looking to take a quick reset https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/fivedayreset
- Join The Self-Paced Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/aae
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
29 min - #62 Christmas AF
This week I'm sharing tools and strategies for managing the pressures of Christmas while either drinking intentionally or staying alcohol-free. I'll cover making a plan, conserving energy, having excuses prepared, and choosing non-alcoholic drink options.
I'm also diving into the challenges around social expectations and pressure to drink.
Episode Highlights:- Make a plan for your Christmas activities and drinking intentions
- Prioritise conserving your energy by skipping events you don't want to attend
- Have excuses prepared if you don't want to drink in certain situations
- Bring your own non-alcoholic drink options to events
- Visualise your ideal Christmas experience beforehand
RESOURCES
- Access Emma's Summer Success Bundle here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/summersuccessbundle
- Join Emma's VIP ELITE experience here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/offers/k7AXMNPG
- Join Emma's Be The Lighthouse membership here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/bethelighthouse
- Get Emma's North Star Visualisation audio download at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/northstarvisualisation
- Emma's Awareness worksheets for people wanting to prepare prior to taking a break from drinking or reduce their drinking by being more mindful about what and why they drink https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/awareness-worksheets-opt-in
- Emma's 5 Day Alcohol Reset for people looking to take a quick reset https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/fivedayreset
- Join The Self-Paced Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/aae
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
39 min - #61 Burnt Out AF (Part 2)
I'm joined by autism advocate Viv Dawes who shares her expertise on autistic burnout. She discusses the signs and symptoms of burnout, and provides a 10-point "burnout prescription" for recovery and prevention.
Topics we chat about include acknowledging exhaustion, reducing demands, embracing neurodivergent identity, the importance of rest, sensory needs, and more.
Episode Highlights:- Autistic burnout is a real phenomenon that requires prolonged recovery time. It is not something that can be recovered from quickly.
- Understanding one's autistic identity and needs is crucial for preventing burnout. Embracing stimming and other self-regulatory behaviors is important.
- Recovery requires acknowledging exhaustion, reducing demands, spending time on interests, alone time, and time with understanding peers.
- Recovery looks different for everyone and may involve long periods of rest, changes in routine, and avoiding past overload situations. It is a journey that takes time and space.
RESOURCES
- Access Emma's Summer Success Bundle here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/summersuccessbundle
- Join Emma's VIP ELITE experience here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/offers/k7AXMNPG
- Join Emma's Be The Lighthouse membership here: https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/bethelighthouse
- Get Emma's NEW Visualisation audio download at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/northstarvisualisation
- Emma's Awareness worksheets for people wanting to prepare prior to taking a break from drinking or reduce their drinking by being more mindful about what and why they drink https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/awareness-worksheets-opt-in
- Emma's 5 Day Alcohol Reset for people looking to take a quick reset https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/fivedayreset
- Join The Self-Paced Great Aussie Alcohol Experiment at https://www.hoperisingcoaching.com/aae
- Learn more about Viv Dawes and grab her books & resources at: https://www.autisticadvocate.co.uk/
- Learn more about Emma Gilmour at: www.hoperisingcoaching.com
- Follow Emma Gilmour on insta @hoperisingcoaching
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/midlife-af-podcast/id1649673705
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