By Charlotte de Courcey Bayley
The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.
Our episode this week is with Tedd Poulos. Tedd is someone who likes to achieve an all-round balance in life when it comes to work and play. He graduated with first class honours in structural engineering from Sydney University and works as a project manager for one of Australia’s largest property developers. He’s proud when he drives past one of the high-rise apartments that he helped to build. Balancing work with life Tedd plays full out in the sports arena too.
Listen in as this inspiring young man takes us on a tour through his kung fu, dance classes, bodybuilding and now triathlon experiences. Hear how sport and being connected with his community helped him overcome a health setback.
Plato told us that “God provided man with education and physical activity together. The ideal citizen is the scholar athlete, the man of thought and the man of action”. Tedd likes to try and achieve a bit of everything it his day and he’s doing a pretty good job of it.
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Reveka Papadopoulos was an overweight child and she’s fought a life long battle with yo-yoing weight gain and weight loss, obsessive exercise and crash diets and then something changed.
A life spread across 2 continents and 25 years in the corporate world, Reveka has not only survived a difficult divorce but gone on to thrive and returned to Australia to raise her 2 young children. Since 2007 the passion for exercise that originally led her into training for a marathon for cancer fundraising, has now brought her the wonderful reward of training others to run marathons for fundraising in support of The Leukaemia and Lymphoma society. This dedicated lady has competed in Iron Man competitions, half and full marathons and triathlons.
Reveka finally found her sustained health balance when she started to understand the role of gut health in weight control. Join us as we discuss the ups and downs of healthy living with Reveka Papadopoulos.
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Read more about Reveka and connect with her at:
https://instagram.com/coachrev
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reveka-papadopoulos-143a794
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Senior clinical psychologist, researcher and Associate Professor Toby Newton-John join us this week to share his insight into pain, perspective, and the power of the mind in dealing with difficult situations. Toby brings a wealth of knowledge in chronic pain following psychology training at the University of Sydney and a PhD at the University of London. He is a published author of over 70 scientific articles, edits several specialised journals, and is a PhD supervisor with extensive experience in Australia and the UK. Toby also has developed pain management programs for universities and specialist pain management clinics, and practices on Sydney’s Lower North Shore.
You will learn:
What is Resilience and can you learn how to use it?
How does having Resilience impact our lives?
Why we feel pain and what happens when those sensations don’t go away.
How our mindset and our relationships impact wellbeing
How Resilience helps you manage complex problems and health conditions
Executive and Life Coach, Lawyer and Psychotherapist Randi Goda joins us this week to share her story of resilience and strength. She is highly trained in and experienced with over 35 years of experience with coaching, leadership skills, Neurolinguistic Programming, meditation, and mentoring small business owners. She has also provided pro bono work and volunteered in her capacity as a lawyer.
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If you’re interested in working with Randi, check out her website http://randigoda.com, give her a call on +61410587774 or send her an email at [email protected].
Credentialed Professional Personal and Parent Coach Kathy Wyber joins us this week to discuss the power of the mind and how to overcome feelings of shame and guilt. She brings over 30 years of diverse experience as an educator, breastfeeding counsellor, parenting mentor and mother of four. Kathy ran a 24hr telephone helpline and support groups for new mothers, even managing the establishment of a prestigious early childhood learning centre in China with three children under the age of five! Kathy continues to help parents and educators working with young children through online workshops and personalised one-on-one coaching.
You will learn:
The importance of:
Get in quick to sign up for Kathy’s upcoming online workshop 5 Tips to Help Your Kids Get Along Tuesday 27th October at 8:30PM AEDT!
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Joanna Gray joins us to share her story of overcoming a diagnosis of Huntington’s disease without compromising on her quality of life. Her approach encompasses radical acceptance, a strong will and determination to live as full a life as she can without getting hung up on the future problems her condition may cause. She draws from a wide range of psychological techniques and the confidence she helps instil in her business coaching clients. You will learn:
• What is Huntington’s disease,
• How you can choose to be optimistic in the face of doubt and uncertainty,
• Why a positive mindset can be one of the best decisions you make for your health,
• When to trust your instincts,
• Where to find support in your relationships, career and family life,
• How to avoid the victim mentality.
You can check out Joanna’s website at http://entrustbc.com.au and have a watch of her online video training here:
https://mastermind.com/masterminds/2845
11:33 it all felt like exactly the right things showed up at exactly the right time, in order for me to be able to unravel and to put myself back together
13:05 I started to examine myself and who I was, …quite a gentle gradient, it wasn't a massive explosion
20:17 the process of making sure that ..Huntington’s.. doesn't overshadow life
22:02: I do think that a fear based mindset can be alleviated
24:14 did receiving a diagnosis of a genetic disorder shake the foundation of your beliefs about yourself?
27:40 a great strength to enable your unconscious mind to do good deeds for you.
32:07 it's very important to be flexible in where I look and what I look for and what I'm open to noticing
32:09 I want to have children. That's a really tough call. How did the two of you approach that?
36:57 you don't get babies with clean genes just by going through this process
39:11 Holographic kinetics. It has been pioneered by an Australian guy based on his research into indigenous Aboriginal Australian modalities of healing
46:55 My beliefs about my children
47:23 What advice would you give to any of the listeners who have had a similar diagnosis or have family members in the Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's any of those neurodegenerative disorders?
Sydney based Feldenkrais method practitioner Penelope Jones joins us to share her story of determination and resilience through simple movements and principles. A traumatic accident required her to draw from the science of the brain and nervous system. Penelope’s training in neuroplasticity, human movement and the teachings of Moshé Feldenkrais gave her strength and power to aid her recovery.
· How our daily movements and posture impact upon wellbeing
· Brain science behind pain and how the Feldenkrais method works
· The skill of problem solving
· Recovery from injury is possible and you can reclaim your life from pain
More about Penelope
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Melbourne based success strategist, an empowerment coach, and health professional Mariana Ardelean joins us to discuss the power of beliefs and the impact of conditioning, habits and routine have on our lives. She started her own journey from Romania and overcame cultural and language barriers to find empowerment and strength and a much happier family dynamic by pursuing personal growth and learning to question her beliefs.
You will learn:
Our mind is very powerful and by understanding how we are wired we can consciously choose to live our life aligned with what we value. Once we know what we value, making decisions aligned with our values becomes easier. When faced with adversity on your life journey, having daily practices will ground you and bring you back to the present moment.
You can learn more about Mariana’s book Your Time Is Now and access her free resources on her website www.marianaardelean.com
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TIMESTAMPS:
-17:50 Our heart knows before our brain knows decisions that we make and the ‘real truth’ and our soul resides in our heart.
We cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that created the problem
-22:05 unlock the door that is holding us back to be able to empower ourselves
Beliefs will affect the risks you are willing to take, the adventures you are willing to have pursuit of self-realisation and fulfilment in life, it can interfere with our confidence and ability to create the future we want for ourselves and even our health
If we have good relationships with ourselves, we will have good relationships with others.
If someone believes people are kind and compassionate, they will experience that. if someone believes people are mean and not compassionate…. What we believe is what we experience so that’s why it’s important to question our beliefs
Most of the problems come from unmet expectations. Things have to be a certain way for someone to feel good. I need to, I have to, I should. They’re going to be disappointed.
-40.50 the moment I started not to engage in his behaviour, accepting him for what he was, and not reacting to his behaviour and that’s when things started to turn around
He did not change until I did
Create A little gap to pause and CHOOSE TO RESPOND
44:10 Beliefs create our experience of life’, they create the filters through which we see… we can get into the perception of ‘why this is happening is me
49:35 our beliefs don’t necessarily serve us
If we don’t know something, if we do not see it for what it is, we filter our reality through our way looking at things in our perspectives, and we do not see anything else that is out of our awareness unless we start to question things.
-53:20 for a long time I held onto my beliefs and how the way things should be
They are inherited through culture, from our family, our teachers and religion, I could not question things for a long time… once I realised when things weren’t working the way I was expecting… then I started to question… it took me a while… the expectations I had… I was so conditioned…
Pilates teacher Chris Lavelle joins us this week to share her journey from pain to empowerment and freedom.
Classified as a 2nd generation Pilates Instructor, having completed her training with Pilates Elder, Romana Kryzanowska, Chris taught alongside Romana in her training centre in New York during 1998/1999.
You will learn:
16:40 Chris on Learning to trust your teachers it was a way of life, so positive, never felt like she asked you something you couldn’t do. Watching her work with people and feeling so good… pushed me over the edge to make that decision
20:00 Romana passing on Joe Pilate’s work Physical and mental health intertwined, We cannot live a full and nourishing life if we do not pay attention to our physical body. Civilisation impairs physical fitness. The first prerequisite to happiness. Contrology – taking back control of your movement, being in control of your body rather than your body in control of you
22:00 Learning to move correctly: we are not outside moving anymore not doing natural activities. Let’s look back to the baby, children, animals, movements. Inspired by nature.
42:50 The importance of breathing correctly: until we find that stability… until we learn to breathe properly
55:00 keeping our body physically well functional we feel well happy our mental health is improved.
Sydney based certified mindset and Soul Coach Mel Brodie talks about her 23 year career in senior leadership roles and her journey through corporate burnout to improved health and vitality, joy and balance and a super power that helps people cut through the “noise” and “clutter” of a 21st Century life to move from surviving to thriving.
The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.