Psykhe Mental Wellbeing Podcast

In this episode, we're joined by Life and Style Coach and Celebrity Fashion Stylist William Graper. We often hear that a beautiful life starts from within... but that’s only half true.  As human beings, we are subject to the material world which inevitably shapes who we are— and how we feel about ourselves.  By looking outside and working our way in, we can effect change in a more tangible, practical way.

Blending fashion and psychology, William Graper brings a unique perspective to personal growth and mental health.  Everyday people, celebrities, CEOs, pro athletes and LGBTQ+ youth— clients from all walks of life— have benefitted from his creative and therapeutic approach.

Currently completing his Masters in Psychology at Pepperdine University, William takes an active-directive approach to coaching, rooted in philosophically and empirically-based principles.  Having styled people’s outsides for over a decade, he looks forward to helping you style your life— in a more lasting and meaningful way.

William shares with us his move from fashion to coaching, what he's learnt about style and our inner lives and insecurities from his time as a stylist and his thoughts on how we can style our own life and how our material possessions can provide us with valuable information about ourselves. 

You can connect with William on Twitter or via his website.

Follow our host Hannah @hannah.stainer on Instagram or on twitter.

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This week is sexual health week so we're joined by Sex Positivity Advocate Leanne Matthews to discuss all things sex, sex education and sex-positivity.

Leanne is passionate about this topic and currently training to become a sex educator or therapist (or both). In this conversation, we cover so many topics, including:

The list goes on! It was a really open conversation about sex education and really shows how broad the topic actually is and how it links to our wider relationships and our mental wellbeing. 

If you'd like to learn more about sex positivity, Leanne recommends:

You can connect with Leanne via twitter or instagram.

Follow our host Hannah @hannah.stainer on Instagram or on twitter.

Follow our podcast @psykhecoaching on Instagram, twitter, Facebook or connect with us via our website 

Support the podcast by becoming a patron to get access to bonus episodes. Visit our Patreon site for more details and to become a supporter

If you've loved this episode as much as we have please do share it on social media and tag us in your post. And we always love to hear what you think so please rate and review on itunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts. 

Thanks for listening!

Hannah & the Psykhe Podcast team x

*Trigger Warning* - Mention of means of suicide   

Thursday 10th September was World Suicide Prevention Day 2020, a day each year where organisations from around the world come together to raise awareness of suicide and how we can work together to reduce the number of people who die by suicide. We were joined by some amazing guests for a live discussion around suicide which was broadcast to our Facebook page and this episode is bringing you the replay of that conversation. 

Connect with our guests:  

Alison Blackler, Mind Coach & Author - Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin or via her website  

Ann Allen, Grief Recovery Specialist - Linkedin or via her website or you can call her directly on 3607213433

Clare Davis, Mental Health First Aid Instructor - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin or via her website  

Khara Croswaite Brindle, Mental Health Therapist - Facebook, Instagram, or Linkedin 

Shiggi Pakter, Audio Content Producer & DJ - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Linkedin 

And with us: Psykhe Coaching on Facebook, Instagram or via our website

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If you are feeling suicidal, please reach out for support. Some useful 24/7 helpline numbers are:  

UK 

Samaritans – call 116 123 or email [email protected] 

Text Shout to 85258 (24/7 text line)  

US 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network 1-800-273-TALK (8255), press 1 for veterans 

Crisis text line - text Talk to 741741   

Or visit the following for further resource suggestions: 

UK: www.nhs.uk/conditions/suicide  

US: www.afsp.org/suicide-prevention-resources

In today's episode, we're joined by Life Coach and Mindset Expert Lindsay Preston. Lindsay is a wife, a mom of two, and a multi-certified life coach & mindset expert with a background in Psychology. Her passion is teaching and coaching goal-getter women how to accomplish their dreams while feeling better than ever in the process (…and without giving up the success they’ve already created). Before starting her coaching business, Lindsay spent many years in Human Resources working for a finance company, an advertising company and even an arts and crafts company. She also owned and managed a dance studio for several years.

Lindsay was recently chosen as one of the top 50 Texas Women to Watch and her podcast (Become an Unstoppable Woman) has been featured on the iTunes New and Noteworthy list.

Lindsay joins us to share her journey into coaching through being coached herself and seeing the benefits of the process. She shares with us how to be an unstoppable woman - to develop the resilience to be able to live life to the full, even in the face of challenges. We discuss the ways we can hold ourselves back, the barriers we put in our own way, and how we can break through them.

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You can connect with Lindsay on Facebook, Instagram, or via her website. 

Follow our host Hannah @hannah.stainer on Instagram or on twitter.

Follow our podcast @psykhecoaching on Instagram, twitter and Facebook or visit our website to sign up to our monthly wellbeing newsletter.

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In this episode, we're joined by Environmental Psychologist and Wellbeing Consultant Lee Chambers. Lee is, in many ways, a renegade of an Environmental Psychologist. He is not steeped in research, he has spent his time trying to understand elements of physiology after losing the ability to walk. This has taken him on a journey to attempt to influence our working environments, a place where we spend countless hours carrying out specific tasks. By using critical thinking about spaces, places, and how people interact with them, he has become a Wellbeing Consultant.

Lee uses multidisciplinary theories to integrate regenerative practices into workplaces, his mission is to make where we work a place that energises us, rather than drains us. He combines environmental psychology assessments with both physical and mental health workshops, designed to build employee awareness around sleep, nutrition, mindset, and habits.

Losing his ability to walk changed Lee's worldview completely, and propelled him on a journey to understand how we, as humans, can optimise our bodies and our minds. He has worked in the Private Sector, the Public Sector, and in Elite Sports.

Lee shares some fantastic tips for shifting your mindset and overcoming challenges. Because, as he says, if you believe you can, you can. When he lost the ability to work he set himself the challenge of being back on his feet and walking when his newborn daughter was walking. Having a powerful why helped spur him on and he was back on his feet after 11 months.

This episode is jam-packed full of content so definitely one not to miss!

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You can connect with Lee on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or via his personal website or professional website. 

Follow our host Hannah @hannah.stainer on Instagram or on twitter.

Follow our podcast @psykhecoaching on Instagram, twitter and Facebook or visit our website to sign up to our monthly wellbeing newsletter.

Support the podcast by becoming a patron to get access to bonus episodes. Visit our Patreon site for more details and to become a supporter

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In our 60th episode we're joined by amazing author Beryl Crosher-Segers. Beryl is the author of the bestselling A Darker Shade of Pale: a memoir of apartheid South African about life during apartheid. In her 2018 writing debut she tells the story of her determination to rise above her earlier life of inequality and injustice. Beryl Crosher-Segers was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1955, seven years after the reigning National party imposed the system of apartheid. She immigrated to Australia in 1988 and has since been named one of Australia’s 100 most influential South Africans.

Her most recent publication, Behind my Smile: the True Story of an Author, a Broken Spirit and a Healer, was released on 20 March 2020.

Beryl and her husband moved to Australia in the 1980s in search of a better life for themselves and their children. 

Through a long-held love of the arts, she established One World Community Arts Network, a community project celebrating cultural diversity through music. In 2002, her commitment to previously disadvantaged artists from her birth town led her to start her own events company, C Major Events. Beryl’s experience is in administration in government. She is also impassioned by fundraising.

A highly regarded community representative, her awards include the Celebrate Africa-Australian Captain’s Award for service to the South African Community and a Jo Wilton Memorial Women’s Award, a human rights award from the University of Technology, Sydney.

In this episode Beryl shares her story of growing up during apartheid, the impact writing her bestselling debut book had on her, and how therapy helped her to process old traumas to move forward. I loved speaking with Beryl who shared her story openly with us on the podcast.

You can connect with Beryl on Facebook, Instagram or via her website.

Follow our host Hannah @hannah.stainer on Instagram or on twitter.

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Hannah & the Psykhe Podcast team x

In this episode we're joined by Award Winning Author Robert Crown. After living through the experiences described in his Award Winning book, Suffering Ends When Awakening Begins, Robert succeeded in breaking the patterns of dysfunction that had been a part of his family for generations. Robert was born and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Despite a challenging youth when he faced his own near-death and the death of a loved one, he overcame his trials and learned the importance of helping his family, friends, and those around him. As an adult, Robert has volunteered in community service organizations and has worked with youth and seniors. He has also served on the board of directors of his local chamber of commerce. His curiosity and love of travel have taken him to Japan six times. He is married to his beautiful wife Lynn, and together they have four beautiful children whom he teaches to think for themselves and to use their thoughts to create the lives they want. He still lives in the Chicago area, where he has owned and operated a residential real estate brokerage for sixteen years.

One year after publishing Suffering Ends When Awakening Begins, Robert was awarded a Bronze Medal in Readers' Favorite 2018 International Book Awards.  Becoming an International Award Winning Author was not a goal for Robert, nor was it ever a thought. His intention for his book from the first word and the only reason he wrote it, was to give people hope, faith, and courage to overcome the challenges they face in their own life.  It seems that his intention has been imbued into his book, by the extremely positive responses he has been receiving. It brings Robert great joy to be able to have an impact and improve the quality of someone's life even if it's in some small way. For this, he is genuinely grateful.

In this episode Robert shares his story of overcoming a traumatic childhood, the power of our thoughts and how we can create the lives we want through changing our vibration. We also dive into our relationship with the divine and how we perceive God/higher power/source. 

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You can connect with Robert on Instagram or via his website.

Follow our host Hannah @hannah.stainer on Instagram or on twitter.

Follow our podcast @psykhecoaching on Instagram, twitter and Facebook or visit our website to sign up to our monthly wellbeing newsletter.

Support the podcast by becoming a patron to get access to bonus episodes. Visit our Patreon site

We would love to hear your feedback on the episode so please comment and share if you've enjoyed this episode.

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Hannah & the Psykhe Podcast team x

In this episode, we're joined by Intuition Coach Nikole Stanfield from Intuition Coaching. Sometimes it can be really hard to tell if the things we are doing in our lives are actually toxic to our health, especially mental health. This was something Nikole really struggled with as an entrepreneur and she knows it led her to burnout in 2018.

Part of Nikole's recovery included creating a healthy work-life balance as an entrepreneur to live the lifestyle that she wanted.

As a Coach, now Nikole helps successful online entrepreneurs who feel unfulfilled and struggle to get out of bed in the morning to create a work-life balance that they love so they can actually enjoy time with their families, reconnect with their passion, and take a vacation without feeling guilty.

Nikole joins us in this episode to discuss burnout - what is it? How can we recognise the signs in ourselves? And how can we avoid it? We discuss the importance of boundaries for our self-care, taking time for yourself and the 3 signs of burnout.

You can connect with Nikole on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or via her website.

Follow our host Hannah @hannah.stainer on Instagram or on twitter.

Follow our podcast @psykhecoaching on Instagram, twitter and Facebook or visit our website to sign up to our monthly wellbeing newsletter.

Support the podcast by becoming a patron to get access to bonus episodes. Visit our Patreon site

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Hannah & the Psykhe Podcast team x

To know Estelle's story is to understand the inextinguishable fire burning in her music. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes , Estelle has taken the perilous ascent from rock bottom, and used the story of her life to create an empowering experience with her music. Estelle's vision has now burst into life with My Name Is Freedom, her debut EP, the fruit of a challenging journey to the land of dreams, California.

Estelle learned early on that music provided refuge from a life harrowed by oppression and violence, where her voice was silenced and her speech stolen. She was first rescued by the piano, which she learned to play at age 5. Music continued to provide escape as she studied the saxophone and became an avid dancer, before she truly found her voice at 26 when she began formal opera training. Her passion for music, the inspiration she found from frequent visits to South Africa and her eventual move to the U.S. set the stage for the songs she writes today.

As soon as she moved to California’s Bay Area in 2013, Estelle knew she belonged. Oakland’s energy, its diverse population and the absence of prejudice and judgment among people of so many backgrounds and cultures energised her, suggesting the name by which she is known today: Estelle California. “California is the home, the family, the love I could have ever dreamed of having. I will be forever grateful I met you, California.”

Estelle joins us to share her story of finding her voice, why our names hold so much value and how music and spirituality has helped her to heal and learn to shine. 

You can connect with Estelle on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or via her website.

Follow our host Hannah @hannah.stainer on Instagram or on twitter.

Follow our podcast @psykhecoaching on Instagram, twitter and Facebook or visit our website to sign up to our monthly wellbeing newsletter.

Support the podcast by becoming a patron to get access to bonus episodes. Visit our Patreon site

We would love to hear your feedback on the episode so please comment and share if you've enjoyed this episode.

Thanks for listening!

Hannah & the Psykhe Podcast team x