Today is an epic episode with guest expert, Functional Nutritionist, Shelley Gawith.

Shelley has a very special place in my heart as she cured my 16-year-old's debilitating migraines when no one else could.  My family, daughter and I will forever be grateful to Shelley for that. 

In this episode you're going to learn:

What chronic stress is and how you may be living your day to day life in chronic stress

The damaging effects that chronic stress has on our health and wellbeing.

Shelley's personal journey back to optimal health after being told she was going to die - seriously!

Some practical things we can all do today to take a preventive approach to our health

How to really know how much water you should be drinking a day

And so much more!

Shelley is a true ball of inspiring effervescent energy with so much love and knowledge to share. I know you're going to love this episode. There are so many takeaways for you!

This week we're joined by Maaya Eagle, from Pure Radiance Ayurveda - an ayurvedic clinic with a twist!

Maaya uses the ancient principles of ayurveda and blends them with other philosophies, therapies, and modern science to develop her own method of people-centered healing known as the Radiance Alignment Program.

Maaya and I talk about so many health and wellbeing things like why we need to align with nature, the damage high-level stress can have on our bodies, what ayurveda is and how it can help us heal - Maaya does a beautiful job of breaking down the elements and dosha of ayurveda. 

You'll learn that ayurveda is a truly practical health modality that protects and restores our health and wellbeing.

Makaia Carr, one of NZ leading wellness influencers, creator of 'Motivate Me' and author of the book 'Keeping it Real - Love Your Body, Love Your Life' is joining us on Thursday's Mind Gym and Matcha show. We'll be talking about Hauora (wellbeing), how social media influencers need to be more aware of their behaviour online and how we can protect our wellbeing from the online world.

Join fitness expert, Andy Munro and in my virtual Mind Gym as we discuss physical wellbeing! Andy has trained as a yoga teacher, TRX trainer, mindfulness meditation teacher, personal trainer, and health coach. Andy strongly believes in learning how to move and eat within the parameters of your body and biodynamic individuality.

For my first Mind Gym and Matcha session, we have the wonderful Kerene Strochnetter joining us. Kerene is the Managing Director of Mindful at Work, a business hell-bent on making the M-words cool in the workplace - mindfulness and meditation. We will be chatting about What mindfulness is, why we need to practise it, how it can help us during this time of uncertainty and her excellent new book, Crazy Busy. This chat will be fun!

In this podcast, Samantha Hannah defines what Mental Fitness is through her experiences in over 10 years of practising and teaching mental fitness as a tool for our minds.