In this week's episode Victoria Birchall is here to share what has unfolded since she left her 26 year NHS career as a pharmacist to dive deeper into her healing journey through breast cancer, mastectomy and antiphospholipid syndrome that led to her embracing creativity and the feminine path.

Episode Highlights

• Foggy exhausted mornings became a thing of the past once she reduced stress
• Choosing the treatment that felt right for her on her cancer journey
• Poetry, painting and a book were borne out of the space she gave herself

Victoria has some great insights in this one about the stories we tell ourselves and what happens when you let them go.

Links and Next Steps:

Find Victoria’s Book here: https://beingbreastless.com

Watch my first podcast with Victoria Here: https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/victoria-birchall/ 

Follow Victoria on Instagram here: @victoriaruthholistics

If you have already been dipping your toe into Jin’s work maybe it is time to go to the next level and check out The Gateway Experience: A powerful step into emotional mastery without the overwhelm. You can find that here: https://accessthegateway.com 

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

What if the thing you call lazy, is actually your body asking for what it needs?

In this episode I explore the valuable art of napping and why so many of us struggle to let ourselves rest, no matter what chaos is going on in our lives, or how many different ways our body may be crying out for sleep.

Episode Highlights:

• Vitamin C is never the first response 
• Recurring dreams or nightmares may be a message
• There is such a thing as good exhaustion

That groggy feeling when you wake up after a day nap is actually a good thing!

Links and Next Steps:

The episode about Dreams & Nightmares: https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/202-2/

Watch my podcast with Vanessa Here: https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/vanessa-mcevoy-2/ 

If you have already been dipping your toe into Jin’s work through her #1 Bestselling book Healing Beyond The Diagnosis or have attended many of her free Masterclasses, maybe it is time to go to the next level and check out The Gateway Experience: A powerful step into emotional mastery without the overwhelm. You can find that here: https://accessthegateway.com 

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

In this update, Vanessa returns to share how a slow, deliberate process led her to sell her investment property, step away from a stable government job, and now works just 10–15 hours a week alongside her childhood best friend, supporting First Nations land-back initiatives.

Episode Highlights:

• What letting go really looks like 
• The guilt spiral involved in putting yourself first
• Working less does not mean earning less

Vanessa is back to share what happens when you trust the slow, boring work of letting go… one property, one career and one accountant at a time.

Links and Next Steps:

You can watch the first part of Vanessa’s story here: https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/vanessa-mcevoy/

If you’re keen to explore Release, Jin’s signature program, where you learn to process your emotions using the Release Process ® + receive guidance and support for a period of time you can do this here: https://bit.ly/release-course 

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

What if the most boring parts of your day were actually the most important?

In this episode I share what unfolded during an unplanned hour of pulling weeds with my husband and how it turned into my own realisation on why negative emotions are just weeds waiting for the right conditions to be pulled.

I unpack the connection between weeds can be pests or medicine, much like unprocessed emotions that can seem like a pest but can carry real gifts once unraveled.

Episode Highlights:

• Boredom is the birthplace of creativity
• Reframing negative experiences as weeds, and why the timing matters
• The laundry sorting ritual
• Tribute to former guest Leslie Lau and his book, Pulling Weeds and Folding Laundry

If you are waiting for the right time to step into emotional processing, then this episode is for you.

Links and Next Steps:

I mentioned my friend Leslie Lau’s book “Pulling Weeds and Folding Laundry” and figured he must be onto something! It just took me a couple of years to catch up.

You can buy his book here: https://www.leslieklau.com/

Watch my podcast with Leslie Here: https://youtu.be/-W1r5YwCNK0 

If you have already been dipping your toe into Jin’s work through her #1 Bestselling book Healing Beyond The Diagnosis or have attended many of her free Masterclasses, maybe it is time to go to the next level and check out The Gateway Experience: A powerful step into emotional mastery without the overwhelm. You can find that here: https://accessthegateway.com 

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

Last week I shared a short update about one of my private clients that I almost didn’t post. This week, I'm following up… because what happened next changed everything.

This episode is her story, not mine, and is about what it looks like to hold onto trust and receive support during hard health journeys and what happened when her results came in.

Even her oncology team were surprised.

With her full permission and so much gratitude, I am sharing what she shared with me.

Links and Next Steps:

If you have already been dipping your toe into Jin’s work through her #1 Bestselling book Healing Beyond The Diagnosis or have attended many of her free Masterclasses, maybe it is time to go to the next level and check out The Gateway Experience: A powerful step into emotional mastery without the overwhelm. You can find that here: https://accessthegateway.com 

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

A client on a cancer journey, a drug affecting her white blood cells, and an oncologist’s warning her that one thing had to change if she didn’t want to cancel her holiday.

She was skeptical it would work... Listen to find out what happened next.

Links and next steps:

If you have already been dipping your toe into Jin’s work through her #1 Bestselling book Healing Beyond The Diagnosis or have attended many of her free Masterclasses, maybe it is time to go to the next level and check out The Gateway Experience: A powerful step into emotional mastery without the overwhelm. You can find that here: https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/gateway/ 

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

What if money were a person in your life… a friend you could invite over? 

Would it know it was going to have fun hanging out with you?

In this short excerpt taken from my recent 3 day experience The Cycles 2.0, I invite you to reimagine your relationship with money the same way you would any other relationship in your life. 

Highlights: 

• The way you talk about money shapes the relationship you have with it
• The difference between chasing money's energy and actually building capacity to hold it
• A gentle challenge to look at what you've spent money on 

This isn't about budgeting. It's about noticing the emotional undercurrent beneath every dollar you spend, and choosing to build a relationship with money you can actually trust.

Links and Next Steps::

This is an excerpt from a 3-day experience The Cycles 2.0. It is still free, and invites you to create emotional capacity, clarity and self trust so that you can build a life that reflects who you really are.

If you would like to watch the full session from Day 3 and gain insight into what is keeping you stuck from a time and money perspective, you can do that here: https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/cycles

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

SHOW NOTES:

Using a story from my 20 years as an osteopath (the "crick in the neck" case that shows up like clockwork every season), we walk through the real difference between reacting to pain and choosing pleasure, and how that one shift changes everything from your health routine to your income.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Rigid self-care can actually be a sign you're stuck in survival mode
• The story of a client who doubled her salary and cut her hours in half,  with no new qualifications
• Time and money can be collapsed or expanded
• A simple gut-check question to ask yourself about anything you're currently spending time or money on

LINKS AND NEXT STEPS: 

If you would like to watch this 3 day experience in full (it’s still free)  and gain insight into what is keeping you stuck from a time, money and beliefs perspective, you can do that here: https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/cycles

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

After two years of trying to conceive, countless appointments, and hours spent chasing every possible fix, one woman's fertility journey took an unexpected turn, not toward another treatment, but toward her own emotions. 

In this episode, I share the intimate story of a client who stepped back from an intense acupuncture routine after realising her energy around it had shifted into "fix-it mode," and instead leaned into emotional release work. Just months later, she received the positive pregnancy test she'd been waiting two years for.

We explore the deep connection between emotional processing and fertility, why creating space (rather than forcing outcomes) can shift your body's hormonal and energetic state, and how learning to celebrate the wins, even the early fragile ones, is its own form of healing.

If you're on a fertility journey, or love someone who is, this one's for you.

Links and next steps: 

If you’re keen to explore Release, Jin’s signature program, where this wonderful woman learned to process your emotions with guidance and support using the Release Process ® you can do check it out here: https://bit.ly/release-course 

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/

In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of four powerful client celebrations, from blood work that shifted overnight to a pregnancy after two years of trying. 

I will share why celebrating wins (big and small, early-stage or hard-won) matters so much, and why so many of us feel guilty doing it, especially when we're still walking with challenge.

Through it all, we connect the dots back to one foundational practice: processing your emotions through the Release Process®.

Episode Highlights:

• After two years of trying and working with a celebrity acupuncturist nine hours a week, a client got her first-ever positive pregnancy test.
• A business owner who'd worked with me years ago returned ready to finally step out of her company, and within 48 hours had a proposal accepted on her terms.
• A client's platelet count doubled overnight before surgery, while another client's white blood cell count rose enough to clear her for a long-planned six-week trip.

Links and next steps:

If you want to see Kylie’s full backstory you can do that here:

https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/kylie-wolfig

If you would like to understand more about Re(o)currence you can do that here: 

https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/198-2/ 

If you would like to hear Chanel’s full story that is here:

https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/chanel-mackenzie/ 

If you would like to listen to Elle’s story that is here:

https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/elle-brown/ 

If you’re keen to explore Release, Jin’s signature program, where you learn to process your emotions using the Release Process ® + receive guidance and support for a period of time you can do this here: https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/release-course 

You can also connect with Jin on social media:

Instagram: @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Facebook: @drjinong (personal) or @theartoflisteningtoyourbody

Website: https://drjinong.com and https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/