The Art Of Listening To Your Body

Julie is a Naturopath based in Melbourne Australia that has a passion for helping people with mental health and chronic health conditions.

She is a strong advocate of psychosomatic medicine and the author of Your body is your teacher- it whispers until it has to scream.

Julie’s approach is right up my alley. In her book she covers how imbalances in your life such as overcommitment and family trauma is reflected as imbalances in the body and likely lead to illness. She covers real life stories and links the emotions behind different issues which I love because like Julie’s story today, sharing helps us learn.

Thanks to Julie for sharing her story experiencing suicide of her partner whilst pregnant and sharing her experience with chronic illnesses and acknowledging the emotional state that plays a big part in health and healing.

I always get excited when I meet another practitioner who’s willing to delve deeper and beyond someone’s physical or mental presentation. This is the work we need more of in the world.

Find Julie:

Website www.julieseamer.com.au

Buy her book HERE

Facebook @instantinsighttoyourhealth

Instagram @healthy_inside

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The Tibetan Book Of Living & Dying

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Today I'm going to teach you a process that I use with my clients to help them release those pent up emotions.

Get out of your head and learn to speak out loud. Say what you want, discharge those emotions.

It's not always about confronting the person you have issues with. Sometimes you can't. Maybe they're not in your life anymore- they've passed away or you have no idea where they are. You can still process these emotions.

Hopefully you can keep track. Listen over a few times and make space in your day to do this work.

If you'd like to register for my FREE masterclass Thursday 3rd Septemeber 12pm NZST register HERE this event is open to all.

If you're a practitioner and keen to learn more about how to facilitate this work sign up to the waitlist for Emotional Body Training for more info HERE I'll be dropping details about a webinar September 17th and the training starts October 8th. This is a small group intimate training.

Though the word ‘chakra’ may seem a little far fetched (unconvincing) for you. It may be your escape from the struggle of on-going pain, injury or illness. 

Interpret what physical issues are telling you about your emotional state and bring awareness to what may be holding you back.

Today I go through each of the 7 chakra’s, allowing you to focus on the descriptive words I use for each and to feel into whether or not a sensation or emotion is triggered for you.

Links:

Join the waitlist for my Emotional Body Only Training - October 2020 HERE

Nat is a fully qualified holistic dietician and nutritionist, a functional medicine practitioner, podcaster, speaker, and has completed further study in yoga teaching, fitness instructing and herbal medicine. 

She has over 7 years experience specialising in thyroid healing, treating complex gut issues and optimising women's hormones for happy lives and healthy pregnancies. She believes that the body has innate ability to heal given the right tools, and the foundations of her treatments are grounded in treating the body as a whole. She integrates food as medicine, functional testing, smart supplementation, quality sleep, stress management, appropriate movement, and spiritual wellbeing to achieve incredible results with her clients.

Natalie shares her health journey with disordered eating from a young age and a few other issues that followed including endometriosis and an under active thyroid. This lead to her passion in helping her clients with their own thyroid issues.

if you’re someone that has thyroid issues, or you feel like you need to look into your thyroid a bit more because you’re been told it’s normal and you know it’s not. Make sure you sign up to Nat’s live thyroid masterclass on Tuesday 18th August 2020. You’ll get the opportunity learn and interact with the lovely Nat and ask your thyroid questions The link is in the notes and places are limited.

She’ll also be sharing more about her online 10-Week Program called Thyroid Rescue, which is a health and energy transformation program for women with an under active Thyroid or Hashimoto's disease who are ready to reclaim their energy + transform their life.

Sign up for the live masterclass HERE

Find Nat here:

Website https://nataliekdouglas.com/

Facebook @nataliekdouglas.thyroidhealer

Instagram @natalie.k.douglas

Podcast The Holistic Nutritionists

Work with Nat enquire HERE

Resources:

I talked about Deepak Chopra's Perfect Health book if you'd like to find out more about your Dosha

If you rub your elbows in front of me or tell me you have tennis elbow or RSI I’ll be wondering in my head what you’re being indecisive about.

Over the years I’ve learnt to trust that the body does express emotions when we can’t do it ourselves, so now I mention the emotions from the get go, even at the slightest niggle. It’s always a good sign when someone takes the information on board straight away, can relate to it and action change.

It’s a common issue to feel overwhelmed and anxious.

Sometimes it’s positive overwhelm of all the possibilities and choices you have in front of you.

Couple this with indecisiveness and you’re on the road to going nowhere fast.

If you could start sorting through the mess in your head and throw out what you don’t need and start to make decisions on what will help you head in the right direction. How would that feel? Pretty good right?

Links:

Get Your Discover Your Core Values worksheet HERE

https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/product/discover-your-core-values

If you'd like to go for the whole Set Your Foundations click HERE

https://theartoflisteningtoyourbody.com/product/set-your-foundations/

My guest today is Bianca Smeekes, from Christchurch, New Zealand.

She is an NLP Master Practitioner, Life Coach and Lightning Process Practitioner, passionate about teaching others how they can begin to influence their own health.

Bianca works with clients who get "stuck" with ongoing mental or physical symptoms and is passionate about the mind - body connection.

In 2011 Bianca developed pelvic pain - diagnosed as vulvodynia, central sensitisation syndrome, and interstitial cystitis. She experienced these symptoms for 2 years, then she stated to develop more widespread fibromyalgia symptoms. This included tingling limbs, aches, numbness, and burning hands.

She had exhausted most traditional avenues, until a therapist asked if she had any counselling after being involved in the Christchurch earthquakes. When she started getting earthquake trauma therapy, things became clear that this was the trigger of her symptoms. She started retraining her brain, resolving deeper emotions and her symptoms started to disappear.

You can find Bianca on:

Instagram @neuro.spark

Website neurospark.co.nz

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Book- Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller

I love a good juicy real life story. The ups and downs and all the feels behind the events in someone’s life. 

Fortunately I get to hear new stories on a regular basis. Happy, sad and horrible ones.

To me it’s a story and for the traumatic ones, I’m amazed that the person is still in front of me to share it.

Often it’s through the pain we’ve experienced and the ability to come through it that we can inspire others, and  give them hope that there is a way to continue to live life.

Join my FREE Facebook Group for more insights into the the psychosomatic links in the body.

Sloppy ankles, sprained ankles, stiff ankles.

Do you trip up over nothing because your ankles aren't stable enough?

Let's explore the emotional meaning behind your ankle issues.

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If you have physical issues you know are linked to emotional blocks you're ready to let go of... or you're trying to move forwards with your new ideas and just getting stuck. Get in touch with me if you're committed to making a change.

CLICK HERE to book a call with me.

My guest today Layla Metcalfe is a Naturopath dedicated to helping women with endometriosis.

Of course, this is her pain story, which thankfully didn’t go on for the typical 7 years before getting diagnosed.

At times her life was put on hold because of her dodgy period and symptoms. Periods so heavy that super tampons and a pad weren’t enough, often waking up to something that resembled a murder scene.

Layla found herself on morphine based drugs, experiencing anxiety and depression, being told she was a hypochondriac and that she’d be infertile.

A host of therapies, therapists, surgery and a $20k loan she burnt through in 1 year in search for a solution, she is now symptom free… and pregnant!!

You can find Layla and follow and learn from her on:

Instagram @layla_metcalfe

www.laylametcalfe.com

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Leah Hectman - Fertility Naturopath

Professor Jason Abbott 

Qendo 

Endometriosis Australia 

Naturopath Tabitha McIntosh