In this episode Elysia speaks with Mindset coach Samantha Kellgren from Simply Well Coaching about overwhelm, being obsessed with fitness, losing period, challenges with fertility, body image, working and being mom in a pandemic, social media overwhelm and how to find the joy this Christmas after what has been the craziest year.

Samantha is a health and mindset coach helping women say no to overwhelm and yes to balance, joy, and confidence. She helps women combat self-doubt and welcome self-compassion, identify limiting beliefs that are holding them back and hindering their well-being, gain clarity about what is important to them and what they really want, and most of all feel understood and listen too.

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In this episode Elysia speaks with Ali Harwood about self-confidence particularly for introverts, falling into the comparison trap and changing the way women think about themselves. If you have ever thought you need to be someone else in order to fit in or be liked this ones for you.

Ali is a a Holistic Wellness & Confidence Coach & Embodied Dance Facilitator who helps shy introverted women to discover and embody their most empowered selves so they can live their lives with more inner peace, passion and purpose.

Website: www.wellnesswithalie.com

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In this episode Elysia speak to Rachel Clarkson aka The DNA Dietitian where they discuss the role your genetics play in metabolizing food and why some diets suit certain people and other don't, how to elevate current health and future health by understanding your genetics, how caffeine can drive your risk for heart attack depending on your genes and the genetic variants that impact fertility, endometriosis, gut health and more.

Rachel Clarkson is a board-certified, Specialist Dietitian in the science of Nutrigenomics - best known as The DNA Dietitian. With a Harley Street address, Rachel empowers her patients to eat according to their genes, using her method The DNA Way®. Publishing research in Epigenetics, Rachel, currently sits on the scientific advisory board of a number of health apps and guest lectures for tNutrition & Genetic at St Mary's University in London. she is passionate about science communication and has been featured in BBC Future, The Guardian and Men's Health.

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Find Rachel at www.thednadietitian.co.uk

In this episode Elysia chats to Nutritional Therapist Liz O'Byrne about overactive and underactive thyroid. Liz shares with us her amazing story of how she first discovered she had graves disease or an overactive thyroid and how she manages to stay symptom free, we also chat about the role stress and digestion play in thyroid issues and the huge prevalence of this issue in Ireland particularly and its relationship to infertility.  

Liz has been helping clients with thyroid issues from her clinic in Clare for over 6 years. Liz endeavors to help clients to help themselves through diet and lifestyle changes. She is a mum of 4 young children and likes to keep fit and to cook in her spare time. She is also a member of Thyroid Nutrition Ireland, a team of Nutritional Therapists focused on helping people with thyroid conditions.

You can find Liz on Instagram at @lizobyrnenutrition

 Book in a session with her via https://thyroidnutritionireland.com/ and also on Instagram @thyroidnutritionireland and facebook https://www.facebook.com/ThyroidNutritionIreland/

In this episode Elysia speaks to Nutritional Therapist Karen Chambers about how stress impacts your digestive health, overcoming yeast infections and the importance of working with a health professional to help figure out the best protocol for you. If you experience bloating, constipation, diarhoea, skin issues, food sensitivities or chronic yeast infections this episode is for you. 

This week Elysia is joined by Mandy Podlesney to talk all about the ketogenic diet and what that means. Mandy also shares her own experience living with chronic inflammatory illness and having both her knees replaced at age 28, how she hoped from diets and cleanses to finally finding the ketogenic diet and helping improve her health and wellbeing. We also chat about how stress impacts the body and the pressures on health and wellness professionals to be healthy all the time.

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Find her on Instagram here: @moremandy

Join her facebook group here:  https://mandyp.com/community/

In this episode Elysia is joined by Kim Vopni aka The Vagina Coach to talk about why pelvic health is important at all ages, particularly during pregnancy and post pregnancy and also about incontinence as we age and some things we can do to support our pelvic floor whether you are considering getting pregnant at some stage, are pregnant,, post pregnant or experiencing incontinence.

Kim Vopni is a self professed pelvic health evangelist and is known as The Vagina Coach.  She is a certified fitness professional who became passionate about spreading information on pelvic health when she was pregnant with her first child.

She is a published author, a passionate speaker and women's health educator as well as a mom to two boys. 

Kim offers pelvic health programs products and coaching for women in pregnancy, motherhood and menopause.  Kim also certifies other fitness and movement professionals to work with women with core and pelvic floor challenges. through her Core Confidence Specialist Certification. find her www.vaginacoach.com

In this episode Elysia is joined by Dr. Laura Paris to discuss the importance of the vaginal microbiome and specifically reducing Group B Strept (GBS) in pregnancy. This strain of bacteria can be passed from mother to foetus during labour making baby sick. Dr. Laura shares some preventative tips, how to address this naturally if you have already been diagnosed and practical tips for those who get frequent vaginal yeast infections.

 Dr. Laura is a doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, a certified nutrition consultant and a functional medicine practitioner. She works with people all over the world virtually and her specialties include hormone balance, fertility, gut, and immune system issues. She orders functional investigative labs to get to the root cause of women's health symptoms that have not been solved by conventional medicine alone.

Check out laura here www.ParisHealingArts.com.

Check out her Functional Whole30 program and PCOS Solution.

Follow her on Instagram (@dr.lauraparis), YouTube, and Facebook.

In this episode Elysia chats with Fertility Coach & Author Sarah Clark about how she experienced premature ovarian failure at age 28 and how she discovered years later the root cause of her infertility was related to her digestive issues. Her message is one of hope. If you are still cycling naturally there are steps we can take with the tools of functional medicine.

Sarah is a certified life coach with accreditation from the International Coaches Federation and a health coach with training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

She is the author of Fabulously Fertile – Supercharge your Fertility Naturally, Fabulously Fertile Cookbook and Fertility Preparation Program. She is super proud of her Signature Fertility Coaching Program, which includes functional lab testing, supports couples to make diet and lifestyle changes that dramatically improve the chances of a healthy pregnancy and baby!

Follow Sarah here : https://fabfertile.com/

Get the book here and here for UK/Ireland

Get the free online challenge here

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In this episode Elysia speaks with Burnout Expert Siobhan Murray as they delve deep into burnout, some of the sings and symptoms and what practical things we can do during these challenging times in the midst of a pandemic, to help prevent burnout or further deterioration of our mental health.

Siobhan Murray is one of the world's leading burnout experts, author of the best selling book The Burnout Solution and host of "The Burnout Solution Podcast,"

After working primarily as a therapist, Siobhan added 1:1 coaching, corporate workshops, and keynotes for companies and  schools across the EU and East Coast of America – all with a focus on burnout and wellbeing.

She was a consultant expert in the 2018 Irish television documentary series 'Stressed' which examined the impact of burnout on the body.   The show was the highest rated science series in Irish television history, she has written for and interviewed for Canada Global News, The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC Radio, RTE Radio, Thrive Global  and numerous podcasts. 

Siobhan lives in Dublin with her two teenage sons, two dogs and a very old cat.

Follow Siobhan here - https://www.twistingthejar.com/

Get the book here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Burnout-Solution-weeks-calmer-you/dp/0717180948

Get the online programme here  - https://siobhan-murray.mykajabi.com/Online%20Resilience%20Solution%20Programme