The Full Circle Podcast

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  • Ep. 37 - A Tale of Grief, Loss, Hope & Survival with Kiri Desborough

    Kiri is a Pilates and Yoga instructor, mother, traveller and gypsy girl at heart. She's also a very dear friend and someone I look up to immensely. Her story has been shaped by teen pregnancy, addiction and the tragic loss of loved ones to suicide. In 2021 she is walking the length of New Zealand in support of suicide prevention.

    Work with Anna:

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    Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

    • The special connection that Kiri and Anna formed in Bali and what she was doing there

    • How she pivoted her wellness retreat business in Bali after Covid hit

    • Why she decided to leave a relationship of 7 years that was 'perfectly okay'

    • Growing up in a household of substance abuse, with parents who let her run wild, and how that shaped her

    • How losing her boyfriend at 15 to suicide turned her world upside down, and the new love story that has spawned 25 years later

    • Becoming a teen mother and losing her baby's father to an unexplained death

    • How Kiri remains grateful despite everything she has lost

    • Guilt, why women carry it so heavily, and how to release it

    • The crazy way Kiri chose to conquer her fear of heights in 2020, and how that played out

    • Why Kiri is hiking the length of New Zealand in 2021 (in 4 months) and how you can follow along!

    • Plus, what she will be eating as she hikes the Te Araroa

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    Mentalhealth.org

    Oprah's Super Soul Conversations: Growing Beyond Guilt {podcast}

    You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay {book}

    Untamed by Glennon Doyle {book}

    Connect with our podcast guest:

    Instagram: @graceandconz

    Pilates subscription: www.patreon.com/graceandconz

    Donate to Kiri's Givealittle page in support of Voices of Hope: https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/walk-for-wellness-te-araroa-kiris-long-journey

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    58 min
  • Ep. 36 - Freezing My Eggs, Fertility & Goin Solo

    Work with Anna:

    See all programs and 1:1 coaching Radical Blueprint (now an e-course) The Lightworker Bundle - 8 courses for $49

    Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

    • What egg freezing is and why Anna chose to do it
    • Dealing with pressure from family and doctors to do egg freezing
    • Anna's personal experience of the egg retrieval process
    • What side effects she experienced from the hormone injections
    • How she supported her body in the lead up to the retrieval, and how she is supporting herself after
    • Why she chose to tell everyone she was doing egg freezing
    • An update on where Anna is at with the sperm donor process

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    Episode #29: Patiently Waiting For Sperm: My Sperm Donor Journey

    Episode #32 - Becoming More Energy Efficient Through Network Spinal Analysis With Craig Reynolds

    Episode #19 - Natural Medicine, Kundalini Yoga & Holistic Health with Erin O'Hara

    Fertility Associates NZ

    Erin O'Hara from Golden Yogi Studio (Anna's naturopath)

    Craig Reynolds from Orenda (Anna's network spinal analysis guy)

    Dr Christina Wiggers from Real Health (Anna's kinesiologist)

    StudioBox Newmarket - use my referral link!

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    41 min
  • Ep. 35 - Sustainable Success, Spiritual Awakenings & Sacred Plant Medicine Journeys with Sigrid Tasies

    In this episode I chat to Sigrid Tasies who is a Leadership in Embodiment Coach, speaker, author of "Intimacy Within", host of the podcast Sacred Leadership and modern medicine woman. She is on a mission to support mission-driven entrepreneurs tap into their infinite potential as leaders, by fully embodying their truth and deepest alignment in life and leadership, to amplify their impact in the world.

    Work with Anna:

    See all programs and 1:1 coaching Radical Blueprint (now an e-course) The Lightworker Bundle - 8 courses for $49

    Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

    • How Sigrid helps leaders claim their power

    • Sigrid's experience with anxiety that forced her to reassess the way she was living her life

    • The synchronicities and spiritual awakening that led her to journeying with plant medicine, and her in depth experience of it

    • Different plant medicines Sigrid has journeyed with

    • What coaching is really about and how she sustains success in her coaching business

    • Her experience of taking 18 months away from the real world, living in a tent for 5 months, without a job, sitting in ceremonies and learning from elders. And how she made that happen financially

    • How to start living a life by design rather than default, so we can be more intentional with our lives.

    • Losing all of her friends when she made the decision to quit drinking, after living in an ashram

    • Her view on attachments and suffering, and why she doesn't know what size her body is

    • Sigrid shares how she practices surrender

    • How she got the ping to go to LA and called in $1500 simply by asking the Universe for it

    • Syncing her business with her menstrual cycle

    • Sigrid's morning routine that sets her up for her day

    • Her biggest lessons from 2020

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    Letting Go: The Pathway To Surrender by David R Hawkins

    Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide To Joy by Sadhguru

    The Mastery of Self by Don Miguel Ruiz

    WomanCode by Alissa Vitti

    Learn more about the Institute for Integrative Nutrition where Anna gained her health coaching certification: annasquelch.com/iin

    Learn more offerings for new coaches: annasquelch.com/coaches

    Connect with our podcast guest:

    Instagram: @sigridtasies

    Website: www.sigridtasies.com

    Podcast: Sacred Leaders

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    58 min
  • Ep. 34 - How To Stop Outsourcing Your Self-Worth

    Work with Anna:

    See all programs and 1:1 coaching Radical Blueprint (now an e-course) The Lightworker Bundle - 8 courses for $49

    Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

    • What self-worth is and what it is inherently tied to

    • Why you need to stop asking your parents for advice

    • What it means to unplug from the matrix

    • Where women derive their value, and how society sets us up to fail

    • My 7 tips to stop outsourcing your self-worth

    • Simple ways to strengthen your intuition

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    Episode #27: Boundaries Confidence: How to set boundaries without feeling like a bitch

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    30 min
  • Ep. 33 - Learning To Love Your Menstrual Cycle With Jema Lee

    In this episode I chat to Jema Lee who is a Gold Coast based menstrual cycle expert, qualified Ayurvedic coach and the creator of Wellsome. For 13 years, she's helped guide women in over 22 countries to embrace their monthly cycles and deepen body awareness through personalised coaching, online courses, retreats & workshops. She's known as the down-to-earth, raw and authentic teacher who makes 'periods fun!'

    Jema is a day time mermaid, a full time human who spends her days coaching, dancing and creating.

    I know you'll love this episode just as much as I do and I can't wait for you to join me!

    Work with Anna:

    See all programs and 1:1 coaching Radical Blueprint (now an e-course) The Lightworker Bundle - 8 courses for $49

    Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

    • The health challenges that led Jema to become a menstrual cycle coach

    • Jema's journey with PCOS, why she chose to refute the diagnosis and how she healed herself holistically, to the shock of her doctors.

    • Why Jema decided to come off the hormonal contraceptive pill after 12 years on it

    • The mind blowing statistics around how many chemicals babies are born exposed to.

    • How to begin menstrual cycle tracking for fertility and for general women's health

    • How menstrual cycle tracking boosts your sex life & the method that Jema suggests we use.

    • The ways we can schedule our life in accordance with our menstrual cycle.

    • Why we should chill on the intense exercise front when we're bleeding.

    • How women are experiencing more imbalance between masculine and femimine energies and how to restore the balance.

    • Why less training improved the way Jema's body looked, and her relationship with her body image.

    • The lack of education in schools around menstrual cycles.

    • Jema's menstrual product method of choice

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    Free Downloadable Cycle Tracker, https://www.subscribepage.com/love-your-cycle

    5-Day LoveYourCycle Mini Course : https://www.wellsome.com/product/love-your-cycle-course/

    Well Woman Academy Membership : https://www.wellsome.com/academy/

    My Flo app

    Ovia Fertility app

    The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van der Kolk

    Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom by Dr Christiane Northrup

    Connect with our podcast guest:

    Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/wellsome_jemalee/

    Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/wellsome.jemalee/

    Podcast : https://www.wellsome.com/podcast/

    Website: https://www.wellsome.com/

    Coaching : https://www.wellsome.com/coaching/

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Ep. 32 - Becoming More Energy Efficient Through Network Spinal Analysis With Craig Reynolds

    In this episode I chat to Craig Reynolds, a network spinal practitioner who I have personally been on a journey with this past year to understand more about my body, mind and spirit. I learnt so much from Craig in this episode and I know you will too. Grab your journal and take notes!

    In This Episode We Talk About:

    • What Network Spinal Analysis is and how it's helped Anna navigate 2020

    • The difference between NSA and chiropractic work & why Craig pivoted when he realised there was so much more to chiropractic work than the physical

    • Why Anna first visited Craig and what happened in that first session

    • How to prepare your nervous system for change and become more 'energy efficient'

    • Why we're conditioned to fix pain rather than sit with it & learn from it

    • The 4 reasons why we experience physical pain, from an NSA perspective, and what it means

    • The shift that humanity is going through right now, and how we're moving towards a more feminine based consciousness

    • Masculine and feminine energy dynamics and what is shifting

    • The 4 key domains that Craig works to align with his clients

    • The importance of integrity as an energy healer or coach

    Work with Anna:

    Check out Anna's programs & 1:1 coaching here.

    SELFish - enrolling now

    Radical Blueprint (now an e-course) The Lightworker Bundle - 8 courses for $49

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    What it means to be an 'external' in network spinal analysis

    Ep. 29 - Patiently waiting for sperm: my sperm donor journey

    Lorie Ladd - YouTube

    Quantum Warrior

    Family of Light

    Connect with Craig:

    Facebook: OrendaNZ

    Website: www.orenda.nz

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Ep. 31 - Embodying The Wisdom of Tantra & Conscious Sexuality With Elisa Caro

    In this episode I chat to Elisa Caro who is a tantric, sacred sexual shamanic and mindful sexuality practitioner & facilitator who knows a whoooooole lot about sex, relationships and expanding our potential for pleasure.

    I know you'll love this episode just as much as I do and I can't wait for you to join me!

    Work with Anna:

    Radical Blueprint Mastermind Program - join the waitlist

    The Empowered Collective membership - join now, first month is free

    Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

    • Elisa's transition from civil engineer to sex & relationship coach
    • Holistic health practices that helped her heal from a raft of health issues
    • What tantra really is (not just sex, people!)
    • How tantra shifted her conditioning & her belief system
    • How women can regain their confidence in their sexuality
    • What lingam and yoni massage is all about
    • The benefits of breast massage and how to do it
    • The 9 different types of orgasm women can have (and I bet you didn't know about many of them!)
    • Tips for women who struggle to orgasm
    • How to communicate your needs and desires in the bedroom with confidence (& give constructive feedback when your partner is doing something you're not vibing with).
    • The work Elisa did to call in a conscious partnership (& how she nearly fucked it up).
    • Where to get started on your conscious sexuality journey.

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    Breast Massage: 101 tutorial

    Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf

    The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

    The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche

    The Multi Orgasmic Woman by Mantak Chia

    Teal Swan

    Goop podcast - Do We Inherit Trauma?

    Connect with our podcast guest:

    Instagram @elisa__caro/

    Facebook: @DancerDakini

    Youtube: Elisa Caro

    Find out more about Anna + The Full Circle podcast:

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Ep. 30 - How To Stop Sabotaging Your Romantic Relationships

    In this solo episode I reveal the biggest ways you may be sabotaging your romantic relationships, why you subconsciously do it and my practical advice for how to stop, so you can experience deep, healthy love without fear, frustration and overwhelm.

    What You Will Learn In This Episode:

    • The most common ways you may be blocking yourself in your romantic relationships
    • How to establish freedom within a relationship when that is your core value
    • Overcoming the fear of being 'too emotional'
    • Getting clear on what you want in a relationship
    • Why your self-worth is your responsibility
    • Masculine & feminine energies in relationships
    • Why women don't actually need to go looking for love
    • The most important work to do after a relationship ends
    • Learning to accept yourself & why it's one of the most important things you'll do for your relationship
    • How to communicate honestly & openly without fear of rejection
    • How to stop needing validation from men
    • Letting go of attachments & expectations of your partner
    • How to stop settling

    Work With Anna:

    Want to learn how to break up with self-sabotage for good? Check out Healing Self-Sabotage, Anna's 4 part online course that will equip you with tools and strategies to stop sabotaging in health, life, love and with money.

    Check out Anna's programs & 1:1 coaching here.

    SELFish - live women's program - join the waitlist

    Resources:

    The Lightworker Bundle - 8 courses for $49

    SELFish - enrolling for 2022

    Subscribe to get monthly update emails from Anna

    A Return To Love by Marianne Williamson

    Letting Go: The Pathway to Surrender by David R Hawkins

    Codependent No More by Melody Beattie

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    51 min
  • Ep. 29 - Patiently Waiting For Sperm: My Sperm Donor Journey

    In this episode of The Full Circle podcast I share an update of the journey I'm on to starting a family as a 30-something single gal, as well as the ins and outs of the sperm donor process in NZ. Join me for a raw, real and relatable chat about starting a family as a single woman.

    Brand Promotions:

    Radical Blueprint (now an e-course) The Lightworker Bundle - 8 courses for $49

    Topics Discussed:
    • Why I made the decision to join the sperm donor waitlist
    • What happens in the initial consultation
    • What an AMH test is
    • The different options available - IUI and IVF
    • A little on egg freezing
    • How I plan to be supported in the process
    • How I feel it might impact future relationships
    • The ins and outs of the sperm donor process in New Zealand, including wait times, selection, donor contact, costs and more
    • The legalities of donating sperm in New Zealand

    Mentioned in this Episode:

    Fertility Associates

    Find out more about me + this podcast:

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    annasquelch.com/podcast

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    39 min
  • Ep. 28 - Reiki: An Energetic Healing Modality For Turbulent Times With Bridget Raateland

    In this episode I chat to Bridget Raateland who is a Reiki practitioner, certified coach and retreat facilitator based in Christchurch, New Zealand. I learn all about how Bridget found Reiki, what it's about, meeting her now husband, Henrik (they are absolute couple goals!), what living in Spain taught her and how she's navigating coronavirus isolation.

    I know you'll love this episode just as much as I do and I can't wait for you to join me!

    Work with Anna:

    See all programs Radical Blueprint (now an e-course) The Lightworker Bundle - 8 courses for $49

    Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

    How Bridget found Reiki, and the magical synchronicities that happened in the lead up

    What soul awareness sessions are & how they help to harmonise your soul energy

    How to navigate the 'what next?' crossroads, and how Bridget did just that.

    How Bridget navigated naysayers when she started exploring Reiki as a career

    Growing up in a family who didn't subscribe to mainstream medical advice

    Her previous career as a nanny & how miserable it made her after moving to Spain

    How Bridget first found self-development, and why it was physical health that was the springboard.

    The biggest gifts that Reiki has given her.

    What toxic positivity is & why it's so harmful in the personal development community.

    The hardest thing Bridget has had to navigate (and it's not what you'd think!)

    Navigating a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend (now husband), Henrik.

    We touch on Astrocartography

    What past life awareness therapy is and how Bridget weaves it into her work.

    What Coronavirus lockdown has taught Bridget about what's really important, and how it has impacted her business.

    What we need to do about the severe exhaustion we're all experiencing right now.

    The busy-ness epidemic and how it impacts our physical health

    Bridget's advice for business owners and entrepreneurs during lockdown.

    Resources mentioned in this episode:

    The Dark Side of The Light Chasers by Debbie Ford

    Connect with our podcast guest:

    instagram.com/_bridget_jane/

    Find out more about Anna + The Full Circle podcast:

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    45 min

About The Full Circle Podcast

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Anna Squelch, a women's life coach with a no fluff approach to personal development brings you this series of interviews with inspirational people in the spiritual, personal development and…