The Wellness Platform Podcast

This weeks episode is a nice, chilled chat with Ben Morrison, foodie behind Bensondinner on instagram. Ben has found a passion in recipe creation, food reviewing and spicy noodles. 

On today’s chat we talk about:

-Ben’s journey with his food instagram
-His life shaping moment of being in a serious car accident
-Cool opportunities that have come for him within his instagram
-Death row meals and his top restaurant recommendations

You can follow Ben on:

Instagram: @bensondinner

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Today’s podcast is with  Bianca Smeekes. Bianca runs Neurospark and teaches NLP, the Lightning Process and loves mixing neuroscience and pyschology with spirituality. She came into this line of work through her own journey with chronic pain.

On today’s chat we talk about:

-Bianca's personal journey with chronic pain
-Why she was ready to heal when she was
-Becoming more in alignment and discovering her boundaries
-Navigating a family member going through cancer

You can find more about Bianca on:

Instagram: @neuro.spark

Website: https://www.neurospark.co.nz/

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Today's podcast is a solo episode talking about ten of my favourite ever, life changing wellness habits and tricks. The things that I mention contribute to great skin, sleep, wellbeing, mindset, (less) hangovers and (less) bloating! Let me know your thoughts! x

You can find more about me on:

Instagram: @the_wellnessplatform

Website: https://www.the-wellness-platform.com

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Today’s podcast is with Liv Kaplan, a nutritionist and recipe creator based in Sydney. Liv is a foodie & sugar-free queen with many successful online e-books. She has a particular interest in how what we are eating affects our moods and measures her success by her happiness.

On today’s chat we talk about:

- Liv’s journey into nutrition as a career.
- Science based nutrition vs holistic approaches.
- How to know what to eat.
- What a day on her plate looks like.
- What foods she avoids.
- The concept of calories in & calories out.

You can find more about Liv on:

Instagram: @liv.kaplan

Website: https://www.livkaplan.com/

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Today I’m talking with Holleigh Ellis, one of the founders of Harvest to Hand, a company that started last year, harvesting and making hemp products in Hawkes Bay. Holleigh is a Food Scientist, with several years' experience working across various stages of the food supply chain. I LOVE hemp & was super interested in Holleigh’s journey with the business so far so I hope you learn something new!

On the podcast we talk about:

• The difference between hemp & cannabis
• The process of harvesting hemp
• Holleigh’s highs and lows of business
• Why hemp protein is better than pea protein
• Holleigh's favourite hemp benefits, recipes & products

“Don’t be scared. Do the research. Reach out to anyone. Listen to as many podcasts as you can...you really need to suss out all the nitty gritty bits. Don’t be scared of doing that. Do the research. Do the time. Make it happen...It doesn’t happen overnight” -  Holleigh Ellis

You can find more about Holleigh on:

Instagram: @harvesttohand
Website: https://harvesttohand.co.nz/

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Today I’m speaking with Kieran Hedley also known as ‘Coach Kezza’. Kieran takes both a science and spiritual focus on mental health. Kieran is an anxiety coach and a co-owner of THRIVE Organisation. He is a student of Medical Neuroscience at Duke University and has also moved through his own anxiety and depression.  There’s SO much information in this episode, I hope you love it. 

We discuss

- His personal journey with anxiety and depression.
- Our culture of tough men in NZ
- Self-soothing tips and breathing techniques
- Kieran’s advice for us achieving deep REM sleep

You can find more about Kieran on:

Instagram: @coachkezza

Website: https://www.healingwithkez.com/

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On today’s conversation, I chat with Courtney Durr founder of Worthwild, about her amazing journey in business from being a Les Mills Personal Trainer to where she is now.

We discuss: 

- Moving away from body image to internal body work. 
-Building an in-person community in Wellington. 
-Self reflection, the highs and lows of her business, personal shame, and learnings from running a business with a friend. 
-Courtneys tips for starting to delve into your own self worth. 

You can find more of Courtney on:
 
Instagram: @worthwild.co & @courtneydurr
Website: https://www.worthwild.co/

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