Are you sick of feeling guilty? Like you've failed before you've even started? Tired of feeling like you're not getting anywhere, then maybe even going backwards?!

In today's Podcast we explore how switching the way we are looking at this, approaching each step, and the expectations we have before we get to that moment when we wonder if it's time to jack it all in.....

Life, health, fitness, relationships, business.....what if you didn't have to feel shit any more?

Do you understand what it is to be a woman?

Are you ready to help your daughter prepare for what lies ahead?

Did you feel prepared for puberty, womanhood, juggling parenting and being successful in your career?

Did you ever wonder why the boys and girls were separated for ‘that talk’ at school?

In today’s interview, Emma, Lorna and I discuss how powerful it can be to embrace being a woman and celebrate the ‘gifts’ that being cyclical actually brings to our lives. We discuss how differently we feel at different times during the month and how tuning into and accepting this gives us an incredible level of self-awareness that revolutionises our thinking about being ‘good enough’ just as we are!

Do you want to know when to be the most productive?

Do you want to know when trying to get those reports done is probably relatively pointless, but here is a whole load of other tasks you could smash out of the park right now?!

Tune in to find out about working with these amazing ladies and what they can teach is about our Female Superpowers!

Introducing :    Lorna Davies - Pursuit of Wisdom Coaching www.pursuitofwisdomcoaching.com

                       Emma Caddick of Connect the Dots UK - Instagram @connectthedotsuk

Do you struggle to get out of bed? Down the stairs easily? Tie up your shoes? Carry the shopping?

Are you in pain? 

Have you got a work or sports injury or an irritating, distracting niggle?

Are you living with something that is impacting your life in a big way? 

Are you aware of your body feeling a bit grumbly but you don't necessarily know why or what to do about it?

Meet our Structural Team!

Lauren and Sian are the amazing duo who run 'Frome Valley Osteopaths' here in South Gloucestershire, treating everyone from the youngest of babies to incredible octogenarians and beyond! In this interview the ladies discuss the multi-layered approach to treating people living with pain, from not only a mechanical point of view, but by building a relationship with their patients to create the right kind of safe space to support their recovery journey in terms of body, mind and spirit.

Blaise Penny-Kirkwood is a Bristol-based Rolfing Practitioner - working in a completely different field of structural integration - combining this hands-on therapy with his intuitive energy work, supporting his clients to realign and have a "better relationship with gravity".

These guys are incredible - they have an obvious fascination with the way the human body works (and doesn't) and awe-inspiring skills in allowing our bodies to 'show' them what is going on under the surface, their messages are truly powerful stuff!

Introducing  :     Lauren Manning and Sian Cook  -   Frome Valley Osteopaths      www.fromevalleyosteopaths.co.uk

                         Blaise Penny-Kirkwood     -    Rolfing Practitioner at Aim2Be       www.aim2beglobal.com

The choices we make are generally a result of the beliefs we hold. 

These can be a set of beliefs that serve us really well, or make us take actions and get results that we don't want or need in our lives - behaviours that create more stress and upset in our lives and those of others.

In today's podcast I am delighted to introduce to you Natalie Freeman, a Havening Practitioner here in Bristol and a skilled professional with an awesome toolkit to help you understand your beliefs and how they influence your behaviours. 

Natalie has a whole toolkit of skills which she talks us through, instinctively led by the needs of her individual clients - supporting people from Nursery to Nursing home, both online across the globe and from the Havening Hun in Bristol / South Gloucestershire. She also outlines exciting ideas a out bringing Havening as a technique into schools to help children manage their emotions in many different situations.

So whether you are looking for support with anxiety / depression, trauma, PTSD, behavioural reframing, timeline therapy or support with weight management, Natalie is a great place to find help!

Introducing :   Natalie Freeman     https://www.facebook.com/haveningbristol/

We all have many preconceived ideas about fitness, gym bunnies, lifting weights, running, lycra, burpees, the lot!

Equally, we can all have many misconceptions about PTs!

In today's call I introduce you to 3 great PTs who make up 75% of our PT team here at Tip the Balance (more podcasts to come folks!)

Ed, Emily and Gemma talk candidly about how you can find the right PT and what it takes to embrace training and working out into your lifestyle, to guarantee greater chances of success. They have heard all your apprehensions before, but they also know what a bad rap PTs can get when they don't have their clients' needs at the very heart of what they are working towards. These guys are REAL people!

In a refreshing interview, our team talk about building relationships and trust, tapping into your goals, firing up your enthusiasm and supporting you to ride the ups, down, lows and awesome highs of reaching your fitness goals. 

In a competitive world, and an industry where egos can be bigger than the most bulging biceps, I am proud to air this great collaboration for you to enjoy. So sit back and begin building your belief that working alongside a PT might just be the perfect choice for you!

Introducing :  Emily Gazey-Mitchell : Ylime Fitness   www.ylimefitness.co.uk

                      Ed Mobbs :               EMPower         www.edmobbspersonaltraining.co.uk

                      Gemma Jones :     Gem Wellbeing    www.gemwellbeing.com

Losing someone you love is absolutely shit! Let's not dress it up!

But when the dust settles and you need to try to find a new normal, putting life back together and working out what happens next, where do you even start?

In this podcast, Karen and I talk candidly about what got her to a place where she needed to put her own life back together and decide what came next on her path. She shares her high, lows, ups and downs on the journey to becoming Karen Sutton - The Widow Coach, specialising in the area of 'spousal' loss, now helping support clients all over the world.

If you are trying to find your way through the darkness yourself, tune in.

If you know someone who is struggling to find their way right now, tune in and share this podcast with them too.

If you are looking for an inspiring speaker to move people through messages of hope, responsibility and taking control of their own decision making, then listen in.

Actually, just sit back and listen to an incredible story from an incredible woman, my friend and fellow widow Warrior Karen.

Introducing :  Karen Sutton - The Widow Coach    https://www.karensutton.co.uk/

From Olympic Pro-Athlete to Park-Run 'Recreational Athlete'; from youngsters playing lots of sport to the more seasoned amongst us who want to stay fit, mobile, energised and enabled, the wonderful Victoria has something in her toolkit to help you!

Working with a Sport and Exercise Performance Dietician and Coach may sound like something only to elite amongst us can tap into, but in this interview we explore how so many different people can benefit from working with someone like Victoria. 

We pull no punches....we cannot and will not do this for you.....but we CAN show you how education, inspiration, empowerment and ownership make all the difference in your pursuit of fitness, wellbeing and increased performance in those sports you LOVE.

Tune in to hear from our NHS registered Dietician and Sports enthusiast as to how she can help you crank up your pace, maintain your stamina, repair from injury, prepare for whatever challenges you are striving for and to be your very BEST YOU!

Introducing :   Victoria Prendiville - Sport and Exercise Performance Dietician     www.victoriaprendiville.co.uk

Introducing a true Wonder Woman!

Sarah Presley has worked in the field of Holistic Therapy for many, many years. 

Her wealth of experience in all things Meditation, Reiki and Spiritual Development makes her an incredibly safe pair of hands to support your continued journey of self awareness and healing.

Energetic 'Healing' is a mysterious world though! There are so many kinds of energy work, several kinds of reiki and a whole wealth of misconceptions around many holistic therapies. 

So today, Sarah and I talk about HER kind of reiki. We discuss how reiki has helped her personally as well as how she works with her clients ranging from those who come for treatments right through to training exceptionally talented Reiki Practitioners and now Reiki Masters too. 

Her powerful insight into how Reiki can help empower you to take control of healing YOURSELF is truly inspiring!

So...

If you aren't even sure what Reiki is, this is an enlightening listen!

If you have heard of it but don't know what it involves, let Sarah explain.

If you think you might like to 'give it a go' but have some apprehensions, listen in for a little reassurance and an idea of what you can expect.

Ultimately, I hope you enjoy time with this wonderful human as much as I do x

Introducing : Sarah Presley     https://www.sarahpresley.co.uk/

It has been a privilege to work with this amazing group of people over recent months and see how their skills help support families with children from pre-school age right through to teenage years.

Asking for help when family life is a challenge can be really tough.

In this episode, Lorna, Jackie and Chris share their life experiences, professional expertise and their passions for what those skills bring to their toolkits now as they showcase some new and fresh ideas for supporting our young people.

Most importantly, I hear you.....and I want to reassure you that all 3 ladies have lives, families and jobs that involve being firmly rooted in the 'real world'! 

We strip back the apprehensions about getting help, we acknowledge the fears of judgement, our anxieties and look at the unreasonable expectations we can have of ourselves as parents. The team help us to see ways to bring lightness, joy, fun, peace, calm and tranquility back to family life. 

Most importantly, their approaches ALL put children at absolute front and centre - where our happy and healthy children should be.

Introducing :       Chris Watkins of Playwork Inspired Learning      Www.playworkinspiredlearning.com

                          Lorna Davies and Jacqueline McGill of Pursuit of Wisdom Coaching       www.pursuitofwisdomcoaching.com

When brilliant people come together, MAGIC happens!

Today I want to introduce to you 2 brilliant practitioners that I have the pleasure of working with as Tip the Balance Referral Partners. 

Chris and Sarah have had very different journeys to Meditation. They practise Meditation in their daily lives in different ways and offer it as a part of their businesses in different ways too. However, their views about the benefits of Meditation and the plethora of ways in which we can access Meditation and develop our own practice are so aligned!

If you've always wondered whether Meditation might be for you....listen in!

If you've "tried Meditation" and think "it didn't work" for you......listen in!

If you're not even sure what Meditation is...listen in!

Chris and Sarah have some amazing insights into how we can ALL benefit from Meditation and actually see results really quickly.

So forget about any of the preconceptions you may have, apprehensions about 'ohms', chanting or sitting getting pins and needles and trying not to giggle...let Sarah and Chris take you on an incredible journey of discovery!

Introducing :    Sarah Presley      https://www.sarahpresley.co.uk/

                       Chris Stanley      https://linktr.ee/7chakraswellbeing