Wellbeing Wizards

Happy New Year to our listeners. 
Welcome to the first episode of Wellbeing Wizards, we are 5 days into 2022! How many of you set resolutions, goals, and 'new year new me ' intentions at the beginning of the year? 

Did you know almost 80% of New Year's resolutions fizzle out by mid-Feb, despite every year people around the world make New Year’s resolutions to reach their goals, improve their health, and better their lives. 
But why are some successful at keeping their resolutions, while many others fail? 

In our episode, we review the most common resolutions and the statistics. We shed different perspectives on how to turn failures into success, and it's easier than you think. 

Success is about Timing ... 
Gee provides topline numerological insights into the year of the Tiger, 2022, and the importance of forecasting before setting small bitesize monthly or seasonal intentions with the New Moon or Full moon.  

Success is about your state of consciousness .....
Todd shares his top 3 tips on intention setting to reap success. 

A formidable formula for greater joy, creativity, and success.  
Remember SUCCESSISNOWHERE
SUCCESS IS NOW HERE! 

Follow our new year guide to break free from failure and habits that no longer serve your purpose or wellbeing.  

Wishing you a purpose-driven life, 
New Year Blessings, 
Todd & Gee 
The Wellbeing Wizards



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ALERT: This video is not intended to replace medical advice. If you think you have a condition that is causing you pain, please consult with your doctor to get a diagnosis and a treatment plan for you. The intent of this video is only for educational purposes. If there is any emergency, go to the nearest emergency department.
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Do you feel you do not belong? Do you feel you do not fit in?

In this episode, the Wellbeing Wizards Todd Van Hees and Gee Gahir explore ADDICTION through the eyes of Maggie.

Maggie is a recovering addict who has transformed her life in the last 7 years.
Her personal story will touch your heart and provide hope for those seeking a more fulfilling way of life, feeling connected and with a deeper sense of purpose. She provides insights into the 12 step process that helped her on her road to recovery as it has tens of thousands of others.

Addiction is most commonly associated with gambling, drugs, alcohol, and smoking, but it's possible to be addicted to just about anything, including work obsession, internet, and mobile phone use, solvents, sugar, and even shopping!
Addiction involves craving for something intensely, loss of control over its use, and continuing involvement with it despite adverse consequences.
£36 billion is spent by the nation every year on treatment relating to drug and alcohol abuse.

Tune in to Maggie's message of hope and transformation for anyone struggling with addiction.

For anyone struggling with addiction please reach out for help. Today is a good day to change your life.

USEFUL RESOURCES  FRO SUPPORT

Cocaine anonymous
https://ca.org/

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/addiction-what-is-it/
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/addiction-and-dependency/addiction-and-dependency-resources/


🔴🔴 MUST WATCH VIDEOS 🔴🔴

1️⃣ Ginger Soup recipe 
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_5nnXsMl4

1️⃣ Turmeric Tea recipe 
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hqhl6X3oTs

1️⃣ Yoga Nidra - Sleep Relaxation / Mindfulness
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORDGXdwJus

1️⃣Tai Chi / Qi Gong easy exercises to reduce low mood
➡️https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw179xqeQjeEIUyA80KUkg/videos

Let’s meet on Social Media:

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Health and Wellbeing Coaching services 

Discover how our unique intuitive transformational coaching style will transform your wellbeing. Connect to arrange a courtesy 30min consultation either by telephone or via zoom to discuss your assessment and health goals in more detail.  

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DISCLOSURE: We often review or link to products & services we regularly use and think you might find helpful. Wherever possible we use referral links, which means if you click one of the links in this video or description and make a purchase we may receive a small commission or other compensation. 
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ALERT: This video is not intended to replace medical advice. If you think you have a condition that is causing you pain, please consult with your doctor to get a diagnosis and a treatment plan for you. The intent of this video is only for educational purposes. If there is any emergency, go to the nearest emergency department.
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📒 Show Notes  📒 

In this espisode, the wellbeing wizards,  Todd Van Hees and Gee Gahir,  Share 3 top tips to boost your immune system over the winter season . PREVENT or STOP colds , flus , nasal congestion , constipation or diarrhea with these naturopathic treatments.

🔴🔴 SUPPORTING VIDEOS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 🔴🔴

1️⃣ Ginger Soup recipe 
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_5nnXsMl4

1️⃣ Turmeric Tea recipe 
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hqhl6X3oTs

1️⃣ Yoga Nidra - Sleep Relaxation / Mindfulness
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORDGXdwJus

1️⃣Tai Chi / Qi Gong easy exercises to strengthen immune system
➡️https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw179xqeQjeEIUyA80KUkg/videos

2022 Wellbeing Calendar 
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Health and Wellbeing Coaching services 

Discover how our unique intuitive transformational coaching style will transform your wellbeing. Connect to arrange a courtesy 30min consultation either by telephone or via zoom to discuss your assessment and health goals in more detail.  

Subscribe and Share

Please subscribe and leave any comments and suggestions you might have for future episodes.  

Support our work 

Our Patreon Page  

https://www.patreon.com/wellbeingwizards

DISCLOSURE: We often review or link to products & services we regularly use and think you might find helpful. Wherever possible we use referral links, which means if you click one of the links in this video or description and make a purchase we may receive a small commission or other compensation. 
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ALERT: This video is not intended to replace medical advice. If you think you have a condition that is causing you pain, please consult with your doctor to get a diagnosis and a treatment plan for you. The intent of this episode is only for educational purposes. If there is any emergency, go to the nearest emergency department.
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#Longcovid
Long Covid – What are the symptoms and treatments to help overcome them 
📒 Show Notes  📒  

In this video, the wellbeing wizards,  Todd Van Hees and Gee Gahir, unpack Long Covid,  What are the symptoms of Long Covid and treatments to help you overcome them

🔴🔴 MUST WATCH VIDEOS 🔴🔴

1️⃣ Breathing exercise to reduce shortness of breath
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_5n...

1️⃣ Yoga Nidra - Relaxation / Mindfulness to reduce fatigue
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORDG...

1️⃣Tai Chi / Qi Gong exercises to increase energy
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORDG...

🔴🔴 RESEARCH STUIDIES  🔴🔴

The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Occurrence of Psychosomatic Symptoms: Are They Related?

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/7/3570

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Linktree - https://linktr.ee/wellbeingwizards

Health and Wellbeing Coaching services

Discover how our unique intuitive transformational coaching style will transform your wellbeing. Connect to arrange a courtesy 30min consultation either by telephone or via zoom to discuss your assessment and health goals in more detail. 

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Please subscribe and leave any comments and suggestions you might have for future episodes.  

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ALERT: This podcast is not intended to replace medical advice. If you think you have a condition that is causing you pain, please consult with your doctor to get a diagnosis and a treatment plan for you. The intent of this video is only for educational purposes. If there is any emergency, go to the nearest emergency department.
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How to recognise symptoms of low mood and effective mind-body techniques to connect with happiness.   

📒 Show Notes  📒  

In this video, the wellbeing wizards,  Todd Van Hees and Gee Gahir, unpack low mood, what are the patterns that cause low mood? How do we recognise the symptoms of low mood and depression? and what effective techniques are available to create a shift to wellbeing? 

⏰⏰TIMECODES⏰⏰

0:00 Intro
0:26 Low Mood - Early signs 
0:47 Story so far - Stress response mechanism
1:58 Low Mood and connection to the digestive system 
4:05 Low Mood and Inflammation - IBS, tension, Pain, Skin 
5:16 Low Mood and what it looks and feels like 
5:50 Low Mood and patient/client experiences
7:18 Low Mood and Food connection 
8:50 Low Mood vs Depression symptoms - lack of motivation, inability to make decisions , guilt , Irritability , Moving pain
15:15 Low Mood and Blood markers - Vitamin D , Ferritin (iron), Magnesium 
16:38 Low Mood and Lack of creativity 
17.58 Low Mood and returning to work 
19:36 Low Mood and Employee wellbeing
21:12 Process and Techniques to address and recalibrate 
21:41 Effective techniques - Physical movement - Getting into the body Tai Chi . Qi Gong , Swimming , Dancing , Music , Singing , forest bathing , mindfulness , nature walks , Say YES more
23:34 Three things nutritionally to improve low mood  - break the fast  (breakfast),  avoid unprocessed food , increase alkaline food types , root vegetables , 
28:10 6 weeks to break unhealthy patterns and make healthier lifestyle choices for vitality 
30:06 Reach out if you are suffering from low mood or depression 
31:20 Free 30 minute wellbeing consultation 

🔴🔴 MUST WATCH VIDEOS 🔴🔴

1️⃣ Breathing exercise to improve low mood
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_5nnXsMl4

1️⃣ Yoga Nidra - Relaxation / Mindfulness
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORDGXdwJus

1️⃣Tai Chi / Qi Gong / Yoga exercises 
➡️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKw179xqeQjeEIUyA80KUkg/videos

Let’s meet on Social Media:

Social: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wellbeingwi... 
Twitter - https://twitter.com/wellbeingwizardsgt 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wellbeingwiz...  
Website - https://www.wellbeingwizards.com 

Health and Wellbeing Coaching services 

Discover how our unique intuitive transformational coaching style will transform your wellbeing. Connect to arrange a courtesy 30min consultation either by telephone or via zoom to discuss your assessment and health goals in more detail.  

Subscribe and Share

Please subscribe and leave any comments and suggestions you might have for future episodes.  

Support our work 

Our Patreon Page  

https://www.patreon.com/wellbeingwizards

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ALERT: This video is not intended to replace medical advice. If you think you have a condition that is causing you pain, please consult with your doctor to get a diagnosis and a treatment plan for you. The intent of this video is only for educational purposes. If there is any emergency, go to the nearest emergency department.
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Welcome to Wellbeing Wizards, we transform lives through intuitive coaching and motivational interviewing. 

 In Episode 4, we explore the fourth f...
 
This is the f that we mentioned in the Episode 3, for those who may have missed the previous podcast, tune into Lockdown & anxiety. 

 Just over sixty percent of the clients that have been visiting  the holistic wellbeing clinic have exhibited the fourth f , FATIGUE a sense of complete exhaustion and lethargy. 

 Let's put this into perspective,  in our previous episode we talked about stress physiology, the body's survival mechanism,  fight, flight and freeze. These are warning signals from the body to the brain, that we are under threat 

 If we have not learned how to reset or recalibrate that stress response at the alarm or resistance phase, and continue to function in the cycle of 'living on your adrenals' we eventually arrive at the fourth f, which is fatigue.

 What does 'living on our adrenals' mean? 

The adrenal system is associated with the endocrine system can be viewed as our ' battery pack'  An analogy would be a vehicle. If the battery is drained nothing's going to really function, and reduce its performance substantially. 

 Feeling tired on waking, loss of appetite, skipping breakfast, eating on the go or at the desk, sleepy at 3-5pm, large meal after work and when its time to sleep we wrestle with a restless mind.  When we consistently push ourselves into overdrive without paying attention to respite, we deplete our resources. Living like this for long periods has serious implications on health.

Effective treatments 

 Medical doctors are not trained nor equipped to treat fatigue. There is no magic pill, and often wait to see how patients respond to respite.  Blood markers are often normal, in most cases patients have been referred to the holistic wellbeing clinic for 'psychosomatic' condition, meaning there is no clinical reason why they should be feeling this way. 

 Other assessment questionnaires used to monitor low energy and mood are PHQ (performance health questionnaires) or GAD (general anxiety disorder).  Antidepressants are often first line prescriptions for treatment , which doesn't really deal with the underlying issue.

How do you know you are living on your adrenals? 

one of the inclusion criteria we have on our referral form is lock down syndrome, which includes low mood, apathy, fatigue - because these are the common patterns and symptoms exhibited. 

 All of the symptoms provided by the UK government are symbolic of burn-out :

• extreme tiredness 
• shortness of breath 
• chest pain or tightness 
• problems with memory and concentration 
• difficult sleeping or insomnia 
• heart palpitations anxiety
•  dizziness and pins and needles
•  joint pain 
•  depression and anxiety 
•  tinnitus earaches
• feeling sick, diarrhoea 
• stomach aches and loss of appetite 

How to recalibrate and nourish the adrenals when on overdrive
 
Gee provides naturopathic insights :The importance of tunning into your body. Listen to what your body's telling you, understand the signals. Fight fatigue, by rehydrating and nourishing using whole food sources  

Todd provides his expertise and shares tools to help relaxation,.

Thank you for tuning in. 

Gee Gahir & Todd Van Hees 

Co-Founders Wellbeing Wizards 

In this podcast the Wellbeing Wizards explore the impact stress and anxiety have had on wellbeing throughout lockdown and beyond, and provide insights that have been effective at helping people to reset their mind-body equilibrium in their coaching practice. 

 ·      Predictable signs and symptoms of stress & anxiety physiology 

·      Fight Flight Freeze ( and the fourth F) 

·      How shock (stress) displaces the pattern of breath

·      Importance of the gut brain axis 

·      How to recalibrate or reset stress physiology 

·      The importance of stimulating the vagus nerve 

·      Introducing DOT to reframe perspective 

·      Breath awareness –  seat of power and master your mind through the breath

  Over 60% of clients referred for holistic coaching showed symptoms of stress, low mood and anxiety as assessed by GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scale, , often with other co-morbidities such as high cholesterol, hypertension.

Many have felt relief when they discover the symptoms are predictable patterns of stress physiology impacting digestion, mood, reproduction, energy levels, and that they are not alone - there are many others feeling similar impressions upon their mental & physical wellbeing. 

 The great thing about the stress response is its predictability – because of this we can do something about it and navigate or change the narrative of the outcome. 

 Most people are familiar with the fight, fight and freeze response. The body shuts down the least important functions such as digestion and reproduction, and redirects its resources to survival. Energy reserves are cascaded to muscles, heart, brain for speed, agility and for action. 

This is why long term effects of stress lead to an inflammatory response such as allergies, digestive and fertility issues. Other common symptoms may include  anxiety, palpitations, shallow breathing, inability to ‘switch off’ or sleep, or a feeling that something is not right, as well as low mood and energy, tearful or emotional without cause are all common ‘side effects’ of long term stress. 

 At the initial stage, alarm phase, these symptoms are considered ‘psychosomatic’ responses as blood tests often do not show any signs of imbalances, and health care professionals are not equipped or trained to deal with prevention. 

 Short term stress is necessary and healthy for the body-mind for growth. However, long term stress and the inability to cope with too many demands / pressure is detrimental to wellbeing – this may contribute to (and be the underlying issue of) many chronic long term conditions such as heart disease and mental health. 

 Unfortunately, many of us have found ourself in alien territory during lockdown, being isolated from people and activities that managed our mental and physical wellbeing, or forced into uncommon or unhealthy situations that has compounded our ability to cope. 

 Health coaches with life experience in stress management are suitably placed to offer advice and facilitate wellbeing for those seeking help to reset the stress response. 

 Stress physiology is really simple to deactivate when you know how. All it requires is discipline to integrate techniques, which empower the body to recalibrate. 

In this episode,the wellbeing wizards explore loss of purpose and share insights on how we canreconnect to our inner wisdom to navigate our sails towards that which fuels our passion.

LOOCKDOWN HAS CREATED A SENSE OF STILLNESS, before which OUR LIVES WERE astring of to do lists. Most of us live our life on a CONVEYOR BELT, in thestream of ‘business’, mostly running on ‘empty’, searching for fulfilment,disconnected from our inner voice which we are never invited to explore.  

However, 2020 has forced people to stop and take stock, for self-reflection.How long does it take to recalibrate the ‘road runner effect’? 

 Many people visiting the health and wellbeing clinic have talked about ‘emptiness’that creeps in like ivy suffocating thoughts, feeling low, lack of energy or motivation,a sense of loss, despair, lack of purpose – these ‘symptoms’ are labeled by the health profession as ‘depression’ or ‘anxiety disorder', and often signposted to CBT oroffered antidepressants. 

However, through lifestyle coaching, we dig deeper, beyond the symptoms, and uncover the source of stress masked behind the symptoms.  Gee and Toddshare examples of how they have facilitated clients to rediscover purpose, that imbibes core values and meaningful connections. 

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants, What experience tells you to do, And what your nerves allow you to do.When we resist the flow, Or work against the flow, We create barriers to our natural access to abundance and happiness.

Tune in to the conversation. 

In service to your Wellbeing 

Gee & Todd 
The Wellbeing Wizards

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In todays episode the Wellbeing Wizards, we dive in at the deep end and explore Grief. 

Unfortunately for many lockdown created one of the most traumatic experiences of loss and bereavement -  heartache from mourning the loss of family members, friends, pets, or relationships falling apart at the seams. Loss of mental, physical and emotional freedom through isolation. 

 As intuitive coaches, we found ourselves sitting in silence, holding the space for clients attending the wellbeing clinic to begin to process some of the symptoms that masks underlying grief. Empathy, kindness and sympathetic ears were necessary skills to begin to transform wounds of anger, despair, sorrow, loneliness and heart ache. 

 Many of us are unaware of how to recognise or manage grief. Often we find a way to escape from processing the emotion, and like mist, it disappears into the deeper layers of our fascia emerging as a transformed symptom of breathlessness, inflammation of skin or bowels, slow murmur of the heart. 

In essence the shock of loss displaces our breathing pattern and Heart beat. Grief is an emotion that sits heavy on the chest, when unprocessed it can transform to silent depression , lack of  joy and purpose. Long term effects of unprocessed grief can lead to depression, mental health issues and obesity. 

 We invite our listeners to keep an open mind and engage with us as we explore  'conversations with Spirit', and shine different perspectives of loss and processing grief, and introduce effective techniques that have served our clients. 

In service to your Wellbeing 

Gee & Todd 

The Wellbeing Wizards 

written by Gee 

Welcome to wellbeing  Wizards 

I'm Gee and this is Todd and we bring you real life stories about hope transformation and healing 

 in today's session we're going to set the scene  about who we are what we do and what to expect. Our podcast is about holistic well being how to create it and more importantly how to maintain it 

We are intuitive health and wealth being coaches with over 61 years of life experience between us our skill is simple we help choreograph Peace of Mind and happiness .