Why regulating the nervous system is vital for health with Alena Winter

Ever wondered how regulating your nervous system can transform your health? 🤔✨

In this conversation on the Wildr Wellness Podcast, Laura chats to naturopath and herbalist, Alena Winter all about the importance of regulating the nervous system and Alena’s recent discovery of being a highly sensitive person.

I brought Alena on as I loved the way she communicates on this incredible important topic and I know you’ll love her too!

You can access Alena’s PDF nervous system regulation guide at this link Alenawinter.co.nz/free-regulation-guide

In this conversation;

• Why is regulating the nervous system such an important foundation for health?
• Alena breaks down the connection between nervous system and digestion (HINT: regulated nervous system so vital for our gut health).
• When purely trying to ‘relax’ is not a good idea
• Alena runs through a bunch of her favourite tools - which can all be found, and more in her PDF guide.
• Resilience and our capacity for stress
• Soft and slow - it’s not what you do, it’s how you do it
• Alena explains how she discovered and what is a highly sensitive person (HSP)
• We finish with Alena taking us through a few of her favourite herbs to regulate nervous system.

Find Alena on Instagram @alenawinternaturalhealth and at her website https://alenawinter.co.nz/

Can't wait for you to get this in your ears! Don't forget to leave a review and share with friends if you enjoy.

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You're about to jump into the newest Wildr Wellness Podcast with Laura Hett 🙌🏻

Today’s podcast with registered nutritionist and recipe developer Nicole Freebairn is diving into the world of emotional and mindful eating: the what, why and how 💥

We first hear a bit about Nicole’s own journey with healing a toxic relationship with food (although it’s ongoing!) and how that lead her into wanting to learn about nutrition.

We then dive into;

• How to cultivate a healthy relationship with food?
• Why and how do emotions sometimes drive us to eat?
• What is mindful eating and how can we incorporate it into our lives?
• What does creating mentally satisfying food mean and why should we do it?!
• What are ways we can work with the emotional mid to change habits?

So much goodness in this episode and some really practical tips! You’ll want to listen all the way to the end to hear about the red ribbon trick….!

Check Nicole out on Instagram @naturalnourishco and her website is - https://www.naturalnourishco.com

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Today’s podcast is a special homage to all the mamas out there!

The newest episode of the Wildr Wellness Podcast is a conversation with Tish Mexted, a good friend and doula about the journey into motherhood.

I loved the nuance that Tish brings to the conversation and particularly around the importance of surrender. Sometimes it’s full, all out surrender to what’s occurring and sometimes, boundaries are required to maintain balance.

Tish chats to us about

➡️ How she’s changed and evolved since becoming a mother to Bodhi

➡️ How surrender has come into play during and post-birth 

➡️ The power of birth to heal us and the earth

➡️ How ritual can play a role in becoming a mother

➡️ The role of a doula 

➡️ Some practical tips and tricks for the sensitive time postpartum 

Dates in ghee recipe and Tish's website - honeypotculture.nz

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You're going to LOVE this one! In today's episode of the Wildr Wellness Podcast, Laura interviews her good friend and fellow practitioner, Sarah Vickers.

We dive into all things gut health and we explain the benefits of a really useful stool test that myself and Sarah use, which gives incredible insights into one’s digestive function and the balance of bacteria and fungi in the microbiome.

You might recognise Sarah's name from the last time she was on the Wildr Wellness podcast sharing how we can harness the power of blood testing.

If you’re struggling with digestive issues, you’ll love this, but even if you’re not - as Sarah says - the gut is connected with every body system so it’s packed with useful info for everyone :)

Jump on Sarah’s waiting list for her practitioner programme here.

If you’re interested in hearing if the stool test is right for you - book a free 20min phone call with Laura or jump on Sarah's website to see how you can work with her.

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In today’s Wildr Wellness podcast, we have the darling Gemma-Rose who is (or certainly seems to me) to be one of the most embodied wāhine I know and that’s coz she’s done the mahi! And now she’s sharing it with the world. 

Breathwork is Gemma’s modality of choice and in our conversation she walks us through what it is, why she was drawn to it and what sort of benefits you can receive.

Check her out at https://www.gemmarose.nz

In our conversation we talk about;

• How Gemma discovered breathwork and recovery from burn out 
• What breathwork actually is and what it can help you find more of (spoiler: it’s peace and authenticity).
• The parasympathetic nervous system, stress resilience, and why we need to widen the tolerance window.
• How being neuro-divergent shows up in her everyday life and ways to work with it
• How technology is giving Gemma hope
• Titration and working with trauma (slow and steady!)
• Then we finished with a short breathwork exercise - short but powerful!

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Creating community and capturing beauty with Leonie Anholts

We’re jumping in with an EPIC first episode for Season 4 of the Wildr Wellness Podcast! Laura talks to Leonie Anholts - better know as @surfgirlnz on Instagram - about creating a female surfing community, photography, playfulness, energetics of business and so much more! 

Leonie was a delight to talk to and I know you’ll LOVE this episode.

We talk about;

➡️ Building community and encouraging women to surf!

➡️ Learning a new skill as an adult..!

➡️ Leo’s journey with photography - on land to in the water 

➡️ Running a business online - boundaries around screen time and biz/life balance 

➡️ The importance of play and finding joy and beauty in everyday

➡️ Self-limiting beliefs about life and business

See Leonie's incredible photography at her Instagram @surfgirlnz or check her full offerings on her website surfgirlnz.com

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I am so excited to release today’s episode of the Wildr Wellness Podcast and with none other than the gorgeous and knowledgable, Sarah Vickers, a holistic health practitioner.

What does your BLOOD WORK tell you about your health?

Sarah spills the JUICE in this episode and I was thrilled to pick her brains on the topic of blood testing.

Blood testing is an incredible tool that we as holistic nutritionists and practitioners use to identify body systems and organs that need a support.

The main difference between how we (holistic practitioners), and how the medical model look at bloods is the ranges. The medical system is looking for disease (and that’s what they’re there for so that’s ok!) and we want to catch things early in order to PREVENT disease.

We chat about; 

➡️ Sarah’s background and how she came to be so passionate about blood testing

➡️The different types of testing we do - blood, stool and hormone testing in urine

➡️ HbA1C, insulin and glucose

➡️Inflammatory markers - CRP, immune molecules, cholesterol, iron

➡️Thyroid

➡️Liver enzymes

Listen to this episode in order to understand your own bloods, or why you’d get them! I highly recommend getting your bloods done before listening to this episode and running through them yourself - or feel free to chat to myself or Sarah about having a session to go through your bloods.

Sarah's website here -> https://www.svholistic.com and find her on Instagram -> https://www.instagram.com/svholistic/

Laura has summarised all of the blood markers and ranges we talk about - check it out on her website SOON

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On today's episode of the Wildr Podcast. Laura chats with with nutrigenomics practitioner, Aubrey Nation 💕

Ever wondering how your genes impact your health?! Well this episode for you.

Aubrey does functional genetic testing to find out what your genetic strengths and weaknesses are. But the good news is that she looks at things we can impact using diet and lifestyle factors. 

In this episode, we chat about;

➡️Aubrey’s move from being a nurse to nutrigenomic coaching

➡️Why she choose to use genetics to help support people’s health. Our genetics are like our blueprint for personalised health optimisation.

➡️ The limitations of the medical model

➡️ Types of genetic testing

➡️ The different areas of our health and physiology that you can look into with genetic testing

➡️ Inflammation is first place to start! What can everyone do to support the inflammatory pathways in the body

➡️ The important of vitamin D! Check your levels with a blood test

➡️ Aubrey’s favourite way to manage stress.

Find out more about working with Aubrey at her website https://www.aubreynation.com or check her out on Instagram @aubreynation

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Solo episode with Laura on the MOST important factor for health and vitality - STRESS!

Want more energy? Better sleep? Balanced hormones? Or a better libido!?

Laura Hett is a holistic nutritionist who works one-one-one with clients and the thing that she's found to be the most important factor for our long term health and longevity is managing stress. This means emotional stress (deadlines, family, anxiety, financial stress etc.) but also physiological stress (unstable blood sugars, loaded liver and nutrient deficiencies).

Laura takes you through a few of the most common stressors that you can control and HOW to reduce the impact of the stress on the body.

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This Wildr Podcast episode is a special conversation with the one-of-a-kind Krissy Green @spiritual_kaputi 💜

She’s a Mareikura, Indigenous healer, intuitive mentor, Indigenous Mentor & Coach, Akashic Practitioner, and Lawyer.

We dive into all sorts of topics ~ from embodiment, overcoming trauma, to trusting your gut, to the difficulty of taking a path that hasn’t been modelled to you.

We hear about Krissy’s journey to get to where she is now - and it hasn’t been easy, she’s had to work to get out of her own way to achieve the incredible things she’s done.

We chat about -> 

• Krissy’s journey from being a teenage mother, to completing two degrees and becoming a lawyer and mentor!
• Getting out of her own way to complete two degrees while also being mother to 2 children
• How to reclaim our identity (particularly in Krissy’s case, indigenous and feminine identity) and be authentic
• Letting go of perfectionism and caring what people think
• Overcoming trauma - reclaiming sovereignty over land and identity
• Finding fun!
• Begin with small steps, and build upon them once they’re cemented as habits.

More info and to learn about Krissy's offerings - check her website here https://spiritualkaputi.squarespace.com

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