Welcome to Women's Health Matters want a chat with me about any women's issues just click here https://calendly.com/lucytownsleyhealth/womenshealthdiscoverycall In today's podcast, 

Janice Tucker and I are talking about the benefits of Qigong.   

Janice shares her 4 Simple Tips To  

1. Annihilate Anxiety 

2. Extinguish Exhaustion 

3. Minimise Mind Chatter 

4. Help Boost Immunity  

Qigong is a different type of exercise where you don’t force your body to move.  

You use your breath and mind to lead the body’s movement.  This can be helpful if you suffer from pain.  

Breathing is a huge part of Qigong.  When you breathe in deeply and feel the belly expand out.  The diaphragm will then move in different directions, sideways, forwards, backward, up, and down.    

The benefits of breathing are huge...  

Breathing brings energy to your body called Qi in Chinese Medicine.    Breathing in and out of the nose helps calm the mind and helps with anxiety.    Do you have a place in your body that is painful?   

Janice explains how breathing into the area can help ease the pain.  

In this podcast, it's made very clear that anyone can learn how to turn their health around.   That you can be in control of your life.  Once you start on this journey it helps ease the worry of future health concerns.  

Janice is a Lic Tradition Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Medical Qigong also has a degree in Zoology and is a secondary school science teacher.  

Love Lucy x  

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Welcome to the Women’s Health Matters Podcast I’m Lucy Townsley a Women’s Health Coach if you need a chat click here https://calendly.com/lucytownsleyhealth/womenshealthdiscoverycall  

Do you look in the mirror and not like what you see. You are not alone.      

I think it is doubly hard when you are scrolling through your phone and all you see are perfect images of your friends or models.  For one thing, most people use a filter.  I have to say I haven’t yet worked out how to use a filter.   

I believe we need to reframe what we think about ourselves and the way we look.    

When we look into the mirror instead of hating what we see.  Thank your body for standing up, breathing, smiling back at you, your brain for all the wonderful things it does every day.    That’s another email in itself all about the brain. Haha.   

Yes we may have a tummy now or our hips are wobbly but they are you. Without our bodies, where would we be?  

Today I’m joined by best-selling author and  Ireland got curves Sharon D she shares her story of body image.    

How she changed the way she looks at herself when she looked in the mirror.    

Stopped emotional eating, and got the courage to love herself again.  

Sharon is running Ireland Got Curves event this Sunday, April 4 well worth checking it out.  

Love Lucy x

As we age we can lose what we want out of life.

We can think that we are old and past trying new things. This is not true, just a story that is in our heads.

Age and menopause are not the end. It’s the beginning of a new life cycle.

This is a reason I started doing these podcasts to share with you all the wonderful people out there as well as me, who can help you in different areas of your life.

If you ever want a chat with me just click the link.  

In this podcast, I’m joined by Pascale Lutz. You are going to love listening to Pascal, she has so many talents, EFT, Vision Boards, IET, Angel card reader. Also an author of children's books, the happiness diary, and happiness cards. I have a deck of these,  I love them

I’m truly in ore of the work Pascale does. On the podcast, we chat about the way she helps people get over phobias and fears in their lives using EFT Emotional Freedom Technic.

Love Lucy

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I love this podcast with Fiona.

Fiona shares with us how she transitioned from a full-time job with the support of her family to work for herself.

Moving away from a permanent job and income. Becoming more dependent upon her husband's support

How to create a new story for yourself.

How to know you are worth it.

How to grow in confidence.

How to be unstuck in your life.

And how you put all of this into action

She asks us 3 big questions …….

Listen here

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Fiona Brennan is a Success Coach, Project Manager, Wife, Mum, and beach lover.

She has a passion for people and for getting things accomplished. To take ideas and visions and help make them a reality. Her journey has led her to discover the importance of personal development for any goal of success, in particular for business. Because you ARE your business!

Fiona's mission is to help you discover your full potential, see your limitless power and feel the real joy of entrepreneurship by living authentically to YOUR definition of SUCCESS.

Love Lucy X

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Today we are looking at different ways to look after our skin as we age.

The importance of using organic products. The use of natural deodorants. How to detox your skin with natural soaps with charcoal in them

I'm joined by Debbie Harris and she is the expert on skin and helping you look good and feel great.

Deborah is a beauty and skincare educator and is the mum of 3 beautiful daughters.

Debbie is the owner and founder of Manorqueen Beauty. International Lead Beauty Guide at LimeLife by Alcone UK & Ireland.

Love Lucy

Happy women’s day.

My heart and thoughts are with those women and their families in Ukraine. The stress of what they are going through. As well as coping with menopause symptoms.

Did you know that stress can increase your menopause symptoms?

I know a lot of us are past our childbearing years. But you could have a daughter or a friend about to have a baby and this podcast will help them prepare for their pregnancy and the birth of their child.

Today's podcast is with Doula Coach Nicola.

I see lots of ladies going through IVF, ICSI, or trying naturally to have a baby. The joy that they feel when they find they are going to be parents is fabulous. But fear can set about their pregnancy and pending birth.

I remember being pregnant with my first baby who is now 25 Hannah. I had the flattest tummy for the first 20 weeks no one would believe me that I had a baby in there. I had doughts myself at times only the scans I had convinced me. I was very scared about the birth, you hear every horror story.

I'm so honored to have met Nicola. Nicola is a Doula Coach and in this podcast, she shares how she helps women thorugh pregnancy and helps prepare them for their birth, and supports them through pregnancy. Supports them when they have had their baby and have come home.

Nicola shares the importance of the two weeks after having your baby that you need to rest and recover.

Nicola is a birth and postnatal doula supporting, helping, and encouraging pregnancy and new mummies in Northern Ireland.

"I want my clients to know that there are options and choices when it comes to their birth".

"I'm there to support them no matter what their preferences are, or how their birth unfolds".

As parents transition to their expanding family, I am available to help with the everyday tasks that tend to take a back seat, be a sounding board for any questions or concerns and assist with breastfeeding if needed. It is my privilege and honor to be invited into this very sacred space of pregnancy, birth, and early motherhood.

Love Lucy x

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How many of you don’t go to the toilet every day. When I say go to the toilet I’m not talking about going for a pea I’m talking about doing a poo.

I can’t tell you the number of women I’ve talked to who don’t do a poo every day and even hold onto it because they are not happy going to the toilet at work or other places apart from home.

Is this you?

This podcast blew me away. The knowledge Jolanta has from both, being a pharmacist as well as a nutrition therapist is phenomenal.

We talk about the importance of testing your hormones with a Dutch test and why it's important to poo every day.

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Jolanta Addicott Borkowska has over 30 years of experience in healthcare, both as a registered Pharmacist and Nutritional Therapist.

She helps people transform their health using nutrition and lifestyle medicine.

She can also advise on supplements and whether any medications may be causing nutrient depletion.

She particularly specialises in Diagnostic Testing - tests that take the guesswork out of what is behind a person's symptoms/health issues.

All the tests can be done in the comfort of your own home.

Love Lucy x

Today I’m joined by Karen Molan. I love our chat about the power of asking for help. Practically the way you ask for help, the words you use…..” I need your help” or you could ask “can you help me please”.  Which way would you like to be asked?

We chat about being busy mums. How we juggle small children to the challenges of teenagers.

The importance of putting your oxygen mask on first Karen explains in a way that is so easy and relatable.

Karen originally an accountant diversified into the field of education, counselling, and personal development in the early 1990s. While training in the Waterford Dyslexia Centre Karen became aware of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).

Having completed her Practitioner and Master Practitioner certifications she incorporated NLP techniques into her existing work.

Having seen the difference NLP can make in a person's life Karen set up a private practice working with people who presented with a diverse range of conditions.

Knowing the importance of continuously updating your skills and knowledge she also holds a Certificate in Individual Psychology with Counselling Skills from the Tipperary Institute, Co. Tipperary

She is the first person in Ireland to hold the NLP Teaching Excellence Certificate.

Her trainings are renowned for the ease with which she can teach in a fun and informal atmosphere.

Making people smile is one of Karen’s favorite things to do!

Website: www.skillsquestcompany.com

Planner and Journal: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09MKK79T9

Details of Succeed Course: https://skills-quest-company.mykajabi.com/pl/280089

What can I say about another amazing lady Jennifer Byrne and how she has turned her life around from a physically and mentally abusive relationship to the lady she has become?

Jennifer is a true advocate in practicing what she preaches. She helps women take back ownership of their health and their life using her own experiences of healing from the toxic relationship she had with herself as a result of years of mental, emotional, and physical abuse. Jennifer's authentic deep health approach empowers and inspires women to age healthy, happy, and strong by helping them to develop healthier lifestyle practices and coping skills to deal with the challenges and stresses of life that women face, such as perimenopause and overcoming trauma.

Jennifer is an expert within her industry as a Personal Trainer and Nutrition coach, with years of experience from working with clients on the gym floor, to competitive Bodybuilding and setting up her own coaching business. In 2019 Jennifer also added the title of becoming an Irish Times and Amazon best-selling author collaborating with Donna Kennedy in the bestselling book “We Summit Together” writing her chapter titled “Claiming back Your Power." Where she speaks about her experience of domestic violence.

Don't suffer in silence with menopause join me now and change forever https://lucytownsley.lpages.co/biohacking-menopause/

We've all heard of hormone imbalance it’s a big buzzword.

But it wasn’t until I started to research it and find out more that you realised just how confusing things can be. Also, it had to find ways to help.

Today I’m joined by Jackie Grant. Jackie is a hormone health and fitness coach for the last 12 years. She is truly amazing at what she does and in this podcast, she gives great tips and advice.

Jackie has been through her own suffering with PCOS & Fibroids for the last 18 which she just wanted to get rid of.

Heavy period and pelvic pain were just some of my symptoms.

Doctors didn't really give her any advice so she had to work it out for herself.

I feel so honored that she is sharing with us today.

What a chat with me click here https://calendly.com/lucytownsleyhealth/womenshealthdiscoverycall

Get in contact with Jackie

https://www.facebook.com/jacqueline.grant.90475

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wegranthealthandfitness/

https://wegrantfitnessandhealth.co.uk/index.html