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Kelly Elliott is the founder of Happy Weans CIC, a Scottish trauma informed education and wellbeing service for parents, children and the people who care for them. A former ASN teacher, she has worked with children and young adults with additional support needs for 16 years, professionally and as a volunteer. She is also an advanced yoga teacher and life coach, and a mum of four. Kelly helps parents understand what their child's behaviour is telling them, so they can respond kindly with confidence and take the blame, shame and judgment out of parenting.

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Natalie J is an author, speaker, and intuitive consultant whose work explores identity, intuition, reinvention, and the stories that shape our lives. 

Drawing on a remarkable life that has taken her from the worlds of entertainment and public scrutiny to deep personal transformation, she writes and speaks about resilience, visibility, and finding meaning through lived experience.

She is the author of Dark Star and is currently completing a new memoir exploring identity, intuition, and transformation.

Through her books, speaking, and client work, Natalie helps people reconnect with their own inner wisdom and navigate periods of profound change with greater clarity and confidence.

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Pip's love of plants comes in part from over 30 years in the horticulture industry (growing nurseries, a science centre and various garden centres..where he is now).
He has always loved foraging and really got into the medicinal uses over the last few years.
Around 2020 he began reading more and felt a real pull towards spirituality (around the same time he began breath work and cold water therapy..Wim Hoff)..the breath work and cold water have helped him in so many ways, mentally and physically..and the spirituality side has been a revelation (no pun intended).
Pip has previously suffered drug addiction (clean many years now), eating disorder (bulimia) and mental health issues which he believes has been helped enormously by all of the above.
He realises he can't save the world but he does hope to show people the things that saved him personally, and hopefully they can also help others in some way.

Pip hopes to one day do his own podcast, maybe write a book ,share his gifts and knowledge and keep shining bright upon himself and others. 

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Jessica Freitas is a biologist and educator who turned her own healing journey into a mission to help women feel at home in their bodies again. After years of studying and teaching biology, nutrition, and human physiology, she began noticing the same pattern, not just in herself, but in friends, students, and even while traveling to other countries. Women everywhere were struggling with the same frustrations around food, energy, and their health.

It wasn’t a lack of effort. It was the result of one-size-fits-all advice that ignored bio-individuality.

Jessica created Nutrition Ignition because she was tired of watching women fight their bodies instead of learning how to work with them. Her work focuses on helping women understand that different bodies process food, stress, and lifestyle differently, and when that’s ignored, it leads to burnout, cravings, inflammation, hormone imbalances, and mental fog.

Through a blend of science and lived experience, she helps women shift out of confusion and into clarity, energy, and alignment. Her approach is rooted in small, intentional changes that build momentum over time, because true restoration doesn’t come from force or perfection, but from awareness, consistency, and learning to work with your body instead of against it.

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With over 20 years in the kitchen and the classroom, Georgie trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine, graduating in 2006 and going on to teach there as a senior teacher for more than 12 years. She has also taught at James Martin's cookery school at Chewton Glen and spent time in the Indian Himalayas helping establish kitchens for some of Relais & Châteaux's top retreats.

For the past 14 years she has worked closely with nutritional therapists, and sees cooking as one of the most empowering tools for self-care. She is passionate about the energy of food and the magic of passing that love on.

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Elizabeth began her career as an actress before realising her dream of owning her very own cafe.  She enjoyed selling coffee and cake to my lovely customers who soon became regulars and friends sharing in life ups and down.  Many people came in for answers to life’s problems and the cafe soon became known as the therapy cafe, a place where people could come to talk about how they were feeling - it was a safe place to feel emotions and to have a hug when needed.

She was going through her own issues regarding relationships, family and grief - mainly feelings of guilt and an ensuing insomnia that caused her to finally sell her lovely cafe.  

It was during this time that she came across Hypnotherapy and RTT Therapy and realised how powerful it is.  So building her love for helping people, she is now dedicated to transforming people’s lives, not through coffee and chats (although that helps) but through these powerful transforming sessions.  And she says that she can still offer tea and a hug afterwards. :)

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I would like to welcome my next guest to zen footsteps Nina Flintham. Nina is a trauma-informed wellbeing practitioner based in Crowborough, East Sussex, specialising in nervous system regulation and breath-led healing.

A certified TRE® Provider, Conscious Connected Breathwork Practitioner, and Oxygen Advantage® Instructor, she supports people through stress, burnout, trauma, chronic pain, and performan goals with evidence-based, body-centred tools.

Drawing on professional training and her own lived experience of grief, trauma, and IVF, Nina offers compassionate, practical sessions online and in person — helping clients and organisations build safety, resilience, and ease.

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What if almost everyone you know – including the people who eat salmon every week and take fish oil every day – is still severely omega-3 deficient?
In this powerful episode, I sit down with two representatives from Zinzino, the Scandinavian health-tech company that has quietly collected the largest independent database of omega-3 status in the world.
Using their simple, at-home dry blood spot test (scientifically validated and published in peer-reviewed journals), Zinzino has now tested more than 1 million people across 40+ countries – completely anonymously. The results are undeniable and shocking:
• Over 95% of people have an Omega-6/Omega-3 ratio worse than 10:1
• Average ratios in most Western populations range from 15:1 to 25:1 (some countries over 40:1)
• Even regular fish-eaters and daily fish-oil users frequently test in the “high-risk” zone
In this conversation we go behind the data and explore:
• How Zinzino’s certified lab and dried blood spot technology deliver the same accuracy as university research labs
• Why the Omega-6/Omega-3 ratio and Omega-3 Index measured in cell membranes matter far more than blood plasma levels
• Real before-and-after results: thousands of people moving from 20:1+ ratios to below 3:1 in just 120 days
• The direct connection between poor omega balance and silent inflammation, cardiovascular risk, brain health, and metabolic issues
• Why most conventional fish oil supplements don’t significantly improve your numbers – and what actually does
This isn’t marketing hype. This is the largest real-world evidence base ever assembled showing that we are in the middle of a global omega-3 crisis – and that one simple finger-prick test can tell you exactly where you stand.
If you care about long-term health, you need to hear this episode.

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Gabrielle Washington, is a spiritual teacher, intuitive guide, and conscious creator. Her work is all about helping people reconnect with who they truly are and live from a place of awareness, alignment, and purpose. She is passionate about helping others break free from old patterns, master their mindset, and embody the highest version of themselves. Her journey has been one of healing, awakening, and remembering, and she shares this openly to remind others that transformation is possible for anyone. She believes we’re all here to grow, evolve, and make an impact not just through what we do, but through who we become.

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My next guest is Raymond E Foster and he is someone who knows a thing or two about building strong leaders — and strong character. He’s a retired law enforcement executive, a university professor, and a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. He’s also spent years in Masonic leadership, helping others turn ancient tools and symbols into practical lessons for life today. He’s been recognized with awards like the Grand Master’s Mason of the Year and the Hiram Award, and he’s the author of The Temple Within. He’s here to share stories, wisdom, and a fresh take on how we can all grow, lead, and live with more purpose.

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