LifeWise

About LifeWise

Hosted by Tania Cotton, founder of MovementWise.org, LifeWise is an inspirational podcast featuring experts who dedicate their lives to helping people overcome health and performance challenges, to live life in a way that makes them feel truly alive. Topics include motivation and mindset; redefining how you measure success; athletic performance; nutrition; overcoming pain, injury, and disease; building resilience; guided mastery; turning threats into opportunity; posture and movement; how your health and the planet's health are inextricably linked; finding flow states; power of the mind; mental health.

Publisher

Tania Cotton

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jan 2020

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   #27: Voice Liberation with Kes Blans

   Meet Kes Blans, an actor, theatre maker and Voice Liberation facilitator whose own experience taught him something profound: talking about what we feel is not necessarily the same as expressing it. After cancer and the intense back pain that followed, Kes discovered that giving voice to what lay beneath the words, through sound, singing and music, allowed him to release something deeper. Remarkably, as he found this new form of expression, his pain disappeared. KEY THEMES Voice, Sound, Self-Expression, Surrender/Letting Go, Acceptance, Desire/Longing, Hope, Trust, Safety, Love, Grief, Willingness, Honesty, Body Awareness, The Breath, Emotions, Human Connection, Feelings, Pain, Self-Awareness, Support. QUOTE "Caring and Sharing" FILM Children of Men directed by Alfonso Cuarón. A dark dystopian film set in a world that has lost the ability to have children and where the unexpected arrival of a pregnant woman and the possibility of new life becomes a powerful symbol of hope, humanity and renewal. CONNECT WITH KES BLANS Email: Kesblans@gmail.com Website: centrumvoorstembevrijding.nl (http://centrumvoorstembevrijding.nl)

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   #26: The Power of Play with Mary Marcolin

   Meet Mary Marcolin, a teacher, psychotherapist and instinctive musician who uses music, play and human connection to help people who have experienced trauma connect with the playful child that lives within them, and begin to loosen the grip of stories that, for some, have held them hostage for much of their lives. Mary understands the power of play, and particularly of music, to help people express themselves in ways that words often cannot. KEY THEMES Play, Music, Percussion, Self-Expression, The Voice, Singing, Sound, Dance, Self-Belief, Mind and Body, Human Behaviours, Psychological Triggers, Internal Family Systems (IFS) - Parts, Psychological Trauma, Fear, Anger, Sadness, Stress, Childhood Experiences, Adult Experiences, First Responders, Veterans. BOOK The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten. QUOTE "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." — Max Planck CONNECT WITH MARY MARCOLIN Website: www.bpmottawa.ca (http://www.bpmottawa.ca) Email: mary@bpmottawa.ca

3. 

   27 Jul 2026

   #25: You Can Do It with Susan Baragwanath

   Meet Susan Baragwanath, a remarkable woman who has spent her life quietly, yet with unshakeable determination, challenging one of society's most dangerous beliefs — the idea that there is "them" and "us": those who deserve a good education and those who do not. At the heart of Susan's work is a profound understanding that human potential is deeply affected by context — by the environment we are born into, the opportunities we are given, and whether someone truly sees us. KEY THEMES Human Rights, No Them and Us, Equal Opportunities, Self-Expression, Ownership and Responsibility, Fundamental Needs, Human Potential, Context is Key, Resilience, Belonging, Women's Leadership. BOOK The Red X: The Story of He Huarahi Tamariki ("A Chance for Children"), New Zealand's First School for Teenage Parents by Susan Baragwanath. QUOTES "There's nothing more frightening than ignorance in action." — Goethe "I could never have dreamed that the students would end up being the strongest party. I thought it was going to be me. I mean, I can direct traffic, but I think I said on one of the television programmes, I'm just the conductor of the orchestra." — Susan Baragwanath ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Susan has been fortunate to receive the encouragement and support of many remarkable people throughout her life and career. Two deserve special acknowledgement, referred to informally during the conversation rather than by their professional titles: The Honourable Sir David Baragwanath KNZM KC — Susan's husband, referred to simply as "David" during the podcast — is one of New Zealand's most distinguished jurists. Appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983, he went on to serve as a Judge of both the High Court and Court of Appeal of New Zealand, and has served as President of the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon and as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The Rt Hon. The Baroness Hooper — referred to simply as "Gloria" during the podcast — is a highly respected British parliamentarian and former UK Government Minister. A Member of the House of Lords for nearly four decades, she has devoted her career to public service, international diplomacy, and strengthening relations across Latin America. CONNECT WITH SUSAN BARAGWANATH Through MyPhy Leadership: www.myphy.com Founders of The Women's Leadership Conference, Geneva, Switzerland

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

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