6. Inequality In Medicine: The Freedom Of Learning To Trust Your Body's Intuition
Many studies have shown that women's pain is more likely to be dismissed by doctors than men's pain. One study showed that women were 25% less likely to be given painkillers when suffering from stomach pain, it takes on average seven years for a woman to be diagnosed with endometriosis and a shocking 72% of US women have experienced medical gaslighting. With medical authority still biased, how can we gain freedom by trusting our intuition and being our own health advocates (whilst still respecting medical advice)?
I speak to NHS health nurse and therapist Becky Grace in this episode. Not only does Becky have professional experience in the medical field, but she also experienced medical gaslighting at 21 when her gynecological issues were dismissed repeatedly and she was left with septicemia.
We cover:
Changing careers from mental health nurse to therapist
Some of the inequalities women face in the medical field
Becky's own experience of medical gaslighting
The deeper environmental causes of the pain women suffer
6 Jul 2023
E5: The Art Of Resilience With Amy Hopper
At 25 Amy Hopper had her own successful business. At 26 she got hit by a car. She recovered and grew her business to a top 30 UK Google Partner, only to find herself wheelchair-bound due to complications from the accident. Painstakingly she had to learn how to walk again. In this episode, we talk about what resilience really means, as well as the freedom of surrender (P.S. it's not giving up!)
0:00 - 7:07 - The realities of getting hit by a car at 26
07:07 - 12:13 - What it really took to heal
12:13 - 20:36 - Why resilience isn’t what we think it is
26:31 - 36:10 - How can you balance surrender and productivity
36:10 - What makes me feel free
21 Jun 2023
4. From Bikini Model To Pleasure Coach - Why The 'Perfect Body' Didn't Make Me Happy
Like a lot of women, Emma Fullwood spent her teens and early adulthood chasing the "perfect body". Following a career as a dancer and personal trainer, she committed to the goal in her early forties and started working out daily, following a strict meal plan. Soon she had the "perfect body", even winning 3rd place in a national bikini competition. Whilst she looked "perfect" on the outside, Emma realised that attaining physical perfection didn't give her the freedom she craved. In this episode, we cover:
What it takes to build the dream body and why that didn't lead to happiness
Letting go of what she 'looked' like, so she could focus on 'feeling' good
Finding freedom and prioritising pleasure as a mum
Emma now works as a pleasure, inner child and hypnotherapy coach.
8 Jun 2023
3. The Freedom To Live And Work From Anywhere With Amelia Buxton
Have you ever dreamed of living and working from anywhere? In this episode, I speak to the wonderful Amelia Buxton who works remotely worldwide. After visiting Bali in 2018, Amelia longed for the digital nomad lifestyle. She now works as a marketing and project manager in countries including Mexico and Costa Rica. We talk about how Amelia made her dreams come true, the real realities of working from anywhere, and the inner healing work that led her to where she is today.
00 - 08:43 - What it's really like working from anywhere
08:43 - 16:38- From hospitality to global travel - how Amelia got there
16:38 - 23: 40 - The very real challenges of working remotely
21:43 - 26:04 - Building a community when you're moving round
26:04 - 35:00 - It's not just buying a ticket - doing the inner work
35:00 - 38:30 - The biggest highlights of traveling the world
38:30 - 41:30 - How to build your own routine
41:30 What does freedom mean to you
1 Jun 2023
2. Finding The Freedom To Be Creative When You're A Mum Or An Immigrant
"Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity". Sharing your creativity with the world requires the freedom to be messy, the permission to get it wrong, the space and time to create, and the self-confidence to be vulnerable. In this episode, we discuss the physical and emotional blocks of being an artist when you're a woman and a mother.
In this bare-all episode, I speak to actors Sarah* and Magda* about the challenges they have had to overcome to express themselves creatively. Sarah was a talented actor from a young age (even getting accepted to the prestigious BRIT School), but with three young children, her creative dreams fell to the way-side. Meanwhile, growing up in Poland, the dream of becoming an actor didn't come to Magda until later in life, when she had worked through internal trauma and blocks.
Timestamps:
00:00 - 07:29 "To be a happy mum you've got to have something for yourself"
07:20 - 14:00 "Being an artist and being a mum you have to be healthy and work on your traumas"
13:00 - 20:30 Overcoming financial blocks to being creative
21:00 - 23:00 Working through trauma so that you can feel worthy of your creative dreams
23:00 - 26:00 "I clawed my way out of this fire pit" - reconnecting to creativity after losing yourself
26:00 - 30:00 Navigating partners that don't support your creative dreams
30:00 - 37:00 You can't tell your children to follow your dreams if you don't follow your own - healing the mother wound
37:00 "Just f*cking do it" - advice for female creatives
20 May 2023
1. Freeing your body to create a career that turns you on with Saoirse Fitzgerald
This episode is for you if you find yourself constantly stuck in jobs that make you feel trapped, constricted, and/or physically unwell. On paper Saoirse Fitzgerald's life looked 'perfect': she was a successful accountant, with a good salary and an excellent academic record. But in actuality, she felt dread every time she got a promotion, was stressed all the time, and struggled regularly with skin conditions. After being admitted to hospital with burnout and an autoimmune condition, she knew she had to make a change. She now has a masters in Psychology and uses a mixture of psychiatry and somatic healing to help other people find freedom in their bodies and their lives.
In this episode:
00:00 - 05:53 "My body began attacking itself" - burnout and how stress impacts the body
05:53 - 12:40 Internal validation vs external validation - chasing an external idea of success
12:40 - 17:30 The body whispers before it shouts - early signs of burnout
17:30 - 28:40 "I need a ladder down the cliff" - how to make changes in your life
28:40 - 31:09 Listening to your body - how to know when to listen to fear and when to jump
31:10 - 42:00 Blending psychology with somatic practices like breathwork and movement
42:00 - 45:20 Being yourself in the corporate world
45:20 - 53:14 What freedom feels like in the body
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