Wellness Unwrapped

In this (the final episode in this season of Midlife Illuminated) I share something that every woman needs. Particularly in midlife, when we are overwhelmed by the needs of others. It's the need to return to ourselves. In the classic book Women Who Run With The Wolves, this is described as "homing". With thanks to Clarissa Pinkola Estes - author of Women Who Run With The Wolves - for enlightening me on the need for homing. I hope this episode gives you the permission you need to do your own homing. I'm now starting a quiet time of no podcasting and no social media posting. To find out how transformative this was last year, listen to episode 68 of this podcast ("I saw the light! Here's how.") You can find it here: https://pod.co/midlife-illuminated/tuning-out-others-and-tuning-into-yourself Lastly, I'd like to say a big thank you for tuning in - I'm so grateful for you choosing to join me here. I look forward to sharing more illuminations with you when I'm back for season 5 (make sure you've hit the subscribe button to hear the new season). Wishing you a wonderful summer! Suzy x If you'd like to get in touch with me, here's how: My website: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Join me at my monthly Peppermint Pause: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/peppermint-pause/ Join my in my Freshly Minted membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

Women have always been conditioned to put their own wellbeing last. Research shows that their pets get better care than they do. Pets are wonderful companions: they need and deserve our care. But don't we deserve some care too? Research has also shown that this "me-last" conditioning leads to serious consequences when it comes to our health outcomes. For our sakes AND the sake of our loved ones, let's rip up this script and begin a new one. I hope this episode gives you the inspiration to rethink your priorities and discover what lights YOU up. My website: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Louis' Toucan Water: https://www.toucanwater.com/ Join me at my monthly Peppermint Pause: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/peppermint-pause/ Join my in my Freshly Minted membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

Getting yourself healthy doesn't have to be hard work. It can actually be, yes, pleasurable! Here's my Peppermint Tea chat with Katy Grele, a 51-year-old mum who has come through breast cancer. Katy wasn't interested in doing any more short-lived, quick-fix diet plans. She wanted to adopt healthy habits to see her through the menopause...and the rest of her life. And she has surprised herself by actually enjoying this process. I hope that listening to our Peppermint Tea chat reassures you that you can also make the lifestyle changes you'd like to. My website: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Discover my Freshly Minted membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Here's the Top Sante magazine article that caught Katy's eye: https://www.topsante.co.uk/womens-health/health-coaching-benefits/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

Ever tried a quick-fix way to lose weight or feel better or look younger? Ever tried a wellness gimmick that promised overnight miracles? We need to think beyond the short-term. We need to think about how we'd like to feel and live in the last years of our life. I hope this episode gives you a different perspective on weight loss, ageing - and on caring for yourself. My website: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Discover my Freshly Minted membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Corporate wellness: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/corporate-wellness/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

There's a crisis amongst women at work. Burnout is the no. 1 reason why women are leaving (or planning to leave) their job. I've been there myself. My mental and physical health suffered when I tried to juggle a high-stress PR job with caring for very young children. I talk through why we're at breaking point - and what you can do to protect yourself from burnout. If this episode strikes a chord and you have your own story to share, drop me a note. Access my free 5 Days to Calm programme on my Wellness Unwrapped app (you can find Wellness Unwrapped on the App Store or Google Play). Discover my Freshly Minted membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Corporate wellness: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/corporate-wellness/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Email: suzy@peppermintwellness.co.uk

I'm just back from a sailing holiday in Greece. It rained a lot...but at least the food was fabulous. I thought I'd share with you what I've learnt about the fabled "Mediterranean diet". As you'll hear, food is SO much more than fuel - and the Mediterranean diet is SO much more than what's on our plate. I hope this episode gives you practical, simple tips on adopting a health-boosting Mediterranean lifestyle...wherever you live. Discover my Freshly Minted Membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Email: suzy@peppermintwellness.co.uk

Exams are a source of huge stress and anxiety - both for kids and parents. As a health coach and mum of three, I share my top tips on how you can help your kids to cope with exam season. As a former managing director, I also give you an insight into what helps young people to thrive in the workplace - and it's not all about exam results. Access my free 5 Days to Calm programme on my Wellness Unwrapped app (you can find Wellness Unwrapped on the App Store or Google Play). Discover my Freshly Minted Membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Email: suzy@peppermintwellness.co.uk Other relevant links: Brain-boosting breakfast recipes: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/four-breakfast-recipes-to-keep-you-full-till-lunchtime/ My cacao brainy balls recipe: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/cacao-brainy-balls/  

As my son celebrates his 25th birthday, I've been reflecting on what I've learnt in a quarter of a century of being a mum. I thought I'd share some of my insights with you. I hope this episode reassures you that you don't need to set the bar so high for yourself. Have a read of my blog on 25 things I've learnt as a mum: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/how-to-raise-healthy-happy-kids-25-lessons-ive-learnt-in-25-years-as-a-mum/ Listen to my conversation with Zoe Blaskie of Motherkind here: https://pod.co/midlife-illuminated/permission-to-feel-and-to-thrive Listen to my conversation with Terry Creeden of Grounded Parents Group: https://pod.co/midlife-illuminated/why-we-need-to-put-ourselves-first Here's where you can find details of my Freshly Minted membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ You can also find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

My Freshly Minted membership is launching next week - and I couldn't be more excited to welcome you into it! Tune in to hear one of my former coachees describing what it feels like to be "freshly minted". Here's where you can find details on my Freshly Minted membership (and a little video from me): https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ If you'd like to put a toe in the water by trying out just one of the monthly sessions, you can join me for Peppermint Pause (my monthly sanctuary for stressed-out women): https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/peppermint-pause/ Have a read of my blog for 20 reasons why Freshly Minted works: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/how-to-create-healthy-habits-freshly-minted/ You can listen to my full conversation with Lynda Sackett in this episode: https://pod.co/midlife-illuminated/the-transformational-power-of-community Any questions? Drop me an email at suzy@peppermintwellness.co.uk. You can also find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

In this episode, I share the magic of what's known as "collective effervescence" - and its role in transforming our health and wellbeing. Find your tribe - and you'll find your wellbeing. I hope this episode inspires you to seek out your tribe and go to where people grow. It's the fastest, easiest, most joyful way to change your life. Here's where you can find details on my Freshly Minted membership (and a little video from me): https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Join me for Peppermint Pause (my monthly sanctuary for stressed-out women): https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/peppermint-pause/ You can sign up for my free morning routine toolkit here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ You can also find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Here's where you can follow tips from Katy Sunnassee, the Health Editor: https://instagram.com/thehealtheditor?igshid=YjNmNGQ3MDY= 

I learnt the hard way how to listen to my body's signals. In this episode, I share how my body screamed at me - and how I was deaf to what it was saying. I saw each new symptom as something I needed to mask or get rid of. I didn't understand that the root cause of them all was stress. I also guide you to tune in to what your body is telling you - and empower you to honour our one, precious body. Here is the 90 second video of Lillian sharing her lightbulb moment on the cancer she has survived (twice): https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqBbLriIyXr/?igshid=YjNmNGQ3MDY= Here's where you can sign up for my Freshly Minted membership: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Join me for Peppermint Pause here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/peppermint-pause/ You can sign up for my free morning routine toolkit here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ You can also find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

A goal to "get ourselves healthy" can look like a towering, daunting mountain to climb. It can also mean endless failed attempts that leave us with no faith in our ability to change. Being harsh to ourselves is a terrible motivator. In this episode, I share a much more effective, gentler way to adopt healthy habits - and start to thrive. I hope it gives you hope that you're not stuck - and that you can feel so much better than you currently do. You can find all the details of my brand new Freshly Minted membership and join the waitlist here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Get in touch with me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ You can also find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

In this episode, I spill the beans on what I learnt during my many years working in PR for the food industry. During those years, I gained a first-hand insight into how we're being manipulated into eating foods that gradually destroy our health. I hope this episode empowers you to eat to thrive - despite the overwhelming influence of ultra-processed foods which are now linked, beyond any doubt, to the onset of chronic disease. You can find all the details of my brand new Freshly Minted membership here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/freshly-minted-membership/ Get in touch with me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ You can also find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

You're probably being sabotaged by your blood sugar on a daily basis - without realising how it's affecting you. If we want to feel better physically, mentally and emotionally (and protect our health from chronic disease) managing our blood sugar is an absolute must. In this episode, I share how my brain, mood, energy and productivity were massively impacted by the 45-year bood sugar rollercoaster I was on. You'll also hear how wearing a blood glucose monitor gave me some surprising insights into which foods cause my blood sugar to spike and crash. I've shared 4 delicious breakfast recipes that will keep you full until lunchtime: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/four-breakfast-recipes-to-keep-you-full-till-lunchtime/ You can see a graph of my blood sugar after eating two crumpets in this blog: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/midlife-and-blood-sugar-blood-glucose-monitor/ You can find out more about Theia Health here: https://theiahealth.ai/ Here's my client Debs who cured her headaches, calmed her anxiety and lost weight, primarily by getting her blood sugar under control: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/my-weight-loss-journey-back-to-health/ Get in touch with me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ You can also find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

Do you feel like there aren't enough hours in the day? That you don't have a minute for yourself? That you just don't have the time to look after yourself? I know that feeling well. In fact, I share an excruciatingly embarrasingly incident in this episode that illustrates this (very graphically)! You'll also hear me giving you pointers on how you can find your own pause to restore calm and balance to your life. I hope this episode gives you permission to press the pause button. If you'd like help with that, I invite you to join me at Peppermint Pause (previously called Midlife Monthly) - a sanctuary for stressed-out women to feel calmer and more positive about themselves. You can find all the details and book your place here. https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/peppermint-pause/ If you'd like to learn my top 5 simple, quick self-calming practices, check out my free 5 Days to Calm programme. You can access it for free by downloading my Wellness Unwrapped app which you can find on the App Store or Google Play (or via my website) https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ You can also find me here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness

Have you ever thought about how clutter is draining your energy and affecting your self-esteem? I've struggled with clutter for as long as I can remember. And I've frequently found myself feeling bad when I look at stuff that I've bought and have never actually used. Have a listen to what happened when I enlisted the help of Christal - a fabulous professional declutterer who I now consider to be something of a fairy godmother! I hope this episode inspires you to let go of stuff that is dragging you down. You can find out more about Christal's work here: https://iorganisemcr.co.uk Alongside listening to me on this podcast, you also have the opportunity to be supported by me live, in person, via Midlife Monthly - a sanctuary for stressed-out women to feel calmer and more positive about themselves. You can find all the details and book your place here. https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/midlife-monthly/ You can find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness

Welcome to my first episode of Midlife Illuminated, in which I share a deeply personal and profound experience I had recently. I've learnt a lot this year about the magic that happens when we grant outselves space to listen to our own inner wisdom. I hope that listening to me gives you licence to trust your own voice - and to discover your own happy place. Alongside listening to me on this podcast, you also have the opportunity to be supported by me in person. I invite you to join me live at Midlife Monthly - a sanctuary in the month for stressed-out midlife women to feel calmer and more positive. You can find all the details and book your place here - I hope to see you there! https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/midlife-monthly/ You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness

Welcome to Midlife Illuminated! Here's a little introduction from me on the theme of uncovering your light - and sharing it with others. I look forward to sharing lots of lightbulbs moments with you.! Alongside listening to me on this podcast, you also have the opportunity to be supported by me in person. I invite you to join me live at Midlife Monthly - a sanctuary in the month for stressed-out midlife women to feel calmer and more positive. You can find all the details and book your place here - I hope to see you there! https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/midlife-monthly/ You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness

Hello again! I'm back after an extended break from podcasting. Thank you for bearing with me! Creating some distance from the podcast and going quiet gave me space to think. Tune in to this episode to discover where that thinking time took me. I'm excited to share that a change is on its way. This podcast will have a new name and a new direction from the next episode. Have a listen to find out more! As always, you can find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness

In this final (very mini) episode of this season of Wellness Unwrapped, I share a few thoughts on cutting myself some slack and giving myself some space. I hope it inspires you to do the same! I look forward to rejoining you here at some point in the Autumn. In the meantime, I wish you a wonderful summer and hope you enjoy listening (or re-listening) to previous episodes of Wellness Unwrapped. Also, you can find my Wellness Unwrapped app by searching for it on the App Store or Google Play (for an Android phone). Sign up and you'll be able to access my free 5 Days to Calm programme. This will give you easy, quick and highly effective stress-busting tools that you can call on any time you need them. Find me here (and get my free 7-day morning routine toolkit): https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped  

It's not news to most women that their bodies can be ruled by their hormones! But what is less well known is that food can help balance out our hormones and keep us on an even keel. My guest on this episode, Charlotte Hunter, has been a registered and qualified Nutritional Therapist since 2010. Since then, she has helped many men, women and children to eat well and be healthy. Her firm belief is that food can be healthy and delicious, and can support a number of medical conditions and issues. Having gone through an early (surgical) menopause herself, her focus now is helping women to navigate the menopause. As I'm in the perimenopause myself, I'm keen to be armed with as much knowledge as possible to help my body stay balanced through this time of my life. I loved chatting to Charlotte for her unstinting honesty and her lovely way of explaining hormones in a way people can understand! In this conversation, we chat through ways in which women can help themselves. We also talk about weight gain - and why I (even as a healthy eating health coach!) gained over a stone in weight in 2020. Our levels of collagen (which is essential to keep our skin, bones and joints healthy) plummet in menopause. The collagen I take daily is Known's Advanced Collagen Supplement, which has a 98% absorption rate, due to its leading-edge formulation that includes liposomal Vitamin C. It also tastes delicious! Wellness Unwrapped listeners can get at 20% discount off their first order by using the discount code Wellness20 here: https://knownnutrition.co.uk/ Find out more about Charlotte here: https://charlottehunternutrition.co.uk/ Find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped  

This is a big, big subject...and one which affects ALL of us. As you'll hear Gwyneth Moss explain, we all picked up limiting beliefs when we were very young children. These limiting beliefs (also known as "false truths") are often what are sabotaging us as adults. In this exceptionally eye-opening conversation, you'll learn how false truths dictate our thoughts, behaviours and life choices...without us even being aware of them. I can wholeheartedly say that this conversation might just change your life. I've been fortunate to have trained in EFT tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique) with Gwyneth and am excited to share her straight-talking wisdom with you for a second time on this podcast. Gwyneth teaches people how to use tapping to help themselves, to help others, to help children and even to help animals. EFT tapping has opened up an endless journey of curiosity for her, to which she brings her Cambridge degree in physics, her Northern common sense - and a lifetime of exploring the world and its people. Gwyneth is currently training an NHS mental health team in EFT. Find out more about her work at https://efthelps.com. Find out more about Linda (the artist Gwyneth refers to in a wonderful real-life story) here: https://www.lindahollingshead.co.uk Download my Wellness Unwrapped app and learn a simple self-calming tapping technique in my free 5 Days to Calm programme. You can find it here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped

This is a gorgeous, sparkling conversation with someone who really does radiate vitality and joy. It's all about the fascinating topic of colour. Have you ever stopped to think that colour has the power to heal us and to affect our behaviour? Dr Deanna Minich is someone who has devoted much of her career to studying this phenomenon. She is a nutrition researcher, educator and functional medicine-trained clinician. She has a unique approach to nutrition: one that combines physiology and psychology. I loved chatting to her and really think this conversation will encourage you to think differently about colour - and what it can bring to your life. Whether it's through our clothes, our foods or our surroundings, Dr Minich explains that we are affected by different colours in subtle but profound ways. She shares simple ways that we can start to use colour to benefit from more "life-force". And I think we're all up for more of that! Dr Minich has served on the Institute of Functional Medicine's Nutrition Advisory Board and curriculum committee, in addition to being a faculty member. Her academic background is in nutritional science, including a Master's Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences (Nutrition) from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. She is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and a Certified Nutrition Specialist. Dr. Minich has more than forty published scientific articles in journals such as Nutrients, Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, and Nutrition Reviews. She is the author of six books on nutrition, wellness, and psychology, and is passionate about helping others to live well using therapeutic lifestyle changes. Visit her at: www.deannaminich.com Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here and sign up to my mailing list: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/ Find details of my Wellness Unwrapped 6-Week programme here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/wellness-unwrapped-online-group-programme-app/

I found this conversation so deeply thought-provoking that I've been playing Lucy Barnwell's words in my head to remind myself of what's important in life. Lucy is someone who truly lives by what she believes. And yet, Lucy is no wellness "guru". In fact, until recently, she dismissed everything to do with wellbeing as "a load of hooey" (if you're not familiar with the word, it means nonsense!). Lucy is simply a normal person who came to a crossroads in life. Following an illness, she decided to do something radical. While still pursuing a rewarding working life, she's decided to stop sacrificing her physical and mental health for her career. Having watched her health suffer through work stress, she's now opted to live her life to the full by putting her own wellbeing first. I'm someone who has previously sacrificed her wellbeing for work - and Lucy's words really hit me in the heart. I love the realness and honesty of sharing conversations with "normal", non-expert people. I believe it's what makes them so relatable. If they can make changes to get more out of their life, so can the rest of us! I really hope you find this conversation as inspiring as I did. Find details of my Wellness Unwrapped 6-Week programme here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/wellness-unwrapped-online-group-programme-app/ You can email me to go on the waitlist for future programmes here: suzy@peppermintwellness.co.uk Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here and sign up to my mailing list: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/  

This episode is a total joy. It's a conversation with my dear friend Debbie Hilton and it's all about something which comes naturally to all of us - but which most of us don't often do as adults. Dancing! It's beyond question that dancing is medicine. And it's medicine that we all have a right to benefit from. I feel truly privileged to be able to experience the joy of dancing in Debbie's classes. As I'm not a natural dancer and even struggle with my left/right, I'd feel really intimidated going to most classes - but Debbie is really passionate about making dance accessible to EVERYBODY. I've seen for myself what a simple one/two step to music can do for people's wellbeing on every level. It's no overstatement to describe it as magic. You'll hear us chat about: The astonishing health benefits of moving to music, including preventing and even reversing dementia.The huge boost to our mood and mental resilience that we get from moving our body to music.Dance as a moving meditation which helps us to get in the moment and gain perspective on the challenges we're facing in our life .How dancing increases our self-confidence and helps us to love the body we're in.Why we need to keep nurturing our child-like spark of creativitySimple ways to benefit from the magic of dance from your home - whatever age, shape or size you are. Debbie is pure inspiration and I promise that you'll feel differently about your relationship to dance after listening to her. Debbie is an actress and performing arts teacher. She trained in ballet and modern dance at The Northern Ballet school and then studied musical theatre at Guildford School of Acting. As well as working as a performer, it has been her privilege to coach many people ( aged 5-80 ) in performing arts. Debbie is deeply passionate about performing arts as a tool for improving health and wellbeing. She believes that, by tapping into and using our innate creative spark, we can gain more vitality and joy in life - and stay young! Follow Debbie at: https://www.instagram.com/danceforjoy20/ Find out more about Body Groove here: https://www.bodygroove.com/ You can find my brand new Wellness Unwrapped app by searching for it on the App Store or Google Play (for an Android phone). Sign up and you'll be able to access the free 5 Days to Calm programme. NB. The Wellness Unwrapped 6-Week Programme is not yet available but will be open for bookings soon. If you have any problems accessing the free 5 Days to Calm programme, just drop me a note. Email me at suzy@peppermintwellness.co.uk if you'd like to be added to my waiting list for this group coaching programme (you'll also get a discount when it opens). Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here and sign up to my mailing list: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/  

As we launch ourselves into spring, it felt the perfect time to share an uplifting conversation about the role of nature's cycles in our life. My guest is Sadie Pickering - truly someone who is in harmony with nature and who has been a personal inspiration to me for several years. I've learnt so many life-enhancing self-care rituals from Sadie and it's a real pleasure to share them with you too. Sadie is the founder of Soul Beauty Rituals, which is a unique combination of healing modalities (body/emotional/energy/soul work) that centre around cycles of nature and our own cycles. I loved chatting to Sadie about how to harness the special energy of spring to achieve the life we wish for; what the moon's cycles have to do with our wellbeing; how to clean our homes of negative energy and allow space for new, positive things to enter our life; how creativity and confidence are our birthright; and so much more. Sadie has a background in the creative industries: she was a professional actress for over 20 years, working in television, film and theatre. She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and crowdfunded to produce her first album ‘Left Over Dust'. She's always been passionate about the healing arts as well as the creative arts. Through her work now, she helps people to come home to themselves as cyclical beings, to discover their own unique gifts and to live a soul-fulfilled life. Follow Sadie here: https://www.instagram.com/soulbeautyrituals/ Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here and sign up to my mailing list: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/  

In the first part of this episode, I share a deeply personal and very emotional story. It's the story of my younger son, Louis, and what happened to him as a small child when he was put on medication following a (wrong) diagnosis of a chronic bowel condition. He suffered for years because of a misguided attempt to fix a symptom whilst ignoring the cause. It's a story of not only physical suffering but also of emotional trauma - and it very much drives my mission now as a Functional Medicine Health Coach. The second part of the episode is an extract from a conversation I was privileged to have with a visionary, pioneering doctor. Dr Mark Hyman is the person who first inspired me to take up the role I have now - and who continues to inspire me. Dr Hyman explains the radical difference between functional medicine and conventional medicine. Rather than focusing on symptoms, functional medicine tackles the root cause of a condition and is remarkably effective at curing "incurable/life-long" conditions that conventional medicine gives up on. As Dr Hyman explains, using a functional medicine approach to reverse complex, chronic conditions may sound like a miracle. But, as he spells out, it's not a miracle. It's science. For just one of countless life-transforming examples, here's how functional medicine reversed a young woman's multiple sclerosis (as featured very recently on NBC's Today Programme). https://www.today.com/video/what-is-functional-medicine-inside-the-growing-health-trend-135040581616 We also talk about the fundamental role that food plays in health; how the food industry has actively manipulated people away from real food; and the importance of supporting people to make (and sustain) the vital lifestyle changes they need to recover. Dr Hyman is a practicing family physician and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator and advocate in the field of Functional Medicine. He is the founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, Senior Advisor for the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, a fourteentime New York Times best-selling author and Board President for Clinical Affairs for The Institute for Functional Medicine. He is the host of one of the leading health podcasts, The Doctor's Farmacy. Dr. Hyman is a regular medical contributor to several television shows and networks, including CBS, This Morning, Today, Good Morning America, The View and CNN. He is also an advisor and guest co-host on The Dr. Oz Show. You can find out more about Dr Hyman's work here: https://drhyman.com/ You can learn more about functional medicine here: https://www.ifm.org/ Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here and sign up to my mailing list: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/ For more on health coaches: https://functionalmedicinecoaching.org/ https://www.ukhealthcoaches.com/

I feel that this conversation is one of the most important I've had so far on the podcast. As my guest Susan Hyatt lays bare, diet culture is trapping girls and women in a cycle of suffering. (And I know from my work as a health coach that men are affected in exactly the same way). It horrifies me that children are being caught in this toxic culture and led down the route to eating disorders. Susan shares how she first started dieting at the age of 11, and how yo-yo dieting affected her life for decades. We talk about the self-loathing that diet culture leads to; the wasted effort/energy/headspace devoted to counting calories; and how to develop a positive relationship with food and with yourself. Susan Hyatt has 15 years' experience as a Master Certified Life and Business Coach. She wrote the bestselling book BARE that has inspired women all over the world to stop shrinking their bodies and start expanding their lives. She delivered a speech to a sold-out audience at the country's largest TEDx conference about why women need to stop obsessing about their weight. She has been featured in magazines such as O: The Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen and Woman's World. Find out more about Susan here: https://www.susanhyatt.co Follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/susanhyatt/ Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here and sign up to my mailing list: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

I really loved this conversation with the incredibly upbeat, sunny Nikki Hill. Nikki shares lots of gentle, accessible inspiration for you to care for your own wellbeing - using simple, natural, joyful methods that require little money, time or energy. We chat about how you can tap into the healing, hormone-balancing, restorative power of herbs - and introduce self-nurturing rituals into your life that will help you to better manage stress. Nikki is the founder of Nikki Hill Apothecary. She is a fully qualified Naturopath, Clinical Nutritionist and Medical Herbalist. Nikki loves to work with women who are struggling with their hormones and periods and are looking for a natural solution to help ease their symptoms and improve their overall wellbeing. If you prefer to watch a video of this conversation, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuMZ7nAFDcs Find out more about Nikki here: https://nikkihillapothecary.com/ Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

If I could persuade everyone to adopt just one habit, it would be a daily gratitude practice. It's no exaggeration to say that this is a practice that transform's people lives on every level. This week's episode is a deeply uplifting conversation with the inspirational Holly Bertone. Holly lives and breathes gratitude. She discovered its power after she was hit by a double whammy of chronic diseases which took her from over-achieving high-performer to bed-ridden and unable to function. Whatever challenges you are currently facing in life, this conversation will empower you to start reaping the remarkable benefits of gratitude. The research is unequivocal: gratitude transforms our emotional health, helps us to recover from past traumas, builds our resilience and improves our physical health too. Holly's approach is gentle and kind: she shows you how to start to build gratitude into your life, no matter how difficult that might seem. We share lots of very personal, real-life anecdotes - and also discuss how gratitude helps children to thrive and boost their self-esteem. Holly is a best-selling author, sought-after speaker and gratitude coach. As a breast cancer and autoimmune survivor, she helps women to view their chronic illness as a gift and to unwrap their resilience. Holly spent 25 years rising through the ranks of consulting and federal government service before her failing health shattered her corporate dreams. Since then, she has leaned into her path of true purpose and fulfillment, as the President and CEO of Pink Fortitude and founder of Fortitude.Academy. Holly is a Project Management Professional and holds a Masters Degree from Johns Hopkins University. She is also a Certified Natural Health Professional. Find out more about Holly's work and take her gratitude quiz here: https://pinkfortitude.com/ Connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

This episode will come as a real shock to people who know me – because I've always been staunchly against drugs. So what persuaded me to change my mind and volunteer for my first ever experience of a psychedelic drug? You may have read about new research showing the remarkable effects of magic mushrooms in treating a host of mental disorders, such as depression, addictions and PTSD. There's a lot of hype around this ground-breaking area of “plant medicine” and - after careful thought - I decided that I would experience this for myself and then share an honest, first-person account with you. So I recently travelled to Amsterdam to take magic mushrooms in a safe, legal, supported setting with a skilled therapist. As you'll hear, the experience wasn't quite what I expected! This is one of the most fascinating and timely conversations I've shared so far. It also brings a much-needed dose of nuance, honesty and realism to the subject of magic mushrooms. My guest on this episode is Jonathan de Potter, Founder & CEO of Behold Retreats - a bespoke wellness service that facilitates journeys of self-discovery and transformation, supported by the scientifically proven benefits of plant medicine therapy. He's passionate about raising awareness of the benefits of plant medicine therapy, and its potential to improve wellbeing and mental health outcomes. This led him to launch Behold Retreats in 2020, providing curated programs which incorporate a memorable plant medicine retreat in a safe, legal and highly supported setting.  Find out more about Behold Retreats here: https://www.behold-retreats.com/ I'd love to know what you take away from this episode. You can connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

[Warning: this episode contains an account of a violent attack.] It has long been known that forgiveness is the path to inner peace and happiness. And there are further, immense benefits from being able to let go of resentment and anger towards those who have wronged us: forgiveness has been shown to lead to remarkable physical healing from all sorts of long-term conditions. It was my huge privilege to sit down with someone who genuinely epitomizes the quality of forgiveness. Dr Nasser Kurdy is an orthopedic surgeon who, in 2017, was stabbed in the neck while entering the grounds of his local mosque. You'll hear how his act of his forgiveness towards his attacker has transformed his life and continues to energize him to this day. This is a deeply inspiring conversation that I think will leave you with a lasting sense of hope and optimism. Dr Kurdy shares his profound reflections on what happened to him in his new book: A Reply to Hate: Forgiving My Attacker. If you would like to find more inspiration to reach forgiveness in your own life, I also recommend this book: Forgiveness: The Greatest Healer of All by Gerald Jampolsky. Here is the forgiveness meditation I mention in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPKzgdO-VfY I'd love to know what you take away from this episode. You can connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

Many people assume that I've always been an upbeat health coach with a picture-perfect, healthy lifestyle. But that is very, very far from the truth and I really feel it's important for my listeners to know that I have previously sunk very low. In this special, end-of-year episode, I swop roles and am interviewed by my friend Kate Moryoussef. Kate first met me when I was an overstretched mother of two very young children and was managing a small PR consultancy which somehow grew into a very large, all-consuming business. In our deeply frank conversation, I share what state I was in 10 years ago and 20 years ago - two extremely challenging points in my life. I am brutally honest in this episode and share some things I haven't previously talked about in public. You'll hear me talk about spending a year in a toxic work environment that left me ill, underweight and traumatised; my guilt at not being there for my children when they needed me; my PTSD following 9/11; my spiralling grief when my Dad passed away; and making a radical decision that transformed not only my health but the whole course of my life. You can also find a video version of this conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN3_MdEVEKA&t= I really hope that listening to my story helps you to have a fresh perspective on your own past - and, even more importantly, your future. Do let me know what you think. You can connect with me by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community - a welcoming Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/ You can follow Kate and her wisdom (and find her new podcast The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast) here: https://www.instagram.com/kate_moryoussef_coach/

This episode cuts right to the heart of what healthcare can (and should!) look like. It's so much more than simply treating disease - it's about helping people to live their fullest life. Dr Kristi Hughes is one of the truly visionary doctors I was privileged to learn from as part of my studies to become a functional medicine health coach. I know that you will be as inspired by Kristi as I was: it's impossible not to be positively affected by her enthusiasm. In this episode, you'll learn how past events may have impacted on the current state of your health; how changing your lifestyle factors can transform every aspect of your existence; and how you can move forward to a fulfilling, meaningful life of vibrant health. Kristi talks very openly about her own personal battles and how she has reinvented her own life over the past few years. (Warning: Kristi speaks very movingly about the suicide of her brother. ) Dr Kristi Hughes has dedicated her life and professional path to the study and practice of root-cause medicine. She graduated from the National College of Natural Medicine in Oregon and launched the Center of Natural Healing Arts in Minnesota in 1997.  Over the past twenty years, her participation in medical education has taken Kristi around the world. She served as a Director of Medical Education at the Institute for Functional Medicine for a decade. She became a Functional Medicine Health Coach (after years on the Functional Medicine Health Coaching Academy advisory board) to further her skills in the coach approach to transforming lifestyle behaviours. She now owns and operates DocereVita, the private practice where she offers personalized naturopathic and functional medicine healthcare consultations. You can follow Kristi on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/femdocere_drkristihughes You can find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/ Do join my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped

We all want vibrant health, glowing skin, a healthy immune system and to feel emotionally well...but did you know that your lymphatic system is key to all of that? And that you can give yourself a simple self-massage to transform your wellbeing? I feel very privileged to have had my eyes opened to the remarkable role of our lymphatic system – and how we can actively care for it. And that is all thanks to the amazingly passionate Lisa Levitt Gainsley, who is my guest on this episode of Wellness Unwrapped. Lisa is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist, Manual Lymphatic Drainage practitioner, author of The Book of Lymph, educator and speaker. She holds a double certification in Lymphedema Therapy and is a member of the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) and National Lymphedema Network (NLN). Lisa has pioneered the field of lymphatic self-massage and founded The Lymphatic Message to educate and build awareness of the importance of the lymphatic system in maintaining immunity. She counts Selma Blair and Freida Pinto among her dedicated clientele at her private practice in Los Angeles. You can watch Lisa demonstrate a simple facial message at 31.57 - 33.41 minutes of this video version of our conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9H46UB6Tq4 Find out more about Lisa here: https://www.thelymphaticmessage.com Lisa has kindly offered listeners of Wellness Unwrapped a $100 discount on her new online course. Use the discount code LYMPHWELL to obtain your discount at: https://www.thelymphaticmessage.com/online-course Follow Lisa on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thelymphaticmessage You can find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/ Do join my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped

As I hit my 50th episode, I'm taking the opportunity to share with you my inner self-critic - and my fear around sparking other people's anger and outrage. This solo episode is definitely one of the most candid ones I've shared with you. I really hope it helps you to move through your own fears - and our tendency to compare ourselves (unfavourably!) to others. If it touches a chord with you, let me know!  My Wellness Unwrapped community is a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here and email me via my website: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

We've always been told to beware of strangers...but it turns out that talking to strangers is a proven way to make us happier and healthier. In this life-affirming conversation, I chat with veteran journalist Joe Keohane, author of the brilliant new book "The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World". At a time when many of us are retreating into our phone screens and human beings are becoming more detached from each other, Joe's message is more important than ever. Loneliness has been described as "one of the greatest public health challenges of our time" (in the words of Tracey Crouch, the first UK government-appointed minister for loneliness). You'll hear Joe explaining what we have to gain by starting up a conversation with a stranger - and practical, joyful, simple ways to connect with others. Even if you don't feel confident of your social skills, this conversation will leave you empowered to connect with others in a way that makes you feel good about yourself. This conversation is very powerful and may cause you to feel better about humanity and the world we live in. Let me know what you think! Do make sure you benefit from more connection and support by joining my Wellness Unwrapped community This is a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration - and cheer each other on! Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

I learnt so much about what it means to be a woman in this conversation with Sally Beaton. I just wish I'd learnt this when I was 15 rather than 50! Have a listen to Sally's wisdom on the meaning and power of the monthly cycles in a woman's life; why we are programmed to have regular rest; why we are NOT hormonal messes; why we are our own best doctors...and so much more. I promise that you'll think very differently about your right to everyday pleasures after listening to this! This really is one of the most life-changing conversations I've had and I regularly replay Sally's words in my head. Sally is the founder of Women With Sparkle. She's a women's holistic nutritionist, a coach, a speaker and the author of ‘Get Your Sparkle Back'. Sally coaches women all over the world to reach their full potential. She believes that every woman deserves to live with health, confidence, passion and purpose. Sally works with women struggling with their hormones, health or happiness and helps them to get back their inner and outer sparkle so they can truly shine in business and in life. You can find a video version of this conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIDWatbVCc You can find out more about Sally here: https://www.womenwithsparkle.com/ Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

Welcome to a brand new season of Wellness Unwrapped! To kick off season 3, I'm sharing some reflections I've had while on a break from the podcast and social media over the summer. You'll also hear how my reaction to finding a big, dead spider in my bed has inspired me! I hope it will inspire you too - and reassure you that you are making more progress than you might give yourself credit for. To celebrate the launch of this new season, I'm offering you the chance to win two, one-to-one sessions with me. Using functional medicine health coaching combined with EFT tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique), I'll help you to ditch the self-sabotage and move towards feeling happier, healthier, calmer, more energised - and comfortable in your own skin. All you need to do is click onto my Wellness Unwrapped Facebook community group and tell me something you've learnt from a previous episode that's had a positive impact on you. If you prefer, you can drop me a private message, or even make a quick video on your phone. I'll be picking a winner later this month (October 2021). Good luck! My Wellness Unwrapped community is a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here and email me via my website: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

In this solo episode, I share my thoughts on my time with someone who - having faced her own mortality - lives by a mantra that I'm also trying to adopt. Here's a link to an earlier episode (no. 25) "What I Learnt from a Stranger by the Sea", where I describe first meeting this wonderful lady: https://pod.co/wellness-unwrapped/what-i-learnt-from-a-stranger-by-the-sea This is the final episode in this season of Wellness Unwrapped as I'll be taking a break from recording over the summer. It's a great opportunity to catch up on any episodes you may have missed - or re-listen to any that particularly struck a chord with you. Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

This conversation is one which is engraved on my heart. It's with 92-year-old Eva Neumann, known to everyone as Bobby. Bobby is a survivor of Auschwitz. Her story is one you'll never forget. It's impossible not to be moved and inspired by her remarkable resilience, humour and lack of bitterness. Bobby was sent to Auschwitz as a 15-year-old. Her parents and two younger brothers were selected for the gas chambers, while she was put to work. In this episode, you'll hear the miraculous story of how she came to survive the Holocaust, having been abandoned in a pile of dead bodies - and why she ultimately decided to make the most of the life she had. You'll also hear why Bobby's testimony is needed now more than ever. This is an emotive episode and please be aware that it contains disturbing content. Here is a link to a video where you can watch Bobby share her full story (including how she gave a German soldier a diamond in exchange for a packet of salt.). You can also watch her return to Auschwitz with her family. https://www.aish.org.uk/resources/bobbys-story Please do share your thoughts and feelings about this episode. You can find me on the Wellness Unwrapped community, a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast. Join us here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/ I've included below translations of a few Hebrew words that Bobby uses, together with the timings of where they appear in the conversation: 18.00 mins: Shul = synagogue 25.28 mins: Levaya = funeral 31.34 mins: Shabbos = the Jewish sabbath 33.56 mins: Chollant = a slow-cooked dish traditionally eaten on the Sabbath lunch. Finally, here's a link to the National Holocaust Centre and Museum that I mention: https://www.holocaust.org.uk/ Thank you so much for listening.

As many of us find ourselves buckling under the weight of our responsibilities and struggling to keep up with the pace, I thought I'd share a bitesized episode to help us find our balance. Have a listen to a nugget of wisdom from my conversation with Terri Creeden. I chatted to Terri on episode 32 of Wellness Unwrapped which was called "Why we need to put ourselves first". Since then, I've reminded myself many times of her wise insight into juggling our many responsibilities. Terri is a certified executive coach, trainer and facilitator. Her most passionate work is in the areas of personal presence, self-worth and authenticity. She believes in embracing slowness in our lives and living and leading with courage. If you'd like to hear more from Terri, you can find the full version of this conversation here: https://pod.co/wellness-unwrapped/why-we-need-to-put-ourselves-first Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

Brace yourself for a thoroughly eye-opening conversation!! My chat with Julie Ryan has really transformed my view on many things. I found her explanation of what happens to us as we die to be particularly comforting. It has totally altered how I felt about people I knew who died of Covid in hospital, with nobody from their family with them. Julie is a psychic and medical intuitive. She can sense what medical conditions and illnesses a person has and facilitate energetic healings. She can communicate with spirits and can scan animals. She can access people's past lives - and lots more besides. She's author of “Angelic Attendants: What Really Happens As We Transition From This Life Into The Next” as well as books for children. She's also a businesswoman, an inventor, a podcaster and a serial entrepreneur. Julie has kindly offered to send listeners of Wellness Unwrapped a free copy of her books. Just email her at the website below and mention Wellness Unwrapped in your note: https://askjulieryan.com/ask-julie You can also find Julie here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/askjulieryan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askjulieryan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYtR_CBJeC6MKbzuQ2dd6A/featured You can find a video version of our conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9IK0K2pxlo&t=410s I'd really love to know what you took away from this episode. Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/ Lastly, here's a link to the Dhru Purohit podcast episode with Dr Jim Tucker that I mention in this conversation. It's on the research into children's accounts of previous lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHFyZYQAnD8

After many years of thinking about it, I've finally taken steps to sort my home's energy out! I was recently privileged to have Elizabeth Wells visit my house for a Feng Shui consultation. Elizabeth is an internationally accredited practitioner of the Feng Shui Society and an advanced practitioner of the Feng Shui Academy, having practised in the UK, France and the US.  I'm so excited to bring you this conversation with her because, as you'll hear, the whole experience has been very eye-opening for me! I love Elizabeth's straight-talking honesty. She pointed out many things to me that I really needed to hear as I was struggling to know where to start in getting on top of clearing my home. Amongst many things, you'll hear us discussing the effect of trapped negative energy on our wellbeing; dealing with clutter (a big problem for me personally!); the electro-magnetic fields that surround us; and how our environment can help us find our meaning in life. Elizabeth shares practical, achievable tips on how you can start to make your home a place of positive energy so that you feel your best under your own roof. You can find out more about Elizabeth at: http://www.harmonious-solutions.co.uk/feng-shui-consultant-cheshire/ I loved this conversation so much and think you will too! Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we can share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

Introducing Wellness Unwrapped bitesized! I'm always so happy to receive feedback about the podcast and have been asked by listeners to release mini-clips from guests on previous episodes. So here goes! As the world starts to open up to us again, I thought this was the perfect time to revisit a small slice of wisdom from Gillian Elizabeth. Gillian urges us to ditch our to-do-lists and our inhibitions...and allow ourselves to experience joy. Her words have been going around my head ever since I recorded this chat with her in February 2020 - and I can honestly say that I really needed to hear them. I think they'll strike a deep chord with you too. If you'd like to hear more from Gillian, you can find our full conversation in episode 4 of Wellness Unwrapped: https://pod.co/wellness-unwrapped/why-we-need-more-joy-and-how-to-get-it If you enjoy this mini format and would like to hear any more of them in the future, please let me know. Thank you! Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we can share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

I loved this very intimate chat with Dr Lucy Loveday, who's a true inspiration to me. You can't help but catch her infectious enthusiasm for being immersed in nature. In this conversation, we talk honestly about our spiritual relationship with nature - and Lucy gives you practical, simple ways that you can start to connect with nature and feel better. Lucy is particularly interested in the benefits of nature-based activity for mental health and wellbeing. It's something we dive deep into during this conversation, where Lucy shares how her father's mental health crisis when she was 11 has shaped her life's mission. Lucy is founder of Movement & The Mind® which showcases the latest research on the benefits of physical activity for mental health and brain development. A qualified GP and experienced medical educationalist, she is Regional Director for The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine. One of Lucy's many groundbreaking projects has involved her teaming up with The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall to develop a nature-based wellbeing programme. The Movement & The Mind virtual conference will take place on 18th June. Find out more details and book your place here: www.movementandthemind.co.uk   Folllow Lucy on Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/drlucyloveday/ Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we can share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

I honestly can't imagine what I'd do without essential oils. I use them throughout the house and in so many different ways - from inhaling them before I get out of bed in the morning, to the facial oil I use last thing at night. In this episode, I chat to Renée Hughes, a qualified aromatherapist and certified holistic health consultant. Renée helps people with issues ranging from anxiety to poor sleep, by empowering them to use essential oils, coupled with breath work and tapping. In this conversation, she shares how essential oils improve our physical, mental and emotional health and how they help with so many different conditions - from children with attention deficit issues to patients battling cancer. She also gives practical, easy tips on how you can start to benefit from these magical oils in your own day to day life. You can experience Renée's Mood Makeover Method here: https://thearomaspecialist.com/moodmakeover15minutes/ Follow her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thearomaspecialist/ Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we can share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

One thing I've learnt as a health coach is that being kind to ourselves works a whole lot better than beating ourselves up. In this episode, I chat to someone who brings this concept to life. Lynne Gill is a wise, funny and refreshingly straight-talking 69-year-old grandmother. Lynne has been married to her husband Jim for 50 years and had a long career in nursing (including as a paediatric nurse and health visitor) before retiring. She adores making all sorts of creative, colourful things; listening to and playing music; singing (especially along with a crowd in the pub); and dancing. When she contacted me six months ago, she wasn't doing any of those things. She was stuck in feelings of hopelessness, low mood and self-recrimination - beating herself up about her weight, her Type 2 diabetes, her ADD, her sedentary lifestyle - and, most of all, the fact that she couldn't get herself motivated to make the changes she knew she needed to make. Six months on, Lynne has got her mojo back. She's passionately engaged in all her hobbies and is enjoying looking after her own health, including meditating and moving every day. In this insightful, warm-hearted conversation, Lynne and I chat about self-compassion, self-acceptance, the therapeutic power of music and colour in getting healthy - and lots more. I know you'll love listening to Lynne as much as I did. She really is a one-off. I hope this conversation encourages you to shift your view of getting healthy - and inspires you to choose compassionate self-talk over self-critisism. I hope it also encourages you to see gentle, creative activities as a wonderful, effective way to get yourself on the path to feeling vibrant, calm and healthy. Do make sure you've joined the Wellness Unwrapped Facebook group, where you can find Lynne (and many other like-minded people) sharing their honesty and encouragement. You can join us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

This episode is a very meaty conversation with an inspirational woman who unashamedly uses her gifts to the full and pursues her dreams - and who encourages others to do the same. Caroline Britton is an intuitive and transformational coach and an expert in helping people to fulfil their potential. In this conversation, we go deep into manifesting what we truly want in life - and how to use the simple act of writing down our thoughts as a means to transform our lives. We also talk about our attitudes to wealth and the self-limiting blocks that so often get in the way of our flourishing financially and in every other area of our life. I really loved this conversation and have listened to it several times since recording it as Caroline ended up giving me personal advice on it! Caroline spent 14 years at a global consultancy and now uses her incredibly strong intuition for helping people - and her ability to be able to feel what they feel.  She's mother to two small children, the owner of a successful, multiple-six-figure business and she runs numerous business and life-changing programs. She's been published in The Telegraph, Red Magazine and Forbes. For more information on Caroline, head to www.caroline-britton.com, follow her on Instagram @carolinebrittoncoaching or join her free Facebook group by searching for Caroline Britton.  If you'd like to go into the summer feeling calmer, lighter, more positive about yourself and with more energy, join me on my upcoming Wellness Unwrapped Six-Week Programme: https://courses.peppermintwellness.co.uk/courses/the-wellness-unwrapped-6-week-programme Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we can share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

As I've just turned 50, I thought I'd take the opportunity to pause and reflect on some of the big lessons that now shape my life. In this very personal episode, I share thoughts on what I've learnt - and what has allowed me to go from burnt-out and floundering at 40 to (mostly!) calm, positive and fulfilled at 50. I really hope my experiences and reflections strike a chord with you. Having suffered the effects of workplace stress, one of my big missions is to empower other people to self-calm and manage their own stress and anxiety. I'm holding a free masterclass called "How to Unlock Your Inner Calm" on 17th March, where I'll be sharing the simple but powerful practices that I do every day to ground myself and increase my emotional resilience. Sign up here to join me: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/how-to-unlock-your-inner-calm/ Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we can share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/

This episode marks the first anniversary of the Wellness Unwrapped podcast – and I’m so grateful to have you joining me as a listener. My guest for my anniversary episode is not a famous doctor or an author. Alice Hendy is someone who you won’t have heard of - but who I think deserves to be heard the world over. The topic of this episode is very different from what you may have come to expect from this podcast. Though it’s not something that I’d ever planned on tackling, I honestly believe it’s the most important and urgent conversation that I’ve shared to date. Alice throws a spotlight on something that is tearing more and more families apart: suicide. As you’ll hear, internet searches for how to kill yourself are soaring during this pandemic – and our young people are particularly at risk. It's something I'm acutely conscious of, following a spate of suicides amongst my son's fellow students at university. Alice’s brother, Josh took his own life on 25th November 2020. He was 21 years old. Following Josh’s death, Alice has made it her mission to ensure that more support is given to individuals in mental health crisis who are searching for harmful content online. She has leveraged her expertise in IT and cyber security to create Ripple Suicide Prevention. Through Ripple, someone in the depths of despair will be urged to seek the mental health support that they deserve and need, in a way that works best for them. Although this conversation is deeply moving, you'll hear that Alice is also sharing an inspiring message of hope that lives can be spared. You can find out more about Alice's work here, plus how to contact her and how to help with crowdfunding. www.ripplesuicideprevention.com info@ripplesuicideprevention.com https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ripplesuicideprevention Please do support Alice by following her on her social media pages: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ripplesuicideprevention Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rippletools Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ripplesuicideprevention/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-hendy-ripple-suicide-prevention-87a486202/ Here is a leaflet which Alice has produced to help parents protect their kids from some of the dangers that are now horrifyingly common online. https://www.ripplesuicideprevention.com/programs-6 Do make sure you've joined my Wellness Unwrapped community - a Facebook group for listeners of this podcast, where we can share thoughts, tips and inspiration. Join here: www.Facebook.com/groups/wellnessunwrapped You can also find me here: https://peppermintwellness.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeppermintWellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peppermintwellness/ Please be aware that the content of this podcast is upsetting and is not suitable for children.