The Journey To Self Love Through Self Care: Recent Episodes
Amy Mercado
A journey through self love through self care. I will be sharing my journey and others on how to be the best versions of ourselves. We will be covering nutrition, exercise, yoga, holistic treatments, crystal healing, plant medicine, astrology and soooo much more!
In today's episode I am joined by the delightful Emily Turvey aka The Empowered Woman, Human Design Coach, Flow Dance Facilitator, Yoga Instructor & Festival Steward Manager.
In 2017 Emily went through a dark challenging time which the Universe shifted her direction in life, guiding Emily to study Human Design for the past 7 years, expanding her connection to self through her learnings.
Join us as we explore the world of Human Design, getting to know some of the fundamentals of this fascinating synthesis of ancient and modern sciences that reveals your energy type, strengths, challenges and life purpose. We explore how Human Design can also attract certain types of relationships into our lives and how to bring ourselves back into alignment when getting to know who we are whilst breaking free from societal conditioning.
Plus Emily shares some of her self care practices that have supported her through these roller coaster years navigating through grief and other emotions, connecting her to compassion and self love, opening another doorway to becoming a Flow Dance Meditation Facilitator.
We also share how our relationship to our bodies, emotions and energy have been changing since childhood and how we work through these at the moment.
Connect more to Emily here:
@em.powered.woman
https://linktr.ee/em_powered_choices
Connect more to Amy here:
@themercadomethod
www.themercadomethod
Utube: https://www.youtube.com/@themercadomethod
Latest breathplay and meditation here:
https://youtube.com/live/649eorJiEYY?feature=share
Letting Go Yin Yoga and Meditation -: https://youtu.be/SL5f2vMWhAA?si=63nRz0-5qE-GtHQQ
In today's episode I am joined by the upbeat passionate Dr Derrick Hines who specialises in helping people get out of pain and improve their overall health, quality of life and increase life expectancy.
At 19 Derrick was at college as an Athlete and his life took a sudden turn around where he was diagnosed with a heart condition that baffled doctors. Derrick shares how he found his own way back to health that has now become his mission to help others take control back of their physical, mental and emotional health. We dive into simple steps that can create sustainable long term health and well-being benefits covering the impact of sleep, natural sunlight, stress management, movement and more.
Derrick shares his principles of the pillars of physical health: Strength, Cardiovascular, Stability and Mobility and how they can impact quality and longevity of life, turning them into super powers to reconnecting to our bodies innate wisdom. Plus revealing some shocking results that strength can reveal mortality rates in women. We also chat about signals that our bodies have been trying to communicate with us and how pain can be the gateway to access what we truly need to support and nurture our bodies vs taking a pill to make it "go away." Check out Derrick's Podcast Pain & Performance here:
http://www.derrickhines.com/
To connect more to Amy:
Insta: @themercadomethod
Utube: https://www.youtube.com/@themercadomethod
Latest breathplay and meditation here:
https://youtu.be/flx-iK89vKI
Letting Go Yin Yoga and Meditation -: https://youtu.be/SL5f2vMWhAA?si=63nRz0-5qE-GtHQQ
In today's episode I am joined by free spirit Lauren Wright (nee Kennedy), Gymnast, Ashtanga Yoga Teacher, Only Fans Content Creator and Rescue Animal Trainer. Lauren has transformed her life over these past 4 years from being desperately unhappy to now living her best life on the Gold Coast Australia. Lauren's world changed when she took a chance on following a connection through instagram that has opened her world to finding love plus creating financial freedom through social media, vulnerability and confidence.
Lauren experienced total energy loss, experiencing adrenal fatigue and having to slow down and allow her body to recover over the years. Lauren speaks about her experience with anxiety, panic attacks and unexpressed grief that suddenly appeared after years of supressed emotions.
Lauren also recently underwent surgery and shares her journey of stage 3 endometriosis, fibroids and fertility and how this has reframed her beliefs and thoughts around motherhood, love and relationships.
Plus we explore our favourite self care tips and where may be next to explore next.
Connect more to Lauren here:
Insta: @Laurenannekennedy_
https://msha.ke/laurenannekennedy
To connect more to Amy:
Insta: @themercadomethod
Utube: https://www.youtube.com/@themercadomethod
Latest breathplay and meditation here:
https://youtu.be/flx-iK89vKI
Letting Go Yin Yoga and Meditation -: https://youtu.be/SL5f2vMWhAA?si=63nRz0-5qE-GtHQQ
In today's episode I am joined by the uplifting wise Ayla Nova, Yoga Instructor, Yoga Nidra Practitioner, Utuber and Mentor.
Ayla shares her vulnerable journey with being suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer and how the practice of Yoga Nidra supported her back to a full recovery. From being barely able to move her body and learning to walk again, Yoga Nidra became the practice that helped Ayla shift her entire mindset around self acceptance, death and being present. We explore how Yoga Nidra helped Ayla learn to explore her emotions, express herself and gain a deeper understanding of her connection to self as well as the world.
Join us we explore the practice of Yoga Nidra and how this practice can create liberation of limiting beliefs, supressed emotions, repressed memories and much more. We also cover what self care practices are important to Ayla, plus what began Ayla's Yoga journey to then travelling to India to become a Yoga Teacher and much more.
To connect more to Ayla:
Insta @aylanovanidra
Utube: https://www.youtube.com/@AylaNovaNidra
My personal favourite: https://youtu.be/MAsSr5rcMsc?si=hkcLnP_W0Z9t1oxe
To connect more to Amy:
Insta: @themercadomethod
Utube: https://www.youtube.com/@themercadomethod
Breathplay and Nidra - Courage:
https://www.youtube.com/live/wkJ4vHsHf9Y?si=H0qyOq_cYXaX_8H8
Letting Go Yin Yoga and Meditation -: https://youtu.be/SL5f2vMWhAA?si=63nRz0-5qE-GtHQQ
Get comfy, lay down and come join this breathplay with a yoga nidra. Not to be done when driving or operating machinery! Not suitable for epilepsy or pregnancy. Breathplay and Yoga Nidra has completely transformed my life. They have transformed my relationship to myself and others, tools that have created freedom around anxiety, sleep and over thinking.
This session was inspired after our last episode Sleep, Melatonin and Boundaries where I share how pre 2020 I was heavily reliant on medication, weed and supplements to aid my sleep. I would struggle to fall asleep, wake up frequently through the night, tossing and turning plus feeling like sh*t the next day. My anxiety was sky high and I was on the verge of what felt like another breakdown. In Sept 2020 I was blessed enough to have a close friend encourage me to try a video that literally changed my life overnight which gave me the strength to make the changes that have led me to now to falling asleep naturally, sleep through the night and wake up feeling energised and ready for the day.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amy-mercado/episodes/The-Journey-of-Self-Love-through-Self-Care-Sleep--Boundaries-and-Melatonin-e28d110
Recommended books to explore that changed my life:
Breathe by James Nestor
The Feel Good Factor by Patrick Holford
Episode: Grief, Fear & Faith: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Tgf8zFZw3LdGWj1FsRtCy?si=gbxb7srrRBqd-jFbSwYD0g
Episode with Coach Sam Clever that explores more around the importance of sleep: https://open.spotify.com/episode/281FAPzNDSxV0r4RxaP1aH?si=rqYguOT9Tnm5Q6W2rU1pWw
Recommended Essential Oils: Doterra - contact Sally (essential oil goddess) @natures_divinexx
Wim Hof Beginners video that I began my journey with: https://youtu.be/0BNejY1e9ik?si=93QAp6sdevEEwH_J
A more gentle Wim Hof video I recorded: https://youtu.be/ODd6ArVLNZs
5 min Box Breathing: https://youtu.be/aPYmZOhJF5Q?si=oo75mgEAV6QnQxOJ
Mixture of breathing exercises with Nidra (30 mins) https://youtube.com/live/6Kkq81DBgHs?feature=share
Anxiety Reducing Hack video: https://youtu.be/cJNKzXQgsok?si=8fAag4kuJodvoMdR
Letting Go Yin Yoga and Meditation -: https://youtu.be/SL5f2vMWhAA?si=63nRz0-5qE-GtHQQ
40 min Breathplay and Yoga Nidra: https://youtube.com/live/TNuC1Ki8pgM?feature=share
15 min Yoga Nidra: https://www.youtube.com/live/W0iFff1er3Y?si=KWC6bbT5W9evGzCD
Video to Beat vitamin D deficiency with mushrooms: https://youtu.be/FWpvHYJMd_w?si=FImuY2DNdH7yh5tG
Insta: @themercadomethod
Join 30 days of Summer Sessions here for a variety of breathing sessions, meditations and yoga sessions: https://www.youtube.com/live/jfobloX8ycc?si=JUDY7chuvAzuWTN3
Website: www.themercadomethod.co.uk
In today's episode I am joined by the inspiring playful Carlos Mundalah - Music Writer, Music Producer, Ceremonial Facilitator and Ecstatic Dancer. Music and sound is Carlos' main focus on life, bridging self growth, respect to indigenous cultures, personal processes and respect to life through music, movement and sound creations. Carlos has incredibly self taught himself to play instruments from his early teens. Despite coming from a non-musical family and originally studying Bio-Medical Engineering, Carlos pursued his passion of music and sound which in time has led him to writing, producing and publishing over 100 songs! These songs allowed supressed emotions to release through exploring music and in time led him to now working with ceremonial songs for healing and expansion.
I first encountered Carlos' magical music compositions during an online Mandala Yoga Teacher course with The Yoga People where Carlos was delivering live music during the yoga flows which complimented the practices to create a beautiful meditative trance during the flows. Carlos shares how he creates his music for different intentions and emotions from rapping, to singing and releasing. Carlos is so creative and has spent years experimenting intuitively to opening to sound therapy through his voice which he shares how this has changed his connection to his body and consciousness plus how he now teaches others to connect to their inner power through sound. We explore how our voices, emotions and movement have been supressed by societies to now finding that freedom through using our voices and body's wisdom and play. Carlos also shares about sweat lodges, medicine ceremonies, traditional Indian ecstatic dancing, expressing rage and more.
Connect more to Carlos here: https://linktr.ee/Mundalah
Insta: @Mundalahutube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarlosMundalah/about
Medicine Online Voice Workshop: https://www.intuah.com/informacion-del-evento/medicine-voice-online-workshop
Mixcloud full mixes here: https://www.mixcloud.com/mundalah/
My fave mix.... https://www.mixcloud.com/mundalah/mundalah-water-day-slow-n-sensual-yoga-mandala-music-80min-75-85bpm/
To connect more to Amy: @themercadomethod
Interested in joining Amy's classes: www.themercadomethod.co.uk
Utube: https://www.youtube.com/@themercadomethod/about
In todays episode I share my journey of sleep with tips and ideas to get a deeper more blissful sleep plus ways to support our bodies to produce sleep hormones and happy hormones naturally. Even if we fall asleep quickly, trying some of these ideas may help you get into a deeper cycle, create more joy around sleep and boost our happy hormones. This is a mixture of science and holistic approaches that you may like to explore. Perhaps grab a pen and paper to jot down some tips and reflect on your sleep hygiene. Sleep helps with our memory, immune systems, our relationships ( to self & others), boosts fertility, slows our aging process plus so much more!
Pre 2020 I was heavily reliant on medication, weed and supplements to aid my sleep. I would struggle to fall asleep, wake up frequently through the night, tossing and turning plus feeling like sh*t the next day. My anxiety was sky high and I was on the verge of what felt like another breakdown. In Sept 2020 I was blessed enough to have a close friend encourage me to try a video that literally changed my life overnight which gave me the strength to make the changes that have led me to now to falling asleep naturally, sleep through the night and wake up feeling energised and ready for the day.
I dive into ways to create our own sleep hormone naturally, ways to make bedtime sacred for you, ways to regulate our nervous system and much more.
Recommended books to explore that changed my life:
Breathe by James Nestor
The Feel Good Factor by Patrick Holford
Episode: Grief, Fear & Faith: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Tgf8zFZw3LdGWj1FsRtCy?si=gbxb7srrRBqd-jFbSwYD0g
Episode with Coach Sam Clever that explores more around the importance of sleep: https://open.spotify.com/episode/281FAPzNDSxV0r4RxaP1aH?si=rqYguOT9Tnm5Q6W2rU1pWw
Recommended Yoga Nidra for Sleep and Insomnia with Ayla Nova: https://spotify.link/dlewPc6MTDb
Recommended Essential Oils: Doterra - contact Sally (essential oil goddess) @natures_divinexx
Wim Hof Beginners video that I began my journey with: https://youtu.be/0BNejY1e9ik?si=93QAp6sdevEEwH_J
A more gentle Wim Hof video I recorded: https://youtu.be/ODd6ArVLNZs
5 min Box Breathing: https://youtu.be/aPYmZOhJF5Q?si=oo75mgEAV6QnQxOJ
Mixture of breathing exercises with Nidra (30 mins) https://youtube.com/live/6Kkq81DBgHs?feature=share
Anxiety Reducing Hack video: https://youtu.be/cJNKzXQgsok?si=8fAag4kuJodvoMdR
Letting Go Yin Yoga and Meditation -: https://youtu.be/SL5f2vMWhAA?si=63nRz0-5qE-GtHQQ
40 min Breathplay and Yoga Nidra: https://youtube.com/live/TNuC1Ki8pgM?feature=share
15 min Yoga Nidra: https://www.youtube.com/live/W0iFff1er3Y?si=KWC6bbT5W9evGzCD
Video to Beat vitamin D deficiency with mushrooms: https://youtu.be/FWpvHYJMd_w?si=FImuY2DNdH7yh5tG
Insta: @themercadomethod
Join 30 days of Summer Sessions here for a variety of breathing sessions, meditations and yoga sessions: https://www.youtube.com/live/jfobloX8ycc?si=JUDY7chuvAzuWTN3
Website: www.themercadomethod.co.uk
In today's episode I am joined by the wise & bold Kayley Colligan - Angelic Reiki Master, Women's Circle Facilitator, wife and mum of 2 plus co-running Simply Spiritual Healing Business and event organising in Wakefield.
Kayley's spiritual journey began as she entered motherhood to her 1st daughter Eleanor which had its own challenges navigating new parenthood yet overall was a smooth and comfortable journey, however after the birth of their 2nd child, Kayley went through 8 months of undiagnosed postnatal depression, Kayley shares her experiences around this time and how past generations of womb trauma came to a head for her to feel, explore and work through. Kayley shares her journey with breast feeding and how outside influences can impact beliefs and experiences with feeding.
Kayley was parentified during her childhood growing up in an abusive family home and left home in her teens which led to severe anxiety and suicidal thoughts, feeling no sense of life purpose and reason to be here. Kayley's mindset shifted after finding out she was pregnant which then led to finding her confidence to sing and hold ceremonial space as her spiritual journey began. Kayley's husband Paul trained with Ceremonial Cacao which then opened new avenues for their lives.
Kayley is now seeking to find balance with family life, exploring running and creating business ventures, connecting to spirit and being of service to humanity. Kayley shares her experiences with motherhood, getting to re-know herself through this chapter of life, how mantra and journaling helped through challenges around food, control and post natal depression. We also chat about how we are learning to connect to our feminine energy, connecting to our bodies and our senses.
Plus catch Kayley singing at the end of the episode and join in with your voice too.
Please note if you are squeamish there is some sensitive material shared
To connect more with Kayley:
https://simplyspiritualhealing.co.uk/
Insta: @simply_spiritual_healing
To connect more with Amy:
www.themercadomethod.co.uk
Interested in joining our FREE 30 Summer Sessions of fitness, yoga, breathplay, meditation and more? Head over to utube here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiQxa14g4GrnH5myJ4K_bRWyeAN3StdLX
In today's episode I am joined by the sincere, open Leanne Kift aka LK Reiki, DJ, Reiki Practioner, Tarot Reader, Boxer and Event Organiser. Leanne is also Co creator of Get Om It (Sober Ravin') plus Operations Manager at The Healing House Leeds.
Headphones recommended for listening*
Leanne has totally transformed her life after having a nervous breakdown in her 20's after years of partying, djing, drugs and overworking caught up with her, bringing her life to a grinding halt for year. Leanne's life began to shift after being encouraged by a close friend to go and watch a reiki session taking place which began her Spiritual Journey. This one Reiki Session awoke something inside of Leanne leading her to explore a path of holistic healing which opened her to connect deeper through her music and intuition to now sharing her knowledge and experiences with others through online and in-person events, helping others unlock their creativity and gifts from within.
Leanne shares her experiences with her fears of public speaking plus how volunteering at Stone Cold Sober Festival has helped her confidence plus led her to collaborating with others which has led to unleashing an abundance of spiritual creativity. Leanne opens up to how breathwork and lucid dreaming has helped her free herself from past trauma and step into her power. Leanne's motivation and drive continues to evolve as she explores the world of boxing which has also deepened her connection to her son which is now stronger than ever.
To connect more to Leanne:
Insta: @leannekift
Listen to Lk Discotech Mix by LK on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/XaLBJ
To connect more with Amy:
Insta: @themercadomethod
Join our FREE 30 Summer Sessions here: https://youtube.com/live/tGe566u52N8?feature=share
In today's episode I am joined by the witty talented Danny Lestuzzi aka Bongo Boy who shares his heart warming transformational journey with drumming his way back to health and wellbeing his sharing his magical drumming to others all over the UK.
Danny was stuck and feeling alone in a bubble of grief, depression and anxiety after the passing of his Grandma and his Dad which led to spiralling patterns of alcohol, drugs, food binges, isolating himself which led to a nervous breakdown in 2018.
Realising that something needed to change, taking time away from work, Danny began connecting to his local community exploring alternative healing modalities with Reiki and Breathwork. With the support of his close friend Tam, Danny was encouraged to volunteer at Stone Cold Sober Festival in 2022 which then snowballed into other conscious sober festivals. Danny got pulled into a drumming circle which instantly changed his world to begin his drumming journey with Drumbelina (his Djembe African Drum).
Danny has now explored alternative ways of healing such as breathwork, cold water therapy, men's circles and much more which has opened him up to connecting to the power of vulnerability of connecting to sharing his voice and emotions which has been a guide/ tool to help him begin to navigate through what he had been repressing.
Having a tough split in his family life from the age of 6 being torn between the UK and Italy, Danny shares his experience of being split with family life and how over the years it had hardened his emotional connection to himself and others.
Danny shares his insights, wisdom and a tips for exploring different modalities for wellbeing, navigating emotions and learning about our true self.
A massive shoutout to all those at Stone Cold Sober that began this incredible journey and Danny would like to personally thank Joanna, Liam, Paulina and Jake for being such a huge part of this for him.
Read Danny's Bongo Boy Article here:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/bangs-drums-former-corrie-actor-26413532
Connect more to Danny here: @findbongoboy
Connect more to Amy: @themercadomethod
Interested in joining our online course connecting, harmonising and resetting? An experience of breathwork, yoga and more. Full selection of courses here:
www.themercadomethod.co.uk
Try 30 Summer Sessions free on utube, including 10-15 minute sessions of breath, stretching, workouts, meditations and more. Link below:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiQxa14g4GrnH5myJ4K_bRWyeAN3StdLX
In today's episode I am joined by Sam Cleaver, Men (& Women's) Health & Performance Coach, an expert on health, hormones and lifestyle. Sam has been coaching for over 8 years, travelling globally educating himself to help others optimise their physical, cognitive & leadership performance to achieve all-encompassing success.
We dive into the harsh truths that many of us have been chronically undereating for decades, which has in turn taken a toll on our metabolisms and affecting our health and performance. Sam shares his knowledge and experience with ways to restore optimum health, balance hormones and connect intuitively to our own individual bodies. We discuss the truth about how our external environment is elevating stress levels and creating confusing signals for us to know our bodies, what we truly need to reconnect to ourselves and respect our basic needs such as sleep and rest for true recovery. Sam shares ways to naturally boost dopamine levels exploring alternatives to promote deep rest in short spaces of time when our energy may slump vs reaching for stimulants and stressing the body out for a "quick hit". We tap into how habitual patterns can be dictating our behaviours, emotions and beliefs and how we can recalibrate these with practice and patience of visualisation supported by getting our foundations of sleep and rest. We also share the importance of learning to trust ourselves through exploration, coaching and application as well as the importance of making ourselves a priority in this modern day world.
**Please note this episode was recorded in early Spring.
To connect more with Sam:
https://hoo.be/coachsamcleaver
insta: @optimisedmale
To connect more with Amy:
insta: @themercadomethod
Breathwork & yoga nidra:
https://www.youtube.com/live/Z3J-zsXqY7c?feature=share
10 min yoga nidra:
https://youtu.be/ApQ9NovgnA4
In today's episode I am joined by the fiesty, fun, passionate Panna Vekaria, an Intuitive Artist & Facilitator that works intuitively with her work and clients to co-create with divine to produce pieces of artwork as an expression of their soul's blueprint as well also creating safe spaces for group sessions where clients can create their own intuitive spiritual artwork.
Her spiritual experiences began from around 7 years old, experiencing a lonely scary childhood that supressed her creativity and uniqueness until her late teens/ early 20s, feeling that she did not quite belong despite having a loving home, something felt like it was missing. After going through a marriage breakdown, recovering from a brain tumour and having twins, Panna found the confidence to slowly allow herself to flow with her creative skills that she then stepped away from a corporate job to rediscovering herself through life experiences, music, art and meditation.
Her strength and resilience from her youth helped Panna move through such intense periods, making tough decisions to ensure she could finally put herself first, allowing whatever was needed to flow to her, connecting her to source and uniting with her spiritual team, alongside the love from her children to guide and support her to follow her heart.
Panna shares how she came back into alignment with her soul's purpose, shedding past relationships, jobs and facing her fears after being encouraged and supported by friends to play around with instagram and the online world which has helped her attract the right people to grow and nurture her soul-led business and live a life that nourishes her heart and children. Panna has explored her curiousity through books, nature, life experiences and moving now with the Seasons which has deepened her connection to herself and her children.
Panna shares how she listens and communicates with her children so they feel heard, seen and loved. We also explore boundaries, the importance of spending time with yourself, the power of learning to say no and learning to soothe ourselves through challenging experiences. Panna now flows with life, dedicating time for herself daily, and truly loves, appreciates and shows up for herself, sharing tips and ideas to love who you are inside and out.
To connect more with Panna:
Insta: @Panna_Vakaria.Art
Healing Art Workshop Book Here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healing-art-workshop-tickets-585910904287?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshwebdesktop
Get Your Creative Flow on with Panna's recommendation playlist selection:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2oG4EYO4JcFzRyzcEeqj39?si=9aa6e70cb79f4c98
To connect more with Amy:
Insta: @themercadomethod
Head over to www.themercadomethod.co.uk to join LIVE & recorded sessions of yoga, fitness, breathwork and so much more!
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Explore this intermediate playful breathflow to invite some curiosity, play and joy into you. By connecting to the breath, mixing conscious breathing with conscious thinking and conscious connection to our inner world, we can have profound experiences from within to without and our life to go in any direction that we would like.
*Please do not participate in this practice when driving or operating heavy machinery
Interested in trying a longer session? https://youtube.com/live/3OXLPaNiSNM?feature=share
Want to deepen your practice? Come join us for a variety of yoga, breath, journalling and more:https://www.themercadomethod.co.uk/challenges
Find me on instagram: @themercadomethod
Regular Breathwork can bring real change to your life including enhanced moods, boosted immune system, lowered stress and inflammation, better focus, more energy, detoxification and the list goes on. My guiding voice mixed with the rhythmic music really helps to go deeper into a state of relaxation and bliss. So if you want the full experience, wear headphones and be in a quiet comfortable place. Perhaps have a journal also to spend some time after the session with you.
Safety Disclaimer:All information provided by this channel is only for educational and entertainment purposes. Amy is not responsible for any losses, liabilities, injuries or damages resulting from any and all claims as a result of the information or advice given in these videos. . If you partake in this breathing session, you agree that you do so at your own risk, are voluntarily participating in these sessions, assume all risk of injury to yourself.Do not practice this breathwork during pregnancy, or if you are epileptic. People with cardiovascular issues, or any other serious health conditions, should always consult a medical professional before starting breathwork. These breathing exercises are a guide only, you should always listen to your own body and not push yourself, if you feel unwell stop. Never practice breathing exercises before or during diving, driving, swimming, taking a bath, or in any other circumstance where the loss of consciousness could result in physical injury. These breathing techniques may cause tingling sensations, a ringing in the ears, and/or dizziness in the head. If you feel any of these responses, don't panic it is completely normal. If you faint, however, you have gone too far and should take it more slowly next time.
Today's flavoursome guest is Rach Cox - yoga instructor, stand up comedian and Om & Bass Creator. Rach has transformed her life from once being a lawyer at one of the largest law firms in the world to birthing the UK's first wellness festival. After many years of self harming, party drugs, medication, mental health challenges and a breakdown, Rach's mum encouraged Rach to go to India to explore Yoga to become less 'fighty' which began her journey of self respect and self love through Yoga, Pranayama and Yoga Philosophies.
Rach has practised martial arts most of her life and now spends 2-3 months in Thailand Muay Thai Training as well as other practices to regenerate between retreats, festivals and events. Rach has always had a way of being down to earth with her Spiritual Journey which then led her to being encouraged by the Wim Hoff daughters to step into stand up comedy.
Join us for this quirky heart felt episode as we dive balls deep into Rach's journey. Warning please expect explicit language and laughter.
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insta: @omandbass
wim hof beginners video: https://youtu.be/0BNejY1e9ik
To connect more with Amy:
www.themercadomethod.co.uk
insta: @themercadomethod
Join our latest course Patience, Presence, Peace & Play here:
https://www.themercadomethod.co.uk/challenges
10 min Breathplay: https://youtube.com/live/29OLpHYZV-E
In todays episode I am joined by the inspiring Jote-Prakash Singh, Kundalini Yoga Teacher/Facilitator, Podcaster, Author, Festival and Course Creator. At 18 Jote-Prakash began a Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Course, fully immersing himself into the process which led him to shed all his old coping mechanisms (weed, sugar, alcohol, porn) leading him to break away from his once familiar life to connect him to conscious sober communities and totally transform his life. Jote-Prakash shares his experiences and how this has now led to him creating his own conscious festivals, space holding courses and developing practices to bring a grounded approach of altered states to interweave into everyday life.
Jote-Prakash shares about his next upcoming book around commitment, discipline and devotion and how after learning to commit to 40 day and even 1000 day practices has taught him to utilise these philosophies into all different aspects of his life including creating his first published book 'The Big Trip'. Jote-Prakash shares about his book, the link between psychosis and his spiritual awakening after his own personal journey of psychosis at the age of 17 and how he re-entered the world with a more grounded approach. Joe-Prakash shares moments that led him to create and share his story which with heart, humour and honesty.
We also explore our experiences around learning to receive, communication, community and more.
To connect more with Jote-Prakash:https://linktr.ee/JotePrakash
Upcoming Inspiro Course:https://www.joteprakashsingh.co.uk/inspiro-space-holders
The Big Trip:https://www.joteprakashsingh.co.uk/product-page
In today's episode I am joined by the attentive Fahrah Gulamhusein, a Heart Led Coach aka Professional Listener who's gifts include holding and opening space to see the unseen in us, and hear the unheard in us so we can navigate the BIG questions in life & love. Fahrah’s Purpose is to be a ‘powerhouse of light and love for herself and those around her’, her Vision is for everyone to have the opportunity to live a life that is filled with meaning, inspiration and joy.
Fahrah took up an opportunity to head up work around Purpose shortly after having her second child which led her to finding a path that helps people re-Earth who they once were at 7 years old before conditioning and society took over, guiding us to go within to begin this exploration of purpose including delving into:
What Do You Love Doing?
What You Can't Help Be Brilliant At?
And What The World Needs?
We explore topics such as what is purpose, what purpose means to us, how to to reflect on pivotal moments as tools and anchors for this exploration of who I am, why am I here and what's my next steps? We dive into myths around purpose, the pressure we can put on ourselves when moving into this topic and how relationships with ourselves and others has the power to unlock unhealthy dynamics to liberate ourselves. We explore how as a society we can take responsibility to learn to love, accept and forgive ourselves aswell as learning to truly listen to ourselves and others. Plus tips, books and ideas to guide self discovery, inner conflict and embrace all of who we are in each and every moment.
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Heart Inquiry Breathwork & Zen Bliss Meditation:
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In today's episode I am joined with the fabulous Shakti Tracy who is a Breathwork Facilitator, Shamanic Practitioner and Energy Healer. Shakti Tracy experienced deep trauma from a young age and found her way to energy healing after briefly trying medication and counselling, waking up to realising we have choices with holistic therapies rather than one shoe fits all approach in the medical world.
Shakti Tracy later experienced a big life shift after a 15 year relationship suddenly broke down, exploring being a single parent and learning to look after herself, leading her to finding breathwork which led Shakti Tracy to bringing these practices to the northeast of England despite her life unravelling in the background. Lockdown then opened Shakti Tracy to expanding online despite her original fear of being on camera to now being all over the Globe and now facilitating Breathwork Teacher Training.
We share how going online has shifted so many blocks around being seen, heard and received. We discuss our experiences and views of Spirituality, the Human Experience and Altered Consciousness. How Breathwork has opened us up to transform ourselves on such deep levels, creating safety, connections and magic from within ourselves to expand our outer worlds, Unity Consciousness and more. What Shamanic Journeying can open us to, tap into our subconscious and imagination plus how we can create activism within us to guide us and support us day to day as well as a portal to our unknown.
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Something for you to enjoy to celebrate our Spring Equinox & Aries New Moon. From my heart to yours, love and light, Amy
Get cosy and come join me as I take you through a gentle breathwork with a guided a meditation to welcome our Spring Equinox & Aries New Moon. We finish with a beautiful sound bath to relax in our own energy.
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In todays episode I am joined with Adam Slawson, Personal Freedom Coach, Entrepreneur and Creator of Plight Club. Plight Club's mission is to change the attitude towards vulnerability to increase real human connection.
In Jan 2019 after going through a tough breakup, Adam was living with his version of hell with months of severe anxiety, sleeping barely 2 hours a night and even turning a weird shade of grey! Adam decided it was time to make a change and took a leap of faith, leaving the UK exploring many different practices to free himself of control and fear of abandonment. Adam took himself to Thailand to explore many types of practices to open his heart and learn about his emotions, behaviours and how to connect to himself and the wisdom to his body.
Adam began noticing his anxiety around 14 years old however as we were not taught about our emotions it was just something that became the norm with his anxiety attacks into adulthood. Adam always wanted to fit in at school which then led to exploring drinking, smoking as outlets before going to university, choosing to study what his head told him vs his hearts desires. Adam shares how he began to thread through his processes that kept him going through his exploration of his anxiety to connect the dots to liberate from old patterns of behaviour and find freedom while riding the waves of life.
We explore attachment styles, behaviours in relationships, sabotage and safety. How our language can keep us stuck or free us. Letting go of labelling and practicing vulnerability and discomfort to experience sensation and feeling alive. How slowing down to feel experiences, make space for our emotions can help us take the next steps in life.
Interested in connecting more with Adam?
https://www.adamslawson.com/
insta: @plightclubhq
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For more info on attachment styles podcast episode with Thomas:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amy-mercado/episodes/The-Journey-of-Self-Love-through-Self-Care-Ep40---Thomas-Westenholz---Zensensa---Love-is-a-Skill-e1lv1ln
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Today's guest is the wonderful Tallulah Rendall - Songstress (6 albums), Creative Facilitator, Qi Gong and Sound Bath Meditation Therapist. Tallulah has been crowd funding and touring all over the globe since the 2000's, creating and producing songs, books and more. Tallulah's 6 albums have ranged from rock n roll, electronia, acoustic guitar, harp and mantra whilst her journey to health unravelled over her journey of wellbeing.
Back in 2010 Tallulah had completely burnt out, riddled with anxiety, constantly on antibiotics and experiencing suicidal thoughts when she began to explore how to look after her health through nutrition, acupuncture, qi gong and chinese medicine. This led Tallulah to exploring and fusing Qi Gong with Voice Activation to create Voice Empowerment and Awaken Your Creative Self workshops and teachings for adults and children.
We explore the mindset of being a creative, knowing when to take space and how to look after our health, how we can slip into old behaviours and habits and how to recenter our energy through Qi Gong.
Tallaluh shares her experiences and knowledge of creative expression and how she works with others to relax the body, and open the voice to create profound life changing experiences for individuals and the collective.
Tallulah's latest song release:
Be A Little Kinder - https://open.spotify.com/track/5aPuX4TemjYeQdvg7XrhEy?si=7f41296f04314ad6
Connect more to Tallulah and upcoming music & workshops here: https://linktr.ee/tallulahrendall
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Todays guest is Ellen Rose Online Fitness and Mindset Coach. Ellen grew up having a rough ride at school, feeling insecure at school and can reflect back now that she was looking to outsource love and fill that void. With the support of a partner Ellen joined a gym which gave her the confidence to step out of her comfort zone which then radiated out in other areas of her life to embrace change. Post lockdown Ellen made a huge shift, letting go of her hospitality job of 8 years to decide to study and share her passion for training to become a Personal Trainer which then led her to becoming a Mindset Coach to now combine all her skills connecting from her soul to guide others to step into their power.
We explore topics around mindset around fear of failure, fear of success and fear of beginning something and how to move through limitations that may hold us back when we have a desire to change or shift behaviours, how to move through discomfort to grow, how to motivate when momentum seems to fall away after wanting to make a change and how to change your perspective around what we so easily deem as ‘failure.’
We explore how expressing and embodying authenticity, and following your intuition to guide us through relationships and friendships connecting to our masculine feminine energies within to assist through uncomfortable experiences and conversations. How to ask for help and being accountable to a coach, acknowledging being ready to make a change and honouring the process.
Ellen shares how her journey with her relationship with her body, exercise and food and how it has shifted over the years from binge purge cycles and emotionally eating to now finding a system that works for her and find a balance that allows her to feel empowered from within, connecting to her true self. We explore how stored emotions can affect our physical health and manifest as symptoms and what happens when we hold in our feelings to how be honest with kindness vs bottling everything up and being explosive.
We discuss women’s circles, an essential space to come back to connection to be present with ourselves with vulnerability to be seen, heard and loved plus ways to connect to ourselves through self care practices.
To connect more with Ellen:
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insta: coachedbyellenrose@ellenrosecoaching and @sistercircleschelmsford
Next Sister Circle: 20th March, Chelmsford Essex
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In today's episode I am joined by James Tremain, Transformational Coach who Retrains False beliefs through: Lucid Dreaming, Yoga & Breathwork. James has totally transformed his life from working a variety of societal 'norm' jobs to taking a risk, flying to Ibiza, attending his first ecstatic dance and having the confidence to try plant medicine. James had already undergone a physical transformation changing his drinking, drug and eating habits back in 2019, shedding friends which led him to want to shift his mindset and open his heart.
James had been emotionally disconnected from himself for many years, relying on weed to numb his feelings and living more of a party life. Since ecstatic dance and the plant medicine James has since flown all over the globe to study yoga, breathwork, lucid dreaming and philosophy to now creating online and in person courses to help and guide others with his learnings.
We cover James' Power Hour Tips for transforming your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing. Exploring Lucid Dreaming, shifting old memories and creating your waking reality. James shares tips to remember your dreams, ways to explore our subconscious worlds and getting a quality night sleep.
To connect more with James:
https://retrainwithtremain.wixsite.com/retrainwithtremain
Insta: retrainwithtremain__Latest Podcast: The Journey Of Self Love Through Self Care - How Exploring My Creativity Has Changed My Life On So Many Levels, Me Days & Letting Go Of Control:https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/sLBPxJQzQxb
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In today's episode I share my journey of how I have been connecting to my creativity since beginning my journey of The Mercado Method which has given me the space to break patterns of behaviours and limiting beliefs around myself, perfectionism, boundaries, working, finances, abundance, peace, rest, solitude, freedom, courage and manifesting. How we can allow our minds to control what we "see" and "believe." Creativity has given me the confidence to continue to evolve my working habits, take risks, be flexible with my needs and release resentment. How what can catch our attention can lead us to so many other experiences if we are open to receive. How powerful reflection can be for enquiry, self-acceptance, taking inspired action and celebration.
How exploring my creativity through art has taught me to bring beauty into my home, feelings of completion, embrace detachment, learning to go with the flow, releasing pressure by embracing working at my own pace, spending quality time on my own, socialising with creativity, mystery, thinking outside the box, trusting my intuition to breakthrough old stories. How the online world has opened my mind to what is available for our creativity, exploration and culture. How what can be perceived as beauty in one person's perception can be something totally different to another. How creativity has taught me to utilise my energy as currency to generate abundance, joy, play and freedom. How to release with love. Shifting my mindset around Christmas and societal pressures.
I explore the emotions of shame, fear, joy and speaking my truth. Creativity has further led me to explore more avenues of rest, surrendering, release judgment, strengthening my nervous system, valuing my needs and learn to appreciate all experiences.
I would also like to thank my family and friends for all their love and support with expressing my art and creativity.
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Interested in joining the next Moon workshop where we will be connecting to the energy of Leo & Aquarius to connect to our intuition and creativity through yin yoga, breathwork and journalling. Email me for more info at info@themercadomethod.co.uk
Money Mindset Podcast Episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/uJ72NfR30wb
In today's episode I am joined by Nat Vanzee, a hypnotherapist and coach. She helps creatives and sensitives reclaim their power and clarity by releasing blocks, limiting beliefs, phobias and pain, so they learn to trust their intuition, self heal, align with their purpose, feel more confident, loved and earn more to live the life of their dreams. We connected through a Prosperity Game that Nat hosted online over 45 days. Through exploring the power of visualisation, the game woke me up to my own blocks around money and how it gave me an illusion of purpose and bring up some money blocks, traumas I was unaware of which then inspired creative flow during the 45 days.
Nat studied politics and was once a hard core raver, however in her 30s Nat began making conscious changes to what was being consumed in her body as well as externally. Nat left Uni and quickly realised that Politics and Teaching was not for her moving into the Hair and Beauty World for 20 years.
Nat shares her Dark Night of the Soul that began a huge transition from working as a successful Make Up Artist, working with top brands yet still not where she wanted to be, leaving the UK for Australia however Nat quickly realised you cannot escape your emotions and began her exploration of personal growth, beginning an unravelling to work on herself from the inside out.
Nat went on to create her own non toxic make up products and educating others, however after 10 years Nat began to explore unreleased, repressed emotions to be led to becoming a hypnotherapist during lockdown after listening and following her heart and intuition to be guided into this field which changed her life.
Nat shares how she trusts in the Universe, making decisions and stepping into the unknown, taking risks and how she stays grounded, expresses her creativity, and how she looks after herself.
Please note sensitive subjects are discussed
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Today's guest is the empowering Imma Dalleshi. We have been friends for a while and friendships blossomed when I reached out to Imma when I was going through a very tough time which helped me on so many levels and I am forever grateful for this time in my life which helped me piece myself back together again.
Imma is a mum of 2 with 17 years age gap between each daughter. We speak about Imma’s journey through two incredibly different pregnancies, the 1st being with chronic sickness compared to breezing her 2nd pregnancy in lockdown. We chat about how we shifted from in person to then going online to survive in the lockdown. Our fears around gyms closing, not wanting to go online, our frustrations and stress at the initial transition with technology to then it being something we fell in love with. Lockdown really woke us up to believing in ourselves after we had the confidence to step away from relying solely on needing the gym to survive.
Imma has been on an incredible journey, sharing how she transformed over the years coming over to the UK, having to learn English and falling pregnant at 18, working two jobs, attending college and finding her feet in the country to now running her own business. We chat about how Imma navigated through dating, relationships and breakups whilst bringing up her first daughter from such a young age.
We speak about how Imma recovered from a car accident to motivate herself to train for a competition to go on stage when going through a rough time which then deepened her connection to herself and how she built her relationship with food to then being able to maintain her physique over the years of building her foundations. Imma was very active with a slim frame from a young age playing football, basketball and enjoying physical exercise.
The truth around today’s society around the effects of wanting quick fixes with fast ways to drop weight, yo-yo dieting and the effects it can have on the body. Getting real with what we put in our bodies, our relationship with weight and the scales, finding balance and how to look after yourself. The truth around today’s society around the effects of wanting quick fixes with fast ways to drop weight, yo-yo dieting and the effects it can have on the body. Getting real with what we put in our bodies, our relationship with weight and the scales, finding balance and how to look after yourself. The vulnerability of training in the gym and how to make your health a priority.
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Today's journey is with the wonderful Beth who shares her vulnerable journey with her body, her confidence, motherhood, yoga & breathwork. From a young age Beth was challenged with her health and body image and from 18 Beth stepped into the world of the gym to then move into Power Lifting world with the support of her friend and also her now husband. Around 21 years old Beth began competing and fell in love with the lifestyle. 15 years down the road, Beth had her 1st child and her world changed overnight topped with a complicated labour, with a shock that her body was struggling to get back into her training plus navigating from post natal depression to then have her 2nd child 22 months later which led to a spiral of comfort eating and a dark space internally and externally. Recognising something was not right, Beth sought professional help for her mind and body and found comfort from her own home with a yoga DVD that led her to be able to gain gentle strength to then find my online yin workshop that connected us overnight.
We discuss how when we strip back what we once knew about ourselves and how it can feel so unsafe if our rigid routines change dramatically. Most of us expect to be able to power through anything however when the universe wants us to slow down it can be a huge shock to the system and bring up so much shame and anxiety. We delve into how our childhood has impacted our behaviours and beliefs as adults, acceptance and clarity with how we now perceive our journeys so far, our experiences of being daughters and how we have developed our sovereignty and resilience as adults from listening to what we truly need when we slow down and listen to our intuition as well as connecting to others intuitively. Also discussing the influence of technology, media, societal programmes, expectations, labels, external coping mechanisms and finding different modalities to express ourselves and be with ourselves.
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Welcome to todays where I explore my experience of burnout mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. My old habits to handle life was to pop a pill, avoid, numb and just "get on with it."
I explore symptoms of burnout which can be presenting itself to you as feeling drained, wired, hypersensitive, anxiety, numbness and/or overwhelmed. In todays society we are constantly living in a quick fix, fast paced masculine driven and rewarded world of hyper doing, yo-yoing and juggling our many roles of trying to survive and chase results. Things may be feeling like they are weighing us down more and more which is taking a toll on our Nervous Systems which can create an impact on our bodies on so many levels and play havoc on our well-being. Some of us have learned to "handle" our day to day stresses with distractions and addictive behaviours to chase dopamine responses to mask what is perhaps going on or lacking in our lives.
I share my truths, tips and hacks for exploring, preventing, processing and healing methods around burnout. It all begins with compassion, bringing awareness to where we are at and taking the microsteps to make small changes that can have a bigger impact overtime. Learning how to balance between the 'doing' and 'being' so we can tune into our needs and begin to dance with life. It is truly time for us to reclaim our power and nurture ourselves with forgiveness, kindness, responsibility and love.
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Welcome to today's episode with Skye who I connected recently through from the MEUS App. We share our experiences of being lonely children, party girls, break ups, binges, how we now look after ourselves, finding balance and releasing shame.
Skye is currently a Holistic Life Coach, mum of 3 children and who has had a huge transformation from running her own freelance hairdresser & beautician business for 18 years to now being a Holistic Coach and Rahanni Practioner. Skye decided to become a hairdresser from the age of 8 after being constantly told at school she was 'struggling' with her education which planted a belief that she had to find a career with her hands as she was not able to study due to her dyslexia. Over the past 2 years Skys has let go of having her salon and stepped fully into her Life Coaching Empire.
8 years ago Skye followed her intuition and experienced her 1st reiki session that has since helped begin her inner work through a block that has been suppressed since childhood and has led her to follow her heart's calling over these past years and totally change her career and lifestyle.
Skye grew up in a survival environment with her mum as a single parent who had to survive the challenges of this crazy world, when feelings and emotions were pushed down and numbed out and we just had to 'get on with things' being in warrior mode and did the best she could. Skye always felt very different and lonely as a child and would comfort eat until so full it would fill the void which then led onto using drink, drugs and men to suppress her emotions. Skye is currently navigating through a divorce herself and has recognised that she wants to find different ways to dance through this next chapter of womanhood through expression, breathwork, meditation, yoga and other ways to feel and release for her healing and getting to know herself. Skye is getting so much more in tune with her body, learning to be flexible with her human needs, wants and desires, letting go of judgement, forgiveness and shame as she flows through hormones, emotions and life's dance.
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Breathwork for anxiety release and calm: https://youtu.be/zg40weIicCo
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Todays guest is Hanna Jade, a life long connection that is a huge piece of my heart. It has been over a decade since we saw each and so much has shifted. Hanna shares her profound journey of stepping into womanhood, walking away from the societal educational systems and following her intuition, embracing ayahuasca, awakening a deep remembering from inside and the cosmos. Shortly after, Hanna packed up her life to fly to Australia then on Rishikesh India to study Yoga & Meditation before continuing to study a multitude of Breathwork courses over the years until she found what truly resonated with her heart, deeply connecting to soul family on her path and plant spirits, trusting the synchronicities as she trusted what felt aligned. Hanna then went on to complete Shamanic Midwifery with Jayne Hardwick Collins, diving deep into wisdom and gnostics that have been covered up in history, turning out to being one of her best years of her life which had opened her eyes to her first physical imprint as she came into the Earthly plane and how it has imprinted on her DNA.
Returning to the UK, Hanna furthered her trainings to then facilitate Biodynamic Breathwork with Yin Yoga which has led Hanna's journey of recently become a mum and shares how her experiences and knowledge nurtured her pregnancy and birthing experience.
We delve into our relationship with our bodies, how to connect to ourselves on a deeper level, forgiveness and facing death.
To connect more to Hanna head over to insta: @embodhi_breath
Linktree: linktr.ee/hannajadebrowne
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Breathwork for anxiety release and calm: https://youtu.be/zg40weIicCo
Feeling ungrounded and limited on time? Try this mini meditation: https://youtu.be/w-4eFfLweeE
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In todays episode I share my journey with grief and how it has impacted my life the past few years and beginning my awakening. After being medicated for depression and anxiety since 16, I have spent the past 2 years learning to connect to my emotions and express them through trying different methods such as breathwork, yin yoga, EFT (emotional freedom techniques), plant medicine and more.
I have spent years numbing myself with binge eating, medication, over working, smashing my body in the gym, mentally abusing myself and just staying so busy that it has been a big shift these past years to begin to peel back the layers of who I am and how do I actually want to show up for myself.
Are you interested in trying some new approaches or even revisiting past methods to get to know yourself on a deeper level? When we begin to tune into our bodies, we begin to listen to our hearts and have faith from within to navigate through whatever we may be ready to explore with curiosity and awareness.
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Today's guest is the vibing real talk Afshan Sheikh, a powerful business woman that shares her heritage and history of growing up in a business minded family that created success from supply and demand, to then continue to evolve, breaking society norms and conditioning of the "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts" in this world. Coming from a childhood of pure unconditional love, Afs shares her experiences of leaving the UK to living in Kenya to then coming back to the UK and being exposed to bullying and racism and how this was navigated and labelled by society.
We cover topics of agency, presence, conditional love, transactional love, unconditional love, acceptance and how to nurture ourselves, coming home to ourselves and loving who we are as individuals. We discuss breaking through conditional thinking to set us free to be able to fully receive our own love and accept ourselves exactly as we are in each and every moment, learning to heal and self soothe in each situation that we find ourselves in and having compassion and forgiveness, moving from surviving to now choosing how we desire to live and be as individuals for ourselves and the collective.
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Todays guest is Mark White, the Founder of MEUS which is a membership platform that features lots of opportunities to move your body and mind, with over a million combinations of unique five-minute sessions built around our method of moving, connecting and reflecting specifically for Men. There are many contradictions in this very noisy world we live in, where we are often pushed and pulled in so many directions. How do we relate to the world? Who do we want to be? Do we even know? Mark has been sober since 18 after going through rehab after going through troubled teenage years, working through fears, insecurities and low self worth. He is now able to look back and see the incredible changes he has learned and incorporated over the years which has developed his resilience for his life and his passion for his business adventures.
Join us as we discuss Mark's journey and his vision with his creation of MEUS.
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Today's guest is the wonderful Zoe Whitehead a Light Worker, spiritual teacher & healer of light. She guides & supports Light Workers to raise their vibration and align to the cosmic, lunar & earth cycles. Zoe's awakening journey began 15 years ago as she became a mum, moving away from teaching and energy healing in schools after having a breakdown to now creating her entrepreneurial business that has developed from in person circles to evolving with her online business around light working and moon cycles, helping people to ignite their soul purpose.
Zoe grew up in the 70's, hugely empathic developing coping mechanisms like people pleasing and suppressing herself, having to grow up without emotional support from her teens however she had a very accepting connection to her psychic experiences as a child.
We cover a variety of topics around genetic clearing, owning our shit, taking responsibility for ourselves, letting go of control, energy clearing, the importance of releasing our emotions, boundaries, the stress of online work and more.
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Katie O’Brien is a Writer Performer, Creativity Coach & Artistic Director living and working in London & Ireland. Katie makes work about the unsaid or about revealing another aspect of a known subject, calling out society’s hypocrisy through humour, improvisation and autobiographical material. No matter which issue Katie is taking aim at; she will always make you laugh and think.
Katie’s current work uses her own experience with addiction and 12-step "recovery" to question stereotypes and assumptions about alcohol and substance dependency, pathology identity and mental health. Katie has had a big journey over the past 24 years since being clean and sober from drugs (weed and crack) and alcohol since 17 years old, battling growing up in her mum's shadow from a very young age and has spent the past 10 years separating from negative body image talk and habits.
Join us as we discuss our relationship with food, our bodies, addictions, binge cycles, family influences, shifting habits and more. As a Creativity Coach, Katie has created a powerful coaching program from her own battle with procrastination & creative resistance for many years. Now she has become a procrastination busting expert and is on a mission to help creative people stay creative consistently with ease and joy. Her program focuses on wellbeing for artists, new beliefs, sustainable habits, money matters & earning power and finding and sustaining your creative purpose.
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In today's episode I speak on the topic of self-worth, how we show up for ourselves, how do we value ourselves, how do nurture ourselves and how do we talk to ourselves. Until the pandemic I had a shit opinion of myself and was constantly bullying myself and never making myself a priority and just pushing myself in gruelling ways and be constantly stressed and anxious. I used to base my worth on external achievements and how much I was doing others, neglecting my needs and having zero boundaries.
This past year particularly I have shifted in so many ways around how I treat myself and have taken responsibility to take gentle steps to make changes towards leading the life that lifts and excites me. I used to numb out my feelings and ignore when I needed to rest and recover, however I value all of my emotions now and allow myself to feel my feelings.
Perhaps have a pen and paper to hand for some self enquiry during this episode.
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In today's episode I am joined by Gary Albert, a multi-award-winning composer and performer who creates immersive music and sonic experiences to transport and transform. His training includes The Purcell School, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music. He has performed alongside Judi Dench at the Royal Albert Hall for Stephen Sondheim's 80 Birthday Prom, performed solo with Queens’ Brian May at the same venue, and composed the score for the E4 TV series ‘Playing It Straight’.
Gary and I connected originally through a therapy session I took with him where he creates music for insight, transformation and healing. In that alchemy healing session I really made huge shifts for me in my reality.
Gary has always had a fascination since childhood with the universe, energy, crystals and more despite growing up in the 'norm' with his family. He grew up in a rough estate in the 80's with addiction in the family. He fell in love with playing the flute after watching one school performance and began his music love which was the most dramatic turning point of his life to date, lifting him up and out of a pathway that could have gone very very differently. Gary's theatrical side was influenced by his Grandma and encouraged by his Mum, creating a fusion of creations in his performances.
In the past 14 years Gary moved away from the party drug scene and his life changed and shifted into a holistic therapist, including training as a kinesiologist & hypnotherapist. We cover living with ADHD, trauma wounds, Grief, multipotentialites, natural HIGHS, going against the 'norm,' and following our hearts to do what makes us happy.
Gary has recently released his latest creation 'Timelessness' which he kindly gave allowed me to infuse with a breathwork flow into a yin yoga, available here: https://youtu.be/Or0_14Kw5Io
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In todays episode I am joined by Sakina aka The Facial Cupping Expert who has been doing facial acupuncture the past 11 years, which led her to specialising in working with clients with facial paralysis and many other conditions. Sakina then began bringing facial cupping into her treatments which had profound results as well as clients with painful inflammation of nerves on the face, helping muscles come back to life after being told they were paralysed. This led her to merge facial cupping with acupuncture which was had very successful results.
In March 2020 when the pandemic hit, Sakina was unable to treat her clients in person and began to investigate ways to help others deliver their own treatments in the comfort of their own homes. Stuck in a small flat with 2 children during lockdown, her husband working from home, Sakina connected to a beauty therapist that suggested opening a business called Facial Cupping Expert and began her business from scratch, teaching her clients how to do facial cupping, creating a 6-Step protocol which led her to source ways to stock and supply eco friendly facial cups and cactus oil to use for everybody to use as it became so popular. This led Sakina to develop courses to teach professionals on how to bring this into their line of work.
From no experience to running an entrepreneurial to creating a booming business, we discuss Sakina's journey and how she embraces the changes of today's ever changing world of instagram and adapts to learning with modern technology. Sakina is very intuitive and gets to be exactly who she wants to be with her authenticity and her followers.
Facial cupping brings out our natural collagen in men and women which in turn lifts and tones our skin without requiring botox injections or fillers, a natural way to take care of our faces. Sakina has also created larger cups to help reduce cellulite and tone other parts of our bodies.
Interested in learning more? Sakina has a variety of online courses available here:
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In todays episode I chat about how to create more freedom, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Exploring what freedom means to us as individuals, whether it is financial freedom, freedom in our health, freedom from limiting beliefs, patterns and traumas, freedom from anxiety, freedom from victim mentality, freedom from overthinking, freedom from sabotaging behaviours, freedom from karmic cycles, freedom from addictions, freedom from self abandonment, freedom from diet mentality and more. I cover tips and ideas of ways to navigate through the obstacles and challenges of life to create more freedom in our lives.
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Today's guest is Juliette Bryant a superfood alchemist, mentor, wild woman and mother. As a child Juliette was always making potions and perfumes and now the essence of Juliette's work is to empower people with simple tools to help them thrive. Juliette's mum was diagnosed with a terminal illness when Juliette was 8 years old which changed her world overnight.
As a teen, Juliette rebelled, was living on junk food, falling into depression with an attempted suicide. Juliette bravely signed into a hospital to navigate through this time despite her parents objections.
In her mid 20's Juliette began to get really curious with her energy and what she was eating and putting into her body. When she became pregnant Juliette totally flipped and studied nutrition which then has led her to creating Juliette's Kitchen, helping people thrive by showing how to make delicious and healthy food.
Juliette blew me away when we first connected at an Event Future Proof where she was selling some of her incredible products and held a fascinating workshop sharing her plant medicine knowledge. Juliette's products have really helped me to bring balance to my hormones.
We cover a variety of subjects from ADHD, Spiritual Growth, Mineral Deficiency, Plant Medicines and how they can help a variety of dis-eases in the body. As well as ways to balance hormones, our energy levels, addictions, cacao, essential oils, tuning into your body, sex drive and more.
Juliette offers a variety of unique products to purchase, courses, workshops and more:
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In todays episode I am joined by Thomas who has created Zensensa and coaches people with having empowered and authentic relationships, healing through toxic relationships. We delve into our behaviours and patterns that we can be playing out in our adult relationships that we have learnt from our childhood and environments which can lead to survival mechanisms of coping forming attachment styles such as secure, anxious and avoidant attachment styles. Recognising our physical and emotional needs and how these can be affected by trauma and experiences, addictions, responses and how we can be affected by our parents/caregivers relationships. Looking at how we develop from babies, touch, safety and dissociation, responses from our caregivers that can then teach us our core survival needs and how we develop our independency.
Looking at secure attachment parenting and how to nurture the child, regulate the child and repair conflict before it becomes a trauma in the body including how to connect to the child, feel safe, seen, heard and loved. We cover more topics such as people pleasing, connecting to our needs, self soothing when triggered, push pull dynamics in relationships, recognising our core needs in relationships, sexual desire, chemistry vs LOVE. The highs and lows of the effects of dopamine responses in toxic relationships, how to navigate through a new relationship, codependency, boundaries, healthy narcissism, emotional validation, self love and much more.
Thomas has a variety of online courses and much more if you are interested in connecting more:
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Welcoming Kate Lambert in today's episode where we discuss all things Pussy, tantra, dominatrix, orgasms, non-ejaculation and more! Kate is a sex love and relationship coach working to sexual empower women everywhere, helping them to reconnect to their pussy and reclaim their inner power source - their pussy energy! Kate is also a couples coach helping couple rediscover their connection to one another and a path to more conscious relating.
Kate is the founder of Sister Circle Inner Temple, where she hosts circles, training and workshops for women and couples She has trained with the The Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality and she’s a qualified teacher with a masters in counselling psychology. Kate is also trained an imago facilitator and uses this life changing method to help couples back into connection and meaningful relating.
Join us as we delve into many subjects around our sexuality, low libido, masturbation, shame, disconnection from our sexual needs, societies mixed messages around our sexual selfs, peer pressure, contraception, fear, terminations, tantra, dominatrix, orgasms and so much more. Kate offers tips and tricks to reconnect to ourselves, exploring what our sexual energy actually is and how to keep that alive for inner goodness, strength, magnetism and playfulness. Kate also delves into the psyche behind our desires, behaviours and how to explore these. This episode is for EVERYONE interested in their journey whether going solo or poly, lets dive right in!
Pleasure is Our Birthright! Interested in connecting more with us?
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Today's guest is Rob Leiby aka Modern Day Warrior Coach who has been on a roller coaster journey with his relationship with his physical body, moving up the ranks of gyms for Body Transformations as a Personal Trainer before beginning his entrepreneurial company Modern Day Warriors. He began training around the age of 14 with a hatred towards his body, a feeling of weakness and a lack of love for himself. Training because of a detest to his body to change it giving him an identity. Rob was meticulous with training, measuring and tracking every detail to get results. Rob did a body building show that further detached him from his body, abusing his body to get the results, feeling like a total failure and it has been many tears shed to heal that experience.
After his second awakening experience Rob, he went into an entire month of a samadhi state (a state of joyful calm, or even of rapture and beatitude, in which one maintains one's full mental alertness and acuity). After this experience Rob fell out of love with training after a 12 year commitment, taking 7/8 months off and has now connected to playing different sports. The relationship he has with training is out of pure joy, consciously training, moving his body and now at a place where he trains to connect his body and soul with the universe.
Rob has taken the past year to work through layers of trauma and diving deep into his inner work, having an evolutionary experience finding his new way of being. Letting go of the structures that were once his fixed ways of doing everything to going into total unfamiliar territory, feeling terrified yet excited with this new concept of stepping into a new state of being.
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Today's guest is Matt Hillier aka The Humble Bear. Matt has been on a rapid journey the past year. Back in 2018, Matt narrowly escaped a suicide event where he was masking who he was, dimming his light and trying to hide his low self esteem, trying to fit in with others. Binge drinking, obsessive training, suffering from psychosis and a raging cocaine habit. Living a chaotic life approaching rock bottom, never feeling enough as a person or even as a father to his daughter. Being signed off work with anxiety and depression, prescribed Valium and his mental health was deteriorating rapidly, pushing loved ones away out of pure fear of abandonment and rejection. Divine intervention kept Matt alive and began his Spiritual Awakening, in rehab and then the work really started for Matt with the 12 Steps Programme. Matt has since been tapping into his connection with Source, exploring Cacao ceremonies, teaching others to become present, and working through past childhood shadows and traumas.
Matt grew up in a loving family however we explore the effects of having a younger sibling that can affect our way of developing thoughts of rejection and abandonment, hiding emotions and developing patterns around these core wounds and how to show up for ourselves to empower and improve/call in qualities we wish to develop/enhance. Matt is now exploring Light Language, Reiki, Metaphysics and so much more. Click the links below for to connect to Matt where you will find course, meditations and so much more.
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🌹Today's guest is a wonderful friend of mine Bambi Rose Tornberg. Bambi is an intuitive Sound healer Sound alchemist, Retreat facilitator, singer/songwriter, artist, rose priestess, Facilitator at Rise and shine parties, and end of life doula. With a passion for using sound and voice as a healing technique. We met back in our raving days when Bambi was heavily into body building, boxing, drinking and taking exercise to the extreme of punishing the body. Join us in this episode as we explore our relationships with our bodies, food, exercise and our voices.
🌹From a young age Bambi began to try and control her weight with cycles of binge restrict cycles that led her to being a size 20 in her teens which in turn caused lower back issues. Bambi then joined a gym a developed extreme ways of training to control her weight and body, to the point of slipping discs and still continuing to train despite being in pain. We delve into relationships our parents had with food and how it may have influenced our relationships with food and expression of the self.
🌹Since Bambi's awakening in 2016, a lot has changed in her relationship with towards her body, how she connects to her body, moves her body, relationship with food plus connecting to her incredible voice to share her gift.
🌹Check out Bambi's upcoming events, socials, and more on this link: https://linktr.ee/BambiRoseHarmony
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In this episode I chat about how I feel we can be more open to receive money, love, joy, abundancy, energy. My old ways before the pandemic meant I was working crazy hours, burning myself out and always feeling like nothing was ever enough, feeling like I had to struggle on my own to get anything down or achieve anything, it was a lonely and almost robotic life for many many years.
So if you are interested in being more open to receive and stepping into that feminine energy to trust that all is working out in divine timing for you, have a listen and perhaps pick a few things that may resonate in this episode and apply them over the next few weeks and be OPEN TO RECEIVE some MAGIC!
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Join me and Paul Keith Makinson as we explore Paul's Journey of Spiritual Awakening the past year. Paul was tired of being a 'pisshead' and getting high and went to his first Cacao Ceremony last year thinking it was going to be a spiritual experience on Cocaine Ceremony however he shortly realised it was Cacao (chocolate) but still attended, riddled with anxiety, having the most powerful profound experience, releasing anger, resentment, entities, family trauma which then led him to begin this path of healing, connecting to Mantra, Kirtan, cold water therapy, reiki, meditation and changing his path forever. Paul now delivers Cacao Ceremonies in person and online.
Paul's family has a history of heavily drinking and at 14 Paul began drinking, smoking and getting high but knew something had to change once he became a father and has had the support of his partner Kayley who had also grown up with parents with addictions yet Kayley would never be getting high but just knew Paul was for her. Since Paul has let go of his addictions and gone on this healing path they have moved forward together to explore these new worlds. Paul is just scratching the surface with his journey and connecting to self love, his words are honest and beautifully open.
Paul held space for me online with a Cacao Ceremony and we have both had to get our heads round working online since the pandemic has changed our worlds the past few years. Paul will be holding space at Stone Cold Sober Festival, make sure you get to one of his awesome Kirtan's. The practice of Kirtan has been found to provide a number of physical and mental health benefits. Studies show, for example, that regular Kirtan Kriya meditation can improve mood, decrease anxiety, stress, blood pressure, heart rate, and cortisol levels, as well as decrease insomnia.
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Join me as I have an epic chat with Craig Seaton who I have had the pleasure of meeting in late 2021. Craig has been teaching, facilitating, holding retreats and sharing various methods of breathwork, mind expansion and balance, consciousness raising, spiritual gatherings, psychology, dream work, lucid dreaming, energy work, plant medicine, yoga, mantra, workshops, online programs, sound healing & philosophical entertainment. His spiritual awakening was rapidly accelerated in his early 20's and had a smooth transition in this process.
Craig was looking to go into the Fire Services and undertook a 3 year process to try and be accepted into the services which meant he embarked on a huge fitness journey to change his body from a very slim body frame to shift it to a muscular larger 'jacked' up frame, pushing his body against its natural state into the 'body-builder' lifestyle of excessive training, enhancements and overloading with protein, carbs and fats. Craig moved into the fitness industry as was unable to get into the Fire Services due to colour blindness and became a Personal Trainer as he had learnt how important it is to move the body, however being in this environment meant his relationship with his body and expectations of how he 'should look' became a complex of emotional eating and triggers, insecurities, control and mind games.
Meditation began his awakening, and Craig has connected to his body and learnt to eat intuitively, listening to his body's wants and needs, coming into self-acceptance of his frame and what movement and nutrition now aligns with him. Craig has since connected with yoga and breathwork, trauma work, muay thai, mantras, plant medicines that have totally transformed his directions of his journey of life. Craig has strong daily practices including dream journalling, movement, prayers, creative content and more. Craig is a breath of fresh air, an inspirational bridge between spirituality and our physical reality.
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In this episode I give an introduction to what is Feminine and Masculine energy and my experience growing up being mostly in Masculine energy of always DOING which has actually gotten me to where I am today, getting things done and building discipline in myself, becoming fiercely independent and the woman I am today. Since the pandemic I have been surrendering into my feminine energy as part of my healing journey, connecting to my feelings and surrendering to the flow of life and letting go of control, trusting and just knowing that everything will fall into place as it should as Feminine energy allows us to just KNOW that things will align for us rather than having to keep pushing and competing with ourselves and others. I go through areas where we may be behaving in the MASCULINE, overly GIVING and not allowing ourselves to RECEIVE, ways to recognise where we may be in our energy. I feel it is important to learn when to STEP into our MASCULINE and when to SURRENDER into our FEMININE energy. A chance to enquire where perhaps we developed certain qualities and you may want to journal on some of these too so have a pen and paper ready if anything comes to mind that you would like to reflect on.
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In this episode I am joined by Jen aka Vegan Queen V, Animal Activist, Musician, Song Writer, Performer, Well-Being Facilitator & a F#cking Unicorn. Jen is a free spirit that travels all over the UK & Globe performing in person at festivals, events, gigs, weddings and more. Jen has just released her album Freedom Warrior and will be touring and performing over the summer months. Jen has had her own journey with Bulimia, perfectionism and finding her voice. Join us as we chat about Jen's story of music, life and experiences. Jen aka Vegan Queen V also facilitates day retreats of Happiness to help others connect, find happiness in what is already abundant to us and just to spread the love. This wonderful human is a breath of fresh air and I cannot express the gratitude for our connection. Thank you Jen for lighting up my life from the moment I first connected with you.Check out Jen's latest album, link below.
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Today's guest is the super talented & inspiring Liam Browne. Liam is a man of many talents and creations from his book 'Dealer to Healer,' Actor, Yoga Instructor, Life Coach, Podcaster plus Liam is the co-founder of Stone Cold Sober with Joanna Barnes. Together they have been putting on Sober Conscious events, retreats and experiences for the past 2 years. Formed in 2020 they let nothing hold them back and kept providing the life blood that people needed, connection, community, accountability and positive growth. Over the past 10 years he has become renowned for his spectacular Cacao Ceremonies and his depth of experience and knowledge with this magical plant medicine. Last year he set up his Cacao Teacher Training with Greg Garrett and recently launched his own Cacao brand FULL POWER CACAO.
In this episode we explore Liam's sensational journey from childhood to where he is at now, with hints and tips from his experience to help shift your energy, and make yourselves a priority. Liam's vibrant energy and words of wisdom will have you smiling, laughing and uplift you to make some changes on your journey. Liam focuses on empowering people to step into their own truth, to show the world the person they have always really been. He makes you accountable and gives you the confidence to take ownership of your uniqueness, letting nothing hold you back from all that is yours by divine right. He knows you are the person you have been waiting for and he will empower you to revel this to yourself. He provides a safe space for you to feel the confidence to 'let go and glow’, leaving people on another planet, feeling fully alive, inspired, and filled with love.
Check out the links below and I am super excited to be teaching at Stone Cold Sober Festival 18th-21st June at Sawbridgeworth CM21 0RL. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Todays guest is Claire Bloom who has been a friend/guru of mine for over 15 years now. Claire has been teaching fitness for over 22 years inspiring so many of us to move into the fitness worlds, helping me then mentor others into the fitness world. Claire has been into fitness from a young age, and is so passionate about helping keep others moving their bodies and back in 2009 Claire fell into the world of Triathlon Training which has led her to travelling all over the world competing in Great Britains Age Group Triathlon (Age Group 45-49). Claires first time for Great Britain competing in 2011 and came 6th place and showed us that anything is possible when you put your mind to something when you decide to try something out of your comfort zone.
Since the pandemic Claire and myself stepped into the world of online teaching, despite having no clue about the digital world and absolutely winging what we was doing to begin with! We are still muddling our way through the world of technology, social media and marketing but having Claire on this journey too has helped me through my ups and downs of the online entrepreneurial business world. Both of us has stepped away from the gyms and totally changed how we move our bodies, stepping away from punishing our bodies to taking the less is more approach, plus we both now appreciate how important stretching is! Claire specialises in the over 40's age group for training and shares tips to get you moving, creating a routine to looking after our bodies with her words of wisdom.
Claire teaches a variety of low impact fun online classes LIVE weekly on Facebook, designed for all ages and all levels and has since gone viral on Tik Tok!
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In this episode I begin to explore what our elements represent in our internal world that then can mirror in our outer worlds. For harmony in ourselves it is important to work with ALL the elements (Earth, Air, Fire & Water) to produce our ETHER (Balanced expression of all the elements). Pre-lockdown was aware that I am an Earth Sign (Virgo), however my environment had meant I mirrored a stuck AIR molecule that had just gotten burnt out and my life had gotten repetitive and predictable. My energy was low and always feeling heavy. This all flipped to the polar opposite after the lockdowns and I became an over-charged AIR molecule that was erratic and explosive, I was over stimulating my mind and not grounding myself so I was all over the place and an anxious mess that was so jittery. The past 12 months I have been spending time on slowing down, connecting to harmonise my EARTH element so I can now use the tools to RESPOND rather than REACTING to triggers. It has been a work in progress and I am continuing to allow myself to find the balance with AIR & EARTH.
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Join me and Sally as we explore our experiences of exploring our shadow selves. What triggers you in another person? What could that be mirroring that you may be rejecting in who you are? How could we integrate that part into us with forgiveness, compassion and kindness? We discuss how to work through the deep enquiry work whilst using the wonders of essential oils that can help with our healing. Since meeting Sally I have been adding essential oils into my daily practices which have truly changed my world and at first I was stumbling through using them more as topical treatments for headaches etc but now I use them with intention and they have aided me with releasing so many emotions from grief, shame, guilt. I used to be so emotionally cold and find it repelling when I saw others show their emotions however over the past years my vulnerability and emotions have been flowing through and connected me to my heart and the shift in who I am and how I live has transformed & by now adding the oils the healing has just continued to evolve. Some oils mentioned: Black Pepper, bergamot, Copaiba, Forgiveness, Lavender, Frankincense, Geranium Sally is a Naturopath, 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣'𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜, 🌝𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧,𝘾𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝘿𝙤̄𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙍𝘼 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 +𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧💧,𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚💞𝘾𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙤,🌱𝙍𝙖𝙬 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧 and works with the DoTerra brand (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade (CPTG) and has an abundance of knowledge.
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Join me and Beccy as we dive into the world of working with crystals. Beccy has a vast knowledge on crystals, how to care for them, how to work with them, which crystals work for different purposes. The world of crystals is still very new to me still so I ask plenty of questions around which crystals are great to start with, where to source them, what their properties are, how to use them, how to cleanse them, charge them and much more. Beccy is a Reiki Master, reflexologist and crystal healer and also has her own Etsy store. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ReikiCrystalsLondon
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In todays episode I speak about what I once thought strength was from ignoring my emotions, pushing my body with gruelling exercise, never stopping to rest and just being a warrior always on the go to nowadays where STRENGTH to me is being vulnerable, sitting in stillness, resting, trusting in the unknown, trying new things, doing things for me, reconnections and new connections and so much more. Strength I realise now doesn't have to be me on my own fighting always, it is about letting others in, having open honest communication, allowing yourself to be seen and heard and loved. I hope you enjoy xxx
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Join me and Hollie as we discuss our old patterns of excessive exercising, comfort eating and giving our power away. Do you have a habit of over-giving? Do you get frustrated or over-whelmed day to day? When we have learnt in our younger years to abandon ourselves as there may have been times when our care givers were unable to give us the love we needed, we learn to seek love from people pleasing, putting others needs before ours and then can resent others for not appreciating us. It is time to recognise what traits we have developed as coping mechanisms to bring awareness to how we can change our behaviours and reactions to people and situations. We cover some of the toxic feminine qualities, how to learn to integrate them rather than reject them and how to connect to our divine feminine energy. These qualities can appear in males and females.
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This episode is my journey of working through guilt and shame around my abortion. This has felt like a shameful secret that I have been carrying around and am ready to share. Before my marriage broke down, having a baby was next on our path as it just was the societal norm, married then kids, however overnight my world changed and the marriage ended which led me to beginning to try and find who i was whilst relying on anxiety medication, working longer hours and blocking out any emotions (basically running away from me). Soon after I met someone and fell pregnant within 6 months, however I made the decision due to a combination of vaccinations, party drugs, and high amounts of pharmaceutical medication to have a termination. I can also see now I just was not ready have a child as I was not even capable of loving myself let alone bringing a baby into my world.
I then continued to block out any emotions around any of this until I began to realise that what I had been hiding and ignoring was heavily affecting who I was. This has been the hardest decision of my life and I had so much regret and shame around everything, however I can now look back with compassion, kindness and forgiveness as it was the right thing for me at that moment in time and I cannot thank those enough that have had the courage to also share their experiences around all of this. There is so much fear of rejection that some of us have been terrified to even speak about any of this. I love you all so much and thank you for continuing to reach out and connect.
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Today I was joined by the wonderful Jo who has now been 5 years sober. Jo is a high energy woman, mum of 2 who shares her journey of giving up alcohol, the ups, the downs and her story and how different life is now. We met 15 years ago when we did our Aerobics teacher training and we just clicked. We lost touch over the years but Jo reached out last year when I began my podcast and shared her battles which I had no idea at the time when we met, ironically I was struggling with bulimia at the time whilst Jo was struggling with her demons. Jo has now been sober for 5 years yet went through a breakdown 3 years ago after replacing drinking with a need to push harder and harder at work for everything to finally come to a head and hit a wall where Jo has taken a step back to figure out who she is and what makes her happy.
We discuss the normalisation of drinking, what Jo went through, substance abuse, working through acceptance and forgiveness, the experiences from growing up and how they affected us in our teens to now, what kept Jo pushing through her recovery, how Yoga changed her life plus plenty of real talk.
Jo has a blog over at Jobirdisinrecovery.Wordpress.com Insta: @Mrselliottj
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Join me and Carly as we explore our journey of working through anxiety, eating disorders, gruelling ways of training, searching for happiness externally, addictions and body shaming. The lockdown really began both our healing journeys of taking responsibility for our behaviours, changing our mindsets and moving our bodies in a much more loving way, slowing down and allowing ourselves to feel our feelings rather than eat them, drink them away, medicate them away and smoke them away. Carly was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes at 17 and shortly after developed bulimia and a drinking problem and it was since last year that Carly found breathwork and went through recovery to begin to break these cycles. Carly is a Personal Trainer and mum of 2 and we cover her journey and the shifts in the household too since her healing began. We still battle our darkness however we both share our tips and tools that allow us to reflect, process and release or integrate without the old bullsh*t stories of shame and judgement. We also cover suggestions for kids and teens to help them express themselves on their journeys too.
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In this episode I cover some of the things that have come up on my journey that I feel we should be comfortable around discussing & exploring, becoming more familiar with and also taking into consideration how we can perhaps trigger others by putting pressure on what we have been conditioned to believe is "society norms." I cover topics of plant medicine, grounding, nipples, body hair, tree hugging, society pressures/beliefs and more. There will be a part 2 for this episode as much more has come up since this was recorded and I feel needs to be also brought to light. I offer ways to get more comfortable around exploring or trying some of these suggestions also in this episode.
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Join me and Dr Energy Flow aka Sarah as we discuss about Sarah and my journey from how we first encountered each other to now working as a collaboration for online workshops. Sarah aka Dr Energy Flow is an Intuitive Healer, Reiki Master, Clairsentient and Sound Therapist and helps people release stagnant energy that has resulted in anxiety, depression, back pain, sleep issues, smoking addiction, heartache, and so on. Sarah has been on an inspiring path and is now starting to really step into her true power of who am I and what is my purpose (one I can truly relate too). We cover a variety of topics from empaths, starseeds, energy work, light language and more.
Our next event is the Full Moon in Virgo, book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/morning-gloryville-full-moon-in-virgo-workshop-tickets-243171812437?aff=amy
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In this episode I cover some tips and ideas to begin to create shifts in your energy to help shift your life. Pre-pandemic my life was incredibly chaotic and I was working myself into the ground. I was always exhausted and at burn-out but was stuck in a cycle of doing, doing, doing. The lockdown forced me to slow down and entirely shift my energy and my life. It all starts with one step at a time. From new habits, to new rituals, trying new things....step outside of your comfort zone and watch the magic happen.
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In this episode I speak about how our relationship with our bodies mirror our relationship with other areas of our lives such as work life, family life, love life etc. How we nourish our bodies will reflect in our every day life, how we move our bodies, how stuck we may feel in areas of our lives will be showing as symptoms in our bodies such as stiffness so lets investigate where we can make simple changes to enhance our lives. This podcast will bring self-enquiry and curiosity, you may want to grab a pen and paper to answer some of the questions I will present to you. Let me know how you get on, and message on the platforms below for any questions etc.
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In this episode in preparation for the Full Moon in Leo next week, I discuss how we can find an inner trust for our connecting our bodies & minds, to develop more confidence & happiness from within. In today's society I found that I used to seek comfort from my outside world and rarely trust my own gut feelings, making me indecisive & fearful to step outside my comfort zone. In this episode I give some suggestions to grow a trusting relationship with YOU from your inside world, ideas to develop a more loving confident relationship with YOU & how to integrate them for union of your body, heart & mind.
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Join me and Tammi on this episode as we just chat about how we met and Tammi's experience with me the past 12 years since doing my classes. Both of us were not interested in yoga back then either however it has changed our lives and it is now part of our daily/weekly practice. Tam joined me online too since march 2020 and it has been a wonderful experience for us both making changes to our lives since the pandemic arrived. I cannot thank Tammi enough for sharing so many memories with me on this adventure of teaching classes. From HIIT to now Yin Yoga, what a ride!
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Pre pandemic I was a 100 miles an hour, never shutting my mind off, hammering myself working endless hours and pushing myself at all angles. During 2021 I fell in love with Yin Yoga which I had tried previously and couldn't stand it! Now it is part of my weekly rituals and I am head over heels in love with yin, from the science to the spiritual, it blows my mind every time. Here's my journey with yin and some more information around the practice. It astounds me that Yin is now part of my movement that I incorporate or even do instead of any other movement and I love it. You can heal thy self with the power of yin.
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Join me as I chat with Reverend Paul Webb who has a huge background in coaching in the sport arena and over the decades has worked with a huge variety of athletes and now helps clients with mindset coaching working with Metaphysical/quantum coaching, learning to integrate our outer world (environment, senses etc) to our inner world of who we are and what aligns with what/where they are heading on their path. We cover the foundations of Paul's principles for his coaching programmes. Interested in finding out who you are & what you want from your time here on Earth? The laws of the universe, mindset and consciousness.....Join us for this fun filled chat. My spiritual journey began when I turned 35 in sept 2020 and I just was so overwhelmed with figuring out who I was and what I wanted to do with my life. It was incredibly scary and I felt so lost at the time, however this quest has totally transformed my life and allowed me to begin my self-enquiry of who I actually am and where I am heading on this path.
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Join me and Joby as we discuss all about how breathwork transformed both of our lives. Joby has had 7 near death experiences and a great sense of humour with his stories of his escapades since his healing journey began. We dive into a variety of topics including mental health, physical health, healing the body, DMT release, shamanic healing, trauma release, kundalini energy, tantra and much more. Breathwork back in sept 2020 seriously changed my life and began my spiritual awakening, helping me move away from being dependent on anxiety meditation, diazapan and weed which I was dependent on to sleep for the previous 2 years! We have collaborated recently with yoga, breathwork alongside @spiritshift Sound Healing. Join us for our next ceremony Sunday 30th Jan for our next session!
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Todays episode is about Fat Loss over the winter season. Ways to connect to our bodies in this season and the emotions that sometimes food can bring in for us. Today I speak about how we can nourish and care for our bodies for boosting immunity, having healthy bodies and mindsets. Ways to balance ourselves and how to move our bodies in a kind loving way rather than pushing our bodies from old ways of conditioning we have perhaps put ourselves through in the past as I used to take on the attack and punish myself mindset and ignoring what my body actually needed in this season. I hope you enjoy and please feel free to subscribe for more episodes and head over to my insta for more ways to connect
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In this episode I invited Laura to join me as we discuss Laura's bespoke products of 🌟Reiki infused self love candles & 🌟Reiki Infused self love bath salts that Laura has created with her expertise. We discuss our own journey of self-care, anxiety relief, hormone balancing in men and women, connecting to our spirituality as we have both had a huge shift in what aligns with us, who we are and where we are heading. Laura works with Reiki which is currently a new part of my world and also crystals. Laura's bath salts are a powerful practice and tool to cleanse and raise your vibrations and right now its more important than ever for everyone to spend more time nurturing themselves 🛁and Laura's self-love crystal candles are infused with reiki, crystals, handpicked flowers, and essential oils help increase your vibrations, allowing a deeper yet gentle way of elevating the space around you 🧚🏻As the candle burns, healing will be evoked, making a way for you to feel held and supported. 💕Each candle has an intention & affirmation to connect to, BRINGING MAGIC INTO YOUR HOME. 🌹
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In this episode I talk about my journey of having breast implants (I went from a small A/B cup to E/F cup). Growing up I was always wanting to have large boobies, perhaps marketing and seeing women around me with bigger boobies prompted me, plus having an eating disorder meant my breasts got heavily affected by my yo-yo dieting and calorie restricting as the tissue was left sagging and gave me huge body shame. I LOVED them once I had my initial operation and they really helped me feel more womanly at the time, however in 2016 I discovered I had a ruptured implant which was terrifying to think the silicon was leaking into my body. I talk about the implant swap as I was now too insecure to have them totally removed. Shortly after though my entire life direction changed in a blink of an eye and I no longer gave any f*cks about having bigger boobs anymore and made the decision to have them totally removed and a natural lift. I share my journey here to where I am today. My full blog post with images to show the journey can be found under the blog section at www.themercadomethod.co.uk 'The Boob Journey.' Thank you to all that have reached out and connected with me and also shared your stories as I know it can be a scary experience making the decision to be Explanted. I am so grateful for my body that has been through this ride with me and the connection I now have with my body is so much more loving and accepting.
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In this episode I go through some of the effects stress has on our bodies and also how it affects fat loss and our metabolism. Stress is the most common condition known to humanity so it is time to bring awareness to how we handle and cope with stress, whether it is coming from stressful environments to stress we create in our minds, it all creates the same 'stress' response which leads us to Fight, Flight or Freeze. In this episode I cover ways to counter stress and also remove it from our bodies. Are you perhaps training really hard but not seeing the results you wanted? Check out this episode and see if anything resinates with you. I also cover tips and ideas on ways to regulate your nervous system so you can be more chilled so your metabolism can function in a healthier manner to burn body fat.
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Over the past 12 months I have been working on connecting more to who I am as an individual after coming out of a marriage and also another serious relationship. I wanted to share my experiences from how I used to handle things before I began my healing journey. I discuss different coping mechanisms (old patterns), tips and ideas on how to shift old energy, and explore different ideas, thoughts and work through what can feel like a challenging painful transition. From where to spend your time, how to look after your body and your mind and more.
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In this episode I cover what I class to be the basic needs of a human to bring us into more happiness and better health, starting with how we fuel ourselves, our water intake, sleep and a healthier mindset. Our bodies create our energy so the better the we look after our bodies from the inside, the better our moods and general well-being can be overall. It can be very easy to keep ourselves very busy and get caught up in living in a fast paced world, and when we begin to slow down it can be quite frightening if we are not used to being on our own, questioning who we are perhaps and what do I need to do to feel happier? How can I be healthier? Getting some strong foundations in place can dramatically shift our energy and mindset and create more balance and inner peace so that we can navigate through life in the ups and downs rather than reverting back to to panic, fear, anxiety, sadness and low moods. We have the power to change old behaviours so that we can be more zen and just feel more free emotionally and physically.
In this episode I talk about food anxiety and triggers that would normally lead me to calorie restrict, binge and laxative abuse. Over the past year I have learnt a variety of tools to help me cope with my anxiety alongside understanding how to reset myself in a self-care, self-love approach so that I do not revert back to bulimic tendencies. Tonight was a massive shift and I recognised that I took healthy action and instantly changed my approach to how I was feeling. I cannot thank those enough that have been supporting and guiding me through these times. Love & Light
Tired of starting a new health routine or diet and then falling off the wagon? Repeating old patterns and want to make a change? In this episode I give hints, tips and ideas on how to keep yourself on track and making new habits to create longterm changes. Let go of old systems that haven't worked for you in the past and try something new. Make a commitment to you and take responsibility for yourself to make the difference to your health and wellness.xxx
In this episode I talk about how to bring more confidence into your life by looking at our gut health, our solar plexus and the fire within us. Most of the times a lack of confidence can lead to people pleasing, a lack of respect and trust of ourselves or perhaps our ego can step in to a bullying mentality to force others to do what we want. Without taking time for ourselves we can be left feeling overwhelmed and not take any action on making changes despite feeling unhappy and stuck which can create a 'victim' mentality as we will moan about how we are not happy but then just keep doing the same thing and hope that things get better. It is our responsibility to evaluate who we are and make small steps to make changes to lead us to a happier healthier human.
Welcome to the 2nd episode through this journey. After my marriage broke down, medicating and not dealing with my emotions, I finally woke up and began to take responsibility for my anxiety through self care. Working through recognising old patterns through self reflection, holistic treatments, making new connections and healing family relationships, I share my exploration of working through loneliness and learning self love. Always a work in progress, I am falling in love with the journey of life rather than worrying about the future and society pressures.
Welcome to episode 1 of the Mercado Method Journey To Self Love Through Self Care. Sharing my journey of breaking free from old habits, medication and reprogramming myself through self care, creating new beliefs, working through old repressed emotions and exploring plant medicine to change my life.