Life - An Inside Job (Kate Codrington)
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| 30 Mar 2022 | Sally Garozzo and Jo Darling | 00:42:12 | |
In this episode of Inside Therapist, acupuncturist Jo Darling and hypnotherapy and RTT therapist Sally Garozzo talk about assumptions people make about therapists; ponder can you really be a good therapist if you're childless; why going grey has been important for us and the struggles we face marketing our businesses. A little ear-candy to inspire, provoke thought and spark new ideas while you're pottering about between clients.
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| 16 Mar 2022 | Inside listening with Jenny Rose Smith | 00:52:57 | |
How to listen well with my guest Jenny Rose Smith. Jenny has created a meditative and psychotherapeutic approach that she calls Receptive Listening. This combines Carl Roger's core conditions with a practice of being rooted in and supported by the present moment. Jenny has worked on crisis services for three decades supporting people with addiction and mental health difficulties. My book Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause is available from your favourite book shop, Amazon is of course very easy, but don’t forget the independent bookshops do a nifty mail order service too.
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| 06 Apr 2022 | Inside true style with Leesa Whisker | 01:05:18 | |
Transformational style coach Leesa Whisker talks about how we can build a more loving relationship with ourselves through what we wear as well as offering loads of brilliant tips about how clothes can be simpler, more stylish and more fun.
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| 04 May 2022 | Inside a woman with Dr Henriette Runte | 00:55:05 | |
In this episode, you'll listen in to my conversation with author, academic and podcaster Dr Henriette Runte about her extraordinary life and work.
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| 13 Apr 2022 | Inside emotional challenges with the menopause sisters | 00:56:35 | |
This episode is the first one with two guests, Dr Claire Phipps and Caroline Phipps-Urch who have an excellent podcast: the menopause sisters. Claire is a GP, trainer and mentor in London, with a special interest in menopause and reproductive health, Caroline is a trauma aware yoga teacher and also weaves cognitive behavioural therapy into her work. We look at the inner world lying beneath the menopause experience and how trauma may trigger emotional and physical symptoms, and how we might address this.
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| 23 Mar 2022 | Second Spring stories | 00:22:56 | |
Sharing one of my favourite chapters in Second Spring, which describes how our culture makes everything worse. Plus, I tell the story of how second spring was written and all the many, many people who have been part of her creation.
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| 20 Apr 2022 | Inside postmenopausal zest with Petra Coveney | 01:03:42 | |
I chat with author and trainer Petra Coveney about how we navigate postmenopause aka our Second Spring. Having both come through menopause as a relatively conscious process of personal growth, where has that brought us? How do we operate now? What kind of self-care do we use and how does it feel to be embarking on a new cycle of life? How can we embrace more life and vitality in a way that respects an ageing body?
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| 27 Apr 2022 | Inside hidden lives with artist Lois Blackburn | 01:02:19 | |
Lois Blackburn creates issue-based pieces, mainly in batik and textiles and makes art that is vibrant, evocative, approachable and connects people together. She exhibits her work internationally, has been commissioned for a wide range of public art and private artworks, and her artwork is held in public collections.
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| 18 May 2022 | Inside Biodynamic therapy with Anat Ben-Israel | 01:04:29 | |
To celebrate the centenary of innovative psychotherapist Gerda Boyesen, the founder of Biodynamic psychotherapy, I talk to Anat Ben-Israel M.A. Anat explains the central theory behind Biodynamic methods, how these ideas have been integrated into the mainstream of body-mind theory, why Gerda's work was overlooked in favour of her male colleagues, and how relevant this work is to our everyday lives. And if you’re interested in finding out more about Gerda’s methods check out https://centreforbodypsychotherapy.com/ which is the London School of Biodynamic Psychotherapy’s site.
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| 01 Jun 2022 | Inside rest with Stephanie Satriawan | 01:01:13 | |
This episode is about rest and creativity, and how come doing nothing at all can make the kind of magic that a to-do list can never get near. In conversation with Steph Satriawan we explore:
Steph is a mother, therapist and coach, passionate about empowering women to live in a cyclical rhythm so they can live their lives on purpose, with freedom and authenticity. She works 1-2-1, with groups and her community, Nest, can be found at featherlightliving.com
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| 11 May 2022 | Inside cyclical business with Sophie Jane Hardy | 01:05:56 | |
Today you can listen in to a conversation I had recently with nature and cycle-inspired business coach, writer and podcast host Sophie Jane Hardy, about how to create a sustainable business by using the seasons of menstruality as a guide:
And much more!
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| 15 Jun 2022 | Inside connection with Emily Humphreys | 00:53:13 | |
If you have listened to or read anything I’ve ever created before, you’ll know that the value of connecting to our bodies is central to everything I do. Interoception is essentially feeling the feelings in the body, it gives us access to our emotions, our nervous system, and our relationships so we can self-regulate. But what stops us from connecting with our bodies, and how can we actually do it? How can we actually listen to our bodies and respond kindly? Especially if we don’t have access to groups or therapists and need to access regulation independently. I get into some chewy and fascinating avenues to unpack connection with Emily Humphries who works with a brand new, and radically accessible technique called Reset Clearing, originated by Angus MacLeod. She came to it through her own burnout at 40 and so specialises in energy illness, or ‘invisible’ illness, which is especially poorly understood by Western medicine. She also specialises in working with men, having raised two sons and spent many years studying the philosophy of masculinity. And there’s loads more interesting stuff, all kinds of writing on different subjects on her Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ebmhumphreys
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| 25 May 2022 | Inside transformation with Catherine Tugnait | 00:45:58 | |
This is a conversation with a very special person, and dear friend Catherine Tugnait. we talk about the process of transformation and what might be needed for change to happen, through the lens of menopause and Metamorphic Technique. Catherine is a Birth and parenting educator, fertility and maternity therapist and Metamorphic Technique practitioner teacher who has been working within her community since the millennium. You may also enjoy finding more about Metamorphic technique at www.metamorphicassociation.org
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| 08 Jun 2022 | Inside messy cycles with Stella Tomlinson | 01:01:31 | |
This week I got to chat with someone who is just as enthusiastic about cyclical living as me, Stella Tomlinson. Stella is an author-poet and Priestess sharing soul care for midlife women's self-knowledge and healing. I can thoroughly recommend her most recent book 'Cycles of Belonging: Honouring ourselves through the sacred cycles of life' which is published by Womancraft We are not going to tell you about balance We are not going to tell you about ease None of that easy-peasy stuff. No. We’re exploring what happens when cycles get messy: upside down, angsty, anxious, critic attacks, void, separation and of course, perimenopause.
Because that’s real life! We’ll share tips and personal experiences from the challenging parts of our menstrual, menopause and creative cycles and how we navigate those tricky times.
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| 22 Jun 2022 | Not fitting in with Rosie Slosek | 00:50:49 | |
Rosie is a money management and business coach, healer and grower and she talks about her light switch moment, how she knew something was up with her, and the new trajectory this took her on. We talk about her experience of arriving in perimenopause, and about not fitting in. Stand by for some deadpan humour, extraordinary experiences and truth-telling.
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| 29 Jun 2022 | Inside perimenopause creativity with Laura Graham | 00:58:42 | |
I’ve been nudging Laura to come and chat with me for ages because I find her story so inspiring, her creativity has just rocketed in the last few years, smack in the middle of perimenopause. She’s a poet and comedian from Leeds. She writes brilliantly playful poetry that packs a punch about midlife, menopause and the north. She also does fanny jokes. What’s not to love?? She has been shortlisted for Leeds Poetry Festival Competition, featured on BBC Radio York and performed at events such as the Vagina Festival and Sonnet Youth Weekender. She is a 2022 Hammer and Tongue national slam finalist. If you want to invite me to read a poem at an event or perform DM me If you want to hear Stephen James Smith’s poem about why we need to create watch this: If you want inspiration on why now read Mary Oliver’s poem The Summer Day If you want to have a go at writing poetry read Grow Your Own Poem by Kate Clanchy and write along with the exercises. If you want to join a very welcoming online writing community contact Scribblers Union @scrubblersunion If you want to try stand up comedy but are not sure it’s for you: It is. Do it. If you live near Leeds and want to do a comedy course check out Now tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
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| 07 Sep 2022 | Jess Glenny on Autistic Menopause | 00:56:40 | |
Out of all the guests I have had on Life An Inside job, Jess Glenny offers the most vibrant and intimate window into her inside life as an Autistic person. I gobbled up Ravelled Up in a day, Jess's book is a beautiful exploration of how it is to be a human in movement, in growth and in authentic presence.
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| 01 Jul 2022 | Inside loneliness with Francine Forde | 00:56:47 | |
In this episode, I ask craniosacral therapist Francine Forde about how come our nervous systems are so incredibly jangled at the moment and we got into a conversation about loneliness, overstimulation, boundaries and yes, even a bit of menopause too. But Francine started by sharing how she’s seeing women apologizing all the time, and getting curious about what’s going on.
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| 14 Sep 2022 | Inside Wise Power with Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer | 01:01:22 | |
In this very special episode, after a year or more of nudging I have persuaded my teachers Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer of Red School to come along and talk about their wonderful new book Wise Power: Discover the Liberating power of menopause to Awaken Authority, Purpose and Belonging. It’s published by Hay House and you can pre-order now and get your hands on an actual copy on the 22nd of September. It’s a grand, trailblazing guide to menopause, filled with nourishing wisdom to help you thrive as your empowered, confident self through this transition and into Second Spring. I was lucky enough to read an early copy and it reframes menopause with great clarity and precision, giving you a clear and grounded psycho-spiritual path to plot your way through the storms. I ditched all the boring questions authors get asked and dug into what I really wanted to know to give you the exclusive, inside story on Wise Power. You won't hear this anywhere else! More information about Kate
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| 31 Aug 2022 | Autistic perimenopause | 01:09:28 | |
What happens to Autistic women and non-binary people in menopause? At a time when more and more people are receiving a diagnosis of Autism in midlife, we are only just beginning to discover what's going on.
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| 24 Aug 2022 | ADHD + perimenopause | 01:22:33 | |
This episode is part of a series of podcasts that focus on neurodiversity in perimenopause. I felt it was best to let people speak about their own experiences and let these voices be heard, in their diversity and brilliance.
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| 17 Aug 2022 | Inside The Change with Kirsten Miller | 00:48:46 | |
Last week I had a great conversation with New York Times bestselling author, and funny, warm, perceptive human Kirsten Miller. Her new book The Change just might be a unicorn; it’s a novel whose central are menopause sheroes. And more than that, you are going to want to be their friends. It’s a kickass, feminist novel about how we handle power, control over us and control of ourselves, and the fear that society has for our natural cycles. I already know that if you enjoy the conversations on LAIJ, you are going to love this book. It’s not just me, Marian Keyes says it’s A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You’ll love it. Kirsten is an outstanding feminist author in the YA and children’s space, who spent twenty-five years as a strategist in the advertising industry. During that time, she worked for some of the largest agencies in the world as well as boutique agencies and an eight-person start-up. She’s proud to have quit a senior job at one of the most famous ad agencies in America over an ad that’s described in The Change. I got very lucky because we share a publisher and I got an early copy and the chance to chat with Kirsten, and you are invited to the conversation too … about
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| 14 Sep 2022 | Inside ADHD: girls, parenting and me with Victoria Gazzard | 01:01:59 | |
This is another exploration into the way ADHD affects us, my guest is Victoria Gazzard, who shares more deeply and widely about the challenges of parenting girls with ADHD, rites of passage and managing adult life. Together we ponder how female gender stereotypes can be particularly restrictive and damaging for girls and women with ADHD and how these restrictions play out over adult life.
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| 25 Oct 2022 | Inside money with Catherine Morgan | 00:48:12 | |
My guest Catherine Morgan multi-award-winning qualified Financial Planner and award-winning Certified Financial Coach is on a mission to reduce financial anxiety and increase financial empowerment & resilience for 1 million women around the world. She is also very generous with her knowledge and shares about:
You can get a copy of Catherine’s very helpful book It’s Not About The Money at www.itsnotaboutthemoney.com Catherine’s website is https://catherinemorgan.com/ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-morgan/ Twitter https://twitter.com/themoneypanel Instagram https://www.instagram.com/catherinemorganmoney/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/catherinemorganmoney In Her Financial Shoes Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-her-financial-shoes-podcast/id1449065629
Resources mentioned Pension tracking service for lost pensions https://www.findpensioncontacts.service.gov.uk/ Pension forecast https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension Profit First, by Mike Michalowicz https://www.waterstones.com/book/profit-first/mike-michalowicz/9780735214149 Step Change debt solutions https://www.stepchange.org/ Tax credits if you have a baby https://www.gov.uk/tax-credits-if-you-have-baby
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| 30 Nov 2022 | Inside midlife exercise with Sam Palmer | 00:41:05 | |
Sam Palmer of Midlife Makeover talks through all the fear of exercise and what stops us from moving, and what to do about it. We explore how we get over the FEAR of doing exercise in midlife when we always feel we’re too something, be it too fat, too thin, too weak, too stiff, too tired or too dyspraxic.
Sam's contacts Website - https://www.midlifemakeover.co.uk/ Email - sam@midlifemakeover.co.uk Linked In - www.linkedin.com/in/midlifemakeover Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sampalmermidlifemakeover Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/samsmidlifemakeover
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| 12 Nov 2022 | Biodynamic stories - a celebration of Gerda Boyesen | 01:29:33 | |
Born in 1922, Gerda was the founder of Biodynamic Psychology, an energy-based psychotherapeutic practice that includes touch, energy, spirituality, and great humanity, which has influenced most body-orientated psychotherapeutic and complementary health modalities that have arisen since the 70s. This episode features people who trained in Biodynamic methods and share how it has deeply touched their lives and work.
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| 07 Dec 2022 | Inside the unseen with photographer Rosie Barnes | 00:47:34 | |
I first came across Rosie Barnes's photography through her exhibition ‘No you’re not’ a striking series of portraits and statements from autistic women who have been successful in academia and business. Two images from this series have been included in the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Gallery in London. Rosie is a documentary and fine art photographer with a particular interest in our relationship with the natural world. She also makes work about disability, difference, community and family. She has exhibited internationally, most recently in Sweden and China and has been commissioned by the Guardian, the FT, and the Wellcome Collection, amongst others. We talk about her work and the images of autistic women, the value of shyness, Rosie’s route into photography, her funny, haunting work around nature and our relationship to it, what it’s like to see her work exhibited on a huge scale, and Rosie’s fascinating project to create a truly integrated, community housing project.
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| 11 Jan 2023 | Inside everyday empowerment with Clarissa Krisjansson | 00:46:36 | |
My guest Clarissa Kristjansson PhD is an internationally recognized menopause educator. She specialises in Yang Sheng, TCM nutrition, medical qigong and mindfulness. She is passionate about nurturing the body, mind and spirit in harmony with the natural rhythms of nature during perimenopause. Clarissa is the host of the popular Thriving Thru Menopause podcast, she lectures and teaches around the world as well as meeting clients through online courses and 1 to 1 consultations. We talk about Everyday Empowerment
Ancient wisdom for peri brought up to date!
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| 17 Mar 2023 | Coming to terms: the end of biological fertility | 01:15:48 | |
Exploring how we can come to terms with the end of biological fertility and how creative fertility changes postmenopause. You’ll hear five different women, all in different circumstances and each story just blew me away. There is so much courage, healing, endurance and resilience in this coming to terms and I hope you’ll feel as inspired as I was. You should know though, that many of life tragedies are discussed in this episode including baby loss, sexual abuse and suicide so if you’re having a fragile day of it, maybe come back to this episode later. Some of the interviewees wished to stay anonymous so they could speak more freely about their experiences, but they do include:
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| 01 Feb 2023 | Inside climate activism | 00:53:10 | |
This episode is all about how the understanding of ourselves as cyclical beings can help us navigate the climate emergency. Giulietta Durante of Hormones in Harmony, Natasha Richardson from Forage Botanicals and period educator Tara Ghosh all kindly volunteered to share their wisdom and experience, we talk about: · How to manage climate anxiety · How to manage your nervous system and make a difference · How living cyclically helps you and the planet · How to have difficult conversations about the climate emergency · Being your own kind of activist · Plus many great tips to make a difference to climate change in your everyday life
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| 15 Feb 2023 | Fixing menopause | 01:00:09 | |
This episode focussed on debunking the narrative that claims menopause is a deficiency that requires fixing with oestrogen, instead of a normal, healthy life event that ushers us into a vibrant, engaged maturity. I feel that if menopause is asking us to love ourselves better, to deepen our relationship to ourselves, then HRT can really help with that, allowing us to put ourselves first. But though HRT can be a lifesaver, when it’s used for a long time to continue to push through when our resources are already depleted, without making any lifestyle changes, it is just saving up problems for later.
Rachel’s website is https://magnificentmidlife.com/ and you can find her book Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond at all good bookshops.
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| 28 Feb 2023 | Inside the gateway to freedom | 00:56:04 | |
Suzanne Yates is an acclaimed international therapist, teacher, author, researcher, and innovator, author of 3 books and now working on the 4th, she works with people at all stages of their lives: from babies and pregnant mothers to the elderly. Her specialty is women’s health. A published author and expert in the field of pre and postnatal shiatsu and bodywork, she has been teaching parents, doctors, midwives, shiatsu therapists, and massage practitioners worldwide for the past 30 + years. She taught me pregnancy shiatsu back in the naughties. Suzanne shares:
The episode closes with a beautiful practice Suzanne created for us.
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| 02 Mar 2023 | Positive Menopause | 00:46:51 | |
Laura Shuckburgh. Laura is is a Menopause Coach and an NLP Practitioner. She is the founder of Menopause Unleashed Retreats and Marvellous Midlife and She has recently written a digital menopause awareness product for the ted Learning group. You can usually find her in her home on wheels in the French Countryside. We talk about the positive change and growth that menopause can bring, even though the challenges are present, we can rise. Though Laura had a tough perimenopause she shares the journey of:
If you’re struggling in peri right now, you definitely need to listen to this. Menopause unleashed retreat https://www.marvellousmidlife.co.uk/menopause-unleashed-retreats Laura's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marvellous_midlife/ Laura's Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/lshuckburgh/ Hot Flash inc Substack https://hotflashinc.substack.com/
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| 05 Mar 2023 | Inside the Innana myth | 00:53:28 | |
Decent and Rising: women’s stories and the embodiment of the Innana myth is a book for anyone who has ever felt lost, a failure, that they’re getting sucked deep into dark places that most people would regard as mad. Written by Carly Mountain, a psychotherapist and women’s initiatory guide, who specialises in working with sexuality, relationships and embodiment. The book is published by Womancraft and I just loved it. I first came across this story through Angela Farmer, who you’ll remember from this earlier episode https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/angela-farmer-on-life-an-inside-job/ but Carly takes it to a deeper level. Last week I was lucky enough to have a conversation with Carly about this deeply layered myth and how we can use it to navigate and better understand the dark times of our lives. You can pre-order your copy from Womancraft at https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/descent-and-rising/ and find Carly at https://carlymountain.com/ on Instagram at @carly_mountain https://www.instagram.com/carly_mountain/
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| 13 Apr 2023 | Inside the crone – how to have a bad ass postmenopause | 00:52:30 | |
My guest today is a proper badass hag. Jane Hardwicke Collings is a grandmother, former homebirth midwife for 30 years, a teacher, writer and menstrual educator. She gives workshops on mother and daughter preparation for menstruation, the spiritual practice of menstruation, and the sacred dimensions of pregnancy, birth and menopause. Jane founded and runs The School of Shamanic Womancraft, an international Women’s Mysteries School. I wanted to know how to be a fab elder, or hag or crone because there really aren’t so many positive role models or much signposting. We discussed: o What menopause taught Jane about being an elder. o The importance of owning our language and how we name ourselves: hag, crone, elder, wise woman o How to balance following your passion with caring for being in an ageing body. o How can we protect against the mental effects of ageing o How do we counteract the miserable narratives about older women o What Jane wished she had known in her 40’s o How Jane’s relationship with death illuminates her day-to-day living
You’ll notice in the conversation that though we both use a seasonal structure as a map for life, Jane and I do this differently. Jane sees one cycle through the seasons with the end of Winter announcing death, and I see two cycles, with a Second Spring starting postmenopause.
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| 18 Apr 2023 | Inside Manstruation with Alyx Coble-Frakes | 00:52:14 | |
Have you ever struggled to explain to the men and non-menstruators around you what you need in your menstrual month? Or why you might seem to be an entirely different personality week on week? My friend Alyx Coble-Frakes did, and her experiences of frustration have resulted in what is to my knowledge, the first book about periods specifically written for cis-men. We chatted about:
Free sign up for Manstruation a field guide https://mailchi.mp/theagendaperiod/vjrwgryv9p Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theagendaperiod/ Website https://www.theagendaperiod.com/
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| 18 Apr 2023 | Inside purpose with Fiona Buckland | 00:58:12 | |
The topic of purpose is enormously charged, we feel beset by inner critics, doubts, and overwhelm. Thank heavens for Fiona Buckland’s book Find your own path: how to create the life you really want. Like a life coach in your pocket, it offers a friendly step-by-step approach to finding your calling. Fiona is a life & leadership coach, facilitator, author, and speaker who has worked one-on-one with hundreds of clients and lead thousands in public and corporate workshops, trainings and events including the School of Life and the Guardian masterclasses. In this conversation with Fiona, I ask her:
If you are engaged in a creative process, you’re likely to find something useful in this conversation. Here’s a tip: we’re ALL engaged in the creative process.
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| 10 May 2023 | Inside the wiser woman with Tania Elfersy | 00:52:29 | |
Tania Elfersy is a transformative coach, speaker and award-winning author, specializing in midlife women's health. Tania has spent years researching what causes and what can relieve symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause. She became free of her own physical and emotional symptoms naturally and simply, through insight alone. Tania set up The Wiser Woman project in 2015 to help women transform their experience of midlife change. Her new brilliant book The Wiser Woman’s Guide to Perimenopause and Menopause is available now.
Tania's links:
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| 26 Jun 2023 | Inside the highly sensitive person with ChaNan Bonser | 01:04:28 | |
Our guide to the highly sensitive person, or HSP, is ChaNan Bonser a therapist and healer, and a teacher and trainer based in Mid Wales. She is a highly sensitive person, and for many years has worked with sensitivity within her client base. She recently developed an online course Self Care for Sensitives, helping folk who are highly sensitive to become more robust and resilient, and to learn how to harness their sensitivity as a super power.
We talk about:
Website www.chananbonser.com Course https://courses.chananbonser.com/p/self-care-for-sensitives Kinesiology www.kinesiologywales.com The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron pub by Thorsons Healing Trauma by Peter Levine pub by Sounds True Uma Dinsmore- Tuli https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/
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| 10 Jul 2023 | Inside the compassionate lens with Leticia Valverdes | 01:01:09 | |
Leticia Valverdes is a prize-winning photographer whose work starts with deep listening. Published in The Telegraph, The Guardian amongst others, she’s also well-known for her community work with indigenous people, especially women and girls. Leticia’s commercial work includes personal branding for organisations and heart-led businesses in the UK and Portugal and also documenting retreats and rites of passage. I particularly wanted to talk to her about the way she uses the process of image-making for healing, especially with mothers and with older women. We explored:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/leticiavalverdes/
Extra links Kimberly Ann Johnson - https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/ Laura Graham on Life An Inside Job with the poem Please F@ck Off - https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/inside-perimenopause-creativity-with-laura-graham/ Uma Dinsmore Tuli - https://www.yoganidranetwork.org/ Red School - https://www.redschool.net/ Christopher Gladwell Yoga and Breath - https://www.christophergladwell.com/ Tami Lynn Kent - https://www.wildfeminine.com/ Helen Hodder pelvic care - https://www.helenhodder.co.uk/about Dominique Sakoilsky doula training- https://www.dominiquesakoilsky.com/ Leesa Whisker 'soft eyes' On Life An Inside Job - https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/inside-true-style-with-leesa-whisker/
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| 26 Jul 2023 | Inside fierce justice with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli | 00:50:42 | |
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network, is a fierce proponent of rest in the form of yoga nidra, founder of the Yoni Shakti movement to end the abuse of women and girls in yoga, and author of many books including the comprehensive Yoni Shakti: a Woman's Guide to Power and Freedom Through Yoga and Tantra which is thankfully available again after a long break. You'll hear
This is a compelling story of the power of menopause transition to create change for good.
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| 05 Aug 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Coni Longden-Jefferson | 00:21:52 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 20 Aug 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped with Liz Thomas | 00:23:25 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living.
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| 29 Dec 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Hannah B Burton | 00:24:53 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living.
If you are curious about your inner seasons and are navigating perimenopause, you might enjoy our self-directed online course Perimenopause Unwrapped which you can find at https://woman-kind.co.uk/
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| 02 Dec 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped with Lizzy Kurtzer | 00:21:18 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. Lizzy's links We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 15 Sep 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Jyoti Mayani | 00:23:21 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 02 Sep 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwarapped featuring Lou Perham | 00:22:47 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 30 Sep 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Natasha Richardson | 00:23:36 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 19 Oct 2023 | Inside men with Kenny Mammarella-D'Cruz | 00:54:17 | |
This is an episode for blokes, most especially for blokes who are close to perimenopausal mayhem. I had a chat with my old friend Kenny Mammarella D’Cruz, aka The Man Whisperer, who has instigated hundreds of men’s groups across the country. Daily Express described me as a "coach, consultant, and guru of all things men" Kenny and I talked about:
Plus my all-time favourite quote ever from a man about postmenopausal women, I won’t spoil the surprise but it’s very, very good.
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| 19 Nov 2023 | Inside ADHD masking with Adele Wimsett | 00:51:31 | |
This is the third episode I’ve done about ADHD females, so the topic is highly dominant in the nearly 100 episodes of LAIJ, and that’s because I see awareness of ADHD is SO needed Today’s guest is Adele Winsett of Harmonise You, she's a Women's Health Practitioner & Cyclical Living Guide. Co-author of the book Essential Feminine Wisdom. From menarche to menopause, Adele bridges the woo & the science, supporting women to balance their hormones naturally and is passionate about speaking on all things menstrual education! Adele's specialism within the Women's Health arena is specialising in supporting ADHD women to understand how their hormones affect their traits. And that’s what we talk about in this episode,
And much more!
Adele's links are www.harmoniseyou.co.uk IG @harmoniseyou https://www.instagram.com/harmoniseyou/
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| 28 Oct 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Julia Davis | 00:34:16 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 12 Jul 2024 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Abi Denyer-Bewick | 00:24:28 | |
Abi Denyer-Bewick is a neurodivergent (AuDHD) sea creature with a deep commitment to the cyclical nature of life.
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| 09 Nov 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Tessa Venuti Sanderson | 00:28:58 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 12 Dec 2023 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped Un-Christmas Special with Leora and Kate | 00:21:53 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 18 Jan 2024 | Rest in times of fear with Suzy Reading | 00:56:32 | |
We all know we need rest so why do we find it so hard, especially when we are in a state of fear? My guest is an expert in this field: Suzy Reading is a mother of two, an author, Chartered Psychologist, and Coach. She specialises in self-care, helping people manage their stress, emotions, and energetic bank balance. Her latest book, Rest to Reset is available now. Suzy will explain how to build a rest habit in your life, no matter how busy you are. Instagram: www.instagram.com/suzyreading/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/SuzyReadingPsychologyAndYoga/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuzyReading Website: www.suzyreading.co.uk
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| 19 Jan 2024 | Inside endings with Stella Duffy | 00:55:43 | |
We hear from the ridiculously prolific Stella Duffy about loss, endings, mortality, the value of living with a sense of our ageing instead of denying it, and the exquisite possibilities for being ‘more ourselves’ that this brings. Stella is hugely generous with sharing her life experience and there are some beautifully profound moments in this interview. Alongside her therapy work, Stella is the award-winning writer of seventeen novels, over seventy short stories, and fifteen plays, and worked in theatre for over thirty-five years as an actor, director, facilitator, and improvisor. The co-founder and, for eight years, the co-director of Fun Palaces working with communities and inclusion across the UK, Stella has been active in equalities and diversity work in the arts and LGBTQ+ communities for many decades. In 2016 she was awarded the OBE for Services to the Arts. She is also a yoga teacher, leading regular workshops in yoga for writing. We also talk about the ubiquity with which HRT is prescribed (wrongly) for all menopause ailments, often without evidence, using misogynistic and ageist language that causes immense harm. Blog (writing, cancer, in/fertility, politics, life): https://stelladuffy.blog/ Therapy site: https://stelladuffytherapy.co.uk/ Insta: @stellduffy & @stelladuffytherapy X/Twitter: @stellduffy Threads: @stellduffy
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| 04 Apr 2024 | Inside gut instinct with Abi Adams | 00:48:03 | |
Today’s guest is the sparkling, outspoken voice for empowerment that is Abi Adams. Abi is a dynamic speaker, mentor, and movement coach, and is the visionary founder of Project Woman. Her unbridled passion for feminine health and well-being propels her on a mission to embark with individuals and companies on a forward-thinking approach that puts people and health first. We talk about gut instinct or intuition, what it is, how to cultivate it, what gets in the way and the magic that happens when we can listen and trust our inner voice. And Abi is offering a gorgeous retreat at the end of September the The Project Woman Autumn Immersion - https://www.abiadams.co.uk/project-woman-autumn-immersion Project Woman is here www.weareprojectwoman.com
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| 13 Apr 2024 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Tara Ghosh | 00:17:44 | |
Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living., and is brought to you by Leora Lebof and Kate Codrington. Tara's Links @_taraghosh_ We’d be delighted to welcome you there and if you have any questions you can contact us through our site or email us at kindness@woman-kind.co.uk
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| 30 May 2024 | Inside burnout with Sara Slattery | 00:58:16 | |
Today's guest is Life Coach Sara Slattery, and we talk about burnout in corporate, the social sector and in wellbeing professions. We cover:
Sara supports values-led women in liberating themselves in their lives and work by reclaiming their time, energy and purpose. She works with professional women and organisations in her private practice, reimagining how we do work- in both what we do and how we do it.
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| 26 Jul 2024 | Inside sleep with Dr Jill McGarry | 01:05:01 | |
Jill is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and works with clients and companies to develop and apply a blend of strategies so that individuals and teams go from exhausted to energised in the most effective way. Techniques to fall asleep faster, sleep better and feel more energised during the day. Jill has a gift for making it very simple and we cover:
Dr Jill McGarry's links
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| 09 Aug 2024 | Inside Boredom with Lisa de Jong | 01:01:40 | |
In Lisa's second visit to Life An Inside Job, she talks about the value of boredom.
Lisa's Links “From Pain To Power” podcast https://lisadejongcoaching.com/podcast-welcome IG @lisa_dejong_coach https://www.instagram.com/lisa_dejong_coach/
Resources The War of Art: Winning The Inner Creative Battle – Steven Pressfield Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport In Praise of Slow – Carl Honore How To Break Up With Your Phone - Catherine Price
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| 24 Jun 2024 | Inside pleasure and fear with Niamh Daly | 01:05:23 | |
In this episode, teacher, trainer and author Niamh Daly talks about the effects of fear and pleasure in perimenopause. We talk about libido, and unpack the myth that perimenopause necessarily means a drop, or no libido at all. We talk about how to bring more pleasure into your life, how that re-wires the brain, about the value of yoga and different varieties of yoga and other movement. We talk about the fear that sets in too, when our bodies don’t respond as well as they used to, and how to meet these issues with compassion. Niamh has been teaching yoga since 2004. Seeing that there was very little consideration in the yoga world for the evolving needs of women over 40, in 2015 she began to develop Yoga for the Stages of Menopause, launching her YTT of the same name in 2020, which has trained hundreds of teachers worldwide. She also runs CPD courses in Yoga for Bone Health, and Menopause Awareness and Strategies for talk therapists and for fitness professionals. Her book Yoga for Menopause and Beyond: guiding teachers and students through change is a great read for yoga practitioners and teachers, I found it really helpful for my practice and I’m not a teacher. We started the conversation talking about orgasms, or rather, book-orgasms as you’ll hear….
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| 10 Jul 2024 | Inside the Feel Good Fix with Lavina Mehta MBE | 00:58:27 | |
Lavina Mehta MBE is a Personal Trainer, Wellness Coach, author and mum of 3, she’s British Asian & is passionate about promoting the health benefits of exercise to treat, prevent & reduce risks of chronic diseases like Diabetes & Heart Disease. She gives Weekly Free virtual Seniors Workouts sessions, with my 76-year-old Mother in Law, in Gujarati and English on YouTube. She’s a Diabetes UK & Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador and a Patron of the Menopause Mandate, she also gives keynote speeches, events and workshops around fitness and perimenopause. Her book: The Feel Good Fix is published by Penguin and is available from all good bookshops. In our conversation Lavina shares:
And with a bit of coercion, I managed to get her to give just one tip to feel good.
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| 01 Oct 2024 | Inside shame with Julia Davis and Tessa Venuti Sanderson | 01:08:58 | |
According to Brenee Brown, shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging—something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection. In this episode were talking about how listening circles can help to reduce the amount of shame we feel. How being witnessed can help us to accept and find love for ourselves. We also talk about how shame shows up for professional space holders, and how we can manage these difficult feelings in our work. My guests are Julia Davis and Tessa Venuti Sanderson, who’s new book ‘Circle Holding: a practical guide to Facilitating talking Circles’ is available to pre-order now. Julia is co-founder of Circle Holding and runs training and mentors people who want to facilitate groups and circles. She is founder of Yoga Teachers Forum and has facilitated hundreds of continued development trainings and community support events for yoga teachers. In her local Finchley Yoga community she has a specialisation of Women’s Health Therapy Tessa has been running talking circles including trainings, retreats and festivals. She currently runs a women’s circle a pregnancy and postnatal circle and has run various mother/daughter and puberty circles. She's also a senior yoga teacher and trainer (specialising in pregnancy yoga CPD), Circle Holding website: https://www.circleholding.org
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| 10 Sep 2024 | Inside The Perimenopause Journal | 00:49:11 | |
Celebrating the publication of The perimenopause Journal: Unlock your power, Own your wellbeing, Find your path which is now available in the UK. It'll be in the U.S. and Canada in October and Australia and N.Z. before Christmas. The Perimenopause Journal is a gorgeously illustrated, 52-week, undated journal that supports you to refine a bespoke self-care plan to ease you through your perimenopause and into a vibrant postmenopausal life. It makes a beautiful gift for a dear friend It shows how understanding your ‘inner seasons ‘ is a fast track to self-compassion: · gives you prompts and inquiries for appropriate self-care, · charts to track your energy with the moon phases, and · guided meditations to access rest and calm. · Each month there is space for reflection and intention setting to focus on small, do-able changes in your life, to ease your symptoms, access your power and find your path. It makes a beautiful gift for a dear friend There is also a competition, for UK folk only I’m afraid, to win a signed copy of The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring. All you need do is answer this question correctly: Who coined the phrase: menopause it’s an inside job? You can email your answers to hello@katecodrington.co.uk with your uk postal address, the winner will be contacted on 30th September. If you already have a copy, and I hope you have ordered one, I can write a dedication so you can gift either one to a friend. Just let me know their name. First correct answer out of the hat wins the books!
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| 19 Nov 2024 | Inside Ageing Well with Gary Carter | 01:01:03 | |
Today we’re talking about ageing, and specifically about how fascia is central to ageing well. If you don’t know what fascia is don’t worry, Gary explains it clearly. And if you do already, you will be diving more deeply into how fascia relates to ageing. My guest is Gary Carter, who is recognised internationally as one of the UK’s leading Anatomy and Movement teachers. He does a lot of stuff, he’s a polymath, so here goes. He is a myofascial manual therapist, personal trainer, shiatsu and craniosacral practitioner, anatomy and fascial anatomy lecturer and also a yoga teacher and teacher trainer. He lectures and teaches in Movement and Fascial Anatomy for schools of massage, physiotherapy, osteopathy, Yoga & Pilates teacher trainings. He started the Natural Bodies Yoga and movement Centre in Brighton, UK, in 1991, training and encouraging ease of movement, efficient body use in exercise, sport and many movement disciplines.
Gary's links
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| 01 Nov 2024 | Cyclical Living Unwrapped featuring Claire Baker | 00:24:43 | |
For over a decade, Claire has taught women to live in harmony with their bodies, believing menstrual cycle awareness is key to women’s wellbeing, creativity, and empowerment. Her online program, Adore Your Cycle, has students in over 35 countries. In 2019, Claire founded Cycle Coach School, a training provider that teaches facilitators how to integrate menstrual cycle coaching into their practice. Known for her authentic voice, she’s regularly featured in Red, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Women’s Health magazines. Originally from Australia, Claire now calls the U.K. home. Claire's links: Website: https://www.clairebaker.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_clairebaker_/
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| 16 Oct 2024 | Inside heavy bleeding with Sophie Fletcher | 00:54:21 | |
My guest is Sophie Fletcher, she’s a clinical hypnotherapist and bestselling author of three books with over 20 years in working in women’s health. She weaves knowledge, intuition, and self-hypnosis together to improve the quality of life for busy, overwhelmed women who feel exhausted, fed up and lacking in clarity. On her website, you’ll find online courses for pregnancy through to menopause, powerful audio-tracks for worries such as anxiety presenting to turning a breech baby, and one-to-one coaching online and in person. In the aftermath of Panorama's expose of Louise Newson has left many people confused so we talk a lot about HRT in this episode.
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| 03 Dec 2024 | Wintering in the face of tinsel: a guide for sensitive folk to survive Christmas, with ChaNan Bonser | 00:55:02 | |
I am delighted to welcome ChaNan back again for her second visit to Life An inside Job, her first, season 3 ep 12 Inside the Highly Sensitive Person, is my most downloaded episode ever. Seeing as there is an interest in sensitivity, I thought it would be good to talk about the perils of Christmas. ChaNan Bonser is a highly experienced therapist and trainer who is dedicated to helping others find their own unique way. She works with clients both personally and in an organisational context, fostering resilience and calm. She holds regular Dreaming Circles in which participants develop a deeper connection to Earth and their interrelationship with our human selves through embodied imagination and creative prompts. We talk about:
ChaNan's website is: https://chananbonser.com/
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| 17 Mar 2025 | Inside balance with Lucy Blunden | 00:58:58 | |
The spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, is when there are equal amounts of daylight and nighttime, around 21st March in the Northern Hemisphere and 21st September in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the perfect moment to explore balance in our lives. I invited medical herbalist Lucy Blunden to explore what balance actually is and how we can move towards it in our lives. Lucy Blunden is a Medical Herbalist and EFT-Tapping practitioner in Hertfordshire UK. She has been in practice since 2008 working with people to support them in finding their desired health changes. She loves to work with digestive concerns as herbs have such great affinity to the gut. Lucy's specialist area is where the emotional and physical meet and she works with her astute understanding of folk in combination with herbal medicines and EFT-Tapping to find the perfect path for each patient. We also covered:
Lucy's Links Recommendations Kirsty Galagher's books Sacred Seasons and Lunar Living Rebecca Beattie's book The Wheel of the Year That chocolate and tahini recipe from Dominique Ludwig
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| 19 Apr 2025 | Inside Erotic Seasons with Kimberly Ann Johnson | 01:04:01 | |
Welcome to a special Easter edition with the seasonal topic of how our sexuality changes from teens to postmenopause. Spoiler alert, there are no eggs or chocolate to be found here, but the themes of Spring 'becoming' in the maiden years fit beautifully with the epic greenness and becoming of late April growth. My guest is Kimberly Ann Johnson, somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Sexological Bodyworker, Birth Doula, author, and single mother who offers a uniquely refreshing view of well-being in the female body. We talked about:
Kimberly's course is here and her website can be found here Kimberly's Instagram @kimberly.ann.johnson Other resources Kimberly’s books are The Fourth Trimester and Call of the Wild Call To Love Weekend Workshop - 5th-6th July London (pay easefully with instalments if you book by May 5th)
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| 28 Dec 2020 | Trailer for Life - An Inside Job | 00:04:27 | |
At Life - An Inside Job I aim to help you nourish your inner world and make it a great place to hang out, so your outer world can become more fun, meaningful and satisfying. I chat with fascinating teachers, creatives, therapists and ordinary people who use their interior experience to change their outer world. You’ll get the inside skinny on healing, how to manage mental and physical pain, how to balance your real-life outer world and make your inner world into the best kind of party. A party even one person can enjoy. Our reality is created on our insides, directly from our mind, beliefs and body sensation but until things go wrong, we barely give our inner life any attention at all Truth is, we can tootle along focussing on trying to get a fancy car and a sexy partner and that’s fine until we meet trauma, illness or the next major life transition, and then the lack inner life starts to show as disconnection and emptiness. If your head is a horrible place to hang out, you'll find out what you can do about it Or, if you’re lucky and your insides are fantastic, how to bring more of that fantasticness into the outer world of relationships and shopping trollies. I have been a personal growth junky since the age of 16, when my sis came back from one of those hard-core 80’s personal growth workshops. Thank god there was an age limit in place or my tender teenage self would have been stuffed! Join me to listen to real, raw, juicy conversations with people who know their inside world; I‘ve got inspirational teachers, healers, and guides to life talking about what works. There are amazing artists talking about the creative process and how to let it flow and real people talking about their real lives and what really going on inside. I can't wait to share their inner worlds with you.
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| 28 Mar 2021 | Inside Chronic Pain with Leora Leboff | 00:50:00 | |
I couldn’t get started with this podcast series without talking to my dear partner in Woman Kind, Leora Leboff. Leora is not only my partner at work but also a very dear friend and an awesome human. I learn so much from being around her. She’s been a therapist for more than a quarter of a century, practising and teaching womb massage, EFT, aromatherapy and Medicine Circles. Mostly focusing on women’s health. One of the most impressive people I know, and you’ll get why when you listen to our intimate, totally up-front conversation. You will be amazed to find that we’re not talking perimenopause or periods, but about the other health challenges that Leora has been facing over the last few years and how she manages chronic pain.
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| 28 Dec 2020 | Inside Yoga with Catherine Annis | 00:49:29 | |
In this episode I have a wonderful conversation with Scaravelli inspired Yoga teacher and trainer Catherine Annis. I’ve been lucky enough to benefit from her classes over lockdown and have found them super-interesting because the focus is on our inside experience, not what the pose looks like. After a class when she was encouraging us to kind-of NOT follow her instructions, I really wanted to talk to her more.
You can find out more about Catherine's yoga teacher training here and her regular classes here
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| 29 Dec 2020 | Inside Period Pain with Lisa de Jong | 01:01:16 | |
In this episode, I have a fascinating insight into period pain with my colleague, menstruality coach, educator, speaker and facilitator Lisa de Jong. Lisa works in Ireland and helps women understand and work with the cyclical nature of their menstrual cycle for physical and emotional wellbeing. I was so touched that Lisa decided to share her personal journey with period pain, it’s a sweet, tender conversation and you’ll learn loads about how to manage period pain and the utter gems of wisdom that Lisa has gathered over the years.
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| 25 Jan 2021 | Inside Prolapse with Jane Dancey | 00:50:24 | |
This week is all about the female pelvis and its healing, in which I have an honest chat with Jane Dancey about how she has found her own route to heal her prolapse. She’s a somatic yoga coach and facilitator specialising in women’s well being, especially the pelvis, when it goes wrong as well as exploring the good stuff, like pleasure and sexuality. She shares her journey to find a juicy inner-life through practising and teaching yoga and the low-down on how to heal pelvic disfunction in a respectful and holistic way. Jane shares:
If you are experiencing any menstrual symptoms or pelvic pain that gives you concern, please go and get it checked out with your doctor, GP or specialist. Jane has a helpful breathing practice to explore the relationship between the breathing diaphragm and the pelvic floor here and you can find out more about her Embodied Female Pelvis course here.
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| 31 Jan 2021 | Inside Consciousness with John Stirk | 00:49:54 | |
This episode is a mind-expanding stonker of a conversation with yoga teacher John Stirk. If you've ever meditated (or tried to) if you work with mind-body healing or have been to a yoga class, this is going to be fascinating.
And buy his new book Deeper Still here
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| 21 Feb 2021 | Inside Body Confidence with Sophie Cleere | 00:47:19 | |
This episode features an inspirational facilitator whose favourite thing is to empower women to feel good. The soft and strong, wild and free, fragile and fierce Sophie Cleere. Together we take a no-bullshit look at Sophie’s journey from disconnection to body confidence and the pleasures and heightened sexuality of her perimenopause. There is some explicit language so if that’s not your thing, you may prefer to listen to a different episode. We chat about:
And of course, a stonking top-tip to develop more body confidence
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| 18 Mar 2021 | Inside Identity with Angie Litvinoff | 00:54:56 | |
I wanted to have a conversation with Angie Litvinoff because she is an inspired healer. She’s a medicine woman, creator of ceremonies and rites of passage and a mentor who is utterly grounded. Very often people who reach her level of teaching and visibility are full of smoke and mirrors, pretence and ego, but Angie makes finding identity so simple and straight-forward and DO able. This translates into a highly effective transformation program and her Online Calm pack: from anxiety to delivery which helps creatives find their true identity and voice. There is some explicit language in this podcast, so if that’s not your thing, you may prefer to listen to a different episode.
And of course Angie’s clever practice to identify your own route to finding your creative identity.
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| 14 Apr 2021 | Inside Creative Process with Anne Tannam | 00:52:27 | |
I am just fascinated by creative process, almost to the point of obsession, because making things whether it’s visual art, textiles or writing is one of the most important things in my life. It makes me VERY happy. I feel like myself. So I was excited when Anne Tannam agreed to do a pod chat because not only is she a fabulous poet, but she also coaches people to harness their own creativity in business, work and life. So she can do it, and, which is fabulous for us, she can tell us how to do it too! Or actually, give us ways of finding out for ourselves. It took Anne 40 years to start writing and I am so glad she did the author of two wonderful poetry collections, with a third ‘Twenty-six Letters of a New Alphabet’ forthcoming from Salmon Poetry later in 2021.
How to square our creativity with financial returns Along with a side helping of Anne’s best tip of a vibrant creative life. And the poetry can be found here I'd love to hear your thoughts on the topics we discuss, you can message me through Instagram or have a look at my website where you'll find a wealth of free resources.
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| 07 Apr 2021 | Inside Sensual Pleasure with Mangala Holland | 00:53:43 | |
I was excited to listen in to Mangala Holland’s wisdom because she knows a lot about pleasure and how to support people to find more of it in their lives in a way that is not about looking sexy for other people. No surprises then, that there is some explicit language in this episode. Mangala is a Women’s Empowerment and Sexuality coach, and facilitator. She describes herself as being on a mission to help pussy-owners become empowered through loving themselves fiercely, celebrating their sexuality, and overcoming the fear, guilt and shame that keeps them playing small. What I love is that Mangala has a beautiful no-bullshit, fluff-free, grounded, dogma-free style. In this episode we discuss:
Along with lots more hot stuff and, of course, Mangala’s top tip for increasing pleasure in your life.
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| 21 Apr 2021 | Inside Letting Go with Lottie Randomly | 00:53:49 | |
We can be active and productive and acquire and acquire but if we don’t let go, things get seriously toxic. On all levels. And it’s not something we’re very good at. This is a soulful, sweet meandering conversation in which we cover all kinds of letting go. As well as death, there’s funerals, loss, hope, the menstrual cycle and what that teaches us about letting go, compost, menopause, grieving in covid times… all the best taboo topics. Lottie wears loads of different hats, they're a celebrant, a creator of queer-centred cycle magic, an educator and facilitator, a coach and animist, a walker-between-worlds who’s also worked in mainstream mental health for a long time. I came across them on Instagram where you can find their heartfelt, thoughtful posts at @know.your.cycle
Though they really didn’t want to, I squeezed Lottie till they let out a fabulous top tip too.
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| 05 May 2021 | Inside Menopause Activism with Uma Dinsmore Tuli | 00:50:59 | |
This is a deliciously sweary episode, so if explicit language is not your thing, please choose a different interview. But I have to say it’s very juicy. Uma is co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network and has developed Total Yoga Nidra, Wild Nidra and Nidra Shakti: radical creative and intuitive approaches to sharing yoga nidra. More recently she’s initiated Yoni Shakti The Movement whose purpose is to Eradicate abuse of women in yoga: take action to reclaim yoga as a tool for planetary healing and justice. Stitching together our conversation as Uma sewed I asked her about her experience of her menopause so far, about rage and tenderness, about her childhood and of course Yoni Shakti The Movement We talk about:
And of course Uma’s top tip for staying unstuck and vibrant inner life. Visit Yoga Nidra Network for free nidras and training in 23 different languages Red School for info on menstrual and menopause leadership Sophie Jane Hardy (nee Mortimer) fabulous organiser and marketing genius
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| 28 Apr 2021 | Inside Perfectionism with Abi Denyer-Bewick | 00:45:30 | |
I got very lucky and my dear friend Abi Denyer-Bewick agreed to have a conversation with me about perfectionism, how we constantly feel we’re getting things wrong, have to try harder and are just not enough. We ask, what if you couldn’t get it wrong? What if we turned to kindness instead? Abi is a passionate advocate for cyclical living and all things menstrual. She works using the Medicine Circle, Yoga, Sensual Kink and Intimacy practices, Grief Rituals, Eating Psychology and Functional Medicine. But more importantly, she’s an all-round gorgeous person. We talked about:
And how to interrupt all the trying super-hard to choose something better and of course, Abi’s top tip to reconnect with feeling that we are enough Abi's Instagram is here and you can find her course here
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| 12 May 2021 | Inside Mindful Creativity with Lucy Irving | 00:44:48 | |
Mindfulness is a wonderful thing, life-saving even, but the presentation and language can make it a bit out of reach. Artist, illustrator and author Lucy Irving delivers mindfulness with colour, wit and playfulness in her illustrations, which are hopeful reminders to stay present to the everyday joys and sorrows that are familiar to all of us, especially in lockdown. I first came across Lucy’s work on Instagram where she’s @likeliterallylucy and I was blown away by the sheer joyful daftness and we had a delicious conversation about creativity and mindfulness and how together, they can make us happier.
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| 09 Jun 2021 | Inside Grief with Miranda Obiora | 00:46:50 | |
Miranda is a rare bird, she has an absolutely golden heart. She’s a sensitive truth-teller, super-smart, a sharer of joy and beauty and my mate. She tells strangers on the street that they have a lovely smile. That kind of person. I blooming love her. We’ve had loads of great conversations over the years but one theme that keeps resurfacing is about grief; time passing, bereavement, the whole ache and joy of it all. We also talk about our experiences of birth, bringing up children and living with teenagers. So I asked her if she’s come and do a podchat because I knew you’d love her as much as I do. I didn’t realise when we arranged the date for the podchat that it was the anniversary of Miranda’s friend’s death, so it’s a raw, tender conversation. We are so blooming lucky that she agreed to share her worldview. We spoke about:
And I even managed to wrangle a top tip for a wonderful inside life too.
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| 02 Jun 2021 | Inside the Listening Body with Joanne Avison | 00:55:39 | |
This episode is for anyone who is interested in how their body works, and essential listening for anyone who's practised or taught yoga, bodyworkers and movement therapists. In my physiology training, I was taught that fascia was a kind of wrapping that covered all our organs and muscles and bones, I’ve worked with it and touched it all my professional life. It turns out I’ve been holding a highly reductive and mechanical concept of fascia. In our conversation, Joanne explains how fascia is in fact the fabric of our whole form, it’s a sensory organ that holds and expresses our experience of life and our personality Joanne is a former chocolatier, who has become one of the foremost teachers of structural anatomy for movement and bodyworkers, she’s a member of the Biotensegrity Interest Group, who investigates why we move the way we do and her book YOGA Fascia, Anatomy and Movement is now in its 2nd Edition. If you want to move and feel better and are curious about what fascia is, how it works, how we can nourish it to live better, then stay tuned.
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| 27 May 2021 | Inside Vaginas with Andrea Clarke | 00:49:15 | |
You can tell already that this is an explicit episode, we use clear descriptive language to talk about how working with the fascia of the pelvic floor, pelvis and vagina can create healing for sexual trauma, for shame, existential issues, healing for blocked creativity, for menopause and fertility. Andrea Clarke is a trainer and therapist for womb massage and holistic pelvic care™, who works internally with feminine bodies. This isn’t sexy stuff. This is boundaried, gentle, serious, whole-person healing that was created by Tami Lynn Kent, whose book Wild Feminine is a treasure trove of information. We cover what the therapy is, what happens, what it helps, who it helps and much much more.
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| 22 Jun 2021 | Inside Menopausal Relationships with Joanna Groves | 00:48:31 | |
Menopause is a time when we see very clearly what is not working in our lives, and naturally, this shows up a lot in our intimate relationships. It’s confusing enough for us, but our poor partners often end up feeling bemused and abandoned. I got together with couples therapist and trainer Joanna Groves to find out how to talk to your partner about what’s happening and how partners of menopausal people can understand what’s going on and how to move forward together. We talk about how to communicate, how to be an ally for your menopausing partner and how to heal your sex life too. Joanna is a rare bird, a therapist is totally down to earth and can also hold the deeper levels of wounding and trauma that we carry. She gives us loads of great tips on how to actually cope in our relationship when things are tough.
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| 15 Jun 2021 | Inside Perimenopause with Dr Becky Quicke | 01:00:29 | |
Dr Becky Quicke aka The Menopause Psychologist shares the psychological skills she uses to help her perimenopause clients find their essential self and voyage through their transformation into Second Spring with peace and confidence and be the change the world needs to see.
There's also a brilliant freebie that will show you how to manage your anxiety Her website is beckyquicke.com
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| 05 Jul 2021 | Angela Farmer | 00:49:14 | |
Opportunities to interview a role model don’t come up very often so this is a very special episode. I’ve been fascinated by Angela Farmer because of the quality of vitality, curiosity and playfulness she has in her 80’s. One of my ongoing enquiries is ‘how to age well’ and as you listen, this is what she shares in our conversation. Inventor of the yoga mat, because the floor was just too hard, Angela was one of the first to be trained by Iyengar in the west. She moved from Iyengar Yoga, which was then a rigid structure of poses to be 'perfected' and about how the body looks, to focussing exclusively on the inner world and what the body wants to happen, from the inside. If you are someone who would like to age well, and/or have a yoga practice you will find so much gold in this conversation. The audio quality isn’t that great I’m afraid, but as Angela says, there is a great abundance of beauty in the valley of Eftalou where she lives, but wifi is not one of them. I am just glad the internet connection held. You can join Angela for Zoom yoga classes at angela-victor.com The email address to enquire about supporting refugees is angelavictoryogashop@gmail.com
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| 14 Jul 2021 | Inside Gardening with Grace Alexander | 00:51:05 | |
In this episode, I talk to flower grower, photographer, writer and consultant clinical psychologist Grace Alexander. I’ve been following Grace for a while because she has a beautiful way of drawing us into her idyllic world of thatched cottages, dusty tones of chestnut, coral, linen and artisan-made objects. These stolen moments of beauty can be sipped at from her Gather community, the seeds that she sells, her newsletter and her new book ‘Grow and Gather: A gardeners Guide to a year of cut flowers’ . Plus an excellent top tip for a wonderful inner life.
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| 25 Jul 2021 | Inside Low Energy with Naomi Woddis | 00:54:14 | |
I talk about how to manage low energy with photographer, writer and podcaster Naomi Woddis and how she lives a full, creative life despite being a carer and having a chronic invisible disability. Add menopause to the mix and energy has become an even more precious commodity, so I was curious to know how the hell she does it!
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| 20 Aug 2021 | Inside The Sandwich Generation with Sophie Fletcher | 00:48:25 | |
I talk to writer and hypnotherapist Sophie Fletcher, whose book Mindful Menopause was published earlier this spring. We talk about how perimenopause gets squeezed at both ends by both our parents and our kids, and the unique quality of the pressure this creates. Sophie brings in her lived and her professional experience to offer us loads of do-able tips and practices to apply in our everyday lives, using both mindfulness and hypnotherapy skills.
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| 25 Aug 2021 | Inside Cyclical Parenting with Sarah Starrs | 00:56:35 | |
In this episode I talk to Sarah Starrs about how living in tune with your menstrual cycle and the seasons will help you to parent better and educate your kids to be happier too. Sarah is passionate about cyclic living, peaceful parenting, and ensuring that there's a livable planet for her son to grow up on. Her 'slashie' career includes writing, online course creation, and virtual assistant support for small businesses. She's a home educating, stay-at-home mama and a bit obsessed with Shonda Rhimes shows. To find out about Sarah’s virtual assistant course and cyclical parenting, pop over to sarahstarrs.com You can find her new #OneHourForTheClimate project on Instagram @Sarahstarrs_
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| 02 Sep 2021 | Inside craftivism with Suzi Warren | 00:50:13 | |
Suzie Warren, a craftivist who decided that instead of raging about the state of the world, she would ‘do what she could’. And what she does is to make, witty, beautiful and ‘polite’, very English acts of protest.
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| 08 Sep 2021 | Inside perimenopause sleep with Sally Garozzo | 01:00:03 | |
I have had a challenging relationship with sleep over the last 17 years, so I was very keen to talk to Sally because she knows masses about the physiology and psychology of sleep from a professional and a personal angle. Sally is an award-winning hypnotherapist using Rapid Transformational Therapy, host of The Menopause Mindset Podcast and founder of The Sleep Super Power Academy, a 12-week online course and community. She is hugely passionate about innovative approaches to health and wellbeing which support the midlife/menopause transition. We cover how to get to sleep, how not to get sleep, how much you need, perimenopause, mental health, rest and all kinds of other stuff too.
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| 22 Sep 2021 | Inside the yoga business with Kat Farrants | 00:39:31 | |
In this episode, Kate Farrants, founder of the phenomenally successful Movement for Modern Life explores the ethics of the yoga business and how the spiritual and material, (ie money) aspects of yoga can get along, or not! Kat is totally honest, warm and curious as we chew on lots of questions including:
You can find Kat at movementformodernlife.com
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| 29 Sep 2021 | Inside menopause food with Severine Menem | 00:54:38 | |
I talk to nutritional therapist Severine Menem about what sort of things to eat to reduce menopause symptoms BEFORE you start taking supplements. It’s easy to fall for the marketing when you’re in your health food shop, to grab a pill, but there are far cheaper and more effective ways of getting all the nutrients you need as Severine describes. Severine is a menopause specialist and Health Coach for women over 40 struggling with menopause symptoms. She’s also a Menopause Trainer for corporates looking to establish menopause initiatives and support their female talents going through menopause. As a woman in her late-40s, she totally knows what she’s talking about from the inside having reduced or got rid of her menopause symptoms and hypothyroidism, through diet and lifestyle changes. This is literally a meaty podcast, there is steak involved, I’m sorry veggies and vegans out there, you’re going to have to wait for a little while, but don’t be too cross because I have a very special guest coming soon who’s going to tell you all about using vegan and vegetarian food for menopause. You can find Severine's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcYGVD85cnM07b8VwmYg4zQ
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| 29 Sep 2021 | Inside menopause writing with Hilary Lewin | 00:52:45 | |
Hilary Lewin is a fabulous person, a pioneer in many ways but especially reproductive health. She was part of the group that set up Doula UK , she’s one of the most experienced Arvigo abdominal massage teachers in the UK and part of the Abdominal Therapy Collective , a facilitator and author of the soon to be birthed book Menopause: Your Brilliant, Bloodless Revolution. We talk about Hilary’s book, how to survive and heal in menopause, the toxicity of comparisons, the importance of resting and how to do it, why we write, the joys and hell of writing life and the joys of coffee. You will find the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and all major platforms, just search for 'Life - An Inside Job'.
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