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  • Intuitive Eating is an incredible approach for people seeking to heal their relationships with food and their bodies. But it's not without its challenges. In this episode I speak with the wonderful Jenna Hollenstein, who brings years of experience as a non-diet dietitian and meditation teacher to the table to help us understand how to tolerate the discomfort that so often arises in one's journey into intuitive eating.

    We talk about:

    What do meditation and Buddhism have to offer those on the Intuitive eating path?The importance of eating enoughHow one starts to make peace with food, and challenge food rules that seem second natureWhat is interoception, and why is it important? The co-opting of mindfulness The difference between doing this work as self-improvement VS doing it as self careIntuitive eating and mindfulness can be doorways into a pleasure practice

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  • The Pre-Ovulatory Phase or "Inner Spring" starts from the cessation of menstrual bleeding to a few days before ovulation. In a typical 28-day cycle, this approximately corresponds to day 6 until day 11. This phase has traditionally been seen as a time of dynamism, of rising energy levels and growing confidence. Here are my top tips for deeply nourishing yourself during this phase, nutritionally and otherwise.

    This is second in a series of FIVE on nourishing yourself throughout your entire hormonal cycle.

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  • The cyclical nature of your menstrual cycle communicates your constantly changing needs: physically, mentally and emotionally. The Menstrual Phase starts from the first to the last day of bleeding, lasting around 3 to 7 days. Here are my top tips for deeply nourishing yourself during this phase, nutritionally and otherwise. It might not be what you think!

    This is first in a series of five on nourishing yourself throughout your entire hormonal cycle.

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  • What do you get when you combine a cacao ceremony, hypoxia-inducing breathwork, a bunch of influences from disparate spiritual cultures, partner yoga with intrusive eye-gazing, and really loud music? All that culturally appropriated pseudo-spiritual jazz, otherwise known as The Modern Spiritual Experience.

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  • The 8 limbs of yoga fundamentally support anti-racism, diversity, and body acceptance - and yet yoga in the west has been largely inaccessible to anyone who isn’t white, wealthy, thin, and able-bodied. In this episode I speak with the incredible Dianne Bondy, and she delivers truth-bombs with her characteristic vivacious spirit!

    We talk about the commodification and cultural misappropriation of yoga, performative activism, anti-racism in yoga, and ways we can decolonise yoga in the west and finally make it accessible for people who have historically been denied access to these life-affirming practices.

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  • My personal journey with movement: how I got into yoga, how yoga contributed to my developing and recovering from an eating disorder, discovering the benefits and limits of strength training, and what my practice looks like nowadays.

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    LINKS:
    Casey's article on 15 Benefits of Strength Training
    https://www.funkyforest.com.au/blog/15-benefits-of-strength-training-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-how-you-look

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  • By neutralising body size, not focussing on weight loss and instead emphasising the importance of enjoying movement and caring for our bodies, Anna Hearn is reimagining what the fitness industry could look like. Plus, we discuss the elephant in the room: thin privilege.

    SHOW NOTES:

    00:56 A personal update
    07:18 What is thin privilege?
    15:07 How and why Anna’s body inclusive fitness and yoga studio, Haven Wellness was born
    18:28 Moving the focus away from body transformations, fat loss and “no pain, no gain” – and towards balance, self-compassion and body attunement
    19:30 Speaking to clients and fitness professionals about HAES, weight neutrality and body acceptance, and creating a safe and comfortable environment for movement
    30:32 The value of sharing your own story and vulnerabilities as a fitness professional
    32:02 Thin privilege, Lindo Bacon and the ways other forms of privilege show up in the HAES movement
    38:00 Anna’s favourite resources and teachers in the HAES and body inclusive fitness and yoga worlds.


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  • Patriarchy seeks to control and exert power over nature generally, and the bodies of women specifically. Beneath marketable wellness concepts like "clean eating" lie deep ties to body control, and culturally imposed shame over women’s bodies and processes like menstruation. But there is an alternative, more feminist and inclusive approach to food and our bodies that is honouring of our menstrual cycles, seasonal cycles, and different life stages.

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  • Here I offer some compassion and gentle guidance to anyone who has experienced an increase in their body weight that concerns them. By taking a naturopathic, holistic and HAES-aligned approach, I want to help you get on board with your body and understand at a deep level what might be going on. Hint: it's not just about “calories in, calories out”.

    SHOW NOTES:

    07:48: What is meant by "addressing the root cause"?
    12:25: 5 reasons people gain weight that we can’t do much about – and how to make peace with and accept these
    26:40: 8 reasons why people gain weight that we could potentially address – usually involving bringing certain body systems back into balance – and the caveats of this
    57:05: Solutions! 7 things to consider when you’re a practitioner faced with a client who wants to lose weight, or if you’re that person

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  • There is an inherent fat phobia and weight stigma in the natural health and wellness communities. Leanness is conflated with health: we're consistently told that fat is the problem, and weight loss is the solution. But focussing on weight loss directly opposes the naturopathic principle of "first, do no harm". Here's why, and what we can do instead.

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  • Naturopathy was never intended to focus on weight loss. And when it comes to women’s health - especially preconception care, postpartum and peri-menopause - taking the emphasis off of weight and shape and onto health becomes even more imperative. Dr. Caitlin O’Connor, a naturopathic doctor based in Denver, Colorado shares her wisdom.

    SHOW NOTES:

    09:08 What brought Caitlin to naturopathy and HAES®
    14:25 The differences between naturopathic training in Australia vs. the USA
    20:07 How Caitlin navigates weight loss conversations with clients
    26:27 How we can take what’s helpful from naturopathic traditions without it causing harm
    33:00 Addressing weight bias in our clients, our colleagues, and ourselves
    34:08 Weight-neutral preconception health and fertility
    39:20 Avoiding the shame spiral for people who are not getting pregnant
    41:40 How long the 4th trimester really lasts
    47:50 The pressure postpartum mothers are under to return to their "pre-baby body"
    51:50 Uncoupling aesthetic goals from health goals
    55:40 All about peri-menopause, or “The Change” that occurs from age 35 onwards


    RESOURCES mentioned:

    Caitlin's article for ASDAH: https://asdah.org/haes-and-naturopathic-medicine-using-haes-principles-to-facilitate-healing/

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  • What happens when you combine diet culture with MLM essential oil giants doTERRA and Young Living? Disordered eating, poor body image, and a burnt gullet. The practice of ingesting essential oils has been a wellness trend for the last few years thanks to essential oil MLMs. But most qualified aromatherapists and herbalists warn against it. Why the discrepancy? Let's spill the oil.

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    SHOW NOTES for the full episode:

    The first time I encountered essential oil ingestion at a Young Living meeting
    The rise of mass essential oil ingestion
    Essential oils are not the "essence" of a plant
    Types of herbal medicine preparations and how they compare to essential oils
    Can essential oil ingestion be therapeutic?
    The three problems with essential oil ingestion
    When diet culture and essential oil ingestion combine: doTERRA Slim & Sassy® and Young Living Slique®
    Poisonings on the rise
    Is CPTG (Certified Pure Tested Grade) really better than organic?


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  • Yes, we can hold both conventional and natural medicine in the same hand. Yes, we can work with traditional wisdom philosophies, whilst using modern science to provide cognitive inoculation against COVID disinformation. And we can do it all whilst staying heart-centred. Salvatore Battaglia, founder of Perfect Potion speaks about true integrative medicine in the time of the pandemic.

    SHOW NOTES:

    10:10 Sal’s journey from electrical engineer to aromatherapist, and how martial arts brought him to traditional Chinese medicine
    17:16 How Sal integrates traditional wisdom with modern science
    22:25 Holism in aromatherapy and the demand for standardisation
    23:50 How neurobiology and neurotheology help us understand how aromatherapy affects us at a subtle level
    25:45 The role of holistic health practitioners during the pandemic
    28:47 Using essential oils, taking herbs, and getting vaccinated can all go together
    29:33 Vaccination as a holistic approach to building acquired immunity
    30:00 Understanding vaccine hesitancy
    37:00 Providing cognitive inoculation against COVID disinformation whilst maintaining compassion
    39:00 The psychological and spiritual aspects of healing
    44:01 Vaccine mandates vs. taking the time to invite people into a conversation
    46:33 MLM essential oil COVID claims
    53:00 Important differences between essential oils and herbal medicine preparations
    56:55 Aromatherapy, anosmia and COVID-19
    1:00:03 The misappropriation of indigenous knowledge and shamanic practices within the holistic health and yoga communities
    1:06:00 Yoga, Jung, Freud and holistic spirituality
    1:08:12 Lessons from Julian of Norwich, a 14th century female mystic who lived during a pandemic


    RESOURCES mentioned:

    Sal's webinar on Julian of Norwich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwnE5XC3ue4&t=2660s
    The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy Third Edition Vol III - Psyche & Subtle: https://salvatorebattaglia.com.au/books

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  • Working amongst wellness and yoga circles, and living in a permaculture eco village that draws many alternative lifestyle-seeking fringe dwellers, I'm embedded within multiple vaccine hesitant communities. Navigating both my personal stance and my role as a holistic health practitioner within this intersection has been a growth-inducing and revelatory process.


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    SHOW NOTES for the full episode:

    Fear and loathing: the reasons why people are vaccine hesitantMy original vaccine hesitancy and how I came to my current stance on COVID What “doing your research” means to meLove, light, and care for community: figments of the hippy imaginarium?On dealing with the social anxiety of being attacked for my viewpointsScience denial or poor accessibility? Other reasons why people don't get vaccinatedThe perception of holistic health practitioners as anti-vaxx


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  • In this episode I share why this podcast went quiet in the past year. I discuss divorce, compassion & critical thinking, and working as a holistic health practitioner in communities burdened by COVID misinformation. It contains a lot of personal details and reflections. If that's not your thing, no worries - scroll on.

    SHOW NOTES:

    02:30 On being a "muscles and bones" yoga teacher instead of a philosophising one
    05:40 Prajna and critical analysis as ways of inner knowing
    11:33 The place of compassion in reducing COVID transmission
    16:13 Moving through separation and divorce
    18:40 Career changes to make ends meet
    21:20 Working as a holistic health practitioner in communities burdened by COVID conspiracy theory and medical misinformation
    26:14 Vaccines and naturopathic medicine principles
    31:32 The value of combining compassion with analytical reasoning
    42:37 How this podcast will evolve


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    Grab your copy of my free e-book The Modern Yogi's BS-Free Guide to Wellbeing!
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    RESOURCES MENTIONED:
    Dr. Dan Wilson, PhD: A compassionate case for COVID vaccination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-KdEgh4Ps8

    Max Cohen, ND: Are vaccines consistent with naturopathic medicine?
    https://ndsforvaccines.com/reconciling-the-irreconcilable-are-vaccines-consistent-with-naturopathic-medicine/

    Pennycook, Gordon. (2019). Who falls for fake news? The roles of bullshit receptivity, overclaiming, familiarity, and analytic thinking. Journal of Personality. 88. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jopy.12476

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  • Restrictive eating is a major pain, especially when it causes you to lose your period. Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea (HA) leads to infertility but also a bunch of other lesser known issues. Anti-diet naturopath Phoebe Jobson and I talk all things HA - a condition close to both our hearts as we each have experienced and recovered from this condition.

    In this episode:

    What is HA? Plus some signs, symptoms, and accompanying issues (short and long term)All about the food piece – how much, how often, and whether calorie counting to ensure minimum intakes helps or hinders (hint: it depends!)Why potatoes are not the devil (and carbs may actually be your secret weapon)Guidelines on exercise in HA recoveryWhy rest rocksThe importance of seeing a psychologist / psychotherapist / counsellor as part of your team Tips on dealing with diet mentality and diet culture Busting some common HA mythsPartial vs full recoveryThe problem with skipping the nutritional rehabilitation part of healing from HA and jumping straight to herbs, fertility medications and/or injectablesBody appreciation

    Links:
    Phoebe's Website, Instagram & Facebook

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  • For our collective liberation, it is crucial that our wellness practices go beyond the mainstream representation of individualised, material self-care. Laura Jean, APD talks about community care as a form of self-care that creates space for everyone, including marginalised and oppressed people.

    In this episode:

    The "epiphany moment" book that turned both of us onto the non-diet pathSelf-care is an act of liberation, especially for oppressed and marginalised groups of peopleUnshackling ourselves from patriarchal ideas of what it is to be a "good mother"Differentiating commodified wellness from community care as accessible, equitable self-care"Who benefits?" and "What feels nourishing?" as ways of questioning self-care practices Why emotional and comfort eating are not “bad”Food is much more than medicineThe radical, feminist roots of self-careHow white supremacy shows up for health practitionersInvestigating needs, values based living, and self-compassion

    Links:
    Laura's Website, Instagram & Facebook

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  • Did you know that many far-flung ‘superfoods’ carry a heavy environmental and social footprint?

    In this episode:

    WTF is a superfood? (and some brief thoughts on Juice Plus+)Rarity breeds desireIssues around the sustainable harvesting of quinoaYogis, food and karmaCost-effective alternatives to exotic $$$ superfoods

    Links:
    ​Ep 15: Wellness Capitalism: Essential Oil MLMs, Whitewashed Herbalism, and "Naturopreneurs" with Katya Weiss-Andersson
    Ep 11. Wildly Accessible Food & Medicine: Foraging Edible Weeds & Bush Foods with Pat Collins
    Original article this episode is based on

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  • It's time we explored capitalism in it’s indiscriminately elderberry syrup guzzling, MLM essential oil dowsed, $400 supplement protocol pushing form: Wellness Capitalism.

    In this episode:

    The value of healthy skepticism, and where Katya's comes fromHow capitalism takes holistic healthcare - which was traditionally accessible, deeply contextual and collectively empowering - and warps this to make it inaccessible, commodified and whitewashedThe trouble with smudgingCultivating a relationship with the plants you use in your healingEssential oils: would a simple tea do? Plus oral ingestion, COVID "cures", and MLMsOne-size-fits-all herbalism versus constitutional herbal traditions such as Ayurveda and TCMOver harvesting of medicinal herbs and "superfoods""Naturopreneurs", supplement-heavy protocols, and Tony RobbinsDisease mongering in holistic wellnessFinding a practitioner who will help, not harmKatya's recovery from anorexia nervosa and PTSD, and how lived experiences with disordered eating can make us better practitionersAstrology, tarot and the truth about cusps!


    Links:
    Katya's website, Instagram, and her podcasts: Kumbaya Confessional and Queer Wellness
    The Dream: a podcast exposing the dangers of multi-level marketing
    Food Empowerment Project: a resource to help others recognise the power of their food choices


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  • There has been a phenomenal uptick of rising yoga and wellness influencers posting anti-racism sentiments on social media. Yet in stark contrast to the important message of bringing light to police brutality against BIPOC, or tackling underrepresentation of coloured folks in wellness spaces, these feeds are filled with white, thin, able-bodied, cis-het women striking yoga poses on beaches. Are these influencers for real?

    In this episode:

    The current phenomenon of performative activism in yoga social media, and why it comes across as disingenuousHow white yoga and wellness influencers can leverage their privilege to do betterMy personal experiences of racism growing up, how these pale in comparison to those of BIPOC, and how I'm responding to racial injusticeThe damage done by sentiments like, “No One Is Superior”, "We Are All One", or "I Don't See Colour"Spiritual capitalism and the ways white supremacy manifests in real-life white yoga studio culture3 tactics of defence and dismissal used by white wellness influencers to deflect accountability around racismPeople who are doing excellent work in allyship, de-centering themselves, raising the voices of BIPOC, and/or speaking out as BIPOC wellness and yoga influencers themselves


    Resources mentioned:

    Dianne Bondy on challenging racism and spiritual bypassing, on the triyoga podcastAcknowledgment of Country by Georgia Mae Capocchi-HunterCasey's article on The Spiritual, Sexy, Successful Woman IdealTranscript of this episode with links to posts mentionedYoga is Dead podcast

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