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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be catching up with Lindsay Coulson and Kirstie Lilith, as they embark on their new project of running retreats together. 

     

    As part of this discussion, they share their progress in terms of their personal, spiritual, and professional development, highlighting the importance of community, sharing their work with other therapists, animals, guides, and galactic beings.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Working with the body and the mind can be beneficial in resolving trauma.Emotion can be stored in the body.Different therapeutic modalities may be required until the right one is found for your personal needs.Healing and growth are an ongoing journey.Having a sense of purpose which is beyond the self is really beneficial for health and well-being.Retreats can provide a safe space for people to explore their interests and passions, connecting in with themselves and the world around them.Guides and spiritual helpers can be called in to assist with personal development as well global healing.Certain times of the year can be meaningful for healing and growth.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “I realize my magic bullet might not be the magic bullet for everybody else. However, I think it would be beneficial to a lot of people. So that's been a fascinating journey in itself.”“I'm so surprised, I never in a million years thought that I would be resolving my stuff from a physiological point of view, coming from the physical. Being one that has really avoided anything to do with exercise over the last 30 years, other than perhaps lifting a guitar cabinet on stage in my previous life as a musician.”“We're all unique and we're all different. And I find it fascinating watching everybody's journey and what works for them and what doesn't work for them. And also watching people unfold and change and evolve.”“And people still now, they will message me, people that I don't know, to say how my book has impacted their lives, which is just, I never expected that at all. I expected half a dozen friends to maybe read it.”“Well, I'm sure maybe I was reluctant to sign up and then they said, ‘Well, I'll tell you what, before you get round to doing all this, we'll leave you a period where you can, play in a band, go on a tour around the world, have beers and food, groupies, and do your little fun bit, and then you've got to do your spiritual stuff.’”“She'll tap in with her guides and yes, that's exactly correct, that's the information we need, and we encourage you to go and work on this energy vortex that's been opened or this portal that's been opened.”“I'm so passionate about getting people together, to be able to give them that space and time away from their busy lives, just to be able to switch off. I have realized over the years, I'm very good at holding space for people.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Scarlett who is a mental health practitioner working both privately and within the NHS.

     

    After doing a fine arts degree, Scarlett had planned on becoming a teacher. During this time, she sadly lost her brother, and it sent her on a different trajectory. She ended up caring for the elderly and this led her on a path of training as a therapist.

    This journey has invited her to explore a process of self-discovery, making a commitment to self-healing and self-compassion, something which has given her a deeper understanding to support her client’s needs.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Self-expression and creativity can be beneficial for mental health and well-being.As well as having goals to work towards, it is also important to enjoy the journey along the way. Surrendering is an art that, when practiced, allows for space to be created and situations to unfold organically. By relaxing the body, it can help to relax the mind.Therapeutic work is a journey that goes at a varied pace at different times of your life.Acceptance can help to reduce resistance. The body gives us messages when things are not right.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “Which I hadn't thought, when I first went into training, I was like oh, I've done a fine art degree, what's this got to do with it? But yeah, over the years I see it as probably one of my greatest assets, actually having that background. And the beauty of doing a fine art degree is that it is a lot about self-expression.”“One of my biggest lessons, certainly in the past few years has been around that surrendering into process as well, and that's, you know, and I still journey with that now there is no finished article, is there?”“I feel that when my body can let go, my mind then goes, Oh, okay, I’ll follow suit.”“Over the last year I’ve had a period with a breathwork facilitator. And that for me has been such a tonic. It's been a real eye-opening journey into my relationship with myself.”“You know, you work with one layer and then there's another one and another one, you keep peeling them back. And for me as well, there's something about that. As much as we're learning, we're also doing a heck of a lot of unlearning.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with John Armitage, a therapeutic practitioner that is qualified in a number of therapies including Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Craniosacral Therapy.

     

    During this conversation Debbie and John will explore the stress response and how feeling stressed and overwhelmed provide us with a message about what is not working in our lives. They will also explore how they learn, and discuss how the ways we attribute meaning to our experiences can impact how we feel about them.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Immersing yourself in an experience using all of your senses can be a really powerful way to learn a new skill.We can gain feedback from the world around us through using all of our senses.We need to adapt our way of communicating depending on who we are communicating with to ensure that they understand the information we are conveying.Our beliefs impact the way we learn and interact with others.A variety of experiences can be therapeutic.Stress can be an expression of what isn’t working for us.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “How do you acquire a new skill, a new therapeutic approach? I'd be fascinated to know, maybe you've thought about this, maybe you have broken it down for yourself.”“So, as you say, you know, you'll see things, you'll hear things, you'll smell things, you'll feel things. There's a relational aspect to that. So, you're kind of recognizing that all of that's going on and it's going to happen anyway. You don't necessarily need to intellectualize about it or theorize about it.”“It's the age-old thing for me of that balance between theory and practice.”“But there are all sorts of things in life where actually it then starts to become a little bit more difficult to draw those distinctions and one of them might be you know, what's therapy and what's not therapy?”“And very often I'll find myself saying, if we're getting into weird territory, that's usually a really good sign. The weirder it is, probably, you know, the more interesting the territory that we're getting into.”“I'm curious about how we bridge those expectation gaps. Because, you know, if we can, there's a way that I think we can reduce the amount of time sometimes we spend helping individuals to acclimatise to ways of looking after themselves or ways of going through a process of change.” "Being open to recognizing that sometimes how we think about something is 99 percent of how something is."

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Mel from Oilfaction.

     

    After having a heart attack, Mel turned to essential oils to assist him with anxiety and panic attacks. Through discovering the benefits of these, he began to work with his partner to create and sell essential oil blends to help others.

     

    Mel can now be found at well-being events around the country selling his products. He is a passionate advocate for the benefits of essential oils and how they can assist with mental, emotional, and physical well-being.


    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Essential oils can be used to help promote wellbeing and balance.Different essential oils have varying properties.Smell can bring forward memories and connections within the mind.What we put in, and on our bodies, can have an impact on our health and well-being.People are becoming more aware of their health and well-being.Intention is important when we are creating and manifesting.Dedication and passion are really important for following your purpose and helping others.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “I try and get people to smell it because once they smell it, then they understand what the essential oils and the sprays are all about.”“Whenever people struggle with stress and anxiety, and we've got our, we want time to think, space to think. What do we do is we take a walk to the woods, or we go into the forest and it's like our peace. It's like our sanctuary.”“And the vetiver is an oil that's used for the brain really. It's used for the ADHD, autism, mental health, sleep, so it's quite a powerful oil.”“Well, lo and behold, about two weeks, I got a message to say that his son carries the bottle around with him. And it's the first time he's felt relaxed and he's great.”“If you've got like cuts, wounds, anything like that, lavender is fantastic because it will protect your cut. It'll protect it from bugs, bacteria, and it's good for pain relief. It's antibacterial.”And I think there's a lot of positives, with the young ones. I know you hear a lot of the older generation complaining about them, but they are becoming more conscientious about health, about well-being, about caring for one another.”“If we've relied on all the herbs and all the healthy stuff now, alongside us having clean water, alongside us having food that we can keep without it going rotten and horrible. And now that we've got more knowledge of how things work, if we put it all together, wow, we'd be healthy.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with her mum Linda Stephenson as they celebrate one year of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast.

     

    During this conversation they will talk about their personal and shared journey, reminiscing on aspects of childhood and how it has shaped them today. Through this conversation they explore the roles that we play during our life and the impact these have on our identity, highlighting how our experiences can be used for our personal growth and understanding.

     

    As part of this conversation, they discuss the spooky goings on in Debbie’s childhood home and how interests that we have as a child can be re-ignited as adults.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    We can learn a lot from children in terms of the way they interact with the world around them.The importance of allowing children and others to be able to share their experiences without the fear of judgement. Our identity can often become shaped by the roles that we play within our life e.g. parent, partner, employee.It is important to make time for your own wellbeing and development beyond these roles and expectations. Childhood experiences can influence our lives as adults.The environment you are in and the people you are around can make a big difference to your wellbeing.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “And that's kind of like our experience growing up, our parents obviously loved us in their own way, but we spent a lot of our time fending for ourselves.”“You can learn so much from a child as well. They are wonderful. They speak and say what they think and what they mean. And it's really lovely to hear it because they're coming from a different place and it's so nice. The world looks so beautiful in their eyes and there's so much to do and explore.”“But then after that we travelled to see your grandma in a nursing home, and I was a toddler at the time. It was the first time I thought about death.”“It wasn't a house that I would have ever picked, but it was near the school, and it had the room we needed. I never quite liked the feel of it.”“As you all got older, more seemed to happen, like I could be on my own in the house, just doing housework downstairs, and I'd hear one of you children shout me from upstairs, and I'd go up and then realise you were all at school.”“That's the time when I started to find out more about me, and who I was rather than being somebody's mum and somebody's wife, it's the time when I started to find out about me.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Tomato Dave, a retired mental health nurse who took a different approach to working with his patients. 

     

    During this dialog, Debbie and Dave discuss their connection, which leads onto a conversation about mental health and spiritual experiences.

    Throughout Dave’s career he placed great importance on working with the individual as a whole, looking at how they could be supported in all aspects of their well-being and spiritual awareness.

    Dave highlights the significance of being able to safely explore emotions and the different facets of human experience in order to promote recovery, healing and growth.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    The medical model doesn’t currently factor in emotional awakening or spiritual experiences.The world around us can have an impact on our well-being.Connecting with nature can help to ground us and settle our emotions.It is important to find your tribe who speak the same language as you. We have the answers within us and when we are given time and a safe space to explore, this can lead to positive and profound transformation.It is important to build up resilience and become aware that emotions are a natural part of human experience in response to different situations.Taking responsibility for our actions and behaviours is important for healing and well-being.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “I think the Western world tends to push most of the time about somebody's mentally ill. And he said to me, he'd seen her, he'd assessed her, and he said, I think this is somebody that you need to see.”“And that's how they're trained. There's nothing that they ever do in terms of knowledge gaining that is to do with emotional awakenings or the spiritual connections.“I reflected and thought, well, if she'd been seen straight away by one of our psychiatrists, she would have been deemed seriously unwell, diagnosed, medicated and possibly incarcerated, really, you know, sectioned on the mental health act.”“But this is something that's fascinated me for years. It's this idea of lunacy. Well, lunar is about connecting with the planets, the moon, the shifting of all those sorts of things. And why are we naïve enough to believe that if the lunar cycles can shift oceans and tides, why can we not be shifted by that?”“If people were taken to a tribe somewhere else who understood this idea of voices, seeing things, they would be revered as quite shamanic, quite insightful, quite connected to different things.”

     

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Kirsty Socik, who is a therapist that specialises in Belief Coding ©.

     

    After Kirsty suffered a number of traumas in her younger years, she began to go off the rails. However, through making a decision that she was not going to allow her past to ruin her future, she embarked upon her therapeutic healing journey, receiving help from a local hypnotherapist. This sparked her passion in therapy, encouraging her to pursue learning various therapeutic models including hypnotherapy, nutrition, and NLP.

     

    Through this journey Kirsty began to realise that our health and wellbeing can be impacted by what we are feeding ourselves, not only in terms of the food we digest, but also the information we accept as true and the limiting beliefs and thought patterns we hold as fact. When we become aware of this, we can make positive changes and release our limitations, enabling us to feel much better and achieve what we desire.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Our underlying beliefs have a huge impact on how we perceive the world and how we deal with different situations. Repressed trauma can show up in the body and have an impact on our health and well-being. Our personality and behaviours can be changed and updated so that we feel better within ourselves. By working on ourselves and making positive changes, we can become empowered.Embracing life circumstances and practicing gratitude can be really empowering in moving forward.We have opportunities to learn from everyone we meet.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “I didn't realise, but a limiting belief that came up for me that I had was that I need to work hard in order to get anything and if I didn't work really hard, then actually I would not be safe.”“I thought, I want to be like that. I want more for myself. And I made a decision that I wasn't going to ruin my life no matter what I'd gone through.”“I noticed a big difference in my personality, which I thought was something that was static. But actually, I realized I'm not this person that I'm being, and I was able to find my way back to myself.”“I know that my heart wouldn't be as kind as it was if I hadn't been through the things that I'd been through.”“One thing I found really helpful for me is to think back to when you were a child, what did you love doing?”“You really do become the best kind of person that you can be when you when you get rid of all those heavy feelings.” 

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Sam Lister, a complementary therapist and yoga practitioner.

     

    Sam stumbled upon alternative practices at a young age, her love of crystals, yoga, and reiki, leading her onto a path of helping and guiding others.  Sam is a huge advocate for connecting into your body, as well as the natural world around you, and working from her lakeside practice she encourages others to embrace this union.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Crystals give off energy and can be used to assist with healing and wellbeing.Being in nature and using your senses allows you to reconnect to the present moment. When becoming aware of energy and developing your spiritually, it completely changes your perspective on life.Yoga benefits the body and mind and is more than just exercise.Yoga means union referring to the union between you and your higher self, between the breath and the body, and between the mind and body.Focussing on well-being helps to improve you mind and body, which then facilitates positive connections with others and the world around you.Massage not only provides relaxation but it is also good for releasing tension within the body and for removing toxins.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “I've always been a crystal fan. I got my first crystal when I was seven and haven't stopped since.”“Going back to being a child, I can remember getting this magazine and I have no idea what it was, but in it there was a bit about chakras, and you could cut out these coloured circles and it told you where to place them, lay down, place them on your body.”“Doing the Reiki training, I was blown away by the energy that you could feel in it and just how it all works. And that was sort of the moment when I was like, right, this is where I want to go with my career.”“So Reiki has been part of my life for over half of my life, which seems mind blowing to me now.”“And whether that is getting really wrapped up, or knowing that when you get home, you're going to have a big warm hot chocolate and you've got that to know that you're going to go back to warm up and be cosy and still get your fix of getting outdoors.”“Yoga does mean union. So, it's union between you and your higher self, or between you and something more, if that's what you believe in. It's the union of the breath and the body of the mind and the body.”“The connectedness and interlinking of everything, I just find amazing. And how not just physical areas of the body are connected, but how your emotions can show up in those different areas of the body.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Jack Brown a person-centred therapist who integrates CBT into his work.

    At school Jack had a deep sense of empathy, feeling his mission was to help others. He did not however know what to do with that. After commencing several careers, Jack found his calling in becoming a therapist.

     

    As part of his journey, Jack had to work on his self-esteem and fear of judgement, learning to embrace himself, taking a different path from the forces background in which he grew up. Through this exploration Jack learnt to focus on the goodness in the world, and each individual, having faith that we all have the ability to tune into our inner wisdom, transmuting darkness into Light.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    We tend to play roles within our life based on circumstances and the expectations of others.Societal expectations can draw us away from our purpose.When going on a spiritual or healing journey it is also important to consider what will help you to remain centred.It is important to allow yourself to feel and experience your emotions.It is important to feel safe within the therapeutic dynamic.Small positive steps, combined with the right intentions, can produce a big change.Emotions are there to provide messages of either what we need to change or what we need to seek more of within our lives.Intuition can steer us in the right direction and tapping into it becomes easier as you clear your baggage.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “I've almost seen life as a pantomime with the different roles people play.”“But I wanted to know people's stories. I wanted to know Tina's story from the over 50 swim every week. How is she since moving here from the Isle of Wight, you know, and hearing her struggles.”Because I do believe we all have this internal wisdom. Every single person. I had the internal wisdom all along. I had to connect with that.”“And I believe in people. I believe people are inherently good. And I believe people have the answers within themselves. And it's my mission to help them find those answers.”“We're always changing and always evolving and we have to embrace that. We have so many layers, don't we?”“You know, there's always a dark side to the moon when you're a spiritual person. And I'm always aware of that. It's always with me, always in my peripheral.”“I always encourage people to face that fear. Fear wants to give you nothing. Fear wants to hold you back, you know, you have to work through that and embrace the journey.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, which is recorded live from the Newark Well Being Show, Debbie will be in conversation with Ian Timothy of Lizian Events.

     

    During their conversation, Ian shares his perspective on creating success and what it is to be a spiritual being, highlighting the importance of having integrity to assist you on that journey. As part of the Lizian Events Well Being ethos, they place a huge emphasis on community and bringing like-minded individuals together to share their successes and provide support in times of difficulty.

     

    Ian emphasises the importance of recognising that when something in your life isn’t working you need to put the effort and work in to change it. He also discusses a topic that many of us like to avoid, that is one of finances and money providing stability to help make these positive changes.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    If you are not happy within an area of your life, you have the power to change it.Money is currently a form of energy exchange on our planet and can be used to facilitate a positive life.You can become successful through showing integrity and having high moral and ethical values.When you are on the right path for you, you feel a resonance within your body.When you work on yourself it gives you the strength to move away from people who are negative or impeded upon your personal happiness and growth.To become spiritual is coupled with a quest for searching for answers and meaning.Failure and setbacks are an experience to be learnt from to facilitate growth.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “If you try and have too much legacy within your mind, you can get yourself trapped with old ways of operating, old ways of living, and you can trap yourself with things that perhaps didn't quite go right.”“When you succeed, there's a resonance within your body.”“You can just turn around and say, I'm not prepared to be involved with people who are negative. I'm not prepared to be involved with people who are vindictive. I'm not prepared to people who impinge upon my personal deep happiness.”“Because the spiritual is to search, it's the seeking of, it's the looking for, it's the finding of, the exploration, it's the Edmund Hillary, it's the Scott to the Antarctic, it's Neil Armstrong to the moon, that's the searching.”“You don't need to know everything, and you don't have to be perfect.”“You are the most important person in your life.”“And if you're blessed with the fact that your energy is strong, good, and kind, then maybe one day in time, your energy connects to somebody else and it blesses them with your thoughts and ideas and possibilities and makes your world better for somebody else.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Helen Robinson who is the creator of Gentle Release Therapy - a therapy which draws on the fundamentals of Traditional Chinese Medicine to assist the body and mind in releasing stress and tension.

     

    After losing her parents and having difficulties with fertility, Helen began researching to find answers to help her conceive. This led to her changing career and becoming a complementary therapist.

    Over time her treatments began to evolve into something unique, and Gentle Release Therapy was born.

    Taking inspiration from her dad who had created a traffic control system which in turn helped to grow a community, Helen decided it was time to teach others this modality building a community of Gentle Release Therapists.


    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Everything that happens in the body is energy.Traditional Chinese Medicine can give connections and answers that Western medicine fails to identify.The body can react physically during emotional detox.The organs in the body correlate to different emotions.Everything in the body has got a purpose and a function and it all works together.We can connect to and feel our own and others energy.Therapeutic work is really beneficial for maintenance as well as in crisis.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “And ended up doing this treatment that no longer resembled anything that I was trained in. So people were saying, are there any books about what you do? And I was like, well, no. To be honest, it hasn't even got a name.”“When we go through difficult situations in life, whether it's sort of infertility or losing people, it often allows us then to start reflecting inward or to go beyond the current medical model or knowledge to find out what else is out there.”“The liver is key because it's connected to anger and frustration, all the ligaments and tendons in the body, the free flow of qi or energy around the body, and where qi flows, blood flows.”“And I think the first time I ever saw a meridian chart, which is a chart that basically shows the energy lines through the body, I was just absolutely fascinated with how it's all so interconnected.”“I'm quite happy that we don't always need to know what it is that's going on. But sometimes I'll get, If you get a nagging that you need to say something to someone, I'd always say it.”

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Rosalyn Palmer who is a transformational therapist and coach whose passion is enabling people to have lives that feel as good on the inside as they look on the outside.

     

    Rosalyn started off her career in PR in the 1990’s, becoming a specialist for the personal development market. This encouraged her to train in hypnotherapy and NLP so that she had a deeper understanding of her clients’ craft. After the death of her father, a diagnosis of breast cancer, divorce, and going through the menopause, Rosalyn was on her knees, knowing that she needed to do something different with her life. Through taking charge of her healing, Rosalyn found purpose in helping others.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    If we don’t make time for rest and well-being, then we are likely to burnout or become unwell.It is important to make lifestyle changes that benefit the mind and body to promote well-being.The body keeps a score of trauma and disharmonious situations. Therefore, it is important to work through these issues. Having a faith in something beyond the self can provide guidance and stability.Sometimes sitting with an issue is the most important thing we can do to in order to find solutions.Shared values are important within a relationship.When looking for your purpose, you can use the Japanese concept of Ikigai to discover your purpose and bliss.To help find your purpose you can ask yourself questions such as ‘When did you feel safe?’ ‘When did you feel happy?’ ‘What brings you joy?’

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “And when I was about seven, the annual I got, in the front it said, what do you want to be when you grow up? And I'd written an actress and a doctor in my spare time.”“Also, very importantly, in the 90s, I became a go to PR agent for the emerging new age, as it was then, and seen as very out there, personal development gurus.”“You know, quite a humble background. My parents were grocers. I lived above the shop in my early years, and I went to a comprehensive school, so this was not really my world.”“And most of them were Buddhists, they were macrobiotic, they were vegans, they were into Ayurvedic medicine, and acupuncture, and Shiatsu, and Kundalini Yoga, and all these things I'd never, ever heard of. And again, my mum thought I'd absolutely joined a cult.”“It's quite depressing seeing you because I'm just a sticking plaster, and I'm not sure if you're going to have the physical or the mental breakdown first.”“But I decided I was going to heal as holistically as I could and that was a total soul alignment and soul awakening and incredible time for me.”“When you train in therapy and healing, you work on yourself.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be in conversation with Annie Grace who has a passion for helping people to connect to spirit and develop their mediumship abilities. Annie’s fascination in mediumship and readings was sparked at 18 years old when she had her first reading. After a reader suggested that Annie might be able to do this for herself, she embarked upon developing her skills.

     

    Annie and Debbie share their experiences with past life healing, noting how it can help people heal and guide them in their future, Debbie taking others to their past lives through regression, Annie exploring past lives through Akashic Record readings. During their discussion they highlight the importance of stepping into our emotions and having a human experience.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Developing psychic abilities takes patience and practice.Akashic Record Readings can help you to recognise your spiritual progress and heal from your past.Common ground can be found with those who have different viewpoints to us.Past Life experiences can re-surface in dreams.Our experiences from past lives shape our present lifetime.When we become triggered we can explore those feelings and responses by asking key questions such as ‘Where does this come from?’ and ‘What do I need to do to be able to release this?’When developing ourselves spiritually we have to accept the environment that we live in with both the opportunities and constraints it provides.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “And for ages I was like, no, I never had this as a kid. It wasn't something where I was seeing dead people at the end of my bed. But then actually looking back on it, I remember the amount of times at home where I'd just get up in the middle of the night and I was just adamant that the TV was left on somewhere because I could just hear a conversation in the house between two people.”“I just picked up loads of stuff and you know, one woman next to me, her face just kind of dropped. She went, Oh yeah, that's my grandma. And I was like, Oh, okay, cool. And then after that I was just hooked. I really was just like, I have to do this. I have to do this. This is the most exciting thing I've ever done.”“And once you have the connection, it never goes away. That's the beauty of it, is that you'll always have that connection.”“I had someone that talked to me about it, a colleague last year and he was kind of asking me about it. And he was a massive atheist. And I just kind of said to him, I was like, I didn't want to change his mind or anything like that. It was just an open conversation about it.”“It's just like a massive library full of all their records. Everyone's is slightly different and it's so weird. Some peoples are very futuristic and modern so you know that they're from like a different star system. Some people like you walk in, it's like a jungle. So you know that they've had like a lot of real primal tribal earlier lifetimes that they're really connected to.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, Debbie will be chatting to Kieron. After the loss of his mother, Kieron began to suffer from panic attacks for the first time in his life. Searching for a solution to bring him back to himself, Kieron tried floatation. From seeing the benefits of this therapy first-hand, he decided to set up Go Deep Floatation just outside Lincoln to provide this service to others.

     

    During this conversation Kieron shares the many benefits of floatation and its ability to allow for sensory enhancement and deep relaxation, something which we often fail to obtain in our busy society. Kieron also shares his knowledge in the other services he provides which include using infrared sauna and cold immersion.


    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    By restricting our external stimuli, it can promote rest and relaxation, as well as deeper connection to ourselves.Sometimes discomfort can provide profound shifts and break throughs.Experiences such as floatation can relax the body and promote a rest and digest state.When we fail to deal with our traumas and difficult situations, they can then manifest into ill health.When we stop, it allows the subconscious mind to bring forward all sorts of information and experiences, helping us to process these.We are the co-creators of our experiences and reality.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “The way I see it, it's more of a sensory enhancement because everything's quietened.”“So (technology) it's like a medium that brings us together, but really tears us apart as well”.“I think people overlook the self-care a lot.”“If you're not tuned up nicely, you're gonna play a horrible chord. Do you know what I mean? You're not vibrating nicely or you're feeling, you're resonating well, even with the intention of doing good, you're probably doing it, you're probably doing it quite messily and not very thoughtful and you're trying to be virtuous rather than being genuine.”“We go through a time of darkness in ourselves, you know, like the dark passage of the soul or whatever it is. We go through, we go through a dark time as I did. And that's why I got into this. And that's why I got into floating because I was struggling with my dealing with my mother's death.”“I was running away from everything and all I needed to do was just stop.”“What the tank delivers for my clients as well, because the experiences, although the premise is the same every time, they're so different every time. You can have a very physical float, you could maybe have a bit of an uncomfortable float, or a very colourful float, or another float where you completely dreamscape the whole session, and you feel like you're travelling around.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • Join Debbie in today’s engaging and humous episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast where she participates in a fascinating conversation with divine channel and animal communicator Kirstie Lilith.

     

    One day Kirstie connects in with the soul of a whale who asks her to locate him in physical form. This sends Kirstie on an adventure, travelling halfway around the world to swim with the whales as part of her spiritual mission. Having never swam in the sea before, this proved to be quite a challenge mentally, emotionally, and physically. Through focussing on her mission however she worked to overcome these barriers and achieve her goal.

     

    Kirstie sees herself as an ordinary person who gets to do the most extraordinary things. She has now written about her journey in a book which will be released in February 2024.

     

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    We all have the capability to access and expand our psychic abilities and tap into our internal guidance.Spirit guides can assist us in our lives.By working in service to the planet and mankind, amazing adventures can present themselves.Once we surrender control, we can become more present in the experiences and opportunities presented to us.By reframing experiences as beneficial we can get the most learning and growth out of them.We are all a work in progress, and we are all at different stages of our own unique journey. As we progress through that journey we can learn, heal, and grow.Developing our spiritual selves can provide a sense of purpose and belonging.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “They (animals) help us humanity as a whole and they work very much with Gaia and helping us to ascend and evolve as a species.”“Some people might say spectacular, some people might say idiotic. It depends on your viewpoint. I swing between idiotic and inspirational depending on what day of the week it is.”“I went all the way to Tahiti to swim with the Humpback Whales because a whale told me to.”“It was just the most phenomenal experience too. And he showed it like webs of light is all connecting up and then hearing their sounds and their music and their dialects that they did was very, very emotional, very moving.”“The second week I was working on balancing the energies between the feminine and the masculine on the collective.”“It was related back to off world stuff, previous lifetimes and then the trauma of coming here and leaving my planet, my family, and all of that.”“I had surrendered my life a couple of years ago to the divine and I'd surrendered free will and I lived by divine will every day. And when I realized that remembering came back in, I thought, yeah, even if I throw up every single day, I'm getting back on that boat and I am completing my mission.”“You have to remember and dive back into all the emotions and all the darkness and all the tragedy and the heaviness and what you went through.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • Join Debbie Ison in today’s episode of the Tranquil Awakenings Podcast, where she will be joined by Emma Edwards, who suffered from a debilitating pain condition after being involved in a minor car accident four years ago. Emma embarked on finding ways to cope after the injury to her arm left her with an over-sensitivity to anything coming into contact with it.

     

    As part of this she went to a two-week residential at a specialist pain management centre in Bath. It was here she first became aware of the chakra system and the importance of rest for the body, this sparking her interest in healing and wellbeing.

     

    Since that time Emma, has been on a rapid and transformational journey delving into many healing modalities and spirituality which has not only be tremendously beneficial for her own healing but she now wishes to use these skills to assist others.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Balancing the energy in the body can boost wellness and relaxation.Self-care is essential for wellbeing.The right people and situations present themselves with divine perfect timing to assist with the healing journey once a commitment has been made to it.The mind and body are connected.Releasing stored emotions is an important element of healing.Our spiritual and personal connection to others can assist us in our lives and help us to get onto the right path.Everything is consciousness.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “My friends joke that I've been on kind of like the fast track of the spiritual journey.”When I first got diagnosed with it, my consultant said, do not Google it, and if you're not on antidepressants, I suggest you get on them."“I had a bandage on my arm, I had to ask them to take it off because I was literally at the point where I wasn't breathing because the pain of having something around my arm, the bandage around my arm literally was just making me like I wanted to pass out. It felt like millions of needles stabbing in my arm it was awful.”“And she actually had us going through all of our chakras. And it was the first time I'd ever really known anything about it. But I came out the most relaxed state I think I'd been in, in like that three-year period.”“I ordered myself a meal, a drink, I got Lucie's book, and I just sat there. I took a photo, put it on Facebook, and I was like, I want to remember this moment.”“This is meant to be. It's like the universe has brought me to you.”“I wanted to just literally like know everything and anything, I was, I'm this sponge. I'm this excitable Duracell bunny sponge.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In this episode of Tranquil Awakenings, host Debbie chats with Rosalind Johnson who is a medical herbalist. In this episode they explore the benefits of looking at the body holistically and how herbs and plant medicines can be beneficial for healing and well-being.

     

    Never considering herself strong academically, Roz was apprehensive to commence her medical herbalism degree. This journey however developed her confidence allowing her to not only acquire lots of academic knowledge but also learn about herself.

     

    Roz is continuing with her learning journey studying reiki, crystal healing, and tarot to incorporate into the services that she provides, highlighting that everyone requires a unique approach.

     

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    The importance of finding a professional that is well trained, knowledgeable and takes time to understand the client holistically.The importance of therapists and practitioners having experience of working with clients within their training to gain clinical and experiential knowledge and understanding.Trauma can be stored in the body.When you start on a well-being journey you learn a lot about yourself.Healing is an ongoing process.Diet can have a huge impact on mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.

     

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “So like you say, with certain things, so what's going on with the liver, if there's stuff going on with the liver, that can be very much associated to anger. If there's stuff going on with the lungs, that can be associated with grief, and the carrying of heavy grief and heavy feelings.“As that person has been stuck in sort of fight mode, fight freeze mode, that's when you can start to see these problems. Long term stress has a huge impact on a lot of things as well.”“I kind of thought about it and thought about it. I was like, no, I can't do a degree. You know, I'd left school. I had poor GCSE grades. I didn't have anything over a D.”“That's the thing when you start on these healing journeys it does end up very much being healer, heal thyself.“Back from when I was a child and having the whole George's Marvellous Medicine session with talcum powder everywhere and, you know, bubble bath and just making a mess.”“I think it makes me a better listener. It's definitely made me a little bit more self-reflective.”“It's just really interesting, seeing people's journeys of how the herbs can help them, the feedback from the reiki, the really positive feedback.”

     

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing 


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  • In this episode of Tranquil Awakenings, host Debbie is in conversation with coach Lou Davies.

    Four and a half years ago, Lou recognised that alcohol had become a large part of her life and had begun to have a detrimental effect on her relationships. She came to recognise that although her life looked wonderful from the outside, she was not her true self.

     

    By using alcohol, she had created an identity that allowed her to hide from others and herself. Upon recognising she needed a change; she started going to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Through this programme she took responsibility for her actions allowing her to express herself in more healthy ways. This helped her to embark on a journey of self-love, humility and peace.

     

    Lou is now a qualified coach and therapist who is passionate about helping executives and individuals in business.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    ·      When you start on a healing journey you become aware that not only do you need to heal, but you also need to take ownership and responsibility for yourself and your life.

    ·      Habits and addictions are often the solution, albeit an unhelpful one, that the mind has created to deal with the problem.

    ·      Through therapy or self-work new more helpful solutions and strategies can be found.

    ·      Seeking help from an external organisation, coach, or therapist can give you a framework for your own unique journey.

    ·      When you heal and overcome addictions it enables you to live with clarity.

    ·      Meditation, journaling, reading and prayer can be really beneficial for recovery and well-being.

    ·      Although we can’t change the past, we can change our outlook on things.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

    “Giving up drink is the easy part. It's then like, oh the reflection. The, who am I? What's been my part to play in all of these things?”“Where you've blamed everybody else, and you've been resentful to everybody else so it was a massive, massive, journey of acceptance and self-love.”“But it weren't my time, until the time that it came that I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.“And that's literally what alcohol was for me, was an escape. An escape from responsibility. An escape from time. Because time would just collapse in.”“I had no control over drink, you know, and it was controlling me. So, it was about taking, taking that power back.”“For me my life changed dramatically, and they say living your life beyond your wildest dreams and I could finally be me.”“Anxiety disappeared. The day I stopped drinking, the anxiety just dispersed.”“I drank because I had a hole in my soul.”

     

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing 


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  •  

    In this episode, Debbie converses with Hannah Green who holds dance groups in nature and indoors to guide people to let go and connect with their bodies. Through a musical journey, Hannah aims to create a safe, non-judgemental environment that allows for transformation through movement.

     

    Hannah believes that through dance and movement we can better connect with ourselves, and also the world around us, and through exploring our shadow through movement it can liberate us from the things which hold us back.

     

    Always loving dance, as Hannah became more spiritually aware, she swapped her lifestyle of partying, finding new ways to express herself through dance, now sharing this experience with others.

     

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Being in nature can soften us and help us to feel connected to the world around us. Movement and dance can open us up to connect with our senses.Moving the body can decondition us from unhelpful patterns in our movement.Dancing encourages creativity and helps us to see things from different perspectives.We can use dance as a way of interacting with our shadow and to release unhelpful emotional and physical blocks.Dancing for a few minutes each day can positively transform how you feel.Through connecting with our bodies, it can increase our levels of confidence.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

     

    " I think being in nature automatically softens us and gives us that feeling of safeness, whether it be on the vast expansion of a beach or in a woodland.”“And then the beauty of dance and music is it opens our senses, opens our heart, which then opens our space and our kind of what we are experiencing with our senses, with our emotions.”“I totally encourage people to dance through all the elements. The wind energizes, the sun powers, you know, the rain invigorates, and it builds that connection and to embrace it all. It's all nature. It's all beautiful.”“Sometimes in the morning, I'm, you know, I might be feeling a little bit sad or a little bit, I can't be bothered. I move that, I dance that as well. It's not always chasing the highs and the bliss. It's like dancing at all is, is that's what I've learned with the dance movement psychotherapy.”“Sometimes dance my intentions, you know, move those, or there's some problem or something I need to solve. I just move and not think about it particularly and the solution comes.”“It's freeing, it's liberating, and as soon as you have that feeling of liberation and not caring what you move like or what it'll look like, you take that, into the outside world.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.


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  • In this episode, Debbie engages in conversation with Susan Kenlea, who is a psychologist. After a difficult childhood, Susan left school at fourteen years old, to begin working in the city. Whilst working she took herself through her A levels, before going to university to study Psychology. Working excessively to achieve her goals, in time she became unwell, her body attacking itself, leaving her close to death.

     

    Through this experience Susan began to work through her childhood, searching for ways to heal herself and get her life back. More recently she suffered from a horrific experience of extreme negligence regarding an operation (which is a difficult listen). Throughout these experiences Susan remained resilient, determined to get her mind and health back so that she could dance again and enjoy her life.

     

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Ongoing stress and emotional, mental, or physical overload can lead to burnout and ill health. It is important to look at illness holistically.Childhood traumas can change the body’s capability to deal with stress.Suppressing emotion causes imbalance in the body and mind.Learning how to like and love yourself helps you to live an authentic life.The importance of checking out the credentials of alleged specialists before proceeding with private procedures and operations.Reframing life experiences can help you to move forward, freeing you up to access more positive experiences. Dancing is a wonderful way to release positive endorphins, to keep you fit, and to connect to your inner creativity and self-expression.

     

    BEST MOMENTS

     

    "I mean, very close to death and, some of my organs, which were being attacked, you know, they had got to the point where anymore and they wouldn't be able to come back.”“I asked to be referred to something called a psychoneuroimmunologist which is a long, a word, which basically means somebody who looks at how the psychology, stress essentially, affects the nervous system and therefore your immune system.”“And I remember I'm a very, very strong person. And I remember I just sat in that office and just burst into tears because I was just at the end of my, my rope, really.”“I'm a real believer now that you sit with those feelings, you acknowledge them, you know.”“If you don't love yourself, you close the doors to so many things that you could have otherwise, you know, healthy relationships, creativity, maybe career changes, you know, a lot of people who don't like themselves don't live an authentic life.”“Because your subconscious mind wants to protect you. It wants to make sure that you don't go through something like that again.”“To cut a long story short, it turned out that the surgeon was just a GP and that they were both experimenting on, living people. I was the third person that they did it to. I met the two other people that they'd done before me. And they were just giving it a go.”

     

    HOST BIO

    Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.

    As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing the mental, emotional, physical, social, energetic, and spiritual facets of well-being and healing.

     


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