The Uncomfortable Truth

Candid chat with PT, Amadu Koroma discussing some of the major lessons and misconceptions within the fitness world. 

"The speed with which we can let go of bad ideas is the currency of the 21'st century" With so many contradictory ideas and saturation of information, the ability to detatch from and replace our world views or beliefs become extremely valuable.  Often we can become so identified with our beliefs that we don't realise that we have a choice not to believe them.  These agreements that we make with ou...

"On paper this guys seems great, but I don't feel right about him"......   This podcasts introduces the idea of Embodiment and why it is important. Rather than outsourcing our responsibility for our bodies and our decisions to 'experts' perhaps we can take the power back, and cultivate a relationship with our bodies own intelligence systems. Our gut, heart, sex... are constantly communicating with...

From a dirty beat which speaks to a sacral chakra, to a melodic harmony which speaks to our crown chakra..... Just as a piano has keys with different frequency, our bodies have energetic centres with different frequencies. We are a musical instrument!  A brief introduction into some basics of Energy work and Sound healing -   Whether it is physical, mental, or energetic therapy, we are simply brin...

Ayahuasca, yoga, cacao, mupacho, amanita....  Apparently spirituality is sexy now! and has ironically become an object to enhance our fake identity, rather than dropping all the fake layers to uncover the deeper truths about ourselves.  Sadly in some circles, it's about having the right bracelets, tattoos and softly spoken voice, rather than engaging in the real work. Different spiritual practices...

There can be fear around the healing process or even getting back into activity after a long break. Sometimes we would rather gaslight ourselves and give ourselves an excuse for why we can't, rather than take accountability and do the work required to change.  There are some fit older people, but all of them do the same right behaviours that create that situation, so is it age or behaviour which d...

If we are negative, then we are less likely to take action and therefore save potential criticism and rejection.  The brain may unconsciously be attempting to save us from harm - Even though it isn't perfectly adaptive to our current environments all of the time.   What is the energetic imprint behind our decisions?  Whatever state we are in when we make plans or decisions, we may just be seeding...

Trigger Warning! This episode is about 'victim thinking' and how our culture seems to enable and reward it.  Different political movements or even our family and friends may encourage us to continue believing things that may be damaging to our progress.  In some way, if we can make it not our fault, then we can feel happy in our current state, and don't have to change.  In all areas of life, busin...

In this podcast I discuss the growing awareness of the link between emotional / mental causes and physical sickness.  The bio-psycho-social model is evidence of this respect for the multi-faceted nature of health, but there still seems to be a general distrust and perhaps fear of these connections in the mainstream culture. Similar triggers can manifest different types of sickness, depending on ou...

In therapy we are not unpacking ideas alone. Many people understand their problems on an intellectual level, but the problem isn't fixed, or we feel like the talk therapy we're doing doesn't get to the heart of the problem.  We often acknowledge how we pick up our parents quirks like speech or movement patterns, but what we don't tend to think about, is how we pass on or develop an entire complex...

How many reps should I do? should i go harder or back off?.... Cumulative robustness, test and rest, appropriate loading.... A lot of the questions we ask around exercise miss the point. It's more about the quality of the exercise, and tuning into our bodies than simply the number of reps we do! In this episode, I share a concept about performance and recovery exercise being seperate categories of...

Chiro's are quaks! Physios are stiffs! ...... With so many different disciplines of therapy, it can be hard to know what all of them do and which one is right for us.  There is no right or wrong modality.  While there are some consistent differences, advantages and disadvantages or particular disciplines, tuning into your intuition around the quality of the connection, the individual skill and kno...

So many different exercise classes nowadays! Crossfit, powerlifitng, gyms, yoga, pilates, hit classes..... Choosing what type of exercise can be overwhelming. In this episode, I discuss a little about the different types of training categories and what their main goals are, so that we can be better informed when selecting a training facility that matches our lifestyle and goals.  

One of the most useful frameworks I have found to view health is to see the human as an organism which is adapted to a particular environment.  Health could be seen as simply the degree to which a person is in alignment with their true nature.  If we have too much or too little of something, we get off balance, and eventually we get sick.  Health is just balance in accordance with what we are adap...