Create Shift

In Create Shift S6,ep2 I chat with Sarah Major, Clinic Director at the International College of Oriental Medicine. I first met Sarah when she presented a guest lecture on the Yoga, Ayurveda and Holistic Health course I took 2019 - 2020. I filled my pages with scribbled notes, diagrams and representations of my brain exploding with the information it was receiving. I knew I had to have Sarah come o...

Welcome to Create Shift podcast season 6 ep1, a deep dive into the immune system from a holistic perspective with guest Emma Newlyn. As I write this it's Wednesday on week two of lockdown in the UK. We find ourselves navigating entirely uncharted waters. Our lives, work and entire worlds are changing. It's challenging and scary to say the least. And yet there is - I think - some hope to be found i...

Recently I asked myself the question "who am I if I'm not my work?" And I realised I didn't really know the answer. My work has defined me for so long, and I hadn't even realised it until now. So this solo episode is me discussing my thoughts on this. Sharing how I've been thinking about this question of identity, and approaching it from a yogic perspective too. In a society that's very driven by...

A new feature for the podcast! For the next few seasons Emma Newlyn will be returning to chat to me about seasonal living and holistic health. We'll share where we're at, things we've been thinking about and working on when it comes to holistic health. We'll talk about Ayurvedic seasonal living guidance for the current season, and share lots of practical tips and guidance for you. So, enjoy the fi...

In this solo episode I invite you to join me on a walk as I try to stack my life by moving and recording a podcast at the same time! On this walk I chat to you about what Ayurveda actually is, why I love it and how it might be able to support you to feel healthier, happier and more balanced in your life. This is good timing as I've just completed my Yoga, Ayurveda and Holistic Health training cour...

In today's episode of Create Shift I speak with a real-life GP! Dr Thomas Micklewright is a GP, writer, speaker and specialist in digital health. Tom  offers intelligent and considered insight on a number of topics including the relationship between Western and 'alternative' health, functional illnesses (such as IBS and Chronic Fatigue) and the Dr-Patient relationship and how it is changing. The f...

In this solo episode I discuss success, and how we need to define what a successful life is for us. Society tells us so much about what a successful life should look like, and for most of us it just isn't what we truly want. We can spend years striving for a definition of success that isn't truly ours, and feeling like a failure in the process. This isn't good for our health or happiness, and so i...

I loved this chat with Marie Kenny, a creative coach who works to help artists and creatives manifest their highest creative potential. In a world where we often hear that creativity is a worthless, time-wasting endeavour speaking to Marie is a deep lungful of fresh air. If you feel you aren't expressing your creative self (and, spoiler, we are all creative) then I hope listening to Marie will ins...

Welcome back to Create Shift! Happy New Year for those of you reading and listening in real time. I hope 2020 is treating you kindly so far, or that you at least are treating yourself kindly. S5ep1 of Create Shift is a solo episode where I discuss the possibilities for a more mindful and holistic approach to New Year. So, if the whole New Year, New You vibe isn't for you perhaps this gentler, more...

In the final episode of Create Shift season 4 I talk with yoga teacher and mind and body coach Estelle Nyabuhinja of Pop Up Yoga Milano. I met Estelle when we both took Laurel Beversdorf's Yoga with Resistance Bands Teacher Training at Hot Yoga Dublin in May 2019. In this conversation Estelle shares the same curiosity, inquisitiveness about movement practice and insightful views on what holistic l...

In Create Shift S4,ep 6 I talk with Bianca Bass who is a marketing and brand consultant and a writer. Bianca helps companies and individuals communicate with more emotion, that ultimately leads to more sales and conversion. Our conversation spans business, self-confidence, entrepreneurship, self-care and re-connecting to our ancestral roots. Bianca generously shares her personal experience and jou...

Food waste is a huge problem within the Western world with over one third of all food produced globally going to waste. Open Kitchen MCR is a social enterprise here in Manchester working to do their bit to help combat this issue. In Create Shift S4,ep5 I chat with Steph Lynch-Ozamar who is the Communications and Campaigns Manager for Open Kitchen MCR. We chat about the work they do and how they do...

In Create Shift S4,ep4 I chat with menstruality coach and educator Lisa de Jong. We talk about periods, yes, and Lisa offers great practical tips for women. But we also talk about one of my favourite topics of all cyclical or non-linear living. We discuss masculine and feminine energies, and the need for more compassion for ourselves and others in the world. Lisa teaches me about some Celtic spiri...

In Create Shift S4,ep3 I talk to yoga teacher and movement educator Laurel Beversdorf. I wanted to bring Laurel on the podcast as I think she's a really interesting voice on yoga, movement and the roles they play in our lives. We talk about yoga, movement, exercise and how the roles that these play in our lives especially in Western individualistic society. This is a great listen for anybody, but...

It’s season 4 of Create Shift, the Autumn season (perhaps my favourite, don’t tell the others). I’m so happy to have created this podcast for a whole year’s worth of seasons. Thank you so much for listening along and supporting, and welcome to new listeners too. In this first episode of the Autumn season I talk all about Autumn seasonal living, sharing tips and advice from the Ayurvedic tradition...

Create Shift S4,ep2 is another solo episode. In this episode I answer the question 'what is holistic living?'. I share what holistic living means to me and how I work with the concept as a holistic living mentor. I talk about how, to me, holistic living goes much wider than candles, aromatherapy and yoga and how it is both political and counter cultural. I hope you enjoy this episode, and that it...

Welcome to Create Shift season3 or, the Summer season. This season is different to those that have come before in that there's only one episode. Yup, this is it for the Summer season of Create Shift. Why? Well, I explain in the episode but in a nutshell it's because it's Summer. And, to me, Summer is about creating space in my life so that I can frolic outside more (ie be behind a computer less)....

Rachel Noble runs the Noble Apothecary, a holistic skincare brand based from her home apothecary here in Manchester. This is the final episode of Create Shift season 2, and what a wonderful interview to end it on. Rachel and I discuss her journey from beauty blogger to lover of skincare simplicity and creating the Noble Apothecary. But really this is a holistic conversation, about how what we choo...

In Create Shift S2, Ep6 I talk to Charlotte Holroyd who runs Creative Wilderness, an ethical branding and design agency. Charlotte talks about her journey from 'normal job' to being self-employed, and how this shift has helped her to live a life more aligned with her values. We discuss the impacts a standard office environment can have on our health and wellbeing, and why we feel this needs to cha...

In Create Shift S2,ep5 I chat to Josephine Brooks, a planning and productivity mentor for side-hustlers on a mission to reframe how productivity is seen. I was interested to have Josephine on the show to chat about productivity and the term side-hustling. I've never really liked the phrase, and I was interested to hear how Josephine views hustling and slow, holistic living to be able to sit side b...

In Create Shift S2,ep4 I chat with professional rebel Marie-Claire Ashcroft. I knew when I met Marie-Claire that I had to have her on the show. She's full of vitality, and is a person living life on her own terms regardless of what others say. That, of course, isn't easy to do and in this conversation Marie-Claire shares her journey to getting to living a life true to her she is and the challenges...

It's time for this season's solo episode where I chat all about the current Season of Spring. I share practical, quick tips for connecting more to the Spring Season as well as Ayurveda inspired Seasonal health and wellbeing guidance. Ayurveda is the Sister Science of Yoga, and takes a holistic view of human health. I love talking about all of this stuff, and hope you find the episode inspiring and...

I was so excited to have Gentle Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach Rose White chat to me for the podcast as I've long been an admirer of her no-nonsense nutrition talk (along with hilarious general life chats) on Instagram stories. When it comes to food and nutrition Rose really knows her stuff. She puts it in an easy to understand way - not dumbed down but super clear and accessible - and relates it t...

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In Create Shift S1Ep8 I talk to Maddy Lawson of a Slow Adventure. We talk about all things slow living. Covering how creativity is a vital part of this, the guilt we feel around making time for this and the desire many of us feel for an in person community. We have a vulnerable conversation about the challenges that come with making changes for a slower life, especially in the world of work.  For...