Life - An Inside Job

We all know we need rest so why do we find it so hard, especially when we are in a state of fear?  My guest is an expert in this field: Suzy Reading is a mother of two, an author, Chartered Psychologist, and Coach. She specialises in self-care, helping people manage their stress, emotions, and energetic bank balance. Her latest book, Rest to Reset is available now.   Suzy will explain how to build...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. It's brought to you by Leora and Kate at Woman Kind. Hannah introduces herself by saying... 'Despite being a healthy Nutritional Therapist and NLP practitioner myself, I continually suffered from a number of cycle issues including PMS,...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. In this UnChristmas episode, we’re sharing our top tips for not getting dragged down by this Christmas lark, so you can prioritise self-care and compassion even in the middle of chaos and overwhelm. Leora Leboff and Kate Codrington from Woman Ki...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. This podcast is brought to you by Leora and Kate at Woman Kind. Lizzy is your Inner Connection Coach. Born in Australia, living in Edinburgh, with her partner Bethany and their cat Percy. Her work is all about connection and belonging. She split...

This is the third episode I’ve done about ADHD females, so the topic is highly dominant in the nearly 100 episodes of LAIJ, and that’s because I see awareness of ADHD is SO needed  Today’s guest is Adele Winsett of Harmonise You, she's a Women's Health Practitioner & Cyclical Living Guide. Co-author of the book Essential Feminine Wisdom.  From menarche to menopause, Adele bridges the...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. This podcast is brought to you by Leora and Kate of Woman Kind.  In this episode, Tessa Venuti Sanderson shares her experience of oestrogen dominance, rather than the common narrative of oestrogen deficiency in perimenopause; how she manages her inner summer...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. This podcast is brought to you by Leora and Kate of Woman Kind. In this episode bursting with spring/summer vibrancy,  we'll hear Julia's experience of perimenopause cycles, managing chronic health challenges with cycle awareness, how to navigate p...

This is an episode for blokes, most especially for blokes who are close to perimenopausal mayhem. I had a chat with my old friend Kenny Mammarella D’Cruz, aka  The Man Whisperer, who has instigated hundreds of men’s groups across the country. Daily Express described me as a "coach, consultant, and guru of all things men"  Kenny and I talked about:  How men deal with loneliness and pain M...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. This podcast is brought to you by Leora and Kate at Woman Kind.  We'll  hear about the limitations of the 'can do' inner summer energy, and how pacing is the way to go. How Natasha's inner autumn self-care has changed before and after hav...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. This podcast is brought to you by Leora and Kate at Woman Kind. We'll hear how Jyoti cares for herself through her menstrual cycle, using the seasons as a guide, how to tell if you've ovulated, why this is important even in perimenopause, how to ha...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. This podcast is brought to you by Leora and Kate at Woman Kind. We'll hear how Lou manages heavy periods, how she cares for herself in each season, how her birth experience affected her ovulation, how Medicine Circles supported her, and most importantly...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. Liz Thomas is the founder of Soul Creative Circle. She's a Sacred Circle facilitator, Certified Cycle & Spiritual Coach, Creative practitioner and advocates for wild women. Here to nurture and empower others. Supporting you to step into...

Cyclical Living Unwrapped explores the gifts and challenges of cyclical life with experts in the field of menstruation, perimenopause and cyclical living. This podcast is brought to you by Leora and Kate at Woman Kind. Coni Longden-Jefferson is a writer, host and content creator specialising in all things reproductive health. She works with brands including Holland and Barrett, Parla, Myoovi, Elvi...

Uma Dinsmore-Tuli co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network , is a fierce proponent of rest in the form of yoga nidra, founder of the Yoni Shakti movement to end the abuse of women and girls in yoga, and author of many books including the comprehensive Yoni Shakti: a Woman's Guide to Power and Freedom Through Yoga and Tantra which is thankfully available again after a long break. You'll hear ...

Leticia Valverdes is a prize-winning photographer whose work starts with deep listening. Published in The Telegraph, The Guardian amongst others, she’s also well-known for her community work with indigenous people, especially women and girls. Leticia’s commercial work includes personal branding for organisations and heart-led businesses in the UK and Portugal and also documenting retreats and rite...

Our guide to the highly sensitive person, or HSP,  is ChaNan Bonser a therapist and healer, and a teacher and trainer based in Mid Wales. She is a highly sensitive person, and for many years has worked with sensitivity within her client base. She recently  developed an online course Self Care for Sensitives, helping folk who are highly sensitive to become more robust and resilient, and to learn ho...

Tania Elfersy is a transformative coach, speaker and award-winning author, specializing in midlife women's health. Tania has spent years researching what causes and what can relieve symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause. She became free of her own physical and emotional symptoms naturally and simply, through insight alone.  Tania set up The Wiser Woman project in 2015 to help w...

Have you ever struggled to explain to the men and non-menstruators around you what you need in your menstrual month? Or why you might seem to be an entirely different personality week on week?  My friend Alyx Coble-Frakes did, and her experiences of frustration have resulted in what is to my knowledge, the first book about periods specifically written for cis-men.     Alyx Coble-Frakes is a passio...

The topic of purpose is enormously charged, we feel beset by inner critics, doubts, and overwhelm. Thank heavens for Fiona Buckland’s book Find your own path: how to create the life you really want. Like a life coach in your pocket, it offers a friendly step-by-step approach to finding your calling. Fiona is a life & leadership coach, facilitator, author, and speaker who has worked one-on-one...

My guest today is a proper badass hag.  Jane Hardwicke Collings is a grandmother, former homebirth midwife for 30 years, a teacher, writer and menstrual educator. She gives workshops on mother and daughter preparation for menstruation, the spiritual practice of menstruation, and the sacred dimensions of pregnancy, birth and menopause. Jane founded and runs The School of Shamanic Womancraft, an int...

Exploring how we can come to terms with the end of biological fertility and how creative fertility changes postmenopause. You’ll hear five different women, all in different circumstances and each story just blew me away. There is so much courage, healing, endurance and resilience in this coming to terms and I hope you’ll feel as inspired as I was.   You should know though, that many of life traged...

Decent and Rising: women’s stories and the embodiment of the Innana myth is a book for anyone who has ever felt lost, a failure, that they’re getting sucked deep into dark places that most people would regard as mad. Written by Carly Mountain, a psychotherapist and women’s initiatory guide, who specialises in working with sexuality, relationships and embodiment. The book is published by Womancraft...

Laura Shuckburgh. Laura is is a Menopause Coach and an NLP Practitioner. She is the founder of  Menopause Unleashed Retreats   and  Marvellous Midlife and She has recently written a digital menopause awareness product for the ted Learning group. You can usually find her in her home on wheels in the French Countryside.  We talk about the positive change and growth that menopause can bring, even tho...

Suzanne Yates is an acclaimed international therapist, teacher, author, researcher, and innovator, author of 3 books and now working on the 4th, she works with people at all stages of their lives: from babies and pregnant mothers to the elderly.  Her specialty is women’s health. A published author and expert in the field of pre and postnatal shiatsu and bodywork, she has been teaching parents, doc...

This episode focussed on debunking the narrative that claims menopause is a deficiency that requires fixing with oestrogen, instead of a normal, healthy life event that ushers us into a vibrant, engaged maturity.  I feel that if menopause is asking us to love ourselves better, to deepen our relationship to ourselves, then HRT can really help with that, allowing us to put ourselves first. But thoug...