SelfKind: Conversations in self-care, kindness and compassion for highly sensitive people

I am SO thrilled to introduce you to my guest on SelfKind today - the one and only Wini Linguvic. For those of you not familiar with Wini, let me introduce you:   Wini is the best selling author of BodyChange and Lean Long & Strong (and she's currently working on her third book!). She's a trained researcher in exercise adherence (or how to stick to a practice worth sticking to) and b...

Drumroll, please ... Welcome back to the same podcast with a brand new name and look! Introducing SelfKind with Erica Webb (that's me!). For nearly two years I've loved bringing you The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast every single week. Then, toward the end of 2021 I started renaming all the things (from the name of my online membership (now the SelfKind Hub), IG handle (it's now @...

It's the final episode of 2021! But I'll be back next week with a new episode AND a new name! Look out next week for a big name change ... the Movement and Mindfulness Podcast is becoming SelfKind the podcast! But that's next week. Today I'm sharing 3 lessons I've learned in 2021 that are relevant to all of us, as well as 3 tips to support you to set goals (if you want to)...

I've got a little story for you today! And like all good stories, there's both a happy ending AND some takeaways about what I learned in the process. What's the story about? A late (and subsequently lost) package containing a light. In this episode I tell you the story and the lessons I took from it - which parallel beautifully with life on and off the mindful movement mat - includi...

Yep, it's a long title. You'll never run out of things to do, so put yourself on the list (if you want to). That's what we're talking about today. Quite literally, if you're waiting til things are perfect or 'done' before you'll have the time or headspace to take care of yourself, guess how long you're going to be waiting? Forever. The kicker here, of c...

Body confidence. Those two words can absolutely set us squirming, can't they? But today I'm joined by Anita McLachlan, who's on a mission to support women to feel more confident in their bodies ... AND in a swimsuit. Anita is the founder of the online swimwear store Sequins and Sand. What started off as an online retail business rapidly evolved into something far deeper. In Anita&ap...

I remember the moment vividly: a well-respected yoga teacher standing in front of me, admitting that she had published books that now contained information she'd changed her mind about. And she was ok with it. Embraced it even. Boom. Life-changing. Why? Because I think up until that point I truly believed I had to be 'right' to be good. And that 'rightness' had to be long-...

It's easy to feel like we're not making progress toward what we want. For example, maybe you WANT a sustainable, consistent movement practice that supports you to feel well in your body ... but you can't get it to stick. The lies could be to blame ... Lies that tell you: > doing less is bad > asking for help is weak > sharing your struggles is wrong > taking the easier o...

The 'mindful' in mindful movement ... what does it actually mean? That's exactly what we're exploring today in this episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. Mindfulness comes with it a high-level definition of presence and awareness of the present moment. We're going to talk about that from three different perspectives to really dive into where mindful practice can...

I'm no stranger to feeling broken, or like my body is betraying me. And so I get that what I'm about to suggest may sit uncomfortably if you've ever felt the same: If you feel broken, a big part of your 'fix' is in realising you're NOT broken. That's the conversation we're diving into today in this episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. I talk abou...

There's a certain magic to movement ... at least it can feel that way at times. But what is the magic ingredient? Is it the SHAPE or movement or pose? Or is it something else entirely? That's precisely what we're exploring in today's episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! In this episode I'm talking about: > how the shape/movement/exercise itself isn’t the mag...

Friend, I totally understand that feeling that tugs at you, suggesting you're failing. Maybe you feel like you're failing because you can't seem to stay consistent with a movement practice. Maybe you feel like you're failing because you ARE being consistent but you still don't feel the way you want to feel. Maybe you feel like you're failing because you feel like you&...

Who can fix you? Are you really broken? I'm posing these questions today as part of our Low Back Love series where we're talking about the missing pieces of the puzzle standing between your current pain/discomfort/tension/frustration and experiencing more ease. It's not uncommon to end up feeling like the ONLY way we can feel semi-ok in our body is to be fixed by someone else. And,...

Low back pain/tension/discomfort. Ever been there? Maybe you're there now? This is something clients come to me with all the time. And there are a few things I think are missing in the conversation around what movement can (and dare I say should) look like in the face of low back tension. Today we're diving into one element of this - specifically the need for 'safety'. What do...

Ok, so I'm being intentionally provocative with the title of this episode. But hear me out! Instagram (and the internet in general) is a mine of information. So much so that it can be hard to know where to start. And if you simply type #yoga into the Instagram search bar? Well ... you'd be forgiven for believing yoga was all about bending yourself in half. In this episode of The Movement...

Do you have the perfect poo? Yep, we're talking about poo today on The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! Why poo? Because, as Ange Sinclair (naturopath and nutritionist) shares with us, our toilet habits can be rather revealing. In our conversation, Ange invites us to mindfully consider the quality, quantity and frequency of our poo in order to get some insight into our overall wellbeing. Ang...

Hey friends, and welcome to episode 119 of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast! Today I'm talking all about movement blindspots (or what we might refer to as sensory motor amnesia in the somatics world). We're covering: > What blindspots are and how they can contribute to tension and pain > How exploring our blindspots can help shift tension and allow us to feel more resilient and...

What is this 'somatics' you speak of, Erica? I get this question a lot and, honestly, I thought I'd already done an episode on this, but it seems I may have been wrong! So ... let's dive in, shall we? In this episode I talk about what actually makes a movement 'somatic' and the theory behind what's happening when we 'pandiculate' (which is what somatics...

Today on The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast, I'm chatting with my friend, Tara Carroll. Tara, who is a long-time member of The Mindful Movement Virtual Studio, is a stay-at-home-mum to her three year old daughter as well as being a yoga teacher. In our chat, we're talking about navigating challenges and how mindfulness, movement and self-kindness support Tara to do so. From grief and a...

Hello friends! Today on The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast I'm offering some tips around how to get started with a movement or mindfulness practice in the midst of less-than-ideal circumstances. So often we want to wait for life to feel simpler and less stressful before we add another thing. And, I mean, that is LOGICAL. It makes absolute sense. What we're talking about today, though,...

Today on The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast I'm welcoming back the wonderful Claire Nettley - Coach, Teacher & Speaker, and the founder of Better Boundaries - to talk all about movement as a spiritual practice. In her work, Claire helps her clients to become more centred in who they really are, so they can show up fully in their lives and relationships without losing themselves, and tha...

"We tend to think that doing ‘right’ means doing ‘more’ and that isn’t always the case" - The Movement Maestro. Today on The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast, I'm taking inspiration from the above quote. Let's talk about how this shows up in our movement practice, and why we want to be paying attention. In this episode I cover: - why our conscious and subconscious beliefs about...

In today's episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast I'm chatting with Kelsey Weight - an accredited dietitian who helps people heal their relationship with food using intuitive eating and non-diet approaches to health and wellbeing. In our conversation we talk about: > what it means to heal our relationship with food with intuitive eating and non-diet dietetics > why we&apos...

Have you heard/read that suggestion that 'the yoga pose you avoid is the one you need most?' I sure have. It's a common one. But is it true? That's exactly what I'm breaking down in today's episode of The Movement and Mindfulness Podcast. Tune in to hear: > why it's important to honour how you feel > the ways we avoid certain movements and why they might ha...

Resistance. You know that feeling, right? You decided that you want to do more yoga/meditation/walking/whatever and you feel great and motivated ... until you don't. All of a sudden you're like 'I don't feel like it' or 'I don't want to' or 'I have no time'. Resistance. Ooof. Moving through resistance can be one of the kindest things you can do for...