The Calmer You Podcast

Shockingly, ‘Am I ugly' is googled 10,000 times a month. Michelle Elman is a five-board accredited Body Confidence Coach and an award-winning body positive activist. Her  TEDX talk moved me to tears. She is most known for her campaign Scarred Not Scared and the active presence within the body positive community with over 190k followers across her two Instagram accounts. Her book, ‘Am I...

This week I speak to Gemma Brady. Gemma is a documentary maker, creative mentor and founder of Sister Stories. She is a trained coach and is currently training in Narrative Therapy. She recently contributed several essays to ‘As You Are', a book from Department Store for the Mind which celebrates our individual uniqueness and the importance of listening to the stories of our Elders. We talk...

In ‘Happy Ever After: Escaping the Myth of the Perfect Life' bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a variety of studies covering issues such as wellbeing, inequality and discrimination to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness. He shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting fulfilment. Some of these might involve not going into higher education...

Dr. Heather McKee is the UK’s leading weight loss and behaviour change psychology specialist.  Her research has been featured in: TIME, Washington post, Women's Health and the Huffington post. She's incredibly knowledgable and has a great knack for making the latest scientific evidence easy to understand and apply. We talk about: -How habits work and the process behind it  -Why it doesn't take 21...

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Kimberley Wilson is a Chartered Psychologist with a post-graduate diploma in Nutrition. We discuss: -How your body effects your mental health -The link between diet and depression -Why serotonin is so important -Inflammation and mental health -Plus Kimberly shares her best advice for a calmer mind Find out more about Kimberly at www.monumentalhealth.co.uk Find her on Instagram here   Don't fo...

Melissa Ambrosini is the bestselling author of Mastering Your Mean Girl, host of ‘The Melissa Ambrosini Show' podcast, a motivational speaker, an entrepreneur and self-love teacher. We talk about: -What is the ‘mean girl’? How can we start to master her? -What does it mean to ‘open wide?’ -What the ‘crazy 8' is – and how being aware of it can transform your thinking -...

A quick daily practise for more self love and positivity (especially on cold winter mornings!) I know what it's like to wake up with a torrent of anxiety and negative thoughts – so I created this easy daily habit to help you to have a great day. This is a short and sweet (but hopefully potent) episode – let me know if you like this format! Don't forget to grab your FREE guided relaxati...

Chatted to the incredibly warm and lovely Melissa Hemsley, author of the brilliant book ‘Eat Happy' this week for #TheCalmerYouPodcast – I loved her insights into how we can be calmer and happier. We discuss: -Dogs and mental health -How to ‘eat happy' -How Melissa copes when she feels rubbish -Her advice for anyone who wants to start a meditation practice -Melissa's top insights...

Alice and Phanella are career experts for modern women – they are my go to when it comes to things like confidence and success at work and I'm thrilled to be featuring them this week. They are authors of the brilliant book ‘Step Up: Confidence, success and your stellar career in 10 minutes a day'. They help women in person and online with ‘the step up school' and they just launch...

I'm doing a solo episode this week – talking about my top tips for managing anxiety and feeling good this autumn. Don't forget to grab your FREE guided relaxation MP3 at www.calmer-you.com/free  and you'll also be the first to hear about the latest news, freebies and podcasts. Please subscribe to ‘ The Calmer you Podcast ‘ in the podcast app or in iTunes to get the latest episode...

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I loved this fascinating conversation with Dr Antia Mitra aka @Gynaegeek . We’re talking about all the things you every wondered about gynaecology and busting a few myths in the process. Anita helps to take the anxiety out of this topic with her caring, relaxed and clued up approach. We discuss: – Vulvas and how everybody is different (and it’s all normal!) – Strategies for handling PMS – The pill...

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Amy Rushworth (aka Wellness With Amy) is Life Coach, Health Coach and one of the UK’s leading wellness speakers. She merges coaching, integrative nutrition and psychology to help women uncover the deep roots of their well-being issues and ditch the self-doubt and habits that hold them back. – Her experience with anxiety and how she overcame it, – Why we struggle with confidence and pra...

Jane Evans has worked with children and families for 25 years. She is an internationally renowned childhood anxiety and parenting coach, an inspirational speaker on early childhood trauma, best-selling author and an in-demand media expert. We discuss: -What is trauma? -What can we do about our own trauma or our childrens trauma? – Jane shares her amazing  ‘baby arms’ technique – How we can us...

This week I chat to my friend and amazing coach and sound therapist, Joanne Bradford. Since it's ‘Go Sober for October' and I get so many messages about how anxiety is affected by alcohol, I thought this would be a great conversation to have. We chat about: -How alcohol negatively affects us and our anxiety -The benefits and costs of living alcohol-free -The surprising thing that happens whe...

Shahroo is Behavioural Change Specialist in private practice. She openly shares how the same evidence-based tools she used effectively with her clients in active addiction helped her to lose 8 stone in weight, increase her self-esteem and help her self-manage a range of unwanted habits. We talk about: – Why habits are so hard to change – The first important steps in esuring new habits...

Jada Sezer is a model, mental health advocate and cheerleader for people's confidence and body image. I loved chatting to her about: * The power of being vulnerable * How to feel positive about your body * What Jada wants young people to know about how to look after their mental health * Plus she shares how she deals with rejection. Find out more about Jada below: http://www.jadasezer.com/ https:/...

This week I talk about how your subconscious mind could be at the root of all your problems and how to start to make powerful changes to your subconscious. Plus I bust a few myths about hypnotherapy and at the end I have a FREE hypnotherapy session which you can listen to. Get the details of the online programme for anxiety which is only open from 10th-16th September 2018 at www.calmer-you.com/Pro...

Nicky Clinch is a transformational life coach, Macrobiotic Nutritionist, chef and teacher. We talk about: * Getting out of your head and into your body * How to realise your worth * Nicky shares her 3 Pillars for well-being Find out more about Nicky and her online coaching programme ‘Homecoming' https://nickyclinch.com Follow Nicky on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nicky_clinch Don't fo...

Lucy Sheridan, The Comparison Coach is one of my favourite people in this space and someone I’m always looking to for great insights and advice. The Times named her one of the UK’s most successful coaches, she's a Hay House author, she's been featured on Forbes, in Grazia and Stella to name but a few – and even Zoella is a fan. We talk about: * Why comparison is so rife * The taboo around co...

Jane Evans has worked with children and families for 25 years. She is an internationally renowned childhood anxiety and parenting coach, an inspirational speaker on early childhood trauma, best-selling author and an in-demand media expert.  We discuss: -What is trauma?  -What can we do about our own trauma or our childrens trauma?  – Jane shares her amazing  ‘baby arms’ techniq...

I chat to fertility expert and master acupuncturist and author of 5 books including her newest ‘Fertile' Emma Cannon. We discuss why we have problems conceiving, strategies for becoming more fertile, how the wellness industry has evolved and her incredible crystal bed! Her 90 days fertile course can be found here https://emmacannon.co.uk/shop/90-days-fertile/  You can get a 10% discount on t...

I finally got a chance to sit down with yoga teacher, BBC presenter of the Royal Wedding, mother of 4 and all round wonder woman Julie Montagu to talk about her unique take on self-care, why yoga is incredible for us if we suffer from anxiety and how to get things done and stay calm when you're really busy (her approach is totally different to most others I've heard) Find out more about Julie and...