The world doesn’t need another quick fix; it needs a clearer path back to the body’s own wisdom. In this round-up episode, we take a candid look at the gap between sick care and true health care, and why so many of us have been taught to outsource our wellbeing instead of learning how to read our own signals. From Christmas prescriptions to the hidden messages in children’s shows, we trace how culture normalises the pill-first reflex and what it costs us in confidence and clarity.

We unpack the nervous system as the control centre for stress, sleep, digestion, immunity, and mood, and show how early awareness prevents overwhelm before it spirals. Rather than pitting medicine against lifestyle, we build a both-and approach: doctors as partners and teachers, medicine as a powerful tool, and you as the expert in your own experience. Expect practical, grounded strategies that prioritise basics over secrets: consistent sleep, whole foods, daily movement, breath, light, and connection. We also spotlight evidence that movement during treatment can improve outcomes, reframing exercise as an ally to clinical care.

Looking ahead, we preview our embodiment arc: holotropic breathwork, fire walking, walking on glass, and even arrow-breaking as carefully held rites of passage that shift stuck emotion through the body. These are not stunts; they are structured challenges that rebuild trust in your own physiology and expand your capacity for life’s stressors. You’ll leave with simple self-audit questions to help you respond to your body first, then collaborate with your GP from a place of balance and agency.

If this resonates, share the show with someone who needs a nudge back to their body, and leave a review so more people can find it. Subscribe for the upcoming embodiment series and join us as we trade quick fixes for real, embodied change.

What if the fastest way to feel better isn’t more mindset hacks, but learning how safety actually feels in your body? We dig into embodiment and a clear, plain‑English take on polyvagal theory to show how your nervous system shapes your choices, your mood, and your health. Instead of piling on fixes, we focus on the three core states—ventral (safe and social), sympathetic (fight or flight), and dorsal (shutdown)—and how each one colours your day, from your breath and digestion to your relationships and boundaries.

We share simple practices that work in real life: naming sensations with nuance so your brain can hear your body, lengthening the exhale to signal calm, using orienting and gentle voice to cue safety, and creating tiny rituals that fit into minutes, not hours. You’ll learn why you cannot think your way out of stress, how safety unlocks clear thinking and healing, and how consistency turns micro‑moments into resilience. We also introduce a 30‑day nervous system reset journal designed to build awareness, regulation, reflection, and integration—plus a children’s version to help young people grow up fluent in the language of their bodies.

If you’ve felt anxious, flat, or stuck in overdrive, this conversation offers a map and the smallest next steps to move toward calm. Expect clarity about the vagus nerve, practical embodiment tools, and an empowering reminder that every small shift today is a gift to your future self. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a gentle nudge toward safety, and leave a review to help others find their way back to their bodies.

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What if the easiest way to make better health choices today is to meet the person you’ll be decades from now? We explore how training your brain to recognise your future self turns willpower into identity, making consistent habits feel natural rather than forced.

Across this conversation, we rethink January’s pressure to overhaul everything and lean into the truth that healing is slow, cellular work. We unpack the neuroscience showing that many of us process “future me” like a stranger, and how vivid, regular visioning rewires those circuits so your older self feels like you. From there, we connect the dots to epigenetics: daily behaviours and environments that nudge gene expression toward resilience, better recovery, and healthy ageing. Naomi shares the personal story that once shaped a fear of early decline and how a clear image of running strong in her seventies now guides choices around strength, sleep, nourishment, and nervous system care.

You’ll get practical, simple actions that compound over time: two strength sessions a week, daily walking and sunlight, steady hydration, protein-forward meals, massage and micro-rest for regulation, plus journaling and meditation to anchor intention. We also offer a provocative lens—cruise ship or care home—that brings long-term consequences into crisp focus without shame. Instead of chasing quick fixes, we align with habits that build capacity so the body can do what it’s designed to do: adapt, repair, and thrive. Role models who are breaking records in their seventies are not outliers; they are blueprints for a life built on small, repeated votes for health.

Want support to wire this in? Grab the free Future Self Meditation and explore the You Are The Answer book for deeper tools and science-backed strategies. If this conversation resonates, subscribe, share it with someone you love, and leave a review so more people can reconnect with their body’s wisdom.

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