RAW CHATTER! Unfiltered Conversations on the Psychology of Addiction, Behaviour & High Performance
By Vicky Midwood - Behavioural Strategist for High-Performing Professionals
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RAW CHATTER
Straight-talking, unfiltered conversations about the behaviours that quietly drive - and derail - high performers.
This isn’t about motivation, mindset hacks, or surface-level solutions.
It’s about understanding why you rely on food, alcohol, overthinking, or overworking to cope — and what it’s really costing your energy, focus, and performance.
Because you don’t have a discipline problem. You have a behavioural pattern that’s running the show.
We break down the psychology behind coping habits, addiction, and self-sabotage in business owners and high-achieving professionals
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S6 EP 39: Talking isn’t enough: Anxiety, Self-Worth & the Therapy Gap
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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S6 EP38: 21 Things I’ve Learned in 21 Years Alcohol-Free
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May 25, 2026 |
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THE LIE WE LEARN AS CHILDREN ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE’S EMOTIONS (And The Hidden Ego Behind People Pleasing)
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May 18, 2026 |
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Why High Performers Can’t Switch Off | Rumination, ADHD & Nervous System Overload
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May 12, 2026 |
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You’re Not Addicted to the Habit - Here’s Why You Keep Going Back
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May 04, 2026 |
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S6 EP34: Why Knowing Isn’t Changing You: The Real Reason You Stay Stuck (And What To Do Instead)
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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S6 EP33: You Don’t Have a Confidence Problem. You Have a Pattern Problem
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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S6 EP32: From Poverty to Power: The Truth About Feminine Leadership, Identity & Success
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Emotional Eating, Control & Drinking: What You’re Really Avoiding
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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The Control Trap: Why Trying Harder Is Making You Feel More Overwhelmed
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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S6 EP29: You Don't Have a Motivation Problem - You Have a Coping Strategy Problem
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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S6 EP28: Fear vs Excitement: Why Your Body Can’t Tell the Difference
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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S6 EP27: High Functioning Is a Symptom: Why Successful People Still Feel Exhausted, Flat & Stuck
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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S6 EP26: EFT Tapping for Anxiety: Calm Your Mind in Minutes (No Meds, No Overthinking)
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Emotional Eating, Diet Culture & The Truth About “Healthy” Food | Registered Nutritionist Explains
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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S6 EP:24 The Accident That Changed Everything: Burnout, Survival, and the Mindset Reset
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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S6 EP23: When Success Ends: Why Selling Your Business Can Trigger Identity Loss, Burnout & Depression
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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How Your Words Reinforce Anxiety, Burnout & the Life You’re Trying to Change
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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S6 EP 21: How to Stop Worry and Anxiety From Hijacking Your Thinking
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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20 Years Sober: What Dry January Gets Right (And What Most People Miss
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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When Did Other People’s Happiness Become Your Job? People-Pleasing & the Cost of Self-Abandonment
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Your Immune System Doesn’t Need a Detox: It Needs a Reset (Without Restriction
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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This New Year: Stop Setting Goals Your Brain Is Wired to Sabotage
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Struggling With Food or Alcohol at Christmas? You’re Not Alone
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Why You Overeat, Overdrink & Overcommit at Christmas and How Honesty Stops It
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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The Invisible Load: Grief, Expectations & Saying No
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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The Truth About High-Achiever Stress: Night-Time Overeating, Drinking, and the Pressure to Perform
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Triggers, Trauma, and the Nervous System: Why Avoidance Makes Everything Worse.
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Candy Bars in Gym Clothes: The Atlas Bars Rebellion
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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From Gun Violence to Grace: Permission to Grieve, Pivot & Lead
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Ayurveda & Herbalism for Real People: From Anxiety & Fatigue to Joy
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Fix Bloating Fast: Gut Health, Chewing & Food Intolerance Testing
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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“Suck It Up, Princess”: Karlie Thompson’s Story - From Coma to Carbon Legs
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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“You’ve Got This”: Frances Bentley’s Story of Violence, Survival & Radical Healing
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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From Cocaine to Compassion: How One Man’s Grief Sparked a Mental Health Revolution
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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From Burnout to Bending Time: How Autoimmune Issues Lead to a New Career
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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ADHD, RSD & Burnout: The Truth Behind the Labels
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Discovering the Power of Words and the Mind, Body, Connection
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Addicted to Pressure: The Real Reason Midlife Feels So Heavy
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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S5 EP 39: Common Myth Busting for Better Health
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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S5 EP 38: From Carer to Couch-Surfing to Coaching: Escaping the Roles That Don't Serve Us
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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S5 EP 37: Addiction Doesn’t Discriminate: A Sales Director’s Journey to Recovery
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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S5 EP 36: 3 STEPS TO BETTER SLEEP AND LESS STRESS
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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S5 EP 35: Doing Things Because They Feel Good, NOT to Prove You are Good Enough!
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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S5 EP 34: Why Smart People Stay Stuck!
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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S5 EP 33: Closing the Intension Behaviour Gap
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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S5 Ep 32: Get Out of your Head and into Action
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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S5 EP31: What It Really Means to Be Human
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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S5 EP 30: Creativity, Confidence & Kissing Goodbye to Imposter Syndrome
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May 27, 2025 |
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S5 EP 29: From Crippling Panic to Clear Skin!
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May 20, 2025 |
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S5 EP 28: The Real Reason You Are Scared Of Seeming Rude
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May 13, 2025 |
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S5 EP 27: Start Majoring in the Majors instead of the Minors
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May 06, 2025 |
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S5 EP26: Self Trust is a Skill
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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S5 EP 25: Mind Over MS: A Journey Through Sophrology
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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S5 EP:24 Curved Balls & Healing Paths: A Journey to Reflexology
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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S5 Ep 23: Be Careful What You Say You Want!
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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S5 EP22: Bipolar is NOT a death sentence - it’s a journey, and you CAN thrive!
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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S5 EP 21: Why Muscle Matters More as We Mature!
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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S5 EP 20: Why We All Need to Talk More About Menstrual Health & Endometriosis
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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S5 EP 19: Habit Change: Swap Don't Stop
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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S5 EP 18: The Double Life-Why we all fake it!
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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S5 Ep 17: CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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S5 EP 16: Why We Stay Stuck In Habits We Hate
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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S5 EP 15: The Paradox of Control
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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S5 EP 14: Why working WITH your body works!
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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S5 EP 13: Let’s Talk ANT’s & ACE’s
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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S5 EP 12: Why Education is Power in Treating Addiction & Trauma
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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S5 EP11: The Hidden Reason Behind Addiction with The Sugar-Free Man
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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S5 EP 10: Skill IS Required!
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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S5 EP 9: Being Intentional & Making Space
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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S5 EP8: The 3 C's Of Christmas
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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S5 EP7: Women, Age & ADHD
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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S5 EP 6: How to Age Successfully
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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S4 EP5: ADHD and Disordered Eating
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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S5 EP 4 : Living an Extraordinary life!
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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S5 EP3: Can You Handle The Truth?!
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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S5 EP2: Behind Closed Doors
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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S5 EP 1: The Work in between
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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S4 EP: 50 The Power to Change
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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S4 EP 49: Fear is REAL but it doesn't have to rule!
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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S4 EP48: STOP Sacrificing Sleep!
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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S4 Ep 47: Helping the Body Heal Itself
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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S4 EP46: Quitting for Confidence & Control
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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S4 EP 45: Turning Chronic illness into an Opportunity
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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S4 EP 44: Positivity Pays!
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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S4 EP 43: How Curved Balls Can Create Postive Change
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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S4 EP 42: Hidden Opportunities in Circumstances Beyond Your Control.
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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S4 EP 41: Resistance good, bad or both?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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S4 EP 40: Self-Compassion for Stress & Anxiety Reduction
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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S4 Ep 39 Communicate to Liberate
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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S4 EP38: Making Exercise Possible & Fun For Everyone
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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S4 EP 37: What 19 Years Of Alcohol Freedom Has Taught Me
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May 28, 2024 |
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S4 EP 36: It's Never Too Late to Heal
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May 21, 2024 |
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S4 EP 35: Making Sense of Mental Health
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May 14, 2024 |
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S4 EP 34: Eating Disorders & Money Blocks
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May 07, 2024 |
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S4 EP 33: DEPRESSION IS NOT MY IDENTITY
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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S4 EP 32: Emotions are normal NOT a mental health problem.
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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S4 EP 31: Check-in With Your Body to Quieten Your Mind
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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S4 EP 30: Is Patience a 'Lost' Art?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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S4 EP 29: Nourish mind and body with some Sasi Cooking!
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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S4 EP 28: The Secret Power of Acceptance.
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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S4 EP 27: When the DREAM doesn't match the reality!
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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S4 EP 26: Why being 'nice' is harmful to your health!
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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S4 EP 25: From Corporate Career to Confident Cook!
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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S4 EP 24: Making mid-life for men less messy and more manageable!
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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S4 EP 23: The power of Creativity!
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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S4 EP 22: Addicted to the struggle!
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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S4 EP 21: If it's healthy you can eat as much as you like....
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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S4 EP 20: Taking the 'Woo-Woo' out of healing mind & body!
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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S4 EP 19: Ditch diets and get free of BED (Binge Eating Disorder)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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S4 EP18: Addicted to the familiar and safe
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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S4 EP 17: Happiness & Joy Sappers!
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Se4 Ep16: BECOMING the person you want to be in 2024
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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S4 EP15: Do it Different, get a different result!
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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S4 Ep 14 Communicate To Create a Stress Free Christmas
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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S4 EP 13: Escaping Narcissistic Family Ties
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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S4 EP12: Listen! I am more than my Weight!
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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S4 EP11: Getting Clarity On Food Confusion & Fear
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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S4 EP 10: Restoring Sanity with Stem Cells
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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SE 4 EP 9: Breaking through Taboo's on Bullying
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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S4 Ep 8: Power to Change!
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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S4 EP 7 From Chaos To Calm
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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S4 Ep: 6 - Weight is NOT the Issue!
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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S4 Ep5: Complacency V Commitment
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Season 4 Ep4: Paralysis, Pain & The power of Craving
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Season 4 Ep 3: Why Dieting is the Devil!
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Season 4 Ep2: The Blame Game
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Episode ONE Season 4: It's Not A Crime
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 25: Emotions are Energy-in-Motion let them flow...
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 24: Believe in the Power Within!
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 23: Connecting Back To You!
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 22: The Man Behind the Masks
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 21 - Crush Crazy Compulsions
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 7: From Darkness to Light
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 20: Freedom Equals Discipline
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 19: YOU have the Power To change!
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May 30, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 18: Are you ready to listen?
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May 23, 2023 |
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Episode 17 - Let's Lose The Labels
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May 16, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 16: WTF! AUTOIMMUNE ISSUES SUCK!
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May 09, 2023 |
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Season 3: Episode 15: Haywire Hormones and Health Havoc
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May 02, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 14: Say 'bye' to Socially Conditioned Sh*tty Self-worth
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Season 3: Episode 13: Myth Busting Fats & Carbs
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 12: Say P*ss Off To Post Easter Guilt & Shame!
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 11: FU*K SURVIVE - I WANT TO THRIVE!
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 10: We're going RADICAL!
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 9: Grudges aren't for Grown ups!
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Season 3 Episode 8: Inclusion for All with MJ LACE
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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SEASON 3 Episode 6: Good Grief!!
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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SEASON 3 Episode 5: Why "Women Thrive"
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Season 3: Episode 4: What Your Resist Persist...
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Season 3: Episode 3: Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you Should!
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Season 3: Episode 2: Cut the childish chatter!
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Season 3: Episode ONE: Toss out the Target Weight!
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Episode 25: From Burnout and Beyond with Helen G
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Becoming Whole With Ucheju
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Episode 23 - Let's talk Fibro!
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Episode 22: Discipline IS Freedom
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Episode 21: LET'S TALK BOWEL CANCER WITH TASHA
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Episode 20: Letting go of Labels....
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Episode 19: When the 'SOLUTION' becomes the Problem!
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Episode 18: Self-Worth - Seeking it Externally Sucks!!
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Episode 17: SODA - What it means to be a Survivor of domestic abuse
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Episode 16: Grief and Gratitude
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Episode 15: Raw Chatter Talks S*X
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Episode 14: Health, what is it? How do we improve it? And the Role of Food Plays in it.....
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Supreme Court On a Parr With TheTaliban
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Health, Pleasure and being kind to YOURSELF!
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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The Little Girl, The Bad Man, The Mean Woman and The Horrible Boy
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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How are you BEING as a customer?
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May 21, 2022 |
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Drugs, Diets, Body Confidence & Curves!
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May 08, 2022 |
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Episode 8: Instant-V-Delayed Gratification - why we need both
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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EXPLORE & EMBRACE DEATH CAFES...
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Sorry, You're not THAT important...
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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FINANCIAL & EMOTIONAL ABUSE IS NOT YOUR FAULT....
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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RESISTANCE TO CHANGE: it's not you it's your brain!
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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FEELING INVISIBLE!
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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YOLO! Are you using YOLO as an excuse for behaviour that isn't serving you?
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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PAIN DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERMANENT!
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Comparison, Body Image and Disordered Eating.
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Episode 23: Food, Feelings, Anxiety & Alcohol
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Episode 22: Victim Mentality, could it be keeping you stuck?
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Episode 21: We're Focusing on the Wrong stuff!
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Episode 20: Stop Weighing Kids at School!
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Episode 19: Why Willpower Sucks!
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Episode 18: The hidden connection that may be causing you to binge!
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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EPISODE 17: My story that lead up to my drinking escalating...BIG TIME!
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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Episode 16: It's my 16th Anniversary!
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May 30, 2021 |
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Episode 15: My story Part one...
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May 23, 2021 |
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Episode 14: The A.R.T. of Transformation!
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May 16, 2021 |
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Episode 13: Just What IS Mental Health?
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May 09, 2021 |
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Episode 12: Why positive thinking is NOT the answer!
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May 02, 2021 |
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Episode 11: Social Anxiety & you!
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Episode 10: Calling BS on the 3P's!
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Episode 9: The Mental & Physical CANNOT be Separated
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Episode 8:Sorry, the truth is your Dr. Doesn't have ALL the answers....
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Episode 7: Change is as hard as YOU choose to make it!
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Episode 6: Abuse & Self Worth
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Episode 5: Suicide & Suicidal thinking are NOT something to be ashamed of!
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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Episode 4: Feeling the feelings....
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Episode 3: It's Eating Disorders Awareness Week - Let's start talking!
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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RAW CHATTER -The Stuff That Matters: Episode2: Self-care IS healthcare!
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Episode 1: It's NOT Your Fault!
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Feb 14, 2021 |