045 Be a power girl with vulnerability | Sarah Wade

“You’ve got to learn quickly how to prioritise and to let things wait. Some days you can’t do it and you say no and it will wait until tomorrow”

— Sarah Wade -

It seems almost impossible that two years ago Sarah Wade was unable to speak and walk yet she takes a risk in being a podcast guest with me which is so amazing. Her story is one of courage, fierceness and vulnerability that is filled with lessons for those of us who don’t take time to smell the roses in our lives.  Sarah shares how she is prioritising her self care, people who she values and doing things in a contented way.

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Sarah Wade

We spoke about 

• From the corporate world to a water view Cosy Home store

• Sarah’s life-threatening medical emergency on 1 July 2015

• The impact of work and emotional stress on Sarah’s wellbeing

• A complete shift to Sarah’s world as she knew it

• The journey of rehabilitation

• Lessons along the way and doing things in a contented way

• Creating a haven and sanctuary for customers at the Cosy Home store

• Taking care of yourself is not selfish

Value Quotes 

“If I think about it every day now I wake up to my dream in action”

”I spent just over 35 years in the corporate world where they owned me, now I own me”

“It’s nice to wake up every morning and do something that I want to do”

“I looked around in the hospital and saw other women taking their first steps and I knew at that point that I had a job to do”

“When I look back on when I was in the corporate world, it was too hard to continue doing”

“I’m still finding the right mindset to feel confident every day to talk”

“Sometimes you’ve got to break the rules to get through things I guess”

“In order to support your mental health, your spiritual health, you have to eat well no denying that and it has to be every day”

“Every day you’ve got to be taking the time and ensuring you are important and what you want to achieve”

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Episode Links 

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Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cosyhomeettalongbeach/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/cosyhomeettalongbeach/

044 The secrets to more time | Tom Evans

“I noticed on days that I meditated I had a much better day and the world seemed to be kinder to me. On days I didn’t, I felt it was like pushing water uphill”

— Tom Evans -

Many people talk about the value of meditation yet Tom Evans adds so much more to the conversation by focusing on the investment of even 10 minutes a day to achieve practical outcomes. Tom provides meditations for many and varied topics like weight management, relaxation, boosting creativity and avoiding jet lag. We touch on Tom’s concept of managing time mindfully to be more effective and create better outcomes for ourselves by not being enslaved by our relationship to time

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Tom Evans

We spoke about 

• How a BBC engineer became a spiritual engineer of mind, body and spirit

• Discovering practical mindfulness

• Making meditation playful and accessible

• Investing time for practical outcomes

• Scale of effects from 10 minutes of daily meditation

• Where to begin with meditation

• Tom’s two main applications of meditation

• Switching on new super sensibilities

• Reaping the benefits of meditation

• Tom’s course Mindfulness Based Time Management

• Seeing life as a joy

Value Quotes 

“I started meditating like many people to reduce stress and anxiety but I very quickly discovered this practical aspect to it”

”I noticed on days that I meditated I had a much better day and the world seemed to be kinder to me. On days I didn’t, I felt it was like pushing water uphill”

“The normal human mind can only have one thought at a time”

“As soon as you start to flip the attention away from the now you lose efficiency and so what mindfulness techniques get you to do is to be present in the now”

“You don’t have to meditate formally with your eyes closed and headphones on. You can meditate just by getting out in nature”

“Every day you’re going to treat yourself to 10 minutes of me time”

“One of the things I’ve noticed about Insight Timer app is that the most popular meditations are those that help people get to sleep”

“To me meditation has two applications. One is remedial where it fixes something… but my main area of work, research and fun is generative meditations that awaken us to new levels of consciousness”

“The main benefit [of meditation] is that you become luckier. Instead of pushing water uphill the world starts to work for you”

“With the quiet mind you get from meditation, that continues out of the meditation throughout the day so you become better at noticing things”

“If you look down it switches the internal dialogue on in the head and if you look slightly up it switches it off”

“See life not as a chore but as a joy”

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Episode Links 

You can find Tom Evans at:

Website:  http://www.tomevans.co/  

Insight timer app: https://insighttimer.com/tomevans

043 Become your own healer | Dr Tatjana Trajkovska

“Hundreds of years ago people were much more insightful, much more connected with themselves, much more in harmony and they knew how to support their body into healing”

— Dr Tatjana Trajkovska -

Have you been receiving signals from your body yet due to the demands of a stressful life you aren’t aware? Imagine if you were able to stay connected to your body’s story to prevent dis-ease and live well every day with a deeper connection to yourself and others. Tatjana is a specialist in mind body medicine and works to mentor people to help them activate their inner healing potential.

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Dr Tatjana Trajkovska

We spoke about 

• Ignoring the signs the body was giving and the consequences

• Defining mind body medicine and the interconnectedness

• The value of connecting our mind, emotions and body to be in ease and balance

• Using the breath to connect with the body and calm the mind

• Signs and signals the body sends us to get our attention

• The emergency ABC tool and how to use it effectively

• Tatjana’s 4 month program to heal yourself

• Loving yourself more

Value Quotes 

“I decided to step into another journey. A journey within to connect more with myself. With my heart, with my intuition and with my body”

“In western medicine we mostly see the body separate from the emotions”

“We are not trained how deeply our emotions, our assumptions, our mindset, our beliefs affect the way we live”

“Our body is naturally designed perfectly”

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Episode Links 

You can find Tatjana Trajkovska at:

Website:  http://en.tatjanatrajkovska.eu/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/tatjanatrajkovskaeu/