This week, Nathalie shares a recent conversation she had with her retreat chef and ayurvedic nutritionist, Ritu (from Life and Larder). This episode aims to give you a little snipped into the process of ayurvedic consultation, why it's important and ayurveda's approach to a balanced mind and life. They highlight that changes are all about the little shifts you make and the journey you take to get there. Ritu's top tips: Look more into how you can bring the Ayurvedic herbs into your...

That amazing feeling when you feel you have your tribe around you, when you feel supported and secure, when you can leave your insecurities at the door and just be who you want to be. In this episode Nathalie talks about the importance of friendship between women, having friends, being a good friend to others and being a good friend to yourself. She also leads you through a super simple exercise based on techniques from law of attraction and meditation to help you connect to your inner...

What actually is happiness? We're all searching for it but are we searching in the right places? In this podcast Nathalie talks to the Happyologist, Susanna Halonen about how we need to shift our mind set with happiness, how the 'how to' guides will never work, knowing it's the small steps that matter and the importance of finding ways of putting yourself first. Big takeaway - Research shows those external desires we have such as the job, the house, marriage, where you live....only...

Today Nathalie shares with you one of her favourite meditation exercises. Research shows water has incredibly calming effects on our minds but it's not always easy to get to water. This meditation is a super quick way to give yourself a deeply calming boost, as if you had just spent sometime lying by the sea or a lake. Particularly good for these summer months when the element of fire is high.... Balance it out by introducing a sense of cool calm water into the mind and body. Please take a...

A performers guide on confident living with Rachel Perry We had a little break last week as I was away hosting retreats but this week we are back with an epic chat with a women, whose joyful energy is infectious. I met Rachel many moon again during a yoga training and wasn't surprised to learn that her background was in performance. Rachel talks about the importance of validating yourself, how she uses yoga to help ground her, why taking the observer role can help you manage negative...

Ep 18 Stress Release Breathing This is such a simple exercise guys! A way of bringing yourself back into your body, calming the nervous system and letting go of stress in just 10 minutes. I recorded it a few weeks ago when I was having a rather stressful week and wanted to share with you all how iI was getting through the chaos of it. Now I'm away hosting retreats where the theme is all about stress release. This technique has been shared with the guests, among many more, and they love...

How to feel at home within yourself. An interview with transformational coach, Nicky Clinch. If you have times when you feel disconnected to who you authentically are, then this is the episode for you. Nicky has worked with many women through coaching, workshops and retreats; helping them connect back to themselves and re-harness their self-belief. We chat about her journey through addiction, the importance of compassion for yourself and how to re-connect back to your true self. Also you...

Tension Releasing Meditation This week meditation is super simple and easy for anyone to try but is the perfect tonic for healing a full mind and helping you re-connect back to your body. Our body is what anchors ourself to this moment and a sense of peace and calm. Sometimes without knowing we spend too much of our time living in our heads and loose that connection with our physical body. In just 10 minutes you will get out of your head, back into your body and will feel a sense of...

Ep 15. Love and Compassion Meditation This week I have another meditation exercise for you and the theme is opening your heart to love and compassion. Yesterday Megan Markle and Prince Harry got married and there was so much talk about the power of love. When we truly open ourselves up to love it can really help bring a new positive outlook to our day. This meditation is great for helping soften our hearts and connect back to ourselves and everyone around us. It is also massively helpful...

This episode I chat to Lauren Barber, meditation and yoga teacher, among lots of other things. Lauren chats honestly and openly about navigating her way through anxiety and panic attacks and the gratitude she has for her past experiences for leading her to where she is now. We talk about how coming from a place of control can effect your life, the importance of acceptance and gratitude, and how seemingly negative experiences can shape your life. Oh and the impact of intuitive dance on the...

Finding calm when life is difficult Today I talk about my four go to tools that I use to help find an inner sense of calm. We all have difficult times in our lives and it's in these times that we can loose ourselves. We can end up getting caught up in the negativity and peace feels like an impossible feeling to achieve. These tools I share can help us reconnect to that inner calm that we all hold within us. I talk about how to use distraction techniques, how to breathe to find instant calm,...

Ep 12. Food & The Mood. Two friends chatting about food & the mood. Listen in as I talk to my good friend, Steph Lowe. A chef, baker and owner of Gingernut Goodies, a company specialising in ‘free-from’ savoury & sweet treats. Like all good friends, we cram a lot of chat in to this half an hour. From the importance of gut health on serotonin levels and happiness, to the Ayurvedic diet and the importance of knowing your body type. I think you’ll really enjoy this honest and...

Bring yourself back to this moment by practising these simple mindfulness techniques. They can be practise anywhere and are very effective in helping you relax, let go of worries and get completely present. The present moment is a place with no stress, no what if's, no judgement. It is a place of pure gratitude. By practising being present through mindfulness techniques for just 10 minutes a day we can find a much calmer and more confident place in our minds. Check out...

Ep 10. The essential oils guide for calm and confidence This week we are talking with essential oils expert, Ellie Seilern. We discuss the amazing benefits of essential oils on the mind and how you can use them to maximise on their power. Ellie is a natural healing queen. Stating on this journey as way to heal herself, Ellie now uses essential oils daily with herself and her clients. Whether you've been dabbling in essential oils or have no experience of them at all, this episode makes a...

This week we are back to another guided meditation. Listen to this at the beginning of the day to start your day with a boost of inner confidence and self-belief. Counteract that negative voice in your mind by spending just 5 minutes a day on positive affirmations. It can make a world of difference to our confidence. If you're interested in having some more support around self-belief drop Nathalie an email to [email protected] to see how she can help you in this journey.

This week I talk to London Yoga Teacher, Zaz Zarouhi Grumbar (www.yogawithzaz.com) about how to maintain calm and confidence by talking to yourself with respect. We chat about the power words have and how to use them to overcome obstacles & bring more self-belief and positivity your way. I hope you find this as discussion as inspiring as I did! Takeaways: Get yourself some affirmation cards Talk to yourself how you would a friend Use affirmations or mantras to boost your self-belief

If your listening the hope is you completed all previous 6 days and your feeling the little bit more space in your mind. Remember these changes are often very subtle and it’s over time and practise that the real change happens. But the good thing is you’ve done the hardest bit, which is starting that process. Recognising that you need to find more space in your mind and then actually acting on that recognition is really the hardest part. Now it’s just about keeping it going. So we are going...

Hello! So for our penultimate day I am going to lead you through one of my favourite visualisation meditations. I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced the power of visualisation but I think it’s great. In fact anyone that knows me, knows I tend to go on and on about it as a great way to boost your self-belief. I find it so useful that I will definitely be doing a stand alone podcast about all the great ways you can do it and use it. But for now I have just a simple, lovely one for you all to...

Hello all! So… we’re now on day 5 and I am pretty confident you will love todays exercise. It’s called Wooshing Breath and it’s from Dr Weil to aid sleep. I use it a lot with my clients who are suffering from stress and with parents who are feeling frustrated with their teenagers. Oh and also teenagers that are feeling frustrated with their parents. It’s like a tranquiler for the brain. Because your going to be making a sound with your breath you might prefer to find a private space to do...

Day 4. Hows everyone feeling? It’s day 4 of the challenge and I’m currently recording from a very cold but beautiful snowy England, wrapped up in a massive blanket scarf and watching the snow fall peacefully outside. And it’s putting me in a very calm state so I’m hoping I can bring that extra level of calm and cosiness to todays exercise. Todays practise is a very balancing mudra meditation. Mudra’s are commonly known as specific gestures you place your hands in. So a popular one in yoga...

Day 4. Hows everyone feeling? It’s day 4 of the challenge and I’m currently recording from a very cold but beautiful snowy England, wrapped up in a massive blanket scarf and watching the snow fall peacefully outside. And it’s putting me in a very calm state so I’m hoping I can bring that extra level of calm and cosiness to todays exercise. Todays practise is a very balancing mudra meditation. Mudra’s are commonly known as specific gestures you place your hands in. So a popular one in yoga...

Day 4. Hows everyone feeling? It’s day 4 of the challenge and I’m currently recording from a very cold but beautiful snowy England, wrapped up in a massive blanket scarf and watching the snow fall peacefully outside. And it’s putting me in a very calm state so I’m hoping I can bring that extra level of calm and cosiness to todays exercise. Todays practise is a very balancing mudra meditation. Mudra’s are commonly known as specific gestures you place your hands in. So a popular one in yoga...

Day 4. Hows everyone feeling? It’s day 4 of the challenge and I’m currently recording from a very cold but beautiful snowy England, wrapped up in a massive blanket scarf and watching the snow fall peacefully outside. And it’s putting me in a very calm state so I’m hoping I can bring that extra level of calm and cosiness to todays exercise. Todays practise is a very balancing mudra meditation. Mudra’s are commonly known as specific gestures you place your hands in. So a popular one in yoga...

Day 4. Hows everyone feeling? It’s day 4 of the challenge and I’m currently recording from a very cold but beautiful snowy England, wrapped up in a massive blanket scarf and watching the snow fall peacefully outside. And it’s putting me in a very calm state so I’m hoping I can bring that extra level of calm and cosiness to todays exercise. Todays practise is a very balancing mudra meditation. Mudra’s are commonly known as specific gestures you place your hands in. So a popular one in yoga...

Day 4. Hows everyone feeling? It’s day 4 of the challenge and I’m currently recording from a very cold but beautiful snowy England, wrapped up in a massive blanket scarf and watching the snow fall peacefully outside. And it’s putting me in a very calm state so I’m hoping I can bring that extra level of calm and cosiness to todays exercise. Todays practise is a very balancing mudra meditation. Mudra’s are commonly known as specific gestures you place your hands in. So a popular one in yoga...