Podcast – 5 Star Wellbeing

Episode #27: Healing off the beaten track

It was wonderful to be able to interview author Aryeh Green recently.

Aryeh has written a book all about his journey of healing, called “My Israel Trail”.

In our conversation we discuss:

• his work at Gigawatt Global, and what this wonderful organisation does to change the lives of people in Africa with renewable energy
• how he set off on the Israel National Trail to escape life after a traumatic divorce
• the cultural and personal significance of walking the land
• the incredible Trail Angels that he met along the way
• the transformative nature of silence and solitude
• some of the practicalities of undertaking a 1300km hike alone
• some steps that we can all take (pun intended) to experience profound healing even when we can’t escape on a trek
• the importance of connecting with the spirit of place in order to truly heal

The interview can also be enjoyed here on my YouTube channel.

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About Aryeh

Author of My Israel Trail: Finding Peace in the Promised Land about his hike on the 800-mile Israel National Trail from the border with Lebanon in the North to the border with Egypt i the South, in Eilat on the Red Sea.  He serves as chief strategy officer at Gigawatt Global, a renewable energy platform for Africa based in Jerusalem.  Aryeh is a former senior advisor to Natan Sharansky in Israel’s prime minister’s office, and was the founder and director of MediaCentral, a Jerusalem project providing services for the foreign press in the region.   Aryeh is a frequent and captivating speaker on facing personal challenges and on Israel and re-asserting the legitimacy of Zionism, as well as on Jewish identity and spirituality, human rights, media issues, renewable energy, and Israel’s relations with Africa.  When not promoting personal growth and renewable energy, Aryeh grows grapes and makes wine.

Connect with Aryeh here.

Episode #24: Clean Food, Shiny Spirit

I’m so pleased to welcome back Dietician and Functional Medical Nutritionist, Paula Sturm, from Radically Nourished to talk to us all about the best nutritional approach to eating clean and thereby looking after your spiritual energy centre, the 7th Chakra (Connection Energy).

In the discussion we cover so much great stuff to help you understand how and why it is important to eat clean, including:

• What does it mean to eat clean – organic foods, raw foods, avoiding processed foods
• Your liver and what it does for you, as well as how to look after it better
• What happens when your detoxification pathways are inefficient – constipation, body odour, skin problems, bad breath, lack of energy and depleted brain function
• How genes play a part in your detoxification pathways
• Why eating liver and other offal is so good for you and what to do if you think it’s gross or if you don’t eat animals
• What is the fast that almost everyone can do daily?  What are the other forms of fasting and is there anyone who should think twice about fasting?
• What do we actually mean by organic food and how to start buying it on a budget
• How to support your central nervous system via your gut
• The Pineal Gland – what does it do and how can you support it
• Eating as a spiritual practice – how can we all bring a bit of spirituality into our meals?
• Cauliflower and why it’s THE BEST!

Read my Blog on your spiritual energy centre, the 7th Chakra, or Connection Energy.

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To access the interview in video format head over to my YouTube channel.

About Paula

Paula Sturm has been a registered dietitian nutritionist since 2009, receiving her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition Science from the University of Minnesota and continuing on to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for her dietetic internship. In a desire to be on the cutting edge of nutrition’s impacts on health and wellbeing she pursued additional training in Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition and became a Certified Gastrointestinal Nutritionist. In addition, she is a Certified Food and Spirit Practitioner which is a dynamic method of looking at a whole person, body, mind, and spirit which rounds out Paula’s approach to nutrition; where she believes health is more than just the food you eat. Further rounding out her passion for whole-body health, she is a Master Certified Neurolinguistic Programer, which helps individuals get to the subconscious patterns that prevent them from reaching their goals. Her experience includes motivating individuals through their weight loss journeys, working with families and kids to improve their diets, helping people reverse Type 2 diabetes, and helping countless people through complicated GI and other health issues. She also enjoys giving cooking demos and presentations to spread the word about the power of nutrition. Ultimately, her quest is to offer her clients personalized, compassionate care along with the latest in nutrition science to support all areas of their health.

Get in touch with Paula here.

Episode #21: Gemini Season

This is an introduction to Gemini, just as we come Gemini Season for 2021, in accordance with Sidereal Astrology.

You will learn all about Gemini:

• Mutable Air
• The Wheel of the Year
• Mercury and the Twins – and yes there is a bit about Mercury Retrograde
• the Third House
• Body Aspects of Gemini
• Body parts ruled by Gemini
• Gemini ailments
• Remedies and lifestyle medicine for Gemini
• Foods for Gemini
• Herbs for Gemini
• Supplements for Gemini
• Essential oils for Gemini

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Read my full Blog on Gemini here.

As mentioned in the recording, if you are interested in getting a super cheap L-plater astrology reading done please head over to my booking page.

Episode #18: Aries Season

Welcome back to Series 2 of the 5 Star Wellbeing podcast!

Along with the usual interviews with health and wellbeing experts, this season I will be doing an Astrology series, focussing on each sign and the relevant medical astrology tips that I can give you. Medical astrology gives you an understanding about which ailments are most likely to bug you, given your birth chart, and can also point to lots of natural remedies to help you avoid and recover from these ailments. Love it!

This is an introduction to Aries, just as we come to the end of Aries Season in 2021.

As I work with Sidereal Astrology it also gives you the basics about this method and why I use it.

You will learn all about Aries:

* Cardinal Fire
* Spring vs Autumn
* Mars and the Ram
* the First House
* Body Aspects of Aries
* Body parts ruled by Aries
* Aries ailments
* Remedies and lifestyle medicine for Aries
* Foods for Aries
* Herbs for Aries
* Supplements for Aries
* Essential oils for Aries

As mentioned in the recording, if you are interested in getting a super cheap L-plater astrology reading done please head over to my booking page.

Episode #15: Making Sense of Depression & Anxiety with author Peter Symons

I was very lucky to get to spend some time talking with Peter Symons, author of the book “Brain-Fuel Depletion: making sense of anxiety and depression”.

Peter and his co-author, Dr Clyde Jumeaux, have developed the brain-fuel depletion (BFD) model to help people understand what is going on at a physiological level when they’ve been diagnosed with anxiety or depression – or they’re simply experiencing one or more of the common symptoms that could lead to this kind of diagnosis.

The BFD model gives people knowledge and along with that, hope, that they do not need to live with debilitating symptoms and the understanding of what steps to take to recover.

We discuss:

• Peter’s own experience with a diagnosis of depression and what led to that
• what exactly the BFD model is
• how to keep our brain fuel at optimal levels
• why medication is sometimes required to help people recover to a level where they can deal with the underlying issues that caused their illness in the first place
• the multiple symptoms of BFD
• how to talk to your doctor about BFD
• what’s required to get a good night’s sleep, and why you need to work at getting better at sleeping if this is a long term problem for you
• tips for preparing for and performing well in academic exams

To find out more about BFD and Peter’s work: https://www.brainfueldepletion.org

For the interview in video format, watch it on my YouTube channel

About Peter:

Peter Symons is a veterinarian, author, speaker and winner of Momentum Womens’ Forum’s 2008 Most Inspiring Man for speaking out about Brain-Fuel Depletion; his model that, finally, makes sense of ‘depression’.

I’ve been described, by my neurosurgeon, as like a cat. I’ve survived three brain haemorrhages (the world record), brain surgery twice, a stroke and three cardiac arrests.

In 2001 I suffered my 3^rd brain haemorrhage and 2^nd brain surgery. That was easy.

A far bigger challenge soon presented itself. Despite great support at all levels, I became dangerously suicidal instead of being ecstatic.  Eventually, after six horrendous months, I reluctantly sought help. I was diagnosed with depression, despite not feeling depressed.  Great care plus drugs quickly got me back on track.

After that puzzling, traumatic period I decided that understanding depression, could, and should, be much easier. With Dr Clyde Jumeaux, I created the Brain-Fuel Depletion model. It is a simple, but unique, cause-and-effect model that explains how the myriad symptoms – including anxiety, depression and suicidality – develop.  I talk frankly about the suffering it causes; which gives others ‘permission’ to talk about, and admit to, their own experiences. It eliminates stigma and confusion from its many victims.

Episode #12: Relax, Don’t Do It! – Interview with Susan Douglass, Corporate Mindfulness Practitioner

It was so…relaxing…to interview Susan Douglass from Soul State recently!

Susan is a Corporate Mindfulness practitioner, who loves to work with professionals to help them relax.

Susan teaches Deep Relaxation (Yoga Nidra) and Yin Yoga.  Her skills and knowledge are something that are of benefit to absolutely everyone, especially in 2020!

In this interview we speak about:

• what we mean when we talk about Yin and Yang
• what exactly is Yin Yoga
• the benefits of Yin Yoga due to its affect on your fascia (connective tissue), including pain relief
• the way that Yin Yoga allows the body to release stress and anxiety
• how Yoga Nidra is not really yoga, and how it works
• the fact that the deep relaxation produced by Yoga Nidra has as much benefit to you as 2 hours sleep
• the best ways to access deep relaxation recordings online
• how yoga nidra works on the underlying causes of all wellbeing issues
• the future of corporate health.

For heaps more detailed information about Relaxation check out my Blog, How to Relax: 15 ideas to help you.

To connect with Susan, head on over to her website,  or to her Facebook page

For the interview in video format, watch it on my YouTube channel

About Susan

Episode #9: Movement, Chronic Pain & Yoga – Interview with Jolanda De Jong, Yoga Instructor

In this episode, I chat to yoga instructor, Jolanda DeJong.

We talk about her long association with yoga, but how a back injury led her to explore yoga more deeply with yoga therapy, which eventually led her to qualify as an instructor, specialising in Yoga for All Abilities.

We also cover:

• movement and mental health
• listening to your body and using the breath
• being aware of your home office set up during Covid19
• Jolanda’s routine
• the relationship between food and movement

To access the FREE 30 minute yoga workout, specifically targeted to boost Immunity, simply sign up to receive my 7 Ways to Get your Energy Back Ebook, and the yoga video is one of TWO extra gifts you receive!

And here is the Boost your Self Confidence Blog I mention at the end.

You can also access this interview in video format on my YouTube channel.

Connect with Jolanda.

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Episode #6: Foods for Fertility | Creation Energy – Interview with Radically Nourished

Want to find out all about the foods that will help you to boost and balance hormones, fertility, emotional stability, gut health and creativity?

This is an interview with Paula Sturm from Radically Nourished, where we talk all about the foods that benefit our Creation Energy – the second type of essential energy that I work with.

We cover:
– why Paula is both a Dietician and a Functional Medicine Nutritionist
– water: how much you should drink, when you should drink it, why it’s so important especially for weight loss
– fats & oils: why ‘low fat’ diets are not a good idea, what good quality fats and oils do in your body, how they are necessary for good reproductive health and also for emotional stabilisation
– omega 3 fats: why they are all the rage and what foods we can get them from
– orange foods: how they can make a difference to fertility and stress levels
– fibre: what is the difference between soluble and insoluble fibre and why is fibre important for gut health, immunity and reproductive health

If you know someone who might prefer to watch the interview, send them to my YouTube channel

Learn more about Creation Energy, the second type of essential energy that you need for optimal wellbeing.

Get in touch with Paula.

Episode #3: The Magic of Movement Part 1 – Interview with CB Wellness Therapy

The focus here at Evenstar for the next month or so is on one of the aspects of Evenstar 5 Star Wellbeing – Movement!

In this episode I interview Camilla Streeter from CB Wellness Therapy who is both a qualified Remedial Massage Therapist and a qualified Chef, so she is uniquely positioned to talk about the special relationship between movement and food!

We also delve into what exactly is Remedial Massage, what is Myotherapy, and what is Fascia.
We cover how we know if we are not moving enough and what effect this has on our joints.
Heading more in the food realm we discuss whole foods, fasting and routines!

Hope you enjoy!

If you’d like to watch the video of the interview you can catch it on my YouTube channel here.

For more information feel free to read my latest Blog, The Magic of Movement, which amongst other things talks about how moving our bodies is essential to boost immunity.

To get in touch with Camilla for massage or online cooking classes (such a multi-talented individual!) go to: www.cbwellnesstherapy.com

Lastly if you want to watch the “Fuzz” video that Camilla mentioned, which will give you a much better understanding about fascia, it’s here.