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Free The Belly010 - How Can Chronic Inflammation Impact Your Health? Yalda AlaouiIn the final episode of the "Free the Belly" series, the host interviews Yalda, the founder of the Eat Burn Sleep platform. Yalda shares her personal journey from finance to nutrition, driven by her own struggles with chronic inflammation. She discusses her approach to health, focusing on reducing inflammation through nutrition, mental wellness, and movement. Yalda also offers insights into balancing perfectionism with a healthy lifestyle, understanding the impact of the menstrual cycle on productivity, and improving our relationship with food and body image. She emphasises the importance of self-education, moderation, and self-acceptance in achieving overall well-being.2023-12-3039 min
Free The Belly009 - Unleashing the Power of Breath: How James Dowler Found Healing and SuccessIn this episode of Free The Belly, Luana chats with James Dowler, founder of the "Breathe with James". James, helps individuals alleviate stress and anxiety through their breath. His aim is to provide people with knowledge and practices that help rewire the nervous system and, in doing so, restore people's ability to regulate their emotions and build resilience.
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James begins by sharing his arduous journey of battling chronic fatigue, a debilitating condition that had a profound impact on his life. Through sheer determination and an unwavering belief in the power...2023-09-0642 min
Free The Belly008 - Unlocking Your Potential: Living an Authentic, Value-Aligned Life with Executive Coach Graziela Cajado-OoglandIn this episode of Free The Belly, Luana talks with executive coach Graziela Cajado-Oogland about living up to your full potential by aligning with your core values.
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What's really holding you back and how to tap into your authentic self.
The importance of reflecting on our core values, and natural talents, and being curious about what's holding us back.
The importance of experimenting and playing to one's strengths, and not being afraid of making mistakes.
How having difficult but necessary conversations helps set healthy boundaries and her four-step framework for approaching...2023-06-2942 min
Free The Belly007 - Training the Mind Above and Below the Waves: Lars Sandved Smith on Meditation and FreedivingIn today's episode, we have the privilege of hearing from Lars Sandved Smith, a multi-talented individual with expertise in neuroscience, meditation coaching, sailing, and free-diving. Listen to Luana and Lars discuss a multitude of topics, including:
Lars’ profound insights on the transformative power of meditation amongst the current global mental health crisis.
The importance of un-conditioning unhelpful habits and reconditioning ourselves with positive practices.
The benefits that can be derived from even a brief, five-minute daily meditation practice such as pain management, breaking stress-loop anxiety patterns, reducing emotional reactivity, fostering poise, enhancing focus, and attaining mental clarity.
Lar...2023-05-3158 min
Free The Belly006 - Free Your Body, Calm Your Mind: Unlocking the Power of Pilates with Louise ButtlerIn this episode of Free The Belly, Luana chats with Louise Buttler, Pilates Instructor and Founder of Live Brave - an online Pilates studio. Louise was inspired to become a Pilates instructor six years ago after witnessing the incredible benefits it had for her mother post-chemotherapy and reconstruction surgery.
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The versatility of Pilates and its benefits for various demographics, including pregnant women, seniors, and individuals recovering from injuries.
The importance of breath in Pilates and how it can be used as a powerful tool for calming the body and mind.
...2023-04-2338 min
Free The Belly005 - Become your own Health Expert with Gastroenterologist Dr. Paul WieselJoin us for another exciting episode of Free The Belly with Luana and guest Dr Paul Wiesel. In this episode, they discuss the power of patients becoming their own health experts, and how beneficial nutrition and lifestyle trial and error can be in a patient's overall treatment plan.
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A key piece of preventative health advice everyone needs to hear.
The importance of self-awareness and self-care in finding balance and healing.
Why keeping a diary is so important and the 1st thing to do on a healing journey.
What gut microbiome is...2023-03-2943 min
Free The Belly004 - The Power of Connecting to Your Emotions Through Self Awareness and Movement with Yoga Teacher and Coach Louise De MenthonIn this episode of Free The Belly, Luana brings guest Louise De Menthon to the show. A Yoga Teacher and Mindfulness Coach with 600+ hours of training, Louise now hosts online classes, runs sell-out retreats, and teaches Yoga Teacher Training. All whilst being a mother to twin babies.
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The power of self-compassion in understanding yourself.
Why connecting to your emotions is so integral to your health.
How she first found yoga and how she now uses it as a tool to help others.
The often overlooked importance of finding of community that...2023-03-2242 min
Free The Belly003 - Your Gut Holds The Key to Your Success: Learn How to Fine Tune Your Inner GPS with Arman SalavatiabarWelcome back to another exciting episode of Free The Belly as Luana brings guest, and good friend, Arman Salavitabar onto the show. Arman has worked in finance for 15 years and is the co-founder of FundFront - a platform that strives to simplify access to alternative investments. In this episode, he shares his own perspective on "Freeing the Belly" and compares it to follow our gut instincts, our ‘internal GPS’.
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How Arman uses visualisation and intention setting to communicate with his gut instincts.
Arman’s step by step GPS guide on how to set...2023-03-0824 min
Free The Belly002 - From Body Negativity to Radical Self-Acceptance with Kitty UnderhillIn this episode of Free The Belly, Luana speaks with Kitty Underhill, a body acceptance coach, model, speaker, and NLP practitioner. Kitty shares insights on building better relationships with our bodies and self-acceptance, and why conscious connection to our bodies is the key to accepting your physical self.
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How Kitty helps people have better relationships with their bodies and themselves.
The many factors that influence how we see and feel about our bodies.
Why conscious body connection aids acceptance.
How body positivity, body acceptance, and body neutrality are so different.
Why...2023-03-0138 min
Free The Belly001 - Finding Balance, Freedom, and Expression Through Movement with Nick BrandonIn this episode of Free The Belly, Luana talks with Alexander technique teacher Nick Brandon about using the Alexander technique to find balance, freedom, and expression through movement.
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Nick's journey to becoming an Alexander technique teacher and what he does to ‘free his belly’ daily
How the Alexander Technique teaches awareness of unnecessary tension through movement, breath, and touch.
How the releasing of abdominal tension allows for full and natural breathing which impacts our health.
How to face fears and make time for self-care to nourish your soul.
Why spending time dail...2023-02-1937 min