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Seed Wellness - Helping You FlourishHow Medical Coaching Can Help People Navigate Their Cancer Journey with Stephanie BarrowsSend us a textAccording to NHS England, 1 in 2 of us will be affected by cancer in some way within our lifetimes.This week at Seed, we are deep diving into the topic of cancer, speaking to our experts across a wide range of modalities to gain their insights and experience with cancer patients.In this podcast, Stephanie (aka Steff) Barrows, Seed's Medical Coach located in Hertfordshire, UK, shares how her work can support people diagnosed, living with, overcoming and recovering from cancer.Steff has a long history of working within...2025-05-0535 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 5 of the Journeys series - How Our Home Can Support Our Health & Wellbeing with Sophie Casey, Seed's Home Coach -Send us a textAn ideal home provides us with a sanctuary from the stresses of daily life. However, for some, this is not the case. In fact, it could be having the opposite effect. In this podcast, Sophie Casey, Seed's Home Coach, talks about the impact of our environment on our health and wellbeing, sharing her own journey of how moving throughout her childhood taught her how to make a house a home.Sophie’s work involves so much more than decluttering - it is as deeply psychological as it is personal, enab...2025-05-0344 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 4 of the Journeys series - How Breath Work Helped Me Navigate Breast Cancer with Caroline Boyle, Breath GuideSend us a textWelcome to our latest Journeys podcast featuring Seed’s Breath Work practitioner Caroline Boyle.Caroline is a breast cancer survivor and it was through her own journey of overcoming cancer that she first discovered the power of breath work.Following her diagnosis of breast cancer and then confirmation that she carries the BRCA gene, Caroline underwent 16 rounds of chemotherapy and also surgery. Here, Caroline shares how breath work helped her navigate this challenging time and talks about her work sharing this modality with others. Her story is bot...2025-04-2336 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 3 of the Journeys series - How Traditional Chinese Acupuncture Changed My Life with Tiff KerteszSend us a textFor Episode 3 of our new Journeys podcast series, we are delighted to be sharing the mic with Tiffany Kertesz, a Traditional Chinese Acupuncturist located near Henley.This Journeys series features Seed practitioners who share their stories of how they have got onto the path of their modality due to their own health journey. Often the stories are incredibly powerful and emotive and have led to a literal transformation in their lives.In this episode, Tiff talks about her journey from opera singer to Traditional Chinese Acupuncturist and how she...2025-04-1636 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishSeries 3 - Episode 2 of our Journeys series with Kelly Saward, Mindfulness & Meditation CoachSend us a textWelcome to our second episode of our new Journeys series which features wellness practitioners at Seed who discovered their modality as a result of their own health journey. In this podcast, Kelly Saward, Seed's Mindfulness & Meditation Practitioner in Buckinghamshire, discovered her modality as a result of experiencing chronic anxiety.In a new study published last year in published in the British Journal of Health Psychology , research showed that just ten minutes of daily mindfulness practice can improve wellbeing, ease depression and anxiety, and help people to be more motivated t...2025-04-0734 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 24 - The Power of Plants V's Prescription Pills For Aiding Sleep with Magalie Valadier, Seed's Medical HerbalistSend us a textiI the UK, 37% of adults experience insomnia and therefore are not getting the recommended minimum of 7 hours of sleep per night. And an estimated 1 in 20 (5%) are getting by on four hours or less.Currently our conventional medical system offers only one option in the form of a sleeping pill. In fact, according to research, approximately one in 10 people are regularly takes some form of sleeping tablet.However, we know that one size does not fit all. And, as with everything we do at Seed, we also know that we...2025-04-0141 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishSeries 3 - Episode 1 of the new 'Journeys' series with Amisha Patel, Seed's Bespoke Wellness Travel Consultant & founder of Tailored RetreatsSend us a textWe are delighted to be launching the new 'Journeys' series which features Seed practitioners who discovered their discipline or modality due to their own personal journey overcoming illness, injury or personal health challenge. In many cases, it has literally changed the course of their lives. In this podcast, Amisha Patel, Seed's Bespoke Wellness Travel Consultant, shares her story of how she overcame chronic ill health following the birth of her first baby. This series reflects just how our journey to wellness is always totally unique to us. In many ca...2025-03-2038 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 23 - The impact of sleep on our health and what we can do to improve our sleep quality with Seed's Sleep Coach, Emily GuiverSend us a textWith National Sleep Awareness Week taking place his week, here at Seed we've been deep diving into the subject of sleep and its impact on our health, wellbeing and longevity.We all know that if we don’t sleep well, we are less optimal in the day, we have brain fog and we don’t function as well. In fact, research suggests that long-term poor sleep can have serious implications for our health and even reduce our lifespan.Welcome Seed’s Sleep Coach, Emily Guiver. who shares her top tips f...2025-03-1225 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 21 - The link between beauty & longevity with Pro-Ageing Therapist, Susanne AramSend us a textToday we are sharing the mic with Susanne Aram, Seed’s Pro Ageing Therapist & Coach. Susanne is a big advocate of natural ingredients and manual techniques to help us age well. I wanted to share Susanne’s famous quote here that I absolutely love and for me, encapsulates her philosophy perfectly - “Ageing might be inevitable, but looking old is not. “Ageing well and gracefully, accepting that we age and learning how to look after ourselves is not only the process of cleansing our face every day and applying a few poti...2025-02-0327 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 22 - The Impact of Stress on our Health & Longevity with Jo Hanks, Kinesiologist & Yoga TeacherSend us a textThis week at Seed we are running a week-long health campaign on the topic of longevity. In our modern age, we are living longer than ever before. But as we know, it’s not just about living longer – it’s about living well. So, this week we are speaking to our amazing experts at Seed to discover how we can live better for longer. Today I am delighted to be sharing the mic with the wonderful Jo Hanks, Seed’s Kinesiologist and yoga teacher. In her clinic, Jo is seeing stress as the numb...2025-01-2943 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 20 - Are You Ready To Change Your Life? Paul Collins, iRest Meditation Specialist in Addiction, Trauma & PTSD, talks about his new digital course, Thrive InsideSend us a textIn this podcast, Paul Collins, a highly accomplished iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation teacher, talks about his newly launching digital course, Thrive Inside, which he created to help support both men and women rehabilitating from addiction and trauma.The course is based on the proven, trauma-sensitive practice of iRest (Integrative Restoration) Meditation which is used by the US military for helping to heal PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Paul originally started writing the course with veterans and offenders in mind. However, he realised the content is actually relevant t...2025-01-0950 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 19 - Top Tips & Hacks to Help You Navigate the Excesses of Christmas - Enjoying Without Over indulging with Nutritional Therapist, Caroline BartonSend us a textWe all over indulge over the festive season. For some this is fine but for others, it’s a real challenge.In this podcast, Caroline shares some of her top tips to help retain balance in body and mind through the festive period. We found some of these so helpful. And we loved Caroline's healthy alcoholic alternatives and great cocktail recipes that offer a healthy twist. :) For more information about Caroline, visit www.seedwellness.co.uk/carolinebarton2024-12-0535 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 18 - The Impact of Diet on Neuro-Divergent Adults with Seed's Nutritional Therapist, Michelle SmithSend us a textIn this episode, Michelle Smith, Seed’s Nutritional Therapist, talks about the importance of good diet and gut health as well as the impact of certain foods on those who are neuro-diverse in terms of mood, sleep and general wellbeing.Michelle shares her top tips for managing a range of neuro-diverse symptoms / traits through the right food choices, the brain gut link, and ways to support the body and mind with specific nutrients.For more information about Michelle, visit www.seedwellness.co.uk/michellesmith2024-11-2943 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 17 - Neurodiversity & Sleep with Emily Guiver, Child & Teen Sleep CoachSend us a textResearch shows that up to 80% of neurodivergent people including children and young people, will have issues with sleep.In today's podcast, Emily Guiver, Seed’s Child Sleep Coach, shares her top tips to help parents with neuro-divergent children and / or teens / young people who struggle with bed time and / or sleep.As a mum of two children, both who have ADHD and autism, Emily also touches on her own personal journey of navigating the daily challenges as a parent, sharing what she has learned along the way.For...2024-11-2739 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 16 - How Neuro Change can support people with ADHD and Autism with Sophie FraserSend us a textIn this podcast, Sophie Fraser, Seed’s Neuro Change Practitioner, shares her expert knowledge about the sub-conscious mind, the role of neuro-plasticity and how, with the help of Neuro Change therapy, we can rewire our neuro pathways to help positively impact our experience of the world. As a parent of two neuro divergent children, Sophie talks from both a personal and professional perspective about the challenges of not 'fitting in a box' and shedding light on how this emerging mind therapy can bring transforming results.For more information about Sop...2024-11-2640 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 15 - How To Navigate The Challenges of ADHD With Sara Wrightman, ADHD Coach for Adults, Young People & Parents of Children With ADHDSend us a textTo kick off our neurodiversity campaign this week at Seed, we are talking with highly experienced ADHD Coach, Sara Wrightman, about ways to navigate the challenges of ADHD.Neurodiversity is a non-medical term that describes how some people's brains develop or function differently. It refers to conditions including ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and dyscalculia. Sara shares her insights, knowledge and tips for those with or who are supporting a child with ADHD. This content is aimed to provide helpful information to those who are diagnosed and also un...2024-11-2547 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 14 - The impact of food on children who are neurodivergent with Child Nutritionist, Louise Slope - Seed Neurodiversity CampaignSend us a textAccording to current stats, 5% of school aged children have autism, 10% have ADHD and even more have dyslexia. In this podcast, Seed's Child Nutritionist, Louise Slope, shares her top tips and insights to help support parents with children diagnosed with or presenting symptoms of ADHD, autism and/or dyslexia.Louise talks about why and how food impacts children who are neurodivergent and what parents can do to support their child so they can thrive.For more info about Louise, visit www.seedwellness.co.uk/louiseslope2024-11-2146 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 13 - How we can maintain youthful skin using manual techniques with Pro-ageing Therapist & Coach, Susanne AramSend us a textSusanne Aram, a Pro-ageing Therapist & Coach who specialises in providing natural, non-invasive solutions for skin. As well as running her clinic in Buckinghamshire, UK, Susanne offers a range of online workshops, teaching women from around the world a wide range of techniques to help them manage their own skin effectively as they age. Says Susanne, “Ageing might be inevitable, but looking old is not. Ageing well and gracefully, accepting that we age and learning how to look after ourselves is not only the process of cleansing our face every day and apply...2024-06-1832 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 12 - How to Improve Your chances of Falling Pregnant with Seed's Fertility Nutritionist & Clinical Pharmacist, Richa PuriSend us a textAre you struggling to conceive? Are you seeking new ways to increase your chances of success? Today's podcast episode with Richa Puri helps shed some light on the rising issue of infertility; how lifestyle plays a vital role in the overall picture; and what couples can do themselves to improve their outcomes. According to current stats, infertility affects 1 in 6 heterosexual couples in the UK. And this figure is rising. However, this is not a new phenomenon - there has been a dramatic increase in infertility ov...2024-05-3036 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 11 - How to transform your mindset so you become unstuck and can move forward to achieve your goals with Sophie FraserSend us a textDo you ever wonder why you think, feel or react to people or situations in certain ways? Maybe these ways can be negative and unhelpful and maybe you wish you could change them so you feel or respond more positively. The fact is that our sub-conscious mind is responsible for 90% of our thoughts and behaviours and thus controls a lot of how we experience the world around us. So, how can we regain control of our minds and create positive change?I am so delighted to be sharing the mi...2024-05-1736 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 10 - Why the menopause provides the perfect opportunity to heal your life with Alison Bell - Life Coach certified in the teachings of self-help guru, Louise HaySend us a textFor this week's podcast we are delighted to share the mic with Alison Bell, a certified “Heal Your Life“ Workshop Leader and Life Coach based on the philosophy of Louise Hay. For those who don’t know, Louise Hay was a pioneer in the self-help movement in the 1980’s and most known for her award-winning book, You Can Heal Your Life, which sold millions of copies worldwide. While Louise passed away in 2017, her work as a transformative coach and thought leader continues to live on and inspire many. Today...2024-05-1036 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 9 - 'Rediscovering Identity & Purpose ' with Suzy Malhotra, Seed's Women's Coach & Founder of 'Becoming Her'Send us a textIn this episode, Suzy talks about her work with women going through menopause, helping them to reframe this life stage as a time of new beginnings and renewal.Said Suzy, 'So many women come to me and say 'i don't know who i am any more'. I work with women to help her rediscover her true authentic self in this new phase of life so she can move into her second spring with a renewed sense of identity and purpose.'Suzy also shares why it's so helpful to...2024-04-2931 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 8 - Nutrition & the Menopause with Nutritional Therapist, Michelle SmithSend us a textThis week at Seed we are continuing our focus on Women’s Health and what constitutes 'good nutrition' during peri-menopause and menopause.There is plenty of evidence to show that our lifestyles play a huge role in how menopause impacts women in terms of both her physical and mental health. And diet is one big part of this picture. In this podcast we share the mic with the wonderful Michelle Smith, Seed’s Nutritional Therapist located near Marlow, Bucks. Michelle specialises in women’s health nutrition and is seeing an ever...2024-04-1939 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 7 - Unravelling the minefield of HRT with Menopause Pharmacist, Herpreet SharmaSend us a textWith extensive experience as a prescribing pharmacist and specifically within Women's Health, Herpreet shares her knowledge and insights, ie what, why and how we should take HRT to work most synergistically / effectively with our bodies. The aim is to demystify this subject so women feel more informed and empowered regarding what can be a confusing subject.For more info or to contact Herpreet, visit www.seedwellness.co.uk/herpreetsharma2024-04-1335 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 6 - How to navigate the menopause journey with more ease with Women's Health practitioner, Adele WimsettSend us a textThis week at Seed, we are turning our focus to Women’s Health or more specifically, the menopause journey. And we are so happy to be sharing the mic with Seed’s Women’s Health practitioner, Adele Wimsett.While there is a lot more light being shone on the area of Women’s Health at present, I know from my own experience as well as from many of my friends and colleagues that there is still a lot of confusion for women around this stage of life. For instance, knowing when she is m...2024-03-1543 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 5 - Exploring the 4th Pillar of Health - Flourish - with Relationships & Family Counsellor, Caroline ChambersSend us a textAs part of our 4 Pillars of Health podcast series, this week we are focussing on the 4th pillar of health entitled Flourish, which represents our relationships and social connection with others, and the importance of these for our own overall health and wellbeing. Stats show that people with healthy, positive and supportive relationships are more likely to be happier and healthier. Yet, our relationships are not necessarily linear - they change, go up and down and sometimes even end completely. So, what can we do to maintain healthy relationships in...2024-03-1238 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 4 - Exploring the Move Pillar with Seed's Somatic Yoga Teacher, Kirsten Orchard, and how we can ALL incorporate movement into our livesSend us a textIn this episode, we are delighted to be talking with 2 of our amazing practitioners at Seed. For ease, we have decided to cover this over two episodes.In this first Move Pillar episode, we chat with Kirsten Orchard, a highly accomplished somatic based yoga teacher, about the rising issue of our sedentary lifestyles in the West, the impact this is having on our overall health and wellbeing and ways we can ALL incorporate movement into our lives regardless of our age and background.Kirsten teaches a wide range of c...2024-03-0633 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 3 - Exploring the Eat Pillar with Seed's Nutritional Therapist, Caroline Barton, and how we can navigate our increasingly broken food systemSend us a textThis week we are focussing on the 2nd Pillar of Health entitled Eat, which represents our diet, nutrition and gut health. According to NHS England, two-thirds of British adults are overweight and 27% are living with obesity. Globally, nine of the top fifteen risk factors for morbidity, including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and malnutrition are associated with poor diet. For this episode I am delighted to be sharing the mic with Caroline Barton, Seed’s Nutritional Therapist, who runs her own clinic in Buckinghamshire.We will be...2024-02-2336 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 2 - Exploring the First Pillar of Health - Relax - and the negative impact of stress with Sam LowiSend us a textSam Lowi, Seed's Craniosacral Therapist, describes the negative impact of stress on our overall health and why finding new ways to relax has never been more important . This episode provides valuable insights into polyvagal theory, ie how our bodies and minds are intrinsically linked, and how we can harness the power of our nervous systems for improved health, wellbeing and longevity.2024-02-1634 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishEpisode 1 - How to use the 4 Pillars of Health to prevent, manage and even reverse illness & disease with Dr Ruzeen Hettiarachchi, Seed’s Lifestyle PhysicianSend us a textWe are delighted to share our first ever Seed Wellness podcast episode which is an overview of the 4 Pillar of Health, featuring Dr Ruzeen Hettiarachchi, Seed’s Lifestyle Physician. In this episode, Dr Ruzeen explains the 4 Pillars, Eat, Relax, Move & Flourish, what they mean and how they can help support, prevent, manage and in some cases, even reverse chronic illness and disease such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and chronic pain.Said Dr Ruzeen, “With so much advancement in medicine, we are living longer than ever before. However, we want...2024-02-0932 minSeed Wellness - Helping You FlourishTrailerSend us a textThe Seed Wellness podcast is a weekly show that deep dives into the wonderful world of wellness with the aim to inform, inspire and empower you to live your healthiest, happiest life. Seed is a unique collective of over 40 holistic teachers and practitioners from across the wellness spectrum and dedicated to boosting your mind, body and soul. Each week, we'll explore different topics, from nutrition and fitness to mindfulness, mental health, and beyond. Our goal is to provide you with valuable insights, expert interviews and practical tips that you ca...2024-02-0901 min