Wandering Into Wellness

Dr Melanie Joy Moving From Carnism to Compassion

Dr Melanie Joy gave me great insight into the cause of veganism, her transition to becoming an educator and her work as a social psychologist helping vegans to maintain open conversations with non-vegans and how the movement can maintain cohesion as it grows.  We chatted about the state of play for veganism around the world and her thoughts on where it might go from here.

Curiosity in this case did NOT kill the cat, the cow nor any other domestic or agrarian animal.  But. It took a toll.  This podcast was 1 woman short of our full complement.  Lydia will be back for sure next time around, so excuse the one legged, man only approach this time.

You can find more out about Melanie on her site https://www.carnism.org/ or through all her social media channels.

 

Dr Robert Verkerk - Thumbs Down to Lancet High 5 for High Fat

You don't get any better in nutrition education than this man. Any time Dr Rob opens his mouth, we sit up and pay attention, because there is no voice speaking more sense, operating with such integrity or passion than Rob. With a unique ability to distill vast and detailed concepts into succinct and sound advice, Rob takes on high fat, low carb and intermittent fasting.

Oh and he does it ALL in 10 minutes. We set the clock for 5. But that wasn't really doing the man or the topic much justice.

Follow this fascinating human at www.anhinternational.org

Jamie White - Going Head First @ The Electric Picnic 2018

Jamie White, a serial entrepreneur, is on a serious internal journey.  From his early years getting exposure to the life altering words of those like Tony Robbins, Jamie has taken elements from a number of spiritual disciplines, nutritional reference points and training gurus and gone to WORK...on himself.

We discussed lots of fascinating health paradigms with Jamie - from Keto dieting, intermittent fasting and veganism, to mindfulness, and breathwork techniques.  

His unique personal insight gave us great fodder for an engaging chat with this switched on human being, who is inspiring others to change with his thoughts and actions.

We finished up this one with a fun debate on the top 4 things we can do to start to change our lives.

Apologies for the sound quality on this one folks, we were UNIQUELY challenged by the hectic environment.  Lydia's mic decided not to perform for us at all, so we were thinking maybe we wouldn't be able to launch this episode at all, but the info is so good we felt we'd give you all the opportunity to decide that for yourselves - enjoy!!

You can find more out about Jamie on jamiewhite.com and through his social media platforms.  Jamie is involved in putting together some seriously exciting conferences, especially intriguing for us his health summit Fresh Resolutions, taking place next January - check in with him for further details!

Dr Ciara Kelly Being a Doctor is Kinda Nuts

What’s in a nut? That was the kernel of this one, but we got sidetracked, charting Ciara’s evolution of thinking that has brought her into her current state as a junior medical doctor, food blogger and keen nutrition advocate, both in the workplace and outside of it. Fascinating to get an insight into one of the busiest Irish hospitals, St James, from the unique perspective of a young, motivated and super bright junior doctor who is carving a path towards a preventative healthcare model.

Tune in to the second half where we get into the nitty gritty of nutrients in nuts, the phytate debate, some wicked recipes incorporating nuts into sweet and savoury fun foods, including a yummy tahini fudge (sorry for the fudgey munching sounds!).  Here's the link to Susan Jane White's tahini fudge which inspired our delectations - http://www.susanjanewhite.com/pomegranate-fudge/

Plus Finn gets his first scolding from Lydia for talking too fast....eek. Post a comment if this has been a problem for you, and we'll make sure he takes it on board!

Jane Uygur Compassion In Medicine

Jane Uygur - Compassion In Medicine

What an opportunity to explore the emotional aspect of being a medic with someone who not only practices as a GP (she's just about to set up practice in Ireland after a hiatus for having kids), but whose research for her PhD centres around the ramifications for all society if we continue not to train for and focus on compassion in our frontline medical services, and how different a picture we can present in terms of both the relational dynamic between patient and medic and also the medical outcome if we choose to put compassion training in place.

Here's some key reads that Jane recommended to us during and after our chat with her -

Paul Gilbert - The Compassionate Mind

Karen Armstrong - 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life

Paul Dodie - Into The Magic Shop

Shan and Renata Plant Based Medics

Shan and Renata - we get into why this GP/Health Coach couple are pushing the plant based diet, their own regimes (which includes some great nuggets for busy families trying to eat healthy), their perspective on the ketogenic diet. Oh, and we TRY to get them to name a favourite vegetable...which went a bit like pulling teeth!!!

Shandeep is a GP and his wife, Renata, is a Health Coach who, through seeing the significant changes that their dietary interventions made to their down's syndrome daughter, have decided to set up their own website to assist others in working towards a healthy plant based diet focused on healing and longevity. Shan, working in hospital environments, came to see the opportunity for a fresh perspective in bringing preventative healthcare to the public and the couple aim to stage wellness events aimed at the medical profession to assist them in adopting this healthcare model into their own practices.

You can find out more about their work and pick up some great resources at https://www.smartmednutrition.com/ where they share recipes and other useful plant based nutrition information.

Lene Van Steenwinkel Feminine Uprising

Lene is a lady with a strong sense of the rich tapestry that defines the feminine archetype.  So much so that she designed a free-flowing, interpretive choreography that aims to permit the complete expression of femininity in all its guises.  We had a rambling chat with Lene that delved into her path that brought her to her current thinking around the resurrection, expression and celebration of the wild and sacred feminine spriit.

Bodo Raskolnikoff - Your Purpose In Life, To Eat Chocolate

Cacao Ceremony, and the rest! Bodo is such a avid and fearless explorer of his own consciousness that it has brought him to places that many of us leave hidden from view in honour of western social norms. His journey into discovering his own truths led him naturally to assisting others in finding their paths, and he conducts cacao ceremonies as well as tarot readings and other healing rituals that support and engage our unconscious mind in establishing our direction and purpose in the conscious, material world.

Our chat charted some of his journey into this realm and also looked at the conscious economy, how our choice of purchasing cacao and other foods affects the people who grow it. Enjoy!

Short and Sweet - A Goodybag Full of Small Joys

So you guys will hopefully have enjoyed a wee break from our posts as we get ready for an exciting summer full of action, and we're just about to launch our full Meadows In The Mountains festival tour podcasts on you. This is a shorty, but a goody, and if you pop over to see us on Instagram @wanderingintowellness you'll get to see us contort ourselves in a rather ridiculous manner just to announce the winners of our best comments from our first 15 episodes.

Isis Indriya - Cultural Evolution Through Ritual

Reaching Back to Go Forward....This lady was a true inspiration, somebody who found their purpose at an early age and has tracked that path ever since.  Her fascination with ritual has brought her into contact with some of the origin stories and mythology that has shaped our society, and there was great provenance in being able to tap into her knowledge of the folklore that surrounds dragon culture, a phenomenon that is deeply rooted in the Rhodope mountains where we spoke to her at the Meadows In The Mountains festival in Bulgaria.  We also touched on some simple ritual practices that you can choose to embrace to enhance the quality of your life and find joy inside your daily routine.  

You can connect with Isis Indriya at livingvillageculture.com or through her FB page @livingvillage or on Instagram @living_village_culture