Moving Inward

Zero waste campaigner Erin Rhoads from Rogue Ginger once famously put 18 months worth of her rubbish into a single glass jar. But Erin hasn't always had a low waste lifestyle. In fact she says it used to be "fast food, fast living" kind. She's shared her journey to reducing her impact on the environment through her blog The Rogue Ginger - one habit, one blog post at a time. Today Erin's a sought-after writer and speaker. She was a consultant on ABCs War on Waste, and shares skills and practical help to hundreds at workshops, talks and forums, and founded Zero Waste Victoria and Plastic Bag Free Victoria. One of the things I love most about Erin is her complete honesty and transparency with the journey that she's undertaken, and the emphasis on meaningful change. She acknowledges herself that she doesn't always get it right, but that small steps every day can make an incredible difference over time. This conversation is an empowering one for anybody who wants to take small steps to make the world a better place. Enjoy! + Show notes: • You'll want to follow Erin online at The Rogue Ginger - I particularly love her Instagram account • Erin's book Waste Not is available now • The Clean Bin Project documentary - or follow it on Facebook or Twitter • Bag It The Movie • Plastic Free July - Facebook and Twitter • War on Waste • ShareWaste.com - community shared food waste and compost • Responsible Cafes - promoting reusable coffee cups • Boomerang Bags • If you like this episode, you'll love this episode with Tim Silverwood on the Power of Conscious Choice ++ Keep Listening: • Sign up to our All Being Well's newsletter - Mindful Mail - to receive updates on the best wellness news and resources from the web. • Have you been enjoying All Being Well? It would mean so much to me if you would Subscribe, rate and leave an honest review. It helps other people to discover the show. • Better yet, share this episode with a friend or family to spread the word. +++ Thanks for listening.

Meeting Julia Busuttil Nishimura is like catching up with an old friend. She's warm and grounded and full of life. Julia is also known as "Julia Ostro" - the beloved foodie, recipe writer, and best-selling author behind Ostro. While Julia is humble as can be her work has raving fans. Nigella Lawson called Ostro "life-enhancing" and Jamie Oliver called it "brilliant" and Kayla Robertson calls it "a must try". Julia is full of beautiful wisdom and advice, including: • Julia's slow approach to food and life, and how she used this approach to chase her dreams; • The powerful role food plays in self-care; • Honing your intuition - in and out of the kitchen; • The joy of gathering together at the table. Today Julia lives in Melbourne with her husband Nori, son Haruki and lively cat Momoko. In this conversation you'll fall in love with cooking all over again. Buon appetito! + Show notes: • You're going to want to head over to Julia's instagram and pinterest. • Julia's website can be found here. • Her beautiful book 'Ostro' can be found over here. • Love this episode? You'll also love the episode with Paul West from River Cottage Australia

This special companion episode accompanies a conversation with Dr. Elise Bialylew, a psychiatrist, mindfulness and meditation teacher, and the founder of Mindful in May. Give that episode a whirl first before coming back here and practicing this beautiful companion practice. Our conversation is FILLED with wonderful, practical, realistic advice so that everybody can walk away with the resources they need to begin exploring mindfulness and meditation. Today. How do I know? Because they've been working for me. When I recorded this episode, I had fallen off the meditation bandwagon. I used to have a regular practice, but life had gotten in the way and I'd stopped. I was feeling disappointed in myself and struggling to integrate it back into my everyday life, trying little things and then stopping again. So I asked Dr. Bialylew every question I could think about - that you've probably thought about too - on how I can create a daily habit around mindfulness and meditation. She has given so many resources to us today, alongside the scientific evidence that supports it, so that everybody who listens can try a number of things to practice mindfulness and meditation. Our conversation includes: • Tips and tools for enhancing your wellbeing, balance & joy through mindfulness • How to transform your stress and worry • What the difference is between meditation and mindfulness, and how you can try both • How mindfulness changes the brain for the better • What do to when you're too busy to meditate • Resources that you can try for free today All of this to say that this is a great conversation and you should absolutely listen to it. And then share it with your partner, your friends, your mum. Let's help everybody transform their minds and lives. And ps: I'm proud to say that I've meditated for the last eight days back-to-back following this conversation. I hope it offers it to you too. Enjoy!

Today's episode is with Dr. Elise Bialylew, a psychiatrist, mindfulness and meditation teacher, and the founder of Mindful in May. Our conversation is FILLED with wonderful, practical, realistic advice so that everybody can walk away with the resources they need to begin exploring mindfulness and meditation. Today. How do I know? Because they've been working for me. When I recorded this episode, I had fallen off the meditation bandwagon. I used to have a regular practice, but life had gotten in the way and I'd stopped. I was feeling disappointed in myself and struggling to integrate it back into my everyday life, trying little things and then stopping again. So I asked Dr. Bialylew every question I could think about - that you've probably thought about too - on how I can create a daily habit around mindfulness and meditation. She has given so many resources to us today, alongside the scientific evidence that supports it, so that everybody who listens can try a number of things to practice mindfulness and meditation. Our conversation includes: • Tips and tools for enhancing your wellbeing, balance & joy through mindfulness • How to transform your stress and worry • What the difference is between meditation and mindfulness, and how you can try both • How mindfulness changes the brain for the better • What do to when you're too busy to meditate • Resources that you can try for free today All of this to say that this is a great conversation and you should absolutely listen to it. And then share it with your partner, your friends, your mum. Let's help everybody transform their minds and lives. And ps: I'm proud to say that I've meditated for the last eight days back-to-back following this conversation. I hope it offers it to you too. Enjoy! +

I'm in awe of talented women who inspire us to be the best version of ourselves - and Jessica Sepel is one of these women. As a clinical nutritionist and best-selling author, Jess is best known for her philosophy of "Living The Healthy Life". She believes that we should celebrate food with balance and joy rather than deprivation and fad dieting, and promotes healthy eating as a "forever approach" that includes tasty treats as well as well as mindful consumption. After years of suffering with fad dieting, calorie counting and body image issues, Jess discovered a love for nutrition and transformed her lifestyle. Instead of feeling hateful of her body, she became grateful for it. Instead of counting calories, she began to focus on nourishing wholefoods. Jess is passionate about empowering people like you to give up dieting, throw out the scales and find balance with food for life - and you'll hear this passion as she speaks honestly, and from the heart. Her mission in life is to help women create a healthy relationship with their bodies and she supports girls and women of all ages through her brand JSHealth to drop the guilt that may come with "imperfect" eating. In this episode we discuss: • What mindful eating is and how it can help you support your mood • Jess's calming morning and evening routine that you can try too • How to create boundaries with social media (hint: it's not the ways you think) • How you can use the power of visualisation to clarify your goals and purpose • How to give up dieting once and for all and be grateful for your body Here, I chat to Jessica about how she got to where she is today and some of the most important lessons she's learnt along the way. Enjoy!

Today we're going behind closed doors, exploring something that's universally experienced but rarely discussed. Sex. Or more specifically - sexual intimacy, physical connection and sensuality. Today's episode is an incredible foray into sexuality and everything you could want to know about it, and I couldn't think of two better guests to have on the show to accompany us on this journey. Michelle Temminghoff is the owner of Passionfruit - the sensuality shop. Michelle opened the store after seeing a disconnect between the "goodness" of sex and how awfully devious she felt having to walk into a sex shop. Twenty years on and the store is a local institution for women, for couples and for anybody looking to learn more about sensuality. My other guest is Carol Mikhael, a professional tantrica and somatic sexologist. A tantrica is somebody who studies tantra and takes people through practices so they can access their sexuality on a much deeper, more connected level - and Carol sees her job as to create safe spaces for people to journey through their body and to access their sexuality in a present, safe and embodied way. She runs some of these workshops through Passionfruit. This episode is slightly longer than usual but I encourage you to listen to it all the way through, because we cover some really interesting topics. Including: • The history of the vibrator, and how they were created after doctors were developing RSI from manually penetrating female patients with (and I quote) "hysteria". • We cover myths that you may have heard about sexuality and intimacy, and some of the biggest challenges that people bring to Michelle and Carol through their work - and how to move past them. • Excellent resources and places to turn to if you'd like to learn more about sexuality in a more honest and empowering way.We giggled A LOT while recording this one. I'd love to say it was mostly Carol but I think it was me. You'll giggle too with this one. Enjoy! + For more information about this episode head to the show notes: www.allbeingwell.com.au/episodes/sensuality ++ Are you enjoying All Being Well? Please subscribe, rate and leave an honest review on your favourite podcast app. It will help other people to find the show. +++ Thanks for listening!

Yoga Nidra is also known as 'yogic sleep' and is a beautiful yoga practice for deep relaxation. This bonus practice is a companion episode to my conversation with the magnetic Irene 'Izzy' Ais from Om People Yoga, where she explores her journey to the self through yoga. It's a beautiful conversation and I so recommend you listen to it to learn more about the practice. Enjoy! Things to Check Out After Today's Episode: • Find Irene Ais on Instagram • Om People Yoga - Website and Instagram • 1 Giant Mind meditation

This episode is a truly beautiful conversation about the life enhancing benefits of yoga. If you've ever been curious about yoga, or perhaps attended a class and not quite felt 'it', or you regularly attend classes and are keen to learn more - this episode is a doorway into explaining and understanding the depth of the practice. Irene Ais is a yoga and meditation teacher, and the co-founder of nomadic yoga school OM People Yoga - offering students the ancient and dynamic practice of yoga on and off the mat. We start with Irene's own journey to the practice. For many years she wasn't nurturing herself, travelling the world and disconnected from herself. However she believes that yoga finds us when we're ready, and that it found her at just the right time with an opportunity to "experience herself". Since then, Irene has spent 15 years exploring the ancient practices of yoga and meditation, and takes her own students on a journey of self-discovery by combining the physical poses with an invitation to drop into the energetic practice and the self. This knowledge coupled with an innate understanding of the mind/body connection makes for a powerful combination, and a powerful episode on the invitation we all have to know ourselves, and that that journey is a winding and imperfect one, starting exactly where we are when we're ready to take it. Enjoy! Things to Check Out After Today's Episode: • Find Irene Ais on Instagram • Om People Yoga - Website and Instagram • 1 Giant Mind meditation • 'The world's happiest man wishes you wouldn't call him that ' - GQ article on Matthieu Ricard

Practice one of my most cherished wellness practices - yoga - alongside me with this beautiful pranayama breathing practice. Pranayama is focusing control on the breath as a way of balancing our central nervous system, calming the mind and centering the heart. It's a practice that can be enjoyed anywhere, at anytime. In this guided sequence, you'll experience two pranayama practices: ujjayi (known as victorious breath) and nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breathing). Enjoy!

Surprise! Today we're doing things a little differently - and you'll be learning about my own wellness story. I started out my career as a television producer, and burnout and some pretty meaty mental health issues lead to me discovering yoga and the wellness industry - and has transformed my life. In today's episode we explore the five wellness tips I've learnt while travelling the world, and the how I came to learn them. Enjoy! + Sign up to our All Being Well's newsletter - Mindful Mail - to receive weekly updates from The Wellbeing Project. ++ Have you been enjoying All Being Well? It would mean so much to me if you would Subscribe, rate and leave an honest review. It helps other people to discover the show. +++ Or, if you think that a friend or family member will enjoy it - pass it on. +++ Have a beautiful day

Madeleine Dore is the writer, interviewer and creative force behind Extraordinary Routines, the brilliant interview project that investigates the intersection between creativity and imperfection - featuring the lives, challenges and triumphs of our favourite creatives. This episode is a bonus companion to our interview on the podcast about creating extraordinary routines - and is based on Madeleine's month-long experiment on morning routines to see how they could help her win the day. She experiments with famous morning routines - from working from bed, to 'eating a frog' - to see how they can improve her morning, and her entire day. Try them for yourself and let us know how you fare! You can also download the Morning Routine's Workbook where this experiment is shared in detail over at Extraordinary Routines. Enjoy!

Madeleine Dore is the writer, interviewer and routine explorer behind Extraordinary Routines, the brilliant interview project that investigates the intersection between creativity and imperfection - featuring the lives, challenges and triumphs of our favourite creatives. In this episode we explore: • how our habits create our lives • how we can move through fear and blocks • why we should focus on our strengths rather than our weakness • and how routines can help us win the dayMadeleine herself is a creative force, growing Extraordinary Routines while also launching the event series Side Project Sessions for a "peer-pressured productivity session". Madeleine has a wealth of knowledge about routines, habit setting, habit tracking and bullet journalling, and has written for ABC Life, Arts Hub, The Design Files, Kill Your Darlings and countless others. I hope this conversation provides some inspiration for translating your goals into a reality, embracing your imperfections and your humanness, and for moving through fear to create an extraordinary daily routine.

This companion practice accompanies episode #1 with Kate James on living with purpose. This 'Future Self Meditation' takes just under 15 minutes and can bring about powerful results. That being said, if you're feeling stuck you might initially find it difficult to visualise your ideal life. Trust that the meditation will begin to work on your subconscious mind. Listen a few times over coming days and you'll find the answers become more clear. Please note this practice is bonus content that's not part of the longer episode, and I recommend listening to episode #1 before beginning. Enjoy! + I'm thrilled to announce that Season Two will be launched in partnership with Dumbo Feather, and we'll be co-hosting an event on healing towards the end of January. Head to this link to book your ticket. ++ Have you been enjoying the show? Please Subscribe, Rate and Leave an honest Review in your podcast app. It helps others to find the show. Another option is to share your favourite episode with a loved one! ++ Thank you for listening! +++

I'll be eternally grateful for this conversation with Kate James. Kate is an internationally renowned career, business and life coach, and a mindfulness teacher based on the Mornington Peninsula. She's full of wisdom and thoughtfulness on how we can live with purpose, gain clarity about our direction and feel confident to pursue a career and life we love. This episode relates to this month's focus on finding our "why". Our "why" can be called lots of things. In yoga it's called your sankalpa. It can also be called your purpose. Or your true north. Essentially, your "why" is the purpose, values and beliefs that underpin everything you do. It is completely unique to you, and it's the reason why you do what you do. Kate works to help her clients identify their values and strengths so that they can define their own version of a meaningful life. She is bursting with integrity and honesty, and I feel honoured that she was so generous with her thoughts and energy for this episode. She provides a number of brilliant resources that can help you to identify your own "why", develop your strengths, and then guides us through a beautiful meditation to support this process. I truly hope that you get as much out of this conversation as I did! Enjoy, and have a wonderful start to 2019. + I'm thrilled to announce that Season Two will be launched in partnership with Dumbo Feather, and we'll be co-hosting an event on healing towards the end of January. Head to this link to book your ticket. ++ Have you been enjoying the show? Please Subscribe, Rate and Leave an honest Review in your podcast app. It helps others to find the show. Another option is to share your favourite episode with a loved one! ++ Thank you for listening! +++

All Being Well is back! Season two is here and it's time to finally unveil The Wellbeing Project! Together we'll be developing a "wellness mindset" to support our health, hearts and happiness in 2019. And here's why. *Did you know that the global wellness industry is estimated to be worth $4.2 trillion dollar market - roughly three times the size of the global pharmaceutical market?* It's true. We're increasingly looking to natural solutions to heal our bodies, hearts and minds. However - with products like activated charcoal and crystal-infused drink bottles fly off the shelves - it's difficult to navigate myth from medicine in this exploding market. Over the next 12 months, All Being Well will be offering guided wellness practices so that you can dive head-first into the world of lasting wellbeing. We'll spend each month delving deeply into a single topic, and our conversations will be accompanied with free guided lessons from wellness practitioners! I'll also be sharing books that I'm reading, questions that I'm pondering and articles on each topic, so that we can navigate fact from fiction and thrive. Let's make 2019 our healthiest and happiest yet!