Have you or someone you know ever struggled with an eating disorder?

In this heart-felt and insightful episode, Anthea is joined by Renee McGregor, a leading voice in sports nutrition and eating disorder recovery. Together, they share a deeply honest conversation about the realities behind health, performance and the systems that often fail people in the greatest need of care. If this is a theme you’ve wondered about, today’s episode is a critical listen.

Renee shares her own ED recovery journey, and how it shaped her work supporting high-performing individuals struggling with disordered eating, exercise addiction and complex relationships with the body. We’ll explore how trauma and eating disorders are closely linked, and why many behaviours are actually emotional coping mechanisms rather than issues of discipline or control. This foundation becomes critical in knowing how to create truly lasting change.

The conversation also highlights the importance of nervous system regulation, rest and learning to rebuild a healthy food relationship beyond rigid rules.

Together, we’ll unpack the impact of wellness culture in today’s world, the role of social media and body image, and the growing conversation around GLP1 medications and Ozempic. Renee speaks openly about weight stigma, gaps in treatment systems and the need for more compassionate, inclusive approaches to care.

From intuitive eating to autonomy in recovery, this episode challenges common narratives and invites you to form a more nuanced, human approach to health and healing.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Renee McGregor and her work in eating disorders recovery
07:35 Transitioning from NHS work into sports nutrition
17:08 Why eating disorders are so often misunderstood
19:24 Understanding eating disorders as coping and trauma responses
23:40 Gaps in treatment and the limitations within the NHS
27:33 Regulation, addiction patterns, and emotional numbness
34:43 Caffeine, control, and returning to old habits
36:21 How overexercise becomes normalised
41:22 The role of the nervous system and the importance of rest
42:23 Using coffee and other tools for regulation
46:46 Influencers, wellness culture, and harmful messaging
53:18 Social media responsibility and impact
57:13 Living without constant online exposure
58:45 The reality of Ozempic and GLP1 medications
01:00:43 Weight stigma and its link to trauma
01:07:29 Bias, mindfulness, and anti racism in healthcare

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Instagram: @‌r_mcgregor

Website: https://reneemcgregor.com/

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Email: ab.mindbodycoach@gmail.com

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

The armour that once protected you might now be the very thing keeping you from not only real connection - but a life path and purpose that are truly meant for you. The question is: can we wake up to a different way, one that lives just underneath our shielding and control..?

In this episode, Anthea is joined by a deeply present and grounded voice, to explore what it means to live with emotional presence and integrity in your everyday life - Miriam Binder, Master Coach with Integral Coaching Canada, and former Corporate Executive.

You’ll learn about the subtle ways we disconnect through dissociation, control and self protection, and how these patterns impact our ability to experience authentic connection and conscious relationships. You’ll also learn about the loneliness that can sit behind the armour, and the courage it takes to soften into vulnerability and connection. These facets ultimately become the re-building of a sense of self that redirects the life you build thereafter.

A big part of this conversation is relational healing - and how transformation happens through real life interactions, not just solo inner work. Together, we explore healing through love, the role of self awareness, and what it actually looks like to move from control into surrender and flow in your life.

We also touch on inner child healing, parenting and healing, and the power of forgiveness practice, especially when it comes to how we show up for ourselves and our children. This episode invites you into compassion practice, non judgment awareness and a deeper sense of embodied love that allows you to meet life with openness instead of protection.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Miriam and her background

03:03 What true presence really feels like in your body

05:30 The courage it takes to stay emotionally present

09:02 The loneliness that sits behind the armour

12:21 Finding a sense of home through connection and community

15:29 The tension between control and learning to flow

18:52 Stepping out of old patterns and ways of living

21:52 Becoming aware of other people’s pain

29:29 What healing really means beyond fixing yourself

34:55 Why love can feel risky and unsafe

39:41 Resistance and survival responses in the body

42:38 Practices that help shift beliefs and patterns

49:02 Forgiving yourself as a parent and human

53:29 Letting go of control in parenting

58:55 Loving without creating separation

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Connect with Miriam

Website: https://miriamthecoach.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-binder-lang-the-coach/

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Email: ab.mindbodycoach@gmail.com

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

Being seen - fully and in your true authenticity - can completely reshape your identity, your leadership, and the relationships you hold most dear. We know it, sense it, and yet we hover at the starting line; shy, timid, uncertain of our value or permission to launch. Until, something or someone comes along to change the game.

In this episode, Anthea is joined by renowned Publicist Jessica Huie MBE - diving into a heartfelt conversation about authenticity, courage and the quiet power of unshakeable presence. Jessica shares her personal journey and the early influences that shaped her values, leadership and deep commitment to advocacy and integrity. A mission she carries forward with every single client she works with. We explore what it really means to be “seen”, that deepest of human yearnings, and why that experience can become a turning point for personal growth, self trust and profound external strides.

The conversation moves into love, fear and unity, and how choosing presence over habit or convenience transforms relationships, leadership and parenting. Jessica speaks openly about motherhood, conscious, collaborative parenting and navigating success while honouring what truly matters. This episode is a reflection on feminine leadership, embodied wisdom and living a purpose driven life rooted in courage and compassion. The melting pot where spirituality, humanity and entrepreneurship meet…

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Jessica

02:22 Jessica’s journey and the early roots of courageous leadership

04:31 The power of being seen and why it changes everything

08:16 Advocacy and supporting others to rise

09:58 Integrity courage and personal growth in real life

19:34 Love fear and choosing unity and connection

24:05 Parenting with emotional presence

25:11 Why conscious parenting starts with being present

26:56 The evolving motherhood journey

30:43 Balancing success sacrifice and values led living

34:07 Authenticity as a daily practice

35:59 Life lessons that shape embodied wisdom

40:47 Potential courage and trusting yourself

45:51 Final reflections and parting wisdom

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Connect with Jessica

Instagram: @‌jessica_huie_

Website: http://www.jessicahuie.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicahuie/

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Email: ab.mindbodycoach@gmail.com

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

I wonder if you relate to this? The sense of something missing in your life; like a whisper underneath the surface of your conscious life.

What if this echoing feeling wasn’t a problem to fix - but a sign to go deeper? An opportunity to connect to a level of wholeness that your body~mind has just forgotten.

In this episode, Anthea sits down with Spiritual Guide, Teacher and Body~Worker Shamir Singh - offering a powerful insight on embodied wholeness, cultivating belonging and what it really means to feel connected in a world that constantly pulls us outward. From the outset, Shamir shares how his journey has been rooted in reconnecting to oneness consciousness - and that healing is not about becoming something new, but returning to what has always been there.

Together, they explore the layers of conditioned patterning that shape identity; and how de-conditioning these acquired layers / selves allow us to reconnect with personal truth, and deeper spiritual connection. Shamir speaks about the profound systemic role of healing modalities like sound healing, breathwork practice and meditation and movement - non-verbal methods that guide the body back into stillness and inner peace.

This conversation also offers powerful insight on how we relate to others - navigating codependency, the journey of self love and how our earliest relationships shape the way we seek connection and belonging in adulthood. Through the themes of shadow work, intuitive healing and conscious living, Shamir shares a grounded perspective on spiritual growth that is not about escaping life, but engaging with it more fully.

Ultimately, they explore what it means to live in the “eye of the storm” and how practices like nervous system regulation and breath awareness can support you in navigating uncertainty with more trust, presence and ease.

Timestamps

00:00 Meeting Shamir and exploring purpose and wholeness

02:40 What wholeness really means and how it creates belonging

04:18 Roots, identity and the impact of conditioning

09:33 Sound, stillness and returning to your essence

12:01 An overview of healing modalities and how they support growth

17:40 Shamir’s personal journey and how it shaped his path

22:14 Consumption, lifestyle and supporting your inner state

28:32 Devotion, service and living with intention

35:39 Breathwork practice and nervous system regulation

40:54 Meditation, movement and finding stillness in modern life

46:59 Love, codependency and returning to self

54:48 Living in the eye of the storm and trusting life

58:48 Final reflections and closing thoughts

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Connect with Shamir

Instagram: @‌shamirsingh.c

Website: www.gridactivations.com

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Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: ab.mindbodycoach@gmail.com

Website: www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org

What if your disconnection had less to do with you - and more to do with what you have absorbed? Unconsciously, developmentally and through the generational line?

This episode is one of the most profoundly honest, touching explorations we’ve ever shared - with global retreat leader, psychotherapist & developmental coach Turiya Hanover. Together, we explore the legacies of generational, cultural and early childhood trauma - and the impact they have on who we know ourselves to be in the present.

Turiya shares her own experience: of growing up in post-war Germany, surrounded by unspoken pain, shame and emotional disconnection. Together we dive into what it means to be shaped like a soft stone by a trauma field; how that influences patterns like dissociation, nervous system disruption, hyper-vigilance, and a deep psychological sense of not belonging. There is a powerful reflection on how early instability and separation influence identity, relationships and the body - as well as how we walk ourselves beyond them.

A central theme is that real trauma healing does not happen in isolation. Together we explore the relational space and why healing through connection is essential when trust has been broken early in life. Turiya speaks openly about codependency patterns, dynamics of victimhood, feminine healing and the journey of learning to feel your own emotions rather than abandoning yourself for others.

We also touch on grief and loss; the role of death as a teacher and how facing life honestly can bring you back to what truly matters to you. This episode weaves together spiritual growth, self awareness and personal transformation - all grounded in the work of the Path of Love, an international retreat movement founded by Turiya, which roots people back into their essential connection to the heart. The Path journey, as well as this dialogue, are your avenue to deeper embodiment, self-embrace and safety in the world - take a listen.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Turiya

02:56 Growing up in post war Germany and being surrounded by unspoken trauma

04:55 Not feeling like you belong and the urge to escape early on

08:14 The search for fearlessness and trying to find inner safety

09:12 Living in hyper vigilance and what safety actually feels like in the body

12:17 Early experiences of grief and the impact of loss in childhood

13:27 Feeling alone versus truly being connected to others

18:06 Why healing happens through relationships and not in isolation

25:17 The challenge for women to truly feel their emotions

28:49 Love, codependency and losing yourself in relationships

30:30 Death as a teacher and what it reveals about life

36:36 Living simply and finding meaning in ordinary life

37:52 Movement, solitude and being in service to others

42:48 Owning your shadow and stepping out of victimhood

45:40 Working with not enoughness and the inner critic

50:07 Trusting your intuition even when nothing feels certain

56:04 Finding purpose and what truly lights you up

59:44 Closing reflections and the Path of Love

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Connect with Turiya

Instagram: @‌turiyahanover

Website: https://www.turiyahanover.net/

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Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: ab.mindbodycoach@gmail.com

Website:https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

What if the wholeness you’ve been searching for is already right in front of you; “you” have simply been standing in the way…?

In this deeply reflective conversation, Anthea is joined by renowned meditation teacher and spiritual guide Mutribo; who explores the nature of awareness, surrender and the illusion of the separate self. Together, they dive into the heart of meditation practice, the root of inner suffering and its salve - the capacity to truly rest, in the present moment.

Mutribo shares insights from decades of spiritual self-inquiry, including time spent in silent retreats and years devoted to exploring consciousness and awareness. We explore themes of non-duality, the illusion of the ego, and how suffering often arises from the belief that we are separate individuals responsible for controlling our lives. Through stories, philosophy and gentle wisdom, this conversation invites you into a deeper relationship with silence and stillness practice.

The episode touches on fear, resistance and the paradox of letting go of control. Mutribo explains how spiritual awakening is less about achieving something new and more about recognising what has always been present. From observing the mind to discovering the simplicity of awareness of being, this conversation offers a thoughtful doorway into mindfulness and meditation and the path of awakening.

If you have ever wondered about the nature of consciousness, the purpose of your spiritual practice or how surrender and acceptance can lead to inner peace and freedom, this episode offers a powerful perspective.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Mutribo

02:32 Beginning with a moment of silence and meditation

05:46 How meditation traditions began and why they faded from everyday life

10:42 Resistance, suffering and returning to present moment awareness

16:39 Surrendering to life and finding an inner sense of home

24:06 Deep sleep, awareness and the experience of simply being

28:41 The paradox of the doer and the illusion of control

36:59 Fear, trust and approaching spiritual practice with playfulness

43:25 Why only some people feel called to the path of awakening

53:21 Freedom, daily stillness and nurturing your inner world

57:27 Final reflections and closing words

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Find more of Mutribo’s work

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@advaitaexplained-letlifeflow

Book “Signposts Back Home” https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Signposts_Back_Home.html?id=7MDNzwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Connect with Anthea

Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: ab.mindbodycoach@gmail.com

Website:https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

What if what distinguished elite athletes from others wasn't purely talent - but rigorous mindset, self-trust and the ability to stay steady under pressure..?

In this episode, Anthea sits down with Elite Athletics Coach Hadrian Stiff, exploring what truly creates high performance - not just in sport, but in life.

From squash prodigy to world class coach, Hadrian shares the evolution of his journey and how his philosophy around coaching, leadership in sport and athlete development has transformed over time.

The conversation dives into elite athlete mindset, sports psychology and the reality of navigating competitive environments where performance pressure is constant. Hadrian speaks openly about overcoming fear, reshaping belief systems and building real mental resilience - garnered from decades working with some of the leading names in sport. We explore resilience training, emotional regulation and the power of self trust - even and especially when everything is on the line.

Through powerful case studies including World No. 1 Mohammed El Shorbagy and World No. 4 Joelle King, we unpack transformational coaching techniques, success mindset principles and how growth through discomfort becomes the foundation for long-term wellbeing and performance.

This conversation is about confidence building, vision and belief, and why acceptance is often the missing piece in personal growth. If you’ve been struggling to stick to take action toward your goals, follow through a health resolution or build deep, innate self-esteem - this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

Timestamps

00:40 Introduction to Hadrian Stiff and his early days as a squash prodigy

02:17 The shift from elite athlete to high performance coaching

04:23 His philosophy on coaching, life and leadership in sport

06:20 Redefining success and learning to overcome fear

11:06 Vision and belief as the foundation of confidence building

16:35 Navigating competitive environments and performance pressure

23:02 Personal growth, wellbeing and performance behind the scenes

30:59 Case study on Joelle King and athlete development in action

39:33 Building the right team around high performers

41:24 Growth through discomfort and working with resistance

44:02 A personal story of resilience under pressure

47:28 The power of acceptance and emotional regulation

57:01 Effort, self trust and long term success mindset

58:36 Transformational coaching techniques that create mental resilience

01:06:18 Final wisdom on loving yourself and sustaining elite performance

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Connect with Hadrian

Instagram: @‌elitesquash

Website: http://elitesquash.com

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Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: ab.mindbodycoach@gmail.com

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/

What if healthy masculinity wasn't about dominance or control, but presence, initiation and the courage to face the unknown?

In this episode, Anthea is joined by Samora Yeboah, a men’s-work facilitator, musician and sacred space holder - join them for a deep conversation about healthy masculinity, men’s work and the importance of ritual in both growth and wider life.

Samora shares through his extensive personal and professional experience. He speaks on the criticality of creating intentions environments and lifestyles; how this ritualistic practice fosters ones connection with inner knowing, spirituality and a deeper sense of self beyond our conditioning. He shares how this work, through its transformative impact on the individual, re-shapes our ways of relating to others - romantically, familially and even societally.

Anthea and Samora talk initiation rituals, rites of passage and the healthy embrace of fight & challenge - discussing how the cultural absence of these experiences has impacted the development of boys into men. Samora speaks openly about brotherhood, tribal connection, masculinity-in-partnership and the role of the father archetype in male development and the father~son bond. You’ll learn his definition of masculine “embodiment”; what conscious fatherhood is; and how facing & embracing difficulty stimulates emotional maturity, leadership and resilience.

And finally, from one to two - we explore the role of the “masculine” in romantic relationship. How critical it is for men to cultivate their own feminine interiority; the balance we can find in a two-partner pairing; and how as a couple, and within community, we can learn to navigate the uncertainty of life with greater skill and respect.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Samora

01:27 Sacred spaces and reconnecting with yourself

04:02 Community healing and spiritual connection

09:23 Information overload versus inner knowing

17:35 Parenting as a path of personal growth

22:42 Masculinity and initiation rites

27:31 Brotherhood and tribal connection

28:00 Father son relationships and hierarchy

29:27 The role of the father archetype

30:38 Core aspects of the masculine experience

31:34 Initiation rites and modern rites of passage

34:06 Healthy masculinity in relationships

37:56 Embracing feminine rage and balance

41:00 The role of deliberate challenge

45:55 Facing the unknown and death awareness

49:49 How to connect with Samora’s work

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Connect with Samora

Instagram: @‌samorah_yeboah

Website: http://www.pillarbrotherhood.com

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Instagram: @‌ab_embodiment

Email: ab.mindbodycoach@gmail.com

Website: https://www.ab-embodimentcoaching.org/