Reflexology for Fertility and Pregnancy with Karen Hooton

Welcome back to another episode of State of Mind Podcast. In this episode I'm talking to James Dowler and Jamie Clements, two incredible breathwork practitioners. In this episode we cover:   - Why Wim Hof breathing techniques may be harming your physiology. - Top down vs. bottom up therapeutic interventions - Breathwork Mastery, a unique offering from James and Jamie. - Breathwork for trauma release - Psychedelics - Do we need more regulation? - What style of breathwork to practice and when? - Breathwork through a nervous system informed lens.   @gracekingswell @breathewithjames @the_breath_space

Welcome back to State of Mind! This episode covers everything to do with WATER.    We start off by discussing water structuring, an amazing concept that details how water in its natural state (i.e. moving, never still) organises itself to actually be more hydrating for our cells.    We discuss water filters and compare the best on the market, fluoride, minerals, the pitfalls of reverse osmosis, alkaline water (fad?) and much more.    Thank you to Matt for chatting to me! Matt is the founder of supplement brand Elivide, and coincidentally, he's just launched a rather amazing counter top water filter! Go check it out at elivide.com   @gracekingswell @mattjarosy 

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind, with me Grace Kingswell    Today my guest is the amazing Kate Pope. Kate is a Nutritional Therapist, GAPS practitioner and the founder of Regenerative Cooking School and Mama Baby Biome, the online course that teaches you to reconnect with your local and ancestral food systems in order to heal and support your baby through conditions such as eczema, leaky gut, allergies and intolerances, and teaches you how to introduce solids, how to prepare and prioritise the most nutrient dense foods for you and your family.    I came across Kate when I most needed her, I was feeling exhausted and lacking direction with my son’s health, and I knew I could be doing better for him regarding what he was eating - and this coming from a Nutritional Therapist! Sometimes as Mums, we’re so exhausted by it all it’s hard to do the things you know you need to - so I signed up to Kate’s course and haven’t looked back.    In this episode we talk about our birth stories, healing from trauma, preparing your body for birth, pregnancy and the post party period, what to do if your baby was born via c-section and how to help their microbiome recover and establish, the difference between meat stock and bone broth, first foods for babies and so much more.    It’s also the first time both myself and my guest have cried recording an episode. This is such a vital listen for any parent that wants to do the best for their child. Thank you to Kate and the amazing work she does.   Go check her out on instagram @wildnutritionist    @gracekingswell

Hello and welcome back to state of mind with me, Grace Kingswell. For those of you that are new to the pod - hello hi, I’m Grace, a Nutritional Therapist and new Mum! Hence, this is the first episode I’ve released in a while because time is limited these days with a nearly 9-month old in tow. Today I’m chatting to one of my great friends and colleagues, Natasha Evans. Tash is a Nutritional Therapist specialising in fertility and gut health, and this episode focuses on the relationship between the two - I.e. how all of our different microbiome systems in our bodies influence our fertility outcomes. It’s a really fascinating listen. Tash has also just launched her Fertility 360 method - 9 steps to 9 months, which she tells us all about in this episode. I highly recommend working with Tash if you’re trying to conceive, or if you want to work on your gut health…or ideally (because they’re so connected), both! You can fine Tash on instagram @nenutrition or get in touch via her website nenutrition.co.uk

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind with me, Grace Kingswell.    This is the last episode in the 5 episode mini series I’ve been running pre-baby, and actually by the time it airs I will probably already have that baby - eek! The podcast will be taking a little break whilst I adjust to motherhood, but I will be back with more episodes in the future! I’d love to know if there are any topic Is haven’t covered that you’d like me to look into, or guests that you’d like to hear on the pod - so do get in touch with me via instagram!    So today I’ve got Jade Leighton back on the pod to talk about protein. The idea came to us because we’re constantly astounded by the lack of protein on people’s plates that we see on Instagram, and once we’d decided to do this episode I couldn’t actually believe that I haven’t covered it before, as it’s just so basic and SO essential.    In this episode we cover what protein is, why we need it, whether all protein is created equally, how much you should consume per day, types of protein powders, how to combine plant protein sources, and how to get kids eating more protein too. We cover a LOT, as ever, but it’s such a fab episode and absolutely VITAL listening for everyone.    I think you’ll enjoy this one! As ever, if you do, please go ahead and leave a 5 star review on the apple podcasts app. Jade cna be found, if you don’t know already, @_jadeleighton on instagram   @gracekingswell

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind with me, Grace Kingswell.    Today’s episode is on the topic of reflexology for fertility and pregnancy and my guest is Karen Hooton, reflexologist, Nutritional Therapist and Homeopath. I met Karen because we’re both currently doing Sandra Greenbank’s fertility nutrition training and Karen always has so much to add of value to our weekly calls, that I just had to get her on the podcast.    In this episode we cover how you might use reflexology as an adjunct to your fertility journey, when to have sessions if you’re trying to conceive, or already pregnant. Whether it ‘brings on labour,’ as many people say, but also how it works - i.e. based around the meridian systems that correlate with traditional Chinese medicine.    Due to Karen’s all round knowledge in so many areas, we also discuss other factors that might be influencing fertility too. It’s a great listen, and I hope you enjoy it!    Find Karen on instagram @moonbeamtherapies and as ever, if you enjoy the episode please remember to leave a review!  https://moonbeamtherapies.co.uk/

Hello and welcome back to State of Mind, with me Grace Kingswell.    Today’s episode is on thyroid health and my guest is the sensational Tanya Borowski. Tanya is a Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and her list of accolades and qualifications is as long as my arm when it comes to health, nutrition and in particular thyroid health. She’s completed advanced Hashimotos and thyroid training with the world renowned Dar Datis Kharrazian (who let’s be honest, if you’re a Nutritional Therapist you probably have a knowledge crush on - I certainly do), and is honestly the best person I could think of to come on the podcast and talk about thyroid health with. I am so grateful to her for joining me as a guest!    Tanya has a way of making the complicated understandable, and we’ve endeavoured to condense a hugely complex topic into an episode that you’ll likely want to come back to time and time again.    In particular we cover what the thyroid gland is, why it’s so crucial for optimum health across ALL body systems, what nutrients it needs from diet to work well, what signs and symptoms to look out for with an under active or over active situation, autoimmunity of the thyroid (Hashimotos and graves disease in particular) and why it’s so common and SO much more.    Go find Tanya @tanyabrowski (I’m obsessed with her instagram) and please leave a 5 star review on the apple podcasts app or wherever you listen to your podcasts!  @gracekingswell https://www.tanyaborowski.com/

Today’s episode is on the topic of CFS, also known as ME - i.e. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I have the lovely Jo Foster on with me today. Jo’s a Nutritional Therapist, but also a CFS survivor. She suffered with debilitating symptoms over a period of about 7 years but now lives a completely normal, health and happy life.    We talk about what CFS actually is, how you get it, what the mechanisms are, and crucially, what to start thinking about in terms of treatment. You CAN heal from chronic fatigue syndrome, that much is certain, but it’s wholly misunderstood and under researched in our conventional health system.    We also touch on long covid briefly too, which may be of interest to some of you.    Find Jo on instagram @healandbloom and her website healandbloom.co.uk @gracekingswell

Hello and welcome back, finally, to the podcast. I’m so sorry it’s been so long!   Today I have the wonderful Sandra Greenbank on to talk about fertility. As you will hear, Sandra is incredibly well-respected in this field and her main role these days is to train other Nutritional Therapists, myself included, to be specialists in fertility nutrition as well as seeing her 1-on-1 clients.    In this episode we cover diet, of course, but also fertility testing (eg vaginal swabs, DNA fragmentation and other things you might consider with your nutritional therapist if you are undergoing any fertility treatment), plus PCOS and how that affects pregnancy outcomes, male factor infertility - actually we spend a long time discussing how to boost sperm health, toxicity and its effect on fertility status and much more.    There may be some topics in here that you might find sensitive, such as miscarriage, so please bear that in mind.    You can find Sandra online @sandragreenbank_fertility and @fertility.nutrition.centre  and me @gracekingswell

Hello and welcome back to the LAST episode in series 7 of State of Mind, with me Grace Kingswell.    Today I'm joined by Alex Manos (Nutritional Therapist) and Alex Higham (founder of Exhale Coffee) today to discuss the pros and cons of everyone's favourite drink and to finally get an understanding as to whether coffee is good or bad for us.    We discuss brewing methods, decaf and decaf processes, the literature and studies that have been done on coffee and lots more!    @yourexhale @gracekingswell @alexandermanos