Unstressable with Alice Law

In today's episode I am joined by the energising Simon Alexander Ong. Simon Alexander Ong, an award-winning life coach, and highly regarded for his energy, wisdom, and insights as a speaker. With a global presence, Simon captivates audiences in keynote talks, fireside chats, and workshops, where he imparts knowledge on avoiding a human energy crisis through comprehensive energy management - spanning physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual perspectives. Simon firmly believes that “when it comes to happiness and productivity, energy truly is everything.” By unlocking the art and science of energy management, Simon equips his audiences with the tools to live each day with heightened energy levels, enabling them to transform their lives and careers. His debut book, Energize, was published by Penguin in April 2022 and quickly soared to become an instant bestseller.   In this episode we talked all about:  - Simon's own story of leaving finance to explore this career -  Why energy matters -  Why do many people today are low on energy -  How we can increase our own energy to create a better life - The physical, mental, emotional and spiritual sides to energy - Why success comes from being able to sell yourself first And so much more...   I hope you enjoy this episode with the wonderful Simon, if you did then please share it and tag us in your stories - we would love to hear from you!   Buy Alice's New Sunday Times Bestselling Book Unstressable HERE   Connect with Alice On IG: @alicelaw._ www.byalice.law www.unstressable.com   Connect with Simon Check out www.simonalexanderong.com On IG: @simonalexandero            

In today's episode I am joined by the Pilates Queen, Bryony Deery. Bryony is the founder of Pilates By Bryony the Pilates and Wellness App. She discovered Pilates as a form of rehabilitation after a serious road accident at the age of 17 which left her with chronic pain and arthritis. After 10 years of self-practice which left her pain and arthritis free, she embarked on a teaching journey of her own.  I am a personally a huge fan of the Pilates By Bryony app and use it at home every week, as many times as I can, whilst also being a huge advocate for pilates as an amazing means of movement to tackle stress and build strength. So it was so wonderful to have her on to talk all things pilates, healing, physical stress, growing her business and so much more. I loved this conversation and I hope you enjoy too.   In this episode we talked all about: - How Bryony got into pilates - How Bryony's own story of recovery inspired her to start her brand - Building an online pilates business from scratch and turning it into a global brand - Matcha and it's benefits - The power of being imperfect and so much more...   I hope you enjoy this episode with the wonderful Bryony, if you did then please share it and tag us in your stories - we would love to hear from you!   Buy Alice's New Sunday Times Bestselling Book Unstressable HERE   Connect with Alice On IG: @alicelaw._ www.byalice.law www.unstressable.com   Connect with Bryony Check out www.pilatesbybryony.com Bryony's Pilates Membership On IG: @bryonydeery        

In today's episode, I have one of my dearest friends Rosie Fortescue on the podcast. Rosie is the creative director and CEO of her eponymous, ultra creative jewellery line, Rosie Fortescue Jewellery. She is also a social media influencer, sharing her colourful life and incredible daily fashions on instagram. She is a recent Goldman Sachs #10KSBUK alumni and most importantly, in knowing her personally, she is hilarious, generous, considerate, loyal and thoughtful. Rosie started her business out of a love of jewellery although before this, she was on the reality TV show, Made in Chelsea which created the funds she used in launching her business. Eventually, she left reality TV as she wanted to focus on her business, and Rosie Fortescue was born. It was so wonderful to have Rosie on and talk all things business, entrepreneurship, being a woman in your 30s, what it truly means to know yourself, to laugh and so much more..   In this episode, we talked all about... [02:00] How Rosie built a successful jewellery business. [04:16] Moving from reality TV to entrepreneurship. [08:36] The greatest stress for Rosie came from her business. [14:15] The impact of Brexit on her business. [22:56] Rosie's creative process with her jewellery brand. [25:50] One major challenge for female entrepreneurs [27:59] How Rosie manages stressful days using daily routines. [32:23] Small changes with big positive impact [38:47] Giving ourselves grace and so much more... "As long as you believe you're doing your best, then that's the best you can do" - Rosie Fortescue   Buy Alice's New Sunday Times Bestselling Book Unstressable HERE   Connect with Alice On IG: @alicelaw._ www.byalice.law www.unstressable.com   Connect with Rosie Check out Rosie’s Jewelry website On IG: @rosiefortescue      

In today's episode Alice is joined by renowned Psychosexual and Relationship Therapist Psycho-Sexologist, Author & Podcast Host Kate Moyle. Kate specialises in helping people having difficulties in their sex life or sexuality. Coming from a home where sex was an open conversation topic, she observed a change in people's behaviour whenever the topic of sex came up and the challenge this posed to addressing sexual problems. Her aim is to get people to a place of sexual health, happiness, and well-being. I loved this conversation and covering this topic for the first time on the podcast, where we delved in sex and everything relationships. Kate highlights her motivation for becoming a relationship and sex therapist, the need for proper communication particularly as it relates to sex education, several disparities that explain sexual behaviours, and some erroneous perspectives guiding general sexual beliefs. In this episode, we talked about; [01:02] Kate's path into Relationship and Sex therapy. [03:35] The impact of age-appropriate sex education for kids. [08:34] How online dating has changed the approach to relationships. [14:12] Common issues couples have in relationships nowadays. [17:47] Kate's methods for helping people with unhealthy relationships. [20:09] The role of cultural differences in sexual beliefs and behaviors. [21:16] When should you quit working on a relationship? [23:56] Communication, transparency, and consistency; crucial factors for a successful partnership. [27:47] Understanding the relevance of Love languages [29:43] The explosion of the porn industry and its effect on the sex lives of people. [36:41] Disparities between the male and female perceptions of sex. [42:13] Spontaneous (anticipation) Desire vs Responsive Desire. [43:40] Kate's perception about Soul Mates; multiple soul mates. [46:40] Staying unstressable through balance and human connections. [49:14] Connect with Kate. And so much more... "One of the biggest things that we can do to help our sex lives is actually normalising true conversations and that just doesn't happen enough"   Share the episode on social media and tag us in your stories on the below...  Connect with Alice: IG: @alicelaw._ TikTik: @unstressable_alice www.byalicelaw.com   Connect with Kate At www.katemoyle.co.uk Listen to Kate’s podcast; The Sexual Wellness Sessions Reach out on Instagram @katemoyletherapy      

Trigger Warning - Please be aware that Domestic Violence & Childhood Trauma is discussed in this episode   In today's episode, I sit with the amazing Carina Talla. Carina is a Healing Coach and Inner Child Expert. Founder of the HOW TO HEAL™ Method, working with clients on  how to heal your inner child, reparent yourself and transform your life.  Carina has such an inspiring story of her own healing journey and childhood that she had to overcome, she is such an embodiment of calm and grace and I loved this conversation!  In her work she guides people back to themselves through a life changing journey of self love, self healing and self discovery helping them to break free from the past and create the life they deserve.  Carina delves into the concept of the Inner Child, why it matters and how we can use it to expand our lives. In this episode, we talked about... [00:30] Carina's background with holistic healing. [02:35] Carina's healing story; the impact of mental trauma on her physical health. [06:31] The greatest stress Carina has had to overcome  [14:28] A deeply traumatic childhood and her healing journey. [23:20] Understanding and Reparenting your Inner Child; the 18 stages of inner child development. [32:00] The processes clients go through to meet their inner child. [34:41] Ayurveda; the origin, 5 elements, and 3 Doshas. [43:45] Keeping balanced through Ayurveda. [48:13] Spirituality means discovering who you are, why you're here, and how to live life through a sense of purpose. [52:54] Becoming unstressable by regulating our emotions and self-soothing. And so much more...   I hope you enjoy listening to this inspiring conversation with the amazing Carina - if you did then please share it with your friends and tag us on social media! We would love to hear from you Connect with Alice At www.byalicelaw.com On IG: @alicelaw._ On TikTok: @unstressable_alice   Connect with Carina At www.carinatalla.com Reach out on Instagram @carinatalla      

A brand new season of the Unstressable podcast returns and to kick it off Alice is joined by her great friend and Co-Author Mo Gawdat, Best Selling Author of Solve For Happy & Scary Smart and Former Chief Business Officer of Google [X]. In this episode Mo and Alice discuss their new soon to be released book Unstressable - which is available for preorder now and out on 30th April in US and 9th May UK. Their mission to take 1 million people a year out of stress through their book, platform and corporate speaking engagements together. Tune in whilst we talk all about: Mo's and Alice's personal experiences and lots of valuable pieces of the book in today's conversation. Pre-order Unstressable online today and then register your receipt for the invitation to our pre-order online book launch (https://www.unstressable.com) we can't wait to see you there! Listen as we discuss:  What is takes to publish a book Our Story of Unstressable Loss and Stress Working together The Formula of Stress Limit, Learn, and Listen How do we Feel to Heal Physical Symptoms of Stress What Spiritual Stress is 8 Practices to keep you Unstressable  And more Tips to Unstress Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google[X], Host of Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat, International Best Selling Author of Solve For Happy, Scary Smart and Author of That Little Voice In Your Head and Founder of One Billion Happy. After a 30 year career in tech and serving as Chief Business officer at Google [X], Google’s moon-shot factory of innovation, Mo has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with some of the wisest people in the world.                                 In 2014, motivated by the tragic loss of his son, Ali, Mo began pouring his findings into his international best-selling book, Solve for Happy, Engineer your path to joy. His mission to help one billion people become happier #onebillionhappy, is his moonshot attempt to honour Ali by spreading the message that happiness can be learned and shared to one billion people.   Connect with us: www.unstressable.com IG: @unstressable.official   Find Mo: YouTube: @mogawdatofficial Instagram: @mo_gawdat Website: mogawdat.com   Connect with Alice: www.byalicelaw.com IG| @alicelaw._ TT| @unstressable_alice    

This episode is a special one, as I am joined by Justine Nunn, the wife of the late Alex Flynn who was a previous guest featured on episode 18 of this podcast. Alex was an extraordinary man, who I had the pleasure of interviewing in lockdown, when he wasn't travelling the world doing his extreme jaw dropping adventures. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 36 years old. Alex fought relentlessly to educate and breakdown the barriers of stigma and lack of understanding on what Parkinson’s disease is. He ran around the world raising funds and in 2021 set himself the challenge to climb Everest. Alex died of altitude sickness having completed Meera Peak, the second preparatory climb in this mission.   This episode is dedicated to his memory, in remembrance of his relentless strength, energy, and determination to achieve whatever he set his mind to, irrespective of his diagnosis. Justine describes what it was like being married to Alex and seeing him overcome his struggles with Parkinson's disease which has now inspired Justine to help families around the world by raising awareness and funds to help families living with Parkinson's Disease. For full information visit www.alexflynn.co.uk to provide practical help to families affected by Parkinson’s.   In this episode, we talked about: [02:23] How Justine and Alex met; from childhood friendship to marriage. [04:06] Alex's diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. [05:03] What it was like to be with Alex Flynn [11:35] Living with Alex and his struggles with Parkinson's disease. [16:35] Which of his adventures Justine admired the most [19:10] What she saw was the greatest challenge for him physically [20:21] A new chapter in Alex's work on Parkinson's disease awareness; the family perspective. [28:19] The reality of living with Parkinson's disease. [36:18] The best thing about being married to Alex [39:30] Grieving Alex's passing. [51:51] Staying unstressable in grief . [54:17] What Alex would of liked to be remembered for   Key Quotes: "Everybody's journey with Parkinson's is very very different"   "Parkinson's disease does not kill you; you don't die of Parkinson's disease"   "With all people living with Parkinson's, exercise and diet is key to living with this disease, as is the medication, and if you stop one, potentially, you're going to lose something else"   "Every single challenge he did was incredible but I think his biggest achievement was just to keep going"   "You can sit there and you can feel sorry for yourself or you can do something about it"   Resources Alex’s awareness campaign for Parkinson’s disease Listen to Alex’s episode on this podcast   Connect with Alice At www.lawali-life.com  On Instagram: @lawali_life    

In this episode, I sit with Britt Frank, Trauma Expert, Psychotherapist, Speaker, and Best-Selling author with her book, "The Science of Stuck". Britt Knows what it is like to be stuck and figured out how to crack the procrastination code. Her goal is to educate, empower, and equip people to transform even their most persistent and long-standing patterns of thinking and doing. Britt shares her insights on understanding trauma and its impact on our lives, particularly how it causes us to get stuck, as well as her approach to dealing with trauma so we can get unstuck. In this episode, we talked about: [01:45] How Britt became a trauma expert through her trauma. [02:28] Britt's biggest trauma; a dysfunctional childhood. [07:38] Defining trauma. [09:19] How to differentiate between minor and major traumas. [11:29] What happens with Brain Indigestion? [13:41] About comparison binary with trauma. [15:28] The mental traumas in our society today. [17:53] The impact of trauma on people's perspective of life [19:49] How do subconscious beliefs get created? [23:41] Britt's approach to healing. [27:05] What is Somatic Therapy? [34:15] Post-traumatic stress vs Post-traumatic growth. [38:37] How to build resilience as opposed to a victim mindset. [41:56] Navigating the trauma in our transition to adulthood through ritual. [46:28] Britt's favourite 3 rituals. [47:45] Is there a role of fate in our traumas to develop us into the person we are meant to be? [50:15] Being unstressable through self-understanding and honesty. Key Quotes:   "Anything that's too much, too fast, too soon, or not enough can register in your brain as trauma"   "Trauma is defined as brain indigestion"   "Pathological mental illness diagnosis is often the result of unaddressed trauma"   "There is a limit to our capacity to take in bad information; there's only so much bad news our brains will take before it's just going to shut down"   "You do not need to know your story to start healing from it"   Guest Resources  Get Britt’s book: "The Science of Stuck" On Instagram: @brittfrank www.scienceofstuck.com   Connect with Alice At www.lawali-life.com  On Instagram: @lawali_life On TikTok: @unstressable_alice                

In this episode, I am joined by the wonderful Rha Goddess, an International cultural innovator, social impact strategist, and creative change agent. Rha is the entrepreneurial soul coach behind hundreds of breakthrough changemakers, such as New York Times Best Selling Author Gabrielle Bernstein. She is the bestselling author of The Calling and CEO of her company, “Move the Crowd”, helping leaders and organizations realign their missions to be more purposeful, profitable, and impactful. Rha has this innate wisdom that exudes out of her whenever she speaks. Here she talks all about how people can start the journey to find their purpose by first reconnecting with a sense of self, and then defying societal conditioning that creates or affirms limiting beliefs.   In this episode, we talked all about; [03:26] Rha's backstory; From struggling to happiness. [08:06] How Rha managed stress at the beginning of her journey. [11:24] Rha's greatest stress; the loss of a sense of self [13:02] Staying true to yourself; 3 questions to ask. [17:03] Dharma: a means to find our purpose. [20:40] How the conditioning of painful sacrifice restricts people from their purpose. [24:35] Why does the world hold the belief that it must be hard? [27:33] Finding our purpose by grounding ourselves and starting with the little things. [34:47] How Rha discerns acting out of fear or love by understanding her body. [38:57] Learning to lean into our pain. [41:50] Peace; the absence of disease and distress in our being. [42:40] 3 phrases that help Rha move from a place of fear to love. [45:48] The greatest change the world needs today; coming home to our sense of self. [48:06] Having a deep sense of spirit from childhood. [50:31] Spirituality; the practice of acknowledging a connection to the source. [53:21] Being unstressable through a commitment to the practice of finding home in the sacred solitude of ourselves. Key Quotes: "The part of Dharma and the definition of Dharma that we don't hear a lot about, or we don't talk a lot about, is your true nature" - Rha    "The more of ourselves we become, the more naturally and innately we begin to express an alignment with what it is that we're here to offer and bring to the world" - Rha    "Success is a function of alignment" - Rha    "Somebody asked me one day, what is the biggest enemy to your purpose, and I said 'oh that's easy; distraction" - Rha    "We're only ever acting out of two places; fear or love" - Alice   "We've been taught how to think but not how to feel" - Alice   "We've been flattened; we've gone from being five-dimensional, maybe even nine-dimensional, to being one dimensional" - Rha    Resources Get Rha’s book: “The Calling” www.movethecrowd.me On Instagram: @rhagoddess   Connect with Alice At www.lawali-life.com  On Instagram: @lawali_life

In this episode Alice is joined by online fitness coach, intermittent fasting advocate and best selling author of ‘The 2 Meal Day,’ Max Lowery. Max talks us through why breaking free from the identity that is stopping us from being the best version of ourselves is the real key to achieving not only our health goals but everything we want in life. He helps busy, hard-working women reach and sustain their fat loss goals, boost their energy and transform their health, without restriction or deprivation.  In this episode we talked all about: Max’s own story of sports scholar to expulsion, excessive partying to fitness Remembering what actually made him feel happy  What gave him the confidence to follow his passion How run ins with the police were his most stressful times and drugs were where he turned to The power of non-negotiables for decreasing your stress Digital distraction v digital fasting The power of intermittent fasting The problem of men not wanting to ask for help Why the most rewarding thing is getting women out of a dieting mindset The common challenges women come up against when achieving their health goals How shifting our identities into something positive create the results we want Why fundamentally if we are not feeling confident with our body, it’s not possible to be the best version of ourselves His three-phrase approach to change Why restriction is not sustainable The power of focusing on habits and behaviours Tips for healthy weight loss habits The natural rhythms of nature and why the modern world is making us out of sync Why not having the confidence to be yourself leads us to do thing we don’t enjoy The pressure of London  And so much more... Max stumbled across intermittent fasting whilst travelling through South America and realised the power it had to burn fat, boost energy levels and banish hunger pangs. He then developed his own method known as “The 2 Meal Day” which is a fundamental part of his bespoke online plans. Using his passion for “real food” to create delicious, simple meals with a focus on nutritional content. He has trained and competed as a sprinter, run an ultra marathon, and helped thousands of people achieve their goals, both through his 2 Meal Day Community. He teaches people how to incorporate methods that reset your body to its natural state, like sleep, movement, intermittent fasting, breathing, and cold-water therapy. If you are interested in working with Max then try one of the below options.... Free Facebook Group – A community for Busy Women to connect and support each other in ending the diet cycle. Featuring 20+ hours of free video resources. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3517413998285221 or 5 Day Challenge – Learn his strategic habit formula – 5 habits, 5 days, automated the process of fat loss, for long term results. https://www.neverdietagain.uk/5-day-fat-loss-challenge   If you enjoyed listening to this episode then please share it on social media and tag us in your stories we would love to hear from you...   Find max: IG:  @max.lowery www.2mealday.com   Find Alice: IG @lawali_life www.lawali-life.com