19 // Kaitlyn Menere on how she healed Chron's with a holistic lifestyle & nervous system regulation, the importance of our brain-body connection, & why we need to focus on removing the bad habits first

Welcome back to the Optimise podcast!We are starting off 2025 with an absolute BANGER of an episode,I am joined by Jack Schroder, a health optimisation coach who is SO knowledgable when it comes to the science + mechanics of our bodies + our environments.ENJOY!!!We cover:🌞 Jack’s journey navigating his own health challenges & how he became a health optimisation coach🌞 Medications as band aid fixtures rather than getting to the root cause 🌞 What ‘redox’ is & how to optimise it 🌞 3 concepts Jack wish more people knew about or prioritised to optimise their health🌞 Optimising our light environment:The different wavelengths of the sun The detrimental effects of artificial light How we can get FREE infrared + red light therapy!🌞 How we can counteract working online &/or always being surrounded by technology & devices🌞 The most important thing you can do for your health🌞 Why we shouldn’t fear the sun🌞 What melanin is & why it’s important🌞 Vitamin D - what did we do before the supplements?🌞 How to respect the sunFollow Jack on IG hereJack's website-----🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩 🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn more

WE MADE IT! 2024 was a whirlwind for me, & in this episode I share the high's, the low's, the challenges, how I got through some really uncomfortable situations, emotions, limiting beliefs, & what my words are for 2025 🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩FREE training: "Your New Normal" - stop settling for what's not working with your health, & start prioritising what doesEnquire for 1:1 health coaching hereConnect with me on IG hereLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate-----Dijana's free 3 day Discipline training: here-----🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!

This is the PERFECT time of year to clear out those pesky drawers, the bathroom cupboard, but also our emotional & energetic environments tooIn this solo ep I go through different areas to help you declutter, reset & recharge to head into 2025 feeling CALM, clear, organised & READY for an epic year.Download the SIMPLIFY SZN checklistHappy Bum Co. Enema KitOpal 30 days free🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn more🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!

Today I am joined by Kate Morris, an absolute legend in the health, fitness, nutrition & business world (& my current business coach!)Kate is a nutritionist & personal trainer who blew up in 2020 when forced to grow her business ONLINE, with over 400 people on the waitlist to work with Kate building their dream bods in a sustainable way & now has helped over 1000 women 🔥This is a FAB chat where we cover:⚡️ The importance of nailing the foundations of health first⚡️ Common mistakes that keep people from achieving their goals or staying “stuck”⚡️ Kate’s opinion on “daily steps”⚡️ Advice for those that wanna get hotter in 2025⚡️ The Non Negotiation Policy⚡️ Getting sick of your own 💩⚡️ Importance of weight training outside of how you look⚡️ Kate’s non negotiable to optimise her health + why ⚡️ Thoughts on Xmas + “silly season” + what to remember to navigate this time⚡️ An alternative to “New Years Resolutions”⚡️ Kate’s ins & outs for 2025⚡️ Importance of eating enough especially as women⚡️ Last words of advice for you heading in to 2025---------Find Kate here:PTBusiness🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn more🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!

If you love a bit of woo woo & learning more about the stars & the skies, then you will LOVE this ep!I am joined by my own holistic psychologist & intuitive astrologer, Rhianna Jade.Rhianna has helped me SO incredibly much over the last few years navigating through mental health + mindset challenges, uncomfortable emotions + it is so beautiful how she incorporates the psychology side of things, with what's going on in the sky & for us as an individual. Powerful!!Find Rhianna hereWe cover:✨ How Rhianna became a holistic psychologist AND intuitive astrologer & how she intertwines the two✨ What is holistic psychology & what is intuitive astrology ✨ What Rhianna loves most about astrology & how it can help us optimise our life or ourselves✨ A simple place to start if you want to start learning more about your own astrology ✨ What is happening in the sky right now we can be aware of✨ How retrogrades can actually serve us ✨ The importance of slowing down & allowing rest ✨ Rhianna’s favourite practices to support our mental health & nervous system & WHY we want to ✨ How to navigate uncomfortable feelings & emotions✨ I share a tactic that works so well for me!!✨ Ways Rhianna loves to optimise her mind, body & soul------Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn moreWatch my FREE 2 day training here🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag @iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!

REGISTER FOR YOUR NEW NORMAL 2 day free training here⚡️Join me for a lil solo ep this week talking about a theme that has been coming up alot lately in my world.. which is normalising or getting used to certain behaviours, unhealthy habits, symptoms that our body is whispering to us... becoming AWARE & consious of these.. but then CHOOSING different.Making a CONSCIOUS choice to do better, feel better, BE better.I share my own journey & struggles over the years with bloating, breakouts, anxiety, stress, using food for comfort, weight gain.. & what helped me to decide to create a NEW NORMAL for myself & feel WAY BETTER Without awareness, we have nothing.. but without CHOOSING DIFFERENT.. what's the point?JOIN ME FOR YOUR NEW NORMAL:A 2 day free training ALL about this, to help you stop settling for what’s not working with your health & start prioritising what does.Dec 4+5, 530pm QLD REGISTER HERE! 🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩Get 30 days of Opal (lifechanging) free here ------Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn more

YES YUM hello you are in for another absolute treat with this episode!!! Kaitlyn Menere is a holistic psychotherapist who has been on her own journey with navigating grief, the big C lockdowns, turning to partying & alcohol to numb her emotions & get through, to having a HOLY SHIT what am I doing moment.. a career change at 29, and now absolutely thriving & making such a phenomenal impact in this world We cover:⚡️ Kaitlyn's daily non negotiable to optimise her self⚡️ The nervous system in simple terms⚡️ How to become more aware of signs & symptoms of dysregulation& what ISN’T normal with your nervous system⚡️ How chronic states of stress create dis-ease in the body⚡️ Why we need to be spending LESS time on our phones for ourselves & our nervous system⚡️ The importance of seeing our brain & body connected as one⚡️ Why you need to LISTEN to what your body is whispering to before it starts screaming⚡️ A typical day in Kaitlyn’s life to support her well-being & nervous systemFIND KAITLYN HERE: @kaitlynmenerethe book I mentioned & couldn't remember 🤣Dying to Be Me🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn more🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag @iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!

You are in for another treat my angels!!Today we have Amy Mason on the pod who is an emotional regulation coach who has been through her own journey of being "a bit of an asshole" (her words 🤣) & extremely reactive & quite an angry human, to having an "oh it's me, I'M the problem" moment.. & taking responsibility for her emotional state & how that affected the people around her, & her self!What we cover:✨ What emotional regulation is & why it’s important✨ How we can create more self awareness + start taking responsibility for our emotional state✨ Signs we are emotionally dysregulated & what we can do about it✨ Why our breath is the foundation for everything ✨ How to breathe correctly & why✨ What dysfunctional breathing looks like & the negative effects it has on us ✨ Why taking a deep breath when you are in a stressed state could be MORE harmful than good, & what to do instead✨ The one simple practice to start implementing today to regulate your nervous system & emotional state✨ What to do if you struggle with “meditation”Find Amy on IG here🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩 🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn more

Today's ep I am joined by my beautiful friend, Chani Thompson 🌙Chan is an amazing human, mama, business energetics coach + author who helps entrepreneurs revolutionise how they create the business of their dreams through mindset, energetics, astrology & strategy.In this episode we talk about:🌙 How Chan got into astrology, human design, & the journey she needed to go on (including becoming a mama!) & the challenges she needed to navigate, to now help other women create the life & business of their dreams 🌙 What astrology is, what exactly our birth charts are & why they are important & powerful in helping us deeply understand & align with who we are & optimise our true self & purpose🌙 She reads aspects of my chart & explains what they represent, so you can start to identify yours too!🌙 Why I was just MEANT to have a podcast!!! To teach, to use my voice & shine light on topics & concepts 🌙 My north node which represents my life purpose & the lessons I’m here to learn🌙 My midhaven which represents my public reputation, career & where I put my mark in the world & legacy - the professional path to bring you the most fulfilment 🌙 My Venus placement - what I value, what brings my joy, pleasure, where I find beauty in life & how I experience connection & fulfilment 🌙 My 5th house which is all about fun, creativity, pleasure, romance, & how we express joy & create meaningful experiences 🌙 What chan loves to do to optimise her mind, body & soul🌙 Chan’s advice to those feeling lost, challenged or unfulfilled  -----------Tutorial on how to download your natal chart: hereThe Stars Within You, a free 2 hour workshop on using astrology to build the business of your dreams: here Reports and Readings with Chani: hereBuy Chani's book, The Alchemy Blueprint: hereWork with Chani inside Alchemy, her 16 week mastermind: hereChan's IG: @chanipeach🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn more

In today's ep I speak about my recent little head cold I got & how my mindset around getting sick has changed, how I supported my self naturally to recover, rest, & allow my body to do it's thing!!! Here is the post I did around what was helping me get through it-------🍫 Nourish Hub Ceremonial Cacao - use SOPHIEKATE10 to save $🍒 Check out Juice Plus - game changer for my immune system & overall health (& you can get free gummy versions for kids, send me a DM on insta to learn more!)🎧✨🍋⚡️🌞🪩Connect with me:IG: @iamsophiekateLinks: https://msha.ke/iamsophiekate 🪩 If you loved this ep + are enjoying the pod - please make sure to follow so you don’t miss out on any of the delicious episodes coming up 😍⚡️ If you feel called - share to your IG stories & tag iamsophiekate🌞 AND, it would mean the absolute world if you rated & reviewed, I love any feedback + want to make this better for all of you trusting me in your earholes!🍒 Wanting support with your health holistically?1:1 holistic health coaching + mentorship available - dm me on IG to learn more