Best Patricia Worby Podcasts (2024)

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Working with Emotion | The Influence of Virginia Satir in Healing Relationships and Life 25:52

22d ago25:52

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Psychotherapist Virginia Satir (1916 - 1988) remains one of the most influential family therapists there have ever been but she is virtually unknown now outside of psychology. She taught the importance of feelings over thoughts and blew the current understanding and practice out the water with her emphasis on safe emotional connection and the reaso…

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How to Change your Mind | Book Review of Michael Pollan's The New Science of Psychedelics 20:13

22d ago20:13

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In this audio I describe this ground-breaking information on how to heal with psychedelics from the book How to Change your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics by Michael Pollan. The article I mention By Robin Carhart-Harris on The Entropic Brain on psychedelics is here https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00020/full 00:00 Intr…

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Anxiety is not a sickness it's a back brain threat reaction - How to soothe and heal 22:15

1M ago22:15

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Anxiety is not a disease in the sense that doctors describe. It is a message from the body that something in your environment feels unsafe. For original article I'm commenting on go here. https://www.carolynspring.com/blog/six-steps-to-managing-anxiety/ 00:00 Intro - everyday trauma impacts the mind to create a sense of unsafety which can be easily…

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Enhancing Energy Metabolism | Is Methylene Blue the Magic Bullet for Chronic Neurological Diseases? 35:37

2M ago35:37

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A new 'Magic Bullet' that few people know about (including your doctor!) ... The importance of Methylene Blue and how it might transform human health particularly in areas of low oxygen delivery (fatigue states, depression and neurological damage). Check out the original recording with Dr Gonalez-Lima on https://deeprootsathome.com/methylene-blue-m…

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Biopsychosocial Healing - The Importance of MindBody Unity. Update on MethyleneBlue and Hormone Harmony 13:19

2M ago13:19

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Healing needs the body AND the mind to be engaged with a multifactorial approach. Modern medicine ignores this and concentrates on a single solution which often creates unwanted side effects. Using a biospsychosocial approach makes much more sense. Find out how to take back control of your health. Includes updates on Methylene Blue and Hormone Harm…

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Finding Joy and Meaning through Community - Book Review - The Road to Character by David Brooks 15:02

3M ago15:02

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Here i am reviewing and interpreting the book The Road to Character by David Brooks. How we find meaning and authentic expression in life is not through avoiding suffering but how we deal with our subsequent demise. Whether through illness or other struggles we all need eachother to help pick ourselves up and make the world a better place. 00:00 In…

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The Stamets Protocol - Microdosing Psylocibin and how Mushrooms May Yet Save the World 16:30

3M ago16:30

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My journey with microdosing and how therapeutic doses help heal our relationship with ourselves and Nature. Please note to date drug laws prevent me talking about sourcing. See Paul's 2023 update on his 2009 talk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qry8K7KPHIQ If you'd like to start with the original go here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV…

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Microdosing 2 - Enhancing your Meaning and Sense of Belonging to Matter in a Disconnected World 28:22

3M ago28:22

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Update on week 2 in the microdosing experiment with psilocybin PLUS a discussion of 'The Psychological Drivers of the Metacrisis' with Iain McGilchrist, Daniel Schmachtenberger and John Vervaeke. In this video I discuss my changing experiential awareness when on microdoses of psyilocybin and how it enhances productivity. As part of my ongoing journ…

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Microdosing Journey 3 - Nature Connectedness and Hope for a Healed World - How Fungi Change your Mind 14:03

3M ago14:03

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In this update into week 4 of my journey I notice not only the sensory changes but also perceptive ones. Feeling part of something bigger.... find out how it's affected me and what I'm learning as part of this journey. Week 4 of psilocybin microdosing. 00:00 Intro to microdosing 01:00 Awareness of our imminent planetary extinction but with hope for…

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Microdosing Journey 4 - Making Connections and Community 18:27

3M ago18:27

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In this update into week 6 of my psilocybin microdosing journey I notice how I am revisiting lessons from the past, investigating A Course in Miracles (doing the workbook) and changing my practice to be more empathic. As part of my learning I am researching mushrooms and their uses. I refer you to the excellent film on the subject Fantastic Fungi. …

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My Microdosing Journey 5 - Week 8 of Psilocybin mushrooms. Surprising Findings.... 15:51

3M ago15:51

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I describe the ongoing surprising revelations in this week 8 video from a holistic therapeutic perspective. Coming to a break point it's time to assimilate the learning. Some surprising conclusions in this healing journey of a middle-aged psychonaut.. Stamets stack protocol with niacin (vitamin B3) and Lion's Mane Named after Paul Stamets. See this…

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How Empaths Struggle with People Pleasing - why we do it and how to change 11:34

3M ago11:34

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How empaths (highly sensitive people) become people pleasers who fail to get their emotional needs met. The roots lie in childhood attachment. How you can change this pattern. 00:00 Intro and why most of my clients are empaths/ HSPs 01:46 Trauma is difficult to process in childhood - and needs a grounded parent to allow emotions 02:50 Beliefs drive…

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The Value of using EMDR in releasing Birth Trauma 19:40

3M ago19:40

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Here I look at Birth Trauma and how it affects everyone (not just women who give birth!). Birth is the single most important event in everyone's life and how it happens determines the quality of our lives - especially in the area of health and wellbeing. It shapes the understanding of ourselves and our relationship with others. If it is traumatic i…

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Putting back the Soul into Medicine - the promise of psychedelics and plant medicines 20:30

5M ago20:30

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Bringing back the soul into medicine - how modern medicine has lost its soul and creates all sorts of negative results which are bankrupting the healthcare profession both monetarily and in terms of doctor's purpose and meaning. But plant medicine offers a way to bring that back and may yet overturn the current biomedical machine to create true hea…

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The Genie in your Genes by Dawson Church - Book Review and Summary 18:57

5M ago18:57

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In this first part of my Book Review I look at 'The Genie in your Genes' by Dawson Church, PhD. I look at how ground-breaking this book was (2007, rev 2009) and how it was so far ahead of its time in teaching us about how your environment (the thoughts you think, the emotions you feel - or don't allow yourself to feel) all get buried in your body c…

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The Genie in your Genes 2 - Book Review and Summary Continued. Genius Book! 26:47

5M ago26:47

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In this follow up to my review of the classic book The Genie in your Genes by Dawson Church, I describe the innovations in energetic medicine interventions. the last 6 chapters of the book cover comprehensively a new approach to healing outside the conventional medical paradigm and propose new solutions which are less expensive and more fundamental…

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Empaths and Clairvoyance - Is it just High Sensitivity & the Pineal Gland? Nicky Alan's supreme gift 14:37

5M ago14:37

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I talk about how Empaths at the extreme end of high sensitivity may have the gift of clairvoyance. Whether you think it's a scam or not, there are examples of people who do this for a living and also help the police (unofficially) to solve murders. I use the example of famous medium Nicky Alen whose family have had extraordinary abilities. How does…

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What Creates a Long Life? - Healing Attachment Wounds 0:43

7M ago0:43

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In this podcast I talk about attachment wounding (failure of bonding with caregivers) and why and how it shortens your life, as we saw last week with singer Sinead O'Connor dying in her late 50s. This may happen for many different reasons: birth trauma, having a mum who is herself traumatised or with post-natal depression or being separated shortly…

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Book Review - Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig 14:58

7M ago14:58

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In this book review of Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig, I take you through what I learned of Matt's battle with anxiety and panic attacks and my view of his advice. This is an easy accessible book which I highly recommend. I covered many of the topics included in my latest book The Highly Sensitive Handbook just out now.https://amzn.to/3sira…

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A New Paradigm of Health - How the Mind and Body can be Harnessed and You can be Empowered to Heal 15:22

7M ago15:22

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In this podcast - one of the most important I've ever recorded - I discuss the difference in the conventional medical approach and the more complementary/holistic view to health and healing 00:00 - Intro to the New Biology in healthcare 01:00 - body as a machine v.s a holistic systems view of mindbody on a spectrum of health 03:00 - disease is rand…

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Why the Vagus Nerve(s) May be the Answer to Why Chronic Disease Strikes 14:30

7M ago14:30

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In this podcast I cover the latest research that links imbalance in the ventral vagus nerve (innervation of the head and neck) with chronic inflammation throughout the body. We know that most disease has inflammation at its core - anxiety, depression, arthritis, heart disease, and even auto-immunity are all linked to the imbalance of this important…

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The Highly Sensitive Handbook - How Sensory Processing Sensitivity & Childhood Trauma Hijacks Health 16:00

7M ago16:00

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In this podcast I talk about the recent publication of my book The Highly Sensitive Handbook - How Sensory Processing Sensitivity & Childhood Trauma Hijacks Your Health, I go through the information in the book and why it's a must buy for ANYONE who thinks they may be highly sensitive or lives with one! This is NOT another highly sensitive person b…

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The Cell Danger Response - the Missing Link to Chronic Illness 19:20

7M ago19:20

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In this presentation as part of my community group sessions each month (join in here), I talk about the importance of the Cell Danger Response and why it is so key as to how people get stuck in chronic disease states. Based on the work of Robert Naviaux which you can access here https://naviauxlab.ucsd.edu/ or a simplified article with the diagrams…

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The Tyranny of Thinking 12:37

7M ago12:37

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The Tyranny of Thinking - How Overthinking Exacerbates Symptoms in Chronic Illness. The thinking (cognitive) parts of our brain are extraordinary problem solvers but what happens when the thinking is part of the problem? In this podcast as part of my weekly updates on matters related to Emotional Health and Healing, I discuss The Tyranny of Thinkin…

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Inflammation in Public Discourse - Polarization and Verbal Attack Online 9:13

7M ago9:13

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In this podcast I discuss 'verbal inflammation in public discourse' - a term coined by Zach Bush which I loved. It is especially prevalent on social media where many people are completely anonymous or under pseudonyms. This type of inflammation gets its name from the effect of having an injury to the body and the redness and heat that follows - but…

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Transforming Trauma, an Athlete's Tale - Finding Wholeness with Sports Nutritionist Drew Mulvey. 34:58

7M ago34:58

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In this conversation with former Division 1 diver and now Integrative Sports Nutritionist Drew Mulvey, we look at how her past experiences of bullying and over-training affected her view of herself to create disordered eating resulting in burnout and a series of health diagnoses that left her feeling like she was completely outside the bell curve o…

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Reclaim Your Emotional Equilibrium: Interview by The Serene Lawyer on HOW to Enhance your Resilience 56:59

10M ago56:59

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Find out how to reclaim your emotional equilibrium in this fascinating and practical talk where I demonstrate exactly why this happens and HOW to rebalance your brain and nervous system with somatic (body-based) interventions YOU CAN DO ANYWHERE. In this video interview by The Serene Lawyer, Doris Goodenough, I talk about Emotional Resilience and a…

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Why Anxiety is Not a Mind Issue: How Emotional Trauma Gets Stored in the Body and How to Heal it! 9:29

10M ago9:29

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Did you know that anxiety, pain and fatigue are caused by implicit memories stored in the body from childhood? Whenever you were overwhelmed when young and couldn't process your emotions, that alarm signal gets stored in the body as an unconscious memory of threat that continues to trigger your autonomic nervous system. So, to heal your symptoms yo…

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How Trauma/ Adverse Childhood Experience or ACEs - Determine Physical Health and Cause Disease 12:17

10M ago12:17

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In this audio I discuss the importance of trauma/ Adverse Childhood Experience/ACEs to mental and emotional health. I describe what ACE's are and how they are the unresolved traumas that happen even in ordinary childhoods that eventually cause physical problems later on in life. 0:00 Intro 0:41 PTSD symptoms 01:22 ACE studies 03:19 trauma in the av…

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How EMDR Works & Real Life Case Study of Birth Trauma Resolution | Life-Changing Trauma Therapy 10:53

10M ago10:53

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In this audio I discuss how EMDR works and could help you recover from childhood trauma including early experiences you won't remember such as peri-natal trauma. I talk about why Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing works well with birth trauma and other common experiences that cause medically unexplained symptoms like anxiety, heart palpi…

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EMDR and Birth Trauma - extended edition 14:52

10M ago14:52

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In this extended video (unique to my podcast) I go into more detail about how Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) works not only to help people recover from one-off childhood traumas like abuse but also early experiences you won't remember such as birth and perinatal trauma. I talk about why EMDR works well with birth trauma and ot…

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Microdosing Iboga Week 5 - My Middle Aged Microdsing Journey 7:11

10M ago7:11

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In this week 5 audio of my microdosing journey, we see that a surprising change has occurred that I hadn't expected at all.... As a middle aged woman and therapist my experience may be different from many of the microdosing YouTubers out there and I wanted to give my perspective. 0:00 intro 0:18 random dreams 00:48 weight loss 01:32 fat storage fun…

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The Truth about Unwanted Weight Gain - it's not about lack of willpower! 12:37

10M ago12:37

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In The Truth about Unwanted Weight Gain I blow the lid off why people gain weight- and it's not about lack of willpower or a personal failing. Often it is chronic unremiting stress - much of this from your past experience. I am a former scientific researcher, and now naturopath and somatic trauma therapist and I'm here to help you find out why and …

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Microdosing Iboga Week 6 - My Middle-aged Microdosing Journey comes to an end 13:05

10M ago13:05

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In this final week of my microdosing journey I look at the lessons learned over the 6 weeks as well as an incredible lucid dream I had which illuminated very clearly the over-riding lesson of this plant medicine . As a middle aged woman and therapist my experience may be different from many of the microdosing YouTubers out there and I wanted to giv…

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A New Approach to Eating Disorders - healing the unsafe emotions that lie underneath 14:52

10M ago14:52

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In this New Approach to Eating Disorders I tackle the important subject of Disordered Eating. The problem isn't about the food, interestingly. Eating is the way that the craving brain tries to create a distraction (a form of dissociation) to the problem of unresolved emotions - ones that are not able to be safety from childhood. For more on this se…

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The Real Reason you get Migraine and why pills aren't the answer 12:57

10M ago12:57

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If you suffer with migraines, this podcast is for you! With background as a research scientist and a PhD in Somatic Trauma Release, I talk about WHY you get migraines and the real reason why pills and medicines are not the solution. Pills do not tackle the root cause which is to do with inflammation caused by: stress, gut dysbiosis, toxins and your…

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Microdosing Iboga Week 4 - My Middle-aged Journey to Healing Anxiety - with surprising symptoms! 11:07

11M ago11:07

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In this week 4 recording of my microdosing journey, we see that great changes have occurred and have been affecting me physically. As a middle aged woman and therapist, my experience may be different from many of the microdosing bloggers out there and I wanted to give my perspective. 0:00 intro 0:15 gut issues 01:00 why now? the terrain and suscept…

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The Epigenetic Matrix - the hidden control factor that turns on our genes - it's in our guts! 13:42

11M ago13:42

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Find out what drives our DNA to turn on and off. The hidden factor in each of us that controls our genetic blueprint to be read - and it's something that all of us have but many of us are unaware of - our microbiome. Please if you like my podcast Buy me a coffee here: https://bmc.link/patriciawoE watch a related video on Youtube: HOW YOUR GUT TALKS…

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Microdosing Iboga Week 3 - My middle-aged Healing Journey 11:33

11M ago11:33

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An update from week 3 of my microdosing journey - this has been less eventful but still interesting. Find out why I started this journey and what I hoped to achieve. You always need a question when working with 'the wood'. The question I am asking is - what do I need to let go of? I work in the mental health field helping people overcome anxiety. 0…

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Identity Crisis | Finding Belonging through Challenge 17:06

12M ago17:06

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How do you identify? What's in a label anyhow? in this 20 minute video I talk about the nature of identity and how it is constructed. Many of us face an identity crisis at some point in our lives and finding belonging can be difficult. Throughout this video we discuss the idea that identity is fluid and may change over time but we may hold onto it …

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How your Gut talks to your Brain - the Secret of health and The Mystery of Psycho-Neuro-Immunology 11:43

12M ago11:43

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Discover How your Gut talks to your Brain - The Mystery of Psycho Neuro Immunology. In this 11 min audio we see that more information comes to your brain from your gut than vice versa, and together with the messages from the microbiome (the microbes that live in and on you) convey your state of health. But most people have no idea how to read their…

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Microdosing Iboga Week 2 - My Middle-aged Healing Journey with Iboga 19:55

12M ago19:55

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The second video on my personal microdosing journey tells it like it is. The ups and the downs, the highs and the lows. Please note this my personal opinion and journey and does not reflect my professional work or the recommendations I make to clients. Here's the first video if you missed it.https://youtu.be/v9xcBI4748k *If you're suffering from Ch…

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Micro-dosing Iboga : Week 1 Iboga journey of 60 days using the Fadiman Protocol 11:03

12M ago11:03

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This is my personal journey with microdosing Iboga. Week 1 (Day 1). My first dose is 0.125mg (not micrograms as I incorrectly said). That's about a 20th of a standard dose to be hallucinogenic. The idea with microdosing is to be able to function normally but be perhaps more focussed and creative, and perhaps to release fears and feel more grounded …

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Growth and Learning through Adversity - emotional imprints in the body create chronic illness 17:06

12M ago17:06

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In this 16 min talk I cover how we as humans often learn through adversity - especially if we get ill in some way via chronic anxiety/depression or physical illness. But often our responses are scripted by past emotional experiences which teach us who we are and therefore limit our beliefs about ourselves and thus our behaviours. This can cause us …

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Identity crisis - finding belonging 18:07

1y ago18:07

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How do you identify? What's in a label anyhow? in this 20 mins video I talk about the nature of identity and how it is constructed. We see that identity is fluid and may change over time but we may hold onto it long after its value is gone. 01:00 belonging as the driver to identity 01:35 growing up as an outsider 02:35 shame around sexuality 03:03 …

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The Value of Diagnosis 23:56

1y ago23:56

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In this 23 min audio I talk about the value or not or diagnosis for a condition. Whether a mental or physical health condition people often hang on to a diagnosis but holistic medicine sees things differently. 1:00 meaning and etymology of word dia-gnosis 2:08 knowing as feeling via the body 3:19 chronic (longterm) conditions are different 3:58 how…

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Crypto Challenges and Benefits - an Update 18:37

1y ago18:37

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An update on my travels in the crypto space in the last 6 months. It's been a mixed bag of ups and downs (but mostly ups) due no doubt to the general turbulence in the market. In order here are the subjects I cover: 00:50 My interest in blockchain 03:00 The effect of covid on financial security 03:00 Central digital currency concerns 04:50 Getting …

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The Mystery of Numbers: Universal Patterning and Geometry of Life 19:12

1y ago19:12

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In this talk I describe my latest book The Mystery Of Number: A Universal Pattern Language and Geometry of Life. See Chapters for images included in the video or watch on Youtube. https://youtu.be/PU-uajmouIk 4:29 Why I wrote the book 5:00 How number underlies reality that we perceive 5:55 The 'Barnsley Fern' - an artificial fractal 7:02 Examples o…

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Understanding high sensitivity - what to do as a highly sensitive person in a neurotypical world 12:26

1y ago12:26

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In this short 12 min talk I introduce an understanding of high sensitivity (HSP or Sensory Processing Sensitivity) as a trait and why it can lead to much anxiety and suffering in a neurotypical world. Come join my community of highly sensitive people - the Community Sessions run each month where we learn and support understanding in a supportive en…

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Nurturing the Sensitive Child 10:40

1y ago10:40

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In this short 10 minute discussion I talk about the cardinal signs of a sensitive child and how this is not to be viewed as a problem but one in which with the right nurturing care, the child can thrive. Find out what you can do to help your child or indeed yourself if you are sensitive to thrive in this world. Find Elaine Aron's book The Sensitive…

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