Best Carolyn Spring Podcasts (2024)

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Podcast #21 – Learning to tolerate positive emotions 34:14

1M ago34:14

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We're often used to the idea that it's hard to tolerate distressing emotions. But for many of us as trauma survivors, we can be easily triggered by positive emotions too. Good feelings can be strange, novel and frightening. When we've experienced grooming, they can appear to be the prelude to abuse. And they can feel just plain wrong! In this podca…

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Podcast #20 – How therapy transformed me 28:41

5M ago28:41

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Therapy can be, and often is, transformational. But why? I benefitted greatly from the empathy and attunement offered by my therapist, but over time I also had to adjust my expectations about how change would occur in me. I had to learn to consider what's really going on when we feel misattuned-to as well. I needed validation and acceptance, but I …

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Podcast #19 – How do we learn to trust people after trauma? 30:20

6M ago30:20

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Trust is so key for smooth human relationships, but it's also invariably damaged after we have suffered trauma, especially abuse. So how do we learn to build it again? In this episode I talk about how there aren't 'three top tips', but how it's a meticulous process of firstly learning to trust ourselves, to tune into our internal radar, and then to…

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Podcast #18 – How to keep going through challenging times (part 2) 26:12

7M ago26:12

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In this second and final part, I look at the cognitive mindsets and practical approaches I've employed to keep going even when everything in me wants to give up: because 'keeping on keeping on' matters to me, not least because by doing so, things do invariably improve.By Carolyn Spring

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Podcast #17 – How to keep going through challenging times (part 1) 26:16

8M ago26:16

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There's often nothing we can do to prevent challenging times happening – they're part of life. But when they hit, how do we keep going? In this episode (part 1 of 2), I look at the painfulness of overwhelm of trauma, the heart-cry of which is often 'There's nobody there' and the need for us, in learnable ways, to develop self-compassion.…

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Physician, heal thyself! 38:44

1+ y ago38:44

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In this 40 minute episode, I talk to Karl about his transformation from Health Anxiety to thriving with great health, and how his healing journey, through a combination of Western Medicine and Traditional Acupuncture, allowed him to become more confident in being his own physician.By Dr. Carolyn Eddleston

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Social Mindfulness: hope in a time of crisis. 39:30

2y ago39:30

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Mindfulness is a well used term now. We can all list the benefits of a regular mindfulness practice, but does it have wider impact on society? According to Mark Leonard, Social Mindfulness does. What if Mark Leonard and his evidence-based, internationally recognised programme, called Mindfulness-Based Organisational Education, MBOE could impact our…

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Spring! 12:40

2+ y ago12:40

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Our first seasonal snippet! Take 12 minutes out, pause, and come and walk with Karl and I as we explore some local Leicestershire woodlands in Spring time. We are intimately connected with the natural world, and each season has a different effect on our bodies. Recording this episode outside really brings this natural medicine to life…

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Tarzan, Jane and the couch potato! 38:44

2+ y ago38:44

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This episode explores the Yin and Yang of exercise. A very practical and informative debate covering mental health, aesthetics and potential pitfalls. How do we navigate our way through so much advice about how we should be moving. Where do we start? My guests are based in Loughborough, East Midlands UK. Jane Thomas who is a Pilates and movement co…

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Yin Yang BUSTED!! 48:52

2+ y ago48:52

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The Big Deception. Listen to Nicholas Haines blow the whole masculine feminine social construct to pieces. Prepare to be re-wired! At the moment that a universal concept such as Yin Yong is falsely misrepresented as feminine masculine, we change a culture globally, with drastic consequences. For more information about Nicholas Haines www.fiveinstit…

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Listen from your heart 32:45

3y ago32:45

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We hear people, but do we really listen? I believe that just by becoming great listeners we could change humanity for the better. Again we start with Chinese philosophy, and then broaden our discussion to wider issues related to the act of listening. Karl and I chat to Colin Smith, "The listener" one of the UK's foremost listening skills specialist…

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Podcast: #16 – Trauma needs a solution 37:04

3y ago37:04

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Trauma teaches us that we are helpless to act in the face of danger. But recovery from trauma involves learning to act, learning to take steps, learning to start to find and create the solutions. In this podcast, I talk about the symptoms of trauma and how they drive us towards a solution.By Carolyn Spring

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Podcast: #16 – Trauma needs a solution 37:03

3y ago37:03

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Trauma teaches us that we are helpless to act in the face of danger. But recovery from trauma involves learning to act, learning to take steps, learning to start to find and create the solutions. In this podcast, I talk about the symptoms of trauma and how they drive us towards a solution. This podcast is also available at: https://www.carolynsprin…

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Podcast: #15 – Trauma is not just a distressing event 28:44

3y ago28:44

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Trauma isn’t something we’re supposed to get over easily. It’s supposed to impact us. It’s supposed to change us. That’s part of why it’s so hard to shift. The problem isn’t with us. In this podcast, I talk about the impacts of trauma and how it isn’t something that we can get over easily.By Carolyn Spring

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Podcast: #15 – Trauma is not just a distressing event 28:43

3y ago28:43

28:43

Trauma isn’t something we’re supposed to get over easily. It’s supposed to impact us. It’s supposed to change us. That’s part of why it’s so hard to shift. The problem isn’t with us. In this podcast, I talk about the impacts of trauma and how it isn’t something that we can get over easily. This podcast is also available at: https://www.carolynsprin…

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Luck, Fate and Destiny! 30:20

3y ago30:20

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Luck, Fate and Destiny. In Episode 3 we invite our first guest. I chat to Andy Nairn, co-founder of the International advertising agency Lucky Generals and rated by Business Insider as one of the top 5 Creative people in world advertising. Our discussion explores the ancient concepts of Luck, Fate and Destiny, often taboo or dismissed in the west, …

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In the beginning (part 2) 26:50

3+ y ago26:50

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We go back to a time when Medicine and life were pretty basic, and most cultures were on the same track. Then something happened that separated complementary therapies from Western medicine. What? How? Why? We then investigate the philosophy that underpins Chinese Medicine, Taoism, and YinYang, and unearth some mysteries.…

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In the beginning (Part 1) 19:06

3+ y ago19:06

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In this episode, I tell the story of how I ended up sitting amongst two very different Medical worlds and have now reconciled both.By Dr. Carolyn Eddleston

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Podcast: #14 – Falling down, getting back up again: my journey over the last year 29:17

3+ y ago29:17

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Sometimes life doesn’t go to plan. In this episode, I discuss the circumstances that led me back into therapy, the return of dissociative parts of the personality, and how I'm rising again after being knocked (and literally falling) down.By Carolyn Spring

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168: Philip Folsom - on Connecting, Kinship, and Tribes 45:45

4+ y ago45:45

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Find & Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify When you consider the fact that human beings have been living in tribes and communities for the entirety of our existence, there couldn't be a more important time to talk about how to create that connection than now... in this time of distancing and isolation during the COVID19 crisis. Phi…

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167: Carolyn Freyer-Jones on Finding Certainty in Uncertainty 38:06

4+ y ago38:06

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Find & Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify A few days ago, I hopped on Zoom with Professional Life Coach and thought Leader Carolyn Freyer-Jones for the first of a new series of Facebook Live conversations. It seems like this format is really resonating with our community, even more so than my podcast, because it’s shorter, more ac…

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Podcast: #13 – Kindness is revolutionary 34:40

4+ y ago34:40

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Unkindness is rife in our society. Extreme unkindness is, in simplistic terms, called abuse. To heal from abuse, we need an abundance of kindness. But our survival-based back brain preferentially focuses on unkindness, on danger and threat. In this podcast I talk about how to retrain our front brains to focus on and notice the many kindnesses that …

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Podcast: #12 – What does recovery from trauma look like? 33:53

4+ y ago33:53

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Recovery from trauma is a journey, an orientation, a direction, not a specific location. Just head north - where you're at is less important than which direction you're headed in. In this podcast, I discuss why we can feel that recovery is impossible, how recovery perhaps doesn't look as we imagine it to, and how society needs to help with 'public …

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Podcast: #11 – Recovering from developmental trauma 42:47

4+ y ago42:47

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Recovering from trauma takes time. In this podcast, I look at how we often missed out on developmental stages during childhood, and how we have to learn what we were not in a position to learn as children - not least our ability to regulate our emotions, which isn’t a sign of character deficiency, but simply the loss of opportunity.…

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Podcast: #10 – This is my new life 36:12

4+ y ago36:12

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When we have suffered trauma and pain, our brains find it hard to experience joy. But we need to put ourselves in the right place to find joy, and we need to cultivate it. In this podcast I talk about a life-transforming trip from 2012 and how the big breakthroughs are built on the backs of daily small breakthroughs.…

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Podcast: #9 – Sunshine in December 29:06

4+ y ago29:06

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Reindeer and suncream?! Life doesn’t always appear as we expect it to. In this podcast, I talk about how trauma anticipates danger and badness, and how to develop the imagination for life to be different.By Carolyn Spring

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166: Dr. Dawn DeSylvia - How Your Beliefs About Healing Matter. Leaky Gut and Inflammation. Chelation for Heavy Metals Removal. And more... 1:16:10

5y ago1:16:10

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Available On: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify Dr. Dawn DeSylvia, MD, is a nationally recognized family medicine doctor with over 15 years of experience in Functional and Integrative Medicine. After completing her training at UCLA, Dr. DeSylvia worked at the UCLA Malibu Clinic, Santa Monica Hospital, and served on the faculty at UCLA. In 2…

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Podcast: #8 – Shame, Unshame and who you really are 31:00

5y ago31:00

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In this podcast, I talk about the crippling isolation of shame, and how to move beyond it. I talk about how shame is a survival strategy which tries to keep us from being hurt. And how, in moving towards ‘unshame’, we need to find out who we really are and live from that place of deep self-compassion.…

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165: Max Shank - On Attention, Self-Talk, and The Daily Essentials of Movement 1:40:27

5+ y ago1:40:27

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Available On: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify Max Shank is an eternal student, scientist, and artist of life and movement. Through his gym, books, videos, and online coaching programs, he helps tens of thousands of people get just a little better every day. He is a master of simplifying complex subjects and breaking them down into easy, e…

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Podcast: #7 – Can we heal? 33:24

5+ y ago33:24

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Is recovery from trauma and abuse - resulting in dissociation and even a dissociative disorder - possible? That's the subject of this podcast where I talk about the vulnerability of hoping for good things, the difference between correlation and causation, and the difference between hoping for and planning for.…

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164: Natalie Dau - Founder of Rockstar Fit App and Dailyscape.com 1:26:06

5+ y ago1:26:06

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Available On: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify Natalie Dau is the founder of the RockstarFit App and global media platform www.thedailyescape.com. She is a Reebok sponsored athlete and an ambassador for brands including ClassPass, Polar Watches, SportsSingapore and Soneva Resorts. She is a qualified trainer, a Training for Warriors coach a…

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Podcast: #6 – The therapeutic relationship 27:54

5+ y ago27:54

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Join me as I talk about how important the relationship between therapist and client is, and what factors go into making a good one.By Carolyn Spring

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Podcast: #5 – Learning to enjoy life 29:37

5+ y ago29:37

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Join me as I talk about how important I found it to discover who I am as an individual, rather than as someone trying to simply 'fit in'.By Carolyn Spring

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163: Gabby Reece - On Training with Intention, Why Context Matters, and Why You Should Be Breathing Through Your Nose 1:30:16

5+ y ago1:30:16

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Available On: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify Gabrielle Reece is a world-renowned athlete, TV personality, New York Times bestselling author, model, wife and mother. At 6’ 3” the former professional beach volleyball player, and Nike's first female spokeswoman, Gabby Reece is the definition of both athleticism and feminine beauty. Gabby’s …

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162: Dai Manuel: On Life, Leadership, And COOing Your Life 1:21:12

5+ y ago1:21:12

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Available On: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify Dai Manuel is a super dad, dating his wife and currently doing life with his family around the globe. He is also an award-winning digital thought leader and author, executive performance coach, and certified lifestyle mentor who empowers people to lead a FUN-ctionally fit life through educatio…

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161: David Meltzer: On Killing Them with Kindness and Value 1:00:28

5+ y ago1:00:28

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Available On: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify In his early 20s, David Meltzer was at the top of his game in the business world and lecturing around the globe. But despite his success, he felt that something was missing, and the multimillionaire went on a rapid downward spiral that ended in bankruptcy. It was only then that David realized,…

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Podcast: #4 – Trauma is feeling unsafe 29:07

5+ y ago29:07

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Join me as I talk about the most important things to focus on for survivors at the start of their recovery journey.By Carolyn Spring

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160: Dr. Ian Dunican: Perform Better Through Sleep 1:18:43

5+ y ago1:18:43

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Available On: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify Dr. Ian Dunican has over twenty years of international professional experience in health and safety in the military, resources sector, utilities, rail industries, and with elite sporting organisations. Ian has also been featured on the health report on ABC radio, ABC radio national and numerou…

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Podcast: #3 – Building skills 33:56

5+ y ago33:56

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Recovery from trauma isn't about 'getting over' something upsetting. It often requires building skills for managing emotions. In this podcast, I explain the process.By Carolyn Spring

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159: Dr. Sean Pastuch - Unconventional Healing Through Movement, Load, and Time 1:21:13

6y ago1:21:13

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Available On: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify Dr. Sean Pastuch is the Founder and CEO of Active Life Rx where he is on a mission to change the way Active people improve their soft tissue and joint health. Dr. Sean believes that the way to make healthcare inspiring again is to get it out of the doctor’s office and into the gym. With help f…

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