Very Well

The Unashamedly Human Podcast

Join myself and Chana Studley for an interesting discussion around our hormonal and mental health. Chana recently published her book "Very Well" that tells the story of a woman bringing up her teenage daughter on her own hormonal journey as she, personally goes through the menopausal tidal wave. It is a wonderful book that you can buy online and in bookstores NOW!!! Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Well-novel-about-hormones-ebook/dp/B0BVBQTFZZ Chana Studley is a MindBody and Wellness Coach In the early 1980s Chana survived 3 violent muggings resulting in a broken neck, fractured skull and 3 herniated discs. This was followed by 10 years of PTSD and 25 years of chronic pain. Despite this, Chana went on to have a very successful career in the entertainment business, first in London theater and then in Los Angeles working in Special Effects for big Hollywood movies. 1994 she won an Academy Award as part of the team for the movie Babe. Alongside this very successful carer Chana trained as a coach and councilor using her experience of surviving trauma to help others do the same. In between projects, she continued to work with people with trauma, addictions, relationship problems and anxiety for the next 30 years. After graduating from The One Thought Institute in 2018 she realized that her chronic back pain, IBS, and menopause symptoms had gone away! Since then she has been leading the way in pioneering work with the Mindbody Connection and a new paradigm in psychology called The Three Principles. Most recently she has been working with people with Long Covid and Hormones distress. Chana is a World Health Organization Psychological First Responder, has a Diploma in Psychology, a Diploma in Menopause awareness and is a certified Life Coach. She is also a successful author. Chana’s first book, The Myth of Low Self Esteem – a novel about PTSD, Hollywood, and healing came out in 2019 and her second, Painless, a novel about chronic pain and the Mindbody connection was published in 2021. Her latest book, Very Well, a novel about hormones, women, and why Freud was wrong, was released in 2023 and has become an Amazon #1 Bestseller.