Holistic Wellness: Exploring Ways to Wellness
Holistic Wellness: Exploring Ways to Wellness delivers alternative healing and natural wellness solutions through authentic conversations and real experiences. Perfect for curious souls seeking complementary therapies and mindful living beyond mainstream wellness advice.
Host Sarah Gorev brings you refreshingly honest chats with practitioners and real people about holistic health approaches that actually work (even for the busiest of lives). From mindfulness to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), cold water swimming to sound therapy, she's lifting the veil on evidence-based alternative approaches that can be easily incorporated and even enhance your packed schedule.
Each episode demystifies holistic practices through genuine, no-pressure conversations about what works (and maybe what doesn't). Ideal for people who are intrigued by alternative wellness and natural healing but want real experiences, not just theory. Instead of 'powering through' and reaching exhaustion and burn-out, Sarah explores how these accessible practices can help you reclaim your energy, process past experiences, and find balance - without requiring endless time or resources.
If you're open-minded about exploring holistic wellness solutions but fancy hearing real experiences before diving in, this is your weekly companion for discovering different paths to feeling good again. Join Sarah for down-to-earth conversations about alternative wellness approaches that can transform your daily life - no crystals required (unless you want them!).
Holistic Wellness: Exploring Ways to Wellness
Exploring Neurodiversity in Wellness Practices with Carle
Ever tried visualisation only to wonder what on earth everyone else is seeing when they "picture a peaceful place"? You're not alone!
In this eye-opening chat, I'm joined by the lovely Carle who reached out after our mindfulness episode to share her experience with wellness practices as someone who is neurodivergent. She discovered there's a name for the inability to visualise images in your mind – aphantasia – and it's particularly common in people with autism and ADHD.
Carle shares her journey of trying wellness techniques and feeling like she was "doing it wrong" until discovering why traditional approaches weren't clicking. From mindfulness mishaps to finding her perfect yoga-mindfulness combo, her story is both refreshing and reassuring.
We discuss:
- What aphantasia is and how it affects mindfulness practice
- Adapting wellness techniques for neurodivergent brains
- Why group settings sometimes work better than solo practice
- How short moments of stretching and breathing can be game-changers
- Introducing wellness to children with neurodiversity
Whether you struggle with visualisation or simply fancy discovering more inclusive approaches to wellness, this warm conversation reminds us that there's no "right way" to find your calm – just your way.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Carle’s children's books: www.cjgilroybooks.co.uk
Picture colour scale: https://aphantasia.com/article/strategies/think-of-a-horse/
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Today's Episode
00:48 Carle's Journey with Neurodiversity
03:17 Discovering Aphantasia
04:25 Adapting Mindfulness Practices
07:30 Yoga and Mindfulness: A Perfect Combination
23:01 The Importance of Finding the Right Instructor
24:26 Carle's Work and Final Thoughts
Thanks for listening.
