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We talk to actor, conscious DJ and breathwork facilitator Luisa Bradshaw-White, live at The Big Retreat Festival. Best known for her roles in This Life, Eastenders, Bad Girls and Holby City, Luisa talks to us about one of her big passions – ecstatic dance, as well as her relationship with her mental health, breathwork and how she finds her happy. Also, don't miss Gwen and Kate reporting back from the festival straight after taking part in one of Luisa's ecstatic dance workshops and cacao ceremonies... let's just say they went in deep! You can find out more about Luisa's ecstatic dance sessions and her breathwork on her Instagram page @officiallulubw. Thank you to our team:Music - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances George If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you! Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content from as little as £3 p/month at:  Right Up My Podcast is creating Podcasts to make you feel good | Patreon

We talk to Semra Haksever, AKA Mama Moon, about everyday rituals and spells and how we can all bring a bit of magic into our lives. Semra describes herself as an eclectic witch, intuitive, healer and empath. She shows us how even the simplest act can be a ritual to bring focus into your day, if done with the right intention. She also shares her knowledge of different herbs and how you can use them in your own home, as well as guiding us through a love ritual. Plus, join in with Gwen and Kate as they take a test to see if they might be white witches too! Semra runs the Mama Moon Emporium in London. You can find out more about the work she does at https://www.mamamooncandles.com/ Check out the range of books that she has written at https://www.mamamooncandles.com/books Thank you to our team...Editing help - Pammy MuirMusic - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances George If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you! Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content from as little as £3 p/month at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

We talk to Emma Mumford about the Law of Attraction and manifesting, exploring how to turn our dreams into reality. Emma is the UK’s leading Law of Attraction expert. She's also an award-winning life coach and best selling author (Spiritual Queen, 2019 No. 1 best-selling book on Amazon). She has her own podcast called ‘Spiritual Queen’s Badass Podcast’ and has been featured on This Morning, BBC Radio 2 and a multitude of other places. Gwen and Kate then put Emma's advice from her book Positively Wealthy into practice and share their no less than life-changing results. You can find out more about Emma here: https://emmamumford.co.uk/ Books: https://emmamumford.co.uk/positivelywealthy/ Courses: https://emmamumford.co.uk/courses-2/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-hFhNRH28hp1TfAYburpw Thank you to our team...Music - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances George If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you! Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content from as little as £3 p/month at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

We talk to Dr Pamela Kryskow about the research she and her team are doing into the use of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of PTSD, anxiety, depression, addiction and much more.Pamela is a Canadian doctor who specialises in psychedelic medicine, mental health and chronic pain. She is a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia and a founding board member of the Canadian Psychedelic Association. In addition, she is involved in the largest ongoing microdosing study to date, Microdose.me We learn about clinical trials, the successes and challenges, the rise in popularity of microdosing and how in actual fact, we've been doing this since we started walking this earth.  Thank you to our team...Music - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you!Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

We talk to journalist Emma Howarth about her book 'A Year of Mystical Thinking' – an account of the year that changed her life, where she explored the power of vision boarding,  sound baths, spirit guides, rituals, mediation, tarot, oracle cards, crystals, astrology & manifestations...to name just a few.Emma shares with us her experiences, and sets us and the listener a challenge to kick start our magical year. Kate also goes on a surreal journey to find her spirit guide and Gwen gets serious about her new moon intentions.  To find out more about Emma and her book head to https://mysticalthinking.com/Thank you to our team...Music - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you!Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

Rediscover the lost art of letter writing. But not any old letter... this episode we are exploring the world of smutty letter writing. Why? Because it's FUN! We are joined by Rosy Pendlebaby, who runs smutty letter writing workshops around the country and is on a mission to make us all fall in love with letter writing again. Rosy also sets us, and you the listener, a letter-writing challenge... so have your pen and paper at the ready and get ready to pass on the joy (via the post) to your lover, ex, friend or yourself! If you're interested in finding out more about Rosy and her Smutty Letter writing workshops, head to: https://www.facebook.com/RevoltingArtsClubAt the start of the episode we also mention this following Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/01/marginal-gains-100-ways-to-improve-your-life-without-really-tryingWARNING: this episode contains a fair bit of smut. Perhaps protect from small ears.Thank you to our team...Editing help - Andrew TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you!Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

Which apps are your weakness? Instagram, WhatsApp, dating apps? ALL of them? If you've ever lost precious time to your smartphone that could been spent doing something better, or even doing nothing at all, then this episode's for you.We talk to cyberpyschology expert, Daria Kuss, about smartphone addiction. We discuss what happens to our brains when we're on our smartphones, why too much time on them can become a problem and how we can change our habits and relationship with our phones (hopefully) for good!In a bid to break their own bad phone habits, Gwen takes on some of Daria's top tips and Kate tries out Catherine Price's 3-day Phone Break-Up Challenge and reports back with a bevy of handy tricks. If you're interested in finding out more about Daria, she has written the following books:The Oxford Handbook of Cyberpsychology (2019): https://global.oup.com/weacademic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-cyberpsychology-9780198812746?cc=gb&lang=en&Internet addiction - Advances in psychotherapy (2019): https://us.hogrefe.com/shop/internet-addiction-76323.htmlYou are invited to contact her with any questions related to smartphone addiction at daria.kuss@ntu.ac.ukCatherine Price's 3-day Phone Break-Up Challenge: https://www.screenlifebalance.com/courses/3-day-phone-breakup-challenge?mc_cid=e537ecc888&mc_eid=837a6b573aThank you to our team...Music - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you!Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

We talk to women's health expert and registered nutritionist, Emma Bardwell, about perimenopause – a hot topic that despite getting an increased amount of media attention, still leaves many women with a lot of unanswered questions. Emma takes an evidence-based, no-nonsense approach to demystifying the perimenopause. We talk all things HRT, nutrition, lifestyle, exercise & sex, debunking myths left, right and centre. This week we get practical in the try it out section! And Gwen shares her experience of how, armed with this new knowledge, she visited her GP to start HRT.  You can find out more about Emma and her work here: https://www.emmabardwell.com/Her excellent book 'The Perimenopause Solution: Take control of your hormones before they take control of you', is available at all good book stores. Emma refers to the following in our chat:The XX Brain: https://www.thexxbrain.com/Jo Divine: https://www.instagram.com/jo.divine/Greene Climacteric Scale: https://www.mymenopausecentre.com/gp-resources/what-is-the-greene-climacteric-scale/Thank you to our team...Editor - Pammy MuirMusic - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeIf you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. Thank you!Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

Have you ever failed at something? Of course you have, we all have! So in this episode we celebrate all things to do with failure. We speak to coach and mentor, Rebecca Hartnell, about how to work with failure, rather than be paralysed by it or by the fear of it. This leads us on to a wider chat about trusting our inner voice, grasping gratitudes and retraining our brains to find the gold in things that didn't go right the first time.Head to our Patreon page for a reminder of the questions that Rebecca suggests we ask ourselves when faced with failure. Plus, the resilience-building challenge that she set us: https://www.patreon.com/posts/celebrating-58851722?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshareIf you'd like to find out more about Rebecca and her coaching work, go to https://daemoncareercoach.co.uk/Music - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeJoin the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

We talk to psychotherapist and relationships expert, Charisse Cooke, about how to be better listeners. And double whammy, we also learn about how we can communicate in a way that makes you feel like you're being heard. Some times we get it right, some times we don't, but it's fair to say that Charisse's incredible tips have definitely made both of us think about the way we chat and how we can do it better.You can find out more about Charisse at https://charissecooke.com/Plus, don't miss her on instagram https://www.instagram.com/thecharissecooke/Share Francis Bourgeois trainspotting JOY: https://www.instagram.com/francis_bourgeois43/Content Editor - Pammy MuirMusic - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeJoin the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

We kick off Series 3 with a shot of adrenaline, looking at why adventure is so important to our wellbeing. And luckily for us, we’re not (only) talking about climbing Everest here, but rather shaking things up, breaking our routines, pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and expanding what we see as possible for ourselves.We’re joined by explorer and author of the book Adventure Revolution, Belinda Kirk, who has spent the last 20 years researching the powerful impact of bringing a bit more adventure into our lives, what it does to our brains and how it positively impacts us in so many ways.You can find out more about Belinda, her book 'Adventure Revolution' and the work she does at https://www.belindakirk.com/Content Editor - Liv LawsonMusic - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances GeorgeJoin the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

In our final episode this season, we talk with psychotherapist Matthew Bowes about dream interpretation. We discuss why we dream and why it's such an important process. We also talk about what our dreams mean and how we can use them to process emotions and events in our life. Ever wondered why your dreams are so surreal and often hard to remember? We've got the answers here! You can find out more about Matthew and the work he does at:  http://matthewbowespsychotherapy.co.uk/dream-interpreter/ He is also on Twitter: MatBowesTherapy Editor - Pammy MuirAudio Production - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesArtwork - Erica Frances George Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

If you've ever struggled to get a good night's sleep then this is the episode for you! We talk to leading sleep expert and neurophysiologist Dr Nerina Ramlakhan. Join us as we discuss why we sleep, what our brains are doing while we sleep and, most importantly, she shares with us her five non negotiables for good sleep, born out of years of research. You can find out more about Dr Nerina and her work at drnerina.comDon't miss her range of really helpful books on sleep: https://drnerina.com/books/And do check out her Instagram channel, as she regularly posts invaluable advice about sleep and energy: https://www.instagram.com/drnerina/ Editor - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesContent Editor - Cat O'BoaillArtwork - Erica Frances George Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

Step into the intriguing world of intuitive energy healing. Join us as we talk to Energy Alignment Practitioner, Tracy Langley, about the work that she does, after discovering her natural talent as a child, combining energy healing with psychotherapy and past-life regression. Tracy talks us through how to cleanse your chakras at home, and we both then go on to share our individual experiences of having 1-to-1 energy work sessions with Tracy. You can enjoy Tracy's full chakra cleansing mediation for FREE at our Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51723478 To find out more about Tracy and the work that she does, head to: https://www.tracylangley.com/ Guest Editor - Pammy MuirAudio production - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesContent Editor - Cat O'BoaillArtwork - Erica Frances George Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

We rediscover the JOY of our inner child and explore the lost art of play. Abbie Headon, author of 'Build Yourself Happy: The Joy of Lego Play,' shares with us the wide-ranging and sometimes surprising benefits of focussed play. Abbie's book 'Build Yourself Happy' is published by DK: https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9781465491121-lego-build-yourself-happy/You can follow Abbie at https://www.instagram.com/abbieheadon/and https://twitter.com/AbbieHeadonLego White Noise album: https://open.spotify.com/album/6qZUya0mkucuxvoIp4akVT?si=0yNgyD7LTe-Bb-IaJnOn-A&nd=1To see all the pics of Abby, Gwen and Kate's Lego creations, plus listen to our very own Lego Orchestra, head to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast.And while you're there, join the RUMP Club! For the price of an artisan donut.Editor - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesContent Editor - Cat O'BoaillArtwork - Erica Frances George

We talk to SOMA Breath Master Instructor, Tim Snell, all about SOMA Breathwork. Tim explains to us what SOMA breath is and where it comes from, bringing together ancient breathing and meditation techniques, music and guided visualisation.We explore ways to still the mind in moments of stress, feel healthier and happier by elevating your emotional state and create more balance in your body and mind. Tim also guides us through a SOMA Breathwork session and we share a short extract of the intro to this in the episode. So take a deep breath and dive on in... You can join a  breathwork journey, book a 1:1 session with Tim or take part in a Virtual Retreat at https://www.timsnell.co/ Guest Editor - Pammy MuirAudio production - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesContent Editor - Cat O'BoaillArtwork - Erica Frances George Join the RUMP Club! Support the team and access exclusive content at https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

Do you like a gong? What about a bong, or even a dong! Join us as we explore the world of therapeutic sound, with expert Sound Therapist Farzana Ali, who uses crystal bowls, Himalayan bowls and drums to induce meditation and a deep state of relaxation.Sound therapy can reduce anxiety, boost mood, lower blood pressure and even alleviate chronic pain, and much much more. Find out more about Farzana at https://www.instagram.com/thesoundtherapist/ You can enjoy Farzana's full crystal bowl meditation, recorded exclusively for Right Up My Podcast listeners, for free on our Patreon site:https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast Editor - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesContent Editor - Cat O'BoaillArtwork - Erica Frances George Join the RUMP Club! Support us and access exclusive content at: https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

Spring has officially sprung, and all we want is to be OUTSIDE! Join us as we talk to integrative psychotherapist Jonathan Hoben about the healing power of walking. Jonathan, who pioneered the concept of Walking Therapy, shares his insights and experiences of using the 'walk and think' method to help clients reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, low self-confidence, work stress & anger, and to live healthy, fulfilling lives. Find our more about Jonathan and his work https://jonathanhoban.com/ Follow Jonathan on instagram, where he will be running insta live sessions giving free advice: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan_hoban/ His book, Walk With Your Wolf is published by Yellow Kite Books: https://www.yellowkitebooks.co.uk/titles/jonathan-hoban/walk-with-your-wolf/9781473693210/ Editor - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesContent Editor - Cat O'BoaillArtwork - Erica Frances George Join the RUMP Club! Support us and access EXCLUSIVE CONTENT! at https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcastWe have also added to our Patreon page a copy of the walking exercise that Gwen and Kate followed from Jonathan's book Walk With Your Wolf.  You can access this content for FREE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/walking-exercise-49479503

We kick off Season 2 exploring the ultimate feel-good activity, laughter. Who doesn't like a good old belly laugh, right? We're joined by Laughter Yoga expert Lotte Mikkelsen, who explains exactly why laughter is so good for us both physically and mentally, and the incredible things that happen in our bodies when we have a good ol' LOLz. She also shares with us different ways that we can all bring more laughter into our everyday. If you would like to find our more about Laughter Yoga and the work that Lotte does then go to https://www.unitedmind.co.uk/ You can find out more about the Telephone Laughter Club here: https://www.unitedmind.co.uk/laughterclubs/telephonelaughterclub/ Editor - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesContent Editor - Cat O'BoaillArtwork - Erica Frances George Join the RUMP Club! Support Right Up My Podcast and access EXCLUSIVE CONTENT at https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast

We talk to tantric practitioner and teacher Keone, who gives us an insight into the philosophy behind tantric massage and the vast positive impacts that it has on many people's lives. As an end of season Christmas treat, we hear the edited highlights of Gwen's visit with tantric masseur, Graham, and Kate tries out some intimate new tricks at home. Warning: there is a lot of talk of genitalia in this episode. Plus a LOT of giggling. Not fit for children or Gwen & Kate's dads.  Massive thanks to all our listeners for your support during our first series – we look forward to meeting again in 2021 when we return with Series 2 of Right Up My Podcast. If you would like to find out more about tantric massage, or to book your own, please contact: Keone (London based): urbanhaircut@hotmail.comGraham Stevenson (Bristol based): https://southwesttantra.co.uk/tantra-massage-bristol-graham.phpOwn websites:https://guidedintimacy.com and https://www.doctorgraham.co.uk Editor - Andy TurveyMusic - Andrew GrimesContent Editor - Cat O'BoaillArtwork - Erica Frances George You can support Right Up My Podcast here:  https://www.patreon.com/rightupmypodcast