In this episode, Angela Lockwood interviews 6 time Author and Resilience Coach Janine Shepherd, AM. Janine's TED talk "A broken body isn't a broken person" has been viewed over 1.5 million times. Her work on resilience and post-traumatic growth has seen her travel the globe sharing her story when as a champion cross-country skier, she was training for the Winter Olympics when she was hit by a truck during a training bike ride. After being told she may not survive, Janine turned her tragedy into triumph and not only recovered but became a pilot. In this episode, Janine shares her story and the skills needed to tap into the human potential for recovery and growth, of leaning into hardship and bouncing forward in the face of adversity.

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Resilience in the face of adversity

In this episode, Angela Lockwood interviews Adam Voigt, Educational Leader and Founder of Real Schools an organisation supporting Principals and Teachers to build positive school cultures. Adam shares how schools and parents can work together to learn from the recent interruptions in our schools through understanding what matters in educating our children. Adam also shares how parents can help their children transition back to school life to minimise anxiety. By the end of this episode, you will learn how schools can thrive beyond this period of interruption, how to focus on what matters in our schools and how to support our children . Enjoy the episode!

Taking care of our teachers and school culture

In this episode, Angela interviews Naturopath Katie Barron. For years Katie has been embracing telehealth and online service delivery as a part of her health practice to help her reach more clients in the comfort of their homes. She equates her success to having the right people around her and an unwavering focus on what drives her. If you are looking to take your services online this episode will help take the fear and overwhelm out of taking the first step.

Taking your health practice online

In this episode, Angela interviews Jac Edser of Edser Health, an Occupational Therapist and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner who exudes what she teaches, health, calm and simple living. She shares how to achieve optimal health through appreciating and understanding the relationship of the mind to the body.  

Simplify your health

Making changes in our life can feel overwhelming. We know things need to change but we do not know how to make the first step. In this episode, Angela shares one important question to ask yourself if you feel life is out of balance or not how you would like and then simple ways to make the change you seek.

Making change simple

The culture of our family has many influences none more than the behaviours and habits of parents. Children look to parents as models of behaviour, so it is important that children are seeing parents with healthy habits around device use. In this episode, Angela shares how to create a switch-off culture in your family that places more importance on the relationships within the family unit rather than spending time on devices.

Creating a switch off family culture

It has become the modern-day reality, too much to do, too many people wanting too much from us and feeling like we can't get the basics done. Even though it may feel like we are running frantically we are receiving messages that we need to slow down. In this episode, Angela shares how to pay attention to the signs that we need to slow down while still keeping up with the pace of life.

Pressing pause on overwhelm

With so much to do in our lives, as adults, we often forget how to have fun. When we were a child fun is what they do! Simple activities become a game and laughter is a part of their day. Fun is what drives them. Unfortunately, as adults, we lose this and prioritise getting tasks done rather than having fun. In this episode, Angela shares simple ways you can inject fun back into your day to help get your groove back and enjoy life.

Inject fun back into your life

There is nothing better than feeling healthy and so when we hit an energy slump or are not feeling healthy it has a ripple effect into all areas of our lives. Taking the first step towards an active lifestyle does not have to be overwhelming. In this episode, Angela shares simple ways you can kickstart a healthier lifestyle, even if you are just starting.

Getting healthy made simple

When we rely so much on our devices for all aspects of our lives, we can feel like we can not live without it. In this episode, Angela shares how we can minimise the interruptions our devices and use our devices as we choose. 

Quietening the noise of our devices

Excuses, we all make them for many reasons. Learning the difference between an excuse and a reason is a game-changer if you are wanting to achieve your goals. In this episode, Angela explains the difference and how you can take control of excuses once and for all.

Take control of excuses

Each year it is important to reflect on the year that has passed to make better decisions about the year ahead. In this episode, Angela shares her favourite question "What are you most proud of?" and what it reveals about your values and what matters most to you.

What are you most proud of?

Technology and devices are integrated into every aspect of our lives and were designed to help make our lives easier, allow us to be more connected to each other and have access to information at the click of a button. But what happens when using our devices start to take over and negatively impact on our health and wellbeing? In this episode, Angela discusses device addiction and what you can do to take control of your device habits.

Take control of device addiction

Minimalism has become mainstream and the practice of living with less is being adopted by people from all backgrounds. As we learn more about the positive impacts that living simply has on our health, wellbeing, happiness and productivity, we are slowly embracing life with less stuff. In this episode, Angela shares how to adopt a minimalist way of life without feeling overwhelmed.

Living with less

Once we hit adulthood, life can feel a little routine and boring and it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode, Angela shares how to spice things up by planning some fun and scheduling time for laughs. 

Spice it up with planned spontaneity

In a world where we are distracted by so many things vying for our attention, it is often hard to focus on living a life we choose. Through the Your Life podcast Angela Lockwood’s goal is to help you simplify life so you can have the time, energy and motivation to do the things that matter to you. Angela and her guests share stories, reflections and simple strategies to enhance connection, relationships, productivity, health, happiness and fulfilment without feeling like you have to do more. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, direction, guidance, tips or just a laugh, Your Life Podcast is the place where life becomes that little bit simpler.

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