Jana Hocking ON: The pressure of societal norms, being ok with your choices, the love of therapy and how it can help make your life better, and Jana's tips for people looking for love.

Leah Simmons is a certified pilates instructor, personal trainer and kundalini yoga teacher. She has dedicated her career to the transformation of physiques, and now with the creation of her innovative training program Kaaiaa, she is working at not only helping people to become physically stronger, but mentally and emotionally too.

I can speak from experience when I say that Kaaiaa is a form of therapy, and in this episode we talk through how Leah’s own experience to find a practice that worked for her, evolved into a movement that changes lives daily.

We also touch on how she approaches balance, living in the moment, self care, and how to start your own journey with self development. And so much more… This is Wildfemmes.

In this episode we discuss:

01:10 - Leah’s morning routine

02:28 - Leah explains Kaaiaa, the experience, the effect

07:15 - Format of a Kaaiaa class - Leah explains the different modalities

12:49 - Life is hard - Touch on inner dialogue, ego, human conditioning, being open to possibility, and the difference between “I can’t do something” and “I don’t want to do something”

17:59 - The overwhelmingly positive response to Kaaiaa, importance of community, how Kaaiaa blew up in lock-down, Leah shares the story of how she gave a free zoom class every single day of lock down (78 days straight), over 700 ppl were joining from around the world.

22:29 - How to start your own journey with self development

25:12 - Leah’s book recommendations

27:30 - What self care looks like for Leah

28:56 - Balance talk

30:31 - How Leah stays wild

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In an age where the definition of health is starting to be rewritten, and things like burnout being as common as the flu, the importance of a lifestyle that supports your wellbeing has never been more crucial.

Queue Sophie Marshall, the founder of Gentle Habits, whose soul mission is to create products that help you explore rituals and daily practices that promote positive outcomes that better you and your life holistically.

We chat about making space for yourself to succeed and to live, exploring alternative treatments to be your best self in work and life, taking a side hustle to full time career and trusting the process amongst all the chaos. 

And so much more, this is Wildfemmes...

In this video we discuss:

01:46 - What is Gentle Habits and how did it come about
08:53 - Sophie's creative process and inspiration
09:35 - This is incense evolved into Gentle Habits
11:21 - Sophie shares how she had to start looking after herself and how important it is to have an open mind in regards to your health
13:45 - How an emotional melt down lead Sophie to start her self discovery journey, and exploring what she actually liked doing as a hobby
15:48 - What pushed Sophie to take her side-hustle to a full time career
17:14 - The risks of taking the side-hustle full time
18:16 - What's needed to run your own business, and what makes Sophie fullfilled through her business
19:42 - How Gentle Habits has helped Sophie be gentle with herself amongst the chaos of life and how her son has noticed the change in her because of it
20:18 - Emma and Sophie touch on the reframe of how society views working mums and the gender in-balance of it all and how Sophie's partner is 100% hands on in everything
21:17 - Sophie shares her #buwoo (business woo-woo) and the two things she has integrated into her life that have been a game changer
25:01 - The art of letting go and the importance of being vulnerable on social media so people feel less alone
26:06 - the book that Sophie keeps coming back to, and the vision Sophie had for her team 27:18 - The biggest mistake Sophie made when taking her business from a side-hustle to a full time career
28:17 - Three ways to switch off
30:01 - How Sophie stays wild at home, in life, love and in business

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Jana Hocking is a dating columnist and a self professed collector of suitors, who has worked in TV and radio for many years.

We chat about the pressure of societal norms, being ok with your choices, the love of therapy and how it can help make your life better, and Jana's tips for people looking for love today. All this and more, on Wildfemmes.

What we discuss:

00:00 - Intro
00:56 - Saucy Secrets
06:19 - How Jana became a dating columnist
09:06 - Childfree by choice and societal norms
14:11 - Family's view on her career
14:54 - What Jana was like growing up & her insecurities
17:39 - Jana's coping mechanisms on tough days and her love for therapy
18:48 - Impactful dating experiences
20:19 - Love of therapy cont. and how the experience worked for her
26:05 - Pressure of the ticking reproductive clock
27:13 - Tips for people looking for love today and her views on dating apps
30:34 - Jana's book recommendation for singles
21:34 - How Jana stays wild

 

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Amy Kersey is an actor, voice actor and a coach, who is about to appear in the upcoming Amazon original series, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart with Sigourney Weaver.

She caught up with Emma to discuss what it was like to work with Sigourney, what she took away from that experience, co parenting, the tools to handle the ups & downs of any career and how to respect the universe.

All this and more... on Wildfemmes.

Dr Olivia Lesslar is a functional medicine practitioner, with a particular interest in psychoneuroimmunology and preventative medicine. Think mystery illnesses, bio hacking, sleep hygiene, and the body-mind-spirit connection.

She joined Emma in the studio to chat through getting to the root cause of our health, conversational reflex, de-normalising common ailments, why imposter syndrome is a good thing, and how focusing on our sleep hygiene is crucial to a long and healthy life. All this and more, on Wildfemmes.

Charlotte Chimes is an actress, writer and producer who you may have seen playing Nicolette Stone on the iconic Aussie drama Neighbours. 

She joined Emma in studio to chat about her trail blazing role, the art of rejection, defining feminity and the beauty of enjoying the ride.

All this and so much more on Wildfemmes.

*Emotional trigger warning - Gender based violence*

Zoë Condliffe is the founder and CEO of She's a Crowd, the largest geospatial database and crowd mapping tool with the soul mission to end gender based violence. 

She is a breath of authentic air, and vulnerably shares the path to healing after experiencing an abusive relationship, starting a business from her van and how to reclaim your power.

All this and more on Wildfemmes.

*If you are experiencing gender-based violence and need help, the team at She's A Crowd have pulled together some amazing resources over at: https://shesacrowd.com/global-resources/

Hailing from Denmark, Caroline Groth is a self titled solo-entrepreneur, a wellness advocate, and a certified integrative nutritional health coach with a huge passion for sharing her journey and its learnings on her channels. 

We openly discuss the importance of doing the ‘work’, her approach to healing after trauma, self love and building a life outside of your past. 

Ema Taylor is a degree qualified Naturopath, Clinical Nutritionist and Certified Fertility Awareness Educator, who’s own journey to heal herself, set her on the path that she is now on helping others reach their health goals naturally.

We chat through her past life as a model, her own battles with body dysmorphia, how our bodies keep the score, creating boundaries for success and we even bust some fertility myths.

All this and more on the second episode of Wildfemmes with Emma Maggs

Vanessa Budah is a global PR and Communications specialist who has been blazing trail for 20 years.

 She effortlessly combines wellness with business as she thrives in the ever changing media landscape and credits her success to two distinct things; staying true to who she is, and her unique manifestation technique she has personally developed. We chat through her template for life, how to achieve happiness in work and play, emotional mastery and more of her incredible journey.