In this episode of Wellness, Questioned, Katie and Annabel explore the complexities of breathwork and its commercialisation in modern wellness practices. Throughout the episode they discuss how traditional practices like Pranayama are often simplified and sold as one-size-fits-all solutions, potentially stripping away important context and lineage. The conversation also touches on the importance of understanding individual breath needs and the impact of breath practices on anxiety and sports performance.
(0:48) Exploring breathwork and Pranayama
(4:40) Modern practices losing cultural context
(9:45) Breathwork in yoga and sports
(15:03) Teaching breathwork
(22:08) Practical advice for breathwork
(24:07) Season Three Wrap-Up
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focus is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
In this episode of Wellness, Questioned, Katie and Annabel dive into cold plunging and saunas to uncover how effective hot and cold therapies really are. They explore the popularity of these activities, discussing their potential benefits and risks and touch on notable figures like Wim Hof and the rise of biohacking, while also considering the social and cultural aspects of these wellness trends.
(0:51) Dipping into Cold Plunges
(8:53) Saunas and heat therapy
(12:18) Community and accessibility in wellness
(17:28) Stepping out of our comfort zones
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focus is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
In this episode of Wellness, Questioned, Katie and Annabel explore the complex topic of inflammation, starting with the concept from physical, societal, and individual perspectives. The conversation touches on how our diet, lifestyle, and stress levels can contribute to inflammation in our bodies. They also discuss how societal structures and cultural norms can foster and provoke inflammation.
(0:25) Understanding inflammation
(5:15) Anti-inflammatory diets
(13:52) Information overload!
(23:50) Community and connection as a path to wellness
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focus is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
In this episode of Wellness, Questioned, Katie and Annabel explore wellness within the workplace. They discuss the effectiveness and impact of these wellness programmes and examine the tendency of companies to implement workplace wellness practices as quick fixes rather than addressing structural issues.
(3:04) Workplace wellness in the UK vs US
(10:25) Wellness distracting from the real issue
(19:12) Challenges for wellness practitioners
(23:16) Tech and workplace wellness
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focus is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
In this episode of Wellness, Questioned, Katie and Annabel delve into the world of Therapy Speak, exploring the impact of wellness language on everyday conversations and relationships. They discuss the prevalence of terms such as 'narcissist', 'gaslighting', and 'boundaries' in our everyday language and how these terms, initially intended for therapeutic contexts, are now being used in casual conversations, often without a full understanding of their clinical meanings.
(0:22) Therapy speak and defining terms.
(7:52) Narcissism
(14:14) Gaslighting
(17:36) Understanding boundaries
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focus is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram
In this episode of Wellness, Questioned, Katie and Annabel explore the history of wellness. Through their discussion, they trace the evolution of wellness practices from ancient times to the present day, examining how societal changes and technological advancements have shaped these practices. They also explore the intersection of wellness with healthcare, diet culture, and social media, questioning the impact of these influences on our understanding and pursuit of wellness.
(1:51) Ancient Wellness Practices
(4:01) Homeopathy and Early Modern Wellness
(9:10) 20th Century Wellness Trends
(16:34) Modern Wellness and Social Media
(19:47) The Future of Wellness
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
In this episode of Wellness, Questioned, Katie and Annabel question the world of wellness marketing and explore its potential pitfalls. They discuss the phenomenon of ethics-washing, the issue of credibility and other marketing tactics like scarcity marketing, the selling of individual experiences as universal truths, and the use of controversial statements for engagement.
(0:26) Wellness Marketing
(1:46) Selling Hope
(7:20) Focusing on Pain Points
(13:44) Overcomplicated Language
(19:47) Unqualified Experts
(23:50) Engagement is Enragement
(27:11) Scarcity Marketing Tactics
(30:38) Individual Experiences as Universal Solutions
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
In this episode of Wellness, Questioned, Katie and Annabel dive into the world of "Wellness Bros" and wellness influencers. Listen as they explore the spread of misleading information, the unregulated spaces of alternative and complementary practices and the influence of Wellness Bros in the wellness industry.
(3:47) Wellness Bros and Micro Cults
(11:43) The search for a definitive answer
(13:46) The responsibility of social media platforms
(20:13) A healthy skepticism
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
The podcast previously known as Selfie Development is back with the classic wellness rebrand, minus the scandal!
The wellness industry is as weird and wild as ever, with more of us looking to alternative ways to stay healthy and improve our wellness. But while wellness tells us to drink the green juice, shouldn't we be questioning what's actually in it?
Welcome to Wellness Questioned, a podcast looking at how to navigate the wellness industry well, hosted by Katie Gordon and Annabel Lee. In each episode, they cover a different aspect of wellness and self-improvement, looking at ethics, scandals, and red flags.
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @wellnessquestioned
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, well-being and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in treating chronic pain, migraines, depression, anxiety and insomnia among many other uses, but how does it work?
In the final episode of season two, Katie and Annabel discuss the topic of acupuncture with guest Joe Jennings, an acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner who runs Holistic Health Oxford and the Community Acupuncture Team, which aims to make acupuncture accessible to everyone.
(0:31) Introduction
(2:26) Joe joins the conversation
(4:06) How does acupuncture work?
(7:31) Supporting evidence
(12:43) Integrating acupuncture into the NHS
(13:40) The importance of community clinics
(21:06) What is chi?
(23:59) Moving away from the self
(27:50) Closing discussion
(33:09) End of the season
About the guest:
Joe Jennings has been practising acupuncture and Chinese medicine for over a decade and takes pride in being able to make his work as accessible as possible.
He runs Holistic Health Oxford and the community acupuncture team. His clinic is the first carbon-negative clinic and he takes interns and he also sits on the board of the Association of Community and Multi-Bed Acupuncture Clinics.
Learn more about Holistic Health Oxford
People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie Development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
Parental rage is something that every parent experiences at one point or another. Despite this, the topic is rarely discussed openly due to the societal and personal expectations around parenting.
In this week's episode, Katie and Annabel are joined by Dr. Katy Hill, a clinical psychologist with a specialisation in parental stress and burnout, to explain the concept of parental burnout and rage, the societal pressures on parents, the importance of self-care and self-compassion, and strategies for managing stress and anger as a parent.
(0:31) Introduction
(11:09) Katy joins the conversation
(12:34) Parental burnout
(18:26) Parental rage
(28:20) How and when to seek help
(31:36) Regulating rage
(41:14) Closing discussion
This episode discusses sensitive issues around parental rage and burnout. If you have any concerns about your safety or the safety of others, you can always contact NHS111 or the Samaritans on 116 123 who are able to provide assistance for those in need.
Alternatively, Family Lives is a charity operating email, live chat and phone support lines for parents who are struggling. Find out more here.
About the guest:
Dr. Katy Hill is a clinical psychologist with 20 years experience of working across a variety of different NHS and university psychology departments.
Since having her three children, Katy has chosen to work in private practice focusing on her specialist interest of parental stress and burnout. Katy supports parents to reduce their stress levels, manage difficult emotions, and improve relationships with their children and themselves. You can find her at drkatyhill.com or the Parental Stress Psychologist on Instagram.
Learn more about Katy
Follow Katy on Instagram
People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie Development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
With productivity culture and optimisation seemingly permeating every aspect of our lives, does it actually help us do more, or are we more inclined to keep scrolling on our feeds? Moreover, how does productivity culture affect our approach to wellness, and can we find a balance?
This week Annabel and Katie explore the world of productivity and wellness with guest Catri Barrett, a coach specialising in productivity and procrastination.
(0:31) Introduction
(5:32) Catri joins the conversation
(10:35) Productivity and Wellness
(20:35) Positive procrastination
(23:56) Productivity "hacks"
(33:34) Finding a balance
(38:05) Procrastination and neurodivergence
(43:45) Closing discussion
About the guest:
Catri Barrett is a coach who specialises in productivity and procrastination. She's a certified holistic life coach, ADHD, and mental health advocate, speaker, facilitator, and founder of the Curiosity Club and works with overthinkers and overdoers to help them become the most successful versions of themselves.
Learn more about The Curiosity Club
Follow Catri on Instagram
People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie Development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
This week Annabel and Katie are exploring what actually is gut health? With talk of probiotics, prebiotics, the microbiome and even faecal transplants cropping up online, what does it all mean? And is it just an excuse to sell us more?
Joined by Rosie Hogg, a specialist gastroenterology dietitian, Annabel and Katie dive into gut health and the microbiome, to uncover how it affects our immune system, and both mental and physical health.
(0:31) Introduction
(5:06) Rosie joins the discussion
(5:59) The microbiome
(8:57) Antibiotics and Probiotics
(14:25) Gut health and the immune system
(22:49) Supplement advice
(29:26) What is a prebiotic?
(38:01) Closing discussion
About the guest:
Rosie is a specialist gastroenterology dietitian, with 7 years' experience both with NHS and private practices. She specialises in helping clients with dietary and lifestyle advice for gut health, coeliac disease, IBS, FODMAP dietary advice, ‘functional’ symptoms such as bloating, wind, reflux, loose stools and constipation.
Learn more about Oxford Gastro Dietitians
Follow Oxford Gastro Dietitians on Instagram
Resources discussed in the episode:
The US Probiotic Guide
The British Dietetic Association Food Facts Sheet
People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie Development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
This week Annabel and Katie are unpacking the difference between movement and exercise, why movement is often discussed less and if too much exercise can be a problem.
They are joined by Wendy Welpton, founder of Reclaim Movement, to discuss the benefits of natural movement, the effects of modern sedentary lifestyles on our bodies and the importance of being a generalist when it comes to movement.
(0:39) Exercise and movement
(2:30) Wendy joins the conversation
(7:27) Gym-content online
(9:30) How we view movement
(25:49) Coaching movement
(32:48) Closing discussion
About the guest:
Wendy Welpton is the founder of Reclaim Movement. She coaches natural movement to individuals and small groups, in person and online, offering sessions aimed at improving mobility and strength by helping clients find the gaps in their current movement patterns and giving them ways to help fill those gaps.
Learn more about Reclaim Movement
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Watch Reclaim Movement on Youtube
People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie Development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
This week Katie and Annabel are joined by guest Yasmin Spark, the founder of Align Events, a UK-based mobile bar service that specialises in non-alcoholic options to discuss the rise of the sober curious movement and the societal pressures surrounding drinking culture.
(0:31) Sober curiosity
(8:33) Yasmin joins the conversation
(15:43) The evolution of drinking culture
(20:21) Drinking and mental health
(25:40) Sober representation
(29:55) Yasmin's recommendations
(36:33) Closing discussion
About the guest:
Yasmin Spark is the founder of Align Events, the UK's first fully non-alcoholic, vegan mobile cocktail bar and drinks catering provider. Align Events offers a range of options to suit all budgets, runs inclusive cocktail masterclasses throughout Oxford and the South East and works with local suppliers to create a sustainable circular economy that benefits all.
Learn more about Align Events
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People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
This week Katie and Annabel are joined by Dr Valerie Bonelle, Chief Scientific Officer at The Beckley Foundation, to discuss their research and clinical trials into psychoactive drug use to explore how such substances act upon the human brain to explore new avenues for treatment and well-being
(0:32) Introduction
(9:43) Valerie joins the conversation
(11:46) Microdosing
(17:42) Potential shortcomings
(19:16) The therapeutic benefits of psilocybin
(24:24) Ensuring safe use
(26:44) Closing discussion
About the guest:
Dr Valerie Bonelle joined the Beckley Foundation in 2017 to contribute actively towards the scientific investigation into the effects of psychoactive substances on the brain and consciousness in order to harness their potential benefits and minimise their potential harms; learn more about consciousness and brain function; and discover and explore new avenues for the treatment of illnesses.
Learn more about The Beckley Foundation
The wellness industry is booming, but with all these new classes, experts and ways to heal, how do we know what's fact and what's just good marketing?
People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
A survey conducted in the United States suggested that wearable tech was the number one trend within health and fitness for 2023. With watches, heart rate monitors and even glucose monitoring growing in popularity, is all this equipment actually helpful?
This week Katie and Annabel are joined by fitness and nutrition expert Arj Thiruchelvam to share his thoughts, help explain the jargon and unpack whether we actually need wellness tech.
(1:51) Introduction to wearable tech
(13:55) Arj joins the conversation
(15:11) The growing popularity of wearable tech
(19:33) Where to start
(27:07) The power of monitoring
(33:22) Other wellness tech
(42:16) Closing discussion
About the guest:
Arj Thiruchelvam has been coaching people from novices to olympians for 17 years. He is the head coach and founder of Performance Physique, with the goal to bring the proven scientific methods used in elite sport and nutrition to anyone wanting to make progress.
Follow Arj on Instagram
Visit his website
Learn more about Performance Physique
People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.
Wellness is as confusing as ever. What is the microbiome? Should I be micro-dosing? Is all this stuff really important or just a way to keep us working hard and buying new stuff? Join us for the new season of Selfie Development where we unpack the trillion-dollar wellness and self-development industry to try and figure out how to do wellness well-ish.
This season Katie and Annabel will be joined by experts about the science and reality behind some of this stuff to figure out what's good, what's bad, and what's just weird.
People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
Follow us on Instagram @selfiedevelopmentpod
Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.