Episode 8: The shift to mental wellbeing
The Mindstream Podcast
The conversation around "mental health" is shifting from a focus on disease to holistic wellbeing -- and it couldn't be better timed. We demystify the language on our intellectual and emotional selves, discuss mind-body-spirit practices, and delve into the Global Wellness Industry's landmark report, "Defining the Mental Wellness Economy." Katherine Johnston, co-author of the report, explains the growing $121 billion market and much more.
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Episode 7: Awakening to conscience & conscious living
The Mindstream Podcast
2020 has taken us for a wild ride. Host Liza Horan highlights the factors and challenges facing us individually and collectively: We have an opportunity for change. What will we do with it? Claire Gillman, editor of Kindred Spirit magazine, discusses the integration of health and fitness with the mind-body-spirit movement over the past 30 years & spills secrets of publishing your own story of transformation to help others.
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Episode 6: Delving into the mystical surrounding Halloween
The Mindstream Podcast
Witches, The Devil, Tarot cards, and ancient Celtic practices remain relevant in Scotland. Halloween season is the one time of year mainstream society opens to the mystical and magical. Ancient Celts believed this is when the veil between the earthly realm and the spirit world is thinnest. The episode features news of these mysterious aspects in modern life, and host Liza Horan interviews artist Sophie McKay Knight's on painting the Tarot, and Beltane Fire Society's Bradley McArthur on Samhain and Beltane.
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Episode 5: The quest (and challenge) of psi research
The Mindstream Podcast
A round-up of the latest mind-body-spirit news -- from plant-based medicines and virtual reality curbing pain to the Global Wellness Summit's trends for 2020 and beyond -- is followed by a conversation between Mindstream's Liza Horan and Dr. Caroline Watt, who heads parapsychology research at University of Edinburgh. Listeners will learn how psi overlaps with psychology and physics, the challenges of testing for mental phenomena, psychic tradition in Scotland, how to join the research panel, and much more.
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Episode 4: On the scene with UK mind-body-spirit wellness leaders
The Mindstream Podcast
MindstreamConnect.com editor Liza Horan interviews mind-body-spirit leaders Katy Lomas of Calm on Canning yoga in Edinburgh, Angela Robertson of the Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival, Adrian Boiteux of Holistic Ways Festival, Lynda Hamilton-Parker of Holistic Scotland magazine, and Lauren Armes of Welltodo Global in this in-depth episode uncovering hyper-local to global trends. Guests also share their favourite practices for (trying to maintain) a holistic lifestyle.
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Episode 3 (Part II of II): Valuing work that springs from natural gifts
The Mindstream Podcast
Self-employed professionals whose work is creatively and intuitively led are in a unique position when valuing their non-commodity work. Is it right to charge for something that springs from a natural gift? MindstreamConnect.com Editor Liza Horan explores this topic by sharing research on this special workforce and leading a panel discussion that Mindstream hosted for National Freelancers Day 2019.
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Episode 3 (Part I of II): Valuing work that springs from natural gifts
The Mindstream Podcast
Self-employed professionals whose work is creatively and intuitively led are in a unique position when valuing their non-commodity work. Is it right to charge for something that springs from a natural gift? MindstreamConnect.com Editor Liza Horan explores this topic by sharing research on this special workforce and leading a panel discussion that Mindstream hosted for National Freelancers Day 2019.
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Episode 2: Exploring Meditation with Andrew Johnson
The Mindstream Podcast
MindstreamConnect.com Editor Liza Horan reviews the history of the ancient practice of meditation, highlights the growing body of scientific evidence to support its positive impact, and reports the growth in adoption (meditation is the fastest growing complementary therapy in the U.S.). Guest Andrew Johnson, a clinical hypnotherapist whose meditation app was the first one to debut on the Apple iOS app store, joins us on a deep-dive discussion of the what, how and why of meditation.
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Episode 1: Is Mind-Body-Spirit wellness "woo-woo"?
The Mindstream Podcast
MindstreamConnect.com Editor Liza Horan considers what "mind-body-spirit" means today, from worldwide trends in wellness and accusations of being "woo-woo" to exclusive research on the beliefs and behaviours of consumers and professionals in this growing area of holistic health and wellbeing.
info_outlineMindstreamConnect.com Editor Liza Horan considers what "mind-body-spirit" means today, reviews worldwide trends in wellness, addresses questions around credibility of these disciplines, and shares exclusive research on the beliefs and behaviours of consumers and professionals in this growing area of holistic health and wellbeing.