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How to Heal Your Nervous System + Expand Your Capacity to Receive | Karolyn Zinetti

Release Date: 09/21/2022

Bites & Biohacks From The Bike - Why Carbs are NOT the Devil (especially for women!)

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

Are you eating too many carbs... or not enough?! This episode will help clarify the confusion while explaining the supportive role carbohydrates have on your workouts, recovery, nervous system and, most of all, supporting healthy hormonal balance. I really love this share for SO many reasons - it is potent & clear, has a powerful message and genuinely helps you understand what carbohydrates provide for: losing vs. gaining muscle your endocrine system (reducing stress hormones like cortisol, as well as helping with our women's specific hormones, oestrogen and progesterone) ensuring...

Bites & Biohacks From The Bike - 4 Weird + "Woo" Performance Boosters

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

These 4 unusual biohacks may sound "woo woo" but if they each gave you an extra edge to rise above the rest, would you take it? While on surface level, these actionable performance enhancing boosters seem too easy to be true, I cite preliminary evidence for some of them (because we all like a bit of research these days, right?) And for the ladies - Be careful next time you're tempted to Beetroot or Nitrate Load for performance! Most studies of the past are conducted on the male population... a more recent review of potential sex differences proves interesting on if nitrates help or hinder...

Bites & Biohacks From The Bike - The Buzz on Caffeine Use

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

Is caffeine your friend or foe? In this bite-sized episode, you'll learn about the current research on the use of caffeine, how much to 'use', the specific impact on your training and sports performance & it's profound benefits. This is a brilliant share to understand how and why caffeine has a different impact on women as opposed to men, as well as caffeine's half life, peak effects and when caffeine can actually do more harm than good on your physical performance, results and physiology. Short, sweet and empowering, I hope you enjoy the juicy hacks and caffeination info! Sarah x...

Bites & Biohacks From The Bike - Sweet Recovery (Training & Events)

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

Everything you need to know to recover smarter and more effectively for the 24-48 hours following your training session or workout. Whether your sport is road cycling, running, enduro mountain biking, heavy weights or CrossFit at the gym or half marathon training on the trails, you will want to hear this episode. Whilst I thoroughly enjoy taking the mickey on the different varieties of cyclists out there and their post-ride habits, I have also 100% been all of those cyclists at some point :) Have your pen and paper ready to jot down fresh ideas to recover better, support your...

Strength, Fitness & Cycling: Bites & Biohacks from the Bike (Premiere)

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

We are taking a brilliant pivot from the initial 'Podcast Plan'. I'm called to start sharing more that will empower your fitness and strength journey - in a way that can be applied to boost your health, overall conditioning and longevitiy by optimising your exercise and eating regimes... no matter what your sport or chosen movement activity may be. 'Bites & Biohacks from the Bike' is about sharing potent, useful tips, bomb-a** biohacks, words of wisdom, science & research and gold nuggets of truth, in a digestable, powerful & simple form. It's about helping you...

Motivation to Move - The Mind-Body Loop: Move How You Want to FEEL | Sarah McLachlan

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

If you want to shift a bad mood, feel better or perhaps feel FREAKEN GOOD, you'll find brilliant motivation to get going and move your body with this episode! Through clinical practice, evidence-based reasoning & physiological, emotional and energetic mind-body principles, today I unpack the ways that movement and exercise are creating how you FEEL. When you tune in and become aware of how you feel, you can also tune into your energy, and use this newfound awareness to dial up your inner resilience, strength and focus, or find your easy-going flow - all which comes from the many various...

The Science of Sleep | Solo with Sarah McLachlan

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

Diving into the science, research and mind-blowing data in this incredible episode, you'll learn how to foster a deeper, more restorative night's sleep whilst better understanding how sleep impacts your mental and emotional capacity. I unpack the 4 stages of sleep and what happens to our brain, emotions and body when we don't sleep well, through to the vicious Sleep-Stress Cycle, how the type and volume of exercise you do impacts your sleep, and the enormous effects of light, our phones and screens... and much more juicy sleep tips & support! ...Including how your hormones interact amongst...

Burning Desire, Fire & Discipline | Solo Episode by Sarah McLachlan

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

Has your burning desire or drive felt lacklustre lately, as though your spark is wavering? Maybe 'life' has got a little in the way... Or you've lost contact with feeling your vibrant zest and hum for life. Then this truthful episode is a great listen for you. In this potent solo share, I guide you to re-member and reconnect with your passions, love of life, goals and inner fire - without neglecting the necessary need for finding & flexing self discipline. I bust TWO BIG MYTHS around 'what's normal' and giving yourself permission to really pursue what YOU want - and LOVE. Nudge awake your...

How To Make Tough Decisions & Get Unstuck | Solo Episode with Sarah McLachlan

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

Ever been stuck in not knowing what to do? Which path to take? Or experienced the heavy spiralling paralysis of trying to "figure it out"? This solo 'Sarah Download' is perfect for you! Whether it's a decision to leave your relationship, change jobs or career path, a health or diet shift, or perhaps moving house, this episode will provide you with suggestions and insights to tap into your answers. Speaking from my recent 'big decision-making experience' (one that would have cost me greatly), this unscripted, free-flowing episode will help you navigate ways to support making a solid,...

Protein & Plants for Optimal Nutrition & Fuelling Performance | Nina Gelbke, Acc. Sports Nutritionist

Science + Woo with Sarah McLachlan

Are you fuelling your body with enough of the good stuff? Getting your fill or requirements of protein, plants and vital nutrients is no easy feat, and it can be even trickier if you're looking for plant-based options. Nina Gelbke is an Accredited Nutritionist, Sports Nutritionist, Presenter and CrossFit Coach and Athlete, with a big passion for all things fitness and nutrition. She is here to dispel the myth that plant-based diets can't support us - especially as athletes. Grab your earbuds and press play to explore food and nutrition "for life" as well as for high performance in sports. Tune...

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When it comes to regulating your nervous system, there's a lot more to it than what social media might elude to. We cannot change the state of our body from the mind alone - no amount of affirmations, positive thinking or discussion will "sort things out".

Truth be told, your nervous system directly influences your digestion, reproductive ability, relationships and EVERY aspect of your life.

Karolyn Zinetti holds over 20 years experience in the health field, bringing together Breathwork, Naturopathy, Somatic & Trauma Informed Certifications, and much much more.

Overcoming stress and anxiety through our nervous system and emotions allows us to heal FAR more deeply than talking about our problems - or medicating them.

Plug your earbuds in to learn:

- How to access your parasympathetic nervous system, and respond rather than react, coming back to harmony, calmness and aliveness

- The real meaning of Rest & Receive

- What the Window of Tolerance is and how to build your Window capacity

- Hyperarousal vs. Hypoarousal, Micro vs. Macro Trauma and The Four Trauma Responses

- DIY: A Vagus Nerve Exercise and Containment Exercise: to create introception, calm the body and increase your experience of safeness

- Ways to give yourself more cellular energy at home right now

- How your nervous system state is influencing and impacting your digestion +/- causing your digestion problems

- How to create spaciousness in order to open your nervous system and capacity, creating space for joy and aliveness

- The benefits of resting during your cycle and why your nervous system optimises reproductive function

Affirm it with me: "The more I rest, the more I receive!"

Karolyn is highly experienced, qualified and fully embodied in her practice. This is an episode not to miss!

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