Unwind with Poppy Jamie

To celebrate National DNA day this week, today’s episode is all about DNA and genetics as I interview former Olympic medalist and founding team member of the award winning Circle DNA, Andrew Steele. Why should we test? What is DNA? Why does it matter? All these questions are answered. We discuss all things genetic, genome, epigenetics, nature nurture debate, personalized wellness and more. Andrew shares his story about why he moved away from professional sports to now pioneering at home DNA testing. I love Circle DNA as it's finally democratizing DNA testing and making something that was so out of reach accessible for all and affordable. You can find more information about Circle DNA here: https://circledna.com/en-gb/A little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, we explore what living an emotionally authentic life looks like with leading clinical psychologist, Dr Joan Rosenberg! It was a special recording as I teamed up with The Arts Club to record this live with an audience. Thanks for joining everyone! During this chat, we learn about the gifts unpleasant emotions can bring, breaking faulty thinking patterns, grief, imposter syndrome and why anxiety is usually a cover-up. Dr Rosenberg is a highly regarded expert in emotional and mental health, master clinician, trainer and consultant. Her new book, 90 Seconds to a Life You Love introduces ‘the Rosenberg reset’, a technique to manage the eight unpleasant emotions we all experience and explains how understanding the biochemistry of our emotional reactions, has the power to free us. (Highly recommend getting, I didn't put it down).Find Dr Rosenberg's book here: https://www.90secondsbook.comMore information on Dr Rosenberg here: https://drjoanrosenberg.comA little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's show, I am delighted to have the entrepreneur, adventurer, philanthropist, filmmaker and environmentalist Sam Branson! Even though this interview cut out 8 times and Sam is on the other side of the world, he still kindly stuck with my tech troubles and shared inspiring stories about his personal experiences with mental-health, how he's navigated the ups and downs and why self-care is now such a big part of his day to day lifestyle. This interview left me with a lot of wisdom to reflect on and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed listening. Sam embodies positivity, and I think that's something we can all benefit from during these weeks! Happy holidays everyone, I know many of us can't be with our families so my hearts are with you all. Soon this shall pass too :) ‘’Setting goals and embracing the highs and lows of the journey towards them is how we learn and grow; how we find harmony and absorb wisdom’’.  Please find Sam on instagram here: @bransonsamPlease download Sam's positivity pack for managing corona isolation: https://bit.ly/SamBPositivityPackA little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.comMusic by Myndstream. Please find more information on their music made to relax, sleep, focus and move at www.myndstream.com and on any music streaming platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's show, I am delighted to have the 2-time Emmy Award Winning composer Michael Whalen who specializes in creating music to soothe the mind. Michael starting creating music when he realized he could help his father go to sleep with different sounds, since then Michael has had millions of streams globally and amassed a passionate fanbase who rely on his music to relax, sleep and focus. During this episode, we speak through Michael's newly launched album Sacred Spaces which is brilliant. Michael is ALSO the master creator behind the NOT PERFECT theme music.Michael is a part of Myndstream, a record label and movement focused on supporting music for mental wellbeing. Please find more information on their music made to relax, sleep, focus and move at www.myndstream.com and on any music streaming platform.Find Sacred Spaces album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0PAUzUb2X46642J4NPC27HA little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this very special episode, world leading expert Dr. Jud Brewer talks us through how we can protect our mind from collective fear, identify addictions and ways to break through them and why kindness is the answer. This unique scientist bridges the gap between old age wisdom and science, and he has spent the past 20 years studying the data to show that ancient philosophy isn’t just theory but when practiced, it can have significant results. Dr Jud is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center as well as a professor at the School of Medicine at Brown University. His Ted talk has had over 9 million views about habit formation, his books are sold globally and apps help thousands stop smoking, emotional eating and anxiety. Today we are going to focus on how we can use this change corona virus has given all of us as something that can potentially positively affect us.Find more on Dr Jud Brewer here: https://drjud.comBooks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Craving-Mind-Cigarettes-Smartphones-Hooked/dp/0300223242Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrJudTwitter: https://twitter.com/judbrewer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorTED TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-moW9jvvMr4&feature=emb_titleApp: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/breathe-by-dr-jud/id1472340683A little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.comMusic by Myndstream. Please find more information on their music made to relax, sleep, focus and move at www.myndstream.com and on any music streaming platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode is about using the breath as a powerful tool to release old emotions and let go of stress and anxiety. Breath-work practioner James Dowler explains what is breath-work, conscious connected breathing and why it's so powerful in healing the mind and body. We delve into the biology, history and practical examples of breath work techniques you can use daily and in moments you need to calm yourself. This episode is part of my beat corona virus series with a mission to share tools, tips and information that can help us in these physically isolated and uncertain times.Please find James here: http://www.breathewithjames.co.ukFollow James on social here: @breathewithjamesA little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.comMusic by Myndstream. Please find more information on their music made to relax, sleep, focus and move at www.myndstream.com and on any music streaming platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a special corona episode I recorded yesterday to get some helpful content out there asap in these times of heightened anxiety and stress. We are all feeling the changes and understanding what is happening in our brain can be helpful in managing the feelings better. Leading expert, clinical Psycologist and author Dr Catherine Pittman kindly joins to help explain the neuroscience behind anxiety, stress and worry. I discovered Dr Pittman through her brilliant book REWIRE YOUR ANXIOUS BRAIN: USING THE NEUROSCIENCE OF FEAR TO END ANXIETY, PANIC AND WORRY - and in this episode she shares useful strategies we can all participate in to help calm our nerves.Please find her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Catherine-M-Pittman-PhD/e/B00PCTBQM0%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareA little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.comMusic by Myndstream. Please find more information on their music made to relax, sleep, focus and move at www.myndstream.com and on any music streaming platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spiritual mentor, guide, hypnotherapist, speaker and writer Ryan Haddon guides us through how to cultivate a more compassionate relationship with yourself in this week's episode. In this episode we explore how we can all practice coming back to our centre. Ryan teaches all around the world supporting people leading more compassionate lives filled with a lot more forgiveness, acceptance and inner harmony. I hope you enjoy this episode and find it calming. Thank you Ryan for sharing your peaceful nuggets, they are especially useful in these anxious times we are living in. Sending everyone lots of love and hoping you are all staying safe.Please find Ryan Haddon here: https://www.instagram.com/ryanhaddoncoach/?hl=enA little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.comMusic by Myndstream. Please find more information on their music made to relax, sleep, focus and move at www.myndstream.com and on any music streaming platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's show I interview Adam Robinson - American educator, author, US Chess Federation life master and co-founder of The Princeton Review. He has been teaching me his wisdom for 2 years now and so I am really excited for Adam to be on the show sharing his nuggets with you all. In this episode, Adam focuses on how to create more delight and magic in your life and helps us see that everything we're experiencing is all perfectly unfolding for our unique journeys. His story telling, quotes and perspective will hopefully help you feel more at peace with what's happening and challenge your current thinking methods.A little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.comMusic by Myndstream. Please find more information on their music made to relax, sleep, focus and move at www.myndstream.com and on any music streaming platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is very special as it's with my mum!! If you are feeling like a real hearty, hot cup of tea mum chat, then this episode is for you. Pippa Jamie has been a student of the mind for 25 years and is a psychotherapist who uses a range of modalities from hypnotherapy, BWRT and CBT. In this episode we have a chat about her journey moving from working with the body and focusing on the mind and what she's learnt through this. Pippa (aka mum) shares her tips to looking after your mental wellbeing, how nature can calm anxiety and explains why framing positively is critical if you want to see behavior change. We recorded the episode inside The Hobbit House, a getaway we found on https://www.canopyandstars.co.uk - a platform you can find many adventures across England!Find details on The Hobbit House here: https://www.canopyandstars.co.uk/britain/england/northamptonshire/honeymoon-cottage/the-hobbit-house#search_by_distance=true&feature_code=PPL&radius_loop_count=0&search_radius_miles=15&longitude=-1.16&latitude=52.26&search_type=distance&search_text=daventry,+northamptonshire,+england,+united+kingdom&A little bit about the NOT PERFECT podcast. Thank you for reading this and thank you for being here. The intention for this podcast is to share conversations on the subjects that can nurture our life from the inside. Just like physical exercise takes work and commitment, I believe our emotional health requires the same attention. Life throws curve balls unexpectedly and these can feel much more manageable when we know more about our mind. I hope these episodes are helpful in sharing tools, tips and insights into our brilliant hardware that can feel faulty but always fixable. I would love to hear from you if you have any feedback or guest suggestions, please find me on instagram @poppyjamie and @happynotperfect.Want to feel a bit happier? Download my mindfulness app Happy Not Perfect. The app gives you a daily work-out for your mind that helps you to rest, process thoughts and trains positive thinking. Perfect as a morning mind-set routine or when you need to calm down in moments of anxiety or stress. On IOS and Android. www.happynotperfect.comMusic by Myndstream. Please find more information on their music made to relax, sleep, focus and move at www.myndstream.com and on any music streaming platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.