Restore To Explore

To kick off the R2E podcast for 2023 we have a special episode with our founder Nick St Louis. Nick was over from Canada at the end of last year for a few weeks and it gave our team a chance to get some great clarity on the vision for TFC and also just to play and connect in person after a few years apart. One of the biggest take aways for us from the trip was the power of story and how crafting a new story for yourself is one of the major keys to having long-term sustainable change with your health and how collective stories are the driver of changes throughout culture. And so what we want to do with TFC is really help people shift their story around their foot health, from being a victim of their genetics or circumstances to being an active participant on a journey towards foot freedom. In this episode we explore this concept and give guidance on how to navigate that journey - this is a narrative that we will continue to build on throughout the year and we’d love to hear your feedback on how it resonates with you. This week’s episode is brought to you by our brand new TFC Community. It’s a completely free online space that we like to think of as private community hall for humans to learn, connect, share, inspire and support one another on the journey to foot freedom. To learn more or join the community, just click here.  TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

This week we have special episode to celebrate our 10,000th tree planted with Reforest Now. For the past couple of years we’ve been donating a percentage of our profits to the Byron Bay based charity. $5 equals one rainforest tree planted, which means with your help we’ve been able to donate more than $50,000 so far. In this episode we chat to Reforest Now’s founder Maximo Bottaro. He’s a passionate environmentalist with a big vision for restoring rainforests here in Australia and eventually abroad. His grassroots not-for-profit is made up a team of hard-working scientists, bush regenerators and nursery people who source seeds of native trees, grow and plant them in a strategic way that gives our endangered rainforests the best chance of flourishing once again. TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

In this week’s Story From The Sole I chat to Shelby Tatum. The young mother from Sydney has been a hairdresser for 15 years so she’s always on her feet. When the 32-year-old returned to work after maternity leave last year she started suffering from plantar fasciitis. The pain got worse as the year went on but just a few months after finding her SoleMate she’s making incredible progress. TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

This week I’m back with Tom Williams from Breath Performance to explore the concept of achilles tendinopathy - what it is, how it happens and what you can do about it based on the current research as well as our experience with our physiotherapy clients. If you’re struggling to make progress in your rehab, please feel free to reach out as we can either help you directly with our online consultations or can point you in the right direction of other practitioners or resources that can help you. TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

This week I’m joined by Richard Game, who is a physiotherapist, performance coach and functional medicine practitioner based here in Brisbane. Throughout the episode we explore the differences between conventional or allopathic medicine and functional medicine, the concept of an evolutionary approach to health and how it relates to things like nutrition, movement and sunlight exposure, we also discuss the role of environmental and cultural changes for promoting public health along with the importance of individuals making educated and empowered choices.  TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

This week’s Story From The Sole comes from Chenoa McDonnell. Chenoa is proof that it’s never too late to put your feet first, no matter how crippling your pain may be. Just walking used to leave Chenoa in agony but with the right tools and a play-based approach to her rehab she has made huge strides towards foot freedom. I was truely truely inspired when Chenoa first shared her story with us and I hope you will be too! TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

This week I’m back with Tom Williams from Breath Performance to explore the concept of bunions - what they are, how they happen and what you can do about them based on the current research as well as our experience with our physiotherapy clients. If you’re struggling to make progress in your rehab, please feel free to reach out as we can either help you directly with our online consultations or can point you in the right direction of other practitioners or resources that can help you.  TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

We’re back with another Story From The Sole. This week I chat to Josh Slater, a landscaper and father-of-two who’s been on an incredible barefoot journey. He first started getting foot pain as a teenager which lead to debilitating back and lower body issues for the next two decades.But after a chance connection lead him down a barefoot rabbit hole Josh is now pain-free and is now training to run shoe-free - a goal that would have seemed unimaginable just a couple of years ago. TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

This week I’m joined by Jeff Goff from Natur Athletics, which is a family-run startup based in the US that is developing a solution to the problem of athletic footwear. Throughout the episode we discuss the issues with conventional sports footwear and how these came about, the different dangers of our modern sporting culture, the power of movement variability and play for injury prevention and the importance of instilling these strategies in athletes as early as possible. Follow Natur Athletics on instagram or click here to support their Kickstarter. TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh

This week I’m joined again by Tom Williams from Breath Performance Physio to chat all about Plantar Fasciitis - so what it is, why it happens and what you can do about it based on the current research and our experience with our physio clients. This is the first of many episodes that we’ll be doing on the common conditions that we see or get asked about with the aim of building awareness and understanding and providing as many actionable steps as possible. If you’re struggling to make progress in your rehab, please feel free to reach out as we can either help you directly with our online consultations or can point you in the right direction of other practitioners or resources that can help you.  TFC Helpful Links: Free Training Explorer Membership Free Ebook (The Guide To Foot Freedom) Shop TFC tools and training (Use the code R2E10 to save 10%) Become A TFC Athlete TFC Pro Directory Natural Footwear Finder  Fountain - Earn money while you listen to our podcast Follow us: Instagram TikTok YouTube Facebook Music: Dream Chaser - Lunareh Written By - Wiriyapa Chansuwong Performed & Produced By - Lunareh