Themes: The Feldenkrais Method, Self-Image & Esteem, Nervous System Regulation, Self Awareness   Episode: What would change in your life if you could cultivate more ease in your day & be kinder towards yourself? Author and teacher Alan Questel joins Cait to discuss the Feldenkrais Method, a practice that helps us cultivate more ease, enhance our self-image & physical function, and improve our life experience through movement and directed awareness. Alan shares how the method was developed, his experience being trained by Dr. Feldenkrais, and how the work has changed not only his own life but the lives of the thousands of people he has supported. Alan S. Questel is an author, teacher, and a trainer in the Feldenkrais Method. Alan is known for his clarity, creativity, and down-to-earth teaching style. He teaches and directs Feldenkrais Professional Training Programs worldwide, including in the USA, Australia, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, South America, and Canada. Alan is the creator of the video program Pregnant Pauses – Movement for Moms and has authored  "Creating Creativity," in addition to 20 Feldenkrais-Awareness Through Movement Audio sets. He also developed a body of work for performers utilizing the Feldenkrais Method and has taught workshops for actors at major universities around the world. His latest book, Practice Intentional Acts of Kindness helps readers to explore & enhance their relationship with themselves and to cultivate more kindness in their daily lives.   Show Notes: -Intro to Alan and his personal journey, how he discovered Dr. Feldenkrais -How the Feldenkrais Method was developed -Cait shares her recent experience with the Feldenkrais Method -Learn how to “struggle well” -Improve self image and practice kindness towards oneself & others -Develop more grounded presence and intention in our everyday lives -How to prioritize your physical, mental & emotional comfort to cultivate more ease -How the Feldenkrais Method helps us increase self awareness and strengthen emotional regulation   Resources: -Visit Alan’s website here -Click to follow Alan on: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter/X -Click here to access Alan’s new book: Practice Intentional Acts of Kindness  free sample worksheet for cultivating kindness -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Click here for Cait’s FREE Masterclass -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website   *ALL the content talked about in these episodes should not be used as medical advice. These episodes are to be used for informational purposes only.

Themes: Emotional/Nervous System Regulation, Relationships, Intimacy    Episode: How do you regulate when you are triggered by the actions of your partner? Occupational therapist and relationship expert Kat Smailis joins Cait and Lindsay for the second time on Rewire, to discuss the significance of nervous system regulation in intimate relationships. Learn about some of the most commonly seen emotional differences between men and women, how stress affects relationships, and how to better intimacy with your partner through emotional regulation.    Show Notes: -Click here to get Vital Side’s Intro program “Reset” for $5 with code RESET5 -Kat sharing how her practice has grown and evolved since she was last on the podcast (click here to listen to episode 27) -How Kat’s practice shifted to working with predominantly men; the difference between men and women when it comes to intimacy; how societal pressures affect the emotional intelligence of men  -Learning that any emotional experience you have is trapped energy from a past experience/trauma  -Tools on how to emotionally regulate during difficult situations/fights or disagreements with your partner; noticing the cues of your body and becoming more self aware of when you need space and time to cool off or reflect before engaging  -The importance of co-regulating with a partner  -Lindsay describing the “Buddha bubble,” a regulation tool she uses with her husband  -Kat describing simple ways to start the process of emotional regulation, even if you are completely new to the work    Resources: -Click here to listen to Kat’s first episode on Rewire (Ep 27) -Click here for Kat’s free masterclass on stress and intimacy  -Find Kat on: Youtube here and Instagram here -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Click here to get Vital Side’s Intro program “Reset” (as mentioned in the episode) for $5 with code RESET5 -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Click here for Cait’s FREE Masterclass *ALL the content talked about in these episodes should not be used as medical advice. These episodes are to be used for informational purposes only.  

Themes: Somatic Healing, Parts Work, Nervous System Regulation, Self Development   Episode: Do you find yourself comparing yourself to others? Perhaps you have a habit of scrolling social media and you notice yourself feeling jealous, inadequate or frustrated when you compare yourself & your life to someone else’s highlight reel. Cait walks us through the deeper roots of comparison, where this habit comes from and how we can reparent ourselves and heal the part of us that compares ourselves to others so we can experience more peace, satisfaction and wholeness.   Show Notes: -Normalizing comparison as a natural human behavior -Getting curious about how comparison shows up in our lives and how it makes us feel  -Cait explains how Parts Work can be an impactful tool in discovering the deeper roots & energy behind why we get caught up in comparison -Comparison is often a form of protection by the nervous system to keep us safe -Exploring where your comparer “part” is in or around your body as a way to cultivate more curiosity towards its needs & behaviors -Underneath all of our “parts” is an unmet emotional need  -Learning to reparent & nourish our comparer “part”; how to use a somatic approach to meet the comparer part’s deeper emotional needs  -It’s never too late to start this inner work; reach out for support & guidance on your journey   Resources: -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Click here for Cait’s FREE Masterclass -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website   *ALL the content talked about in these episodes should not be used as medical advice. These episodes are to be used for informational purposes only.

Themes: Brain Retraining, Nervous System Regulation, Trauma Healing, Nutrition/Holistic health trigger warning: discussion of trauma and suicidal ideation   Episode: What does brain retraining actually look like in the everyday life of someone using it as a tool for healing? Holistic health coach and long time Vital-Side member Christine Myers joins Lindsay to talk about how brain retraining was transformative to her healing journey. Learn what it's like to start from the beginning from someone who has actually been through the program, and hear how Christine now uses what she learned with her own clients.  Christine Myers is a continuous learner, food lover, chef, mom, and wife, and is a Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Holistic Health Coach specializing in histamine intolerance, oxalate toxicity, and other food sensitivities. She helps her clients dissolve their symptoms and achieve optimal health. She creates individualized protocols for her clients using various approaches, including nutritional therapy, lifestyle changes, targeted supplementation, mindset, homeopathy, and energy medicine. She believes that everyone is different and that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to healing.    Show Notes: -Christine tells her own story of struggling through chronic illness her entire life; how her journey has evolved and how she “turned her pain into purpose” through helping clients with similar issues as her -How Christine started in a Vital-Side program for brain retraining; discussing how her core value of freedom led her to start -The process of feeling stuck, in survival mode, and not dealing with trauma and the ways that brain retraining began to help -Christine walks us through her thoughts when she began, how/when some of her symptoms began to involve and improve, and how she implements what she learned with her own clients    Resources: -Follow Christine on Instagram here -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Click here for Cait’s FREE Masterclass  

Themes: Core Values, Authenticity, Personal Growth, Self Development   Episode: Do you ever feel disconnected from your sense of self and authenticity? In this episode, Lindsay guides listeners through an exercise to help define your core values, which Lindsay describes as the key to understanding your own uniqueness.  Show Notes: -”No one is you, and that is your greatest power”-David Grohl; why defining what makes us “us” is important to our well being  -Discovering and embracing our individuality  -The definition of “core values” -Lindsay guides listeners through a somatic visualization tool to help us define/recognize our own individual core values; how to use what you discover in your daily life   Resources: -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Click here to join Lindsay’s program “Reboot” (as described in the episode) -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Click here for Cait’s FREE Masterclass   *ALL the content talked about in these episodes should not be used as medical advice. These episodes are to be used for informational purposes only.  

Themes: Nervous System Regulation, Authenticity, Somatics, Trauma/Stress Response TW: discussions around various types of trauma/childhood trauma   Episode: Do you find it easy or difficult to project your authentic self in your everyday life? Trauma informed nervous system practitioner Katie Olderman joins Cait to discuss how she leads her clients into reclaiming their authenticity through nervous system regulation and somatic work. Katie shares how she develops the tools she teaches to her clients, the significant effect of the stress response on our bodies, and how to start practicing regulation no matter where you are in your journey. Katie Olderman is a trauma informed nervous system practitioner, somatic healer and women's leadership coach and mentor. She supports high achieving women in rewiring their nervous systems so they can rewrite their stories, reclaim their playful, free, authentic self and create a future that truly lights them up. Through a unique blend of nervous system healing, mind body medicine, trauma informed coaching, polyvagal theory and cutting edge neuroscience Katie helps clients understand how to work with their mind, body, heart, and soul so they can truly feel safe, loved, and supported as they build the life of their dreams and play bigger than they ever felt possible.   Show Notes: -Intro to Katie and her personal journey into becoming a trauma informed nervous system practitioner; realizing that all of stress and burnout is rooted in nervous system dysregulation; moving from helping clients/patients with just their physical bodies to helping them heal their mental, emotional, and energetic bodies as well -Explaining how the nervous system is the “command center of the body” -Learning to reclaim what we lose when we are stuck in the stress response  -Finding safety; activating the parasympathetic nervous system -Accessing creativity when you find safety; how you can only do these through feeling, not thinking  -Katie defining more of what survival response and trauma really are -How perfectionism affects the nervous system  -Nervous system healing is hard work, and takes time; but if you enter into it with the right intentions, it always works!   Resources: -Follow Katie on Instagram here -Click here to join Katie’s free facebook group Reclaiming Her -Click here to book a 1:1 call with Katie -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Click here for Cait’s FREE Masterclass: Grow Your Coaching Business through Nervous System Regulation -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website   *ALL the content talked about in these episodes should not be used as medical advice. These episodes are to be used for informational purposes only.  

Themes: Feminine & Masculine Dynamics, Nervous System Regulation, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development    Episode: Do you find yourself stuck in the masculine state of constant “doing”, without being able to tap into your more receptive & intuitive feminine energy? Lindsay and Cait discuss the difficulties of finding balance between the two in a society that highly favors and praises masculine energy over feminine. Learn how to recognize signs that you are stuck in the masculine, and practical tools to experience more regulation as you develop your own version of balance.   Show Notes: -Masculine and feminine energy dynamics; how it's unrelated to gender, and everyone has the duality of both inside of them  -Why burnout happens when there is a lack of balance between the masculine/feminine -Lindsay gives an example of how she and her husband find this balance as they’re living life on the road -How to cultivate a felt sense of safety in your softer feminine side  -Lindsay and Cait share practical tools to use to develop a balance between the masculine/feminine energies   Resources: -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Click here for Cait’s FREE Masterclass: Grow Your Coaching Business through Nervous System Regulation -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website

Themes: Autoimmune recovery, Somatic work, Nervous system regulation   Episode: What does embodiment really look like in the everyday life of people with autoimmune diseases? Soul embodiment coach Rachel Albo joins Cait and Lindsay to discuss her work helping clients reconnect with their bodies after a difficult diagnosis. Rachel shares her own health journey and how it led her to the work she does today through Soul Flow collective, a private app community specifically tailored for women who are living with autoimmune conditions.  Rachel Albo is a soul embodiment coach with a professional background in occupational therapy and personal training and over a decade of combined experience working with diverse clients. She is driven by a strong passion to guide every client in infusing their journey with elements of joy, playfulness, and freedom, all of which provide profound and lasting intuitive healing. Her approach focuses on holistic healing – from embodiment techniques and subconscious reprogramming to specialized workouts and guided meditations. Rachel is the founder of the Soul Flow Collective, a private app community tailored for women navigating autoimmune symptoms. This platform offers a variety of exclusive weekly content, live monthly masterclasses, loving community support, and 100’s of other resources to nurture the mind-body-soul connection.   Show Notes: -Intro to Rachel; her educational background, the recent expansions in her business, and how/why she recently shifted her title into “soul embodiment coach”  -Rachels health background; getting diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2017 and how this affected her everyday life; her healing journey and how it led her to where she is today  -The changes and transformation Rachel has been through in the last three years of her life; how this helped her connect even deeper to self trust and the soul/mind/body connection  -Rachel’s story of how her new title “Soul Embodiment Coach” came to her at a music festival -Discussing why “embodiment” is important; connecting with our bodies and intuitive minds over mental minds -People with autoimmune issues/chronic pain and illness usually don’t have any desire to connect with their bodies; how Rachel coaches them towards understanding the importance of embodiment  -Rachel’s discovery of the importance of the nervous system; realizing she had been using regulation tools already in her occupational therapy practices, and how she began transferring these skills into working with clients as she began to understand them better -Discussing the importance of breaking away from the identity of a diagnosis; how Rachel helps clients connect with who they are rather than the disease(s) they have -The intuitive ability we all have to heal ourselves; learning to reparent ourselves -Rachel discussing practical somatic and regulation tools she practices and passes on to her clients so they can experience embodiment   Resources: -Click here to visit Rachel’s website: use code “REWIRE” for 44% off monthly membership to Soul Flow Collective  -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Visit Cait’s Website   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer

Themes: Perfectionism, Entrepreneurship, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Nervous System Regulation   Introducing The NeuroSomatics Certification Program, with Cait Ross and Laura Larios! What would become possible for you if you could: -Learn how to regulate your nervous system using a somatic (body-based) approach and help your clients do the same -Take your coaching skills to the next level so you can 10x+ your client results -Have clients that sign with you again and again and again — because there is no limit to how deep you can support them -Grow your business with a greater sense of ease and flow -Say goodbye to frustration, overwhelm and burnout -Bring nervous system work & your own unique expertise to the world in a fulfilling and profitable way -Join an intimate group of pioneers to shape the future of the coaching & human transformation industries Cait invites you to book an Enrollment call with her & her colleague, (and past Rewire guest) Laura Larios to learn more about their NeuroSomatics Certification program and explore if it’s a fit for you! The program starts in less than a month and won’t open again until 2024.   Episode: Are you a high achieving person who struggles to balance the goals you set for yourself, while also prioritizing joy & connection? Do you find yourself expecting perfection in every (or most) area of your life? Cait discusses her own struggles with perfectionism, how these tendencies often develop, and how to break free of this cycle and find more harmony & peace in your life.    Show Notes: -Cait describes some of the common characteristics of being a high achieving person  -The connection between perfectionism in adulthood and strong protective behaviors that developed in childhood -Cait’s experience with competitive figure skating as a child; how activities like sports tend to come naturally easy to high achieving people and how this can influence perfectionism tendencies -The desire of a perfectionist to be in control -The difference between healthy and unhealthy goal setting; realizing the intentions behind your goals and why you set them  -Celebrating the beauty of these tendencies while also cultivating awareness to ensure they are serving and not hindering you  -How perfectionism can manifest physically in the body and in the external world around you -Cait introduces and discusses the concept of Internal Family Systems (IFS), developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz: The overall concept being that we are not a mono mind; we don’t just have one self – we have many different “parts” -Diving deep into how these “parts” develop; Parts work as a healing & growth tool; Cait giving examples of her own parts that developed in her childhood and how she figured out where they tend to live in her body  -What are “protector parts” and why they exist -How somatic work can help us relate to these “parts” and release the energy they are holding; Cait shares real tools & ways to start doing parts work    Resources: -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Visit Cait’s Website -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer  

Themes: Nutrition, Nervous System Regulation, Gut and Digestive Health   Do you struggle with food sensitivity or digestive issues? Have you tried every elimination diet out there but experienced little to no relief? Registered dietician Dr. Heather Finley joins Lindsay and Cait on Rewire to discuss the missing piece of healing digestive symptoms and conditions: using nervous system regulation to heal your gut. Hear Dr. Heather’s story and learn practical tools to help you begin to find safety in your body and around food.  Dr. Heather Finley is a registered dietitian with a doctorate in clinical nutrition. She helps people struggling with bloating, constipation, and IBS find relief from their symptoms and feel excited about food again. Dr. Heather has a doctorate in clinical nutrition from Maryland University of Integrative Health. Her work has been featured on Good Morning Texas and in Mind Body Green, Yahoo! Life, and Very Well Health.   Show Notes: -Heather telling her personal experiences with digestive issues, and feeling “incurable” for 20 years of her life; her first job out of college in a hospital and how she was inundated with imposter syndrome with her patients because she was still experiencing so many symptoms herself; how she arrived at her “light bulb” moment and realized later that her symptoms were directly related to the state of her nervous system and her level of stress; how this lead her to the nervous system work she does today with her clients -Why blanket solutions that are widely accepted (certain probiotics, etc) are not always the best thing if your gut is not healthy  -Exploring the mind body connection and how this affects your relationship with food/eating  -Going from seeing food as a source of symptoms to a source of nourishment (steps on how to get there)  -Learning to examine underlying issues to help heal your digestive issues: regulating your nervous system, stress levels, gut health, your environment, and more; what else besides food are you “consuming?” -Defining a healthy gut: you are able to digest and absorb food adequately; you are able to produce the end products that benefit your entire body -Why gut health is “north to south”; discussing more of the mind body connection in reference to food  -Recognizing where your gut health stands; recognizing red/green flags  -Heather’s tips for where to start if you are experiencing symptoms; why the biggest key is rewiring your nervous system into feeling safe and joyful around eating  -Practical tools to make your body and mind feel safe when eating  -Food is freedom; it represents culture and love and we all deserve to enjoy it   Resources: -Visit Dr. Heather’s website here -Follow Rewire on Instagram here -Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside -Visit Lindsay’s Website -Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co  -Visit Cait’s Website   Join our community: bit.ly/rewirethepodcast Podcast disclaimer can be found by visiting: bit.ly/rewiredisclaimer