Exploring Ways to Wellness
Exploring Ways to Wellness
Podcast Description
Discover unconventional paths to wellness and rejuvenation on the 'Exploring Ways to Wellness' podcast. Host Sarah Gorev invites you on a journey to uncover alternative holistic health practices and mindfulness techniques that go beyond mainstream self-care advice. Each week, Sarah has honest chats with real people who've found unique solutions for boosting energy, relieving burnout, and achieving a better feeling of balance - without spending a fortune. She’ll break down barriers, challenge assumptions, and ask: What are the alternatives, why try them, and do they work? If you're curious about emerging wellness trends, from crystals and reiki to sound healing and meditation, this podcast is your guide to exploring different ways to feel good again.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores various themes related to holistic health, mindfulness, and alternative wellness practices. Topics include Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), cold water swimming, Human Design, and creativity through journaling, with episodes offering practical insights like beginner tips for swimming and emotional healing techniques for anxiety.

Holistic Wellness: Exploring Ways to Wellness delivers alternative healing and natural wellness solutions through authentic conversations and real experiences. Perfect for curious souls seeking complementary therapies and mindful living beyond mainstream wellness advice.
Host Sarah Gorev brings you refreshingly honest chats with practitioners and real people about holistic health approaches that actually work (even for the busiest of lives). From mindfulness to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), cold water swimming to sound therapy, she’s lifting the veil on evidence-based alternative approaches that can be easily incorporated and even enhance your packed schedule.
Each episode demystifies holistic practices through genuine, no-pressure conversations about what works (and maybe what doesn’t). Ideal for people who are intrigued by alternative wellness and natural healing but want real experiences, not just theory. Instead of ‘powering through’ and reaching exhaustion and burn-out, Sarah explores how these accessible practices can help you reclaim your energy, process past experiences, and find balance – without requiring endless time or resources.
If you’re open-minded about exploring holistic wellness solutions but fancy hearing real experiences before diving in, this is your weekly companion for discovering different paths to feeling good again. Join Sarah for down-to-earth conversations about alternative wellness approaches that can transform your daily life – no crystals required (unless you want them!).
In this honest Season 3 opener, host Sarah Gorev shares what she's been hesitant to reveal: her personal mental health journey and why this isn't just another wellness podcast.
Discover why Sarah isn't randomly collecting interesting stories – she's personally experienced techniques from many of the practitioners featured on this show. From EFT training and certification to reiki sessions, meditation practices, and hypnobirthing, Sarah has walked the walk.
In this episode, you'll hear:
• Sarah's mental health struggles and the discovery that changed everything
• Why she trained and became certified in EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
• Insights from the Complementary Medical Association Global Summit 2025
• The fascinating concept of lifespan vs healthspan
• A powerful personal story about hypnobirthing that challenges mainstream assumptions
• The reality of having wellness tools but sometimes choosing not to use them
• A preview of Season 3
If you've ever wondered whether complementary wellness practices actually work, or if they're just for people with endless time and resources, this episode is for you. Sarah proves that evidence-based alternative approaches can transform your daily life – even with the busiest schedule.
Perfect for: Anyone curious about alternative wellness, natural healing, holistic health, mindfulness, EFT tapping, complementary therapies, or simply wanting to hear real experiences before trying something new.
This isn't about perfection. It's about progress. Not fixing, but flourishing.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Why I started this podcast
03:45 – My personal wellness practices
08:30 – EFT: From client to certified practitioner
12:15 – Complementary Medical Association Summit insights
15:20 – Lifespan vs Healthspan: What really matters?
17:45 – My hypnobirthing story (and why it worked!)
21:30 – The reality: Having tools but not always using them
25:00 – Season 3 preview: What's coming
🎧 New episodes every week
💬 Join the conversation using #ExploringWaysToWellness
Next week: Ancient Hawaiian healing practice of Huna with Dr Jane Lewis
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Complementary Medical Association Global Summit Speakers:
– Jayney Goddard – Founder and President of the CMA
Find out more: @JayneyGoddardCMA
– Dr Frank Sabatino: The Power of Complementary Medicine and Personal Choice
Find out more: @nationalhealthassociation
– Shola Arewa – Living on Purpose: Reluctant Leader to Conscious Leader Find out more: @Energy-doctor
– Gary Evans and Olga Terebenina: Forest Bathing – Major Advances in Research
Find out more: @theforestbathinginstitute5891
– Dr Rob Verkerk: Healthcare 4.0 – How we get there
Find out more from @ANHIntl
– Johann Callaghan: Sleep for Success – Optimise Your sleep, Maximise Your Performance.
Find out more from @johann.callaghan
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