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.
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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.
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.
Host Sarah Gorev is joined by photographer and nature lover Annie Johnston for a genuinely joyful chat about forest bathing – and fair warning, neither of them are experts. This is two people who love being outside talking about why it makes them feel so much better. And somehow they cover a lot of ground.
In this episode you'll hear about:
- Why our connection to nature is primeval – and what the digital age has quietly done to it
- The Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, why it was coined in the 1980s, and why it can be a lovely walk in the woods
- Grounding – what it actually is, why Annie had been doing it her whole life before she found out it had a name, and why pigeon poo may occasionally be an obstacle
- The fascinating science of phytoncides – the chemicals trees release that can actually boost your immune system
- Why trees communicate with and look after each other through their root systems (it sounds unlikely; it isn't)
- How going outside for just ten minutes works as a change of state for your nervous system in a way even a cup of tea can't quite match
- Forest schools, children seeing woods through fresh eyes, and what Sir David Attenborough has to do with any of it
- The women's business walking group where nobody talked about business once – and why that was the whole point
Plus a plant in the wrong place, some owl pellets, and a very good case for borrowing a dog!
Whether you've got a forest on your doorstep, a balcony with a tomato plant, or just a park bench at lunchtime – this one's for you.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Website – http://www.anniejohnstonphoto.com
Business Facebook – www.facebook.com/anniejohnstonphotography
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/anniejohnston
Instagram – www.instagram.com/anniejohnstonphotography
📖 The Healing Power of Trees by Olga Terebenina and Gary Evans – Forest Bathing Institute – https://tfb.institute/
National Trust – https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/nature/trees-plants/a-beginners-guide-to-forest-bathing
Curious about EFT tapping? If you've been feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or just not quite yourself lately, it could be just the thing. Host Sarah Gorev offers EFT and energy sessions via Zoom, plus virtual EFT tapping card decks if you'd like to explore at your own pace – find everything at tapintoyou.co.uk. Come and say hello on Instagram too @sarahgorev
This podcast is here to inform and inspire curiosity, not to tell you what to do. Everything discussed reflects the personal experiences of our guests, and Sarah doesn't personally endorse any particular practice or approach. You're always in the driving seat — it's entirely your choice whether to explore further. Where guests offer the chance to try things for yourself, you'll find links below. And as always, nothing here is suggested as a substitute for personalised advice from your own healthcare professionals.
Thanks for listening.
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