In this episode I speak with the courageous Jen Crescenzo, a Melbourne yoga teacher and teacher trainer – E-RYT 500 and Certified Continuing Education Provider (YACEP)

This interview is both deep and honest about Jen’s journey from a holding a successful career in the film industry to transitioning to becoming a full time yoga teacher. We talk about her wake-up moment of knowing that she needed to make some lifestyle changes and the critical questions she asked herself to help get clarity.

The questions that Jen asked were:

• Is this the life I want to be living?
• How do I want to feel?
• Is the life I’m living consistent with the values I hold?

We talk about the importance of self care, letting go of attachments, of curiosity and enquiry and of taking personal responsibility to assist in leading an empowered life.

And as Jen so eloquently says – ‘leave space for the mystery’.

Let go of the need to have an answer. You can and should allow yourself to change your mind.

Jen writes this quote on her website: ‘The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one’s whole being.  Nothing less will do; there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises’ – Carl Jung

To find more about Jen head to: 

http://yoga.jencrescenzo.com/

I hope you enjoy the episode.

All my love

Claire x

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I’m excited to share another solo episode from me where I talk about the grace of slowing down.

This is a topic close to my heart as I have been that ‘busy’ person trying to fill up my calendar for weeks in advance, hardly allowing any breathing space in my life. With all the busyness and the doing, I lost sight of where I was going and why and what was truly important to me.

Only by slowing things down and being with the present moment did I begin to put the pieces together. Only then was I able to listen to my soul calling, to my intuition, to my body’s wisdom and bring myself back to a state of balance and homeostasis.

So in this podcast you’ll hear my tops tips on how you can begin to slow things down in your life.  This truly is where the magic is at.

1. Slow down your walk, your talk, your eating (chew your food) eat at a table, eat slow food – not fast processed food. Appreciate the food you eat – where it came from, how much energy from the earth went into growing it.

2. Slow your reactions.  When things don’t go your way – someone annoys you, you get cut off in the car, the train is late, or you drop your dinner on the floor. Can you stop and breathe before you react. Create that space and allow clarity to come through before you respond from a calm place.  This takes practice but can make the world of difference to how you feel and the impact it has on others.

3. Breathe. Take mindful breaths. Can you put an alarm on your phone to remind you to check in with your breath during the work day. Can you take conscious breaths before bed or in the morning before you start your day. Take the time to check in with yourself. Notice when you hold the breath and how your shoulders and neck feel

4. Morning routine. Start slow. Avoid looking at phone/computer for a few hours. Make it ‘me’ time.

5. Take time for a cup of mindful tea.

6. Take time for mindful movement – yoga/tai chi

7. Write a list of everything in your head. Work out what things you can say ‘no’ to, delete from the list, delegate. What’s important to you? Focus on that.

8. Clear your calendar of commitments.  What things are you saying ‘yes’ to from a place of obligation, how many things have a ‘should’, ‘must’, ‘have to’ attached to them? Create some time in the week to be alone. Schedule it in your diary – time for nature/ reading/listening to music/journaling/exercise/creative project.

9. Meditate. This is so important to put the time aside for.  When we’re busy we feel like we don’t have any time to meditate, we’ll make a gazillion excuses. The thing is, meditation actually give us more time.  By slowing down the monkey mind, we create some much needed space, release tension and stress and we are much better able to focus on one thing at a time.

A form of meditation is yoga nidra – yogic sleep.  This is a deep relaxation and settles the nervous system entirely. This is done lying down under a warm blanket and the objective is to remain awake and aware but completely relaxed. They say that 30 mins of nidra is the equivalent of 2-3 hours of deep sleep. If you’ve never tried it before I have you covered with a recording I did for you.  Click here and msg me and I’ll send it to you. You’ll feel the difference!

These are things we can begin to incorporate into our daily lives.  Maybe we start with one thing and make it a part of our morning routine. And then add another thing. Trial them our for a few weeks and see how they go. How we feel.  

Because small things added up over time lead to big results and changes in our lives.

The best and most worthwhile things always take time.

All my love

Claire x

To connect, go to:
Website: www.claire-bradshaw.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clairelouisebradshaw/
Instagram: @_clairebradshaw_

This is episode number 20 (wahoo!) with the beautiful Alice Nicholls. And it’s likely to resonate with so many people.  Alice talks about rising from adversity and using these challenges and the learnings gained to grow both personally and professionally.  We talk about how these challenges can become our strengths not our weaknesses, how we don’t have to be the victim to our circumstances and how now is the time for us to rise up from them.

And if you don’t know Alice, then here is a bit about her……..

Magical essential oils:

To learn more about the magical doTerra oils from mother nature that we talk about, then click HERE and book in for my next free essential oils class at my home in St Kilda, Melbourne.  If you can’t make the date, then shoot me a message hello@claire-bradshaw.com and we can chat.

What you’ll learn:

• How Alice believes that her success is due to the learnings and growth journey she’s taken herself on and how she’s turned the adversity she experienced in childhood into her strength
• Why Alice believes in the commitment to personal growth to bring about the change we desire for our lives
• How looking inwards and dismantling your beliefs can lead to freedom
• The supportive practices that Alice undertook to ‘wake up’ and what she does regularly to keep her vibes high.
• How Alice began her doTerra journey and why doTerra is so much more than just the oils (& these oils are pretty amazing!)
• We talk about the juicy subject of how spirituality and abundance is not mutually exclusive. We can and deserve to have both!
• And how it’s time to say ‘yes’ for what you truly desire in life

The resources we talk about are:

• A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson
• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Getting into the vortex recording by Ester Hick

To connect with Alice, go to:

Website: www.thewholedaily.com

Instagram: @thewholedaily

Fleassy Malay is an Internationally renowned, evocative and powerful spoken word artist, speaker and coach from the UK. A global advocate for Women’s rights and a fierce voice for the power of authenticity and connection as a social change tool.

Now based in Melbourne, Australia, she runs Melbourne’s acclaimed Women’s Spoken Word event, Mother Tongue. A passionate, powerful, vulnerable and honest performer who’s words and courses leave a profound impression.

As a self-identified queer, erotic, spiritual, mother she has a theatrical and yet deeply authentic performance and speaking style, renowned for captivating her audiences with depth, honesty, and humour.

I met Fleassy at a women’s networking event a few years ago and since then I’ve been connecting with her at different events and have seen first hand her ability to capture the minds/hearts and spirits of audiences.

I knew I had to get her on the show to share her story and her top ways to break down the fear to be seen and heard as our true and authentic selves.

What you’ll learn:

• The difference between speaking in an embodied way vs. an un-embodied way
• What can happen when we speak from an un-embodied and inauthentic way
• Why it can be so scary to be seen on stage and on camera
• How being our authentic selves is a journey of self awareness,  love and self acceptance.
• How we block the connection we so desperately seek
• How important it is to identify the ‘story’ that’s keeping us from connecting with our true self and with others
• The importance of setting boundaries and saying ‘I don’t know’ in a truly self honouring and empowering way
• Learn Fleassy’s top tips on how to create a deeper connection to self even if you’re really busy

To connect with Fleassy, go to:

Website: www.fleassymalay.com

Instagram: http://www.Intagram.com/fleassymalay

Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/FleassyM

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FleassyMalay

Other Business websites:

Mother Tongue – www.mothertonguepoetry.com
CourageouslyME – www.courageously-me.com

Have you noticed how calm you feel when you’re in nature, on holiday, writing, creating, dancing, swimming……?  You feel present, you’re not worrying about the past or the future. You’re in the moment of flow.

And when we’re in this place we feel relaxed, we allow fresh ideas and inspiration to come through to us. Because we’ve created space from our incessant thinking. But what if we could feel more like this in the day to day, no matter what happens to us, no matter if nothing goes our way? Where we literally feel this sense of calm and ease even when everything around us is hectic; trains are late, car breaks down, we have a sleepless night….But still we are cool as a cucumber.

In this episode you’ll learn:

My 10 top tips to finding inner calm in the day to day:

1. Tidy up
2. Write it all down & prioritise
3. Plants, plants, plants
4. Essential oils
5. Grounding
6. Conscious breathing
7. Set some boundaries
8. Move your body
9. Stillness
10. Enquire and journal

This is really just the start though.  As we delve deeper, as we slow down, magic reveals itself and our lives begin aligning in the way we truly desire them to. It’s really got to be experienced to be believed.

If you want my FREE guide to inner calm where I break this all down, and you’ll also get a little bonus worksheet to follow then grab it here

If you’re interested in delving deeper into the coaching realms with someone who’s gone through this transformation and can be your guide on the side to listen and hold your hand on your journey to more inner peace & calm, better health and happier relationships, then contact me for a FREE 30 min discovery session

Let’s connect:

web: claire-bradshaw.com

Insta: @_clairebradshaw_

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