Wilde About Wellbeing

In today's episode, I talk about the scientific benefits for both mind (memory, cognitive function, sleep - and more!) and body (immunity, who knew?!). I also give you my top ten tips for getting back into art / craft / creation after a hiatus!     Honorable Mentions The Makery - crafting workshops in Bath and London, as well as hen parties! Country Living Lansdown Grove Hotel, Bath, UK H. Noice et al, on how theatre performance improved psychological and cognitive wellbeing R. Roberts et al, on how mild cognitive impairment might be prevented in later life. E. Moore, et al, on how musical training improves brain connectivity D. Gussak, on the use of art therapy for prisoners’ depression Y. Tang et al, on how art therapy might help women with breast cancer H. Stuckey et al, on how public health services may improve patient experience with creativity K. J. Petrie et al, on the improvement of immunity levels in HIV patients engaged in journalling   Workbook on Building Rituals - FREE! FREE guide to my TOP TE

Have you ever felt like you didn't belong? That you were a fraud? A fake? That you were, uh, well, Einstein... or Maya Angelou...? You were suffering from Imposter Syndrome - it's common amongst all populations, no matter how apparently successful, famous or wealthy! Believing I'm not good enough has overwhelmed every aspect of my life, including university, work, and even my very existence.  Here, I share my top 10 pieces of advice for overcoming Imposter Syndrome and fears of failure, to become calmer with yourself and more successful.    Quote of the Episode: "The exaggerated esteem in which my lifework is held makes me very ill at ease. I feel compelled to think of myself as an involuntary swindler." Albert Einstein   Honorable Mentions Workbook on Building Rituals - FREE! FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life   Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

Are you baking a cake? If not, then you do not need a constant, obsessive focus on NUMBERS! In today's podcast, I discuss ways in which we might turn away from always looking at and comparing numbers, and finding methods based on quality rather than quantity.   0-3: Introduction 3-12: Some areas where numbers seem to have become prevalent in modern life.  12-20: How personal achievement is more important than comparing our exercise / weight-lifting numbers to other people's.  20-25: Sobriety and why "days clean" is not the best measurement protocol. 25-30: Social media follower numbers - do they really matter? 30-34: Inbox zero, DM numbers, and the pressure we put on ourselves about the quantity of engagement we have with others.  34-37: The focus on earnings vs outgoings, and whether they really mean more than happy users of a service 37-43: What energy are we creating when we share OUR numbers? And what energy are we absorbing when we measure ourselves against those of others? 43-46: How we are driven by so

When Dr Adi Jaffe asked me that question, I was floored.  Indeed, how on Earth DO we stop me caring what others think? Still not sure I know, but I hash it out here with some ideas and advice that you might also find helpful!   Honorable Mentions: YouTube video version of this podcast WAW podcast on habits / rituals, with the link to the FREE workbook!   FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life!  Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing and @mrsjessicawilde Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

I was sober in AA for eight years, and although it wasn't right for me, recovery then - and now - have taught me a lot about how to simplify my journey!   Here I share ten short tips about how I'm learning (notice the present tense!! Ha!) to better manage my wellbeing journey... I think these have really simplified my recovery.    Honorable Mentions: The IGNTD program that I follow, as a more viable (for me!) alternative to AA is run by Dr Adi Jaffe My WAW Wednesday Wellness on Probiotics - where I discuss the gut-brain axis. My WAW episode on habits and rituals - find the FREE workbook link in the shownotes for that episode!   FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life!  Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

We all have habits, whether we're aware of them or not.  We all have rituals, too, but what if we could make conscious decisions to form rituals that help us meet our goals. Maybe you want to develop a ritual to sleep better? To improve your self care? To spend more time with your partner? To help others? My FREE WORKBOOK will guide you on the path you need to start building your new rituals!     0-3: Introduction to today's topic 3-17: Defining 'ritual' and 'habit'. 17-30: Talking about my own experiences, with habits and rituals. 30-34: Quote of the episode. 34-36: How rituals can descend back into simple habits. 36-40: Rituals that don't serve us. 40-58: Building new rituals.   Quote of the Episode: "Standards are great, but they only stand up with rituals that support them" Tony Robbins   Honorable Mentions   Workbook on Building Rituals - FREE!   FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website  

This Friday's 'Fast One' episode is my take on self-care, self-love, self-honouring activities! I offer my own experiences, and the self-care activities I've enjoyed the most, as well as some other ideas you might like to try.    Honorable Mentions: WAW Podcast on Meditation   FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life!  Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing and @mrsjessicawilde Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

Ever meditated or tried mindfulness? I REALLY struggle with quieting my mind enough to concentrate on doing it! Here are my top 10 reasons - all researched! - of how we can all benefit from meditating, both physically and psychologically... including its effect on depression and anxiety! And I share my top 5 tips on getting started with a regular meditation practise!!   Honorable Mentions: Lee et al’s research suggesting meditation benefits diabetes type 2 patients, and reduces LDL cholesterol in hypertension Park and Han’s research into meditation for blood pressure Wachholtz et al’s research into the effects of meditation on migraine Saeed et al’s research into yoga and mindfulness-based meditation’s effect on depression and anxiety Blum et al’s research into levels of anxiety before and after mindful meditation, in adolescents Carpena et al’s research into the use of a six-week mindfulness course for depression and anxiety Jones et al’s research into how mindful meditation affects people’s coping abilities

My word of the year for 2019 is "kaizen", the Sino-Japanese word that means "improvement".  The process of continuous improvement has made incredible changes in my life, allowing me to start focussing on "how can I make this action / behaviour / decision better next time?". I share my experience with the concept, and also give you some ideas of how to apply it in your own life     0-7: Defining 'kaizen'. How it originated at Toyota, and the process that they undertook at the car factories. 7-16: How we can apply the standardisation concept of kaizen in real life. 16-23: Kaizen doesn't entail any notion of completion.  23-31: My suitcase packing analogy, and how it's okay to try different methods to try and find improvements in our lives. Dr Adi Jaffe's 1% Principle - taking baby steps to progress in recovery / abstinence programmes. 31-36: The ease of measurability in kaizen, and ways in which you can apply the ability to measure time / distance etc to make kaizen more applicable in everyday life. 36-40: Look

I've seen a lot recently about making "big leaps" / "giant jumps out of your comfort zone" etc.  I'm here to tell you that it's perfectly OKAY to be more comfortable with baby steps: they are just as important for growth! I discuss my experiences with addiction, and how going from X drinks to abstinence did not work for me, but the incremental step method has!   Honorable Mentions: FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life! My coach, Dr Adi Jaffe, who runs the IGNTD Heroes Program   Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing and @mrsjessicawilde Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

How many TV ads have you seen advertising the benefits of probiotics? Prebiotics? Phytobiotics? Psychobiotics? Microbiome improvement? Microbiota increase?  All pretty confusing, huh? In today's Wednesday Wellness edition, I seek to clear up all of your questions about these gut bacteria, and explain my own experiences with taking them. I also address some top research into their usefulness!   Honorable Mentions: FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life! Didari et al’s research on probiotic use in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Q Guo et al’s research into probiotics for paediatric antibiotic-induced diarrhoea Sun et al’s research into reflux esophagitis treatment Drop et al’s research into microbiota and weight change Tomova et al’s research into gut microflora on a vegan / vegetarian diet Proven Probiotic Capsules  Amare Fundamentals Mentabiotics Powder Bimuno Prebiotic Powder   Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

Today's podcast is a bit different to the usual Tuesday deep dive. Today, I'm updating you on my life, and what is and is not working for me at the moment... in terms of recovery, wellbeing, career, exercise, leisure time, relationships and more! Hopefully, you'll find a tonne of tips and tricks in this episode to transfer to your own life. This is my journey, so I'm learning all the time!   0-3: Introductions, and how this episode differs from usual Tuesdays. My belief about how listening to the challenges of others can help us manage our own. 3-5: Setting up my new business, and my experience of being an employee in a 'previous life'. 5-14: The question of whether money can make you happy. 14-20: Finding my tribe, and how a tribe is different to a friendship group. How Instagram works for me. 20-21: How someone who is close to me being ill / undergoing medical testing affects me. 21-25: Our holiday cancellation, why it happened, and my reaction. What this experience tells us about better communication in re

I LOVE to share on social media: my ups, my downs, my inbetweens. Today's episode is looking at why I choose to share everything, and how this compares to many other users of Instagram. I also discuss the discomfort, vulnerability and rawness I feel whenever I share my story openly on Instagram and elsewhere.    Honorable Mentions: FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life! Today's vulnerable Instagram post: my most open EVER! My coach, Dr Adi Jaffe, who runs the 21 Day Habit Reset Challenge and the IGNTD Heroes Program Chris Harder's For The Love of Money podcast (and Money Principles video series - where I heard about how to value myself monetarily). Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing and @mrsjessicawilde Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

I am NOT great with sleep routines, or sleep hygiene, or sticking to the things I know help me sleep better.  The research I did for today's Wednesday Wellness episode was as much for me as for YOU! Hopefully this will remind you why we should all be focussed on making it as close as we can to eight hours a night.   Honorable Mentions: FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life! David Calhoun and Susan Harding’s research on sleep and hypertension   CA Thomson et al's research on sleep and weight loss A Naska et al’s research into napping and coronary heart disease Reiden Ursun’s research into serotonin production during waking and sleeping phases   Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

I have had a list of careers as long as my ARM - I flit from job to job like a butterfly. I haven't found my PASSION, and yet everyone from virtually every podcast I listen to, every book I read, and even my own family, tells me that I need to find it. Like it would somehow complete me. In this episode, I discuss why curiosity and being open to possibility may be far better routes to go down, than trying (and failing) to discover what our 'passion' is.    0-1: Introduction 1-3: My own journey through work: the career butterfly 3-6: The hatred I feel for self-help guides' advice about passion 6-12: Elizabeth Gilbert's take on how "society fetishises passion" 12-16: Defining passion, and why curiosity might be a better route 16-20: A personal anecdote about how being curious paid off for me on a family holiday 20-26: Natural curiosity, and the questions we ask about things 26-30: How possibility gives us more opportunities and open-mindedness 30-41: How having goals works so well with being a possibilitarian: t

Today's Friday Fast One focusses on the concept of the swipe file in marketing - a file used to collate inspiring advertisements / text for future use...  I believe this is an AWESOME ideas for our mindsets - something we can look at when we're down, to help lift our mood.   Honorable Mentions: FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life! Russell Brunson ClickFunnels [affiliate link] Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

I'm not sure about you, but I feel intimated by exercise - GYMTIMIDATED! It's taken me a hot minute to start exercising regularly, but now I'm starting to see how beneficial it is.  In today's Wednesday Wellness episode, I discuss my own experiences of getting back into exercise, along with all of its benefits. For example, did you know that exercise can increase your gut microflora?!   Honorable Mentions: FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life! BeachBody on Demand Les Mills on Demand Research on exercise for gut microbiota Exercise and depression prevention research Research into exercise for depression and anxiety vs pharmaceuticals Exercise for kids and increase in Executive Control FlyKick, London BoxUnion, Los Angeles Spin Village, Bath Spin Classes in London Soul Cycle, across the US, Canada, and now London! CycleBar, across the US, and London Peloton, across the US, and on demand Glo Yoga, on demand online Dr Adi Jaffe - IGNTD Recovery Secrets Podcast - The One Percent Principle

Have you said thank you to anyone today? Gratitude has been PROVEN to improve depression and our moods in general! In this episode, I share my top ways to cultivate gratitude, including at times when you just can't feel it! I also offer some great reasons for being grateful in the first place!   0-3: Introductions, and how to get my FREE booklet! 3-6: The selfishness of gratitude, and my own practice of expressing thanks. 6-26: Eight ways in which I try to cultivate gratitude in my own life, including the importance of showing gratitude to our own bodies and minds.  26-42: Advice for the times when you're too down to focus on what you're grateful for. My eight top tips for finding what we're thankful for, despite feeling depressed or low.  42-46: Quote of the episode 46-54: Reasons to be grateful, including plenty of scientific research that backs up the fact that being more thankful can change our mood and mindset.  54-57: A little bit of homework for you! Screenshot the episode and share with me on Instagra

Mentors are awesome - they can help us out of tight spots in life, business, and countless other areas of our existence!   Here are my top three tips on how to get the mentor you deserve, the best advisor for you, and someone whose advice you will put into action!     Honorable Mentions: FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life! Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website

Did you know we're 60% water? And that a drop of just 1% means that we are dehydrated?! Shocking, right? In today's Wednesday Wellness episode, I discuss the importance of drinking enough water, and my own experiences. Spoiler: being hydrated has changed my life!!   Honorable Mentions: FREE guide to my TOP TEN motivational tips for a better life! Alex Charfen's free Natural Thirst Challenge Instagram: @wildeaboutwellbeing Pinterest: @wildeaboutwellbeing Wilde About Wellbeing website