In this season finale of Outside the Square , I'm delving into the transformative practice of mindfulness. Cultivating mindfulness is an important tool to help recognise and address the struggles we face in our lives. By fostering awareness of our feelings and experiences, we can significantly reduce our suffering. I talk about my journey with mindfulness and explaining that it's not about achieving a perfect meditative state but about being open to whatever arises, including the distractions of...
Oct 27, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 8
In the second and final part of the amazing conversation I had with Louise, we are exploring the transformative journey from a scarcity mindset to one of abundance. We talk about understanding your personal values and how this can guide your financial decisions, ensuring that spending aligns with what truly matters in your own life. We also discuss the importance of intentionality in you money mindset and purchasing behaviours. We talk about how to foster a positive relationship with you money, ...
Oct 20, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 7
This week I'm speaking with Louise Hansen, a life empowerment coach based in rural New Zealand, about the often complex relationship we have with money. Louise shares her journey of transforming her perception of money, highlighting how societal and familial beliefs shape our views on abundance and scarcity. The conversation delves into the importance of intention when it comes to spending, emphasising that our financial decisions often reflect deeper emotional needs. Our relationship with money...
Oct 13, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 6
I'm honoured to introduce you to Dr Tonya Cruikshank, a Holistic Doctor and Coach, and in this week's episode, we are diving deep into the importance of empowering conversations in healthcare. We discuss how bravery and vulnerability can transform your interactions with medical professionals. It’s all about feeling confident to communicate your symptoms and experiences. After all, your story is a crucial part of the diagnosis process. We talk about how emotions and psychology affects physical he...
Sep 29, 2024•51 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In the second of this two-part conversation, I'm diving deeper into the transformative conversation with Brandi Bissell, a sexual health coach, exploring how our relationship with sexuality shapes our overall wellbeing. Building on last week's discussion, we focus on the importance of pleasure—not only in the sexual context but in all aspects of life. Brandi emphasises the need to unlearn harmful beliefs and practices about our bodies and desires, advocating for a journey of self-exploration and...
Sep 22, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In the first of this two-part conversation, I chat with Brandi Bissell, a sexual health coach, where we explore insights into the realms of pleasure, embodiment, and intimacy. Brandi shares her journey from general coaching to specialising in sexual health and relationship coaching. She discusses how somatic healing and emotional work transformed her approach to intimacy, emphasising that deep, personal changes in one's relationship with sexuality can profoundly impact both personal and professi...
Sep 15, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this episode of the Outside the Square Podcast, host Fiona sits down with Lara, a former aerial and yoga instructor, to explore the transformative power of movement. Lara shares her journey from a timid beginner to a confident teacher, highlighting how her experiences with aerial yoga helped her overcome fears and embrace discomfort as a catalyst for personal growth. Their conversation delves into the importance of reframing how we view movement, focusing not just on achieving fitness goals b...
Sep 08, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this special mini episode of Outside the Square , hosts Fiona and Josephine catch up with listeners about exciting changes ahead. After a brief hiatus, they share news about their evolving personal lives and the podcast's future. Josephine reveals her decision to step back from the podcast due to her upcoming baby, which has prompted a deep reflection and shift in her priorities. Fiona will continue with the podcast, bringing fresh perspectives and new voices to explore topics like body image...
Sep 01, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 1
We've had a break, but we're back for another exciting season! Starting on 2 September 2024 we're bringing you topics that you requested, from strengthening your voice in your health journey, finding joy in movement, learning about the nervous system, to putting yourself first in your decision making and discovering your sensuality. You'll be hearing from some new voices this season too, with special guest coaches, practitioners and healers sharing their wisdom with us all. Season three of Outsi...
Aug 25, 2024•1 min
In this weeks episode Fiona and Josephine share on how to curate feelings of safety within yourself as a way of buiding confidence. We talk about fear around food and around body and how to build the muscle of self-trust and self-confidence to moving away from dieting. We speak about the power of sharing your experience of food and your body in an intimate group setting to release the shameful pain and realise you are not alone. We share the next steps to commiting to feeling safe in our own bod...
Mar 27, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 9
How do you feel about being intentionally selfish? This week we're talking about the importance and benefits of being selfish more in our lives. We chat about the underlying feelings of unworthiness that come up for many when we prioitise others' needs over our own. We emphasize the long-term benefits of self-care and sitting with discomfort to gain clarity and worthiness. When we build a "worthiness muscle" through small daily acts of self-care, it can help us to feel grounded and confident ser...
Mar 20, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week, we're talking about transition and change. We discuss how transition happens across our lives as we develop and grow, Ut that it can often bring challenges. Josephine talks about the identity death that occurs as we change and how we can hold space for the grief that we feel for this. We talk about how we can view transition and change with a different mindset. 12 weeks to Confidence: Our group program is open! If you are ready to build your CONFIDENCE and feel energised, glowing and ...
Mar 13, 2024•25 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Sometimes we see busy-ness as a badge of honour, that if we are seen to be busy in some ways that can be seen as success. Where did that come from? Why do we perceive busy-ness as success? In this episode, we sow the seed that stepping out of the busy-ness into pleasure and presence is part of living more. We explore how and when to bring that pleasure in, to allow us to create some spaciousness. 12 weeks to Confidence: Our group program is open! If you are ready to build your CONFIDENCE and fee...
Mar 06, 2024•28 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode we discuss how society conditions ideas of success and the importance of defining it authentically for oneself based on feelings in your own body rather than external factors. Josephine shares how she redefined success from overworking to find balance, noting small -daily successes like stopping work before she was tired. We reveal how to find what success feels like in your body to allow you to feel successful and honour your energy and pleasure while doing it. Fiona relates her...
Feb 28, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this week's episode we are diving deep into how finding and acknowledging your unique gifts is an important part of building your self-worth. We discuss how focusing on internal validation is important to avoid feeling underappreciated when external validation is lacking. We discover how finding purpose and pleasure from gifts instead of seeking approval allows us to serve through a place of joy rather than obligation. We talk about how others can be a mirror for us to discover our gifts, and...
Feb 21, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode, we discuss shifting negative self-talk to acceptance by focusing on gratitude for what the body allows rather than appearance. We share our experiences comparing ourselves to others and the difficult feelings that arise in those moments. We talk through some ways that you can shift your understanding of the ways bodies differ and focusing on feelings over looks. When we celebrate our abilities and challenge our self talk in the difficult moments, it keeps us open to possibilitie...
Feb 14, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Are you an all-or-nothing person? If you have ever binged on food, Netflix or shopping this episode might be for you. Maybe you have experienced grief and been scared to open the floodgates of tears so tried not to cry. In this episode we discuss the difficulties of all-or-nothing thinking patterns, and how they manifest in striving towards unattainable goals while failing to be grateful or present in our current successes. We share how to start to start to pace ourselves with food, Netflix, sho...
Feb 07, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Are you feeling stuck or like you need more purpose? This episode guides you to explore your purpose in 2024. We discuss how purpose feels overwhelming because it is something that evolves over a life time and is a theme that looks different in every area of your life. However, you are likely living it more than you realise and just need . Josephine and Fiona share what they know about their own purpose and how they have made it more meaningful and tangible, sometimes finding what is not our pur...
Jan 31, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 1
We're back for another exciting season! Starting on 1 February 2024 we'll bring you more step-by-step processes and reflective practices each week, to help you find, challenge and release your emotional blocks so you can find ease and flow with food and your body. From shifting away from an all or nothing mindset to creating space, defining your authentic success and honouring yourself through transition and change, season two of Outside the Square is set to inspire. Make sure you’re subscribed ...
Jan 28, 2024•1 min
Surprise! We couldn't say goodbye without one last conversation, and this one is all about the value in powerful conversations. We chat about how inviting powerful conversations to help us see what might be in a blind spot can change your life. We talk about ways to invite others into powerful conversations, and how ongoing powerful conversations with a coach can help you move deeper and deeper and extend your window of tolerance. We invite you to engage in powerful conversations with us, either...
Aug 25, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode, our last for season one, we discuss vulnerability and courage. We talk about the importance of developing vulnerability and trust within yourself and how this will enable you to develop more vulnerability within all your relationships. We share stories about our own experiences with developing vulnerability and dropping the masks that we wear to be able to show up authentically with others. We share the Feelings Wheel as a tool to help you find a language to be able to share you...
Aug 18, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode we discuss the idea of removing the word "should" from your vocabulary and how it could potentially change your life. We discuss the negative impact of setting unrealistic expectations and using the word "should" in your personal development journey. We emphasise the importance of listening to one's internal power and finding what truly works for you, rather than blindly following external expectations. We discuss how to challenge why you are doing something when you use the word...
Aug 11, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode we discuss emotional eating and binge eating as well as the connection between specific cravings and emotions, such as crunchy foods being associated with anger and dairy with comfort. We discuss the nature of binge eating and emotional eating cycles, acknowledging that while they can be distressing, they can also serve as useful coping mechanisms. We highlight the importance of understanding the origins of these behaviours and of making conscious choices in order to reduce shame...
Aug 04, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode we, Josephine and Fiona, discuss what to do when you are feeling depleted in energy. We discuss how to honour a season of heaviness to help you shift back into energy, when the time is right. Hint - the secret is to not rush this process. We discuss the masculine (doing) and the feminine (being) energies and how to balance them to increase energy levels. We discuss identifying your energy leaks and protecting your energy, by honouring your bodies yes and no signals. We discuss th...
Jul 28, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 5
You have probably heard of inner child work, well in this episode we share our viewpoints on inner child work and how reconnecting and nurturing your inner child can break emotional patterns even generational patterns. We share how we have reconnected with our own inner child through joy, playfulness, and creativity and break cycles of failure and anxiety. As adults we can suppress the fun and play and end up losing our energy and life force, but by rediscovering and nurturing your inner child, ...
Jul 21, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode we discuss the importance of getting out of your head and into your body to find balance and contentment in life. Being in your body means you can be present to feel emotions, acknowledge them and move on. Today we share HOW to do this, with a simple embodiment practice which helps you feel safe in your body and process discomfort, physical and/or emotional. It was a pleasure to take you through the embodiment meditation today. Here are some brief steps for you to do when you pra...
Jul 14, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode we share how to recognise wellbeing overwhelm and how to take the necessary first steps to shift it. We discuss the different emotional roots that we see people move through when they are going into wellbeing overwhelm, sharing our own experiences and warning signs. We discuss giving yourself permission to rest without guilt. Even if you wish your health, weight or emotional state could be better immediately, you cannot miss this step and still heal. We reflect on our personal ex...
Jul 07, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome! We're so excited to begin this journey with you. In this episode we, Fiona and Josephine, share our personal journeys of how we developed a deep understanding of wellbeing through our experiences with food, body image, and emotional eating. We discuss our journey into emotional work and the importance of helping clients develop skills to release and process emotions themselves. We also share our personal rituals for wellbeing, such as starting the day with quiet time and practicing grat...
Jun 30, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to Outside the Square. We are Josephine, a dietician and somatic release therapist from New Zealand, and Fiona, a corporate wellness facilitator, body image and eating psychology coach from Australia, and each week we'll be sitting down to talk about wellbeing from a different perspective. Our purpose is to help you let go of fear and resistance and let your intuition take the driver’s seat. You can expect step-by-step processes and embodiment practices to help you expand what you know a...
Jun 23, 2023•1 min
