Reconditioned with Lauren Vaknine

Where wellness becomes a way of being. Reconditioned is the podcast for wellness seekers ready to rise—physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Hosted by master holistic health & life coach, wellness expert, speaker, and former wheelchair user Lauren Vaknine, this show cuts through the noise of wellness trends to bring you grounded, integrative and genuine holistic guidance for true, lasting transformation. After healing herself from the juvenile rheumatoid arthritis she’d had since infancy that left her wheelchair-bound by 18, through deep self-study and holistic living, Lauren has made it her mission to help others recondition—to return to their most empowered, vibrant selves. Whether you’re navigating chronic health challenges, raising conscious children, or simply craving a more aligned, fulfilling life, this podcast is your weekly dose of inspiration and actionable insight. Expect expert interviews, solo episodes, and soulful conversations that bridge science, spirituality, and self-mastery. Because wellness isn’t a destination—it’s your foundation for everything. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you tune in. If the podcast resonates, please rate, review, and share—it helps this message reach more people who need it.

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Ep. 61 – DR LAWRENCE PALEVSKY – EVERYTHING You Need to Know About the Covid Vaccine

{DISCLAIMER: Dr Palevsky talks about the long-term side effects of the covid injection based on the technology used, and the result of this knowledge could cause anxiety and worry. Though the purpose of this episode is to provide people with the opportunity to make decisions from a place of informed choice, I am also not here to perpetuate more fear. If you have had this injection, please listen to this episode at your own discretion, with the intention of informing yourself. Please use your own...

Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 61

Ep. 58 – RISE - 4 Relationships You Need to Have Figured out to Discover Who You Really Are

If you are unhappy, unhealthy, unfulfilled or living in that perpetual No Man's Land of "I'm Fine!", you have a broken relationship. In this episode I talk you through which relationships in your life may be broken, and how to fix them in order to live optimally - in mind, body and spirit. I'M RUNNING A *FREE* WEBINAR TRAINING WORKSHOP ON HOW TO FIX THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS IN YOUR LIFE TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU DREAM OF, ON AUGUST 23RD 2021 AT 7.30PM GMT. IT'S TOTALLY FREE AND WILL SET YOU UP TO FIX...

Aug 05, 2021•23 min•Season 5Ep. 58

Ep. 57 – JIM FORTIN – How to Master Your Subconscious Mind to Transform Your Life

It’s not often I get nervous to interview someone, but Jim Fortin has indirectly and directly impacted my life in such profound ways, that it was incredibly important for me to make this episode as special as possible. Not only is it because of Jim that I was led to his brother-in-law, the extremely powerful shaman who has changed my life in every way imaginable, and not only is Jim the mentor of my own mentor, which of course filters down to me, but his teachings about how to master the subcons...

Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 57

Ep. 56 - MIRA MANEK - Ayurveda for the Modern Life

I loved sitting down once again with my good friend and Ayurveda and wellness expert, Mira Manek. We spoke about just what Ayurveda really is, why it is such a beautiful lifestyle to implement as part of our daily wellness toolkit, and how we can use its ancient wisdom to guide our modern lives. Mira is a leading voice in the UK wellness industry and here she offers beautiful tidbits of wisdom, all guided by the ancient wisdom of her ancestors. You can find Mira on Instagram @miramanek and you c...

Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 56

Ep. 55 – JEFF WITZEMAN – Cancer Can Be Killed … Naturally!

I've been waiting a long time to be able to release an episode like this. We all need it. Whether directly or indirectly, we’ve all been affected by cancer. Jeff Witzeman went on a journey of research and discovery when his wife got diagnosed with bladder cancer, and ended up creating the film Cancer Can Be Killed as a result of his shocking findings. Jeff’s work has been noticed globally, with some of the world's leading health experts endorsing Jeff and his incredible work. Here we cover: The ...

Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 55

Ep. 54 – DR SHEFALI TSABARY – Healing Trauma to Reclaim Our Feminine Power

I was truly honoured to have world-renowned psychologist, Dr Shefali, on the podcast today. Her earlier books, The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family were part of my early education in conscious parenting, but her latest book, A Radical Awakening, really caught my eye as it’s all about empowering women back into their sovereignty and authentic selves, which, as any long-standing listener of Reconditioned will know, is a huge passion of mine and where I focus so much of my work. I urge not ...

Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 54

Ep. 53 – RISE – How to Manifest; Everything You Need to Know to Make it WORK!

Are you ready to know exactly HOW and WHY some people are able to manifest into their lives EVERYTHING they want? Are you ready to know how to do it yourself? If you’ve read the secret, created the vision boards, you’re repeating your affirmations, and nothing’s happening, you’re going to want to listen to this episode as I take you through the fundamentals of manifestation, the science behind it and teach you the practical steps and my formula for manifestation that you need to implement in ord...

Jul 02, 2021•21 min•Season 5Ep. 53

Ep. 52 – PROF BEN THOMSON – Chairman of Planet Organic; Finance, Wellness & The Planet – Merging Them for the Greater Good

It’s not often you think of wellness when you hear about someone who is a financier. Ben Thomson – who also has an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh University – has been a prominent figure in finance for nearly 4 decades, but his passion lies in understanding where it is most important for us to invest our money: wellness. Ben is now the chairman of Planet Organic and he is also heavily involved in Montezuma’s Chocolate, Good Hemp and Omnos (the functional testing & health optimisation comp...

Jun 25, 2021•57 min•Ep. 52

Ep. 51 – LORRAINE CANDY – Consciously Raising Teenagers & Navigating Mid-Life

I loved sitting down with former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, Elle and Sunday Times Style, Lorraine Candy, to talk all about consciously raising teenagers ahead of her book release - "Mum, What's Wrong With you? 101 Things Only The Mothers of Teenage Girls Know". We discussed what is biologically happening with teenagers, how best to approach raising them and why we’ve been doing it all wrong. From there we touched on parenting models and why simply listening to our children is the best thin...

Jun 18, 2021•51 min•Season 5Ep. 51

Episode 50 – NADINE ARTEMIS – Holistic Dental Care & Biological Dentistry

This is the second time Nadine Artemis is joining us on the show. (Refer back to episode 38 for our episode on Holistic Beauty, Anti-Ageing and Ancient Wisdom). In today’s show Nadine will blow your mind with her information about dental care. Everything you ever thought you knew about how to look after your teeth, dentistry, oral care and oral hygiene need to be thrown out the window as Nadine talks us through what REALLY makes teeth and gums healthy, and how the conventional dentistry model ca...

Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 50

Ep. 49 – RISE – Shifting Your Identity to Reach Your Goals

If you’ve been following the same patterns and habits your whole life and not getting anywhere, despite how much you want things to change, this episode is for you. In this episode I speak about exactly HOW we shift the identity that keeps the habit or behaviour in place, in order to help you uplevel your life; whether that be in your relationships, work, your own business or your personal behaviours. Forget all the self-help books teaching you about how to be happy - it’s all in this one shift,...

Jun 04, 2021•17 min•Season 5Ep. 49

Ep. 48 – SHAMAN DUREK – How We Can Use Shamanic Wisdom to Move Out of The Darkness: SEASON FINALE SPECIAL

As a 6th generation shaman, Shaman Durek is as knowledgeable, connected, intuitive and insightful as they come. But what makes him the world-renowned public figure he has become today - and why Gwyneth Paltrow herself counts him as her spiritual teacher - is his ability to make ancient wisdom accessible, and, I believe, his unabashed and unapologetic way of making us listen to the wisdom we have become deafened to in recent times. I first interviewed Shaman Durek towards the end of 2020, but thi...

May 28, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 48

Ep. 47 – DR TOMMY JOHN – Sovereignty, Health Freedom & What It Really Takes to Beat A Pandemic

If you’re not one of the 100k people following Dr Tommy John on Instagram, you need to get on it. A former professional athlete, a published author and chiropractic doctor running the Dr. Tommy John Performance and Healing Center in San Diego, his passion is to show people what it means to be truly sovereign and free within their bodies; to break down the constructs keeping us sick and to teach his proven "Way to Live Utilizing the 8 Essentials to Performance and Healing," a system for harnessin...

May 20, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 47

Ep. 46 - DR ROSEANN CAPANNA-HODGE - Managing Anxiety & Mental Health in Children

I loved every second of recording this incredibly powerful and eye-opening episode with award-winning children’s mental health expert, Dr Roseann Capanna-Hodge . If your child is struggling with their mental health and you as a parent aren’t sure of the best way to support them, this episode will hold SO much power for you. In this episode we covered: Why children are experiencing so much more anxiety these days What the difference is between stress and anxiety How to manage anxiety in children ...

May 14, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 46

Ep. 45 - MANI NORLAND - How and Why Homeopathy Works

Mani Norland is the Principal of the School of Homeopathy. He himself trained at the school and homeopathy was a huge part of his upbringing. Mani is also instrumental in making homeopathy accessible and is the vice chair of 4Homeopathy, as well as being involved in the Events Panel for the Society of Homeopaths and the Homeopathic Research Institute. In this episode we speak all about the history of homeopathy, exactly how it works and the sort of ailments it can help – from teething and fevers...

May 07, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 45

Ep. 44 – JON GORDON – The Power of Positive Thought

Jon Gordon - best-selling author of The Energy Bus, The Coffee Bean, The Power of Positive Leadership, Training Camp and so many others - has inspired people worldwide. His simple, actionable tools to help move us into a state of positivity have impacted many people’s lives, and I had him on the show today to speak all about the practical ways we can implement positivity into our own lives. In the episode, Jon offers irresistible tidbits and analogies that make implementing this work a reality f...

Apr 30, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 44

Ep. 43 – RISE – Why Do We Stay In Unhealthy & Unhappy Relationships?

RISE is a series within the Reconditioned podcast where there’s no guest, just me, offering little tidbits of wisdom, knowledge and emotional, psychological and spiritual guidance on a wide range of topics that I see come up with my clients the most. In this week’s episode, I speak about unhappy and unhealthy relationships. I take a deep dive into the REAL reason behind why we stay, and offer the transformative tools you need to move forward. It’s not easy listening. It takes no comfort zone bou...

Apr 22, 2021•23 min•Season 4Ep. 43

Ep. 42 – DANIELLE BEINSTEIN – Spiritual & Psychological Astrology

We all know our sun sign, but what does our moon sign represent? How can we use the moon to more effortlessly navigate our lives? How can we use the zodiac to understand our core self better? What does it mean when a planet is in retrograde? What is a natal chart? How can we use astrology to help us manifest more easily? These are just a few of the questions that New York-based psychological astrologer, Dani Beinstein, talks us through in this hugely eye-opening and expansive episode of Recondit...

Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 42

Ep. 41 – THOMAS OLIVIER – Understanding Epigenetics; Your Genes ARE NOT Your Destiny

I was SO excited today to sit down with Thomas Olivier, a nutrigenomic practitioner who was the first coach in the UK to offer fitness and nutrition plans based on individual DNA make-up, and CEO of Omnos. Omnos is an AI health optimisation platform that analyses one's genome combined with lifestyle and functional medicine tests to provide a scientifically validated dashboard of one’s health with personalised and actionable recommendations. This platform is revolutionary and life-changing, with ...

Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 41

Ep. 40 – SEED SISTAS Pt 2 – Kitchen Witchery with Herbalism

In the second part of our series on herbalism, I speak with the other half of the Seed Sistas – Karen Lawton, all about kitchen witchery. I honestly LOVED every minute of recording this episode. Karen and I delved into the subjects of healing with food; how preventative healthcare should be the foremost mode of healthcare and how it begins in the kitchen; which herbs we can grow at home and how; about how to get started with foraging; about how food and herbs support immune and digestive functio...

Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 40

Ep. 39 – SEED SISTAS Pt 1 – Sensory Herbalism

I had the pleasure today of speaking with Fiona – one half of the Seed Sistas. The Seed Sistas are herbalists with a special love and interest in the so-called witching herbs of old, the poisons or power plants! Karen and Fiona run a social enterprise called Sensory Solutions Herbal Evolution to try and encourage people to further their knowledge on herbs by getting involved with planting and foraging. They combine their clinical experience with ritual, art and creativity to teach herbal medicin...

Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 39

Ep. 38 – NADINE ARTEMIS – Holistic Beauty, Anti-Ageing & Ancient Healing Wisdom

On this week’s episode of Reconditioned, I had the pleasure of speaking with Nadine Artemis - world-renowned natural beauty expert and aromacologist, and founder of the award-winning skincare brand, Living libations. We spoke all about how we can use what nature has already given us to boost our health AND our beauty. We delve into everything from the importance of sun exposure, to anti-ageing, to breast health, protecting the microbiome, and how the over-use of anti-bacterial products is damagi...

Mar 18, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 38

Ep. 37- RISE – The Cause of All Inner Suffering

In this RISE episode, I talk you through the ONE thing that is the cause of all inner suffering. I AM NOT ENOUGH. Self-love, self-acceptance, I AM ENOUGH. That’s where it’s at. Listen along to hear why, and how to implement it into your life! DON'T FORGET, THE RECONDITION YOUR LIFE ACADEMY IS *NOW OPEN WITH LIMITED SPACES*! VISIT www.laurenvakninecoaching.com FOR MORE INFO OR TO SIGN UP. CART CLOSES END OF MARCH AND IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AGAIN UNTIL THE AUTUMN. Haven't left a review yet? All ...

Mar 12, 2021•23 min•Season 4Ep. 37

Ep. 36 – KATE NORTHRUP – Burnt Out? Learn How to Do Less, Achieve More & Honour Your Higher Self in Parenthood & Business

I was beyond excited today, to speak to someone who has truly inspired my own journey. Kate Northrup is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, and mother, who has built a multimedia educational platform that reaches hundreds of thousands globally. She’s committed to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out. Kate teaches data and soul-driven time and energy management practices that result in saving time, making more money, and experiencing less stres...

Mar 05, 2021•57 min•Season 4Ep. 36

Ep. 35 - LAUREN CADILLAC - Intuitive Eating & Body Acceptance

I was so excited to speak to Lauren Cadillac, otherwise known as Feel Good Dietician – a Manhattan-based registered dietician, all about the life-changing medium of Intuitive Eating. Lauren runs her own virtual private practice helping clients to ditch the dieting cycle and heal their relationship with food using the intuitive eating framework, and we covered that framework here and spoke about everything from why we have lost touch of our ability to intuitively know what our bodies need, to how...

Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 35

Ep. 34 - ZITA WEST - A Holistic Approach to Fertility

This week’s episode is very close to my heart as I spoke with Zita West, whose fertility clinic is renowned for its holistic approach. Not only does the Zita West Clinic help women who previously couldn’t conceive, to conceive through a more natural approach, but they also offer IVF and other fertility treatments, using a holistic approach to gain the best outcome. My daughter Vida is a result of Zita’s clinic and their approach, and so this episode was very important to me. If you are strugglin...

Feb 22, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 34

Ep. 33 – RISE – KNOW YOURSELF, The ONLY Way to Long-Term Happiness

Welcome to RISE, a new series within the Reconditioned Podcast, where I aim to offer you transformational coaching tools and wisdom that will hopefully help you live more fulfilled lives. If you have a topic in mind that you’d like me to cover, please email my team at kim@laurenvaknine.co.uk or message me on Instagram ! In this episode of RISE I talk about why knowing yourself is the only way to true happiness, and I offer tools to help you get to know yourself. For the free resource I’ve create...

Feb 15, 2021•23 min•Season 4Ep. 33

Ep. 32 - JAY SHETTY - The Real Meaning of Spirituality, Season 3 Finale Special

I was honoured to be joined in this season 3 finale special, by my friend, spiritual guide and motivational speaker, Jay Shetty. Jay and I met through our spiritual connections many years ago and in that time he has not only been a friend, but also a mentor of sorts, like he is for so many others. The lessons I have learnt from him (and his equally insightful wife Radhi) have been humbling and life-defining. So many people know Jay’s work and have listened to him speaking about his life as a mon...

Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 32

Ep. 30 – OLIVIA WAYNE – The Conscious Parenting vs Career Passion Juggle

I was able to sit down IN PERSON (YAY!) (in between lockdown 1.0 and 2.0!) with my friend, TV presenter and conscious mama of two, Olivia Wayne. I wanted to have Olivia on the show because she and I share the same constant juggle, something we often talk (read: moan) about when we’re together: navigating our choice to consciously parent our children and manage a holistic way of living, alongside a deep passion and ambition for our careers. As women, this is no easy feat, as our choices in this h...

Nov 30, 2020•57 min•Season 3Ep. 30

Ep. 29 – SARA COSENDAI – Women’s Health Expert on Mother Nurture: Pregnancy, Motherhood & Beyond

This week I speak to one of the UK’s top holistic female health experts, Sara Cosendai. Sara is a naturopathic nutritionist, clinical aromatherapist, doula, prenatal yoga teacher and Kundalini yoga teacher. What she does is truly magical, because, in blending all her qualifications and passions, she has found a way to support women during the most transformational time in their lives, to ensure a smooth trip from pre-conception right through to motherhood and beyond. Sara was fortunate enough to...

Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 29

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