Episodes

  • 79: Taking A Break And 1:1 Support

    79: Taking A Break And 1:1 Support
    Jan 22 2024
    In this episode, I share my decision to hit pause on the From Pain to Power Podcast and chat about my plans for 2024 including 1:1 coaching and the Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training.

    Be sure to follow the @menstrual_coach_academy to stay up to date with exciting developments throughout 2024.  We are really making waves in this space, and as our field grows in popularity, I'm needing a bit more time and space to give that my full attention.

    Since 2022 the intention of this podcast has always been to provide a supportive, educational voice for those experiencing chronic pain or menstrual cycle difficulties such as PMS, PMDD and endometriosis, as well as those wanting to understand Mensural Cycle Awareness. This body of work will remain here for you to access whenever you need. 

    It has been a pleasure growing this community with you all and I look forward to sharing the insights I uncover after I take some time to look internally and cultivate clarity. 

    I chatted about: 

    • Where I am professionally 
    • 1:1 coaching for business professionals and individuals experiencing chronic pain, PMS, PMDD, endometriosis and Menstrual Cycle Awareness. 
    • Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training, a missing piece in the wellness industry 
    • 2023 highlights 
    • 2024, creating space for creativity 
    • Healing, professional support and the gift of time 

    Work with Lisa:
    • Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa
    • Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
    • Take a free course with Lisa here
    • Sign up to the newsletter here
    Follow our work here on Instagram

    Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com
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    18 mins
  • 78: Belonging, Fitting In, And Building Her Yoga Practice With Gilly Bow

    78: Belonging, Fitting In, And Building Her Yoga Practice With Gilly Bow
    Dec 24 2023
    Do you ever crave a more aligned place to belong and fit in? In this episode I had a gorgeous conversation with fellow peer and yoga teacher, Gilly Bow. Gilly shares about her journey to becoming a yoga teacher, to finding spaces where she feels belonging, and the power of self-compassion through yoga.

    The topics we chatted about:
     
    • Belonging and fitting in
    • Social anxiety
    • Allowing yourself to be who you are
    • The inner critic and comparison
    • Syncing yoga with your menstrual cycle
    • How to be yourself in a yoga practice and tending to your needs
    • The difference between vinyasa, hatha, ashtanga, and yin yoga
    • The Eight Limbs of Yoga
    • Sleep yoga


    Gilly Bow is a yoga teacher from Greystones and a mental health advocate ♡ she started her wellness page during covid to create a little community and support space for anyone who was having troubles with their mental health. Gilly then completed her yoga teacher training as a addition to this page and has been teaching for 2 years in her hometown. She has studied elements of somatic therapy , trauma informed yoga, energy anatomy and hopes to continue her studies into a 500 hour teacher training.

    Gilly's website
    Gilly's Instagram

    Lisa's Resources:

    **Professional Support Group 2024**
    Join the Community Practice Supervision Group for Wellness Professionals.
    Email Lisa at lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com. Limited to 6 participants.

    NEW GROUP COURSE: Women and Pain
    Sign up for the new group coaching course: Women & Pain


    Work with Lisa:
    • Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa
    • Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
    • Take a free course with Lisa here
    • Sign up to the newsletter here
    Follow our work here on Instagram
    Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

    www.lisadejongcoaching.com
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    59 mins
  • 77: Your 2023 Personal And Professional Reflection Exercise

    77: Your 2023 Personal And Professional Reflection Exercise
    Dec 20 2023
    In this episode I share a simple and enjoyable reflection exercise for your personal life and professional life in 2023 to get you clear for the year ahead.

    This reflective exercise contains 15 short questions that take you on a journey to clarity and celebration.

    This exercise is for people in employment, people in business, stay at home parents, and people with side businesses. The reflection will help you to identify wins, areas for development, and clarity for your direction for the year 2024 to come.

    The 2023 Reflective Headings:

    1. Personal wins / personal progress
    2. Areas for improvement in your personal life
    3. Work wins and celebrations
    4. What have I learned in work?
    5. What do you want for your life and work in 2024?
    6. What is there to celebrate?
    7. Areas for improvement in work for 2024
    8. What supported me in 2023?
    9. What energised me?
    10. What drained me or what took energy away?
    11. Skills and priorities for 2024
    12. Supports needed for 2024 (personal and professional)
    13. What what I not be seeing?
    14. 2023 was about...
    15. 2024 will be about...
     
    Email me with your insights! lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com ❤️

    **Professional Support Group 2024**
    Join the Community Practice Supervision Group for Wellness Professionals.
    Email Lisa at lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com. Limited to 6 participants.

    NEW GROUP COURSE: Women and Pain
    Sign up for the new group coaching course: Women & Pain



    Work with Lisa:
    • Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa
    • Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
    • Take a free course with Lisa here
    • Sign up to the newsletter here
    Follow our work here on Instagram
    Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

    www.lisadejongcoaching.com
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    38 mins
  • 76: Inspiration For Loving On Yourself This Season

    76: Inspiration For Loving On Yourself This Season
    Nov 29 2023
    We are at the end of the year. Let's take a minute to reflect on the year, the holiday season ahead, and how you can practice a little self-love during this time. The world needs more love now more than ever, and that includes you!

    In this episode I share some personal updates with you, some thoughts about planning for 2024, and why it's important to carve out time in our diary for reflection and planning.

    We chatted about:

    • Carving out time in your diary for planning
    • How to 'love on' yourself and why it's hard
    • Regulating your nervous system
    • Planning for Christmas, the holiday season, and family
    • Menstrual Cycle Awareness
    • Connecting to ourselves
    • Self-compassion, self-kindness, self-forgiveness 
    • The phrase: "You can start your day at any time"
    • More details about the Women and Pain course starting soon (below)

    NEW GROUP COURSE: Women and Pain
    Sign up for the new group coaching course: Women & Pain

    Work with Lisa:
    • Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa
    • Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
    • Take a free course with Lisa here
    • Sign up to the newsletter here
    Follow our work here on Instagram
    Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

    www.lisadejongcoaching.com
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    38 mins
  • 75: Chronic Pain And The Mind-Body Connection

    75: Chronic Pain And The Mind-Body Connection
    Nov 13 2023
    My friends, I'm excited to share a new Group Coaching Course starting in January 2023 called Women and Pain. Read more here.

    In this episode we chat about the mind-body connection, women's health, chronic pain, the menstrual cycle, hormones, and the nervous system. Join us for this chat to support you on your healing journey.

    We chatted about:
    • The nervous system and chronic pain
    • Endometriosis, period pain, PMDD, PMS
    • Anxiety and depression
    • Suppressed emotions
    • Mood swings 
    • Anger
    • The mind-body connection 
    • Neural pathways and pain science
    • Fear and the fight/flight reponse
    • Building safety into the nervous system
    • Our relationship with ourselves
    • Shame about being a woman

    The different ways the fight/flight response shows up:
    • Worry about the past or future
    • Catastrophising
    • Hyper-vigilance
    • Over educating or intellectualising
    • Self protection
    • Beliefs that you are doing things wrong 
    • Self blame
    • Strict routines
    • Restrtictive diets
    • Lack of hope, belief, or trust
    • Obsessive thinking, being preoccupied 
    • Identifying with pain and being a sick person
    • Always looking up Dr. Google

    NEW GROUP COURSE: Women and Pain
    Sign up for the new group coaching course: Women & Pain

    Work with Lisa:
    • Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa
    • Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
    • Take a free course with Lisa here
    Follow our work here on Instagram
    Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

    www.lisadejongcoaching.com
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    29 mins
  • 74: Rewriting Our Healing Story ~ With Aoife McCormack

    74: Rewriting Our Healing Story ~ With Aoife McCormack
    Oct 30 2023
    We loved this episode with friend and colleague Aoife McCormack! Aoife is a mindbody coach and we chatted about all things healing, chronic pain, our core beliefs and values, rewriting our identity story, and so much more. Aoife has an incredible recovery story from chronic pain and we are excited to share this with you today.

    What we chatted about:

    • The mindbody connection
    • The biology of stress
    • Trauma
    • Perfectionism in healing
    • Fear of pain and fear of "doing it wrong"
    • Disability and the 9-5 workplace
    • Our core beliefs
    • Chronic pain and period pain
    • Repressed emotions
    • Self-care and self-compassion when in pain
    • Self-love and self compassion

    Join us for this very engaging and encouraging chat about the holistic and relationship nature of self healing!

    Find Aoife's work:
    Aoife's website
    Aoife's YouTube channel
    Aoife's Instagram
    Aoife's Facebook Group


    Work with Lisa:
    • Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa
    • Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
    • Take a free course with Lisa here
    Follow our work here on Instagram
    Email us at: lisa@lisadejongcoaching.com

    www.lisadejongcoaching.com
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    51 mins
  • 73: Taoist Healing Practices With Máire Ní G

    73: Taoist Healing Practices With Máire Ní G
    Oct 16 2023
    In today's episode I had a lovely chat with Taoist instructor Máire Ní G. Having been a student of Máire's courses, I'm excited to share this conversation on the many benefits of Taoist healing practices. This episode will serve those on a healing journey with their menstrual cycle, sexuality, nervous system or any of the other topics we discuss on this podcast. 

    Máire Ní G is a Taoist instructor with a health science degree and the founder of Feminine Sexual Alchemy. She has a postgrad diploma in bereavement and loss and postgrad training in Polyvagal Theory. She helps women have more energy, improve their cycles and have better sex through Taoist practices and the latest in neuroscience. 

    We talked about:
    • What Máire does (Inner Alchemy Taoism) and how she arrived to her work
    • "The way of nature" in Taoism
    • Similarities in the Taoist and Celtic calendars 
    • Overworking as it relates to the libido and energy 
    • Relinquishing control and allowing nature to do its thing 
    • A practical tip on fostering a connection with one's inner universe and relationship with organs
    • How Taoist practices can be used to harness sexual energy to improve individual experiences of the menstrual cycle as well as minimize energy depletion
    • The benefits of breast massage as a daily practice 

    Máire's Work: 
    • Máire's website
    • Máire's Inner Smile Meditation
    • Follow Máire on Instagram
    Work with Lisa:
    • Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa
    • Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
    • Take a free course with Lisa here
    Support the From Pain To Power Podcast:
    • Donate to Lisa's Tip Jar
    Follow our work here on Instagram
    Email us at: admin@lisadejongcoaching.com

    www.lisadejongcoaching.com
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    46 mins
  • 72: When You Regularly Get Stuck In A Cycle Of Overwhelm Or Burnout

    72: When You Regularly Get Stuck In A Cycle Of Overwhelm Or Burnout
    Oct 2 2023
    On today's episode I talk about overwhelm and burnout when things get busy. As we shift into the autumnal energy we may feel a higher tendency towards overwhelm, and we may even be unconsciously contributing to our own burnout. I'll share some ideas about how to think creatively in order to manage the busyness from a place of more ease and less stress.

    Tips for managing busyness:
    • Invite in more ease - When you have a lot on your plate ask yourself, "how can I make this easier for myself?"
    • Take things off your list - Make a list of what you're trying to achieve and strike out the things that don't need to happen today or tomorrow (this includes appointments and social commitments) 
    • Step back and prioritize your own needs - Give yourself space from things when you feel the need
    • Ask for help - Make use of your community and ask for help or advice wherever you may need it
    • Try artificial intelligence - Chat GPT can be used to make your life easier in a variety of ways
    • Relieve pressure - Check in with yourself about what you're available for and ask yourself, "what is not required of me?"
    • Assess your own standards - Bring awareness to your own standards, reject societal expectations and don't compare yourself to others
    • Embrace the mess - Whether it's your home, your workspace, a relationship...allow some space for messiness 
    • Less is more - Try to avoid reinventing the wheel
    • You can choose - Decide to have a calm moment, or even a calm day! Learn how to build calm energy for yourself.

    Links for the Professional Training:
    • Read more about the programme here
    • Click here to apply for the 2023 round of the programme
    • Course Information Booklet
    Work with Lisa:
    • Apply for 1:1 Coaching with Lisa
    • Sign up for the next Menstrual Cycle Coaching Professional Training
    • Take a free course with Lisa here
    Support the From Pain To Power Podcast:
    • Donate to Lisa's Tip Jar
    Follow our work here on Instagram
    Email us at: admin@lisadejongcoaching.com

    www.lisadejongcoaching.com
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    22 mins