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The Naked Librarian

By: Victoria Payne
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  • The Naked Librarian covers impolite conversations with wellness professionals on women's health, aging gracefully, and self-acceptance.
    © 2024 2023 Victoria Payne
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  • Guided Meditation from Kai Siedenberg: Nature Connection

    Guided Meditation from Kai Siedenberg: Nature Connection
    May 1 2024

    Bonus episode that goes with "I'll Meet You There."

    Thank you to Kai Siedenburg who shares her wisdom and teaching in this short and calming meditation. Learn more about Kai at her website.
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    6 mins
  • I'll Meet You There: Why Developing an Intimate Relationship with Nature Means You're Never Alone

    I'll Meet You There: Why Developing an Intimate Relationship with Nature Means You're Never Alone
    May 1 2024
    If you're looking for more connection, calm, energy, and sense of well-being — this episode is for you. Thank you to our podcast guest, Kai Siedenberg, a nature connection guide and ecotherapist about exploring a deeper relationship with the natural world. Learn more Kai, order her books and read her work over on her website. Thank you to Louis Island for the "My Home" tracks featured in the podcast. They provide a beautiful sense of peace and possibility. And a big thanks to Mission Flow, a marketing and automation platform for purpose-driven businesses and organizations, for sponsoring this episode. Kai has also generously provided a guided meditation to help you get out and explore a deeper connection to nature, starting right where you are. You can find it here. ***** Below is the transcript from the show: Speaker 1: That thing you've been looking for. Love, connection, companionship, calm, energy, purpose. There's a good chance it's outside. Speaker 1: Did you play outside as a child? What was your favorite thing to do? When I was young, I loved making mud pie and playing free tag. As I got older, I played spotlight a game like hide and seek, but at night with a flashlight. Just after the lightning bugs settled down, we'd be outside searching for each other beneath the glow of summer stars. Growing up in Georgia also meant that I swam nine months out of the year and we visited the ocean regularly. I performed underwater mermaid flips in the salty Atlantic and searched for sand dollars in the early morning hours. Springtime meant my birthday, and by April, the tulips bloomed and the bumblebees buzzed. I even came to associate my birthday with a fragrance of flowers, warm sunshine and Easter egg hunts in the backyard. My mom did not believe in board children, and upon the very first complaint, we were sent outside to make our fun spending hours riding the rope swing up over the treetops and picking wild honeysuckle as snacks. Speaker 1: When I close my eyes today, I can still smell the autumn leaves we raked and dove into. I can feel the lift as I got airborne on my bike ramp and the memory of hanging and space and time for a moment, feeling like I belonged there in the air. Hi, I'm Victoria Payne. I'm a writer, storyteller, health nerd, and also your host of The Naked Librarian. If you're new, welcome. I am so glad you're here in today's episode called I'll Meet You There. Why? Developing a relationship with nature means you're never alone. You're going to meet a remarkably wise woman who's going to help us rekindle our long lost or perhaps new relationship with the natural world because have you noticed that the smarter and older we get, the more we want to go back and relearn things, maybe even the things we're already doing, but we want to do them with more intention. Speaker 1: I started the Nico Librarian because I'm passionate about helping what I call grown ass women, navigate life with more self-compassion, energy, happiness, and wonder. And here's a little spoiler for you what you've been looking for. Love, connection, companionship, calm, energy, purpose. There's a good chance it's outside. Now, I love talking to wellness experts about what they do and why they do it, and I know you're going to love today's guest, but first, let me tell you a story about why I think this topic is so important. Many years ago I was teaching research writing at the University of Portland, and no one gets excited about a research paper, so I like to surprise the students by allowing them to choose their own topic. I put a few boundaries around it, mostly because I had already seen what did and didn't work, but other than that, it was wide open. Speaker 1: One year I had a student from Hawaii who will call Tommy. Tommy proposed to research seasonal affective disorder, which the Mayo Clinic calls a type of depression related to the seasons because he noticed how little time he was spinning outside. And as the winter months in Oregon droned on, he was feeling less optimistic, less motivated, and more homesick. Tommy began to reflect on some of the differences in his habits at home and in Portland and ran some numbers at home. He spent upwards of 10 hours a day outdoors, walking, playing, swimming, surfing, sitting, eating, just simply being. When he arrived in Portland in the fall, the weather was still nice the time of year when students play Frisbee on the quad, and so he got about two hours a day outdoors Beyond the time he walked to and from classes in the dorms, Tommy figured maybe he was getting about three hours a day outside. Speaker 1: Sure, it was a big change, but not everywhere can be Hawaii. He thought Tommy smiled a lot and had a great attitude, something everybody loved about him, including me. But as the weather turned, he discovered that he really had to push himself to be outside. It got cold,...
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    48 mins
  • Body Wisdom: Why You'd Rather Be Strong than Skinny

    Body Wisdom: Why You'd Rather Be Strong than Skinny
    Apr 24 2024
    Thank you to Kim Rahir for the fantastic interview! Learn more about here here. And a big thanks to Far West and their track 'Thunder' for the music in today's podcast. You can also visit our sponsor, Mission Flow, here. And order the Naked Librarian's Guide to Your First Colonoscopy here. See Transcript below: Speaker 1 (00:00): So a changing body, a lot of it is just how it is. If we are lucky, we will get old before we die. But some of these changes, especially when it comes to muscle loss and the consequences associated with it can be thwarted and there's good reason to launch your own fort down. Speaker 1 (00:30): How are you feeling these days about your body? If you're like me, you might be wondering why your butt cleavage looks a little tired or noticing a little more give in the skin around your armpits are feeling like, why are my jeans squeezing me in new places? And that's just my list. If you're like a lot of women, you've probably got your own. And look, I am a huge fan of body positivity. The last thing we need is women to feel more guilt and shame about our appearance. But I don't think it does us any favors if we're like, you're not allowed to have negative feelings about your body. I think we're much better off learning to notice them so we can be in conversation with them. The truth is aging can really call attention to the reality of time passing and an inevitable changing body. Speaker 1 (01:18): Am I the only one who wants to go back and splash my 16-year-old self with a cold glass of water and say snap out of it? You look amazing, Lord, we really can't spend a lifetime beating ourselves up. But one of the cool things about getting older fucking wisdom, and that means we can break that cycle and change our focus from the vanity of our appearance to the health and wellness benefits associated with movement, vitality and the focus of today's episode strength. So a changing body, a lot of it is just how it is. If we are lucky, we will get old before we die. But some of these changes, especially when it comes to muscle loss and the consequences associated with it can be thwarted and there's good reason to launch your own thwart down. Did you know that muscle mass peaks in our thirties and then it begins to decline? Speaker 1 (02:10): Muscle loss known as sarcopenia affects 45% of older Americans and is especially prevalent in women. So beyond our mixed feelings about our beautiful aging bodies, there are real consequences to letting gravity have its way with us. You're more prone to injury not just from falling, but from enjoying the things you love, like running, skiing, dancing, gardening, or playing with your now or future grandkids. The good news is there is something you can do about this and the benefits go beyond more muscle tone. Building muscle through strength training or resistance training has vast benefits, including some of the top complaints for women as they age, like the need to decrease stress, boost your body image, increase your confidence, fit into your favorite clothes and more. Hi, if you're new here. Welcome. I'm Victoria Payne, the creator and the host of the Naked Librarian. I'm a writer, storyteller, and wellness nerd who wants to help grown ass women live healthier and happier lives to experience more peace, joy, wonder and yes, strength. Speaker 1 (03:10): Today you're going to meet a truly remarkable woman. Kim Ray here is a health and wellness coach who helps women in midlife deal with a host of health symptoms by building strength and muscle. She is one of the most surprising European masters weightlifting champions you'll ever meet. Winning her first competition at age 60. She also has a personal story that will inspire your socks off. When Kim was 45 and raising three children and working as an international journalist, she received a life-changing diagnosis. Inside this episode, Kim will share her own health journey and how she came to accept her Ms diagnosis, but not what she calls living her life as a sick person. Her strength training regimen did more than help Kim manage her symptoms. In her story, she'll share how it helped her recover and even shock her doctors with her results. If you've already heard about resistance training and have been wanting to add it to your life, this episode is for you. If building muscle after your thirties is something you've never thought about, this episode is for you. And if you're like, where would I even start? Or I don't want to look like a bodybuilder Victoria girl, I've got you covered. Come with me in this inspiring conversation with Kim. She's got awesome insights and some great tools to help you get started no matter where you're at today. Speaker 2 (04:49): Kim, I am so glad you could take time to talk with me today. And I've been so excited all week to have this conversation with you after we met the first time I started following you on social media and just really enjoyed getting to see how ...
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    55 mins
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