Synergy Women

We’ve all been there. Fantasising how good our lives would be if only…..

· My kids were like her kids

· My career was like hers

· I had a relationship like theirs

If I planned it all meticulously and all the pieces were in place, I’d skip all the hard bits and life would be perfect…. right?

Let’s get real.

In this podcast we will explore everything there is to know about comparison.

· What comparison really is and how it can drive the anxious rat wheel run toward the next shiny thing

· Two key questions to ask yourself when you find yourself down the rabbit hole of comparison

· Four steps you need to help steer the habit of comparison

Seeking a one sided life is a bit futile. Sometimes our greatest challenges bring the greatest rewards. Learn to make heart felt decisions from a centred place of calm rather than the see-saw of reactive comparison and free yourself so you can steer yourself toward becoming who you need to be.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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What type of exercise should I be doing? What’s right for me? How much do I really need?

As a physiotherapist I am often asked these questions by my patients! The answer will often lie in what each patients goals are and what injuries or conditions they are also managing.

So let’s explore exercise for women! In this podcast we will explore:

· What different types of exercise are there to choose from?

· What conditions are best suited to what type of exercise?

· How do I find motivation to keep me going?

· What do I do if I don’t have time to exercise?

Like air, water and food, exercise is essential for your health! This podcasts explores ways to help you bring that into your daily life and make choices according to your health needs.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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The worry loop in the mind, the grip in the belly, the tightening of the chest- let’s explore feelings of anxiousness!

In this podcast Niky explore’s:

· The difference between feeling anxious and anxiety disorders

· Common and unexpected causes of anxious feelings

· Simple practical steps to take to help navigate feelings of anxiousness

· 3 breath techniques to try

· Understanding how comparison can add to feelings of anxiousness

This podcast is not designed or intended offer or replace medical advice for anxiety disorders. Always seek the assessment and treatment with your qualified health professional for ongoing symptoms of anxiety.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

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Are you navigating a stressful period of time?

Perhaps you’re feeling strain in a relationship and would like to move forward in a less reactive way?

Perhaps work pressure is taking its toll and you don’t want to carry that stress into your home life?

Maybe you simply have a stack of stressful events with your health, your family, your career or your finances leaving you frazzled and you would like a simple step by step guide to calm your farm?

This podcast is a little different. Join Niky as she guides you through a 20 min guide to destress, unwind and create a pause to help you manage stress.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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We’re all breathing, but do we ever stop to consider if the way we are breathing is impacting our health?

Niky has journeyed through a variety of breathwork ideas throughout her life. From childhood asthma, to Buteyko breathing, to respiratory physiology and yogic techniques. In this podcast she brings together ideas from all aspects of breath health.

In this podcast we will explore:

· An understanding of the science behind the breath

· Simple but common errors we make when breathing that can impact our health

· Four breath techniques you can use to calm feelings of anxiousness, reactivity or agitation

· One breath technique you can try if you’re feeling flat, depleted or lacking in motivation

· One breath technique you can use to manage feelings of overwhelm and improve your focus

If you’re interested in learning more about how the breath can impact your health, please explore “Breath by James Nestor” – this book contains a wealth of knowledge about the history and science of breathing as well as in depth discussions on the impact of mouth breathing on our health.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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No I am not talking about coronary care or cardiovascular fitness. I’m talking about our emotional health, our connection to joy, our relationships with ourselves and others, our connection to something greater than ourselves.

Our heart health forms one of the key pillars in helping women build resilience through life’s challenges.

In this podcast we explore

· Common events and experiences that can cause women to become depleted in their heart health

· Common reactions and behaviours that limit our heart health

· Simple ways to start connecting with yourself and steering yourself toward joy

· Questions to ask to help break down walls in communication for connection with others

· Ideas to help you connect with something greater than yourself

Key steps you can take to start building on your heart health for more open hearted and authentic connections.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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We all know the basics of body health, right? Eat better, get some exercise, yadda yadda…. I know I know, so why don’t we do it?

If you’re a woman who puts exercise last on the list, or your just too busy to eat well, then this podcast is for you!

In this podcast we explore

· The three key basics for a healthy body in women

· Steps in forming health habits

· Ideas to deconstruct unhelpful habits

· 5 easy steps you can start now to start looking after your body

· 3 additional pieces women need to consider with their body health

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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There are certain times in life where our mind health needs a little more TLC!

Grief, loss, times of depletion, times of uncertainty or stress.

When our mind health starts to suffer we can experience rumination over past events, anxiety about the future or feel stuck in an emotion that feels just too hard to shift.

In this podcast we will be exploring:

· The basics of care that every mind needs

· Four good questions to ask yourself to balance your perceptions and help your mind health

· Six easy habits to start today for a healthy mind

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Two steps forward, three steps back.

Get on the right track and then slip back into old habits and go back to square one.

Dream of being healthier, fitter, more organised, more socially connected….but….. you might just start that tomorrow….. after finishing this netflix series.

Welcome to self-sabotage ladies.

In this podcast we will be exploring

· What is self-sabotage and why do we do it

· What are the 5 most common habits that contribute to self-sabotage

· What is perfectionism and how is can be a form of self-sabotage.

· Questions to ask yourself when stuck in self-sabotage habits

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Times of depletion or stress can result in food choices that just don’t sustain us right? Chocolate, chips, cheese, wine- all of the pieces we reach for when life is chaotic.

In this podcast we interview Lyndsey Parkinson who is a personal trainer, pilates and yoga teacher and also a qualified nutrition coach.

Together we explore

· The common symptoms women experience when navigating a period of depletion

· The common errors we make with nutrition when stressed

· The four key steps with your health you need to make when navigating a stressful time in your life

· Two simple food choices to make for each meal that help your nutrition

· One step women need to make when reaching a point of depletion

Lyndsey loves helping women get confident without counting calories or spending hours in the gym. She shares her positive energy to help women with their health and nutrition with realistic and practical steps.

You can find out more about Lyndsey on her website here https://lyndseyparkinsonfitness.com/ or her you tube channel https://www.youtube.com/@LYNDSEYPARKINSONFITNESS

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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How to navigate a grief anniversary

Grief and loss can appear in many different forms for women.

· Perhaps you have lost someone you love or they have passed away.

· Perhaps you have been through relationship separation and the door is closing.

· Perhaps your navigating family breakdown and the door is closed.

· Perhaps you feel your life is just not turning out as planned.

Either way, there can be feelings of anxiousness when an anniversary date looms. How will you cope? How will you navigate?

In this podcast we explore:

· The common feelings that arise in the lead up to an important anniversary

· The common reactions to these feelings that don’t really help

· Three steps you can take to help yourself navigate

· One piece to remember when you feel isolated in your experiences

Sending lots of love out to the women who listen who are navigating grief and loss. You might also like my resource here to help you through https://go.synergywomen.com.au/case-study

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Trouble getting to sleep? After many years of guiding women through a variety of relaxation and meditation practices on our retreats, it’s about time we have something online for you ladies to listen to, to help guide you toward sleep!

So here it is. A simple audio track to guide you through a progressive relaxation in preparation for bed. Enjoy!

Warning: This podcast is not suitable to listen to whilst driving and is intended only to provide a calming routine to help with relaxation and sleep.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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We’ve all been there. Irritable, foggy, hazy memory, difficulty with decisions, poor judgement and the deep need to have a toddler style meltdown. 

Lack of sleep! It affects us in so many ways! So let’s explore how to get a better night’s sleep! 

In this podcast you will learn

- What a normal sleep pattern should look like and some of the science behind sleep

- Two medical disruptions to sleep that should not be ignored

- Three lifestyle and mind health disruptions to sleep and what you can do about it

- The psychology of sleep and how to help your brain switch off in bed

- Eight sleep essentials to help you have a healthy night’s sleep 

Like to learn more about sleep? Some of the content in today’s podcast is summarised from this great book! 

You can read more here-Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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I feel depleted, lacking in energy, flat. Where’s my spark? Where’s my drive? Where’s my enthusiasm gone?

Have you lost your mojo?

Join Niky in this podcast exploring enthusiasm, drive, healthy habits and motivation.

In this podcast we will explore

· The two most common reasons women lose their motivation

· The three common areas in life that need attention to avoid depletion

· How to find your direction when you feel like you’ve been lost or directionless for too long

· Three self-limiting beliefs that prevent women from prioritising their own self care

· How to start a health habit and maintain momentum

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Too often when we are navigating the emotional rollercoaster, or a challenging period of time in life we can feel misunderstood and isolated. I can recall this feeling in my own journey! That somehow my experience was invisible to others, that no one really understood.

Slowly I have realised that being understood starts with understanding others.

Which has had me thinking, can we understand others in a better way? Can we communicate in a better way so our feelings become a shared experience?

So this podcast is dedicated to both communication AND understanding others and their communication style.

In this podcast you will learn:

· Key steps to understand others and to feel understood

· How being understood starts with you

· The four basic communication and behaviour styles according to DISC profiling

· How to recognise each type and learn to speak their language so open communication is facilitated

This podcast shares simplified information based on DISC profiling. More information about DISC can be found from multiple online sources.

Are you a therapist working in health care? Would you like further ways to improve your patient communication, rapport and treatment outcomes? You can explore this resource here https://synergyphysio.teachable.com/p/communication-mastery-for-therapists/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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I don’t have the strength to carry on. A statement I have heard from women who feel depleted, drained or lacking in motivation as they navigate a challenging period of time in their lives.

I’m sick of hearing ‘you’re so strong’ when I actually feel like I’m hanging on by a thread. I’m not strong, I am surviving, they don’t even understand. Another expression I hear from women who are navigating. Everything on the outside looks brave, but you’re struggling to find what your strengths actually are, let alone how to use them.

Ladies if this sounds like you, this podcast is for you. You have your own unique strengths and it’s time to find them.

In this podcast you will learn:

· What defines strength in women

· 3 different ways of finding what your strengths are when your own inner dialogue has been telling you you’re hopeless

· How strengths can sometimes be weaknesses if not harnessed or used in the right environment

· Key questions to ask yourself when discovering your unique strengths

· Things to consider to help you use your strengths

Your strengths will have your back when you least expect it. Your strengths are unique and can be completely invisible to you. It’s about time to seek them out.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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The power of pausing

Hands up if you currently feel like a mouse on a wheel, with an over committed diary running from one task to the next without time to take a breath?

Or are you a woman who feels overwhelmed, depleted, reactive and simply tired of trying to keep up with the demands of family, work and life commitments?

Ladies this podcast is for you.

In this podcast you will learn:

· Common reasons women reach a point of depletion

· Why your brain needs to time catch up when making decisions

· How running from a stressed place of depletion can affect your relationships, your mind health and your body health

· Why Einstein was able to solve so many maths equations by taking a bath

· How pausing and creating space helps you communicate

· Simple tips you can try to create space and pause when you don’t have time for a holiday

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Ladies there is help for prolapse!

It’s the conversation no one wants to have. You guessed it ladies – incontinence and prolapse.

These symptoms can rob your confidence, reduce your ability to remain physically active or social and can really limit your life! Did you know one in three women will experience these symptoms and no one likes to talk about it?

Join us for a conversation with women’s health physiotherapist Rebecca Reiss about prolapse and what you can do about it.

In this podcast you will learn:

· What the symptoms of prolapse are

· How pessary can be used as an alternative to surgery

· How pessary can help you build your pelvic floor strength after giving birth

· How a women’s health physio can help you recover

Rebecca Reiss is a qualified physiotherapist with additional qualifications and expertise in women’s health, pregnancy, continence and pessary fitting.

Rebecca is passionate about helping women both prepare and recover their body’s during and after pregnancy, and has also developed her “Birth and Beyond” online course for expectant and new mums.

You can find out more here https://synergyphysio.teachable.com/p/birth-and-beyond

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How to have empathy without losing yourself

“I’m an empath. So I feel everything, I feel responsible, I lose myself, try to fix everything, get drained, get treated like a doormat and end up resentful”

Hmmmm…. Sound familiar?

If this sounds like you, this is the podcast for you.

Join Niky in this podcast as she explores:

· What is empathy and why it’s actually a good thing!

· How empathy is different to sympathy

· Why empathetic people can feel depleted or drained

· One simple tool to help you feel present and grounded when empathetic

· The three essential steps you need to help prevent depletion

· How feeling and feeling responsible are two different things

Are you a therapist who would like to learn essential skills in developing empathy, patient communication and rapport for better patient outcomes? Find out more here https://synergyphysio.teachable.com/p/communication-mastery-for-therapists

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Stretched thin?

Your kids are demanding all your time and your workload is unmanageable

Your parents need help with their health and you are still juggling your family and work life

You feel like your partner is unsupportive and you’re left picking up the pieces

Welcome to feeling stretched thin.

And somehow this is not helping you get skinnier or taller.

In this podcast Niky explores:

· Three common reasons for feeling stretched thin

· The first step in helping yourself when you feel stretched thin

· Three simple healthy habits to help you navigate

· Three habits to let go of to ensure you don’t get more depleted

· Simple words of trust to help you get through the day

· Thee essential take home tips to help you make it to the other side

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Getting to the bottom of butt pain

Are you experiencing butt pain? Does buttock pain limit your ability to sit comfortably, drive, travel, go to the movies or socialise? Does a hard seat strike fear into your heart?

Join physiotherapist NIky Hamilton for this podcast episode on butt pain.

Together we will explore:

· The 5 most common causes of buttock pain in women

· The one commonly missed condition for women

· Two key tips to optimise your sitting posture

· What stretches to avoid that can make your pain worse

· How your pelvic floor can contribute to coccyx pain

· The myths around lumbar disc injuries, does your disc really pop out?

· Key tips to help you reduce your buttock pain

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Unless you have navigated grief you can feel at a loss as to what to DO. In this podcast we explore grief and what you can do as a friend who is trying to help someone navigate.

In this podcast you will learn:

1- Why, as a society, we are often at a loss and don’t know how to help someone grieving.

2- Physical symptoms that can occur when someone is grieving

3- The typical reactions that can occur when someone is navigating grief

4- Common statements that mean well, but are not that helpful and can sound dismissive

5- Key steps to help someone who is navigating grief

6- Three key tips to help you and your friend navigate

Through her own journey through grief and loss with her son Baxter, Niky has developed a passion for helping women build resilience through life’s setbacks. She shares this podcast about grief from a place of heartfelt understanding. Remember that each person’s journey is unique and what they need will be individual. However the ideas within this podcast are common experiences throughout grief and are shared from a place of love.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Have you been ruminating over the injustices of life challenges, spending hours reviewing what went wrong, who is to blame, what should have happened? Plotting your comeback or even your revenge?

Resentment!

It weighs heavy, hems you in, holds you back.

Combine that with grief and soon we are on an emotional rollercoaster white kncuckled and barely holding on for the ride.

Let’s talk about resentment.

In this podcast you will learn:

· Why anger is completely separate from grief, but can go hand in hand as an added depleting emotion which makes it even harder to navigate.

· Why resentment is always matched by an imagined fantasy comparison and how that adds to the emotional rollercoaster

· How polarised perceptions can affect your resilience and ability to cope

· Four key steps you can take to start reducing the heavy weight of resentment

Navigating resentment is no easy feat. It’s hard. You have to dig deep. The questions in this podcast will challenge some of you!

But the real question is- do you want your resentment to steer your life? Or do you want to break free of that heavy chain and learn how steer your own life?

Tune into this podcast to find out how.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Grief, anger, resentment, sadness, hurt, betrayal, anxiety, envy, fear and despair. All the things in life we would rather not experience. Labelled as dark or hidden emotions by some, depleting emotions by others.

Like any painful experience, these are the less than pleasant emotions we would rather not feel.

So we push them down, hold them in, ignore them, run away, numb them- all in the vain attempt to disown or disarm them.

Let’s explore the typical barriers and reactions that we have when depleting or dark emotions arise within us. These are called barriers because these habits simply prevent us from integrating our emotions or allowing us to become whole or authentic. It seems we spend half of our life denying our feelings, ignoring half of ourselves and wondering why we feel so anxious.

These habits are outlined beautifully in Brené Brown’s book Rising Strong and this forms a summary of her ideas.

In this podcast you will learn:

· One unhealthy but common habit that can affect your family life and your workplace.

· The four habits we have all turned to when trying to avoid feeling depleting emotions.

· Three steps to take when trying to integrate emotions in a healthy way

· Two essential questions to ask yourself when depleting emotions arise within you.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Better posture, reduces back pain, cures incontinence and sky rockets your sex life. Is there anything a good core can’t do?

This magical mystery muscle system seems to offer a cure-all to so many of our ailments!

But is it really true??

Let’s explore everything there is to know about the core.

As a physiotherapist of over 20 years I have observed all of the claims the core has made and it’s time to present some of the evidence.

In this episode you will learn:

· The three common errors women make when trying to strengthen their core

· Why planks can make your incontinence worse

· Why sit ups don’t help back pain or your posture

· What the core can and can’t do for your sex life

Join Niky Hamilton in this revealing tell-all episode on the core.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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How to stop negative self – talk

Criticism, resentment, blame, worry, anxiety, all the voices in our head that add up to be labelled as ‘’negative self-talk” , the voices that drag us down, stop us moving forward or deplete us– what do we do about this?

Join Niky Hamilton in this conversation about negative self- talk and how to manage it. IN this podcast you will learn.

· The biggest myth about negative self-talk you need to understand to start moving forward

· Two common reasons that women get stuck listening to negative self-talk

· The lopsided expectations we have that can drive negative self-talk

· The lopsided perceptions we have that make negative self-talk worse

· Five practical steps you can take to start managing negative self-talk

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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The frustration is building. You know you need to do it. But you put it off. Maybe it will get better? Maybe I’ll sound like a whinger? Maybe the conversation will end badly? Maybe it’s not that bad after all? Maybe I’ll talk to them another day, when things have settled.

Ladies, ladies, ladies. There is no time like the present to have a boundary conversation.

Maybe someone has stepped on your toes. Maybe someone is misbehaving. Maybe things need to be more balanced, more appreciative, more two sided. Maybe you need to just bite the bullet and start the conversation. But how?

If you’ve ever needed to have a boundary conversation but have been postponing it or just can’t manage it without guilt, resentment or an apology, this podcast is for you.

In this podcast you will learn:

· Why delaying a boundary conversation can end badly

· How to calm your sense of resentment or guilt

· The 3 key steps you need to make to ensure a balanced emotional state and mindset to get ready for a boundary conversation

· The one essential step you need to make when starting a boundary conversation

Join Niky Hamilton for the key steps you need, to make the leap toward a boundary conversation with clarity, confidence and an open heart.

This podcast includes ideas shared by Brene’ Brown in her book Rising Strong.

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator.

Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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The Synergy Women Podcast offers you body, mind and heart health tips for women to help YOU build resilience to navigate life's challenges.

Our upcoming episodes include how to set boundaries, how to find motivation, what to do when you're stretched thin and more! Don't forget to click subscribe as our new episodes launch soon!

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Happy New Year! After the festive season excesses it’s time to start afresh right? You find yourself vowing to never drink again, only eat salad, manage your stress levels, lose 20kg and run a marathon all within the first month. Only to discover your resolve weakens by the 12th January and we are back to square one.

So if you’re wanting to make a positive change this year, whether it’s a change in your health, your relationships, your mindset or your family and you want to make it STICK, then this is the podcast for you.

In this podcast you will learn:

· The two key steps required for any habit to stick

· The difference between small steps and grand goals

· One essential question to help motivate yourself

· How to link your goals and values for a more sustainable change

· The final piece we often forget when making healthy habit changes

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator. Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating grief or life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

This podcast shares ideas from Dr Demartini. Niky is a Demartini facilitator. You can find out more about Dr Demartini here https://drdemartini.com/

Like to press pause and take time out for YOU? Need some guidance into the New Year?

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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The chaos and frantic stress that can be the lead up to Christmas for so many of us can be exhausting. The plans, the to-do list, ticking everything off in preparation for the day.

Like a storm that has passed or the aftermath of a party, the time between Christmas and New Year is special. It’s a window of time to breathe. It’s about being rather than doing.

NOW is the time to reflect on the year that has been. And there are a few essential questions to ask yourself when pausing to review your year before making plans for the next.

In this podcast you will learn

· Four essential questions to ask when reviewing the positive moments throughout your year that’s been

· Two important reflections when considering the challenges you have been navigating

· One key question to ask at the end of each year

“Love is the synchronicity and synthesis of complimentary opposites” Dr Demartini.

This quote shares that our lives will be filled with moments of heart opening and heart breaking, kindness and cruelty, falling apart and coming together… and it’s this synergy of all of these moments throughout your year that, when you reflect with the right questions, can open the doorway of your heart to appreciate love.

Would you like to start your year with four days of ME time for reflection and to build your resilience?

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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We can all acknowledge that the festive season for some of us is less than festive.

Family separation, relationship breakdowns, grief or loss can all contribute to a feeling of overwhelm, depletion or sadness that can reflect a deep contrast to the surrounding festivities of everyone else’s life.

If you or a loved one have been navigating grief, loss, life challenges and are finding the festive season a steep uphill climb, this podcast is for you.

In this podcast you will learn:

· The three main problems that we encounter during the festive season

· The three key steps you need to make to start building your resilience to cope

· What to do when life is not meeting your expectations

· Three key steps you need to make if you have lost a loved one this year

Life is always falling apart and coming together, kind and cruel, hard and smooth, heart breaking and heart opening. Sometimes we get lost in the mess of it all.

“Life will always be messy. It’s what you do with the it when you’re in the mess that counts” Hugh Van Cuylenburg

Have a beautiful Xmas everyone. Love to you all - Niky.

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Overwhelm.

· You have 25 tabs open on your screen and can’t figure out where the audio is coming from.

· You’re losing the contents of your handbag at the supermarket checkout and can’t find your car keys.

· Everyone else has it together and you don’t.

· Your hair is in your face, you can’t find a matching pair of socks and can’t decide what to wear.

Welcome to overwhelm ladies!!

Where the simplest of tasks become a challenge. Where you lose your way and can’t see clarity.

Let’s explore why we get overwhelmed and simple steps we can take to feel calm clarity once more.

In this podcast you will learn:

· The two most common reactions we have when feeling overwhelmed.

· The four key reasons for overwhelm as well as simple strategies to address each of them.

· How learning to set boundaries is an essential step in reducing overwhelm

· Three essential and very simple strategies you can start today to reduce your overwhelm

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator. Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating grief or life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

Like to press pause and take time out for YOU?

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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The festive season is here, meaning late nights, alcohol and food excesses are replacing our gym routines! Soon we feel sluggish, tired and our resilience runs at an all time low.

In this podcast you will learn:

- One simple 30 second routine to start your day and improve your health. And its free.

- Small steps you can make on a daily basis to help yourself with your nutrition

- The biggest disrupter to your sleep health (and it's not late nights)

- How to navigate stress in the lead up to Xmas

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Ignore it, run away, battle it, hide it or numb it. These are all our typical responses to depleting emotions when they creep in. Life is supposed to be all positive, right? Surely with enough positive mindset affirmations we will be cured of this?

Join Niky in this podcast where she explores the depleting emotions of fear, sadness, grief and despair. Spaces we would prefer to ignore. To skim over. To fix or to hide.

Like kicking your little toe, sometimes there is no escaping the pain that comes our way. The only answer is to figure out ways to contain, endure, tolerate, regulate our reactions and then learn from a place of stillness.

In this podcast you will learn:

· A clear framework for understanding renewing and depleting emotions

· The three typical responses to depleting emotions that don’t benefit us at all

· Three essential steps to help you tolerate depleting emotions

· Two key questions to ask yourself when a depleting emotion arises

· One simple tool you can use today to help you heal through feelings of grief, despair, fear or anger

This podcast shares ideas from a wonderful book “Healing through the dark emotions- the wisdom of grief, fear and despair” by Miriam Greenspan. Read more about her here https://miriamgreenspan.com/

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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We have all experienced it. Knee pain, paper cuts, back pain, broken limbs, stubbed toes. Pain! But why is it that some people seem to feel more pain than others? And why does some pain seem to continue despite treatment?

Join Niky in this podcast for your body health. Together we explore what pain actually is, how your brain seems to change it and what you can do about it.

So if you’ve ever been in pain- this podcast is for you.

If you’ve ever been annoyed that someone has told you “your pain is all in your head” this podcast is ALSO for you.

You will learn:

· Why stubbed toes hurt so much, when people can have cancerous growths and not know it.

· How being cranky at your partner can make your hip feel worse

· How a papercut can hurt more than a nail gun to the head

· Why your stress levels at work can influence your coccyx pain

As a qualified physiotherapist NIky loves sharing stories to help you understand pain, your brain and all of the overflowing elements that make pain so complex.

If you would like more resources on pain and pain management you can head to the world’s leading pain research group https://www.noigroup.com/

If you would like a practical guided mindfulness meditation online program to help you manage pain click here https://synergyphysio.teachable.com/p/mindfulness-meditation-for-pain-relief/

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Do you have moments, days, week or even months on end when you feel like it’s just back to back problems coming your way? Perhaps its issues with the kids at school, health concerns, relationship or work problems and it always seems to happen all at once?

Join Niky in this podcast where she explores the three key questions you need to ask yourself when life seems to be throwing you too many problems and you feel buried in it.

In this podcast you will learn

· One key idea to help steer you toward growth instead of shrinking into resentment, blame or reactivity

· That the idea of a smooth problem free life can contribute to apathy, lack of empathy, lack of insight, motivation and drive

· Two essential questions to consider to be able to steer yourself toward calm objectivity and a solutions focused mindset.

We have all heard the expression “Grow through what you go through”

Sometimes that statement helps us rise up and accept our challenges as a chance to learn and grow.

Sometimes that statement can make us shrink with resentment, can make us feel unheard, unseen and misunderstand. Grow through THIS? Really? Don’t they know what I am going through here?

This podcast shares the key questions you need to ask yourself to help you grow through challenges.

So growing through what you’re going through can become a reality.

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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The mind reflects, reviews the story, rewinds the movie in the mind and plays it over and over again. The question “What if”? circulates. Subtle changes in the review are made each time. What if.

Like stuck in heavy mud, the cycle of rumination can weigh heavy. The mind looping back to explore every possible change, every scenario, all of the what if’s can be consuming.

Stuck in rumination?

Whether its regret, self blame, resentment, grief, sorrow or despair- Niky explores the topic of rumination and offers simple tips that can help shift the endless mind loop.

In this podcast you will learn:

· How does rumination differ from anxiety or worry?

· One simple tip you can try today to help break the cycle of the mind looping backward

· Two essential steps to make if you are stuck in self blame

· Two key questions to reflect on if you are stuck in resentment or blaming others

· Three take home tips for women struggling to shift the heavy circular loop of rumination

Niky is a qualified physiotherapist, a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator and a wellness retreat facilitator. Offering an inspiring passion for helping women navigating grief or life challenges to transform, and build resilience with grace, courage and authenticity.

This podcast shares ideas from Dr Demartini. Niky is a Demartini facilitator. You can find out more about Dr Demartini here https://drdemartini.com/

Like to press pause and take time out for YOU?

Join Niky on one of her Rise UP Women’s Resilience Retreats! Find out more here. https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Understanding osteoporosis. A condition that affects millions of women and their health worldwide!

Join Niky Hamilton Physiotherapist as she explores key concepts in understanding what is osteoporosis and how to manage it for women.

In this podcast you will learn:

· The 3 key risk factors that impact your bone health

· 2 important things to avoid in your diet

· Tips on how to manage and improve your bone health

Niky is a physiotherapist with over 20 years of experience in helping women with their health. She is passionate about women’s health and helping you maintain an active, healthy lifestyle. She works together with her team at Synergy Physio offering women exercise physiology, tailored exercise classes and physiotherapy.

Find out more about Niky here

An Essential Guide for Women

We’ve all been there.

Giving without boundaries to the point of depletion with a soft back that means we turn to water. Letting the resentment build to an explosive tipping point that flips us into a hard front of resentment, towering walls of rigidity that no one can leap.

Does it really serve us?

If you are a woman that gives too much and struggles to set boundaries this podcast is for you.

If you are a woman that has been navigating life with the rigid guard rails up around your heart, a wall of resentment that’s been built to prevent hurt, rejection or betrayal- this podcast is also for you.

It’s called soft front strong back ladies. It’s time we learnt to adopt this as an attitude, a lifestyle, a state of being.

In this podcast you will learn:

· What it means to have a soft front

· What it means to have a strong back

· Why we flip the two around with a back that turns to water and a front that becomes a rigid guard rail.

· The key steps you need to develop the skill of an authentic and open soft front, without depleting yourself with a soft back

· The essential steps you need to develop skills in setting boundaries with a strong back

· Three key tips for women in navigating life challenges with resilience

Niky Hamilton is a Women’s Resilience Coach and founder of Synergy Women. She is a qualified physiotherapist with over 20 years of experience in helping women with their health. Niky is also a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher, a Dr. Demartini Facilitator, and the Rise UP women’s wellness retreat coordinator.

She has developed an inspiring passion for helping women life challenges, build resilience, and start living the lives they want to live with renewed life enthusiasm, vitality, and grace.

In this podcast she shares ideas and inspiration from Brene’e Brown. If you would like to learn more about Brene’ Brown click here https://brenebrown.com

Find out more about Niky here

Lessons from a Himalayan Journey

Struggling through an uphill battle right now?

Walking through mud?

Women’s health and continence

Interview with Rebecca Reiss

OK ladies it’s time to have an open discussion. A topic we would rather avoid. Something we would rather push under the carpet and pretend hasn’t happened.

Incontinence.

If affects huge numbers of women. 200 million worldwide. Urinary incontinence can affect a woman’s confidence, her ability to exercise, her mood and her social life. Sadly many of these women hold the incorrect assumption that nothing can be done to help them.

So what can we do about it?

Join Niky as she interviews Women’s Health Physiotherapy expert Rebecca Reiss.

In this podcast you will learn

· What are the most common causes of incontinence

· What is normal bladder function, am I abnormal?

· How not all pelvic floor exercises are the same

· How many women get their pelvic floor exercises wrong and how to get it right

· Three key tips you can try starting today to help your symptoms

Lopsided opinions, judgements and perceptions- can they really influence your ability to be resilient? We’ve all been there. Holding on tight to our opinions. Judging others. Does it really help?

Join Niky Hamilton in this controversial discussion on being opinionated and how it can affect your resilience.

Together we explore:

·  What resilience actually is and why we need it

·  What a lopsided opinion looks and sounds like

·  What happens in the brain with lopsided perceptions

·  How emotional reactivity can limit your adaptability

·  Three key tips to improving your resilience with your mind health

Niky shares insights that might stir some of your own reactivity- but she shares it from a grounded place of compassion and a desire to help us all seek to see all sides. For the benefit of our own resilience.

Find out more about Niky here

Are you a woman who finds yourself putting everyone else’s needs first, leaving yours last on the list?

Do you dream of a better job, improved health or a more supportive relationship, yet a whisper in the back of your ear shares “you’re not worth it?”

This podcast is for YOU.

Join Niky Hamilton as she explores the most common reasons women will have for a reduced sense of self worth and what to do about it.

In this podcast you will learn:

·  The two most common reasons for a loss of self worth

·  How to reduce the sense of guilt that can deplete your self worth

·  How to stop comparing yourself to others

·  Three key tips to improve your feeling of worth

Are you a woman who is experiencing painful osteoarthritis in the knees or hips?

Is osteoarthritis limiting your ability to exercise or your life?

Join physiotherapist Niky Hamilton in exploring how to manage osteoarthritis

In this podcast you will learn

·  What is osteoarthritis and why it’s not all about your xrays

·  What are the common symptoms

·  What are the risk factors and what you can do about them

·  Management ideas and three key take home tips that can help YOU with osteo-arthritis.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Hands up if you’re a busy woman or mum, who gives a lot to your family, kids, workplace, partners and somehow the thought of giving to yourself always gets pushed lower down the ranks on the list of daily priorities? Maybe for tomorrow or possibly the next day?

Hands up if you’ve ever had a massage and thought to yourself “Why don’t I do this more often?”, yet within hours of that thought, you’re neck deep in a frenzy of everyone else’s needs, and any attention you thought you might pay to yourself has slipped silently out the window?

Hands up if the words ‘I’m too busy’ roll off the tongue with such regularity that it's becoming part of your identity, nudging out simple activities like a coffee with a friend or a trip to the gym?

I am guessing I am now looking at a room filled with women and their hands up in the air. And high five to you all- you are the glue that holds families and businesses together. You are the life force behind problem solving, negotiating, juggling and pleasing. And if you’re anything like me, you’re a bit…..well, tired.

This podcast we explore self-care. What it is, why we ignore it, why it's important and how to prioritise it.

In this podcast you will learn:

• The three essential pillars in self care for women
• Ten simple steps you can start taking today to start moving from a place of utter depletion to a feeling of vitality
• How can we women start to prioritise our own self care, without carrying the guilty feeling we are being somehow selfish or indulgent.

As a health care provider I often see the problems that occur within the aging population simply as a result of a lack of self care. Small steps can be so important.

We have all heard the statement “You should secure your own oxygen mask before your families in an aircraft emergency”.  Small easy steps in self- care to support your own health, can mean the difference between operating from a place of depleted fatigue to a place of renewal and enthusiasm.

So rather than it being a once a year indulgence, let's redefine self care for women.

After all, we are the glue, the force and we are needed.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Are you or a loved one currently navigating grief?  Do you feel like you have a big hole in your heart that no one else can see and you're simply wondering how long this is going to last?

Like an art form and a journey without a map, there seems to be no clear way to navigate the stormy waters of grief.

It can feel lonely, it can feel tiring, it can feel like no one on this earth understands. It can feel like you’re struggling to keep your head above water, that you can’t hold up for much longer, that there’s no safe land in sight for miles with just an endless horizon of emptiness.

Life jacket anyone?

Whatever grief you are navigating, this podcast is a message of hope to YOU

Join Niky Hamilton Women's Resilience Coach on a journey to understand the grief journey. Niky shares a story from her own heart, a journey after the loss of her son Baxter.

In this podcast you will learn:

• Why the current five phases of grief don't resonate with anyone who is trying to navigate it
• Let's simplify- what the three real phases of grief are and what they feel like
• Key steps you can implement at each stage to help buoy you through
• Two questions to ask yourself to find a glimmer of hope
• Essential steps to take during each phase from a woman who has walked your path

Niky Hamilton is a physiotherapist, a mindfulness meditation teacher and Demartini facilitator who lost her son Baxter at birth. It is her heartfelt passion to help women navigate life's challenges and grief. Her journey has combined teachings from all over the world, that she now shares on her Women's Rise UP retreats and with her online program for women called the Rise UP Method, designed to help women build resilience through challenging times.

Grief can also be experienced by women in so many different forms without “having lost someone" Grief over lost love or betrayal. Grief over lost careers. Grief with health problems, illnesses, accidents. Grief with marriage breakdowns or family separation. Grief with things just not turning out as I had planned here. Suddenly your life has a hole. A gap. A void. Something that was supposed to be there, but isn’t. The rug has been ripped out from under you and you are in free fall.

The three real phases of grief presented in this podcast help teach us compassion, kindness and give us courage and strength that no one else can see, during a journey of grief.

Dedicated to Baxter Ainsworth.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Are you navigating a stressful or challenging time and experiencing symptoms like brain fog, forgetfulness, indecision or emotional reactivity?

This podcast with Niky Hamilton explores stress and its effect on the brain! We also explore key practical tips you can try to help you manage your stress response and improve your mind health.

In this podcast, you will learn:

· What is the stress response, what happens to my brain and nervous system?

· How the stress response can alter your ability to see all sides and be objective

· What are the typical triggers that heighten your stress response

· Practical tips to help you calm your nervous system

· Key tips to help your brain’s executive centre function well, so you can function from a place of calm objectivity and inspired action rather than habitual reactivity

If you would like to learn more with effective practical steps to teach you the skills of mindfulness meditation as well as physio tips on pain management? Click here https://synergyphysio.teachable.com/p/mindfulness-meditation-for-pain-relief/

Need time out to help you press pause and manage stress? Learn more about the Rise UP Women’s Retreats here https://synergywomen.com.au/synergy-women-retreats/

Remember if you need help with your mind health always seek individual professional advice.

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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We all know the benefits of exercise. It helps our mood, prevents some medical conditions, helps our bone health, our heart health, our brain health and also helps us maintain a healthy weight which can also affect our confidence!

But what should we really be doing after pregnancy? If you’re a new mum, this episode is for you.

Niky Hamilton interviews Rebecca Reiss in this podcast to explore the most up to date guidelines for women and their health after pregnancy.

In this episode, you will learn

· What is the difference between low impact and high impact exercise for women post-partum?

· What time frame after delivery can we start low and higher impact exercise?

· The key things to avoid in the first 6 weeks

· What can go wrong if we head back into higher impact exercise too early?

· Essential symptoms to be aware of when heading back to exercise

· Key tests you can do at home to see if you are ready or higher impact exercise

· Three key tips for new mums wanting to get back to exercise

Rebecca Reiss has spent the last decade with a special interest in women’s health physiotherapy. She has expertise in managing continence, pelvic pain, prolapse and has additional qualification in pessary fitting to help women manage prolapse and post-partum pelvic floor health. She is the creator and author of Synergy Physio’s Birth and Beyond online program- designed to help women maintain a healthy body throughout their pregnancy and into the early post-partum period. Find out more about her online program for pregnancy here! https://synergyphysio.teachable.com/p/birth-and-beyond/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Have you heard of the health benefits of meditation but are reluctant to try it because you can’t switch off your brain?

Join Niky in this interview with Meditation and Yoga teacher Michael Daly. Micheal is a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher as well as having trainer level certifications in Clinical Hypnotherapy, NLP, Time Line Therapy and Mindfulness Based Coaching, and a Diploma of Modern Psychology. Over the past 20 years he has run over 65 meditation, mindset and wellness retreats both in Australia and Internationally as well as nearly 10 000 hours of educational vocational training in health, wellness and mindset.

In this podcast interview with Michael you will learn:

· What are you actually supposed to be doing when you meditate?

· Can you really shut down your mind?

· What are the different types of meditation and how can each be effective for your health

· How a structured practice can change your brain

· How a regular meditation practice can benefit your sleep health, aging, stress and reactivity as well as brain health

· Three key tips for you if you have never tried meditation

Learn more about Michael and his meditation and yoga teaching at Being Yoga here https://beingyoga.com.au/

You can also learn more about Michael and his coaching business here https://mindperformanceinstitute.com.au/mind-and-life-coaching/

The Synergy Women podcast is not designed or intended to provide or replace individual health care and it is always recommended to seek independent health professional assessment and advice. The Synergy Women Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and opinions provided do not constitute individual medical or health care advice.

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Are you currently experiencing pain or injury and doing your best to recover?

Did you know your mood can affect your experience of pain?

Did you know that your posture is closely linked to your mood?

Join Niky Hamilton and Keely Rosenthal in this podcast that explores the link between pain, mood and posture!

We all know the health of your body and also your emotional health can affect your resilience and your ability to navigate life’s challenges.

In this podcast, you will learn:

· How your mood can affect your pain perception

· How your posture affects your mood and also your learning capacity and memory

· Key causes for a change in women’s posture

· The difference between depleting and renewing emotions

· One key tip to wire a positive postural habit

· One simple breath technique that can restore renewing emotions

· One easy stretch you can try to help improve your posture

· Three practical steps to apply to help your posture, boost your mood and manage pain

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