Your stress, sleep, & hormones may be benefited by this herbal remedy, with Rachel Mason

02/15/22 • 33 min

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Brave New Girls - Well Beings, Well Planet

This week’s guest is Rachel Mason, founder of Our Remedy- an award-winning CBD oil brand with a focus on sustainability and natural self-care, established after finding out she’d never conceive naturally due to cancer cells on her ovaries. Struggling to find a CBD oil targeted specifically at female health issues she decided to create one herself.

Having gone from a Vaping brand with 30 shops to starting a new brand with CBD, and ready to open a shop, the pandemic struck and Rachel had to adapt and learn about digital marketing and online sales overnight.
CBD had come into her life, after having IVF and getting pregnant with her son and later wanting to conceive again only to find she had a tumour on her ovaries which turned out to be Stage 3 cancer. She would have to have a hysterectomy and the intervention would induce menopause. And she was only 30 at the time.
Having to deal with so much in such a short space of time, at such a young age, it was no wonder she was stressed, anxious and finding it hard to sleep. When she turned to CBD it was the answer to her prayers and she eventually got through her health crisis.

But her experience made her want to help other women with their female health issues, and her environmentally responsible and sustainable company Our Remedy was born.

Thanks so much Rachel for bringing your focus to a wellness product for women that addresses our health issues in an eco-friendly and natural way. And thanks for showing us that where there is a will there is a way, and that when we are confronted by health issues often we can help ourselves, and others in the process.

You can find out more about Rachel’s work on www.ourremedy.co.uk and follow Rachel on Instagram on @itsourremedy

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But her experience made her want to help other women with their female health issues, and her environmentally responsible and sustainable company Our Remedy was born.

You can find out more about Rachel’s work on www.ourremedy.co.uk and follow Rachel on Instagram on @itsourremedy

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Dare to Share- bestselling guide to podcast guesting
FEAR LESS- coaching guide to living more bravely
Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless

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PART TWO: A brain tumour took her little boy, but Louise Long shows us how to rise strong

This week’s guest is Louise Long a qualified as a Personal Trainer, who had a difficult relationship with food, until she had her 3 children, shifted her perspective, & began a more health-full approach to life; helping others to do so too. Last year she was blind-sided when her young son Dylan died & now she’s raising awareness for brain tumour research

This interview was so powerful we decided to air it in two parts. This is PART TWO.

The last two years have been tough for people – but the enforced lockdowns helped people find nature and walking- and in her business Lou Long has helped more people find health & fitness.

Now training in functional nutrition, Lou talked about being unhappy as a child and “eating her emotions” and her early relationship with food, which followed her through into adulthood.

It was only when she had children that she decided she didn’t want them to suffer in the way she had, so she started learning about whole food, fitness and founded her business. She realised that it was changing her mindset and mental health that helped change her relationship with food and fitness, and so that's what she starts with, with her clients.

Out of the blue her then 6 year old son Dylan started to be poorly at the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020. It was a long journey to eventually getting a diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Lou talks openly and vulnerably about what that was like for her, Dylan and the family.

Lou used all her knowledge to help Dylan live as healthfully and happily as was possible, right up to the end. It was ultimately her determination to honour and celebrate Dylan’s life that took her down the path of raising funds for brain cancer research and awareness.
Thank you so much Louise for having the courage to talk with me so that you can bring awareness for the much needed research around brain cancer, as well as helping people in their own lives to live in a fit and health-full way so that they can BE THEIR BEST. Thanks also for showing us that even in the worst of times we can find a way to bring purpose to our lives so that we can shine a light for our way ahead.

You can find out more about Louise’s work on https://www.louise-long.com/ and follow her on Instagram @_louiselong_

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Best Worst Year: coming out of your box with Strabe singer songwriter Angelica Black

This week’s guest is Angelica Black, singer-songwriter & co-founder of the band STRABE who signed with the record label PIAS in 2021. They had moved to London in Lockdown 2020 & unable to start gigging, Angelica took an inward journey to explore their sexuality & gender, knowing they were gay but also then understanding that they identified as non-binary.

In 2017 Angie's dad passed away, and they starting writing songs to process their grief. They moved to Dublin, formed their band Strabe and their song Acid Love was born; later releasing the prophetic Best Worst Year
Musicians and performers really struggled during the pandemic, & Angie came to London in lockdown. There were no gigs but as it turned out from what could have been seen as the worst few years, came some of the best things.
Angie took the time to dig deep into their grief and a life long anxiety, and in doing so came to find their true self; which wasn't the box society had prescribed them.

In 2020 they came out as gay, and then started to explore gender, eventually coming to the realisation that they identified as non-binary.

In sharing their story they hope to positively impact others who are going through their own explorations.

Thank you so much Angie for talking so openly about your journey of self-discovery, so others may not feel so lonely and confused when they find they don’t fit into the tight bands of binary sexuality and gender. Also for showing us that we don’t need to be confined to straight and narrow boxes, and that when we connect deeply with ourselves we discover we are far greater than any definition would constrain us to.
You can follow Angie on Instagram @strabemusic

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