Self-Care for Winter with Suzy Reading
01/29/25 • 60 min
Do you find winter hard? Do you suffer with SAD or just get those January blues and can’t wait for it to be summertime again? Well, this is a lovely warm hug of an episode just for you!
In this life-affirming conversation with Suzy Reading, we explore the importance of self-care during the winter months and how to embrace winter as a wonderful, nurturing season, not just a season to ‘get through’.
Talking around Suzy’s latest book, Self-Care for Winter, we discuss the concept of wintering through self-care, its significance for mental and emotional health, and introduce a framework of seven gentle steps to nurture oneself through the challenges of winter. The discussion emphasises the need for connection with nature and ‘awe hunting’, the importance of comforting rituals and community, as well as the value of reflection as a means to foster well-being during the colder, darker months. Suzy demonstrates some practical exercises that take just moments to do but will completely lift your day.
Suzy’s concept of ‘Gentle January’ is a balanced approach to post-holiday wellness that ensures you are looking after yourself during the winter months and investing in your future self whilst doing so.
About Suzy Reading
Suzy is a mother of two, an author, Chartered Psychologist, yoga teacher and coach. Suzy has over two decades of experience in the health and wellbeing industry, working with individuals and organisations in keeping their people happy and healthy. She draws these modalities of psychology, movement and restorative practices uniquely together and is one of the top UK experts on self-care. Suzy is the psychology expert for wellbeing brand Neom Organics and is a founding member of The Nourish App. She figure skated her way through her childhood, growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and now makes her home in the hill of Hertfordshire, UK.
To work with Suzy or find out more about her offerings, here are ways to connect:
Instagram: @suzyreading
Website: www.suzyreading.co.uk
Self-Care for Winter from Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/gh2T6oG
About La Simms:
Meet your host, La - a mum of three, cancer survivor, and wellness advocate with a deep passion for helping others transform their lives. After years of thriving in the corporate events world, she now channels her skills into hosting retreats that inspire growth, healing, and balance.
Alongside podcasting and running retreats, La has a wellness business offering transformational coaching, reiki, lymphatic drainage massage and red light therapy. Her approach to wellness is deeply personal, influenced by her own journey through cancer and her love for practices like meditation, breathwork, and reformer pilates.
When she’s not working, you’ll find her walking in nature with her Labrador, Max, soaking in the calming energy of the sea, or hanging out with her kids. Through her podcast, she shares her insights, experiences, and inspiration to help listeners embrace their own journeys toward a well-rounded, fulfilling life.
Insta: @cancercuredme
Website: www.balancedbodyandretreats.com
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Do you find winter hard? Do you suffer with SAD or just get those January blues and can’t wait for it to be summertime again? Well, this is a lovely warm hug of an episode just for you!
In this life-affirming conversation with Suzy Reading, we explore the importance of self-care during the winter months and how to embrace winter as a wonderful, nurturing season, not just a season to ‘get through’.
Talking around Suzy’s latest book, Self-Care for Winter, we discuss the concept of wintering through self-care, its significance for mental and emotional health, and introduce a framework of seven gentle steps to nurture oneself through the challenges of winter. The discussion emphasises the need for connection with nature and ‘awe hunting’, the importance of comforting rituals and community, as well as the value of reflection as a means to foster well-being during the colder, darker months. Suzy demonstrates some practical exercises that take just moments to do but will completely lift your day.
Suzy’s concept of ‘Gentle January’ is a balanced approach to post-holiday wellness that ensures you are looking after yourself during the winter months and investing in your future self whilst doing so.
About Suzy Reading
Suzy is a mother of two, an author, Chartered Psychologist, yoga teacher and coach. Suzy has over two decades of experience in the health and wellbeing industry, working with individuals and organisations in keeping their people happy and healthy. She draws these modalities of psychology, movement and restorative practices uniquely together and is one of the top UK experts on self-care. Suzy is the psychology expert for wellbeing brand Neom Organics and is a founding member of The Nourish App. She figure skated her way through her childhood, growing up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and now makes her home in the hill of Hertfordshire, UK.
To work with Suzy or find out more about her offerings, here are ways to connect:
Instagram: @suzyreading
Website: www.suzyreading.co.uk
Self-Care for Winter from Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/gh2T6oG
About La Simms:
Meet your host, La - a mum of three, cancer survivor, and wellness advocate with a deep passion for helping others transform their lives. After years of thriving in the corporate events world, she now channels her skills into hosting retreats that inspire growth, healing, and balance.
Alongside podcasting and running retreats, La has a wellness business offering transformational coaching, reiki, lymphatic drainage massage and red light therapy. Her approach to wellness is deeply personal, influenced by her own journey through cancer and her love for practices like meditation, breathwork, and reformer pilates.
When she’s not working, you’ll find her walking in nature with her Labrador, Max, soaking in the calming energy of the sea, or hanging out with her kids. Through her podcast, she shares her insights, experiences, and inspiration to help listeners embrace their own journeys toward a well-rounded, fulfilling life.
Insta: @cancercuredme
Website: www.balancedbodyandretreats.com
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Give yourself the gift of this life changing episode – you are guaranteed to learn something that could be just what you needed to hear.
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About Adele Winsett
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To connect with Adele:
Insta:@harmoniseyou
Website: www.harmoniseyou.co.uk
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About La Simms:
Meet your host, La - a mum of three, cancer survivor, and wellness advocate with a deep passion for helping others transform their lives. After years of thriving in the corporate events world, she now channels her skills into hosting retreats that inspire growth, healing, and balance.
Alongside podcasting and running retreats, La has a wellness business offering transformational coaching, reiki, lymphatic drainage massage and red light therapy. Her approach to wellness is deeply personal, influenced by her own journey through cancer and her love for practices like meditation, breathwork, and reformer pilates.
When she’s not working, you’ll find her walking in nature with her Labrador, Max, soaking in the calming energy of the sea, or hanging out with her kids. Through her podcast, she shares her insights, experiences, and inspiration to help listeners embrace their own journeys toward a well-rounded, fulfilling life.
Insta: @cancercuredme
Website: www.balancedbodyandretreats.com
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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About Joanne
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The Enneagram is a powerful resource and illuminates the deep motivations behind how and why you think, feel and act the way you do: what drives you, triggers you, keeps you stuck or moves you forward.
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Connect:
Website: www.joannebonnett.com
Instagram: @jobo_silver_linings and @enneagram247
OFFER:
For only £129 Joanne is offering our listeners a personalised Enneagram Profiling Report plus a 1:1 chat (Zoom) to explore what makes you, YOU. Discover how The Enneagram could help you #bemorehuman in life: at home, work and play!
LINK: https://calendly.com/joannebonnett/podcast-enneagram-offer
PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR SOME SOUND ISSUES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED ON THE RECORDING
About La:
Meet your host, La - a mum of three, cancer survivor, and wellness advocate with a deep passion for helping others transform their lives. After years of thriving in the corporate events world, she now channels her skills into hosting retreats that inspire growth, healing, and balance.
Alongside podcasting and running retreats, La has a wellness business offering transformational coaching, reiki, lymphatic drainage massage and red light therapy. Her approach to wellness is deeply personal, influenced by her own journey through cancer and her love for practices like meditation, breathwork, and reformer pilates.
Insta: @cancercuredme
Website: www.balancedbodyandretreats.com
Email: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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