RH Episode #9 - Anxiety

01/27/20 • 30 min

In this episode Grant explores the epidemic of anxiety. I pulled the trigger on this particular podcast due to the fact that so many have contacted about the subject of anxiety.
Anxiety steals the peace, tranquility and efficacy of living life as a being. We suffer so at the hands of anxiety because we misidentify ourselves as objects. Unconsciously we feed our anxiety the fuel it requires, which is our own ignorance of our true definition.
If we want to work with anxiety, first we must understand what and who anxiety and fear really occurs to. Here Grant explores our relationship to it and ourselves, and the ways we unconsciously get ourselves stuck in it, and more importantly what we can do about it. How we can put an end to the fear inside the fear.
While ever we see ourselves as an object, we will see ourselves as doings not beings. Beings naturally do, objects are inert lumps of matter that have no being, if we see ourselves this way, how can we not feel anxious?
Anxiety is a misinterpretation of our true identity, the confusion that comes with that keeps us stuck on a rats wheel of illusion, dissatisfaction and despair. But it need not be that way.
Anxiety likes to hide out in the dark corners of our subconscious waiting for an opportunity to strike, it thrives on our ignorance and lack of awareness. However you can't be caught off guard if you are looking at it, allowing it, accepting its presence.
In this podcast Grant explores a mode of recovery from anxiety that has lasting power. It's about moving into your own power and getting back into the drivers seat of your own life. The first step is to commit to change and to give up the resistance.
If you suffer from anxiety, know someone who suffers from anxiety or even if you worry too much, this one is for you.
Its time to stop the rot.
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RH Episode #8 - Relaxing into Pain

This week I am discussing one of my favorite subjects when it comes to the borders of athletic endeavor, "relaxing into pain". In this episode I am covering some of the key aspects around pain, discomfort and our relationship to managing it, including:

Our relationship to pain.
Pain is a tag we learnt from our parents.
Our judgment of pain.
Pain, is it felt or thought?
The practice of using awareness to become the conduit of pain, not the victim of it.
The practice of relaxing into pain.
The practice and the transmuting power of allowing discomfort, challenge and pain to be as it is.
The role acceptance of pain can play in finding flow.
Finding your solid ground from which to perform.

If you want pain and discomfort to cease then you first need to let go of it. We spend an inordinate amount of time judging ourselves to be the victim of it, when in fact, we make it so because we think that way.
We divide pain into likes and dislikes. We judge it so intensely that we don't give it the opportunity to flow though, like all energy, it comes and goes. In order to find flow and alignment with an athletic process you have to accept it as it is, the second you find yourself in resistance is the second you find yourself out of flow, you are no longer in your process, you are standing outside of it in judgment, you move out of the present moment and into past and future.
If we want to learn how to connect the dots of athletic process to its best effect, we need to explore the way we think and the damage it does, bearing in mind that most of what happens to us that separates us from our process is largely unconscious thinking patterns, its been going on for so long that we are not aware of it. Its an old program paradigm that needs an upgrade.
If you want the best from yourself then explore the parts of yourself that are most triggered or challenged.
There are not many things that challenge or trigger athletes like pain and discomfort.
Dig in,
Gilesy.
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RH Episode #10 - Kira Sutherland Sports Nutritionist

In this episode we have Kira Sutherland, an Australian Naturopath and Sports Nutritionist with more than 20 years in clinical practice. Kira's focus in performance nutrition led her to be the first Naturopath in Australia to undertake the International Olympic Committees diploma in sports nutrition. She is the 2019 winner of the BioCeuticals Integrative Medicine Award for Excellence in practice (Nutrition/Dietetics).
In this chat we discuss the link between the gut microbiome and our mental, emotional states and the ultimate intelligence of the body to self regulate. We talk athlete body types, athlete weight obsession and disordered eating.
We discuss athletic dietary trends and fads and the performance implications that surround our decisions, and sometimes the consequence of not paying enough attention to the awareness around the signals that out bodies are sending us.
We speak of the massive role intuition plays in correct nutrition practices, both in races and in training, and learning how to dial into the internal messages the gut is sending and what it means.
Naturally we talk pre-race diet and race day nutrition plans. The importance of only making subtle dietary changes in race week. Removing the complexity and keeping it simple, avoiding race day disasters set in motion by not trialing enough in training or the big mistake of changing too much leading into races.
This chat was one I was looking forward to having and I'm sure there will plenty of take homes for any athlete taking the time to listen in.
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