Healing Together with Lesley Fraser

How Emotionally Resilient Are You?

What does emotional resilience mean to you? Do you consider yourself resilient? What does resilience even mean? And want to know how can you grow yours? Join me in this solo episode as we explore emotional resilience together and I help you get a sense of where yours is and where you’d like it to be. Come listen as I explain the 6 key areas that make up the emotional resilience framework we use within Mindful Monkeys™ Ltd and I help you assess yourself against these main elements. Life is lived, not the absence of suffering, but in the midst of it and none of us are immune to some very challenging times that are both unpredictable and, often, unwanted!  I honestly believe we learn the MOST about ourselves during these difficult times and in this episode, I share very personally how I have learned to bounce back from a number of huge life events, including major ill-health and relationship breakups. My wish is that this episode helps you connect to your existing resilience, you know that part that has already helped you overcome many things in your life! AND also gives you a framework that enables you to explore how you can strengthen those resilience muscles. 💪🏻 As always, reach out to me on email at connect@mindfulmonkeys.co.uk [connect@mindfulmonkeys.co.uk] or connect@lesleyfraserc.o.uk [connect@lesleyfraserc.o.uk] if I can help in any way or come find me over on our social media spaces on Facebook and Instagram.

The Joy of actually giving a F**k with Dr David Hamilton PhD

I can’t quite convey how excited I am to bring this particular episode to you with my friend Dr David Hamilton PhD. David is a writer, columnist, speaker and kindness scientist who has just published his 12th book entitled “The Joy of actually giving a F**k.  All about kindness and why we SHOULD care about one another. In this beautiful conversation we discuss David’s journey as an author covering subject such as destiny Vs free will, the kindness conundrum, why it takes courage to be kind and how we, as adults need to learn the skill of disagreement to model that for our kids. David’s books offer us the scientific research that can bolsters our beliefs in many ancient wisdoms we know inside – such a beautiful mix of science and spirituality which is my own personal place of JOY. I have had the pleasure of doing all David’s previous workshops/courses and he is partially responsible for me being courageous enough to create Mindful Monkeys Ltd and support families in the way that I do now. He even offers me some new research into how the emotional regulation and family work we do within Mindful Monkeys strengthens young people’s DNA and keeps them biologically younger & healthier. How amazing is that! (Adults in Making section on page 100 if you have the book).  Listen in as I ask David a random, unrehearsed and thought provoking question from the Dairy of CEO Conversation Cards and how David believes finding compassion for our own shortcomings is essential as we explore empathy, compassion and kindness as a society.   I do hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it. You can find out about David’s courses, books, speaking gigs along with his membership info on his website here: https://drdavidhamilton.com [https://drdavidhamilton.com]   And more about our work at Mindful Monkeys here: https://mindfulmonkeys.co.uk [https://mindfulmonkeys.co.uk]

Paul McNeill - Let's Talk about Men's Mental Health

Join me on the first, but certainly not last, podcast episode bringing beautiful male energy and perspective to our human experience. In this candid conversation Paul shares his own personal mental health journey from leaving school at 16 and falling into a career unconsciously to now finding himself an award-winning volunteer at one of the first Andy’s Man Clubs in Edinburgh, mental health first aider, life coach and spiritual healer. That journey has been less than easy for Paul but he’s now able to share his own perspective on how the feeling of disconnection from himself and the life outside of himself resulted in some very dark moments which he thankfully did not act upon. Now, in a much better place mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, Paul is able to use that experience to support men to be curious about life can hold for them and the importance of self love, self inquiry and self compassion. Paul talks openly about how his 6ft 2in tough football playing, heavy drinking exterior tried to hide his soft fluffy interior (his words!) and how seeing a video online around the power of self love and life coaching changed the trajectory of his life. The strap line for Andy’s Man Club is #itsoktotalk and we most certainly did that together! I will certainly have Paul back on the show in the future but, for now, have a listen in and perhaps suggest this episode to any menfolk in your life you feel may benefit. This is SUCH an important discussion – many more to come. ❤️ TW – we do discuss suicide in this episode so be mindful of our own wellbeing when you listen. Please know you are important in this world and reach out to me, Paul or Andy’s Man Club if you need support. You can find more about the support Paul offers at this website: https://peacefulmindsscot.co.uk [https://peacefulmindsscot.co.uk] Find your local Andy’s Man Club here: https://andysmanclub.co.uk [https://andysmanclub.co.uk]

Stacey Sargison - The Epitome of Transformation

Come join me in this inspiring episode as I am joined by Stacey Sargison, the #1 Transformational Coach & Confidant as featured in @entrepeneur & @forbes. Listen in as Stacey shares her story of a working class girl from the UK quitting her successful job in Hollywood to becoming a World Record Holding Coach/Confidant living in Sydney, Australia! When I had the pleasure of working with Stacey back in 2018/19 my own level of self worth changed forever and it had a hugely positive impact on my life. Come find out how Stacey helps her clients access the part of them that believe that, even though life may feel ‘good’ on the surface, there is always more – more joy, more fulfilment, more adventures just waiting for them. Stacey is the real deal and has authentically shared her own transformations online since 2015 – through all her own ups/downs including a marriage breakup, covid isolation away from her beloved family and latterly her amazing 100lb (yes you read that right!) weight loss with no exercise and then taking up running to complete her first ½ marathon this year! A longer episode this week and it’s so jam packed you will absolutely be transformed just by listening to it! “To set your life on fire, seek those who fan the flames – Rumi”  is one of Stacey’s many favourite sayings – so come let us fan those flames for a wee while. ❤️ TW we briefly talk about bulimia and there are a few "F" bombs so headphones in if you have a little ones around! You can find Stacey at her website: https://www.staceysargison.com [https://www.staceysargison.com] FB - https://www.facebook.com/StaceySargison [https://www.facebook.com/StaceySargison] INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/staceysargison/ [https://www.instagram.com/staceysargison/]

The Realities of Reparenting!

If you imagine the Healing Together podcast as your gateway to self discovery, this personal and honest solo episode will begin to map out my own personal journey back to ME. Although I’d always dabbled in self development and learning how people operated most of my life, my own real journey of self discovery began when I became a parent in 2003. Becoming a parent cracked me wide open to the unconscious ways I’d been living my life until then and awakened me to a deeper sense of unrest deep within me. As I always do, I sought support and became determined to find ways to shift this sense of disconnection I had with the world around me and myself. In this intimate solo episode, I discuss the concept of Reparenting, a therapeutic technique that helps you unlearn unhealthy patterns of communication and behaviours formed in your childhood and relate that to my own life as a woman and mother. I only became aware of this concept about 7 years ago and it has helped me create a framework around the work I’ve actually been doing from a deep, deep inner calling for the last 21 years. As always, reach out if I can help with your own reparenting journey through Lesley Fraser Coaching on Instagram. Link Here: https://www.instagram.com/lesleyfrasercoaching/ [https://www.instagram.com/lesleyfrasercoaching/] And for Parenting Support you’ll find me at the Mindful Monkeys Ltd website here: www.mindfulmonkeys.co.uk [https://www.mindfulmonkeys.co.uk]