The Naked Insights podcast delves deeper into how intertwined our brain and body are when navigating trauma, health and relationships. Each episode studies our perceptions and behaviours, focused on how our mental health interconnects with our relationships with others as well as the delicate balance with our health. From managing trauma, health, workplace stress, life transitions and lifestyle habits through to building healthy and nourishing relationships, we are all about providing tools, ...
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Episode 15 - Why You’re Not Healing: The Missing Link Between Trauma, Metabolomics, Cell Danger Response & Chronic Illness
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What if your body isn’t failing you… but protecting you? In this episode, Adele unpacks the science of metabolomics - the study of your body’s real-time chemistry - and how it reveals why so many people with trauma, chronic illness, or burnout can’t heal. We explore: ⚡ The Cell Danger Response (CDR) - your mitochondria’s survival program that gets …
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Episode 14 - The Healing Block: How My Body Predicted My Diagnosis Before the Doctors Did
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This episode pulls back the curtain on something rarely shared: a real therapy session where Adele’s body diagnosed an injury before doctors did. Using Hakomi, a powerful somatic therapy, Adele’s child state of consciousness revealed exactly what was happening in her foot, long before medical tests confirmed it. We dive into: 🧠 How child states hol…
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Episode 13 - From Trauma to Treatment - Adele’s Path to Becoming a Trauma Therapist
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Born into pain. Raised in resilience. In this deeply personal episode, Adele shares how a traumatic birth, childhood surgeries, and years of chronic pain shaped her path into trauma therapy and health psychology. Her story takes you through: 🩺 Surviving congenital hip dysplasia and the medical system’s blind spots 🧠 How early trauma fuels lifelong …
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Episode 12 - Your Second Brain - How the Microbiome Shapes Mood, Trauma & Stress
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99% of your DNA isn’t human — and it’s running the show. In this mind-bending episode, Adele and Sam uncover how the trillions of microbes in your gut influence: 🧠 Mood, anxiety & trauma recovery 💡 Neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine & GABA 🔥 Inflammation, cravings & even your body clock We bust outdated myths (goodbye serotonin hypothesis o…
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Episode 11 - Gut Feelings - The IBS-Anxiety Connection
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When your stomach is talking, your mind should listen. In this eye-opening episode, Adele and Sam pull back the curtain on the powerful gut–brain axis and why IBS isn’t “just in your head,” but deeply connected to your mental health. We dive into: 🧠 Why 90% of your serotonin is made in your gut, not your brain ⚡ How trauma and chronic stress rewire…
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Episode 10 - Sleep, Insomnia & the Truth About Rest
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Still staring at the ceiling at 2am? It’s time to stop patching and start healing. In this eye-opening episode, Adele and Sam break down: 🧠 Why sleep is your brain’s detox system - and how insomnia messes with memory, mood, and long-term health 💤 The truth about REM vs. non-REM - and how your glymphatic system clears toxins overnight 🚫 Why sleep me…
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Episode 9 - How we Resource ourselves during Trauma Part 2: Growth Resources - Your Toolkit for Long-Term Resilience
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Episode 9: How we Resource ourselves during Trauma Part 2: Growth Resources — Your Toolkit for Long-Term Resilience Ready to stop stress spirals before they start? This episode is your roadmap. Adele and Sam unpack: 🌱 What growth resources are — and why they’re different from survival coping 🧘♀️ How practices like breathwork, movement & meditation…
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Episode 8 - How we Resource ourselves during Trauma Part 1: Survival Mode vs. Real Healing
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Episode 8: How we Resource Ourselves during Trauma Part 1: Survival Mode vs. Real Healing If you’re coping, not thriving — this one’s for you. In this episode, Adele and Sam unpack: ⚠️ What “survival resources” really are — and why they’re keeping you stuck 🧠 Polyvagal theory explained: how your nervous system drives fight, flight, freeze & fawn 🚩 …
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Episode 7 - Core Beliefs - The Hidden Rules Running Your Life
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Episode 7: Core Beliefs — The Hidden Rules Running Your Life By age 7, your brain wrote a rulebook. The problem? You’re still living by it. In this powerful episode, Adele and Sam explore: 🧠 What core beliefs really are — and how they secretly shape your choices 👶 How childhood experiences wire deep beliefs about safety, love, and worth 📉 How traum…
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Episode 6 - Why Compassion is the Game-Changer in Trauma Therapy
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Episode 6: Why Compassion is the Game-Changer in Trauma Therapy Forget the “tough it out” approach — real trauma healing starts with compassion. In this heartfelt episode, Adele and Sam explore: 💔 Why trauma survivors carry shame, fear, and self-blame 🧘♀️ How compassion-based therapy creates safety and actually works 🌱 The power of mindfulness, lo…
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Episode 5: PTSD Isn’t What You Think PTSD isn’t just “mental health” — it’s your brain’s survival system on overdrive. In this raw and real episode, Adele and Sam unpack: 🧠 The difference between PTSD and PTS — and why it matters ⚠️ What trauma actually does to your brain (think amygdala hijack & hippocampus shutdown) 🔥 Why PTSD symptoms feel like …
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Episode 4 - Triaging Stress & Reclaiming Your Health
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Episode 4: Triaging Stress & Reclaiming Your Health Feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or like your body’s screaming at you? This one’s for you. Adele and Sam break down: 🧠 How chronic stress hijacks your brain, body, and even your genes 📊 The Five Pillars of Health: biochemistry, nutrition, emotional health, environment & epigenetics 💥 Cortisol belly…
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5 Things We Said in Episode 1 That Most Therapists Won’t Tell You 👀 Not your average therapist talk. Here’s what we laid down in Episode 1 of Naked Insights: Healing is a learning journey – We don’t just sit back and “hold space.” We believe you need skills, education, and a plan. You deserve to know how you're healing, not just hope that you are. …
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Episode 2: Good Stress vs. Bad Stress Not all stress is bad — but too much of the wrong kind is. In this episode, Adele and Sam unpack: ⚡ The difference between healthy stress and toxic stress 🧠 How your HPA axis and cortisol hijack your sleep, energy, and immunity 🔥 Hans Selye’s 3 stages of stress: Alarm → Resistance → Exhaustion 🌿 Practical ways …
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Episode 3 - Perfectionism, Shame & Stress — The Toxic Trio
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Episode 3: Perfectionism, Shame & Stress — The Toxic Trio Think perfectionism is about high standards? Think again. In this episode, Adele and Sam expose the real drivers behind perfectionism: 🔁 The shame cycle keeping you stuck 🧠 Cognitive distortions that fuel stress 😣 How perfectionism can become an addiction 💥 The cost: burnout, anxiety, and di…
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