Self Love Podcast

SLP 545: Self Love Quicky - Happy New Year Intention

In this special New Year’s episode, Kim shares a heartfelt message of gratitude, vision, and intention for the year ahead. Kim reflects on the deeper meaning of Twenty8, not just as a business, but as a living expression of self-love, leadership, family and conscious choice.
Kim invites you to step into 2026 with courage and clarity by choosing a word for the year. A guiding intention to live, breathe and embody through daily practices. Drawing inspiration from the Year of the Horse, she explores themes of freedom, momentum, self trust, and conscious leadership, encouraging you to move forward with purpose and confidence.
Whether you are seeking inspiration, clarity, or a deeper connection to yourself, this quicky offers an empowering invitation to trust your instincts and step into the year ahead with intention and heart.
Uncommon Leadership program commences on Monday 19th January 2026: https://www.kimmorrison.com/uncommon-leadership
All the essential oils mentioned in this show can be found at www.twenty8.com.
Don’t forget to use your Self Love Podcast special code below.
Links to follow:
Website: https://twenty8.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Quotes:Our hearts are full, full of gratitude, full of hope, and full of deep love for this incredible community that continues to grow alongside of us.It has never just been a business. It has always been a living, breathing extension of who I am, who we are, our values, our family, our belief in self love is the daily practice, not the destination.The relationship we share, as women, as leaders, as a mum and daughter, it is a foundation. It is everything I have ever created.We have had hard conversations, big dreams, bold visions, and moments where we have just had to trust each other deeply.That is the bond of me and my daughter’s strength, and it’s the energy that flows into every product, every program, every intention we set.This is not a year to play small. This is a year to move with real integrity and purpose.The horse represents freedom, momentum, courage, stamina, and forward movement.It is about trusting your instincts, backing yourself and having the bravery to move when your soul whispers now.When we align heart, body, and mind and commit fully, we create incredible momentum.Choosing a word for the year gives your nervous system clarity, your mind direction, and your heart permission to move forward with intention.Let it choose you and live it. Live it in your rituals, your choices, your boundaries, and your self talk.Our vision is to support you to feel empowered in your body, confident in your choices and deeply connected to your heart and self worth.Uncommon Leadership isn’t just a program, it’s a 12 month journey of self responsibility, clarity, courage, and conscious leadership.This program is for those who know they are here to make a difference.Opportunities do not sit around and wait for someday.Here is an invitation to let 2026 be the year you say yes to yourself.I choose to move forward with clarity, courage and self love.Imagine your year unfolding step by step, choice by choice guided by your word, supported by your body and led by your heart. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 544: Two Generations, One Mission: Self-Love, Self-Respect & the Twenty8 Legacy with Kim Morrison and Tayla Morrison

In this reflective end of year episode, Kim and Tayla join Marcus Pearce to discuss their evolving business partnership, generational perspectives on self-love and the unique dynamics of working together as mother and daughter. They explore how age, experience, and energy influence leadership, marketing and client relationships within their wellness business, Twenty8.
Kim shares what it has been like welcoming Tayla into the family business and witnessing her resilience and career evolution, while Tayla reflects on her journey from dance and fitness into business and personal growth. Together, they speak openly about motivation, communication, and the balance required to build a meaningful legacy.
The conversation also dives into what self-love truly means from self-respect and healthy decision making to navigating burnout, change and life transitions. Honest, warm and inspiring, this episode is a powerful reminder of the value of resilience, growth and creating a self-care lifestyle that supports both personal and professional fulfilment.
Tayla’s definition of Self Love is: Self love means you have self respect and what that looks feels and sounds like for you.
Her favourite quote is: If 2025 was about shedding, 2026 is about soaring!
Kim’s definition of Self Love is: Self love is the honouring and the return to self.
Her favourite quote is: If there is light in the soul, there is beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there is harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there is peace in this world.
Quotes:I have always thought of this as a family business.LFG-which is let’s freaking go.2025 has been quite a personally challenging year, I would say lots of highs and lows.I was quite comfortable. And I was just like, you know what? There is no growth in this. I need something, I need something better.It didn’t even feel like it had to be a decision. It just felt like a natural calling.I was really happy and honoured that one, Mum offered me the position and two that we could create this beautiful legacy together.There was a symbolic relationship between me wanting it and company needing it.Watching her really grow through something that had really shattered her world was very inspirational.I started watching her evolve as a businesswoman.It is not just about making money, it is not just about having a job, it is actually really about making a difference.We are not a family that sits back.I need to constantly be stimulated and be doing something.People don’t care, and I say this with love, but they don’t care what you are going through.This woman has saved my soul.It is not about being the superhero, it is about actually allowing yourself to grow with the support and grace of those around you who truly do love support and care for you.There is no BS with us. There is also the softness and the beauty.She has been my greatest mirror, my greatest coach and my greatest support.It feels really wholesome. It feels so right.Twenty8 is not just about skin care and aromatherapy. It is about creating that self-care lifestyle.I have always said that to have self love means you have self respect.If I do something that goes against that, I feel like I am disrespecting myself.You can still love yourself and still want to change some things about yourself.At my age here and now, I truly do believe self love is truthfully the practice of returning home to oneself.Aging badly is the relentless pursuit of comfort.You are either on the train of life or you are watching it go by.Aging is a gift denied to many.I couldn’t live with the downside of letting it go.You are allowed to change. You don’t have to stay as you are.Your self love journey will look different at every age.I would love everyone to feel that spark in themselves. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 543: Self Love Quicky - A Gentle Christmas: Self-Love for the Season

In this Christmas episode of the Self Love Podcast, Kim shares a compassionate message for anyone navigating mixed emotions during the holiday season. She acknowledges that while Christmas can bring joy, it can also stir up grief, loss, or loneliness and all feelings are welcome.
Kim guides you through a gentle Christmas themed essential oil ritual using frankincense, lavender, orange, sandalwood and rose to support grounding, calm, and heart healing. She reminds us that the true spirit of Christmas is about authenticity, not perfection, and offers reassurance of their inherent worth and resilience.
A warm, grounding episode inviting you to slow down, soften, and honour yourself this Christmas.
All the essential oils mentioned in this show can be found at www.twenty8.com.
Don’t forget to use your Self Love Podcast special code below.
Links to follow:
Website: https://twenty8.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Quotes:At this time of year, there is often a quiet assumption.Every year I feel that people believe everyone should feel joyful, connected, celebratory, and full.For some, the season is filled with laughter, family gatherings, shared meals and traditions and for other it carries grief, loss, change and empty chair.If this Christmas feels tender to you. You are not broken, behind or alone.Sometimes the bravest thing we can do at a time like this is to simply keep our hearts open in the midst of change.Christmas invites us into connection, not just with others, but most importantly with ourselves.Place one drop of essential oils into your palms and then rub them together, place over your heart and belly and take three deep breaths.Use frankincense for peace, perspective, and spiritual connection. Lavender to calm the nervous system. Orange for lightness and joy. Sandalwood for grounding, safety and deep presence and rose, if you need pure love and heart healing.Christmas isn’t just about perfection.This season isn’t asking you to be more. It is inviting you to be true.Love the people you have, remember those you miss, celebrate what is growing and honour you beautiful soul and the incredible resilience that lives within you. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 542: Drowning Lifeguards: Listening to the Body with Ruth Hull

In this deeply nourishing conversation, Kim welcomes Ruth Hull, a former investment banker turned reflexologist, homeopath, and author of Drowning Lifeguards. Ruth shares her remarkable journey from high pressure corporate life to natural therapies, shaped by her own experience with chronic fatigue and burnout.
Together, Kim and Ruth explore the body’s subtle language, the emotional roots of fatigue, and how modalities such as reflexology, homeopathy, essential oils, and self-reflection can support healing. They discuss the integration of conventional and alternative medicine, the unique traits of high-achieving individuals prone to burnout, and why self-love is not a destination, but a daily, living practice.
This episode is a powerful reminder that illness can be an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body, mind and soul.
About Ruth Hull:Trained as a homoeopathic doctor, Ruth Hull is a counsellor, integrative health consultant and author who has spent more than twenty-five years helping people navigate fatigue, burnout and chronic exhaustion. With master’s degrees in counselling and health science, she brings a gentle and grounded approach to healing, weaving together trauma informed therapy, natural health and practical, realistic support.
Her work centres on helping people understand their bodies, reconnect with themselves and rebuild their energy in ways that feel achievable and sustainable.
She is the author of five widely used health science textbooks, including three on anatomy and physiology, and her new book Drowning Lifeguards offers a practical and compassionate guide for anyone feeling overwhelmed or depleted.
Through both her writing and her clinical work she aims to make healing feel less overwhelming and more human.
Her definition of Self Love is: Self Love is like a relationship. It’s what you do. It’s the actions you do. If you think of a really good relationship, it us about always being there for that person. So always being there for yourself, supporting yourself, standing up for yourself. Accepting yourself just as you are.
Her favourite quote is – Illness is an opportunity for growth and transformation, whilst recovery is just a return to the obsolete status quo.
Links to follow:Subscribe to Ruth’s blog at ruthhull.com and you’ll get access to her private subscribers-only page filled with free resources, practical guides and sample chapters from her books.Website: https://www.ruthhull.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ruth-hull/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthhullnaturaltherapies/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RuthHullNaturalTherapies
Quotes:Even though I was working in the health industry, along the way I suffered very bad chronic fatigue. That is when I started to really learn what healing is really about.I wrote my book, Drowning Lifeguards, which is the book I wish I had had when I was struggling so much.We are not just physical beings. We are energetic beings. We are made up of energy and energy needs to flow.Reflexology will one day be proven through science but to me it is really about the flow of energy.The body never lies.The physical body is really just an expression of something much deeper, like our emotions, our spirit, our soul and our mental health.I think what we are learning is unlearning that is we are learning to remove those barriers that we have grown up with.I think we see life through spectacles and we have lots of spectacles that are put on us from our parents, our teachers, who are mean to us, from the kids in the playground.We put all these little glasses on and they stop us seeing life as it is and they stop us connecting with deeper things.I very much believe, especially with essentials oils. We have to remove our logical mind.A lot of the healing happens through the smell and memoriesIf we can get our logical mind out the way and let the body speak that is when we will find what is good for us.If you can stop listening to all the noise outside and actually just get quiet and find what feels good.The quieter we get, the more we hear. The more you just allow yourself to be with yourself, the more you will be able to listen to your body.People with fatigue and burnout are busy, busy, busy people. They are not listening to themselves.If they were to just stop and start listening to what they really need, that is when the healing takes place.No one really knows yet how homeopathy works but there is so much clinical evidence.Like treats like.Vaccination is a personal choice. There is no right or wrong way.If we believe something to be truly safe or ok, then our body potentially can respond in a safe and good way.I think allopathic medicine shines in emergency medicine and homeopathy shines in chronic disease. I think we can work together.In a consultation we look at the whole person, we ask a lot of questions about their background and childhood. We ask about stress and diet.We put everything together and find a remedy that will suit that whole person.Drowning Lifeguards is for the people who look after other people and put themselves last until they are drowning and have no energy to swim.What is the fatigue protecting you from.I put in everything I have learned along the way and everything I try to work through with my client.Illness in our body is our soul trying to tell us something. If we listen, we change, transform and grow. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 541: Self Love Quicky - Year of the Snake to the Year of the Fire Horse

In this week’s Quicky Kim focuses on the transition from the Year of the Snake to the Year of the Fire Horse in 2026, exploring the symbolic meanings and numerological significance of these astrological shifts. Kim shares insights about using essential oils, rituals, and meditation practices to anchor this powerful threshold, emphasising the importance of balancing stillness and momentum while trusting inner wisdom. Kim shares motivational guidance about embracing self-love and confidence as you prepare for the new year, with particular emphasis on releasing old patterns and harnessing the transformative energy of the fire horse.
All the essential oils mentioned in this show can be found at www.twenty8.com.
Don’t forget to use your Self Love Podcast special code below.
Links to follow:
Website: https://twenty8.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Quotes:We are standing at a powerful threshold, moving from the year of the snake into the bold, fiery momentum of the year of the fire horse.It is a shift in how we live, how we lead, and how we listen.The snake is the wise one. It doesn’t rush, it doesn’t seek approval, it sheds what no longer fits.The year of the snake has invited us into deep inner work.Listening to our intuition, releasing outdated identities, and honouring the wisdom stored in the body.Many of us have been asked to let go this year, not because we have failed, but because we have evolved.The snake whispers, you don’t need to force clarity, you just need to trust it.Have you been listening to yourself?Favourite oils for releasing and to tap into the power of my own intuition include Frankincense, Myrrh, Sandalwood, and Vetiver.I release what no longer serves. I trust my inner knowing. I honour the wisdom within.The fire horse moves boldly forward.Where the snake asked you to reflect, the Fire Horse asks will you act?I think 2026 is about courage, action, visibility, and leadership through embodiment and living your truth out loud.Oils that activate horse energy include ginger, sweet orange, cedarwood and cinnamon.I move forward with courage, my energy is focused and grounded, I lead with heart not force.A blend that bridges the two would be frankincense, sandalwood, ginger and orange.I act from wisdom, not fear. I trust my timing, and I honour both stillness and momentum.The snake prepared you. The fire horse activates you.You are not here to dim your fire.We invite you to move wisely, courageously and consciously.This is about being consciously aware of calm power. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 540: From Existing to Living : Millie Thomas’ Journey with Anorexia

In this powerful conversation, Kim Morrison sits down with Millie Thomas, an eating disorder recovery coach, to share Millie’s raw and deeply personal story of surviving and fully recovering from a 15 year battle with anorexia nervosa.
Millie takes us back to her teenage years in Auckland, where perfectionism, control, and pressure became fertile ground for the illness. Despite academic achievement and outward success, she describes the inner torment, the escalating compulsions, and the heartbreaking moment at 27 when her doctor asked her to decide whether she wanted to live or die. A turning point came through unconventional but deeply human support including work with Silky, an NLP practitioner, who helped Millie reframe the disorder as a set of changeable behaviours and begin the courageous climb back to life.
Kim and Millie explore the reality that eating disorders are biopsychosocial illnesses that infiltrate every corner of a person’s world and profoundly affect families too. Millie speaks candidly about the impact on her parents and brother, the role of hope, and why recovery requires compassion and boundaries. Together they unpack how the eating disorder “voice” distorts language and meaning, why “just eat” is not only unhelpful but misunderstands the terror response, and how the recovery journey can feel chaotic while actually being a reclaiming of control.
Millie also shares how her lived experience fuelled her mission: moving to the Sunshine Coast, contributing to broader support pathways (including involvement in residential recovery approaches), and building her private practice HealED, supporting clients worldwide. The episode closes with practical insight for carers and loved ones, and introduces Millie’s Hope & Healing Affirmation Cards. A purpose built resource designed specifically to support eating disorder recovery with grounded, relevant language.
About Millie:Millie Thomas is a Carolyn Costin Institute Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner. She battled Anorexia Nervosa for 15 years and very nearly lost her life to the illness. She was given up on by her treatment team and told to consider palliative care options. Her miraculous recovery was a catalyst for a complete career change. She left her hometown of Auckland, New Zealand and moved to her ‘happy place’ – the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Where she became determined to use her lived experience to help bring eating disorders out of the shadows and into the light. She dedicates her time to eating disorder advocacy and eating disorder recovery coaching. She helps clients around the world to gain freedom from their eating disorders and reclaim their lives.
Millie has her private practice HealED and for several years she also worked with Sunshine Coast based charity endED where she was involved in numerous projects including the establishment of Australia’s first residential eating disorders facility ‘Wandi Nerida’.
She believes that no matter how long or how hard someone’s journey with an eating disorder has been full recovery is always possible; she is living proof of that.
Her definition of Self Love is: Self-love, for me, is giving myself grace while holding hope. Never giving up on myself and choosing to live, not just exist.
Her favourite quote is from: Ralph Waldo Emerson- To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Real success in life is being the kind of person who makes others feel safe enough to be themselves — exactly as they are.
Links to follow:
Millie ThomasHealED FounderEating Disorder Recovery CoachNeuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner+61 434 143 834Website: www.healed.net.auFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/healedrecoverycoachInstagram: www.instagram.com/healedrecoverycoach
Quotes:I had a beautiful childhood with a wonderful, beautiful, and loving family.Up until then I had no conception about my body other than what it allowed me to do.I had all personality characteristics that predisposed someone to anorexia.I still had all the thoughts, I had the same brain but different body.I felt I had to pretend that I was doing well.I was existing but not truly living.You might be weight restored but you actually need to be heart restored.Perfectionism can look like an asset, but at that point in my life it was a liability. It was toxic. The need to always do better, it is never enough.I looked happy in all the photos from Ibiza and France, but I was miserable. I was living with a demon in my head.My GP looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, ‘I need you to decide whether you want to live or you want to die because I need to know how to proceed with how we care for you.There was no peace, every single thing that I did I was punished or tortured for.The only way I could I see myself being at peace was being above the world looking down and up from a far.I had vicious voices in my head telling me these horrible things are going to happen if you don’t do this. It is like another force that I can’t even describe.Silky told me, you don’t have an eating disorder. It is something you do, a behaviour that has become a habit and behaviours can be changed. This was the moment when I thought she is right.It was a real sense of empowerment.I thought, if I die now, I will never know what it’s like to live.I felt I owed it to myself to give life a go. If I really hated it that much, on the other side I could always go back. It was the most excruciating, tortuous time of my life.It brought me to my knees, but it also opened the world back up to me.I put one foot in front of the other every single day and I did it. I gained the weight, and I moved on with my life.Recovery felt like standing on the edge of a cliff . Terrifying, unknown, but also strangely liberating.I talk about the 3 C’s which is conscious, consistent and commitment. My eating disorder was consciously, consistently committed to ruining my life hence I had to be consciously, consistently committed to reclaiming my life back.I often thought to myself as I was kicking and screaming on the floor in the middle of recovery “Why me?” What is the reason for this. This was the reason. I was here to use my story and turn my pain into my purpose and create change.Those 15 years were a living hell but without them, I wouldn’t be here now, helping people find freedom, and for that I am forever grateful.People can get well. It is not something you have to battle for the rest of your life with the right support.I knew lived experience was gold. It is the lived experience that helps me to help my clients in a compassionate way.Everything I do now comes from having been there. You can’t bullshit a bullshitter when you have lived it.There was a period where my brother disowned me and said, ‘If you don’t get rid of this illness, I’m out”. Even then, all I cared about was being skinny. I didn’t care if I lost my brother.I was so far down the rabbit hole that it was like water off a duck’s back and that still frightens me to this day.When I think about the possibility that I may never have been an Auntie that breaks my heart.Unless you have lived it as a family, you cannot even begin to imagine how wild that ride is.Eating disorders prey on perfectionism. That black and white thinking of ‘you must do this’ or something terrible will happen.The voice told me every single day, if you do XYZ, you will be happy for the rest of your life.I fell for that spell. Hook, line and sinker. That if I had the perfect body, everything else would fall into place.You think you are in control, but really the eating disorder is in the driver’s seat.Recovery feels like losing control completely but it is actually you taking the control back.As morbid as it sounds, the eating disorder’s goal is to kill you. That is its motive.One of the most important things is to always hold hope.Approach it with love, compassion and non judgement but also have boundaries and encourage them to reach for a different life.Every single time you ask them to be included, they realise they still matter in the world.Connection is key.There was not one aspect of my life that was not affected by my eating disorder.If you can help someone get out of their head and into their heart, piece by piece, bit by bit, that is what helps them keep going. 
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If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
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Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 539: Self Love Quicky - The Power of Being the Observer

In this weeks Quicky of the Self-Love Podcast, Kim explores the importance of developing observation skills as a tool for personal growth, discussing how stepping back from emotional triggers can lead to better understanding and management of one’s emotions. She delves into scientific concepts like pattern interrupts and neuroplasticity, sharing practical techniques such as the “observer breath” and sensory rituals to help manage emotional responses and create new neural pathways. Kim shares insights on becoming an observer of one’s thoughts and emotions, emphasising the value of self reflection and emotional detachment for personal growth and self-improvement.
All the essential oils mentioned in this show can be found at www.twenty8.com.
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Links to follow:
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Quotes:One of the most empowering skills any one of us can develop is learning to be the observer.What if we practised zooming out and becoming the observer?Stepping back from the emotional charge and watching the moment with curiosity rather than judgement.It is like rising above the scene, seeing yourself and the other person from a higher vantage point.Triggers activate neural pathways that have often been strengthened for years.When we pause, we get an opportunity to break that automatic loop.This is neuroplasticity in action. Your brain rewiring itself through awareness.Even a three second pause can shift your physiology from fight or flight into rest and digest.When you pause, when you become the observer, when you zoom out, observation opens the door to transformation.I call it the zoom out breathe. Take one, slow deep inhalation and take a step back or upwards, as if you are watching the scene.Name what’s happening: Say to yourself ‘I’m noticing this activation or trigger.’”This shifts you from being in the emotion to actually observing it.Ask yourself: What does the best version of me choose next? Is this really true?Another thing I like to say in my head is, ‘Wow, that’s interesting.’Anchor through sensory rituals. Essential oils like lavender, neroli, frankincense or your favourite Twenty8 blend can create a physical anchor.Celebrate the pause. You are literally reshaping and rewiring your brain.These micro victories of not reacting can compound into deep embodied change.Becoming the observer isn’t about detaching. It is about holding yourself with compassion.When you observe your thoughts and emotions without becoming them, you truly gain true freedom.Self love isn’t something you just feel. It is something you practise in these exact moments you are tempted to react. 
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If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 538: A Mother’s Journey to Healing with Claire Holmes

n this heartfelt episode, Kim speaks with Claire Holmes who shares her remarkable journey from a nurturing childhood in country Victoria to becoming a health educator and functional nutritionist. Her story takes a profound turn when her second child is born prematurely and begins facing complex health challenges, sending the family on a long and emotionally exhausting search for answers. Claire opens up about the devastating experience of being misunderstood and even accused of child abuse, the financial strain that followed, and the heartbreak of watching her child suffer, before finally discovering that toxic mould in their home was at the root of her daughter’s illness.
Through adversity, Claire found strength in intuition, mindset, and the power of reframing her inner world. She speaks candidly about shifting from a victim based mindset into one of empowerment through neuro-wisdom practices and subconscious reprogramming. Claire explains how deeply held beliefs, formed in childhood, can shape our health and lived experiences, and how humour, patience, and persistence play an essential role in creating lasting change.
The conversation explores the courage it takes to be vulnerable, confront buried emotions and break old patterns. Claire shares how this inner work transformed not only her health, but her family’s life, leading her to homeschool her children for several years and teach them to trust their bodies rather than suppress symptoms with quick fixes. She reflects on her spiritual approach to healing, acceptance, and compassion, and how she now supports others as a functional nutritionist by educating clients and empowering them to trust their intuition.
Claire and Kim reflect on the ongoing challenge of balancing purpose driven work and motherhood, the power of zooming out to gain perspective, and the importance of leading with love, compassion, and self trust through life’s most challenging seasons.
About ClaireClaire Holmes is a New Biology Practitioner and Functional Nutritionist. She has undergone further study specifically in Neurowisdom, Isotropics, The Microbiome, Terrain Therapy, Yoga and Breathwork, Bioelectric Therapy and the Root Cause Protocol.
Claire grew up on a farm, living in the outdoors, eating nourishing food and growing up in a loving family with three older brothers. Claire loves surfing, camping, yoga, homeschooling her two children and the deep connected relationships in her life.Life was very smooth and easy for her until she became a mother and then life took a turn. Claire believes that thanks to the trauma, hardships and struggles; she has become the person she is, with the wisdom she now has to share with the world. Without the bathroom floor moments, she believes she would not have grown spiritually and emotionally in the way that she has. Claire wouldn’t have discovered her life purpose. She would not have been forced to find real tools for healing and have connected with the incredible healing mentors she stumbled up around the world. It’s these experiences that have shaped her life and the path she is on now.
Claire now offers health consultations and holistic wellness support. She only treats YOU and your unique STORY. She is not concerned with a diagnosis, but more on how you feel and the journey that has led you to the symptoms you have. Two people can have identical symptoms; but the cause and healing path for these two people will possibly be completely different. Everyone’s health journey is completely unique. I will deeply listen!
What she hopes individuals will come to understand after working with her is that your body isn’t faulty and just randomly breaks down every so often. She helps you understand and embody a paradigm shift and understand that your body is a self-healing ecosystem that is always working to recreate balance, health and vitality. Symptoms are just the body’s way of communicating an important and timely message. They are either a protective response or part of the body’s process of trying to heal.
Your body is incredible; if it’s given what it truly needs it will heal and regain optimal health. Everything your body is doing is for you, not against you.
Her definition of Self Love is: Self-love is honouring who you are, being your true self in every moment and not trying to be anybody else. When you get to know yourself, life just works for you.
Her favourite quote is:More smiling, less worry, more compassion, less judgement, more blessed, less stressed, more love, and less hate
Links to follow:
Website: www.nourishingme.com.auInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nourishingme.au/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nourishingme/
Quotes:I grew up in country Victoria in a very loving, blessed home.I had a mother who was very intuitive. She just knew how to give us an upbringing that really nurtured our soul and our health.For me, travelling was a real journey of just discovering who I was.I was happy and enjoying life, really living life to the fullest.Something flicked in me, and I knew that wasn’t our journey.I sat on this hospital bed for 10 weeks and I meditated and visualised to keep this beautiful girl alive.I got to the point where I doubted myself as a mother. I said maybe I shouldn’t be her mum.My husband stepped in, and he was incredible and he just made me come back into my truth and trust him, he gave me the confidence to move forward and trust in what I was doing and keep searching for the answers.When we make a decision in life things just come our way and then decided that that with my whole heart that I was going to keep on fighting.Within two weeks of moving house, we had a new daughter.My husband is probably one of the most positive men I know. He can see the bright side.He helped me when I sort of lost the light to see the light again.He honours the ground I walk on, and I honour the ground he walks on, and he made me rediscover my gifts again and the beautiful mother intuition that I had.I was sitting in this place of victim consciousness. That life is happening to me and I am powerless.Our mind is like a movie projector onto our world.Whatever’s playing in our subconscious, we just project on the world to create our experience over and over again.This work is the hardest work anyone will do.We have to expose the illusion and recreate a new story.To reprogram a mind takes a lot of time, commitment and a big sense of humour.You have to dive in and know that being vulnerable is actually a strength.It is not that you are broken. It is just your program that is controlling how you show up in the world.Everyone is on their own unique journey and it is perfect for them.Not everyone is ready to go deep. We have to surrender.We don’t actually have to be friends with everyone.We can move in different directions in our life and people flow in and out.The right people come into our lives at the right time.Whenever there is a symptom, the body is always talking to us.I really want to shape their belief system and give them the best start to life.I deeply listen to their bodies.In homeschooling I could show them the fundamentals of health that I hope they come back to that when they have challenges in life.I have two very wise kids that understand a lot about health and they are my biggest teachers.I help empower people through understanding why that symptom has arisen and getting them to discover why that illness has happened.If we block a healing process, the body will have to do it again. Often worse.I see it as educating people to empower them.Every event that happens, we get to choose how we react in every moment.Be conscious on how you engage in the world, these events will keep happening,If you have the same reaction, you will create the same outcome.When you get to know yourself, life just works for you. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 537: Self Love Quicky - The Power of Trust

In this heartfelt Quicky, Kim explores one of the most powerful yet often overlooked inner abilities we all possess, the power of trust. Through gentle reflection and guided insight, you will be invited to reconnect with the quiet wisdom that lives beneath the noise, your intuition, your body’s signals, your heart’s truth and the natural rhythms of life itself.
Together, we unravel the many layers of trust. Trusting your heart’s fierce knowing, your mind’s clarity, your body’s compass and your gut’s instinctive guidance. You will be reminded that feelings are feedback, intuition is ancient wisdom, and nature is one of our greatest teachers. As you listen, you will discover how trust leads us from fear and control into flow, alignment, courage and deep self connection.
If you have been seeking clarity, reassurance, or a gentle nudge back to yourself, this episode is your sign. You will learn how to honour your inner knowing, recognise the signals your body sends, reconnect with the earth beneath your feet, and step into a life that feels guided, grounded, and beautifully aligned.
Trust your timing. Trust your journey. Trust yourself.
All the essential oils mentioned in this show can be found at www.twenty8.com.
Don’t forget to use your Self Love Podcast special code below.
Links to follow:
Website: https://twenty8.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Quotes:
Maybe it’s a feeling in your belly, a flutter in your heart, maybe it is the sudden stillness that you just go, hell yes, I’m in.This is really our intuition speaking, it is our inner wisdom. It doesn’t always speak in words.The truth before the world’s noise or interruptions or distractions get in.The heart is not foolish, but it’s fierce and wise, and if we look at it, it beats to the rhythm of love, not logic.When we trust our heart we open ourselves to connectedness, compassion and courage.We can trust the body. The body never lies.Learning to read our body signals, that is a radical act of self respect.When the gut says no, it is probably important that we listen. When it says yes, I think it’s equally important that we lean in.Trusting our feelings doesn’t mean reacting. Maybe it means more about honouring the messages that our feelings carry.Nature doesn’t rush. The tree never questions whether it will bloom again. It trusts the seasons.When we don’t trust, when we stop trusting ourselves, we outsource our own power.You were born with that wisdom. It has been there all along. We just need to slow down and get quiet enough to hear it again.Trust is an energy that builds with every choice aligned to your truth.Your body is a phenomenal compass, your heart is your guide, and your mind is the translator.Trust yourself. Trust your timing. Trust your journey, and trust that the more you do, the more your life will flow in ways that you once only dreamed possible.When you trust yourself, you become unstoppable. 
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If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 536: Medicine with Heart with Dr Michelle Woolhouse

In this heartfelt conversation, Kim sits down with Dr Michelle Woolhouse, an integrative and holistic medical doctor, to explore self-love and health. Together, they reflect on the growing need for deeper, more human centred care in a medical system that often prioritises speed and quick fixes. Michelle shares her personal journey from traditional training to a more holistic practice, describing how burnout, time pressure, and societal expectations have pushed medicine away from empathy, depth and meaningful connection.
Kim and Michelle discuss how true healing requires looking beneath symptoms to understand trauma, emotional patterns, and the body’s innate wisdom. Michelle explains why longer, more intentional consultations allow space for this depth, and the two explore how early life experiences shape adult wellbeing. Their conversation also touches on the changing perception of doctors, the rise of integrative medicine, and the importance of restoring empathy and humanity in healthcare.
They explore the intelligence of the heart, the role of awe and nature in healing, and the need to honour rest and resilience. Both women emphasise the value of embracing discomfort as a catalyst for growth, and Michelle shares how self-love can be cultivated even when it feels difficult. Sometimes beginning with the love we receive from others.
The episode weaves together reflections on aging, personal development, intuition, and the profound healing available through connection with nature. Kim and Michelle close with mutual appreciation and a commitment to supporting people to trust their bodies, reconnect with themselves and navigate midlife with compassion and confidence.
About Michelle
Dr Michelle Woolhouse is an integrative GP, thought leader, and visionary in whole-person medicine. With nearly 3 decades of clinical experience, she combines the best of science, psychology, and spirituality to help people rediscover balance, vitality, and meaning in their health journeys.
Michelle founded and built Whole Medicine, one of Victoria’s largest and most respected integrative medical clinics, which she successfully sold after more than a decade of growth and innovation. She went on to co-found Vively, a digital health platform that has supported over 30,000 Australians, providing real-time insights into how lifestyle choices shape metabolic health.
A passionate communicator, Michelle co-hosts the acclaimed FX Medicine podcast — with more than 385,000 downloads — and was recognised by BioCeuticals with the Best Broadcast Award for The Good Doctors Podcast in 2017. Her lifelong commitment to the advancement of integrative and lifestyle medicine was honoured by The National Institute of Integrative Medicine with the Outstanding Achievement and Contribution Award in the field of Integrative Medicine in 2019.
She is the founder of Enliven Retreats, transformative experiences designed for personal and professional renewal, and the author of The Wonder Within: A Heart-Led Playbook for the Anxious, Stressed and Burnt-Out.
As a highly sought-after speaker, Dr Woolhouse is known for her warmth, wisdom, and visionary thinking. Her current work focuses on perimenopause, burnout, and mind-body medicine, where she continues to empower others to reconnect with their innate capacity for healing and wholeness.
Her definition of Self Love is: Self love is a deep respect for the opportunity that our human life brings.
Her favourite quote is from: Carl Jung -The constant flow of life again and again demands fresh adaptation. Adaptation is never achieved once and for all.
Links to follow:
Website: https://www.drmichellewoolhouse.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.michellewoolhouse/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theholisticgp
Michelle’s book The Wonder Within https://www.drmichellewoolhouse.com/products/the-wonder-within
Quotes:
I started medical school at 17 and have dedicated most of my life to health and wellbeing.I love humans, people in general and stories that people have.At the core of every consultation is the human being.We are part of nature, we belong to nature.I think most people go into medicine with a fairly significant love of humans.The training and those early years in medicine are very gruelling and they often can wound doctors quite enormously.Burnout in medicine is around some 70%.We have lost reverence, for the magic that occurs in slow time.People are starting to value depth over a surface quick fix.There is a level of expertise that with training and through 10, 15, 20, 30 years of sitting with humans at their most vulnerable.You are listening to in between the words.Maybe you got your freeze response not even from anything that happened. Maybe it is just acknowledging that that freeze response was a response by your forebears to survive.We can only take our patients as far as we are willing to go ourselves.Western medicine is Ayurvedic medicine. It is a traditional medicine. It has very holistic imprints in its history.Life is also medicine.Our heart is fully functioning with its own nervous system at four weeks when the embryo is four weeks old.The heart is like the core receptor.The heart can learn, remember, sense and feel, all without input from the brain.Awe is the fastest interconnection to the heart space and we should be seeking awe at our peril.One of the things I feel we have lost is this deep respect for rest and balance and with that we lose our recovery time.Until we get that back there is that recipe for overwhelm, over productivity, hyper vigilance and high stress.We are teaching resilience skills rather than in the trust that the body is inherently resilient and that it does have wisdom, and we know what to do.When we sit in comfort and don’t do these things we are at risk of losing a sense of edge and growth.You want to be growing until the day you die.To honour oneself is to honour life itself.I love playing around with being a receiver of life.Leaning into the love of others to help bring it home to yourself.One thing that I think is missing in everybody’s personal journey is this sense of thrusting their own body wisdom and that does come with tremendous practice.In order to garner trust, it is something that grows very slowly and can be lost very quickly.We want to be kind in real time.Introspection is this almost like the going within to understand that body wisdom.To be human is to embrace the dichotomies. To embrace the extremes and understand the paradox of what it means to be human. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 535: Self Love Quicky - Embracing the Masculine and Feminine

In this week’s Quicky, Kim explores the powerful interplay of masculine and feminine energies. Expressions that exist within all of us and shape how we live, love, and lead. Rather than being about gender, these energies reflect two complementary forces: the masculine as focus, structure, and protection, and the feminine as flow, intuition and nurturing.
Kim shares how these energies mirror our nervous system, why imbalance can lead to burnout or lack of direction, and how consciously shifting between them can bring more grounding, harmony and connection into your home and relationships. You will also hear simple daily practices from planning and breathwork to essential oils that help you move between drive and softness with awareness.
Whether you are in a partnership, parenting, or navigating life solo, this episode offers a heartfelt reminder that harmony comes from trust, not control. When both energies are honoured, life feels more whole, love feels safer, and our homes feel like sacred spaces.
Tune in for a gentle, practical guide to embracing these energies within yourself and those you love.
All the essential oils mentioned in this show can be found at www.twenty8.com.
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Links to follow:
Website: https://twenty8.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Quotes:
Every one of us, regardless of gender, lives in this beautiful place between the two forces: the masculine and the feminine.This isn’t about being male or female. I love talking about them as energetic expressions.The masculine energy exists to provide and protect. It’s the solid mountain that creates safety and direction.The feminine at her finest is here to nourish and nurture. She is the river flowing with creativity, emotion, empathy and connection.One without the other creates imbalance. Too much masculine and we burn out. Too much feminine and we lose structure or direction.The magic lies in consciously shifting between them. Knowing when to step up and when to surrender.When the masculine feels trusted to provide, protect and lead, he steps into his strength. When the feminine feels safe to nurture, nourish and receive, she expands in her power.The key is not control, but trust. Trusting the masculine to hold and trusting the feminine to feel.A child raised in a home where both energies are honoured learns resilience and empathy, strength and softness.Start the day in masculine energy, structure, focus, purpose and then consciously transition into the feminine energy, reflection, creativity, connection.Essentials oils frankincense or sandalwood can help ground the masculine.Rose , jasmine and ylang ylang awaken the feminine.In relationships, when both try to lead, conflict arises. When both surrender, stagnation sets in.The real art is taking turns. Leading and yielding as life invites.A man’s strength is sacred when it is used in service, not dominance.A woman’s softness is power when it flows from confidence, not need.When the masculine and feminine meet in balance, life feels whole, love feels safe, and our homes feel sacred. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

SLP 534: The Magick of Your Design: A Human Design Journey with Leanne Plummer

In this episode, Kim talks with human design reader and Reflector, Leanne Plummer, founder of Magick of Your Design. Leanne shares her unusual childhood travelling Australia in a caravan, her love of crystals and geology and how burnout and self inquiry eventually led her to human design. At the heart of it all, Leanne shares how human design has become a roadmap back to herself. Helping her honour her need for space, understand why friendships and socialising have always felt different for her and release the story that she was “wrong” or “broken.”Leanne explains the five human design types in simple terms, how knowing your chart can transform self-love, relationships and parenting, and why our “shadows” are actually guidance, not flaws. If you have ever wondered why you don’t quite fit the mould, this conversation will help you understand and honour, the unique magick of your design.
About Leanne:Hi, I’m Leanne — Reflector, certified Human Design reader, and the heart behind The Magick of Your Design.
For most of my life, I was driven by structure, deadlines, and achievement. As a project manager and technical writer, I was skilled at creating clarity for others — but I often felt disconnected from my own rhythm.
Discovering Human Design changed everything. It helped me understand why traditional ways of working and living never quite fit — and it showed me how to create ease, flow, and self-trust by honouring my unique energy.
As a Reflector 1/3, I’m here to mirror truth — to help you see yourself clearly, release what’s not yours, and reconnect to the essence of who you really are.
Through my readings, I blend grounded insight with intuitive reflection to create calm, transformative experiences. My work isn’t about giving you another system to follow — it’s about guiding you back to your own inner guidance, your internal map.
Because when you understand the magick of your design, you stop trying to fit in — and start living in resonance with who you’ve always been.
Her definition of Self Love is: Self love is about honouring who you are in this moment.
Her favourite quote is: There is no failure, only feedback
Links to follow:
Website: https://magickofyourdesign.carrd.co/Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/share/14PE6VQx1Z3/
Leanne is offering Self Love Podcast listeners a special discounted human design reading, where she runs your chart, walks you through it and sends a detailed written report so you can revisit and integrate the insights at your own pace.  You will need to know your birthdate, time and place of birth.
Below is a link to a discounted session ($75)Human Design Introduction – Self Love Special
Quotes:I went to about 13 primary schools, so I was always on the road and never really felt like I made any friends or formed any real relationships in my life. That is something I carried through.I studied geology which started my love for crystals.If you lose a crystal, you are done with it. You don’t need it anymore and it doesn’t need you anymore. Hopefully someone else picks it up who needs it.I am a firm believer that things come into your life for a reason and things leave your life for a reason.I have always had a real strong sense of direction.I believe the lifestyle created that persona, and I’ve hung onto it. It has been a story of mine.I have started to let people see me. I have let them in on who I am a little bit more recently.I am a big daydreamer. I used to just daydream all the time about all sorts of stuff.I was looking for myself. Who am I? Where do I fit in this whole scheme of things?”Life’s an experiment. We are always going to keep coming across the same things, but we respond to them differently.I looked up human design and I am a reflector. The other types are generators, manifesting generators, manifestors and projectors.Discovering human design didn’t suddenly fix everything, but it gave me rabbit holes to explore on how I could lift my vibration and lift myself up.You can do the same program again and again, but you will see it differently each time because you have healed or worked on something in between.With human design, I will be forever learning more and more. I don’t think you can ever know every single aspect of it.I try to listen to different people so I am not just getting one person’s perspective on human design. I am now forming my own.I have called my work ‘The Magick of Your Design,’ because I believe that is where the magic happens – when you bring it all together and see how beautifully unique you are.Just because you have a certain gate doesn’t mean everyone with that gate will have the same interests. It is what you bring to it that makes it your superpower.Human design isn’t about making anyone wrong. It is about understanding how you are wired so you stop beating yourself up for being who you are.When a shadow shows up, it is just your warning system that you are out of alignment right now. It is not the truth of who you are.You need to learn to love your shadows. Don’t hate on them. They are simply indicators that it is time to recenter yourself.Even just knowing someones type and energy can really help you understand how to approach them and why they work the way they do.Generators and manifesting generators, if they are doing something that brings them joy they will go all day. But the other three types, once they are done, they are done.As a Reflector, people tend to see themselves in us. We mirror them back, and sometimes if they don’t like us, it is because they don’t like something in themselves.Sometimes I get really bubbly and excited in someone’s aura and then they leave and I think, ‘Oh, that wasn’t me – who was that?”We evolve all the time; every day we change. Self love is being okay with that.Life needs to be an experiment. Try something! If it doesn’t work, try it differently, pivot, go left instead of right, just keep moving forward.Human design is your roadmap, your inner wisdom is your compass, and trusting yourself is the destination. 
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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!
If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com
SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison
Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!
Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
PODCAST SPONSOR:Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/DISCOUNT CODE:Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast
LINKS:
Twenty8 EssentialsWebsite: https://twenty8.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentialsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com
Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery
Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/
The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/
Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship
Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101
Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/
Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining
MUSIC INTRO & OUTROMany thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/