The world doesn’t need another quick fix; it needs a clearer path back to the body’s own wisdom. In this round-up episode, we take a candid look at the gap between sick care and true health care, and why so many of us have been taught to outsource our wellbeing instead of learning how to read our own signals. From Christmas prescriptions to the hidden messages in children’s shows, we trace how culture normalises the pill-first reflex and what it costs us in confidence and clarity.

We unpack the nervous system as the control centre for stress, sleep, digestion, immunity, and mood, and show how early awareness prevents overwhelm before it spirals. Rather than pitting medicine against lifestyle, we build a both-and approach: doctors as partners and teachers, medicine as a powerful tool, and you as the expert in your own experience. Expect practical, grounded strategies that prioritise basics over secrets: consistent sleep, whole foods, daily movement, breath, light, and connection. We also spotlight evidence that movement during treatment can improve outcomes, reframing exercise as an ally to clinical care.

Looking ahead, we preview our embodiment arc: holotropic breathwork, fire walking, walking on glass, and even arrow-breaking as carefully held rites of passage that shift stuck emotion through the body. These are not stunts; they are structured challenges that rebuild trust in your own physiology and expand your capacity for life’s stressors. You’ll leave with simple self-audit questions to help you respond to your body first, then collaborate with your GP from a place of balance and agency.

If this resonates, share the show with someone who needs a nudge back to their body, and leave a review so more people can find it. Subscribe for the upcoming embodiment series and join us as we trade quick fixes for real, embodied change.

What if the fastest way to feel better isn’t more mindset hacks, but learning how safety actually feels in your body? We dig into embodiment and a clear, plain‑English take on polyvagal theory to show how your nervous system shapes your choices, your mood, and your health. Instead of piling on fixes, we focus on the three core states—ventral (safe and social), sympathetic (fight or flight), and dorsal (shutdown)—and how each one colours your day, from your breath and digestion to your relationships and boundaries.

We share simple practices that work in real life: naming sensations with nuance so your brain can hear your body, lengthening the exhale to signal calm, using orienting and gentle voice to cue safety, and creating tiny rituals that fit into minutes, not hours. You’ll learn why you cannot think your way out of stress, how safety unlocks clear thinking and healing, and how consistency turns micro‑moments into resilience. We also introduce a 30‑day nervous system reset journal designed to build awareness, regulation, reflection, and integration—plus a children’s version to help young people grow up fluent in the language of their bodies.

If you’ve felt anxious, flat, or stuck in overdrive, this conversation offers a map and the smallest next steps to move toward calm. Expect clarity about the vagus nerve, practical embodiment tools, and an empowering reminder that every small shift today is a gift to your future self. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a gentle nudge toward safety, and leave a review to help others find their way back to their bodies.

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What if the easiest way to make better health choices today is to meet the person you’ll be decades from now? We explore how training your brain to recognise your future self turns willpower into identity, making consistent habits feel natural rather than forced.

Across this conversation, we rethink January’s pressure to overhaul everything and lean into the truth that healing is slow, cellular work. We unpack the neuroscience showing that many of us process “future me” like a stranger, and how vivid, regular visioning rewires those circuits so your older self feels like you. From there, we connect the dots to epigenetics: daily behaviours and environments that nudge gene expression toward resilience, better recovery, and healthy ageing. Naomi shares the personal story that once shaped a fear of early decline and how a clear image of running strong in her seventies now guides choices around strength, sleep, nourishment, and nervous system care.

You’ll get practical, simple actions that compound over time: two strength sessions a week, daily walking and sunlight, steady hydration, protein-forward meals, massage and micro-rest for regulation, plus journaling and meditation to anchor intention. We also offer a provocative lens—cruise ship or care home—that brings long-term consequences into crisp focus without shame. Instead of chasing quick fixes, we align with habits that build capacity so the body can do what it’s designed to do: adapt, repair, and thrive. Role models who are breaking records in their seventies are not outliers; they are blueprints for a life built on small, repeated votes for health.

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Your body is not a puzzle to solve—it’s a guide you can learn to trust. We dive into the “three brains” model and show how the head, heart, and gut each carry a vital piece of your decision-making. The head compares options, the heart aligns with values and relationships, and the gut protects life and energy. When these centres work together, anxiety eases, choices feel simpler, and you move with conviction instead of second-guessing.

We unpack why the gut matters so much for mood and motivation, from its role in the stress response to emerging links between microbiome balance and mental health. Then we zoom out to a whole-system view: how emotional strain, mental habits, and physical symptoms form one loop, and why listening to your body can change the course of healing. Think of a touch tree in a forest—the reliable spot you return to when you feel lost. You can build your own through a short, practical muscle test that helps you access a clear yes or no from your body before the mind starts to spin.

You’ll learn how to calibrate the test, apply it to everyday choices, and pair it with reflective questions so you honour all three centres of knowing. Along the way, we share reading paths for both scientific and spiritual explorers and reframe self-trust as a skill you can train. If you’ve been craving a grounded way to connect with intuition without abandoning reason, this conversation shows you how to blend insight and embodiment.

If this conversation sparked something for you, follow the show, share it with someone who needs a touch tree today, and leave a quick review so more people can find their way back to their bodies. Stay connected, stay curious—and remember, you are the answer.

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What if your nervous system doesn’t need another heroic overhaul, just a kinder plan? We explore how to grow your capacity for stress with small, steady additions that your body can trust. Instead of chasing quick fixes, we look at habits that reliably shift you into a healing state and keep you there more often.

We start by reframing winter as a season for reflection rather than force. That mindset change makes room for one practical rule: choose a tiny 30-day habit that proves to your subconscious you’re consistent. From there, we unpack the “plate of stress” and why two people with the same symptom can heal at very different speeds. History, inputs, and daily rhythms shape recovery, so the goal becomes simple: increase stress releasers until they outnumber your stressors.

You’ll hear concrete ways to do that right away. Joyful, rotational movement that feels like play rather than punishment. Creative hobbies that make you lose track of time and create a felt sense of safety. Nature rituals that downshift your system fast—barefoot moments, tree touch, sky checks, and slow walks under green canopies. We also talk about stacking benefits: move with a friend outdoors to combine social safety, motion, and light for a bigger effect.

Skilled support can accelerate progress, so we highlight options like chiropractic, osteopathy, cranial sacral therapy, massage, acupuncture, and thoughtful strength or yoga guidance. Concerts, retreats, and family activities count too when they spark awe, connection, and joy. Throughout, we return to a powerful reframe: pain is a message, not a verdict. Listen for the lesson, then act small and steady until your baseline changes.

If this resonates, share the episode with someone you care about, subscribe for more body-led tools, and leave a review so others can find their way back to themselves. Your nervous system can learn to expect relief, play, and presence—and that changes everything.

Healing rarely arrives on a timeline our culture celebrates. We want next day delivery for our bodies, yet physiology rewires through repetition, rest, and steady inputs that teach the nervous system it is safe to heal. In this episode of You Are the Answer, Naomi Mills, chiropractor and advocate for the body’s natural intelligence, unpacks the unsexy truth: resilience is earned through consistency, not hacks.

We dig into what resilience really means in real life — the reserve that helps you skate past the office bug, recover from surgery, and enjoy that winter ski trip without falling apart. Naomi shares the ginkgo symbol on her wrist as a reminder of longevity and adaptability, and explains how nervous system care, sleep, nutrition, and movement enlarge your “stress plate” so your body can hold more without tipping into symptoms. If you’ve ever muted pain with a quick fix only to watch it return louder, you’ll learn why those signals matter and how to respond without fear.

From the herb-pot analogy to the reality of 12–18 month timelines for deep change, this conversation offers practical steps to shift from breakdown into balance: trim obvious stressors, build simple daily rituals, and trust your body to decide what heals first. Expect a grounded, hopeful take on why slow healing is not failure but proof your system is learning a safer, stronger pattern. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs patience today, and leave a review to help more people find their way back to their bodies.

What if the life you built was perfect on paper and punishing in your body? Naomi opens up about scaling a successful chiropractic clinic while quietly slipping into chronic fight-or-flight—shallow sleep, IBS, skin flare-ups, and a short fuse that signalled a system stuck in survival. The turning point arrived at an intense retreat in Spain, where breathwork, sweat lodges, firewalking, and deep connection made enough space to feel the honest answer: the blueprint she followed fit someone else’s nervous system, not her own.

From there, everything changed. We talk through the decision to sell the business, move back to Scotland, and rebuild a rhythm that respects physiology—periods of creative work balanced with slow time in nature, family, and community. Along the way, Naomi shares how somatic practices, nervous system education, and compassionate boundaries became the foundation of a new kind of success. Instead of chasing scale, the focus shifted to regulation: better sleep, steadier moods, improved digestion, and the natural return of energy and purpose.

You’ll learn why health truly radiates from the inside out, how to spot early signals of sympathetic overdrive, and what it looks like to design a life that keeps you in a healing state more often. We explore practical tools for nervous system regulation, the myth of being “fixed,” and why patience and consistency are the unsexy truth of lasting change. Whether you’re navigating burnout, rethinking work, or seeking deeper fulfilment, this story offers a clear path: protect your baseline, then build from there.

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What if your health isn’t the space between illnesses but a capacity you can grow? We take a clear, compassionate look at how the nervous system decides whether you feel calm, grounded, and well, or stuck in fight, flight, or freeze. Using a simple Wheel of Health, we map the three stress loads that shape your daily experience—physical, chemical, and emotional—and show how to turn scattered memories into a coherent plan.

We start by challenging the myth that “feeling fine” equals healthy, drawing on a broader definition of well-being that includes body, mind, and social life. Then we guide you through building your own Plate of Health: from birth events, falls, surgeries, and desk posture, to ultra-processed foods, medication use, skincare and cleaning chemicals, and workplace exposures. Finally, we explore emotional stressors—bereavement, breakups, caregiving, stacked life changes—and how even joyful milestones can add strain when they cluster. You’ll learn how unresolved emotional trauma can stall healing, and why capacity-building matters more than chasing quick fixes.

By the end, you’ll know how to identify the biggest loads on your system, choose small actions with outsized impact, and expand your ability to hold life without tipping into overwhelm. Understanding how much you're "carrying on your plate" is the first step to creating better health and the life you desire. Grab the free resource at www.YouAreTheAnswer.co.uk, map your stress history, and start building resilience with simple daily steps.

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