THE WANDERLUSTERS MIND PODCAST
What deep nature connection can teach you.
Nature truly is an amazing source of energy when you can deeply connect with it.
Nature truly is an amazing source of energy when you can deeply connect with it.
“Life is like the ocean, it can be calm or still, rough or ridged, but in the end, it is always beautiful.”
In the episode...
4 empowering things nature has taught me.
Negative ions and the importance of them.
The power of moving your body in nature.
“The deeper into nature you go, the more you can take on its beautiful energy.”
Remote hiking and deep nature connection to heal the mind with Caitlin Weatherstone
Caitlin grew up locally in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales and has extensive knowledge of local flora and fauna, as well as over 12 years experience in nature tour guiding, bushwalking, working with animals, women and children, hosting events and facilitating workshops, environmental conservation and education, ecological sciences, making body products, public speaking and writing articles about nature based topics.
From hiking the Larapinta Trail to being immersed in nature for her work Caitlin suffered a serious neck injury and turned to nature for healing.
About Caitlin
Caitlin grew up locally in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales and has extensive knowledge of local flora and fauna, as well as over 12 years experience in nature tour guiding, bushwalking, working with animals, women and children, hosting events and facilitating workshops, environmental conservation and education, ecological sciences, making body products, public speaking and writing articles about nature based topics.
Caitlin, professional question asker, Wildlife Ecologist, Environmental Conservationist and Nature Tour Guide founded Wild Search Australia in 2018.
She is an avid hiker and has done multi-days in Hawaii, far north Queensland, the Gold Coast Hinterland, northern NSW and Alice Springs. Caitlin is also an advocate for nature connection for mental and physical health.
“It’s our human birthright to have access to nature.”
In the episode...
Caitlin’s grand idea in the way she wanted to hike the Larapinta trail in Australia.
Caitlin had 10kg of food that she had arranged herself for the 2 and a half week journey.
The experience Caitlin had on the trail and how it ended (something I didn’t expect.)
Why it is so important to have your mind in the right space before starting this type of adventure that takes you so far out of your comfort zone.
Caitlin’s next job as an ecologist with the Northern Qual in the wet tropics.
How Caitlin sustained a severe neck injury when she just thought it was a bump on her head.
The challenge had with her diagnosis.
Why it’s so important to work on a positive mindset during injury rehabilitation.
If you believe you can do something and you set your mind to it, you can do it.
Caitlins dive into deep nature connection.
What it means to have a spiritual connection with nature.
How being connected to nature helped her to have gratitude and appreciation for the small things.
The freedom and healing results Caitlin felt and had when she dropped her anger and victim mentality to her injury and all that it had encompassed.
Why Caitlin continues to seek out travels and adventures…the natural world - the variation, the diversity and the beauty and being immersed in these wild places for my happiness and joy.
“I just want to throw myself into these beautiful wild places for my happiness, sanity and joy.”
Choosing patience and trust over instant gratification.
Learning the skills of patience and trust can lead to deeper more rewarding experiences long term.
Learning the skills of patience and trust can lead to deeper more rewarding experiences long term.
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust.”
In the episode...
Why instant gratification is making it harder and harder to have trust in ourselves, in the process and lean into the feeling of patience.
How trust and patience go hand in hand.
6 ways to lean into patience.
“Its a marathon, not a sprint, that is how you get the rewards from your life. Bit by bit, day by day.”
Trusting, patience and running for Australia with Julian Spence.
Julian is the founder of Runstrong Online Coaching. He is an elite marathon runner who represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019. He began running in 2009 using the reverse progression method of beginning with a marathon. The next few years were then riddled with injury until managing to string some consistency around 2017 when he ran the Berlin Marathon in 2:18. Since then his marathon PR has progressed to 2:14 (Lake Biwa, 2019).
Julian Spence came late to his running career but endured patience and trust and ran for Australia in the Marathon and continues to bust through his glass ceilings and goals.
About Julian
Julian is the founder of Runstrong Online Coaching. He is an elite marathon runner who represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019. He began running in 2009 using the reverse progression method of beginning with a marathon. The next few years were then riddled with injury until managing to string some consistency around 2017 when he ran the Berlin Marathon in 2:18. Since then his marathon PR has progressed to 2:14 (Lake Biwa, 2019).
Julian inadvertently started coaching his friends, which then developed to him coaching athletes across a wide range of disciplines such as Couch 2-5k, track, XC, road racing, trail and ultramarathon running.
Julian owns a running store (The Running Company Ballarat) with his partner Bri, coaches athletes, is a race director, and a co-host of the Inside Running Podcast.
“I didn’t want to be mediocre at anything, I wanted to be amazing at one thing.”
In the episode...
Julian’s goal this year was to compete in the Marathon at the 2020 Olympics in Toyko
How Julian became interested in running.
Where the inspiration came from to start running marathons.
Julian had always felt he was going to be ‘good’ at one thing, and for so long he claimed to never finish anything.
Julian had a passion and patience spanning over 10 years to accomplish his initial running goals.
After being riddled with injury and impatience Julian finally found how to string together some quality years of training to smash through his glass ceiling.
Julian explains how you suffer mentally for a long time when running a marathon.
The mental conditioning workouts that Julian does to train his mind to prepare for races.
Why you have to practice being mentally uncomfortable.
Why Julian takes his watch off when he is running.
Running for Australia was never ‘a dream’ because Julian came to running so late but he describes it as a magic experience.
Julian describes the amazing running culture in Japan.
Why trust and patience is the key to Julian’s success.
The calming thoughts Julian had the morning before the race where he levelled up into a different class of running.
How Julian used trust and patience when building his business.
The impact of coronavirus at the peak of Julian’s career when he was training for the Olympics 2020.
Why Julian continues to seek out travels and adventures…it simply is an innate feeling.
“Training mentally for a marathon is about becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable.”
Coming back to the present moment.
Being present requires us to heighten our senses and be here and now. “The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.” ~Thich Naht Hanh
Being present requires us to heighten our senses and be here and now.
“The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.”
In the episode...
How to be in the present moment.
Why you feel so present when you travel and go on adventures.
6 ways to feel connected back into the present.
“When you embark on something new, travels or adventures, your sense of presence is heightened”
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Podcast Ep.98 - Travel teaches us to be present with Hannah Ivanovskis.
Travel teaches us to be present with Hannah Ivanovskis.
Hannah Ivanovskis is a woman of many hats! Mum of three under 5, ex-pat Brit living on the Surfcoast in Victoria, qualified life coach, communications queen, exercise junkie and storyteller. She tells it like it is, and keeps it real, in every forum. Her corner of the 'gram is a mixture of mum life, positivity, motivation, laughing and swearing.
Hannah, quite simply….keeps it real. Mum of 3, now living on the Surfcoast in Australia after moving from the UK. Travel taught her how to be present but also knows….its’s not always going to be that way.
About Hannah
Hannah Ivanovskis is a woman of many hats! Mum of three under 5, ex-pat Brit living on the Surfcoast in Victoria, qualified life coach, communications queen, exercise junkie and storyteller. She tells it like it is, and keeps it real, in every forum. Her corner of the 'gram is a mixture of mum life, positivity, motivation, laughing and swearing.
Since Hannah left home to go to uni at 19, she has always taken chances on starting over in new places. So when she met her husband at 33 and he was already moving to Australia, it was inevitable that she would give it a red hot go. She moved thinking it was temporary but it became clear quite quickly that Janis had no intention of going back to Europe. So began a 5-year struggle with settling into ex-pat life.
There were so many things Hannah missed about the UK, until she realised it really wasn't serving her or her family. In her 40th year, she finally realised she had to stop pining for home and invest properly in being here.
“The idea of presence [when you travel] you’re taking in absolutely everything.”
In the episode...
Hannah followed her fiance to Australia, having known him for only 5 weeks. She never went home.
How growing up in the UK, travel was so normal… she took it for granted.
Stories from her backpacking adventures through South East Asia as a teenager.
How the further you go the more ‘foreign’ you feel.
There is still a culture shock in a similar country to your own.
When you travel, you have to trust your gut and your instincts.
Hannah is feeling so much more aware and present in her environment during this pandemic.
Being mindful as a parent is not something you can always embody as you are having to focus on so many things at the one time.
Hannahs story of immigration to Australia.
When Hannah finally let go of the idea of returning home to the U.K.
The importance of personal development and a healthy mindset for Hannah and her husband and how it has served them SO well.
Why Hannah continues to seek out travels and adventures…The promise of something new.
“Your gut and your intuition definitely play into it when you’re so far from home.”
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Instagram - @hannahivanovskis
Hi, Im Abby...
About me...
Hi I'm Abby, Adventurer, Life coach, Speaker and Blogger.
After a successful sporting career I now love sharing what I have learned from my adventures and traveling the world.
I believe in turning into your adventurous life through your intuition and the little nudges from the universe.
Lets share the adventure. xo
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