#76 Time for Balance; An Interview with Judy Claughton

Judy Claughton is a dear friend of mine and the founder of her own business, BalanceTime. She teaches mindfulness meditation and also offers Reiki and Shamanic Healing. Based in Theale, Berkshire (UK), Judy is also a proud mum to a 14-year-old son.

Please Note: We recorded this episode in January so Judy speaks a bit about events that have passed, but I felt it valuable to leave the information she shares around these celebrations and rituals.

TRIGGER WARNING: At 49 minutes to 51 minutes 20 seconds Judy speaks about her birth experience which some may find upsetting. I then speak about her share, and give my perspective — for others who had a traumatic birth experience.

At 1h 4m 18s to 1h 07m 15s we speak about miscarriage (also known as early pregnancy loss*).

In this episode we speak about:

• a bit about Judy and her work
• the impact of subtle changes and the 1%
• learning from nature
• Judy's experience and what led her to where she is
• how meditation unlocked something
• using the Celtic wheel
• the art of holding space (and silence)
• healing through shamanic practices, reiki and women's circles
• the weight and responsibility involved in parenting today
• matrescence

Themes: nature's cycles, parenting, dance, burnout, meditation, healing, trauma, matrescence, early pregnancy loss

At the end, I share a poem written by Becky Hemsley.

You can find out more about Judy at balancetime.co.uk or here on Instagram.

We mention Francis Weller, Mark Groves, and Jane Hardwicke-Collings*. Jane Hardwicke-Collings speaks beautifully about women and women being in their power and she speak about swapping miscarriage for early pregnancy loss because the former implies a fault with the mother.

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