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Body 4 Mind Connections

by Nikki

Nikki Knieriem from Body4Mind Connections explores how our body & mind health connects and influences navigating mum life, our careers and all the busy in between!

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Episodes

  1. #31 Asking For Help

    Do you reach out when you are in need or do you hide away fearful of judgement or being embarrassed? In this episode, I talk about why reaching out for help can positively impact your health - both on a physical and mental level and why connecting with your people is more important then ever....

  2. #28 It’s Time to Breathe - Here is Why!

    I can lose weight from breathing? I can boost my immune system too? I can improve my cardiovascular capacity without doing 'cardio'? In this episode of the Mum-Me Fit Time Podcast, Nikki explains how deep breathing can assist with all of these, plus improve other parts of your mind and body for...

  3. #27 Beginning Your Running Journey

    You laugh and joke with friends about how you would only ever be caught running towards the open bar, but deep down you would love to run - like for actual fitness! In this episode, Nikki chats with guest speaker Alison King about how you can go from thinking about running, to actually running…

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  4. #26 Achieving Your Health Goals when you have Anxiety

    Does the thought of stepping into a gym fill you with anxiety? Ever wanted to start something new (such as exercise) but found anxiety was holding you back? Anxiety can show up in many ways, and for many women it can hold them back from achieving their goals or trying something new. In this...

  5. #25 Christmas and How To Prioritize Your Health Amongst the Chaos

    Are you struggling to prioritize your health over the Christmas period? Maybe feeling guilty, tired or overwhelmed? In this episode, Nikki shares 5 tips on how you can prioritize your health easily during Christmas (without extra things to tick of that to-do list) and how these things can form...

  6. #24 Two Tips To Becoming Less Busy

    After a long day at work making decisions, juggling kids and their activities, keeping the household running, you are too tired to even contemplate doing exercise or anything else right? In this episode, Nikki shares two tips that will help reduce mental fatigue and give a little bit more time…

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  7. #23 Saving Time Through Meal Planning

    It's 5pm and you find yourself blankly looking in the fridge wondering what on earth you are going to pull together for dinner. The kids are already screaming and you silently curse that you hadn't organised something beforehand. It doesn't need to be this way! Meal Planning can literally change...

  8. #22 How Overtraining Can Impact Your Health

    Do you ever feel like the more you train the less you see results? You become tired, your body doesn’t respond the same way it used to, you find yourself getting sick more often... it could be that you are overtraining. Yes - that is actually a thing! In this episode, Nikki chats with guest…

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  9. #21 Embracing Menopause without Fear

    Menopause can be a scary word for some women, it conjures up images of hot flushes and mood swings, but that doesn't necessarily mean that's all menopause has to offer. What if some of the other things you are feeling in your body is related? And better yet, what if you can reduce some of these…

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  10. #20 You Are Not Alone; Remaining Mentally Supported Through Isolation

    Do your children seem to be playing up more during times of isolation? You find yourself snapping more and like you have nothing left in the tank at the end of the day - even though you haven't left the house? In this episode, Nikki chats with Eleni Fitzgerald, aka The Child Whisperer on how to...

  11. #19 How Sleep Hygiene helps you to sleep better

    Do you wake up feeling exhausted? Are you waking through the night or maybe you struggle to get to sleep? You would love to blame the kids...but deep down you know it isn’t. In this episode, Nikki explores the concept of sleep hygiene and unpacks how this contributes towards better quality sleep...

  12. #18 Starting Exercise - Where Do I Start?

    You are ready to make a change to your health. Exercise is your starting point, but where on earth do you start? How do you find time? In this episode, Nikki breaks down three simple steps towards increasing your daily movement to get you started on your path to better health. Follow Mum-Me Fit...

  13. #17 Mother. Career. Teacher. Wife... all before 10am!

    Are you working from home now and finding it harder to focus OR turn off? Have you been thrown into the new role of educator, and career woman (as well as mother & housekeeper) Do you feel uncertain about how to 'get everything done' efficiently? Life really has flipped on us, I don't need to…

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  14. #16 Let’s Talk Nutrition without Restriction

    Have you ever been on a diet, had some success and then put it all back on plus more? In this episode, Nikki chats with Inna Merkin, qualified nutritionist and mum of 3, about skills and strategies for flexible, intuitive eating without restrictions and how this can be applied for everyone -...

  15. #15 Strengthen Your Health Through Slowing Down

    Mumlife is busy - you find yourself running all over the place, constantly repeating the same tasks over and over while your schedule becomes more full by the minute. In our bid to maintain this busy lifestyle, sometimes our health becomes compromised. Be it burnout, lowered immune system or even...

  16. #14 Why We Need A Personal Trainer For Your Mind

    Mumlife is hard. There is the multiple juggling, constant balance (which often seems more like toppling over) and overwhelm. No wonder you feel like your head might explode! How do you know when this is just mumlife or whether this is something more? In this episode, Nikki chats with Kat Munson,...

  17. #13 Why You Don’t Exercise Even Though You Know You Should!

    You know you need to start exercising. You know the health benefits to exercising. You know you will feel better for doing so, so then why don’t you do it? In this episode, Nikki explores three key reasons why you may be finding it so hard to exercise and how you can work through these so that…

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  18. #12 The Essential Step To Achieving Your Goals

    Do you avoid sharing your health or fitness goals with others because you are scared of being judged? Or are you worried that you will be laughed at or frowned upon if you don't achieve your goals? I hear you, in a world of social media and online trolling, it can be very scary to put yourself…

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  19. #11 Exercise with Children - it is possible!

    Fitting exercise in when you have children seems impossible right? In this episode, Nikki shares with you her top tips on how you can still exercise, how you can find time and how to actually get it done! Follow Mum-Me Fit Time here: www.facebook.com/MumMe.Fit.Time www.Instagram.com/mummefittime...

  20. #10 How To Achieve Your Fitness Goals Without Going Backwards

    Your started your fitness journey some time ago now, but why does it seem that you are no closer to achieving your goal? You feel like you take one step forward and two steps back. In this episode, Nikki chats to you about the not so secret method towards achieving your goal - whether that be...

  21. #9 How To Have More Time In Your Day

    Do you find yourself struggling to find time for exercise? Does meal planning sound like a nice idea but so time-consuming to start? Do you have so little time in your day you struggle to do the things you want to do? In this episode, Nikki chats with Tash Guthrie, the visionary behind The Time...

  22. #8 Healing Yourself to Optimal Health with Guest Speaker Nellie from NellieBWell

    Are you struggling to achieve results in an area of your health? It might be weightloss, fertility, hormone balance or even a stronger immune system? In this episode, Nikki chats with Nellie from NellieBWell about how health doesn’t come in one strict subject format. Nellie shares insights into...

  23. #7 When You Eat All Of The Biscuits with guest speaker Caroline Power

    You go to have one biscuit and before you know it the entire packet has gone…. Why is that and how did it happen without you realising? In this episode, Caroline Power, Dietitian and Nutritional Hypnotherapist, discusses emotional eating and how you can still eat your favourite foods without…

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  24. #6 How Ayurveda Principles Can Improve Health, Healing and Balance In Your Life

    Do you feel like you are constantly tired, sick and out of balance? In this episode, Abbie Marshall from Live Wisely Ayurveda shares how you can incorporate Ayurveda principles so that you can experience improved health and healing and maintain balance through your varying seasons and stages of...

  25. #5 I Can’t Shift This Excess Body Weight

    Ever wondered why no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to drop that excess weight? In this episode, Nikki explores with you why women have trouble losing excess weight and it may not be linked to exercise or nutrition!

  26. #4 Is Being A Supermum Good For Your Mental Health?

    Have you ever felt the pressure of having to be and do it all? That expectation that you should look a certain way, act a certain way, juggle all the kids activities, household activities, housework oh and also hold down a job? Do you unconsciously put this pressure on yourself? In this episode,...

  27. #3 Making Your Home Healthy

    Have you ever broken into a rash after cleaning the bathroom? Does the smell of certain chemicals make you neaseus? When we think health, often we think about what is happen on the inside of our body, however outside sources can also have an impact on our health. In this episode, Anja and…

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  28. #2 When Life Throws You A Curveball with Guest Speaker Rey Dogan

    Having children can be overwhelming and suddenly you have far less time to spend on yourself. In this episode, guest speaker Rey Dogan, shares her journey from fitness junkie to mum of twins born at only 26 weeks gestation and how she had to put her own health and fitness on pause. She also…

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  29. #1. Five Fitness Myths Debunked

    Are you uncomfortable in your mum body but overwhelmed with the raft of information out there on what you should and shouldn’t be doing? In this episode Nikki Knieriem shares with you five reasons why you might not be achieving the results you desire and how you can work around these...

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Nikki Knieriem from Body4Mind Connections explores how our body & mind health connects and influences navigating mum life, our careers and all the busy in between!

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