Mind Your Own Wellness

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Mind Your Own Wellness

Join Naturally COS Founder, Rebecca Castano-Mander as she shares powerful and heart breaking stories of courage, trauma, pain and resilience, and how wellness was discovered, adopted and saved women's lives.

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    The legacy of Maia with Jemma Niwha (Warning this episode contains infant loss content)

    In this intense, raw and emotionally charged episode, Rebecca and Jemma discuss their unique, gut wrenching experiences, losing their babies. With empathy at its core, this special episode aims to provide safe space to explore grief, honour memories, and rediscover hope.Rebecca and Jemma come together as bereaved parents to examine how their unique and independent experiences have shaped their families, careers and coping everyday.Jemma and Rebecca discuss :Miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, and the silent grief that followsStories of remembrance, resilience, and rebuilding life after the grenade of loss and explodedInsights into trauma-informed healing, advocacy, and creating meaning after lossWhether you’re in the early days of grief or years into your journey, The Legacy of Maia is here to remind you: your love is eternal, your story matters, and you're never alone. 

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    The reality of Bowel Cancer

    In this episode, Rebecca dives into the raw reality of being diagnosed with bowel cancer and what it’s like to step into the hospital system. From the first appointment to surgery prep, scans, and recovery. Rebecca unpacks the emotional and physical journey. Symptoms, mind games, the system that can break you if you let it.You’ll hear first hand experience, practical tips for navigating listening to your body, challenging specialists when needed and fighting for your life. Whether you're going through it yourself or supporting someone who is, this episode offers insight, reassurance, and a reminder that you're not alone.

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    Episode - A kiwi a day - I am what I eat now with Nutritionist Tiss Grima

    Join Rebecca in this episode exploring how nutrition and gut microme was a crucial key to setting her body and mind on the much needed wellness path. Aside from the disastrous motor vehicle crash that all but killed Rebecca, Bowel cancer has been a huge health concern that needed to be addressed. Thanks to Tiss Grima and Rebecca's willingness to do whatever it took, Rebecca is now on an exciting path to wellness.

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    Episode 4 : My Voice Was Taken

    In this episode, Rebecca shares how having her voice taken from a traumatic car crash lead her to learning how to communicate differently. Rebecca painfully relives what this was like and how her son was the pivotal reason she started.

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    Mind Your Own Wellness With Portia Wilson

    In our third episode, we welcome Mind Your Own Wellness first guest, Portia Wilson. We discuss all the things. Trauma, surviving, positive thinking and letting yourself also feel the negative stuff too and processing that. We touch on the last three years and what medical and health choices have been made and why. And best of all we hear from Portia about her go to natural remedies.

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    Rehabilitation Broke Me

    In episode 2 of Mind Your Own Wellness, Rebecca shares how deeply painful the recovery process was and remains to be. In this episode you'll get a glimpse of what a day was like in therapy, the torture the mind  experienced and the doubt of whether to keep going or concede. The ultimate choice. Discover what it took from Rebecca's husband to help keep her alive and the sacrifices that were required.

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    Lets Meet in the Middle

    Join Rebecca in Episode 1 of Mind Your Own Wellness, Lets Meet In The Middle. Rebecca shares the harsh reality of the motor vehicle crash that changed her life and the life changing diagnosis that followed.In this episode, Rebecca highlights the day to day existence and life altering adjustments that were required to survive.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Join Naturally COS Founder, Rebecca Castano-Mander as she shares powerful and heart breaking stories of courage, trauma, pain and resilience, and how wellness was discovered, adopted and saved women's lives.

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Rebecca Castano-Mander

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