On this episode, I am joined by Natasha de Grunwald, which is a published author, international Breathwork, Trauma and Somatic expert. She is the founder of the Trauma Release Method, the Potent Woman Journey, and Seismic Orgasmic Breath experience.

We have a heartfelt conversation where we talk about:

-       Her healing journey and her decades of teaching and working with touch and breath

-       How gentle touch is so needed in the somatic space and in healing

-       Blending touch, breath, somatic coaching, and inner child work

-       Talking about her Trauma Release Method (TRM) facilitator training she leads

-       How dissections have enabled her to see God and beauty in the body and get to know the body intimately

-     Our curiosity around where are the men in the healing space as we really need them

Natasha is based in London and Brighton. She travels internationally to facilitate Breathwork events and to teach healing methods for mind, body and soul.  As a powerful speaker and advocate for trauma and Somatic healing she runs events, workshops and retreats along with 1:1 client work. 

With 4 decades of experience as a leader practising and teaching holistic and complimentary therapies her passion and expertise centres around Breathwork, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, Somatic modalities, inner child and shadow work, touch, and Somatic coaching. 

Connect with Natasha here:

Website:  https://natashadegrunwald.co.uk/traumareleasemethod/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/natasha.degrunwald/

Connect with Teodora:

1:1 Connection call: ⁠⁠https://calendly.com/teodorapile/30min⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠https://teodorapile.com⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile/⁠⁠

I'd love to hear from you via email on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠teo@teodorapile.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

And if you enjoyed this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation. 

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

On this episode, I am joined by self healer coach & mentor and one of my beautiful former clients, Manpreet Johal Bernie.

Manpreet & I met a few years ago in some trainings and in 2022 we started working together in a 1:1 container. 

We have a heartfelt conversation where we talk about:

-       How we met and how we started working together as Manpreet was experiencing grief after misscarriage.

-       How our 1:1 sessions have supported her mind and body to find more safety and expansion.

-       What different modalities, like Somatic Experiencing, parts work and Transforming Touch supported Manpreet’s healing in different way and how she feels more connected to her True Self, Intuition and her work.

-       Our views on what healing actually means.

-       Manpreet’s journey and how she continues to be a student of life.

Manpreet is empowering people to heal from past traumas to build their own heart's happiness lives!

Connect with Manpreet here:

Free secret podcast series expansion: https://heartshappiness.vipmembervault.com/expansion

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/hearts__happiness/  

Hearts Happiness podcast that she hosts: www.heartshappiness.co.uk/podcast

Connect with Teodora:

1:1 Connection call: ⁠https://calendly.com/teodorapile/30min⁠

Website: ⁠https://teodorapile.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile/⁠

I'd love to hear from you via email on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠teo@teodorapile.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

And if you enjoyed this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation. 

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

On today's episode, I am joined by Jennifer Mann. Jen is an amazing Mind-Body Practitioner. She comes from a very interesting background. 

She grew up in many different countries and speaks 5 languages fluently. She used to be a professional ballet dancer and performer and after a career-ending injury she turned to working with people as a Yoga teacher, Pilates instructor and movement practitioner. She then combined Eastern and Western bodywork techniques to help people move better and feel better. Her curiosity around the holistic human experience brought her to become increasingly passionate about human physiology and to go back to school in her late 20’s to study first Life Sciences then Physiotherapy. After a few years of persistent symptomatic patterns, she was finally diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome which would fully transform her life. She is now dedicated to being a trauma informed mind-body practitioner committed to the holistic perspective of health and well-being. The experience of recovering from chronic fatigue and learning to heal her past trauma sparked a mission within to share hope, self-empowerment, self-acceptance and healing with the greater collective.

Our conversation covers her journey with being bed-bound with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the tools she used to recover, such as the Lightning Process training, nervous system regulation & Somatic Experiencing. 

Jen went from being so scared about her symptoms & illness to research, learn & regulate her nervous system, to use brain retraining tools such as the Lightning Process to address her thought patterns and bottom up approaches such as Somatic Experiences to address traumas stored in the body.
An integrative & holistic healing that includes top down & bottom up approaches is what supported Jen to NOT only recover from CFS/ME, POTS and chronic dysregulation, but to create a full transformation.

Jen is so passionate about supporting others in their journey of recovery from CFS/ ME, long-covid, POTS and other chronic health challenges and that is why her and Karden Rabin are putting together the first Chronic Fatigue Syndrome trauma-informed recovery program that will include both top-down AND bottom-up therapy modalities. If you resonate with this, please get in touch with them.

You can find Jen here:

https://www.instagram.com/jcamylee/

If you’d like to share your takeaways from this conversation with me, I’d love to hear from you via email on teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: https://teodorapile.com

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, I’d love for you to leave a 5* review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation.

Thank you  for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teo

On today's episode, I am joined by Roxanne van Zyl. Rox is an amazing Endo coach supporting women in their journey 

Our conversation covers her journey with Endometriosis, from experiencing a traumatising laser procedure to researching natural modalities of healing. 

We talk about what Endo is, her mission to instil hope that healing is possible, the importance of reconnecting with your cycle (and how to do that) and how your hormones work. 

Understanding your cycle, balancing your hormones and being mindful of your mindset are so important to healing and recovery. 

You can find Rox here:

https://www.instagram.com/owning.endo/ 

https://www.roxannevanzyl.com

The book mentioned are:  7 1/2 lessons about the brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett. Period Power by Maisie Hill.

If you’d like to share your takeaways from this conversation with me, I’d love to hear from you via email on teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: https://teodorapile.com

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, I’d love for you to leave a 5* review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation.

Thank you  for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teo

On today's episode, I am joined by Laura Biclea, career & life strategist.

Our conversation covers her career journey, the importance of having good mentors along the way to guide you and support you.

We also talk about what it means to have a fulfilled career, how to discover & live in our values and tips on how to create "work/life balance".

Laura is also a Corporate Sales Leader & Mentor | Helping organisations create high performing teams.
Laura’s mission is to help organisations and corporate professionals achieve results to create a positive impact in the world.
Passionate about personal development, she uses her philosophy that 'each one of us has a unique super-power to drive those around towards their full potential.
Laura is a recognized corporate sales leader with more than fifteen years of experience and an MBA graduate from Manchester Business School.
She is also the co-author of “Women who Inspire” and contributes to various publications on self-development topics.  

You can find Laura here:
www.instagram.com/laurabiclea
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurabiclea
www.twitter.com/laurabiclea

Feel free to go and download the "Discover your Values" free download from her Instagram bio.

If you’d like to share your takeaways from this conversation with me, I’d love to hear from you via email on teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: https://teodorapile.com

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, I’d love for you to leave a 5* review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation.

Thank you  for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teo

On today's episode I am joined by Linnea Bergstrom, a wonderful yoga teacher passionate about teaching people to be mindful, present and create a Yogic practice. 

Linnea shares her journey on how she developed a passion for yoga, different practices she incorporates in her work and her life.
She shares tips on how to incorporate gentle yoga practices in your life. 

Being in tune with your body, finding a routine that works for you and trying things out is at the core of developing a yoga practice.

Yoga is more than the physical movements and cool poses.
Yoga is presence. Yoga is breath. Yoga is observing the body and seeing how you feel.

Note: This episode was recorded in the summer and Linnea mentions her September online classes.

You can find Linnea on:

Her website: http://linneabyoga.com

Instagram: @yogabylinnea

The website that was mentioned my Linnea, Accessible Yoga is here: https://accessibleyoga.org  

If you’d like to share your takeaways from this conversation with me, I’d love to hear from you via email on teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: https://teodorapile.com

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, I’d love for you to leave a 5* review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation.

Thank you  for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teo

Melike is a Mindfulness Teacher, Conscious Breathing Coach and qualified Nurse.

On this first episode I am joined by Melike, where she shares her story from having a highly successful finance job, to experiencing burnout. Which then led her into mindfulness & Breathwork that helped her recover.

An authentic conversation, packed with tools & tips on how to develop the breathing awareness, as ‘awareness is KEY”.
We also talk about the different types of Breathwork practices, such as Transformational Breathwork, Rebirthing, coherence breathing and many more.

And last but not least, what does it mean to have an authentic human experience and what advice would she give to someone that would like to develop a breathing practice.

You can find Melike on:

Her website: https://breathzone.com

Instagram: @breathzonelondon

If you’d like to share your takeaways from this conversation with me, I’d love to hear from you via email on teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: https://teodorapile.com

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, I’d love for you to leave a 5* review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation.

Thank you  for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teo

Welcome to Connecting the Human Dots Podcast.

My name is Teodora Pile, your host and I am so happy your're here.

I am a trauma informed coach & integrative therapist and I am fascinated about the mind-body connection. 

Connecting the Human Dots Podcast is the place where I invite you to explore the art of being human, how to connect the human dots, and have an authentic human experience. I will share with you real life interviews with amazing people in conversations of Mind-Heart-Body connection, neuroscience, emotions, stress, spirituality, and many more. Thank you for being here. And I welcome you as I am super excited that Connecting the Human Dots podcast is out. And you will have the opportunity to listen and get a lot of value from it.

I am grateful for you being here.
And if you want to find out more about me and my work, you can find me here:

https://teodorapile.com 

On this episode, I am honoured to be joined by NARM Master Therapist & the host of Transforming Trauma Podcast: Emily Ruth.

I’ve met Emily on my NARM training back in 2021 as she was my training assistant in the NARM training. 

We have a heartfelt conversation where we talk about:

-       What the NeuroAffectiveRelational Model (NARM) is

-       How Emily found NARM and how it transformed her work and way of being

-       What is agency and how agency expands your capacity to SEE more things in our lived experiences  

-       How important is to have awareness and work in the present moment

-       Emily’s grief & loss journey, how NARM supported her grief work and how grief can co-exist with joy

-       Where I share something deeply personal on how losing a child 18 years ago brough so much fear around aliveness until I decided to process that.

Here are more details about Emily:

A NARM Practitioner &Therapist that has worked as a group facilitator/coach since 2012. She completed a Master of Arts degree in Marriage & Family Therapy with a specialization in Trauma. And she has certifications addressing Complex/Developmental Trauma, Grief & Recovery, Boundaries, and Body Image Resilience. 

Connect with Emily here:

Website: https://emilyruthcares.com

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/emilyruthcares/

Transforming Trauma Podcast that she hosts: https://narmtraining.com/transformingtrauma/ 
NARM official website: ⁠ https://narmtraining.com

Connect with Teodora:

ee 1:1 Connection call: https://calendly.com/teodorapile/30min

Website: https://teodorapile.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile/

I'd love to hear from you via email on: ⁠⁠⁠teo@teodorapile.com⁠⁠⁠ 

And if you enjoyed this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation. 

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

On this week’s episode, I am joined by IFS Educator & Facilitator, Christine Dixon, where Christine shares her life work and how we can heal through IFS (Internal  Family Systems)  

In this episode we talk about:

-       How Christine was first introduced to IFS & Parts work through Martha Beck

-       How she learned to be a compassionate and kind witness to her parts

-       How the IFS model was created by Richards Schwartz 

-       How IFS supported her in her healing journey 

-       What Self is and how we can recognise it and connect more with our Self Energy 

-       How she supports people using IFS through her group programs, that I am a member of

Here is a bit more about Christine:

After over 20 years as an Educational Therapist, Christine experienced physical symptoms that led her to be bedridden for over a year. In her search for healing, she eventually discovered that her body was manifesting trauma that had not been processed. She embarked on a journey to understand and heal herself, and naturally began sharing what she learned with others. She trained with Martha Beck in her Wayfinder Life Coach Training program. This is where Christine first met IFS, Internal Family Systems, which would become her life's calling. She now teaches and leads groups around this Self-healing modality. 

Connect with Christine here:

Website: https://www.theordinarysacred.com

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the_ordinary_sacred/

Weekly IFS community: https://www.theordinarysacred.com/offers/edf9aQ5z/checkout

I'd love to hear from you via email on: ⁠⁠teo@teodorapile.com⁠⁠ 

Follow Teodora here:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://teodorapile.com/⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile⁠⁠

And if you enjoyed this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation. 

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

On this episode, I am joined by Breathwork & Somatic Therapist, Alexandra McCalla to talk about her healing journey with somatics and breathwork.  

In this episode we talk about:

-       How Alexandra was introduced to her body wisdom through her breath while working with a coach to be an even more efficient tech leader.

- How she lost everything she knew her life to be and transitioned from being a tech leader to now be a Breathwork & Somatic Therapist

-       How her body started to communicate to her when she started setting boundaries 

-       How Somatic Experiencing helped her feel safer and process various traumas

-       Sharing for the first time vulnerable and intimate aspects of her healing journey 

-       How she supports people into healing using both bottom u & top down approaches to heal, using somatics and breathwork.

Here is a bit more about Alex:

Alex works with breathwork and somatic therapy to liberate stuck energy and emotion in the body. She’s focused on facilitating people towards more embodiment: being more connected to your true self and to others! With a wide range of experiences both in business, as an award-winning technology entrepreneur, and in therapeutic modalities, Alex brings a holistic approach to holding space for the multiple parts within us. Having worked through her own acute post-traumatic stress symptoms and auto-immune issues alongside her training she is strongly informed by how trauma and the nervous system function.  She guides her clients and groups through similar challenges - all while staying grounded in a gentle breath. As a black dual heritage woman working through racialised trauma in the body is also a focus of her practice. Outside of that Alex loves music and was a DJ in a past life, and so she loves to dance around and let that inner child play!

Connect with Alex here:

Website: alexandramccalla.com

Instagram:  ⁠https://www.instagram.com/alexandramccalla/

I'd love to hear from you via email on: ⁠teo@teodorapile.com⁠ 

Follow Teodora here:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://teodorapile.com/⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile⁠

And if you enjoyed this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation. 

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

On this episode, I am joined by Breathwork Trainer & Practitioner, Kerry Veitch in a deep conversation about conscious connected breathwork. 
We talk about the history of Rebirthing Breathwork and its lineage, what is warm water rebirthing, the archetypes of water and why it is so healing.
Kerry also shares some of her most profound breathwork experience, especially her process of integrating her birthing experience and also her journey on how she got into breathwork. 

Here is a bit more about Kerry:

Kerry has been connected with Rebirthing and conscious connected breathing since 1993, with a focus now on embodiment practices such as Internal Family Systems and Eugene Gendlin's Focusing. Kerry has a trauma informed approach, and is a trainer with two breathwork schools , AIR School of Breathwork and Alchemy of Breath. She loves sharing the healing power of the breath with others, by holding warm water rebirthing retreats, weekly groups and 1:1 sessions.

Kerry also co-founded and is the festival director of the UK's first Breathwork Festival which is an annual event celebrating all kinds of breathwork and is a practitioner member of the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance, GPBA. Kerry’s very grounded nature holds a very safe space for breather(s), holding them in their highest potential and being committed to the unfolding of each person’s own journey which of course is guided perfectly by our breath.

Connect with Kerry here:

Website: thesacredbreath.co.uk 

Air School of Breathwork website: Airschoolofbreathwork.com

Instagram:  instagram.com/sacred.breath/

Breathe Festival: https://www.festivaloflife.co.uk/

I'd love to hear from you via email on: teo@teodorapile.com 

Follow Teodora here:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://teodorapile.com/

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile

And if you enjoyed this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation. 

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

In today’s episode, Cris & I talk about following our dreams and my take on what our soul's desire is.

I see our soul work as what our heart's most deepest desire?

We often think we can either be spiritual and do good in the world or make money. But what if we do good and have money at the same time too? And if we do something or desire something, what is the intention behind it?

Can we really be honest with ourselves?

We also talk about following your dream and my perspective on that.

I invite you to join us in this conversations and let us know what you think. 

What is one thing you take away from it?

I'd love to hear from you via email on: teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: ⁠⁠https://teodorapile.com/⁠⁠

Follow me here:

Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile/⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/teodorapile⁠⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/teodora-pile/⁠⁠

Follow Cristina Guraliuc here:

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/cristina_guraliuc/⁠

Website: ⁠https://cristinaguraliuc.com/en/home-english/⁠

if you enjoy this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation. 

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

Episode 2 of Connecting the Human Dots podcast is out now. 

In today’s episode, Cris & I explore the relationship we have with our bodies. We talk about hate, shame, how we objectify our bodies, self-compassion and so much more.

Especially as women, we have parts of us that we hate. 

And inside of us, alongside the cognitive narrative we also have a somatic narrative that drive our perception of ourselves and our bodies.

And this is why including the body in our healing and explorations is so important. 

We are so used to objectify ourselves, to see our bodies as something we need to do something to, to fix, to intervene, to change. 

This is a subject that is very close to my heart and this is a very intimate conversation. 

I invite you to join us in this conversations and let us know what you think. 

What did you get out if it?

I'd love to hear from you via email on: teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: ⁠https://teodorapile.com/⁠

Follow me here:

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile/⁠

Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/teodorapile⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/teodora-pile/⁠

Follow Cristina Guraliuc here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cristina_guraliuc/

Website: https://cristinaguraliuc.com/en/home-english/

if you enjoy this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend what would also benefit from this conversation. 

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

Welcome back to a new season of Connecting The Human Dots podcast: the conversations you didn't know you needed!

After a 3 years break, we are making a comeback, a homecoming.

My intention for these conversations is to be: unedited, unfiltered

and unscripted. I want you to get the full raw conversations I will be having with my special guests.

In this season, I start with a 3 part series where my friend, Cristina Guraliuc is asking me different questions relating to a theme.

I find that I work best when I have a companion and someone else asks me questions to which I can answer in the flow.

This first episode of 3 we look at the mind: how powerful it can be, why we have this split between the mind and the body, how what we say to ourselves can be helpful of keep us stuck.

We talk about choices, how fatigue I shown to also be a mental construct, the important of language and how our words impact our body and stress response and so much more.

I invite you to join us in this conversations and let us know what you think.

What did you get out if it?

I'd love to hear from you via email on: teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: https://teodorapile.com/

Follow me here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teodorapile/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teodorapile

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teodora-pile/

Follow Cristina Guraliuc here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cristina_guraliuc/

Website: https://cristinaguraliuc.com/en/home-english/

if you enjoy this podcast and this episode, I'd love for you to leave a 5***** review or share it with a friend what would also benefit from this conversation.

Thank you for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teodora

On today's episode, I am joined by Amy Ellis.

Amy is a spiritual mentor, guiding womxn who are feeling lost on their spiritual journey to connect with their true authentic selves and discover their soul's purposeer their

This interview is a very personal and authentic journey of healing, spiritual connection and the hardships that come along the way.

Our conversation covers her journey with being diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME a few years ago and what was her recovery journey which led her into a new chapter of her life.

Amy shares in a very authentic way how a recent & sudden breakup led her to a breakdown which she now knows it was her “Dark Night of the Soul” that guided her to have a spiritual awakening and explore different healing alternatives.

Amy shares what helps her rediscover herself and connect to her intuition, such as Somatic Experiencing, reducing media information, allowing yourself to be in silence.

Amy’s advice for someone that is going through a tough time? Take the tiniest little step you can to help you get towards your goal and be kind to yourself.

You can find Amy here:

https://www.instagram.com/thisisamyellis

https://www.amy-ellis.co.uk

If you’d like to share your takeaways from this conversation with me, I’d love to hear from you via email on teo@teodorapile.com or through my website: https://teodorapile.com

If you enjoyed this podcast episode, I’d love for you to leave a 5* review or share it with a friend that would also benefit from this conversation.

Thank you  for being here and connecting the human dots.

With heart,

Teo