I am really grateful to my friend and fellow psychonaught Ralph Cree for recording this interview for his podcast Evolving Spiritual Practice where we talked about my work and it's relevance for integrated health practice.We talk about how to approach integrating the health of our body, heart, mind and spirit. I have been practicing Qigong for 30 years, am a long time meditator and have been a professional kinesiologist for 18 years. In this conversation we focus in particular on nutrition, epigenetics, the relationship between the practitioner and client, the importance of flow, how spiritual bypassing can ignore health, and how to stay sane and healthy during coronavirus lockdowns.If you would like to listen to more of Ralph's work you can access his podcast herehttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/evolving-spiritual-practice/id1552740357For more information about his work please visit www.bodyheartmindspirit.co.ukTo hear more of his music please visit his soundcloud page https://soundcloud.com/ralphcreeHis YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUfQp5jM16pPB7QX2zmMYbQHis Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/bodyheartmindspirituk/I'm also really excited that my podcast has now been added as one of the Top 15 Qigong podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/qigong_podcasts/

It's a real treat to have been able to interview "Dr Mom" Nelli Gluzman of Blossom Pediatrics in New York.We spent a great hour together discussing her protocol for how to achieve peak health for your family this fall with her Nutrition Immunity Program.I loved how she spoke not just about the importance of good quality food, but how essential having probiotic rich foods, a healthy mindset and how medicine that engaged the mind/body connection were necessary.Listen on to learn more.....You can connect to Dr Gluzman through her website:https://blossompediatrics.com/and on social media via:https://www.instagram.com/dr_gluzman/https://www.facebook.com/DrGluzman/and you can connect to the program we are talking about here:https://blossompediatrics.com/2020/08/30/a-holistic-pediatricians-complete-guide-to-protecting-your-family-this-fall/

It was great to be invited back onto Calon FM to my friend Denise Oliver's Empowerment Hour to talk about men's health in November (during the now infamous Movember - Men's Health Month) and to highlight some of the issues that men can face with their health.We were very careful to point out that this was not an anti-female or anti-feminist show and that these were just perspectives about men's health, something that I am very aware of - being a man and all. Listen on and enjoy the show and laugh at all the pause pionts where we had to let them play music on the broadcast version of this.

It was really great on Thursday 30th April to do a zoom interview with my friend and Access Consciousness Certified Facilitator Denise Oliver for her Empowerment Hour radio show on Calon FM.We spent the show sharing how we are surviving the corona lockdown (as you can see by my hair on the show photo), how I managed to change my normally in person Embracing Your Shadow workshop to a zoom livestream successfully and what that offers people, and how using Qigong and other methods that I work with to keep myself well and healthy (mind and body) during this strange and challenging time.

This is the 3rd of the interviews with the co-authors of the Life After Birth Trauma book, which has just been released and available through all the usual outlets.It was my honour in this episode to interview Sarah about her story, the miraculous pregnancy, losing one of her twins just 3hrs after birth and how it effected her life in the subsequent years. Plus her tips for what helped her to cope and what she suggests for others who have had difficult birthing processes or are either pregnant or considering pregnancy right now.You can contact Sarah directly in her work as a special educational needs providor throughwww.thesensoryfairy.co.ukwww.facebook.com/thesensoryfairywww.instagram.com/thesensoryfairy

This is the 2nd of the interviews with the co-authors of the Life After Birth Trauma book, which has just been released and available through all the usual outlets.It was my honour in this episode to interview Elaine Godley about her story, her lack of natural inclination to be a mother, choices being made without her full understanding, her Out of Body Experience (OBE) during labour, trying to maintain thriving business and her top tips for how to prepare for the best birth you can have.You can learn more about Elaine and connnect with her through her website and social media.https://www.elainegodley.com/https://www.perfect-health.co.uk/https://www.facebook.com/groups/perfecthealthwellnessclub/

I'm proud to be sharing the first of my 3 interviews with the co-authors of the fabulous new book, Life After Birth Trauma, which explores the very powerful experiences that can take place when birth doesn't go to plan. Previously very little has been written about this and this new book offers a wealth of resources, information and support for those who have had birth trauma and those who would seek to prevent it.Jackie is a midwife and certified Birth Trauma Resolution practitioner, who after her own traumatic experiences, wanted to help others to overcome this little talked about area of life.You can connect with her via her websitehttps://www.downtoearthjackie.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/jackie_downtoearth/https://www.facebook.com/downtoearthjackie/

It was great to get to be a guest for Elaine Godley again on her radio show on Elastic FM talking about Gut Health and why it is so important to our overall health.Elaine was a little suprised by some of the topics we discussed, which is impressive considering her knowledge and experience with natural health.Hope you enjoy listening back and give me a shout if you have any questions.You can connect to Elaine's full list of shows or listen to it in it's original location here https://anchor.fm/elainegodleyofficial/episodes/Ben-Calder---Gut-Health-ea8r0m

This was a great follow up interview with Hilary Stock on the research she has conducted for her Masters degree looking at why we over eat and what are the factors surrounding it. Creating a clear differentiation from more commonly associated eating disorders, she looks at what is a much more common practice with people.It was great to hear many ideas that I was familar with and supported in this and also how much it given Hilary insight into some of her own behaviours.You can get in contact with Hilary via her website https://aspencounselling.co.uk/Or via her profile page on the Centre for Integral Health website https://integralhealthshrewsbury.com/about-us/our-practitioners/hilary-stock/

Once again I have been lucky enough to be invited to be a guest on Calon FM's Empowrment Hour as a guest of the lovely Denise Oliver. We spent the show talking quite a bit about LifeForce Qigong and my imminent authorisation as an internationally recognised teacher in this system. We also talked about the McLoughlin Scar Tissue Release (MSTR) and how much change that can create in old scars that are still causing pain, hypersensitivity, numbness, range of motion and movement problems even years after the surgery and injury took place. This was especially poignant as October is Breast Cancer awareness month and the MSTR can help extensively with post surgical recovery and improvement on mastectomy and lumpectomy scars to deal with the pain and tightness experienced by many women.