The Wholesome Wave Podcast

Emily Brewer

Emotional wellness for you. Lasting impact for future generations.  Your emotions carry more power than you realise. The unprocessed experiences, suppressed emotions, and patterns you carry quietly shape your body, your relationships, and even your children’s wellbeing.  Join Emily Brewer as she hosts conversations with experts, practitioners, and parents, uncovering tools, insights, and stories that illuminate the importance of your inner world—and how your own growth and healing ripple out to the next generation. 

  1. Aug 24

    Beyond Treating Cancer - Exploring The Bigger Picture with Kaytee Boyd

    If you were given a diagnosis, where would you start? What if there’s more to healing than just treating what’s happening physically?   In this episode, I’m joined by functional health and clinical nutrition practitioner Kaytee Boyd for a conversation that goes beyond treating just the physical aspects of cancer to explore the bigger picture of what shapes our health.   We talk about how chronic stress can change our physical body, the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and disease, the influence of our emotional patterns and environment, and why looking at the whole person, rather than just the diagnosis, matters.   Kaytee shares where she would encourage someone to begin after receiving a diagnosis and discuss why creating a supportive team around you is so important, how complementary approaches can sit alongside conventional medical care and why it is never too late to do the inner work.   Emotional work isn't a promise of a cure, but it can offer meaningful support at every stage of the journey, including advanced illness, and support us face our fear of death differently.   While this conversation is centred around cancer, its message reaches much further. Whether you're navigating autoimmune disease, the hormonal changes of perimenopause, another chronic condition, or simply want to better understand and support your health, this episode is an invitation to zoom out, get curious and consider the whole picture.   Curious to explore beyond your diagnosis? Book your Emotional Breakthrough Session Here   To connect with Kaytee Boyd – The Boyd Clinic Aratika Cancer Trust Find out your ACES (Adverse Childhood Events) Score   Book Recommendations – Radical Remission – Dr Kelly Turner Decode Your Fatigue – Alex Howard Make Love Work – Nic Beets The Metabolic Approach to Cancer – Dr Nasha Winters and Jess Higgins Kelley

    Beyond Treating Cancer - Exploring The Bigger Picture with Kaytee Boyd
  2. Apr 21

    It's Not A Malfunction - Menopause as a portal, not a problem to fix

    What if menopause isn’t something to fix — but a process of unravelling to let go of what no longer serves you? In a culture so quick to medicate, what do we miss when we don’t pause to listen to what the body is asking? Perimenopause and menopause have become huge topics of conversation — but often in a very narrow way. So much of what we hear is fear-based and focused on managing symptoms… what to take, what to do, how to make it easier, how to avoid discomfort. But what if that’s only a small part of a much bigger picture — one that includes the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of this transition? In this episode, Leila and I explore menopause through a wider lens — one that sees the body not as something failing, but as something adapting, shifting, and responding to a lifetime of experiences, patterns, and pressures. We talk about how this stage of life is influenced by the life you’ve lived up to this point and why reflecting on the past, processing unresolved experiences, and letting go of what you’ve been carrying are such an important part of the process. This isn’t about dismissing medical support — far from it. It’s about complementing it and opening up the conversation to look beyond symptom management and beginning to ask — what is this phase of life asking of us?   Ready to explore and release unresolved experiences to support your perimenopause or menopause journey? Use this link for 10% discount for podcast listeners - Book an Emotional Breakthrough Session   To connect with Leila Joffe - Email - leila.joffe@orcon.net.nz

    It's Not A Malfunction - Menopause as a portal, not a problem to fix
  3. Feb 11

    The Body Speaks - Understanding Emotional Anatomy with Linda Garvin

    What if your body isn’t malfunctioning — but communicating?   How would your relationship with your symptoms change if you could understand them?    In this episode, I’m joined by Linda Garvin to explore the powerful topic of Emotional Anatomy - the language of the body and the way our soul speaks to us through physical sensations and symptoms to show us where we are out of alignment.  Linda’s journey into this work is a beautiful bridge between science and energetics. Together, we explore how to interpret the body’s messages; uncovering what different areas may be communicating, and why symptoms are invitations rather than obstacles.  We talk about the metaphors we use every day and how they reveal the deep connection between emotion and physiology.  This conversation is an invitation to shift from trying to fix or silence your symptoms… to listening and interpreting.  Because the body speaks long before the mind is ready to understand.    Curious to understand what your body might be communicating?  Download your FREE Body Pain Self-Inquiry Guide Here  So you can start to interpret what it’s telling you.   Curious to explore your symptoms?   Podcast Listeners get 10% off a 60min online Breakthrough Session with the link below.  Book Your Discounted Session Here     To connect with Linda Garvin and find out about her Authentic Alignment & Heart Led Healing -  Linda Garvin  @lindagarvin.ie Linda offers - Energetic Healing Sessions Authentic Alignment Sessions Community Workshops Practitioner training & support

    The Body Speaks - Understanding Emotional Anatomy with Linda Garvin

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Emotional wellness for you. Lasting impact for future generations.  Your emotions carry more power than you realise. The unprocessed experiences, suppressed emotions, and patterns you carry quietly shape your body, your relationships, and even your children’s wellbeing.  Join Emily Brewer as she hosts conversations with experts, practitioners, and parents, uncovering tools, insights, and stories that illuminate the importance of your inner world—and how your own growth and healing ripple out to the next generation.