Integral Health with Ben Calder

It is a great pleasure to be interviewed again for the Transcending Explorations podcast by upcoming Integral and Health advocate Lachlan Dunn. If you have missed the previous 2 episodes of this series you can find them here in my blog. In this episode, Lachlan wanted my views on these really interesting questions that we see in Integral Theory Waking Up Cleaning up Growing Up Showing Up In this discussion we are exploring what these ideas might mean and how we can experience and...

After the success of the first of the interview's with Australia's emerging Integral voice Lachlan Dunn, I was really pleased that he wanted to do a second interview. At the end of our first interview https://bencalder.co.uk/blog/integral-general-theory/approaching-spirituality-and-spiritual-development-from-an-integral-perspective-with-ben-calder/ Lachlan said to me that he had only got about a third of the way through his notes of the things he wanted to discuss and of course I was happy...

In this conversation, entitled "Approaching Spirituality And Spiritual Development From An Integral Perspective" we explore the following topics: - My worldview - Being able to take multiple perspectives and be flexible - Nothing is important , it doesn't matter, life is neutral - Most efficient and effective practices and modalities along bens awakening and healing journey - Big mind meditation - Human beings are too comfortable now compared to our ancestors - Is the world a mirror...

Recorded on #worldsuicidepreventionday Centre director Ben Calder talks to Marcus Matthews about his experiences with suicide and how it changed his life. Marcus shares his journey from feeling suicidal to now helping others understand what his journey taught him about suicide and how feeling suicide and anxiety are about killing who you have become not who you are. And as a gift to others in this situation you can access Marcus' Free Hypnotherapy Course and Recording available when you...

It was a great pleasure (and with lots of laughter) to talk with my old friend and college Phil Clubley, who not only is a fellow kinesiologist, but is also the current chairman of the Kinesiology Federation, the UK's largest dedicated organisation for kinesiologists. We explore kinesiology (I mean for those who don't know, wtf is it, how do we even say it?) and how it can be used for helping to keep us healthy and resolve issues on a number of levels, his role as the UK chair and the...

In the 3rd of my interview series with the co-authors of the My 2020 book, released in July 2021, I get to talk to Emma last of Progressive Minds, the business health coach and founder of the Human Reboot Movement. We talked about her move from corporate burn out to coaching and support individuals and businesses to really explore life balance in their culture. Emma is also part of the amazing team with Jessica Prime working on the new My 2020 book to look at how 2020 was able to...

It was my great pleasure in this latest episode of the Integral Health podcast to chat with my friend and colleague Jo "Happiness" Howarth about her journey to be the founder of the "The Happiness Club". Jo is a well respected hypnotherapist who took her business in such a joyful direction, she is well worth listening to. Jo is also one of the co-authors of the book My 2020, released in July 2021 on how the 1st year of the pandemic gave her opportunities to turn her challenges into...

It was my great pleasure today to interview holistic aesthetician, face yogi, beauty guru, trainer and best selling author Kris Davies on her journey from training in beauty at Champneys in 1983 to recovering from Fibromyalgia to developing her own vegan skin care range for humans and animals to being a Face Yoga teacher and trainer. There is no way this lady is 56, if you take a look at her before and after Face Yoga pictures, you can see that she walks her talk and her methods get...

I really enjoyed getting to have a in depth interview with Tai Chi and Qigong teacher Rich Morley. Rich and I have been social media friends for a few years now and I deeply appreciate not only the humour that fills his pages, but also the valuable reflections on why breathing correctly is so important not just for health and prevention of illness, but also on healing from quite serious conditions. Rich recovered from years of Fibromyalgia using Tai Chi, Qigong and breathing practices and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A chance to listen back to the talk I gave at the first ever Shropshire Frestival - Free From festival looking at all things allergy and freefrom. Some interesting questions from the audience in this as well as a few handy self help tips and hints as we go along. Enjoy