As the season brightens and the water beckons, this week we dive back into our most popular episode yet – all about the vast benefits of cold water swimming.

We chat to cold water swimming expert, Rowan Clarke, about everything you wanted to know about the health benefits of cold water swimming, both mental and physical. Plus a ton of essential practical information to guide would-be cold water swimmers through their first forays into this euphoria-inducing pastime.

Kate goes on to take the plunge for the first time, under the watchful eye of Rowan... and it gets vocal!

You can find out more about Rowan's outdoor swim coaching sessions here: https://www.outdoorswimcoach.com/
Follow her on instagram: @_finsandgoggles_
and Facebook: @rowclarkeoutdoors

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In this week's titchy-sode, Gwen & Kate chat about the wonders of getting into your body and out of your heads/off your screens. The joys of going to bed with a tired body, crappy radio segues – could Ed Sheran's luscious locks make you buy shampoo? And how Gwen made actual Greg Davies laugh, but will need to arm wrestle Kate to marry him.

Plus the alarming symptoms of oestrogen dominance – has your doctor been subscribing you too much oestrogen gel in relation to your progesterone?

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Episodes mentioned:

Ep.9 - Laughter Yoga: Why laughter is so good for our minds and our bodies | Lotte Mikkelsen

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It's the RUMP Rewind! Where we delve into the back catalogue and whip out an old fave that we think needs a re-airing today. Kate's chosen to re-explore the vast benefits of meditation on our brain and lives.

Sara Lazar joined us on Ep.43 to talk about what's actually happening in our brains when we meditate. We're all told it's good for us, but we want to find out why.

Sara is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Researcher in Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research focuses on the neuroscience underlying yoga and meditation.

Her work has been covered by the likes of The New York Times and in TED talks, and you can find out more about her here:

• How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains: Sara Lazar at TEDxCambridge
• The Neuroscience of Yoga and Meditation - Dr Sara Lazar, PhD

Sara sets us one our loveliest challenges so far: to meditate while sending love out to others. Gwen & Kate try it out and you can join in too.

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In this week's bite-sized episode, Gwen & Kate discuss the practicalities of Mel Robbins' "Let Them" Theory and try it out on their partners to varying levels of success! They try out some previous episodes to make themselves feel good, including microdosing, grounding and forest bathing (all at once) and give some top tips when moving house!

We want to know if you've tried the Let Them theory and if it's worked.

Episodes mentioned:

RUMP Rewind – Ep.24 - Microdosing: Can it help with mental health and chronic pain? | Pamela Kryskow

Ep.3 - Forest Bathing: The physical and psychological health benefits of being in the woods, AKA Shinrin Yoku | Stefan Batorjis

Ep.6 - Grounding: The health benefits of being barefoot, from pain and stress relief, to improved sleep and reduced inflammation | Gaetan Chevalier

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It’s time for the RUMP Rewind! We dig into the archives each week and dust off a golden oldie for your listening pleasure. This time, Gwen’s picked a mind-expanding episode all about microdosing psychedelics – tune in and take a trip down memory lane!

We talk to Dr Pamela Kryskow about the research she and her team are doing into the use of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of PTSD, anxiety, depression, addiction and much more.

Pamela is a Canadian doctor who specialises in psychedelic medicine, mental health and chronic pain. She is a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia and a founding board member of the Canadian Psychedelic Association. In addition, she is involved in the largest ongoing microdosing study to date, Microdose.me

We learn about clinical trials, the successes and challenges, the rise in popularity of microdosing and how in actual fact, we've been doing this since we started walking this earth.

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In this week's mini pod-sode, Gwen and Kate talk about the amazing impact of women's circles, the importance of rituals and rites of passage, the life-changing power of mindset that sees Kate climb a mountain like Spiderman and both walk over hot coals without feeling a thing, and why we all need a hype-man in our lives!

Sponsor Gwen & Kate on their firewalk and raise funds for Temwa helping communities in Northern Malawi on the forefront of the impacts of climate change.

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It's the RUMP Rewind! Where we delve into the back catalogue to bring out our fave golden oldies. This week Kate's chosen a listener fave, all about creating a remarkable life.

We talked to Nic Devlin & Danielle Macleod about stepping out of warrior and victim mode and instead playing to create a life that brings you joy.

Get your pens ready, as this bumper episode is chock-full of top tips, quotes + ideas to up-level your life, get out of your own way and unleash your brilliance.

Nic & Danielle run a project called Remarkable Women, a coaching organisation that helps people to make incredible changes in their lives. They set Gwen & Kate the simple challenge of each day trying to do something that makes their day, and someone else's day, 1% better.

In the episode, we also mention our Walking Therapy episode, which you can listen to here: rightupmy.buzzsprout.com/1337593/8249060-ep-10-walking-therapy

To find out more about Nic & Danielle and the organisation Remarkable Women, go to remarkablewomen.co.uk

Book: Remarkable Leadership by Danielle Macleod

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In this mini-sode, Gwen & Kate chat Chelsea Handler, Deepak Chopra and Yung Pueblo; meditation, ayurveda, and fire-walking. Kate's done a survey and prescribed herself some yoga + hot oil massage, and Gwen bangs on and on about her FASCINATING visit to a real life Victorian town.

Mentioned in this episode:

Join us for a firewalk for a good cause! Raising funds for Temwa and Aid Box Community. 6:30pm Tues 18 March at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol. More info and to register.

Sponsor Gwen & Kate on their firewalk!

Blists Hill Victorian Town – "Travel back in time (like Gwen did!) and experience the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian life!"

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