In this episode, I am joined by Emma Sepulah, a psychologist and author, and we are exploring

how we can return to our natural state of well-being, which she calls sovereign.

Now, Emma talks about managing the huge number of inputs we all get these days and shifting

from self-criticism to self-compassion, as well as the importance of cultivating stillness for

wellbeing, creativity and flow. She explains why body-based practices are so important and how

inauthenticity is perceived as a threat. We talk about redefining success,

why identity is overrated and so much more. This was a pleasure to record and I hope you enjoy

listening. And just to say, before we dive in, if you could support this podcast by sharing

this episode or leaving a review, I would be very grateful.

Emma, it's an absolute pleasure to see you. How are you? Good. How are you? I'm very good and I'm

very happy to have you on the show. I'm a big fan of your work. I've listened to you in numerous

interviews and I think your message is brilliant,

really beautifully delivered and vital for our time. So I want to dive straight in. Your book is

called Sovereign, Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy and Power in a time of distraction, uncertainty,

and chaos, which is on the money, frankly. So let's start with what does it actually mean to be sovereign in your view?

Well, I think we all know what it feels like not to be sovereign, you know.

And I break the book into several chapters.

I talk about that with regard to different aspects of our

life for example let's take um our mind right like we are you are what you eat is also true of

your mind but we forget that and so we could spend all day just ticking in news taking in social

media stuff taking in all the stuff we have to do for work, all the pings and things we

get for work. And then we wonder like why we feel overwhelmed. Research shows we take in over

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