Self Love Podcast

In this deeply heartfelt and honest conversation, Kim is joined by one of her dearest lifelong friends, Jo Plummer. From their early days navigating life as young partners within New Zealand cricket circles to raising families, building careers and supporting one another through every stage of womanhood, this episode is a beautiful reflection on friendship, resilience and self-love.

Jo shares her extraordinary journey from representing New Zealand in water polo to becoming a teacher, childbirth educator and passionate Pilates instructor. She opens up about motherhood, raising four children, navigating the realities of elite sport, supporting a son in professional rugby, and the emotional impact of social media criticism and mental health pressures within high performance environments.

Together, Kim and Jo explore the transitions of perimenopause and menopause, body image, strength training, movement, ageing well and learning to protect your peace.

This episode is filled with wisdom, warmth, humour and the kind of deep connection that only decades long friendship can bring. It is a powerful reminder that women need women, that community matters, and that every stage of life offers us the opportunity to reinvent ourselves with courage, authenticity and grace.

About Jo
Jo had a varied cultural life growing up. Her dad, an Engineer, was based in Indonesia in the 70s so the family lived the expat community life in her early years. Schooling was in Auckland and Jo along with her 2 siblings found passion in Waterpolo, going on to represent NZ at both age group and then the NZ women’s team for a number of year. This set her on her pathway to training in Physical Education while competing all over the world in her chosen sport.

Jo has had the privilege of becoming qualified in a number of fields in her adult life. A trained Secondary Physical Education teacher since 1994 she taught and lectured until about 2003. While taking time out to start and grow a family, she retrained in Childbirth Education and began her own business, Birthwise, in the Franklin District in Auckland in 2002. These private Antenatal education classes grew her passion for empowering women and their support networks to guide them through their journey to parenthood and beyond. It is still a vocation she is passionate about to date.

Jo and her husband Mark completed their family (three sons and a daughter) in 2006 and her journey with Pilates began in 2008. It was recommended to her to help strengthen a weakened low back and pelvic floor after having 4 children. After seeing the immense benefits in such a short amount of time, she had the opportunity to begin training in the STOTT PILATES® method. In 2012 she successfully completed her intensive training and rigorous examination process to become a STOTT PILATES® Certified Instructor in mat work, reformer, cadillac, chair and barrels.

JPILATES was the next step in this amazing journey and a way to continue to do something she was passionate about from home, while juggling a busy household. Hence its birth in 2013.

Nowadays the kids have left home and creating their magic all over the world. Jo’s business is thriving with about 120 client and the introduction of Pilates to more men which is exciting. She has always prided herself in creating not just an environment for people to come and move but a community to support each other.

Her definition of Self Love is: My thought process on self-love has changed through my years of growing and it has been shaped on my experiences both in my own body and the environment around me. My values have changed. It is what I truly need right now.
I think my version of self-love changes in small ways, from week to week, day to day. Self-love at the moment for me means being selfish even when it’s hard.

Her favourite quote is: Gratitude is the ultimate bio hack & the best investment you can ever make is in yourself.

Links to follow:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpilates.2013/

Quotes:
We have always been a family that have been very active.
I was blessed enough back in the 80s and 90s to represent New Zealand. It has taken me all over the world playing for national teams.
Everything was self-funded and mum and dad did everything to allow us to be able to do that which was fascinating.
Pilates was introduced to me after 4 children, 4 big babies and needing to strengthen a weakened back and weak pelvic floor.
I have been really lucky over the time that I have been able to reinvent myself half a dozen times.
The focus has always still been on educating.
At the backbone of it all, it has been about movement and exercise, which I am so passionate about.
I feel blessed that as I have moved through my lifestyle and my family’s that I have been able to work alongside raising a family.
Not many people can say that they got a lifelong friend like that.
It was some of the best years but also some of the hardest.
It made me resilient to spend time in my own company.
It made me such a strong mother being able to bring up my children on my own when he was travelling so much. I look back now with pride.
We made a conscious decision for me not to work.
My family is my world.
Wherever I am with my kids, that place becomes my favourite place.
These people are human beings. We all make mistakes, learn from our mistakes, grow from our mistakes and we strengthen from our mistakes.
Courage and confidence essential oil has been what has got me through every single rugby game.
Stillness makes you fragile and movement makes you unbreakable.
There is always something you can do to retain and maintain your strength.
I ask does this serve me? Am I protecting my peace and my energy? Am I a good role model for the people around me?
I have learnt to say no without more explanation.
I have learnt to allow myself the space to rest and recharge.
I am learning to love my new body with less judgement and more acceptance.
For me I need to protect the energy in my home.
Like attracts like.
I have created a community of people.
When we have a small group of women that you can go through life with and share every single moment with and not be judged and be there to support us, is the biggest act of self love.
 

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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!

If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com

SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison

Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!

Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

PODCAST SPONSOR:
Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/
DISCOUNT CODE:
Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast

LINKS:

Twenty8 Essentials
Website: https://twenty8.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/

Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com

Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery

Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/

Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship

Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101

Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/

Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining

MUSIC INTRO & OUTRO
Many thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

In this weeks quicky of the Self Love Podcast, Kim discusses the importance of personal evolution and growth as a fundamental aspect of self love. She emphasises that true self love involves the courage to understand oneself deeply and the willingness to evolve beyond old patterns and beliefs. Kim explains that growth is a natural rhythm of life, similar to how nature and seasons change, and she encourages us to embrace change rather than staying stuck out of fear. She highlights that awareness creates choice and that meeting oneself with compassion rather than judgment is the ultimate act of self- love. Kim invites us to reflect on areas where we might be called to evolve and suggests resources for those ready to deepen their self understanding and growth.

All the essential oils mentioned in this show can be found at www.twenty8.com.

Don’t forget to use your Self Love Podcast special code below.

Links to follow:

Website: https://twenty8.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials

Quotes:
The best life is not found outside of you. It is found in your willingness to understand who you really are.
Self love is ultimately the courage to truly know yourself.
Evolution is one of the most natural rhythms of life.
You are here to awaken.
Your triggers, all the things that activate you or push buttons, are in fact your greatest teachers.
Shadow work is about bringing light to the unconscious parts of you that have been driving your behaviours without you even knowing it.
The moment you become aware of your patterns, or your limiting beliefs, or your sabotaging behaviour, you stop living on autopilot.
Instead of judging yourself, you start to meet yourself with compassion.
It is not about perfection, but compassion.
Living your best life is not about becoming someone else. It is about becoming more you.
Self love is not a destination. It is a lifelong journey of awareness, healing, growth, compassion and evolution
 

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THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!

If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com

SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison

Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!

Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

PODCAST SPONSOR:
Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/
DISCOUNT CODE:
Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast

LINKS:

Twenty8 Essentials
Website: https://twenty8.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/

Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com

Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery

Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/

Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship

Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101

Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/

Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining

MUSIC INTRO & OUTRO
Many thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

In this episode, Kim speaks with Paul Eliseo who shares his powerful journey from struggling with anxiety and panic attacks as a teenager to becoming a respected mind-body coach, hypnotherapist and NLP trainer. The conversation explores how our identity, unconscious beliefs, and emotional triggers shape the reality we experience, and how awareness can become the catalyst for lasting personal transformation. Paul and Kim dive into topics including mindset, self-reflection, money beliefs, emotional triggers, and the brain’s filtering systems, offering practical insights for reframing limiting patterns and creating new possibilities. They also discuss the importance of conscious growth, self-love, and evolving beyond old identities, while sharing exciting updates about upcoming NLP and hypnotherapy trainings, future programs, and a new chapter ahead for Paul and Juliet as they prepare for major life and business changes

About Paul
Paul Eliseo is the founder and head presenter for Personal Development companies Evolve & Relaunch and Evolve Mind & Body Coaching.

Paul presents courses and workshops all over Australia and has presented to businesses such as ANZ, WESTPAC, BANK SA and has also presented at the mental health conference, the Whole Life expo and the senior’s convention.

Paul teaches and mentors people to take a holistic approach to create success.

His definition of Self Love is: Self love is understanding your values and understanding that you have a unique point of view and perspective of the world and loving and accepting that.

Self love is acknowledging and accepting yourself as you are, but also acknowledging, if you want to change, allowing yourself to do that. It is living your values and noticing that everyone does have different values and just being authentically true to you.

His favourite quote is: It is never too late to relaunch your life from Juliet Lever.

Links to follow:

Website: https://pauleliseo.com/ and https://evolveandrelaunch.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauleliseo/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/evolvemindbodycoaching/

Quotes:
My body and mind were not functioning right.
If I could start to master what is happening in my head, my body will follow.
As my fears grew bigger, my world grew smaller.
The ones that really made the shifts were the ones that the mindset was aligned to it.
Pain is the thing that will bring the most awareness and attention to you.
PAIN- Pay attention, Integrate now.
Most of what we do throughout the day is unconscious.
Reality itself is an illusion.
We need to constantly update our maps and models of the world because the world is changing all the time.
MAP- Models, Associations and Programming.
We are going to find things that are aligned with what we think and feel about ourselves.
The world mirrors you.
You update the software on your phone more than you update the software in your head,
You can’t escape yourself. So wherever you go, you are going to be there.
If your identity and your beliefs and your values don’t match your goals, you are going to fall to the level of what you have unconsciously got running in the background.
The event doesn’t mean anything. We make meaning out of nature and reality.
You have the power.
What we see and judge in others we are unconsciously doing that to ourselves.
If you have a trigger, it has a lot of energy.
Shit is fertiliser for growth.
Nothing outside of you can hurt you unless you let it.
You can evolve by choice or by chance.
The world doesn’t have to change, the way you see the world can change.
People feel their best when they are growing and progressing.
Challenge yourself in a way that inspires you, because you are going to be challenged anyway.
Confusion always just means you are doing something you haven’t done yet.
Whatever is happening in your world is perfect for you right now and just enjoy the ride.
 

SELF LOVE PODCAST SPONSOR LINKS

THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!

If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com

SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison

Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!

Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

PODCAST SPONSOR:
Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/
DISCOUNT CODE:
Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast

LINKS:

Twenty8 Essentials
Website: https://twenty8.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/

Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com

Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery

Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/

Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship

Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101

Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/

Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining

MUSIC INTRO & OUTRO
Many thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

In this Quicky of the Self Love Podcast, Kim explores how to reframe the relationship with hormones and the body by seeing hormones as messengers rather than problems to fix. She encourages us to view the body as an intelligent ecosystem, paying attention to signs like fatigue or irritability as important forms of communication instead of something to suppress. Kim shares a powerful message around self-love, body acceptance, and gratitude, inviting us to appreciate our body’s natural ability to restore balance and to practice speaking lovingly to ourselves in the mirror. This episode is a reminder that true self-love comes from listening to, honouring and trusting the body with compassion and reverence.

All the essential oils mentioned in this show can be found at www.twenty8.com.

Don’t forget to use your Self Love Podcast special code below.

Links to follow:

Website: https://twenty8.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials

Quotes:
What if, instead of seeing your hormones as a problem to fix, you saw them as a language to understand.
Your hormones are messengers constantly communicating with what you need.
They are just signs that something within you is asking to be heard.
Your body is not a machine. It is a deeply intelligent intuitive, ever changing ecosystem.
Every cycle, every shift, every sensation. It is part of the intricate, miraculous design of being a woman.
Instead of comparing your body to someone else’s, come home to your own.
Instead of asking, what’s wrong with me, what if you could ask, what do I need right now?
Self love is not about controlling the body, it’s about listening to it, honouring it, and being in awe of it.
Everything that your body gives you is a sacred signal, guiding you back to you, to yourself.
 

SELF LOVE PODCAST SPONSOR LINKS

THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!

If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com

SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison

Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!

Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

PODCAST SPONSOR:
Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/
DISCOUNT CODE:
Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast

LINKS:

Twenty8 Essentials
Website: https://twenty8.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/

Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com

Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery

Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/

Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship

Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101

Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/

Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining

MUSIC INTRO & OUTRO
Many thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/

In this episode of the Self Love Podcast, Kim Morrison speaks with integrative chiropractor and women’s health expert Dr Andrea Huddleston about supporting hormonal health through every stage of a woman’s life. Andrea shares how her personal family experiences led her into reproductive and hormonal health care and explains why many symptoms women are told to “just live with” are often signs of deeper imbalances that can be addressed holistically.

Together, they explore the menstrual cycle, stress, sleep, nutrition, perimenopause, menopause, cholesterol and the powerful connection between hormones, the nervous system, and overall wellbeing. Andrea offers practical insights into supporting hormone health through protein, healthy fats, blood sugar balance, weight training, stress reduction, and community connection, while also discussing the role of chiropractic care and individualised approaches to wellness.

The conversation also reframes perimenopause as a sacred recalibration rather than a decline in a woman’s life. Dr Andrea would be delighted to return for a future Q&A episode focused on women’s health. If you have any questions you would like addressed, please send them to [email protected]

About Dr Andrea
Dr Andrea Huddleston is a leading global authority in women’s health and a respected educator, speaker, and clinician whose work is helping redefine how women are supported through every stage of life. She is an integrative chiropractor with two postgraduate Master’s degrees in Women’s Health Medicine and Reproductive Medicine, her work spans hormones, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum care, menstrual health, and perimenopause, with a
strong focus on translating complex science into meaningful, practical support for women.

Andrea is the owner of Sage Health, a multidisciplinary women’s health practice in Fremantle, and is the co-host of the award-winning Wellness Women Radio podcast, Andrea connects with millions of listeners worldwide who have affectionately titled her ‘The Period Whisperer’ !

However, most importantly, she’s an avid coffee addict and ‘crazy dog lady’!

Her definition of Self Love is: My definition of self love is an honouring of our highest good. What is in your true heart of hearts. What is going to give you the most joy and the most peace.

Her favourite quote is: Women are the closest thing a man knows to God. And sex is the ultimate form of worship.

Links to follow:
Website: https://www.drandrea.com.au/ and https://www.sagehealthwa.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drandrea.xo/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theperiodwhisperer/
Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wellness-women-radio/id1037216440

Quotes:
I was probably always destined to be obsessed with women’s health.
All of the women around me were dotted with some sort of hormonal dysfunction.
Women go through the most excruciating pain and dysfunction that is not normal.
This is my life’s work. I am so incredibly passionate about supporting women and helping them to know that all of those symptoms and that suffering is not normal.
We are designed for hormonal balance for the entirety of our life.
The modern life that we are exposed to is not conducive for balance.
The way that we view the incredible, beautiful design of a woman’s body is so distorted.
There are oestrogen receptors on almost every single part of our body, which goes to show that it has a role to play in almost all our functions.
Progesterone is nature’s Valium.
Our bodies are just so remarkable and extraordinary.
Our bodies are so intelligent.
Nurturing the nervous system is imperative.
Sometimes eating breakfast, eating a protein rich breakfast, can be one of the most nurturing things that they can do for themselves and their hormones.
Women have a biological imperative to spend time with their girlfriends.
When women spend time with other women, it reduces our cortisol and it increases our progesterone.
That time that they are spending with girlfriends is critical.
It is the tending and befriending that women need as part of their stress reduction strategy.
The nervous system is your flow of consciousness. It controls and regulates every part of your body.
The body gives us this beautiful roadmap of everything that is going on.
Perimenopause absolutely does not have to be the beginning of the end.
It really is a sacred recalibration.
 

SELF LOVE PODCAST SPONSOR LINKS

THANKYOU FOR LISTENING… If you would like to share your feedback on this podcast please head to my Facebook and Instagram pages below. Thanks so much if you take the time to give me a 5-star rating on iTunes so that others find this podcast easily and I sincerely appreciate all of your feedback and comments. It makes it all worthwhile as I know this podcast can plant a seed where big things can indeed grow!

If you would love to work with Kim one on one coaching or be a part of her Self Love & Wellness Mentorship Program to continue to master the art of self-love click here – www.kimmorrison.com

SIGNATURE ‘ESSENTIAL SELF CARE WEEKEND’ EVENT with Kim Morrison

Immerse yourself in a whole weekend for you, dive into the powers of your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and how essential oils can create magic and change in your life. Learn the importance of self-care and what it means to indulge and recharge every day… after all you deserve it!

Click here for more information and locations for your Standard or VIP ticket – https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

PODCAST SPONSOR:
Twenty8 Essentials – https://twenty8.com/
DISCOUNT CODE:
Discount Code for SLP Listeners – selflovepodcast

LINKS:

Twenty8 Essentials
Website: https://twenty8.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty8essentials
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twenty.8.essential/

Kim Morrison Website: www.kimmorrison.com

Essential Self Mastery Program: https://www.kimmorrison.com/essential-self-mastery

Essential Self Care Weekend: https://twenty8.com/events-and-workshops/

The Art Of Self Love – https://twenty8.com/product/the-art-of-self-love/

Self-Love & Wellness Mentoring Program – https://www.kimmorrison.com/mentorship

Essential Oils 101 Program – https://www.kimmorrisontraining.com/essential-oil-101

Kim Morrison Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimmorrison28/

Kim Morrison Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimMorrisonTraining

MUSIC INTRO & OUTRO
Many thanks to Wes and Charlotte Carr – https://wesleydeanmusic.com/