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Okay. Okay, before we leave, can you do that again for us? Yeah, sure we do. Welcome to the Rave Podcast. I'm Coral, and I'm Natalie, and we're here to help you rave your game of Raving the Next Generation. We want to help the people in your life and inspire you to live your life the way that you choose. Ready to raise some questions? Well, so are we. Hello. This is really nice. Well, hello. Hi. Hi. Are you going to wear headphones for it? No, definitely not. No, but we're just testing. I'm just testing out the sound, testing, testing. I feel like it sounds really good. Can you speak again? Can you hear me well, or should I move it up like this? How's that? Much better. Like a millimeter lower? No, like up. Yeah, point, yeah. How's that? Yeah, that sounds good. That's okay? Yeah, I think so. Yeah, because I even feel like the angle of the way you're facing, do you feel comfortable? Yeah. I feel like I look a little bit too relaxed. But it's kind of nice to be relaxed, I think. No, that's true. Okay, so I'm going to take these off and we're actually going to start recording our first, our very first episode, guys. I might even, I feel nervous to take them off because I can hear the sound right now. But as long as we stay, yours is, you're fine, you can hear you, okay? Yeah, yeah, really good. And mine, I won't move from here. Okay, and is my angle okay? Do I look, should I take these off? Yeah, take them off. It's so weird when you take them off. Because I feel like it sounds, yeah. So does it, everything, okay, my T-shirt, everything is alright? You look great. You've got a bit of hair. Yeah. Is that better? Yeah, better. All good? I think so. Okay, are we ready to go? It's weird because I feel like we're just, literally me and you having a chat now. Yeah, I kind of wish we didn't have to do the intro and like, hello, and we could just jump in. And just chat while we're here. And now we need to do the intro. Okay. It feels too quiet, I don't know why, it's so funny. Okay, can you play the intro again? Shall we do it again? Yeah. Also, because I was listening through that, so it sounded a bit different. Yeah, okay. Welcome to the Raise podcast. I'm Coral. And I'm Natalie. And we're here to help you raise your game whilst raising the next generation. We want to help put the power in your hands and inspire you to live your life the way you choose. Ready to raise some questions? How are we? How are we? Hello, guys. Hi. Hi, everybody. So, welcome to the Raise podcast, episode number one. So, as you heard, I'm Coral. And I'm Natalie. And we're here to help you raise your babes and raise your game. That's not that good, I think. But no, it's good to just, okay. Yeah. I feel like it sounded good after listening to that, but I don't think we can listen again, can we? We can do it as many times as we want, if it helps get in the flow. Yeah, I think it's good. I can even start it, actually. 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It's like, you know, in WKDs, it's like we have done every form of eating and I cannot tell you, again, with the fight waking up at five, but if you can choose to eat whole foods, it will 100% change your life and how you feel every day, your energy levels, your skin, your hair, your mood, everything. It's incredible. Your body, evidently, obviously, the better you eat, the better you're going to feel and, you know, look. But what Nathalie and I, I think, have found is that we've, because we've tried every diet, we have now chosen to eat in a way that makes the most sense to us. If we look back at our ancestors and how they evolved over time, it just makes absolute sense. Doesn't it? And I think when the penny drops and you're like, of course. Yeah. Why would we eat any other way? The food pyramid isn't there, but actually, I think it should be the other way around. We both do. And we have now both chosen to follow a diet of single ingredients. It's called an animal-based diet, but it's prioritizing meat, fruit, eggs, raw dairy, if you're going to have dairy, raw honey, fish. And that's kind of it, isn't it? So we had a bit of a drama. I was looking at my plate in my head and I was waiting for you to finish and I didn't realize you were going to finish. I'll finish. Yeah, I think it's just stripping back and simplifying it, isn't it? And I think, I was having a conversation the other day and it's like, as a society, we have overcomplicated food. Even dinner portions or what you should be having on what it makes a dinner plate. It's kind of like your carbs. Macros, yeah. All of it together is like a full plate. And I remember, I think you actually started changing that perception for me in just a meal doesn't, like meals now can be minced meat and a fried egg on top with parmesan and that's it. Sounds so good. I'm hungry. But before, I'd be like, that's not dinner. Do you know what I mean? It's like the perception of what actual food or what constitutes as an actual meal. Like in society, it's like if you went to a restaurant, it's very much, you know, it's like... Presentation and different ingredients, but you can strip it back. And you have to fill your plate with all these different things. But now it's just the simplifying of it. And I just think that's just... It works, doesn't it? It works and it's just so simple, easy and good. And now it's funny because I used to look at food for, or a meal plan, for example, for weight loss. So I'd look at calorie, you know, the calories in it or something like that. But now I look at it, I would look at a food as to what minerals I'm getting, like the nutrients that are in that food. So if I see, say, an egg, I would see that it has all these certain vitamins and fats that my body needs rather than... It's like looking at what it's giving me rather than what... It's not restricting anything. And I don't count calories. I don't think you do either. And I always feel full, always feel energetic. And I don't actually feel restricted in this diet either. And I think what's interesting is that even looking back from, I don't know, 10 plus years ago, it's like butter. So butter is like a food that we... I eat everything. I put butter in absolutely everything. And I know you love butter. But there would be a time when I'd be like, that's so fattening. Like, I can't have butter. That's demonized. Yeah. And that is just changing the mindset of it. Like, I eat so many fat, like high fat, you know, avocado, butter, eggs, like all these things. And it's like, it doesn't... Sorry, but... You know what I mean? That doesn't make you fat, basically. If you're eating the right healthy fat, like there's nothing wrong with it and it tastes so good. Yeah. And I think this is a whole other topic that we can delve into more deeply. But it's looking... I think basically the intuitive eating aspect is looking at what is fueling your body. Yeah. Seeing food as fuel as opposed to what society is just like a constant, what is it, isn't that? What food? I don't even know. It's like, again, it's all overcomplicated, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah. There's an easier way to simplify it and eat good food. Yeah, totally. And I mean, honestly, even sometimes I'll have raw cream with strawberries and maple syrup, for example, as a dessert. And each of those... Really? Yes. But each of those foods individually has so many good fats and nutrients and it is such a treat. Yeah. And even something with parmesan, people would see that as like a naughty food, wouldn't they? Yeah. It's so freaking tasty. Even like an omelette with parmesan is so good. When you made me that omelette with parmesan and I was like obsessed and I kept making it at home. And cooked in butter. Cooked in butter. Honestly, delicious. I love how over enthusiastic we are about this. But honestly, it is such... Yeah. It's so tasty, isn't it? So good. Yeah. And I think it's just... I think we need to have a full on episode about... About why we eat... Eating and... What we eat. Yeah. Yeah, totally. Soon to come, guys. But yeah, so number two is basically us just kind of eating intuitively as to... And just following what makes sense as to why we eat what we eat. It just makes sense, doesn't it? It's like really quickly, I'm just going to touch on this because I love talking about this. But for example, people ask why we don't really eat many vegetables. And if you actually look at a, for example, a banana plant, you wouldn't look at the leaf of a banana plant and say, oh, that looks really tasty, would you? You would look at the part that looks the most colorful and appealing to a human and actually naturally tastes appealing. Or a strawberry, if you don't eat the strawberry leaf, you eat the fruit of that. And I think that is, whether you want to say God's way or the universe's way or the earth's way of saying, this is what you're supposed to eat. It's the most... And that's what you would gravitate naturally before you society told you what to eat. Or honey. How fucking good is honey? You know, it all tastes so naturally good to humans. And actually, interestingly, when I followed a keto diet, that was one of the things that didn't make sense to me as to why you couldn't eat fruit. Yeah, I remember you saying that. Yeah, because it's so naturally good to humans. So anyway, go with your intuition, guys. Number three is our workout routine. Claire, what do you do to look so good now? I've got to know. I've got to know. We all need to know your secret. This girl. Literally, goddess. Stop. Have you seen yourself? No, but... Come on. Okay, quickly, really quickly. It's so unfair because I'm, what, about a foot shorter than you? And so Natalie and I could eat the same and do the same workout. And she's just got legs for days and abs for days. I'm lucky because it's more distribution and I've got a longer body. No, I'm not lucky, I'm joking. But it's just unfair, basically. She's got the good genes. I mean, I can share some with you. Let's take them off. Please. No, so what do you do? I'd love to know, Nat, what do you do to look the way... Not even look the way you do because it's not all about looks, obviously, with exercise. No, and actually, what's really interesting is someone asked a question the other day and they were like, what is your purpose for working out? And honestly, for me, my mind, like the sanity it gives me, like for my mental health, is just incredible. That's almost as important as how it makes my body physically look and feel as well. But yeah, so I switch up between home workouts and going to the gym. And what do you do when you go to the gym? I do, so if we're really going to kind of break it down... I don't think fully, fully, but I just summarise what you do. So I would use the stair trainer first for like cardio or do uphill walking. I know you love an uphill, incline walk. And then I focus on weight and I love lifting weights, Nat. I never thought I'd be that girl. No, but it's weird, isn't it, because I think we have this preconception that lifting weights is going to make you bulky. Yeah, and I definitely had that idea, that thought process. And even I've said to my, you know, Gus, being like, I don't want to work out my arms too much because I don't want them to be too muscly. And it's like realising actually now what works. But the strength and the way that it makes my body feel in comparison to when I didn't lift weights is incredible. I honestly feel like it's been the biggest game changer. And I know it's kind of getting traction now, isn't it? Like a lot of people are kind of focusing on weights and how it's benefiting the body, but I just totally love it. And what's interesting is both of these, all of what you just said isn't raising your cortisol too much. And I think that's really important. I think we're a society that felt like we needed to sweat as much as we could and jump around as much as we could and burn as many calories as we could. And actually, I think that has a negative impact on our bodies. On our stress levels as well. Yeah, and how I just don't... When I used to do HIIT, I'd feel so inflamed and puffy and my body almost felt... You could feel my blood almost going around my body. I didn't feel calm. And I think the world is so stressful as it is anyway that I think adding more stress to that just isn't beneficial for our bodies. It's more just doing like slower, intentional movements. And that's why Pilates is so good. Oh, my God, yeah. And I'm not... I know you're not really a big cardio person. Not anymore. I used to be. I do not go for runs. Like, I don't do... It's more slow and intentional, and that's what works for my body. Yeah, and a home workout. I know Nat touched on that as well. But if you're a mum, like, it only needs to be ten minutes. Yeah. Sometimes I'll just do a ten-minute ab because in my pyjamas. I'll literally get up and put my ankle weights on, still with my pyjamas on, and just do a little ten-minute workout. And then that's only ten minutes of your day. You haven't got to find the time to go to the gym or leave the kids in any way. You can literally do it at the foot of your bed. And there are so many good platforms now. Yeah. Like, even YouTube, or if you're going, you know, directly for, like, Pilates platforms. I know you've got... you've used quite a few different platforms, haven't you? Yeah. But even YouTube's so good for 15, 20 minutes. Yeah. No, I do one of my weight... Yeah, do you? Ali and I use... is a guy called Daniel PT, and we follow his weight training. Yeah. And, again, that's free, isn't it? It's free. Yeah. You can do it whenever you want. Everyone's got, like, 10, 20 minutes you can squeeze in. Yeah. It's just so good. And you'll always feel so much better. Yeah. Yeah. For it. And then I've got little ones kind of running, or a little one running around me while I'm trying to do it, but... Yeah. And I think it's even the thing of that you can wake up. That's OK. That's OK, guys. This is the first episode. Oh, my God. That's so funny. Mum, go away. I didn't even know it could do that. That's so funny. I'm probably just going to turn this off because... That's OK. What were we saying about... About, yeah, just doing it in your pyjamas. You don't need, like, fancy workout gear. You can literally... Oh, what, when you're doing it from home? Yeah. Just get up and do it the first thing. But if you do want, if you do feel the need, sometimes one hack that I do is I lay out my workout clothes the night before, and then you're going to bed with the intention of working out, and you just put them on. In fact, when I first started the 5am club, I'd actually sleep in my workout clothes so that I wouldn't... That was such a good... Yeah. I used to do that when you did that, and I was like, it just works. Because you jump out of bed. You're ready. Yeah. You don't even have to think about, yeah. And also, you're not that comfy in your pyjamas, and you kind of, you know you're ready to go. You're ready to go, yeah. So it just gets you up and out. Yeah. Oh, one thing, really quickly, I want to touch on with the 5am club, because I have to share this hack, is setting other alarm clocks. So I have three alarm clocks, and one of them I put in my kitchen, and I do it for like 10 minutes at like 10 past 5, for example. And it means that I'm so afraid of the alarm going off, and waking up the whole house, and I put it next to the kettle. So I'll come down, turn the alarm off, and then it's next to my kettle. So I turn the kettle on, and I have that kind of incentive of having my coffee. Nice. And it's just these little hacks that I feel like make such a difference. I feel like I couldn't do that yet in my house, because there's still co-sleeping and stuff. I'm so scared of waking up the kids, or often my alarm will go off if I'm in their bed. Then I have to get them to sleep before I can get out of bed. Sometimes, that 10 to 15 minutes of like trying to make sure that they're asleep before I can get out is so hard. How do you not fall asleep? No, but sometimes I do, and then that's even more annoying. Yeah. And I'm trying to get you back to sleep, and then you just fall back to sleep. Oh my gosh, I would so not be able to do that. It's a fair play. That takes some motivation. Depending, yeah, where your kids are sleeping and stuff. But yeah, you've got a good lockdown routine. Yeah, I'm glad that you brought that up though, because I'm not in that stage of parenthood yet. You've got kids that sleep and stay in bed. Sorry, guys. But I have been there. I have been there. We'll do this on the other side. We'll get there. You'll get there. Light at the end of the tunnel. Okay, what's up? Next. Our next habit. Next habit is time blocking. Okay. And I know that's something that me and you both love to do. Planning, prepping. To-do lists. Love it. We love it. And I just love the concept of time blocking and breaking down your day and planning out your day before. Yes, I think you do it a bit more structured. I quite like the way that you do it. And, again, it's quite interesting, I think, how different people do it. Yeah, but I'd love to see how you did it. It's a bit like seeing other people stationary. It's like mouth water. So you proper block your time, don't you? Yeah. Talk to us about that, because I love it. Well, I just find that if I am really intentional with my time, then if I look at my day, it's like, no, that time is set out for that. And as I told you earlier, one thing that I found really helped, I saw Sammy Clark talk about this on a YouTube video, and I just loved it. So you get yourself a sand timer, like I've got a 15-minute one, and within that 15-minute time, whatever you've blocked out to do, whether it be putting your washing away, whether it be replying to some emails, I turn over my sand timer, and I have to solely focus on that task, no distractions, no phone, until the sand has run out. And I cannot tell you how much I get done. I think as a mum as well, you know how precious time is, and I will just absolutely smash out what I'm doing. And then it's almost like my incentive at the end of that, like my little treat, my carrot at the end of that, is that I'm allowed to look at my phone. So I'm like, I do it on... So I have my 15 minutes, and it's like, okay, I can check my phone for five minutes. So it's like breaking down those periods of time, because otherwise, if I don't do that, I'll fold a couple of clothes, and then go, oh, I need to check that quickly on my phone. And then all of a sudden, 10 minutes is gone. So whatever you're using it to do, productivity-wise, just having those blocks of time, I think, makes such a difference. And do you tend to plan out your days in the morning? Or like, when's the best time? Yeah, I do it in the morning. I do my week on a Sunday night. I love a Sunday night planning. We love a Sunday prep. But my day in the morning, because I feel like it sets me up for the day as well. 100%. With my coffee, and then I can kind of... It's almost, and actually, Brian, he was talking about this the other day, and it's almost visualising your day before it happens. So you can kind of go through the day and plan how you want it to be, and how you envision it. And that's, again, the power of waking up at five, isn't it? You're being intentional with the day. And then waking up and starting, and everything being thrown at you, you're kind of starting the day with control. Well, rushing is one of the most stressful things. Like, if you're trying to get yourself and girls out of the house, how stressful is it when nothing is going to plan and you're running late? Yeah, we still have those days. Yeah, of course. Yeah. But if you allow yourself more time, it's just... Usually, you're not rushing as much, unless... As much, yeah. We still rush hours, still. There's always those ten minutes, aren't there? You know, but no, it's, yeah. I love a good time-blocking session. We'll go into this in a bit more detail on another episode, because I just love... And even Sunday planning. Like, I think that is one of the best times of the week, isn't it? To kind of, like, prep for the week ahead. Yeah, and I think we would have, in previous years, we would have just been hung over on a Sunday. And I used to see Sundays as a time when I would, like, binge and eat shit food, and then you wake up on a Monday and you feel horrendous. And I think using your Sundays in a kind of more productive way to set up the week has such a positive impact on your week. The whole week. Yeah, literally. If you start your Sunday... If you finish your Sunday right and your Monday, you start your Monday off well. Yeah. Literally. I love it. Yeah. OK, so, this number five. I don't know. You've got the list over there. Three, four, five. OK, this one's being more in tune with your circadian rhythm. OK, so to people who don't... who might not know what your circadian rhythm is, it's kind of being in tune with nature's rhythm. Sleep cycle. Sleep cycle, sleep and wake. Sleep and wake cycle, yeah. Sleep and wake cycle. So for Natalie and I, we found in the last few years that exposing ourselves to sunrises and sunsets, it might sound a bit woo-woo and, you know, a bit kind of hippy-dippy. But it's not. And it is, but it's also scientifically and physiologically extremely powerful too. Again, when we were evolving as humans, we would have woken up with the sun and gone to sleep with the sun. Sunset. Yeah, as the sun set. And instead, we're wired to this blue light constantly. Constant screens, isn't it? And indoors, and we're not exposed to natural sunlight. And actually, if you go outside in the morning and expose your eyes to that very, very first morning light as the sun is rising, it really helps to wake your body up and gives you so much energy throughout the day. And there's so much scientific research. So much scientific research about that. So not only does it make you feel amazing, and again, as you said, it's like, what were you saying earlier about the way it's like the calming effects? Yeah, it's like one of the most, especially with the sunrise, it's like one of the most peaceful times of day. Yeah. And it's really grounding. It's like, I can't remember what I said. I think you were just saying about how it's like the start of a new day as well. Oh, it symbolizes new beginnings. Yeah. Yeah, it symbolizes new beginnings, and it is. It's like, yeah, you have the whole day ahead of you. You get to control and have the power over that. And then with sunsets, it's being reflective, isn't it, and grateful, and having that moment to just reflect and be present, I suppose. But again, that's with all the rhythms, I suppose, with life. Now we've kind of gone against that. Like we come in, we switch our light bulbs on. We then watch TV or we go on our phones, and that actually is having the opposite effect and actually has a physiological effect on our digestion and everything. So just trying to be in tune. And when you can, even just stick your head out your window and just get that morning light or just be a little bit aware about so many lights being on at nighttime. It's like really try and wind down and get yourself in sync with nature's rhythms. Yeah, because they say, don't they, it's like even being on your screens after dark. It's like the way that that impacts your body's kind of responses to winding down and melatonin. And it makes it harder for people. Some people really suffer and they struggle to sleep, all these things. But if you're just more in tune with that or get the blue blocker sunglasses. That's so sexy. But again, I feel like this is another episode. That's why I love all these topics. We're so passionate about them. So we're going to go into more detail about that. And then number six is turning off the TV. Turn it off, guys. No Netflix over here. No, we do occasionally. I mean, I watched a movie last night with my family. But it's that every night coming in and just sticking the screen on. Yeah, it's like all these series. You know, there's so much choice out there now, isn't there? After dinner, that's how a lot of people spend their time. Yeah, it's how you wind down. Yeah, it's like that's what people do in the evening. But also I think with us, waking up early means that we can't sit and binge on. And I'm one of those people as well. If I get into a series, I can't turn it off. And I think most of us are like that. So I know that by eight o'clock, I can't still be watching. I have to be doing my nighttime routine. So I can't let myself because I know how precious my mornings are. But it's just not worth it. Whatever I'm going to watch on Netflix is not worth me sacrificing that time. Yeah, and I think it's just like being intentional, isn't it? It's like, as you said, you watched a film last night. With my family. Yeah, choosing to watch something. But it's the constant daily. People just use it almost to zone out because they don't know what else to do, maybe with their time. Yeah, and I get it. It's exhausting. Life is exhausting. But the issue can be is that all of a sudden you look back and time has passed. And it's choosing how to use that time and not letting that being controlled. Like I was saying to Nancy earlier, it's so weird because we were just in Rome. And my daughter was asking about the Colosseum and what happened there with gladiators. And she was like, why did all these people go and watch other people kill each other? And we were Googling all these questions. And it was saying that basically the rich set up the Colosseum so that all the poor would go and be distracted and entertained to stop them revolting and or having a revolution. And it's kind of the same now in some ways. I see it's like they want to keep us distracted. I know. Sorry, I do. Yeah, you're going to get a lot of me. Basically, to keep us almost dumbed down and not to our full potential. It's like if you stay at this certain level and you just do what they say and eat what they tell you to eat and watch what they tell you to watch. They're keeping us in a certain level at a certain level of control. But they say it's not good for your mental health. Is it like all this constantly zoning out, watching TV? You know, you're not really achieving anything. And I think there's such a sense of purpose. You don't go to bed with a sense of satisfaction, do you? And if you say that you've been distracted and then you're like, oh, I really should have done this or done that. You know, utilize my time more effectively. I just think we're so time short anyway, aren't we? And especially even like I find sometimes the demands of motherhood in the day to day are so overwhelming and my time is so limited. Like I always have a child with me that when they're both asleep, I get to actually use that time for me. So it's like using it on or I'll go, you know, now it's like the sunset after they've gone to sleep. So I'll go and watch the sunset if there's a sunset or I'll do my nighttime routine, have a bath. You know, it's like slowing down and actually or working on passion projects like this. You know, it's like we have other things, I guess, goals that we want to achieve. And we basically don't have the time to do this. We can't waste time watching TV. Yeah, basically. It's like if you have goals and things and you feel like you don't have enough time, it's like just use those evenings. Switch it off. Yeah, just switch off the TV. Do something else, read, whatever. I don't feel, you know, it's like when people, you see it even on social media, like people talking about, oh my God, this series or, you know, whatever. I just don't even, I don't even have envy for it anymore. No, I used to though. Yeah, I used to. You had FOMO almost. Yeah, I was like, oh. And then something does look really good and you're like, actually, I'm going to choose and intentionally. Like, I'm sorry, mine is the Kardashians, guys. Like I, my guilty pleasure. I love the Kardashians. So, that's my one. I'm allowed. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Then, what are we on number seven? Okay. Things that help wake us. The F up. The F up. Wake the fuck up, guys. Oh my God, that's like Eddie Avu. Wake the fuck up. Do it again. No. Wake the fuck up. No, I'm joking. No, we need it. No, I'm joking. No, we need it. We frigging, you know, as mums, we need, we need that extra caffeine in it that's not caffeine. We need to just wake up. Forget energy. And we're going to tell you how we do it now. Yeah. Okay. So, body brushing. What are your thoughts called, Pearl? Well, I'm not awake without it, basically. If I forget, I actually bought an extra body brush so that I can keep one in my travel bag because I've forgotten it. Oh no. Because I've forgotten them before on trips and I'm like, ah, I wake up in the morning, I'm like hitting myself to try and wake myself up. But it's, I think it's just getting that lymphatic drainage moving. Like I know my, like Helena, she hits her body or shakes her body. It's like getting that energy moving. And now if I don't do some form of that, whether it be body brushing, some form of lip, getting that lymphatic drainage, your lymphatic system moving, I'm not awake. Yeah. I think it just makes such a difference. And even your skin, like it's actually really good for your skin, soft, supple skin. It exfoliates. Yeah. Gets rid of cellulite. Wow. I need some harder brushing than that, evidently. No. But yeah. No, but it's all that energy that it gives you. It's just, yeah. It's amazing. So we're going to quickly tell you now what Natalie and I do. We will body brush, so brush our whole bodies towards our heart quite vigorously. Then we'll get in a cold shower. Natalie does it hot to cold. I just go in for the cold. I literally just turn it straight on cold and then just get in the shower. Why would I want to make it warm where it's really toasty and cosy? And then... I actually think that feels the best. And they say that change in temperature is good for you, isn't it? What's it called? Oh, like as in hot to cold, right? Hot to cold, yeah. It's like sauna to cold, yeah. Yeah, fair enough. If you had to wash your hair, would you only have a warm shower or would you do... Oh my God, hair wash days are my treat. I have a full-on hot shower that does not go cold, sorry. That's one of my favourite parts. If I have to wash my hair, I'll have a warm hot shower. And then switch it to cold. What is on your head? Oh my God, cold. No, I have done it. Of course I've tried it. It gives me a headache. No, it feels so good. Ali does full-on cold, obviously with his head. He loves it. And I hear him like... In the shower. But again, I don't feel like I've properly woken up without the cold. It's the best way to wake up. The coldie, we call them. If you can have natural light, body brushing and cold showers... It's on. Game changer. It's on, bitches. I'm not waking the fuck up yet. And then if you can, if you have time, also some form of lymphatic drainage, even with your face, almost like a body washer and a face washer, if I have time as well, some form of facial and body massage. It's really good for de-puffing, isn't it? Yeah, but also detoxing, guys. If you've got toxins in your body, your lymphatic system will help to get rid of those toxins, so you have to keep that stimulating, you have to keep it moving, otherwise you're not going to detox. It enhances the detoxification of your body. Yeah, so that helps you. And it really helps with fluid retention, doesn't it? Yeah. If you're just... If you get puffy. Yeah, and that's quite good after flights, isn't it, as well? Yeah. Good idea with the travel one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, true. I use these compression leg things I got off a flight last night, and it makes... It's almost painful, I think, after flying sometimes. You know when you get that... It's like you can feel all that... The fluid. The fluid, yeah, the fluid retention. So, yeah, I used these compression leg things yesterday after the gym. So good. Good. Yeah. All that lymphatic drainage. OK, what's next? OK, next one is... What are we on now, what number? Number nine, guys. Ooh, it's nearly over! Number nine is mouth taping. And I know you were like... How did you first hear about mouth taping? I actually can't remember. I can't remember. Oh, yeah. I actually can't remember. Did they do something, or... Yeah, I think it was... Or they tried it. Yeah, and I just used to use the... You use the tape, don't you? I use the one that goes around... Wow. The Myotape. But I heard about it and all the benefits, and I feel like it's definitely having a moment right now. But guys, let me tell you, if you want to change the structure of your face, if you want to sleep more deeply and wake up with more energy... Also, by the way, the deeper you sleep, the more your body will be able to detoxify as well. So it's like, you really want to hack your sleep. Like, it's one of the biggest... In fact, I just have to go into this. I know I keep going off on tangents. I love a tangent. But this guy was saying, he's like an absolute biohacker, and he said you have to treat your sleep as a profession. So to feel the best and for your body to work the best way it's going to, you have to hack your sleep. And Myotaping is massive. I 100% agree. I feel like it's changed my sleep for the better, and how I wake up in the morning. Yeah. I love it. I sleep so much more deeply. Like, I've got an aura ring, and my sleep scores are so good. Yeah, really interesting. And you just wake up with more energy as well. Well, they say, don't they? So in comparison to mouth breathing, the oxygen exchange in your lungs is better with nasal breathing as opposed to mouth breathing. And it feeds the deeper parts of your cells if you can increase the oxygen in your body, and that's essentially what it's doing, isn't it? It's allowing your body to have more oxygen. And they also say for your oral microbiome, so if you get bad breath or you have any cavities or anything like that, it actually is really important to try and breathe through your nose instead of your mouth. Because I definitely know that I sleep with my mouth open. Most people do. Yeah, most people do. And even that dry mouth feeling in the morning is just horrible. But with mouth tape, you don't have that. No. Yeah, I definitely recommend it if you haven't tried it. Give it a try. Give it a go, because I'm just so impressed. So thank you, Coral Pearl. Always here with the hat. I love it. Okay, and then... Our final... Our final one is self-development learning, kind of listening to meditations and podcasts. It's like how we utilize our time. Yeah, I think it's trying to use our time more intentionally to better ourselves, I suppose, because if you better yourself, you're going to better everyone around you as well. So the more fulfilled you feel in your own life, it's only going to have a positive impact on any of your loved ones, whether you've got kids or a partner or just friends around you, the better you feel. I honestly feel like it's like a ripple butterfly effect, isn't it? And you will only help to elevate. The more you elevate, you're only going to elevate those around you as well. And the more that you learn and that you do for yourself, like if it's feeding something that you are passionate about or whatever, that gives you that achievement feeling. You get some achievement, yeah. Yeah. Totally. I think, and I know you do this, it's like listening to audio books or podcasts, like self-development ones in the car while you're driving or doing certain things that you would be doing anyway. It's like your habit stacking. Yeah, your habit. You're stacking those habits and just using that time that you'd be using anyway. Even sometimes when I'm folding and putting away clothes, I'll put a podcast on and then it actually makes the process enjoyable because I'm excited to listen to a podcast at the same time, rather than thinking, oh, I need to go and do that to listen to a podcast. Just put one on while you're doing what you're already going to be doing anyway and then you're growing at the same time. And I will always take some little nugget out of a podcast that will stay with me and I'll share with other people and I'll never regret listening to a podcast. You always take something out of it or an audio book. Yeah. And especially with the type of podcast that you're listening to, they're in line with self-development, kind of health, wellness, are they? Yeah. I think I'm a little bit self-development obsessed and sometimes I'm like, I might need to learn about something else. No. It's the passion, baby. I just wanted to highlight actually, because when being a mother and trying to find time to read, I find it quite difficult. And that's why audio books, I think, are so good. Because again, if you're in the car, I spend a lot of time in the car because we live kind of a bit out of the city, putting it on while I'm driving anyway. If I'm driving 35 minutes, that's already, you know, and it's the same way as a podcast, isn't it? So if you can't actually physically read something that you want to read, buy it on audio. Well, often they're like six hours long, say. So if you're doing half an hour, you could literally have read a book. And that's why, again, to me, it's finished. It's amazing. So yeah, just a little tip. No, but again, it's a habit-stacking feeling, isn't it? Yeah. And I think self-development is so integral now because we have so many things against us almost. It's like we were saying with the blue light, with the shit food, with everything. So to try and keep on top of, if you want to feel your best, basically, you've got to work at it. It is a lot of work. And learn about it. Like if you're not sure about something that you're kind of interested in. And the world is our oyster now with the internet and podcasts and audio books. People didn't have access to this now. And now we have so much knowledge at our fingertips. So just use it. And even like I, in the morning, sometimes I'll go for a walk and I'll listen to a meditation. And it will put me in such a different headspace. Like my friend Kerry and I say that we have this cheesy thing. We'll listen to a Mimi Bouchard podcast and we'll look at the trees. And even looking at the trees will just make us so happy. It just puts you in such a grateful. It switches. You can't be grateful and negative at the same time. Because it's actually a fact that it's impossible to feel both emotions at the same time. So if you listen to a frigging cheesy meditation and it puts you into that positive mindset, and that stays with you even for a little bit of your day. It often stays with me for the whole day. It's even like the tone of the music. Even that is just so powerful. Even just to slow down your heart rate and stuff. And that's so, yeah. It's such a shift. The nervous system and stuff is just so good. Yeah. I love it. So again, as we said, the last thing that has been a game changer for us is self-development. Yeah. And by listening to this podcast, guys. You will. You're going to be so sick of all our hacks and tips. Get your notebook ready, guys, because we are so excited. And I guess that's one thing actually that we've spoken about is there's so much knowledge out there. So much conflicting information now. I know a lot of people feel like it's so overwhelming, isn't it? The space if you aren't as knowledgeable yet about certain things in the health and wellness space. And we want to kind of simplify it, isn't it? Yeah. That's exactly what we want to do. And that's how we live our life. Most of the things that we do are very simple. It sounds like, I guess, a lot when you talk about it all at once. But actually, it's just breaking down and simplifying. Yeah. We want to cut out the noise and cut out the BS and help you guys with really simple things that you can do daily. Yeah. And also just it's like kind of sifting through everything, isn't it? And saying, well, that doesn't actually make sense. So just don't listen to that. Yeah. And we've tried and tested over the years so many different things. Yeah. We're just using experience, aren't we? Yeah. Of what has worked for us, what we know and love. Over the last 10 years, we just want to share what's worked for us. It's like giving you a little shortcut, basically. Everything we've tried will tell you what's worked and what hasn't. And we're really excited to start this journey with you guys, honestly. Cue along on the ride. This is the first episode. We will have other guests. You're not just going to have to listen to Natalie and I. Yeah. So the structure of the podcast, do you want to say about how we'll do the episodes? Yeah. So we were thinking we'll interview guests that we think have got really interesting conversations to have. I'm really excited for some of these. Oh, my God. Honestly, so excited. And then in between that, Natalie and I want to break down kind of little subtopic nuggets of information, you know, like little mini episodes, I suppose. And we'll touch on topics, just whatever we feel like we want to talk about with you guys or things that have helped us. We'll go into a little bit more information and more detail with you. And we're so excited. Sorry, I don't want to be cheesy. But we're really excited and we hope you've enjoyed this first episode. And please subscribe to us. I can't believe I just said that. Thanks for listening, everyone. If you're still here at the end of the episode, we really appreciate you. And see you next time. Bye. Did you just get that recorded or not? Did I? Please tell me.