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Overcoming Depression, Anxiety and Trauma through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Georgia interviews trauma survivor Shantelle Thompson. Shantelle is a mum, storyteller, athlete, speaker, educator, role model, mentor, facilitator and business owner. She is an activist and social entrepreneur who...
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Shape Your Life: Trauma Informed Boxing
Georgia interviews Cathy Van Ingen from Brock University in Toronto, Canada. Cathy is a researcher looking at gender-based violence, boxing, trauma-informed physical activity, geographies of sport and physical...
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Mindfullness is the mising ingredient in MMA
In this episode Georgia interviews Shawn Desjardins from Mindful Martial Arts in Toronto, Canada. Shawn and Georgia discuss:The history of Brazilian jiu jitsuThe origins of mindful martial artsShawn's experiences as a...
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Somatic Experiencing: Animals shake off traumic events but us humans think too much
Anne Mathison is a somatic experiencing psychotherapist. She helps trauma survivors understand how their biology, sympathetic nervous system and vagus nerve have been impacted by their response to the trauma and works...
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A Fighter's Mindset: Daring to feel fear and doing it anyway
Sonja is a badass female psychologist from Finland who stared taikwondo because it looked like fun when her son did it! She helps people increase their self efficacy, find resilience and ways to feel alive and cope...
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Martial Arts Are Better Than Running!!
This week in Australia, gyms reopen after being closed for 3 months due to COVID-19. In this episode Georgia discusses some of the reasons why everyone is so keen to stop running and get back to martial arts - beside...
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"You kicked me in the head!"
April Dimase is an Australian woman with a history of family trauma and domestic abuse. She started kickboxing after being inspired by MMA fighters like Ronda Rousey and quickly fell in love with the empowering...
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Why Martial Arts Make You Happy
The title pretty much says it all. In this episode Georgia reviews a review by Adam Croom called "Embodying martial arts for mental health: cultivating psychological well-being with martial arts practice".Ā Georgia...
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Meet Georgia!
Why did Georgia start The Fight Back Podcast? In this episode Georgia tells her Martial Arts Story and hints at some of the lessons she has learned in her journey so far.Ā The book Georgia mentions is called 'The Body...
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