Women of 1000 Words
Episode 1: Welcome to RAW RACOUS REAL
Hosts: Gina McClement (Psychotherapist, ADHD Expert) & Emily Rose Yates (Naturopath)
Duration: 00:19:30
[00:00:00] Intro Music: Why did I believe? I guess you were told to win again. Woman of a thousand words…
[00:00:14] Voiceover: Welcome to the podcast Women of a Thousand Words with your co-hosts, Gina McClement, psychotherapist and ADHD expert, and Emily Rose Yates, naturopath. We are committed to raw, real, and raucous conversation to help you thrive in a modern world.
[00:00:32] Gina McClement: Hello everyone, and welcome to Woman of a Thousand Words podcast. This is our Episode 1 and our intro to welcome you, our listeners, to what's going to be raw, raucous, and real conversations for women thriving in the modern world.
[00:00:52] Gina McClement: And here I'm sitting next to one of my besties, Emily. Oh, what do we want to tell everyone today, Em? I think we want to sort of tell them about why to listen to us on this podcast, and maybe a bit about why we're even doing it.
[00:01:07] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah. And who we are.
[00:01:09] Gina McClement: Yeah, maybe a little bit about who we are, huh? Okay, let's kick it off. So, we're going to do this by talking about what's going to be real, what's going to be raw, and, of course, how we're going to get raucous.
[00:01:23] Emily Rose Yates: 100%. And this is birthed out of deep conversations that we've been having on our morning walks. And we thought, "This needs to be recorded. We need to share this with the women of the world," because it was such powerful information, so real, and so raw. I feel like so many conversations are curated these days, and I really love our deep connection and conversation.
[00:01:48] Gina McClement: 100%, honey. And for our listeners from around the world: Em and I were routinely walking to the sunrise at Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia. It is a really inspirational location for those of you who have been there. We were just getting down and deep on so many topics. We were not just like—imagine if you were a fly on the wall—but we were like there are women walking in pairs, having this conversation together all over the world, right?
[00:02:24] Gina McClement: It was just, "My God, we need to actually bring this all together," because one thing you and I are both really into is the power of community.
[00:02:35] Emily Rose Yates: 100%, and connection.
[00:02:37] Gina McClement: Connection, community, and to bring it all together. And yeah, one day I just said to you—I looked at you deeply into your eyes—I looked at you and I said, "We should start a podcast."
[00:02:51] Emily Rose Yates: Yes! And I was a "hell yes." I was a full-body yes.
[00:02:55] Gina McClement: And she said yes! [both laugh]
[00:02:56] Emily Rose Yates: Wooh! And here we are!
[00:03:00] Gina McClement: Look, while we're talking about us, we are pretty raucous. We did look up the definition of that word, and it's "making a disturbing, loud, and harsh noise." While that might... I don't know, we decided our own definition is "a little bit of crazy," so we're running with that.
[00:03:21] Emily Rose Yates: We're running with that, yeah. I think our journeys are both walking on a path of becoming exactly who we are, like your brand, Walking in Your Own Shoes.
[00:03:32] Gina McClement: That's it—the shoes that were always your own.
[00:03:35] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah. As women, I think we come from such a tamed existence, especially women of our era. There's such a taming that happens over time. One of my most referenced books is—please read Untamed by Glennon Doyle.
[00:03:48] Gina McClement: Oh, I haven't read that.
[00:03:50] Emily Rose Yates: Oh, so good. Basically, the first few chapters, I was like a raging beast because I was like, "Has this actually happened to us? Is that the taming of society? Is that the taming of our parents?" The shock! And what the expectations are on women as opposed to men in this modern world. So I was just like, "Rawr!" And then I was like, "What could I do about it?" It's changed so much of my life just reading that book.
[00:04:16] Gina McClement: And the work you do, your dedication to moving women from surviving to thriving—women and mothers, moving them from surviving to thriving with everything that you do as an incredible naturopath. I mean, you look after my whole family and our whole community, right? And there's so much more to what you do. You offer therapy, connection, love, care, in a way that I think many of us would wish that all of our medical and health professionals who look after us... We all want to feel that sense of care, and it's really hard to get that. That's something really special about you and what you bring to your business and your clients, right?
[00:05:06] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah, thank you. That nurturing piece is really big for me, and a natural part of who I am, so thank you, I appreciate that. And apparently one of the most undervalued qualities, so thank you for acknowledging that. Let's talk about what you do. You do so many things!
[00:05:25] Gina McClement: Gosh! Which journey? Which adventure? We'll stick to the current adventure, because it is the adventure I was always meant to be on, 100%. So Living in Bloom is my relatively new baby, as you know. It is the summation of my life's journey. My "why" is basically helping everybody execute that human right to love themselves wholeheartedly. I truly believe everybody has that right, and so many of us don't have the start in life that permits that or is nurtured. I love walking alongside people, holding the torch for them, shining it into dark places in such a supportive way, and awakening them up to putting the shoes on that were always their own—the shoes they were born with that are unique to who they are, because that's how everybody's unique gifts are released into the world. That's at the core of my belief system and what I do. So yeah, I'm a counsellor, I'm a psychotherapist, I'm a grief therapist. I have a specialisation in ADHD. That's all my technical labels. But ultimately, why do I do what I do? That's why I do what I do, and why I love it.
[00:06:51] Emily Rose Yates: In every single interaction, there's some incredibly supportive, therapised version of what I'm talking about from you, and I love that. It's so helpful! I'm like, "It's literally like therapy, just hanging out with one of my besties." It's just like, "Oh yeah, right!"
[00:07:10] Gina McClement: We should all be talking about how, going back to society, we're so moulded to not have real conversations when someone asks you how you are, how your child is, what's happening with you, where you're at right now, what you're dealing with. We're conditioned to give these answers that lead to such futile interpersonal exchanges.
[00:07:41] Gina McClement: I participate because I'm a member of society as well, but to be honest, it is funny when people ask me that question and I give them the answer that authentically comes from me, you know?
[00:07:57] Emily Rose Yates: And they back away! [laughs] "Oh, shit!"
[00:08:02] Gina McClement: Like, "No, I was asking you the conditioned, societal version. I wasn't actually asking you what those words truly mean."
[00:08:12] Emily Rose Yates: Love that. So true!
[00:08:16] Gina McClement: And Em, let's talk a bit about how long... because you've been in private practice for so long now, and it's evolved so much since you started. So when did it start?
[00:08:27] Emily Rose Yates: I'm 16 years in. Every year I do the maths when I'm updating my bios and stuff, and I'm like, "Oh my God, how is that even possible? I feel like I haven't been on the planet that long." [laughs] But I've been in practice 16 years, and it's evolved, shaped, and supported my number-one role, which I feel like I'm here to do: be the best version of myself as a woman in the world, but also as a mum. It closes down every time I have a baby, and I had a lot of them! I've got three beautiful boys: 6, 9, and 12. Every time, the practice has supported me in my work, because I'm a better mum when I'm working. I totally get people that want to stay at home, and I think that's phenomenal—I think that's the hardest job on Earth, quite honestly. But by about four months, I got really itchy with the babies and I needed to be back doing what I love, because I feel like it keeps me in alignment. Like we've said before in conversation, there's nothing better than getting off yourself and getting into someone else's problems as therapy.
[00:09:30] Gina McClement: Yes, that's right!
[00:09:33] Emily Rose Yates: That's a little secret of therapists: we need to get off ourselves occasionally, and that's really therapeutic. So thank you to everyone that's come to see me in the last 16 years, because you've helped me immensely. I literally gain so much inspiration from my patients—their resilience, their incredible ways they overcome curveballs that come through life and chronic health issues. I am honestly in awe. It's such an intimate experience that I never take it for granted. I'm often the first person in the circle, bar the partner or husband, that knows that that person is pregnant. You're just like, "This is such a beautiful..."
[00:10:15] Gina McClement: Yeah, the gift of human intimacy, that you get to be a part of that person's inner world, and one of the first people. The privilege of that.
[00:10:29] Emily Rose Yates: The privilege of that never escapes me. I finish my day and go, "How is this even my work?"
[00:10:36] Gina McClement: 100%! And we get so trained on "confidentiality, confidentiality, confidentiality," and I get that. But the thing is—and I'm sure you're going to agree with me on this—when you experience that with another person, that word doesn't even need to be used, because...
[00:10:55] Emily Rose Yates: Of course! We're in a vortex.
[00:10:56] Gina McClement: That's right! When somebody shares with you like that, the respect and everything that's inbuilt in that experience with another human being... You don't even need to say those words. It's like, of course, this is your safe space in every way, to be in trust, right?
[00:11:18] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah. My formal qualifications are: I've done a Bachelor of Health Sciences. That's an umbrella term for a whole bunch of different things; it's a bit of a mishmash. You do a Bachelor of Health Sciences majoring in naturopathy, and then you do an advanced diploma in counselling, herbal medicine, homeopathy, and nutrition. Massage I did as well, but I never practiced that; I was way too sensitive for that.That launched me into private practice. There was no question I was going to always do that, though a lot of my colleagues did not. Apparently, it's like 1% or 2% of us that go into private practice.
[00:12:04] Gina McClement: Wow.
[00:12:05] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah, because there's so much needed, like all the business skills, and that wasn't included in our degree, so it's a really tricky transition.
[00:12:13] Gina McClement: You do all those hats so well! I mean, in 16 years now, I get it, so the learning that you've had along that way... But yeah, you run a first-class private practice business. Private practice, I think, is the only choice when you're like, "You know what? I've got to do this in alignment with my values and who I am, or I can't do it at all." If I'm going to do this work, it's got to be from my heart and my soul and my journey, and the way I want to honour others. When we work for someone else, that gets handed to us, and yeah, that's hard.
[00:13:01] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah. So, I've learned a lot along the way, and it still feels like I'm fumbling through it all; I don't feel like an expert at all.
[00:13:11] Gina McClement: But you are!
[00:13:12] Emily Rose Yates: But business is a mirror, right, like our children? All of the personal blocks... Business is like a mirror, and I feel like my business is as effective and as alive as I am. It's been a really amazing tool to keep me on track, doing the work and digging deep. If I'm in any personal crisis, my bookings drop off. My diaries are a reflection of how in alignment I am or what I'm working through, so it's very cool.
[00:13:41] Gina McClement: That's so true. I've had other people talk to me about that as well, that mirroring piece in terms of reflecting out around your business what's going on inside of you.
[00:13:55] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah, and that it's not a marketing strategy, it's not anything—it's my nervous system and how grounded I am to the Earth. So it keeps me in those practices to be able to show up to myself, my family, and others.
[00:14:10] Gina McClement: Well, we've got some great self-care episodes coming up, don't we?
[00:14:15] Emily Rose Yates: We'll share all of our favorite hacks.
[00:14:18] Gina McClement: Should we quickly shift over to what we're going to do for our audience? Because guys, this is the real bit, right? The whole reason that we wanted to have these conversations is because we wanted to share them, and we know women are having them everywhere, but we actually just wanted to be real about them.
[00:14:38] Gina McClement: One of our biggest goals in each episode, whatever topic we're tackling, is that we want to normalise it. We just want to make sure... what we want to do is to be real, and to really normalise the experiences of the topics we're talking about, right? Because they're not exclusive to people, are they? They're normal human experiences.
[00:15:13] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah. I feel like the more that we share and the more that we speak on these things is just the sensation of moving you to the next level, to the next upgraded version of yourself by hearing this and freeing out of something. That's our "why," isn't it? Let's get this in women's ears so that they can go, "Oh my God, I'm normal," and "Oh my God, of course I can walk that, because so many people have," with some actionable steps on how to do that, and to really upgrade our thinking and thought process so that we can be as powerful as we are.
[00:15:50] Gina McClement: 100%, that's right! In normalising it, we want everyone to really feel that sense of relief that they're not alone, they're not the only person to do this, but really hopeful in the fact that if other women are doing it, so can I, right? So can I.
[00:16:12] Gina McClement: Then that's it: we're going to leave everybody at the end of each episode with some hacks and help at livinginbloom.com.au which is my website, and at...
[00:16:23] Emily Rose Yates: EmilyRoseYates.com. Yeah! And the topics we really want to tackle—I mean, it's going to evolve, but...
[00:16:30] Gina McClement: They're raw!
[00:16:31] Emily Rose Yates: Yeah, they’re raw! Motherhood, parenting, trauma, grief, mind health, perimenopause and menopause—a big passion of mine—neurodiversity, therapy, naturopathy... I just find that I've got this special knack for education in order to give people action to take, so that if they understand what's going on in their body biochemically, they can figure out how to really help themselves. I find that really cool, so we're going to be tackling all of those issues.
[00:17:05] Gina McClement: Yeah, that's right, from one to the other—from a lived experience perspective, from a science perspective, from a guest speaker perspective. So if you're a woman or a mother, kind of 20-plus well into your 60s and 70s, we are going to have a conversation that's for you.
[00:17:24] Emily Rose Yates: Sure are!
[00:17:25] Gina McClement: And so in wrapping up our intro, we're not just inviting people to subscribe, but if you've got a topic, if you want to be on our podcast, or if you want us to talk or dig deep into a topic, then we invite you to not just listen, but to be part of this community. Em and I have a lot of lived experiences between us, but we certainly haven't had all of them. So we want to invite you to be part of our community—be part of real, raw, raucous; be a woman of a thousand words with us! So, yeah, that's our wrap!
[00:18:12] Emily Rose Yates: That's our wrap!
[00:18:13] Gina McClement: See you on the next episode, guys.
[00:18:16] Emily Rose Yates: Bye!
[00:18:17] Gina McClement: Bye!
[00:18:19] Outro Music / Voiceover: Thank you so much for listening and being a part of the Women of a Thousand Words podcast community. If you would like to connect further on today's topic or work with Gina or I directly, our contact details are in the show notes...
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[00:19:23] Outro Music: Would that change your mind?
