The Head Trash + Healing Show with Alexia Leachman

In this episode I get to chat to one of my heroes for the second time - lucky me!

Dr Thomas Verny is the godfather of prenatal psychology and the author of the classic book The Secret Life of the Unb…

I’m feeling very called to get back to work on clearing trauma at the moment.

A few months ago I went all in with it when I was really ill. My mind had pretty much shut down and healing was my sole f…

Did you ever play hide and seek as a kid?

I bet it's a YES. Please don't say no... because that would be a little bit sad.

If you did - and you did, right? - then your hide and seek shenanigans could…

In this, my first podcast for a while, I chat to business founder Ela Senghera. Ela is the founder of Virtually Thrive, a mental health business that supports parents.

During our conversation, Ela an…

Today I want to share with you what clearing self-sabotage looks like. Like EXACTLY. I'm going to share with you an example of someone I worked with so that you can better understand how we self-sabo…

I thought I loved planning. But it was all a lie!

I’ve done a lot of planning and I think I’m pretty good at all sorts of planning shenanigans. From road trips across foreign lands and island-hopping…

Whenever I see a face, I can usually tell whether they have a load of head trash. this is because whenever we have lots of stresses and anxieties, the tension that this creates shows up in our bodies…

Getting stuff done and generally being productive requires the mind to stay focussed on singular tasks until they are complete.

Sounds fairly straightforward, right? And yet this is where most people…

With so much uncertainty around right now, the only certainty seems to be this: COVID anxiety is a thing and it's becoming more of a problem as time goes by.

COVID anxiety is affecting mental health …

Anxiety is something we have all experienced a one time or other. Or at least I'm assuming you have by the very fact you're on this site.

Here are some fun facts about anxiety that I found here;

• An …

The Head Trash Show is back. After a long break

In this episode I talk about the head trash I've had to wrestle with as I've been pursuing my dream life.

Two years ago, we made the decision to leave …

Pain is interesting. At least I find it interesting. And I guess that comes from my work in helping women prepare for birth. Pain comes up a lot! In fact it comes up too much in my opinion. More than…

This week on the podcast I'm exploring the idea of being an introvert or extrovert, and I'm asking the question "Is it fixed? Or can we change?"

I don't often hear extroverts wanting to change, but I…

The mother wound is a new term for me, but the minute I heard it, it made so much sense. I knew immediately that whatever it was, I had it! Well, let's face it, we all have it.

I was intrigued as to …

Have you got sleep stress? We often hear about how stress affects our sleep, but not always about how sleep affects our stress.  As in, how sleep CREATES stress! You know, SLEEP STRESS!

Yes, you read…

Parent and baby mental health are not discussed enough in my opinion. And yet they are incredibly important not just for the families involved, but for society.

One of the reasons why I’m so passiona…

To feel and perform at your best, I believe that head trash clearance and mindset should be a practice. But I realise that not everyone sees things in that way.

Once you get your head around the idea…

I’m so excited to bring the Head Trash Show back. It’s been a long break, but one that has been worth it.

So in this opening episode this is what I want to share with you;

You…

I'm not the first person to say this so it shouldn't be news to you, but if you want to change the world start with yourself. The "world" doesn't have to be some grandiose idea about changing humanit…