How to Build a Business That Doesn’t Wreck Your Health (with Jules Duncan) Published: 01 Sept 2026 | The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode251 “You cannot set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.” That’s the quote from this week’s guest, Jules Duncan, and it captures the whole conversation. Because both of us have done […]
What to Focus On When Everything Feels Important
What to Focus On When Everything Feels Important Published: 9th Aug 2026| The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode 250 What matters to you right now? That’s the question. And it’s a bigger one than it sounds. Most of the women I work with have a long list of things that feel important. Health, work, relationships, kids, […]
How to Build Rest Into Your Business and Life
How to Build Rest Into Your Business and Life Published: 17th July 2026 | The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode 249 “I don’t know how I’m still alive. My burnout has burned out.” That was a message from a client of mine recently. It stopped me in my tracks, because I’ve been that client. Not that […]
Can Fascia Release Really Heal Your Trauma?
Published: 24th May 2026 | The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode 246 Is trauma stored in the body? Can fascia release heal it? Is there one modality, one practitioner, one magic pill that’s finally going to fix you? Short answer: no. I’m Jen Wilson, The Healing Rebel, and this episode is me wading into the conversation, […]
Eldest Daughter Syndrome: Why Firstborn Daughters Burn Out
Published: 20th April 2026| The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode 243 Are you a firstborn daughter who’s always switched on, always scanning for the next thing to fix, and secretly knackered underneath it all? This episode is for you. I’m Jen Wilson, The Healing Rebel, and I’m talking about eldest daughter syndrome, nervous system dysregulation, and […]
How Your Feet Affect Your Posture, Pelvic Floor and Nervous System
Published: 2nd July 2026 | The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode 248 Why your feet might be the key to your whole body feeling different is what we’re getting into today. This week, just about every client who’s walked into my studio has ended up on the table getting foot work done. Neck pain, shoulder pain, […]
Should You Purge After a Lymphatic Drainage Treatment?
Published: 12th June 2026 | The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode 247 Should you purge after a lymphatic drainage treatment? Short answer: no That doesn’t mean it never happens. But it absolutely shouldn’t be the goal of the treatment, and if it’s happening regularly to you, something’s off. I’m Jen Wilson, The Healing Rebel, and this […]
Can You Really Self-Soothe? Or Do You Need Connection?
Can You Really Self-Soothe? Or Do You Need Connection? Published: 01 April 2026 | The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode 244 “Safety isn’t the absence of threat. It’s the presence of true connection.” That single sentence has been running through my mind for a week. And this episode is me thinking out loud about what it […]
What I’ve Unlearned After 24 Years in the Wellness Industry Podcast #245
What I’ve Unlearned After 24 Years in the Wellness Industry Published: 20th April 2026 | I Am Jen Wilson, The Healing Rebel Podcast, Episode 245 I’ve been a participant in the wellness and wellbeing industry since 2002 and working in it professionally since 2009. That’s 24 years of being in this world, watching it evolve, […]
Forever Evolving
I was on a call today with someone who has known me since the early days of my fitness career and she was talking about how different I am now from when she first knew me. I was obsessed with going to classes and the gym, I used to teach indoor cycling (spin), and […]
Malaysian Style Side Salad (Kerabu Salad)
Malaysian Style Side Salad (Kerabu Salad) 1/2 large cucumber (approx 15cm) 100g pineapple (or any fruit, I have also used nectarine) 1 small red onion (approx 50g) Handful of fresh mint leaves Handful of peanuts chopped Dressing 1 large red chilli finely chopped (remove the seeds if you don’t like too much heat) 1 lime […]
Lavender Infused Honey
Lavender Infused Honey There are 2 ways to make this, I have tried them both… The first, break off the flowers (dried) half fill a jar then cover them in honey, sit in a sunny window for 4 weeks then strain off the honey. Sounds quite simple BUT it got really messy and I ended […]
Thai style butternut squash, chilli and lime soup
Thai-style butternut squash, chilli and lime soup Fiber diversity points 7 I was lost for something to eat and had a butternut squash lying that I bought a few weeks ago and remembered having a butternut squash, chilli and lime soup somewhere, sometime and thought that would be a great idea! Searched out a recipe […]
Chicken Stew – Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs
Chicken thighs are inexpensive, tasty and perfect for the slow cooker. M&S have reasonably priced, high welfare slow reared chicken (I dread to think how other chickens are reared before they end up on the shelves!). I get the thighs with the bones in and keep them in through the cooking process to get the […]
Exercise for your nervous system
This opinion isn’t necessarily going to be popular… If you spend most of your day ‘switched on’, and ‘stressed’ and are doing intense, high-energy activities, you are doing yourself more harm than good (I am living testament to that!) Do you use exercise as a ‘stress buster’ or as a way to process your emotions? […]
Spicy Lemon Cod
Every time I go away I end up eating more fish, and then I come home craving more. This spicy lemon cod is easy, quick and delicious, cod is a good source of omega 3 oils when it’s wild caught! Ingredients: Wild caught cod filet – dry them off in kitchen paper before cooking them […]
Thai Style Salmon with Veg
Thai Style Salmon with Veg Fiber Points 10+ Salmon Filet 1 tsp crushed ginger 1 tsp crushed garlic 1 tbsp soy sauce Juice of a ½ lime (or tbsp apple cider vinegar) Toasted shredded or desiccated coconut (preferably unsweetened) Salad Onion (red or shallot) Mini Cucumber Carrot Juice of ½ Lime (or tbsp apple cider […]
Mango & Peanut Slaw
This was a delicious side salad, the original recipe I saw in the free Tesco magazine, and went to Aldi to buy the +! I ate this with grilled chicken and sourdough bread. Fiber Points 8+ 2 firm mangoes (I bought a tub with chopped and peeled mango for ease – and it was on […]
Nut & Seed Bars
Nut & Seed bars, easy snack to have on hand. Looking at the shop nut and seed bars and they are so full of unnecessary crap… so I made my own 🙂 Nut & Seed Bars – Fiber Points 14+ 2 cups nuts (I used a mix of hazelnuts, almonds, pecan, walnuts and cashews) 1 […]
Healing Herbs for Summer
I start every day with a healing herbal tea. I rarely use t-bags; I use dried herbs and make up my tea blend depending on what I need for the day ahead, what season we are in, where I am in my cycle and what the weather is doing. Herbs that I use if I […]
Breakfast Bowl for gut health
I am delighted peach season is back with us… I LOVE peaches! And yes, I keep the skin on them for additional fibre benefits (washed of course!) This breakfast bowl is not only delicious, but it’s great for the gut too! I have been including additional nuts, specifically brazil and flaxseed as they are highly […]
Improve your posture today
If you are struggling with sore neck, shoulders, back. If you are slumped over a laptop/phone/crafts/children for most of the day. I am going to guess that you would like to free your body of pain for good! I’ve created a simple-to-use, quick Posture 101 masterclass to get you free from pain, standing taller, feeling […]
From the pits of hell, to feeling well… World IBD Awareness Day 2024
I used to be known in my peer group as ‘fitness Jen’. I was the fit and healthy one. Always in the gym, eating healthy food, living life to the max. The problem was, I wasn’t listening to my body crying out for attention. It needed rest. It needed less go, go, go. It needed […]
Sourdough focaccia
Sourdough Focaccia Fiber Points 3+ 50g sourdough starter 200ml warm water (under 40c so it doesn’t kill your starter) 1/2 tsp salt 300g flour (I used a mix of rye and plain, different flours will give different textures and consistencies) Mix everything – this mix will be wetter and stickier than a bread mix. Leave […]
Are you a chronic people pleaser?
Are you a chronic people pleaser? I used to be (and still can be if I am not paying attention)! If you are not sure: Do you say yes to everyone else, and no to yourself? Do you put everyone else’s needs ahead of your own? Do you do things hoping that other people will […]