22/09/2026
I love a good Ol’ chat 😂 and this one with my my dear friend and mentor Filly Chris & Filly Functional Medicinewas such fun and helped me gain even more insight to myself, people and world around me after the amazing Body Knows retreat💖🤩🎶
great listening for your morning commute/walk!🎧
We are joined with Kristy Russell from , one of our past Ending Body Burnout Method clients, who recently attended our first retreat - The Body Knows. Kristy opens up about her retreat experience - her perimenopausal season, grief and letting go of past younger versions of herself, giving her inner teen permission to just be, and science and therapy behind communal singing and sound baths. 🎙️
These real-life stories are super special - I call them “evidence collecting”. Evidence that healing IS possible. The more you can hear and see this, the more it becomes possible for you! So we are so incredibly grateful to the gorgeous Kristy, for coming on the show today, to spread hope and healing with others.
About Kristy Russell
(A.Mus.A, Piano; BBsc, Psych; GradDipEarly Childhood Teaching; Usui Reiki Ryoho 1&2)
Musician, educator, intuitive healer, nature-lover and self-confessed neuroscience nerd, Kristy Russell has an extensive background in education, music and wellbeing initiatives both in the corporate and community sectors. Kristy is passionate about supporting people to thrive and shine their own light, and applies a holistic, trauma-responsive approach to her work with individuals and communities. Based on the beautiful North-West coast of Tasmania/lutriwita with her husband and kids, Kristy runs a weekly community choir and since 2017 offers a range of music and wellbeing workshops, project and consulting services through her small business “Moovers n Shakers Music”. 🌿
A curious, life-long learner, Kristy is currently studying Advanced Sound Therapy and is enjoying integrating ancient traditions and spirituality with contemporary fields of science to enhance her pedagogy and practice. Kristy looks forward to extending her services in 2027 to include private 1:1 Holistic Energies Therapy sessions.
For all enquiries and bookings please get in touch with Kristy on 0413 664 522 or via email: [email protected]
Include basic details such as proposed dates and times, number of people, location, occasion (eg. end of year work function, birthday, ) 🗓️
You can also follow Kristy on social media via the Moovers n Shakers Music page: https://www.facebook.com/mooversnshakersmusic/
In this episode, Kristy chats to me about:
🎶 How she recently left a corporate job before burnout, and honoured her body and her current perimenopausal season
🎶 How the retreat was a big aligned yes the moment she heard about it - to support her in this transitional period
🎶 Discovering that her body was holding onto stored grief about leaving her job
🎶 Meeting her inner teen and giving her inner teen permission to stop doing and achieving, and allowing her to rest and be and potter and create beautiful things, for the sake of creating beautiful things
🎶 Waking up with a migraine on Day 2 of the retreat, as the ultimate pressure test to just be
🎶 The neuroscience around communal singing, and what happens at an energetic and spiritual level when we sing together to heal
🎶 Crafting a sound bath experience for deep grounding, safety and regulation
🎶 How being “allergic” to rushing is a great thing now!
Head to our website to listen to our latest podcast episode, or listen on your favorite channel 🎧📻 https://www.chrisandfilly.fm/podcasts/ending-body-burnout-show/episodes/2149259473
And if you're ready to honour your body, let go of what no longer serves, and step into deep healing with others… HEART MEETS LAND (Sat 31 Oct — or make it a weekend and stay in a luxury Dome — at Gleneagle Tasmania) is calling. Book by 12 Oct and save $100 — https://www.chrisandfilly.fm/heart or comment HEART for details.
