The Mind Manual

These sessions are an attempt to bring you some insights and perspectives in how we can use the mind and put it to work in a way that will serve you and create the results you want in your life. It will be an unfolding learning journey as we explore this amazing central processing unit to collate and compile a series of systems and perceptions we can use and organize into a mind manual for the benefit of everyone.

The Mind Manual is a health podcast hosted by Melinda King, with 58 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Melinda King hosts The Mind Manual, a health show with 58 episodes published.

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  The Mind Manual

  Episode 58 - Suffering Begins With Resistance

  Mar 3, 202626 minS0

  <p>In this episode, we explore the quiet but powerful truth that it’s not what happens to us that keeps us stuck—it’s what we continue to hold onto. Beneath our justifications of being realistic, loyal, or strong often lies a deep resistance to reality as it is, a survival response rooted in fear of losing identity, safety, or meaning. Drawing on the compassionate framework of Internal Family Systems, we unpack how different “parts” of us cling to old stories, roles, and pain - not to sabotage us, but to protect us. Yet when we resist change and argue with...

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  Episode 57 - Healing From the Inside Out

  Jan 8, 202659 minS0

  <p>In this episode, Joan shares her powerful, deeply human journey of reclaiming her health, mindset, and relationship with food after decades of reflux, bloating, fatigue, emotional eating, and long-term gut dysfunction. This is not a diet or weight-loss story, but a root-cause healing conversation that explores how gut dysbiosis, slow motility, and SIBO shaped Joan’s symptoms, cravings, mood, and self-talk—and how addressing the gut-brain axis led to lasting change. Through slow, supported, whole-food healing (not restriction), Joan lost over 11 kilos, resolved long-standing digestive issues, rewired emotional eating patterns formed in childhood, and describes the process as an awak...

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  Episode 56 - Healing From Reflux

  Dec 2, 202538 minS0

  <p>In this episode we interview our client, a woman who had lived with reflux for nearly 30 years—managing symptoms, stacking medications, and assuming it was just her “normal.” You’ll hear how asking why changed everything. </p><p>We dig into what really drives reflux, why acid suppression often stops working, and how rebuilding digestion, restoring microbial balance, and simplifying food brought her genuine relief—not just from reflux, but from joint pain, weight struggles, and constant discomfort. </p><p>It’s a story about turning off autopilot, questioning quick fixes, and discovering what’s possible when you stop managing symptom...

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  Episode 55 - Finding Hope After Despair

  Nov 13, 202557 minS0

  <p>In this episode, we sit down with Graeme Cowan — a founding director of the “R U OK?” movement. Graeme opens up about his journey from corporate success to a five-year battle with severe depression, and how that experience reshaped his purpose in life.</p><p>He shares powerful insights into the importance of genuine check-ins, practical self-care, and building workplaces where people feel seen and supported. The conversation traces his transformation — from authoring the bestselling Back From the Brink to speaking globally about resilience, connection, and wellbeing.</p><p>Listeners will walk away with actionable tools to reframe their mindset...

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  Episode 54 - Healing at the Root

  Oct 21, 202527 minS0

  <p>In this episode, we explore what it truly means to heal from the inside out — not by fixing or suppressing symptoms, but by understanding the deeper stories beneath them. Using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, we uncover how our recurring patterns like perfectionism, anxiety, or self-sabotage are protective parts of us, each with a positive intention. Through compassion, curiosity, and connection to our core Self, we can transform these parts and lead our inner system with calm and clarity. This is healing at the root — coming home to who we truly are.</p>

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