🔹 The Power of Volunteering: How simple acts of service become catalysts for transformation and connection—for both giver and receiver
🔹 Loneliness Across Generations: Why older adults and remote-working young adults face different versions of the same silent epidemic
🔹 Reframing Aging: Challenging the outdated beliefs that reduce elders to care recipients, instead of full participants in society
🔹 The Symbolism of a Bike Ride: Why “the right to feel the wind in your hair” is about freedom, dignity, and belonging
🔹 Emotional Movement: How shared experiences in physical movement create emotional openness and trust
🔹 Community Healing: How grassroots volunteer projects like Pedalar Sem Idade spark social change from the ground up
🔹 Global Insights: Lessons from Portugal’s adaptation of a worldwide movement—and what every country can learn from it

✔️ Why loneliness often goes unspoken—and how to recognize it in yourself and others
✔️ How intergenerational volunteering can dissolve stereotypes and build empathy
✔️ The emotional benefits of volunteering beyond physical movement
✔️ How movement can become a medium for connection, storytelling, and healing
✔️ What “being old” really means—and how to rewrite the narrative
✔️ The importance of supporting community-based projects with donations and time
✔️ Why small, consistent gestures are a powerful form of activism

🌍 Pedalar Sem Idade – Website
📖 Cycling Without Age – Global Movement
📸 Follow the Movement: Instagram @pedalarsemidadeportugal
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Episode Credits
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Music is by Pictures of a Floating World from the Free Music archive.org

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In this episode of Movement Is My Constant, I talk to Julia Johannsen, founder of the Institute of Systemic Laughter and SenseWise, about the deep, embodied power of laughter. We explore how laughter is more than just a joyful release — it’s a serious tool for healing trauma, resetting the nervous system, and creating instant connection. Julia shares micro practices and reflections that bring laughter into coaching, daily life, and even high-performance contexts.

Whether you're a coach, a curious mover, or a self-development enthusiast, this episode invites you to reconnect with laughter as a natural resource for resilience and well-being.

Episode Highlights

• Why laughter is older than language and a natural human bonding tool
• How laughter can shake the body, reset the nervous system, and even release trauma
• The link between laughter and embodiment: it’s movement, voice, and breath combined
• Practical micro practices to shift your emotional state in minutes
• Using laughter to access self-confidence, joy, and perspective before high-stakes moments
• The cultural layers of laughter and how it transcends verbal communication
• How to use laughter as a coaching resource — both in group and solo contexts
• Why “joy is serious work” — and how it can serve your personal and professional growth

🔗 Links & Resources:

🌐 Julia’s Website – SenseWise
📲 Follow Julia on Instagram
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Episode Credits
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Artwork Design by Utterly Create
Music is by Pictures of a Floating World from the Free Music archive.org

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In this episode, theoretical physicist and musician Sky Nelson-Isaacs joins me to explore how synchronicity, grief, and joy shape the way we move through the world. Grounded in physics but deeply human in approach, Sky shares insights from his books Living in Flow and Leap to Wholeness—revealing how our experiences are not random, but part of a deeper web of meaningful connection.

We unpack what it means to live in alignment with your values, how to work with emotional projection and disappointment, and why tuning into joy—even during struggle—can be a guiding force in decision-making. You’ll hear how grief isn't only about death, but also shows up in the small disappointments of life—and how honoring those emotions helps us avoid self-sabotage and build deeper relationships.

This conversation bridges quantum physics, free will, embodied awareness, and inner healing, offering tools for those seeking to live more consciously—whether you’re navigating uncertainty, making hard choices, or simply trying to feel more at peace with yourself.

Episode Highlights:

🔹 Synchronicity & Meaning: How patterns in life aren’t random—and what they reveal about choice and awareness
🔹 Grief as Emotional Flow: Reframing grief as an essential part of processing disappointment and reconnecting with authenticity
🔹 Projection in Relationships: How our unresolved emotions shape the stories we tell about ourselves and others
🔹 Free Will & Conscious Choice: Sky explains how physics supports the idea that our choices matter—especially when guided by joy
🔹 Joy vs. Happiness: Why joy is a more reliable compass than fleeting happiness
🔹 Embodiment for Emotional Regulation: Using awareness of the body to interrupt negative spirals and build resilience
🔹 Inner Work + Collective Change: How doing the personal work creates authentic societal impact

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔ How synchronicity can reveal meaning in daily life
✔ Why grief and emotional honesty are key to breaking self-sabotage cycles
✔ How to notice projections and reduce conflict in relationships
✔ The science behind flow states and how to access them
✔ How joy—not perfection—can guide sustainable decision-making
✔ Why doing inner work supports authentic action in the world

Links & Resources:
📘 Living in Flow + Leap to Wholeness by Sky Nelson-Isaacs
🔗 Sky’s Website | Instagram @skynelsonisaacs
🎙️ More Episodes: movementismyconstant.com | @movementismyconstant

✨ What Moved You?
Did Sky’s story or ideas spark something in you? Tag us with your reflections or leave a review with your favorite insight. And don’t forget to subscribe for more conversations that blend embodiment, meaning-making, and conscious performance.

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Episode Credits
Produced, Edited and Mixed by Chris Forbes
Artwork Design by Utterly Create
Music is by Pictures of a Floating World from the Free Music archive.org

Be sure to follow and tag Movement is My Constant on Instagram

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