Mama Mudra Mama Mudra - The Joy Movement

Mama Mudra - The Joy Movement

The Joy Movement is about joyful living, positive psychology, happiness, and modern wellness, for anyone who wants to enjoy life again, not just optimise it.
We've never known more about wellness. Yet we've never found it harder to enjoy our lives.

If you've tried chasing perfect routines, productivity hacks, or wellness trends only to feel more exhausted than alive, you're not alone.
Wellness can become another performance project, and the harder you push, the further joy seems to disappear.

The Joy Movement offers a different path: joyful living rooted in positive psychology, movement, nutrition, brain health, and everyday practice. Instead of asking how to do more, this show explores how to create more joy, cultivate vitality, strengthen emotional wellbeing and resilience, and enjoy life again without sacrificing your ambition, health, or sense of meaning.

Hosted by Kate Thompson-Duwe, entrepreneur, joy advocate, and founder of Sunshine People, each episode explores what it means to live with greater purpose, connection, and joy.
Her approach is wellness without hustle: practical joy practices for intentional living, and everyday habits that support longevity and healthspan.

Whether you're recovering from burnout, looking for sustainable wellbeing, exploring conscious living, sober curious, or simply wondering how to find more joy every day, each conversation gives you practical ideas for building greater vitality, deeper connection, lasting resilience, and more joy in everyday life.

The Joy Movement is where the science of wellbeing meets the practice of joyful living. Here, you'll be introduced to Kate's growing philosophy of Joy Intelligence: the idea that joy isn't simply the reward for living well, but an important part of building a healthier, more meaningful life and greater human flourishing.

New episodes every Tuesday. Come as you are, and discover what changes when joy becomes the foundation, not the reward.
Weekly English South Africa Health & Fitness · Society & Culture
30 Episodes
1 – 20

Longevity Is About Enjoying Life for Longer | Dr Sandra Kaufmann

In this episode, I speak to Dr Sandra Kaufmann, physician, scientist and creator of the Kaufmann Protocol, about what is really happening inside our cells as we age and what we can do to support a longer, healthier and more enjoyable life. For Sandy, longevity is not about living forever…
13 Aug 35 min

Breathwork for Stress: How Your Breath Can Change How You Feel | Kylie Brons

In this episode, Kate speaks with breathwork practitioner and Wim Hof Method expert Kylie Brons about the extraordinary connection between breath, the nervous system and our ability to experience joy. We breathe all day, every day, without thinking about it. Yet most of us have never been taught how to…
6 Aug 42 min

Sober Curiosity: What Happens When You Stop Drinking for 90 Days?

This week's episode is probably the most vulnerable one I've recorded since launching this podcast. This is not because I'm sharing some dramatic story or secret, but because I'm inviting you to watch me experiment on myself. After my conversation with Dr Simone Silver about alcohol and the concept of…
30 Jul 8 min

Success and Happiness: What Achievement Can Cost You | Maps Maponyane

Success is something most people spend their lives chasing, but very few people stop to ask what happens once you actually achieve it. In this episode, I sit down with Maps Maponyane to discuss a side of success that isn't often talked about. The pressure, expectations, loss of privacy, the…
23 Jul 42 min

Can Simplicity Be the Ultimate Wellness Strategy? | Axay Shah

On the Mama Mudra podcast, our primary motivation is life led by joy. And in following this goal, we have found some fascinating people who prove that, often times, the answer to better health isn't found in adding more supplements, more technology, or more complicated routines, but in taking things…
16 Jul 44 min

Is Alcohol Quietly Affecting Your Wellbeing? | Dr Simone Silver

What if the way you're feeling right now isn't actually your best? Many of us are walking around slightly tired, slightly anxious, not sleeping as well as we could, and simply accepting it as normal. But what if one of the most socially accepted parts of modern life is playing…
18 Jun 35 min

Longevity Has Become Exhausting. What Actually Matters? | Andrew Rothschild

Red light therapy. Ice baths. Supplements. Peptides. Fasting. Wearables. Sleep trackers. Blood tests. At what point does trying to be healthy start becoming unhealthy? Kate welcomes longevity expert Andrew Rothschild back to the Mama Mudra Podcast to tackle a question nobody seems to be asking: Has the pursuit of wellness…
11 Jun 36 min

What Is Unprocessed Trauma Costing You? | Siobhan Clarke

Kate sits down with somatic trauma release practitioner Siobhan Clarke to explore one of the most overlooked topics in wellness today: stored trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and the hidden ways our bodies hold onto the experiences we've never fully processed. Have you ever wondered why you know exactly what you…
4 Jun 40 min

Why You Might Need More Life, Not More Discipline | Zahirah Marty

We spend so much time focusing inward. On our routines, our habits, our discipline, our structure... But what if that’s only half the equation? In this episode, we explore something I don’t think gets nearly enough attention in wellness: Expansion. * That feeling you get when you try something new…
21 May 51 min

Healthy Aging for Women: How to Feel Your Best as You Get Older | Andrea Back

We’ve been sold a very tired narrative about aging. That everything declines, energy drops, hormones become the enemy, and joy somehow becomes harder to access. I don’t believe that. And, thank goodness, neither does Andrea Back. In this episode, we unpack what’s really happening in our bodies as we move…
7 May 34 min

Supplements: What Do You Actually Need, And What's Just Hype? | Toni Carroll

Walk into any health store and it feels like you need every-single-thing! Powders. Pills. Adaptogens. Sprays. Tonics. So where do you actually start? In this episode, Kate Thompson-Duwe sits down with Toni Carroll to cut through the noise of the modern supplement industry - and answer the question everyone is…
30 Apr 42 min

Personalised Wellness: Why There Is No Perfect Health Routine | Dr Simone Silver

What if everything you’ve been told about “doing health right” is wrong? In this foundational episode, Kate Thompson-Duwe sits down with Dr Simone Silver to challenge one of the biggest myths in wellness: that there’s a single formula that works for everyone. Because there really isn’t. This conversation reframes health…
16 Apr 30 min

Wellness Routines: How to Find What Actually Works for You

Everywhere we look, someone is telling us how to live well. What to eat, how to train, when to fast, what supplements to take, and generally how to optimise every single part of our lives. And yet… people are more overwhelmed, more confused, and often feeling worse than ever. So…
9 Apr 9 min
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