Episode #66. Feet first: rethinking shoes for us and our kids with BarefootBrit
Your feet are talking, but are you listening?
You know that moment you kick off your shoes and feel instant relief? It’s your body’s way of saying, we didn’t like that.
In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Brittany Balinski, better known as ‘Barefoot Brit’; founder of barefootbrit.co.uk and the UK’s first Barefoot Shoe & Foot Health Expo. A mum of four turned advocate, Brittany’s mission is to help families rediscover what natural movement for their feet really means.
Together we explore:
why conventional shoes can quietly reshape how kids (and adults) move
how reconnecting our feet and brain transforms balance, confidence, and coordination
what happens when we stop numbing our senses and start trusting our bodies again
and how to make the switch to healthier, foot-shaped footwear
This conversation will make you rethink what your feet have been trying to tell you all along!
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Barefoot Shoes
00:52 Transitioning to Barefoot Shoes
01:11 The Importance of Foot Structure
About this week’s guest:
Brittany Balinski
Brittany Balinski AKA BarefootBrit is the UK’s go-to resource for barefoot shoes. She helps people understand their feet, highlights the flaws of mainstream footwear, and shows how barefoot shoes can be accessible, practical, and part of everyday life. Brittany also hosts the UK’s only Barefoot Shoe and Foot Health Expo, sharing her expertise to inspire healthier, more confident movement.
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More about your host, Wendy
Wendy (51) founded Reclaim Movement after a running injury at 40 turned into 4 years of chronic pain. In her search for answers and to reclaim her own movement again she discovered natural movement. The philosophy of training real life practical movements to be able to keep using them as we age, coupled with the benefit of using strengthening and mobilising whole-body movement patterns that are underused in today’s modern world made her realise she had found a way to move for life.
Wendy’s aim is to help people embrace a movement-rich life, at any age, to improve mobility, strength and confidence to keep moving well and doing the things they love for as long as they want.
MovNat Level 1 certified & Functional Range Conditioning certified, she coaches online group classes live & by replay in the Reclaim Movement membership as well as online and in-person private coaching in Oxford.
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