Over the past five years, Mike and Kim Barnes found themselves navigating problems they never saw coming from their parents: Alzheimer's, pacemakers, COVID pneumonia, and the tough decision to move parents into retirement communities. They've learned to balance the many facets of parenting ageing parents, including medical, financial, and everyday-life…
In this interview Su Winsbury talks about her why for joining us in this book project and the importance of deeply listening to the body as we go through perimenopause
In this conversation, Maggie shares her perspective on perimenopause and menopause drawing from the yogi and ayurvedic traditions
Dawn and Clarissa talk about the upcoming anthology The Potent Power of Menopause. Why this book and why release it now The big insights from writing and editing this book Best tips for women going into menopause
My guest this week is Andrea Dewhurst an acupuncturist based in Hertfordshire, UK. who has a particular interest in female health and disparities they may face in healthcare. In our conversation, we talk about the various aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine including acupuncture, cupping and qi gong. And how TCM…
This week's guest is Stephanie Shaw a nutrition strategist who helps high-performing mid-life women going through menopause get the body they desire and the confidence they deserve. Stephanie helps menopausal women peel back the layers of the intricate health puzzle, down to the DNA, and shows them precisely what to…
My guest this week is *Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD* , clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and the author of The Female Brain and The Male Brain. She is the founder and director of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic and the Teen Girls' Mood…
The idea that menopause should stop you from being your fabulous self is a myth. I am joined this week by Abbey Booth from Stories with Clothes and we bust the stereotype that entering menopause means entering a chapter of shapeless outfits devoid of all personal style. Abbey is a…
My guest this week is Fabienne Lindholm L&D director for Babor Beauty who has spent the last 30 years teaching women to be themselves and to be BOLD. We talk about how we can be radiant from the inside out including * What do women do to destroy their self-confidence…
Nobody tells you about menopause. Yet more than one billion women around the world are going through this life transition right now. Given this statistic, you might think that we’d be able to talk openly about menopause. But this normal part of women’s lives is still stigmatized. Much of this…
This week my guest is Andrea Caprio, founder and CEO of Wellness Methods, Emotional Eating Expert, and Master Transformational Nutrition Coach, who specialises in helping perimenopausal women and menopausal women overcome their emotional eating and weight loss issues permanently so they can stop yoyo dieting and feel more confident. In…
My guest this week is Peta Green CEO and Creator of FITFlex, 28 Day Fuelled Up Transformation & Ageless Confidence Events at Strong Healthy Women With more than 20 years of experience working with women Peta is passionate about helping women 50+ be active, healthy, and #1 in their lives.…
This week my guest is Vanessa Ford, cofounder of Menolabs a business that focuses on women’s issues during the perimenopausal/menopausal transition. Vanessa was prompted to action when, at 44, she began her own transition into menopause. Unsatisfied with the lack of support that women experience during this stage of life,…
'All women, no matter what age, deserve to reclaim their health and feel great. Life is too short to suffer symptoms that hold you back! Every woman has the right to feel and look amazing in midlife' So says my guest Alison Bladh is a BANT registered nutritional therapist and…
Does exercise help with menopause symptoms? *YES*. But the approach needs to be individualised and most importantly *FUN* says my guest Dr Maria Luque Maria is a fitness expert, a health science professor and a menopause nerd who holds graduate and post-graduate degrees in health sciences and certifications and teaches…
“Menopause isn’t a problem to be fixed, in fact, it can be the most powerful time of a woman’s life.” Says this week's guest renowned women’s health practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife Susan Willson Today’s generation is the first to speak openly about menopause yet the medical community and popular…
Even though every woman goes through menopause, it often seems that men understand surprisingly little about it. This week I am joined by Coach Allan Misner creator of the thriving 40+ Fitness Community, to talk about how guys could learn a little more of what goes on with menopause and…
This week my guest is Rachel Lankester. Founder of Magnificent Midlife. She has released her first book Magnificent Midlife Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause and Beyond In our conversation, we unpack the issues with the accepted status quo and negative stereotypes associated with women’s midlife, menopause and ageing. And focus…
Insomnia and *sleep* disturbances including night sweats, anxiety and restless legs leave many *menopausal* women tossing and turning or waking up drenched in sweat. This week my guest is Crescentia Cook a life coach whose coaching embodies the belief that the mind affects the body and the body affects the…
Life doesn't stop for menopause!. Our bodies change and our emotions too but life and work go on. Gail Gibson, a performance and leadership coach has recently co-authored a book with her friend and fellow business and mindset coach, Ruby McGuire, *The Working Women’s Guide to Menopause: When the Heat…
How can you move through crises towards new compassion? My guest today is the author of The Ghost Marriage Kirsten Mickelwait who with unflinching honesty and grace, reveals how she not only survived the lies, betrayals, and lawsuits of her divorce and the after-shocks from the death of their ex-husband…
Over 50 and want to become a successful entrepreneur. Whether you are retiring, got booted out or are just over it. My guest is Colleen Kochhanek of the Scrappy Frontier as she shares her journey from redundancy to becoming a laptop entrepreneur. Her mission is to help women 50+ to…
Still looking for that long-term, committed relationship you've never had? My guest this week is Andrea Balboni a certified Sex Love and Relationship Coach and founder of Lush Coaching. She helps smart successful single women create healthy, long-term relationships and experience pleasure-filled, soulful sex that nourishes, empowers and fulfils. We…
Increasingly we see menopause, not as either a holistic way or a medical way, but we see the importance of bringing together a 'whole' way of treating us. This week my guest is Dr. Adeola Mead, a naturopathic physician who uses natural medicine, diet and lifestyle counseling, and health coaching…