Extra Healthy-ish

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To inspire your New Year, we’re dropping our top Extra Healthy-ish episodes in 2024. Athlete and speaker Bonnie Hancock broke numerous records circumnavigating 12,700 kilometres around Australia in 254 days. She discusses her mental and physical toughness in terrifyingly cold seas and shark infested waters.    WANT MORE FROM BONNIE? Grab Bonnie’s book The Girl Who Touched the Stars (HarperCollins,...

To inspire your New Year, we’re dropping our top Extra Healthy-ish episodes in 2024. Long before health was “cool”, athleisure queen Lorna Jane was making leotards for her aerobics punters. She dropped into the studio to share her story of global success and her health and business learnings along the way. WANT MORE FROM LORNA? You can follow Lorna @ljclarkson and @lornajaneactiv...

To inspire your New Year, we’re dropping our top Extra Healthy-ish episodes from last year. Would you spend 21 days naked in the Columbian jungle with a stranger? High performance coach Alexa Towersey did and shared how she cultivated a strong mindset.    WANT MORE FROM ALEXA? You can follow Alexa @actionalexa or see her site here , or catch her podcast How Fitness Saved My Life here .    WANT MOR...

To inspire your New Year, we’re dropping our top Extra Healthy-ish episodes in 2024. We take a deep dive into metabolic health with naturopathic doctor and best-selling author Lara Briden - what’s metabolically healthy, what’s not, metabolic dysfunction and obstacles, insulin resistance, nutrition recommendations and the impact of stress. WANT MORE FROM LARA? For more on her book...

To inspire your New Year, we’re dropping our top Extra Healthy-ish episodes in 2024. We get it, maintaining healthy habits can be hard. Organisational psychologist Dr Amantha Imber unpacked the reasons why and how to make them stick…without beating yourself up.    WANT MORE FROM AMANTHA? You can grab Amantha’s book, The Health Habit (Penguin, $36.99), here . For her Habit Hijacker quiz see here ,...

To celebrate summer, we’re dropping our top Extra Healthy-ish episodes in 2024. Dietitian and podcast host Susie Burrell joined us in September to discuss the key components of healthy weight loss - from harnessing an empowering no-diet mindset to must-do habits like filling your plate with more vegetables.  WANT MORE FROM SUSIE? For more on her book Reset Nourish Burn (Penguin, $36.99)...

To celebrate summer, we’re dropping our top Extra Healthy-ish episodes in 2024. Somatic sexologist Alice Childs discussed how to invite more pleasure into your life, the importance of self-discovery for a better sex life, and how to put aside the mental load and focus on you.    WANT MORE FROM ALICE? Find her @alicechildofficial or see her site here . You can read the B+S online story about relati...

To celebrate summer, we’re dropping our top Extra Healthy-ish episodes in 2024. In this ep from April, best-selling cookbook author Leah Itsines shared her current approach to food, her healthy-ish cooking tips and how she learnt to love running.  WANT MORE FROM LEAH? See Leah’s tasty cooking @leahitsines or on TikTok here , or via her site, here .  WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyands...

To kickstart the new year, we’re dropping the top episodes of 2024. Netball legend Liz Ellis discusses how she became the poster girl for midlife women and how she's embracing ageing.    WANT MORE FROM LIZ? You can catch her @lizlegsellis .    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au o...

To kickstart the new year, we’re dropping the top episodes of 2024. Fitness mogul and PT Emily Skye opened up about what it’s really like having adult ADHD, from feeling like an outcast and struggling with her mental health for decades, to finally receiving her ADHD diagnosis. WANT MORE FROM EMILY? You can catch her @emilyskye or via her site here . Listen to Emily’s last Healthy-ish chat, where s...

To celebrate summer, we’re dropping the top episodes of 2024. Professor Joel Pearson’s lab was the first to develop a test to study intuition. The neuroscientist and psychologist discusses the science behind gut feelings and a toolkit for making better intuitive decisions.    WANT MORE FROM JOEL? For more on Joel’s book The Intuition Toolkit (Simon & Schuster, $29.99) see here . You can find h...

To celebrate summer, we’re dropping the top episodes of 2024. Workplace wellness expert and TEDx speaker Lizzie Williamson discusses how being active throughout your workday can, er, work to your advantage - increasing wellbeing, productivity and energy.  WANT MORE FROM LIZZIE? For more on Lizzie’s book The Active Workday Advantage (Major Street Publishing, $32.99) see here . You can catch her @en...

Are you ready to make 2025 one of your best years yet? Business advisor Michelle Broadbent discusses how to set yourself up for a productive, successful and fulfilling year ahead - from reframing New Year's resolutions to creating a life that's authentic to you.   WANT MORE FROM MICHELLE? Find Michelle @michbroadbent or here .   WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your d...

Sleep researcher Dr Nicole Moyen discusses the impact of sleep on your health, key factors that can lead to a disrupted night, the role of temperature plus strategies for improving quality. (FYI: she holds a PHD in Physiology from Stanford University.)  WANT MORE FROM NICOLE? Find out more about Nicole here and Eight Sleep here .  WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your...

Journalist and author Sarah Catherall shares her story of an epic break-up from the gut-wrenching grief to the importance of self-love and personal growth. Whether you're in a relationship or single, it has lessons for all of us...   WANT MORE FROM SARAH? You can find Sarah’s book How To Break Up Well (Bateman Books) here or catch her @scatherall or via her site here .    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  O...

Science journalist and author Zoe Kean delves into the complexities of ageing from an evolutionary biological view, the impact of social determinants on health, and the potential for modern science to extend health span. WANT MORE FROM ZOE? Find out more about Zoe’s book Why Are We Like This? (New South Books, $32.99) here , catch her @zoe_kean_sci or here .  WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head t...

Business growth strategist and coach Bianca Monley deep dives into the concept of “success”, her learnings from creating a multi-million dollar business in her 20s to looking forward to 2025 and we can all create our so-called perfect days.    WANT MORE FROM BIANCA? Grab Bianca’s new book Business Break Through here , catch her @biancamonley or for more on her Academy, see @ biancamonleyacademy or...

Dietitian and nutrition consultant Sara Widdowson discusses the role of nutrition in exercise and fitness performance, how to best manage food around your training and the different nutritional needs of a women’s menstrual cycle.    WANT MORE FROM SARA? You can catch Sara @ yourmonthly or via her site here . For Femmi, see here .    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for yo...

If you want to understand your nervous system a little better, then tune in as psychologist Anna Nikolaou discusses how our body responds to stress and the most important things to help balance it.  WANT MORE FROM ANNA? Find out more about Anna at Macleod Wellness Centre here .  WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social...

Women’s leadership expert and author Megan Dalla-Camina discusses the inner critic archetypes, how they play-out in everyday life and how you can rewrite your inner narrative.    WANT MORE FROM MEGAN? Grab Megan’s book Women Rising (Wiley, $34.95) here , find her @ megandallacamina or via her site here . Make sure you take her inner critic quiz here .    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bod...

Meditation and breathwork expert Rich Muir discusses the physiological effects of different breathing techniques highlighting the importance of understanding individual breathing patterns and finding the right techniques for you.    WANT MORE FROM RICH? You can catch Rich’s classes at Eden Health Retreat - for more see @ eden_health_retreat or here , or find him at The Meditation Spot here .    WA...

Photographer Ellie Sedgwick is on a mission to relieve women of vulva anxiety. She shares about her own struggles, and her learnings and wisdom from photographing 500-odd vulvas for her Comfortable in my Skin project and book.    WANT MORE FROM ELLIE? For more on her book Flip Through my Flaps see here or for Ellie’s Comfortable in my Skin project, click on @ comfortableinmyskin_ or here .    WANT...

We all feel a niggle or pain somewhere in our body and, thankfully, exercise Physiologist Glenn Phipps is here to help. He discusses the difference between mobility and flexibility and how to effectively increase range of motion through various training methods.   WANT MORE FROM GLENN? For more on his book Strength Yourself Strong see here or find Glenn @ stretchyourselfstrong or here .    WANT MO...

Nutrition and public health expert Louise Rubic discusses the impact of poor nutrition on women’s health and the essential nutrients every woman needs at different life stages.    WANT MORE FROM LOUISE? You can read more from Louise via Torrens University here .    WANT MORE BODY + SOUL?  Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagra...