Menopause Unscripted Podcast

It is four o'clock, your energy is dipping, and you reach for the cereal bar or the fruit yoghurt because the label looks healthy. In this episode I explain why so many of the snacks marketed as healthy are actually working against fat loss in menopause. I walk through why hunger between meals usually means your last plate was missing protein, carbs, healthy fats or veg, not that you need a biscui...

You have been told menopause is the beginning of the end, and I want to put that story down for good today. I talk about why this stage is actually a doorway, not a decline, the same way becoming a mother was a disorientating transition rather than a loss. I share my own story of unexplained perimenopause symptoms at thirty nine, being misdiagnosed and left without answers, and how that shaped the...

You are eating well, training hard and still watching the scale climb, and it makes no sense because you are a details person who never ignores the numbers. In this episode I walk through why your body in perimenopause and menopause stops responding to the same portions and habits that worked in your thirties and forties. I talk about the hidden calories in olive oil drizzles, handfuls of nuts and...

If you have been told to eat less and move more, but you still do not feel strong or steady in your own body, this episode is for you. I explain why strength training matters more than cardio or dieting once you hit perimenopause and menopause. I talk about how muscle mass decline affects your metabolism, your bones, your joints and how well you manage symptoms, not just how you look. I share why...

You catch your reflection in a shop window and wonder where that confident woman went. I want you to hear this today, she hasn't gone anywhere, menopause has just knocked the wind out of her. In this episode I explain why confidence drops so much in menopause, starting with the real chemical reason, oestrogen receptors run through your brain, your mood and your sense of self belief, so when it dro...

You know the feeling. You have eaten well, slept well, trained hard all week, and then one catch up with a certain friend turns into a bottle of wine and a pudding you never planned on. That is not a lack of willpower, it is the power of your circle. In this episode I talk about how the people closest to us can quietly shape our choices, our drinking, our confidence and even our biggest life decis...

You know exactly what to eat, yet the cookies still win by four o'clock. That is not a willpower problem, it is an environment problem. I talk about why your kitchen, your cupboards and the people you live with are quietly shaping every decision you make, twenty or thirty times a day. I share my own raisin jar story and what actually changed once I stopped trying to out will power my own house. I...

You can be eating well, sleeping well, lifting heavy, and still watch it all slip in one evening with a certain friend. Two hours in, the glass of wine has become a bottle, the pudding has appeared, and you tell yourself you are just getting older. That is not a lack of willpower, it is the power of your circle. I talk about why we often share only half a story with friends so they tell us what we...

You are still showing up to every meeting, still delivering, still holding it together on the outside. But inside, your focus is slipping, your energy is patchy, and you are reading the same paragraph three times without it landing. I talk through why oestrogen matters far beyond the ovaries and how its decline shows up as real, measurable brain fog, not a personal failing. I get into why poor sle...

If you have ever felt more misunderstood than supported at home during perimenopause, this one is for you. I talk about the biggest mistake I see women make when trying to explain what they are going through to their partner and their children. It is expecting your family to just get it without ever sitting them down and explaining what hormone changes actually do to your sleep, your mood and your...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. For nearly a decade I’ve been coaching women through one of the most misunderstood phases of their lives — menopause .  Over that time I’ve worked with more than 500 women, and almost every single one of them came to me with the same goal: they wanted to lose weight, regain control of their bodies, and feel confident again. Bu...

In this episode of Menopause Unscripted , I’m joined by Dr. Magali , a UK-based medical consultant, public health specialist, and certified menopause coach. Her story is a profound masterclass in resilience, moving from debilitating illness to a complete life transformation. Dr. Magali’s expertise is forged in personal experience. Her health challenges began in 2022 with long COVID and chronic mus...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. Farah here, founder of Perimenopause & Weight Loss Revolution — and in this episode of Menopause Unscripted , I tackle one of the biggest, most misunderstood reasons smart, capable, driven women struggle to lose weight in menopause. It’s not laziness. It’s the busy woman’s menopause weight loss trap . This episode is struc...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this deeply personal episode of Menopause Unscripted , I’m speaking directly to the driven, ambitious woman whose default setting has always been “ try harder ”.  The woman who has built her career, her family and her life by pushing through, doing more, and outworking everyone else.  And now, in menopause, she’s doing exac...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this episode, I break down one of the biggest myths in menopause fat loss: that women who succeed are simply “ lucky ”.  They’re not. They’re prepared. And that preparation is the difference between feeling stuck and seeing real progress. This conversation builds on acceptance and moves into what truly drives results in men...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. Farah here. In this episode of Menopause Unscripted, I talk about the hard truth most women avoid when it comes to menopause and weight loss.  Not because it’s controversial, but because it’s uncomfortable . And yet, it’s the very thing keeping so many intelligent, capable, driven women stuck, frustrated and blaming themselves...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this first episode, I sit down with Emma, a 52-year-old mum of two living in Nairobi, Kenya.  Emma is not the “typical” story people expect when they think perimenopause.  She’s always exercised, she’s always cared about her food, she looks fit on the outside, and she didn’t arrive with an obvious list of physical symptoms....

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this episode of Menopause Unscripted, I talk about four menopause symptoms that almost no woman is tracking – yet they explain exactly why fat loss, energy, mood and confidence feel so hard during perimenopause and menopause. Most women are still focusing on the scales, calories, or the latest diet trend.  And honestly, I f...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this episode of Menopause Unscripted , I’m talking about the hormone that almost no one warns women about – testosterone .  Not oestrogen. Not progesterone.  The third hormone that quietly disappears in menopause and takes your strength, fat loss, drive, confidence, and resilience with it. If strength training suddenly feel...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this episode of Menopause Scripted , I’m diving into the hormone that is so often overlooked, misunderstood, or dismissed – progesterone – and why getting it wrong could be the very reason your menopause belly fat feels swollen, heavy, stubborn, and completely unresponsive to your best efforts. If you’ve already “done the e...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. If you’re in your 40s or 50s and wondering why your belly fat seemed to appear overnight, despite eating less, moving more, and “doing all the right things”, this episode of Menopause Unscripted is for you. In this conversation, I break down the real reason menopause belly fat shows up, and it has nothing to do with laziness,...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this episode of Menopause Unscripted, I sit down with hormone expert and perimenopause/menopause coach Jackie Ka for a conversation that will make you question everything you’ve been told about “just getting on with it”. Jackie shares the moment her own health unravelled, despite still having regular periods.  She went to f...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this episode of Menopause Unscripted, I speak from the heart about something I believe with absolute conviction: we are standing on the edge of a complete rewrite of what midlife and menopause look like for women . This isn’t just another menopause conversation.  This is about a movement.  A shift that’s already happening u...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this episode of Menopause Unscripted , I challenge the usual end-of-year frenzy of goal-setting.  Instead of rushing into new plans, new programmes, and new promises, I invite you to pause.  Before you set a single new goal, there is one step that will change everything: genuine, compassionate reflection . Most women in per...

Check the link at the bottom of the description to join our FREE Group. In this episode of Menopause Unscripted, I’m challenging the idea that menopausal women should “start again in January.”  I dive deep into why this mindset keeps so many women stuck, stressed, and spiralling further away from the health, confidence, and hormonal balance they desperately want. I reveal the Menopause Momentum Pl...