Julie Ridley

Body and Beyond with Julie

Health EN ↓ 82 episodes

Healthy doesn’t have to be hard. Join women’s personal trainer, health and mindset coach Julie Ridley as she helps women in their 40s stop dieting, build lasting body confidence, and create healthy habits that actually stick. Each episode blends real-life stories, mindset shifts, and practical strategies so Health is Made Easy. Discover how to ditch diets, release guilt, and make midlife wellness simple, sustainable, and joyful, so you can feel strong, confident, and unapologetically you.

Author

Julie Ridley

Category

Health

Podcast website

www.julieridley.com

Latest episode

Mar 4, 2026

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Episodes

027 - Go big with small Steps 20.06.2024

In this episode, we explore the power of starting small to achieve big goals. Transforming your health, and habits, taking the first small step is crucial. Our minds resist drastic change, so setting easy, manageable goals helps build momentum. For example, instead of committing to an hour at the gym daily, start by just showing up for 10 minutes. These tiny, achievable steps pave the way for sust...

#26 - Why you should stop focusing on Weight Loss 25.04.2024

Do you want weight loss? Do you keep changing everything but never seem to get anywhere. Maybe you are focusing on the wrong thing?

Coffee Morning series: Where I am and what I'm doing to start again 18.04.2024

I think its important to share my own journey back to wellbeing after dealing with my past. The last 2 years have been hard, find out why and how I am beginning again.

#025 Menopause: Body Image and Weight Gain 11.04.2024

From self objectification, the ideal body, midlife body woes and feeling unworthy. How menopause impacts our body weight and why it is beneficial, from hormones to sleep and exercise. Join me for my New 12 week program https://julieridley.com/weightlossmadeeasy/

024 - What's in store for YOU in 2024 18.12.2023

Join me on the 4th January for a Goal Getter workshop www.julieridley.com/goalgetters Plan for next year, set you intentions and create your first step to begin on your path to ending 2024 having had the best year yet. www.julieridley.com/freebies for the wheel of life guide

023 - Have your cake and eat it 11.12.2023

We restrict to much, we deprive ourselves of food and joy because we want weight loss more than anything. But what if you could have your cake and eat it and still reach your weight loss goal? The diet industry has lead us to believe there is only one way to achieve weight loss, Remove all food that tastes good, avoid all chocolate, cake, sugar, carbs, fat, eat the same amount of calories as a chi...

022 - Menopause and Sleep 06.12.2023

Join the wait list for Menopuase 101 here: www.julieridley.com/learnwithme We have found a new treatment that makes you live longer, enhances memory and makes you creative. It makes you look more attractive, keeps you slim, lowers food cravings. Protects you from cancer and dementia. Keeps colds and flu at bay, lowers your risk of heart attack and stroke, along with diabetes. You’ll feel happier,...

021 - Celebrate and Win the final month of 2023 04.12.2023

Are you fed up of shitting all over yourself in December and beginning January feeling guilty and being 20 steps backwards. I had a gift for you too, download the guide i made just for you at https://julieridley.com/christmas/ its your guide to winning December and starting the new year like to mean to go on and be one step ahead before the year even begins.

020 - Menopuase hormones, health and how we can help our future health 10.11.2023

discover the 3 hormones in menopause that impact our future health. Find out the steps we can take NOW. to help protect our health Join the wait list for the Menopause 101 course here .

019 - Weight Loss - ON it on day and off it the next 29.10.2023

I see it so often, People going after their weight loss goal and something in life happens, and they are off it again. Or when maybe motivation is high so they get on it with all the bells and whistles one day and then the next day they just can’t seem to get back on it with the same intensity as the day before. They get frustrated, have a fuck ton of guilt and believe they are broken because they...

What turned me in to a zombie 2 weeks a go! 12.10.2023

I have a mental break and life got pretty shit. Join me as i talk about why finding balance in life is so important. https://www.befreept.com/freebies for the wheel of life download

Why diets don't work! 18.09.2023

Here is a snippet from my weight loss group about why diets don't work and why learning how to change your behaviour is essential over the food you have.

018 - The Power of decision 25.05.2023

This episode is a webinar I did for my new be free, be healthy program. its all about why decisions making is important, why small steps matter, having better standards for ourselves and the 4 step process to achieving your goal. https://www.befreept.com/befreebehealthy Check out the new program which is in Beta testing right now

017 Be Free 4 pillars of wellbeing 18.05.2023

I created these pillars based on my own journey to health, they are what i focused on to bring me to feelings bloody amazing about me and still continue to use to this day. From learning how to eat in a way i wanted, making sure i was moving in a way that i loved, realising the impact sleep and water has and ensuring i was looking after what I 'Julie' needed. Grab your free Pillars of Well...

Be Free, Be Healthy Program 14.05.2023

I'm feeling so anxious about beginning this new challenge. Fear has led me to put it off for so long but here it are the details. Pricing | Be Free PT

016 - 5 steps to writing your goal 11.05.2023

Grab your FREE Dream big, Plan small guide HERE to writing your goal, discovering your why and finding that first step Knowing why you want your goal and what it takes to get it is key to achieving it. Here is share 5 steps that will help you know what you want. Download the Free guide to help to through this process.

015 - 10 tips to help you stay motivated with exercise 04.05.2023

We are waiting for motivation to arrive and then quit when we run out of it. The maintain motivation you may want some help to keep it going. This podcast gives you 10 tips to help you keep it going, from setting the goal, finding a buddy to celebrating your successes.

014 - 3 things to do to help keep you on track with your food choices 27.04.2023

Your food choices are likely going to be your first step when it comes to reaching your health goal but they can sometimes be challenging. How many times have you gone to bed with the hope of changing things tomorrow but then find your self deep in a coffee shop cake because you've completely forgotten you were doing things differently today. These 3 tips will help you navigate these awkward f...

013 - The Basics - Why we need sleep and 6 ways to improve it 24.03.2023

Are you tired of counting sheep? Do you struggle to catch some Zs at night? Fear not, my sleepy friend, check out this podcast for why we need sleep and 6 ways to promote a good nights sleep. "Create a space worthy of sleeping in.. I love sleep and when my room is untidy I cant unwind. I also need to dark, cool and comfy bedding and pillows. I turned into a bit of a duvet snob recently, and t...

012 - The Basics Series - Your biological fullness 17.03.2023

When your body has had enough food, the stomach will signal, that is, the body has had enough energy to satisfy its physical needs. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to know when enough is enough. Its super common to miss these cues of enough-ness. I’ve been there, still do occasionally. Its currently normal for you and its nothing to feel guilty about. It’s like goldilocks and her bowls of porr...

011 - The Basics - Hunger 11.03.2023

Welcome to the basics series. In the next few episodes I will be sharing with you simple things you can do TODAY that will help you feel better, see yourself in a more positive way and hear yourself having better conversations with yourself. This episode is all about your Hunger. Firstly, acknowledge you want to damn food, trying to prevent the wants and desires over this food in exhausting and wi...

010 - Ditch the diet.. there is a better way for you to feel amazing. 03.03.2023

I'm not saying we should ditch all commonsense around food, I'm saying we should ditch the bullshit diets we keep subjecting ourselves to all in the name of weight loss.  Hint.. its not really weight loss you are after. Under that external goal is a feeling you are really looking for and it usually sounds along the lines of 'I just want to feel amazing about myself'.  Apologies for the o...

009 - Goal setting and why is important 04.02.2023

7 reasons why goal setting is important and 7 tips for setting achievable goals  head over to the blog   Goal setting is important and here's why (befreept.com) for a written show notes Failure or Feedback (befreept.com) Taking Massive Action to reach your goal (befreept.com)

008 - 4 ways to kick procrastinations arse 15.01.2023

4 easy ways to move you from stuck to motivated

007 Handling the holidays 03.12.2022

with the month of celebration upon us ditching our goal doesn't have to be an option.  Saying yes and no at just the right times, bullshit thinking, not ditching December because it pointless. 

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