Busy Woman's Guide to Wellbeing

Staying fit and healthy can sometimes feel overwhelming, not just because there are so many pieces to the jigsaw, but also because there’s always a new superfood or super workout that we’re getting distracted by. We end up scattered and feeling like we can never do enough. Looking after our health and wellbeing is the most important thing we can do for ourselves, so in this episode I will help you...

I’ve lost count of the women who have come to me over the years telling me that they don’t like what they see, that they feel uncomfortable, that they want to feel like their old selves again. I can’t stand by and let us keep beating ourselves up, waiting to become a better version of ourselves. In this episode, we’re going to dive into why we use ‘hate’ to try and force ourselves into change, and...

Like so many women, I don’t have an awful lot of time, so when I’m thinking about my own fitness and wellness plan, it has to be simple and efficient, and it has to work. Since this is not only episode 50, but it’s also our 1-year podcast anniversary, I've decided to bring together some of the advice from previous episodes to help you create your own simple busy woman’s fitness plan. I’ve picked a...

Mindset work is an important part of my life. I realised that if I kept thinking about things in the same way, I would keep getting the same results. If I wanted to change that, what I needed to shift was not trying out new actions, but actually going to the root of it all.  In today’s episode I am joined by a wonderful health coach Jayne Hughes. She is not only busy running her own health coachin...

Have  you ever thought that you’re self-sabotaging? I know that I have. Whether it's sabotaging my attempts at weight loss or exercising more, or achieving certain things in my business, I’ve had a lot of times in my life where I’ve told myself that self sabotage is the exact reason that I’m not getting where I want to go. Maybe we feel like it’s some kind of weakness in our personality and a lack...

Talking about weight gain is really hard, because so many of us are fearful of it. And I personally have spent years trying and failing to fit into that tiny box of what is acceptable to look like as a fitness professional. I'm a woman who has had the same body image struggles, the same negative thoughts about herself that you have had. That’s why in this episode I’ve decided to share my story wit...

Simple Strategies to Make Nutrition Work for the Whole Family Getting your kids to eat good, nutritious food can feel hard sometimes. They go through fussy phases, maybe for years at a time. And while you're trying to get healthy food into them, they're resisting it with every fiber of their being.  In this episode I’m joined by Sophie Ricard, a nutritionist who has made it her mission to help mak...

Like so many of you, I have spent years and years on a diet rollercoaster. I’ve gone through being bored, fatigued, totally fed up to moving into a much better place. I'm not as thin as I used to be, but I'm much happier and more confident in my body now. It took a lot of effort, but it was worth it. In this episode I will dive into a few myths that are the most destructive to both our health as w...

It's safe to say that we all want to make progress with the things we work hard at. We want a result, an outcome that makes us feel better, more confident, happier about ourselves. Whether it's getting that promotion at work, improving our tennis game or becoming fitter and stronger, progress is an important factor in keeping us motivated. But progress isn't always easy and we can sometimes get st...

Emotional eating is one of the most challenging habits to unpick when we’re trying to improve our nutrition. It’s the reason we can do all the right things all week, and then on the weekend when we feel tired and stressed, it all seems to fall apart. And so continues the cycle of restrict and binge. In this episode, I’m joined by Annabella Zeiddar, a therapist, clinical hypnotherapist and a recove...

Do you feel constantly on, often stressed and overwhelmed, grumpy and suffering with sometimes extreme mood swings? Would you like to feel calmer, happier and more content? In this episode, I’m going to talk about a couple of  big things which I did to slow myself down, and what you can do if you feel like you’re on that perpetual rollercoaster from which you would like to get off. I will share wi...

There’s been a big movement in recent years towards going sober. Maybe we’ve recognised that our habits haven’t been serving us that well, or we’ve seen the positive effect it’s had on others and want in on the action ourselves. While it’s made it easier for women to both recognise and address their drinking, there is still some taboo around this subject.  In today’s episode, my guest is a Sober C...

I want to wrap up this perimenopause series by talking about the life plan, considering the changes that we experience in our bodies and minds in the perimenopausal years and beyond. It's easy to think that solving all of our symptoms is just about balancing hormones, by eating better and doing the right kinds of exercise, but it is only part of the story. We want to get excited about what's ahead...

Having a well functioning core and pelvic floor is absolutely vital. Of course, that goes beyond doing a few Kegels or pelvic floor exercises and the plank. There are some misconceptions about this, which I want to clarify in this episode. So tune in as I share with you some of the key things that every woman should know about core and pelvic floor. What You Will Learn in This Episode: - What the...

As we get older, it feels like it gets more stressful to do all the things we need to do. We’ve got kids, stressful jobs, we have to look after the house or ageing parents. We can be lacking in sleep and motivation, maybe we're also putting some weight on. In previous episodes I've covered some key topics, including what the perimenopause is, how to improve sleep and prevent weight gain. Today we...

Most of us have some positive habits that we'd like to add into our lives, but we get swept away with the busyness of life and it can seem impossible to make the space for that. We go about our days on autopilot and get to the end of another week, month or year. Our brains are set up for ease, it's easier to do the thing that we've always done than to do something new. So what's the answer? 
 In t...

In this episode, we are talking about something that a lot of women experience in this life phase, where they're eating the same, they're doing the same kind of exercise, and yet somehow, that weight seems to be piling on. It can be so frustrating, because things that used to work for us in our 20s and 30s just don't seem to cut it anymore. We're often left wondering if we just have to cut back on...

It would be great if there was an easy answer to finally hitting your health and fitness goals and creating a workout routine that actually worked for you. The fact is that, as much as our fitness and health is important to us, it often comes at the bottom of the list. In this episode, I will share with you one thing that you can do to finally make that change and start hitting those fitness and w...

Sleep is something that so many of us are struggling with in our 40s and 50s. Although we may be following general advice for better sleep, for many of us it’s still not working. And it’s having a knock on effect on everything else - we’re more fatigued, more prone to mood swings and depression, our hunger hormones are affected contributing to weight gain and we lose motivation. In this episode, I...

We know that women are often trying to do it all. I see the pressure that women feel to keep up, work harder and fit ridiculous amounts of stuff into their lives. All of this takes its toll, but there are so many people out there who are actively working to help us find a different way, to create an environment with less pressure, in which we can be much more gentle with ourselves and know it’s ok...

Today, I want to fill you in on what the perimenopause actually is. We’ve all heard of the menopause, but you might not be so familiar with the perimenopause. We assume that all of this menopause ‘stuff’ is something to not start thinking about until our late 40s and early 50s. But the fact is that changes are happening from our early 40s onwards.  
 It's our body giving us subtle (and not so subt...

There are so many benefits to adding strength training into your routine. If you haven’t lifted weights before, I hope by the end of this episode you’ll be dying to give it a go and see what you can achieve. I’ll also talk about the whole ‘toning up’ myth and how building muscle can be the cornerstone of changing your body in ways you never thought possible. I’ll also give you a few tips to help y...

Welcome to the very first episode of The Perimenopause Sessions. Perimenopause is a phase in a woman’s life that can be misunderstood, from the misconception about the menopause being just about the flushes, to the idea that you can’t be in your perimenopause until your late 40s.  The signs of perimenopause can start happening from your early 40s, even late 30s, and I believe that us women know ou...

When it comes to our stress response and creating resilience, exercise, nutrition, sleep and self care are all vital factors in doing that. And in this episode my wonderful guest Joli Knott, a Holistic Astrologer and a Therapist is going to show us that there’s another dimension to all of this that we haven’t considered before – how to use energy work and create a higher vibration for ourselves to...

So many of us keep putting off being happy with ourselves or enjoying certain aspects of our lives. We always tell ourselves that we're allowed to enjoy when we've achieved certain things, but we remain stuck. We repeat unhelpful patterns that we know aren't constructive, but we cannot break free from them. So in this episode, we will talk about becoming the person you need to be and starting with...