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Do you feel sluggish and slow over the holiday period? Whilst food is an integral part of the holiday season, and I don't want you to exclude all those wonderful ingredients. It can also contribute to a sluggish and uncomfortable feeling. If you want to be full of energy and vitality then you need to consider what it is that you are fuelling your body with. If it's sugar and alcohol and not many v...

About Sarah I've been a Pilates instructor for almost 20 years and taught fitness forever yet after having three children I was suffering from bladder leakage. I trained as a pelvic floor coach five years ago so I could help myself and millions of other women who put up with pelvic floor problems! I've also trained as a menopause coach so now run pelvic floor programmes, pelvic floor in menopause...

Do you eat twice a day, three times a day, or maybe you snack a lot and eat 6 or more times a day? This week I explain why how often you eat is just as important as what you eat. Why do we need three meals a day? There is a saying about three square meals a day, comes from sailors who used to eat their meals from square plates. However, they definitely didn't eat three times a day and more likely...

About Sam "I'm the co-founder of online sex toy retailer Jo Divine with my husband Paul. We only sell skin safe products and irritant free lubricants and vaginal moisturisers. As a former nurse, I am the sexual health and pleasure expert. I have written 100's of practical sexual health and pleasure articles for our blog and in the press. I also featured on the radio, and in Sex, Myths and the meno...

Save Energy Bills We are all concerned about energy bills right now so optimising your usage of the oven and hob is essential. You should never have to turn your oven on to cook just one thing, so if you can prepare and cook dishes in advance do so. And even better, cook double the portions. You have saved yourself time and energy. You often don't need to reheat your oven, in recipes we reheat so...

It might surprise you to hear that early signs of perimenopause can often be more mental and emotional than physical. I share some of my experiences this week, and encourage you to open up the conversation with friends and family. When can we expect to be in perimenopause? It might surprise you to know that I tend to advise clients and friends that if they are 40 or over and experiencing symptoms...

What is a healthy diet? We are all different and so a healthy diet means different things. For a coeliac gluten would not be included in a healthy diet. Yet we talk about a Mediterranean diet as being healthy and that often includes pasta. If you are a non-meat eater then a healthy diet for you would look very different from someone who eats meat. And how many portions of vegetables do I really ne...

What would happen if you couldn't do your job? Your job might be to cook the meals, you might be the breadwinner. You might be the one that makes sure the family has fun at the weekends. Whatever your job is within your family unit it's important, and if you weren't able to do it, for whatever reason, your family would suffer as a result. Get support You are not a machine, and you cannot do this a...

Health Currancy Ltd was founded by New Zealander Fleur Cushman, who grew up under the life-shaping influence of her father, natural health pioneer and visionary Mike Cushman, who changed the face of the natural healthcare industry in the Southern Hemisphere with his 'Clinicians' range of vitamin and mineral supplements. Mike brought the quickly-developing New Zealand blackcurrant story to Fleur's...

Today's podcast is released to coincide with world menopause day, I also released a special episode in 2021, if you would like to go back to listen it's episode 110. What's the difference between menopause and perimenopause? The term perimenopause and menopause are often used interchangeably. However officially the term menopause is a single day, and it is the day when a woman has not had a period...

When was the last time you were hungry? That rumbling feeling in your stomach followed by a slight discomfort if you don't eat straight away. Those are the signals that we should be feeling before we eat. However in modern times we eat to a schedule. We have forgotten to eat based on when we are hungry or need food. We like to call it intuitive eating and I explored this way back in episode 91 . A...

After her daughter suffered a back injury , a colleague recommended reflexology and Ruth was amazed by the speed of her improvement in symptoms. After just a couple of sessions her pain had gone.   And it didn't return. Ruth tells us that she had been looking for something new to learn, but each time she had enrolled on a course it had been cancelled. Her daughter journey piqued her interest, and...

Take back control. You might not be sure if you are actually in perimenopause yet, but that doesn't mean you should just wait until you are to take action. The better your health going into this period of change the better equipped your body is to deal with the transition. Mental and physical impact of perimenopause It's not just about night sweats, the early signs of perimenopause can be much mor...

Prior to puberty girls and boys are fairly similar, if they are the same height and build they will have similar strength. As puberty hits both sexes get an increase in sex hormones - boys get more testosterone and girls get a whole heap of hormones, oestrogen being the one that we talk most about but also progesterone, folicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone play a delicate and intric...

Do you always plan to start that new healthy regime on a Monday? Or maybe it's after your weekend, or after your holiday, or that big night out with friends? Is that really the reason, or is it just that you feel overwhelmed by the change you perceive you need to make instead of just taking a positive action. If your health was money would you budget better. Would you be more frugal some days to a...

After having acne as a teenager and taking several courses of antibiotics that did nothing to help, Chris found a herbalist and started taking probiotics and working on his diet. He researched skincare brands and trialed them to see which worked for him, and his lifelong passion was born. Skincare products can contain additives which are not good for either us or the environment. The main ones bei...

I'm guessing your initial reaction to the question was no. We think about extreme eating as people who have an unhealthy relationship with food that is affecting their lives, you might think of an anorexic person, who is controlling the amount of food they eat. Or we've all seen the TV shows when they talk about people who live on junk food and won't eat anything green. However, there is an emergi...

This week I am joined by Bethan from Hot Tea Mama, we talk about what she learned as a tea buyer and blender, and how that helps her formulate her teas for women. Unfortunately in the UK we tend to drink the most rubbish form of tea there is, it's the dust that collects in the troughs that is added to bags. Bethan sourced and bought the finest tea leaves in her previous jobs and wishes we understo...

In this episode I discuss fuelling yourself for optimum performance. We look at the benefits of maintaining yourself as though you are a well oiled, highly productive machine. we also cover: - Vitamins, minerals, and how poor fuel sources affect you - Managing expectations with regards to your limits - How you can go from feeling like a project car to a Porsche Full show notes can be read at - htt...

In this episode I discuss all things coffee with the amazing Zain Peer of London Nootropics. We look at the benefits of staying hydrated for the gym, how Zain discovered the daily power of Nootropic blends through ditching the chemical based drinks before workouts, and what adaptogens are! we also cover: - Water soluble CBD vs CBD oil - ashwaganda and its benefits in the Zen blend - Peri, pre, and...

In this episode I discuss the need to identify and break out of that survival mode cycle and how we can thrive in our day to day life. Survival mode is designed for short term responses and not for every day living. The signs for constantly living in this stressed state can be: - Chronic fatigue - Interruptions to rest and digest - Poor quality sleep - People pleasing when you're in that 'fawn' st...

Changing our attitude and the way we think can have a profound impact on our well-being. Kim Carr is a positivity coach and my guest this week. Kim is a Positive Psychology Coach. She has a particular passion for peri/menopausal women who are struggling as life changes, our bodies and minds seem to spiral and we question our identity. The menopause needs to be viewed holistically diet, relationshi...

All things in life change, and it's important to recognise that and grow and adapt. The new name for my podcast reflects the changes in content that I have been delivering and will continue to deliver.   My body is changing, some of it because of what I have learned and some of it because of my time of life. The change in the podcast is reflecting that journey.   For full shownotes, click here. 

We all want to enjoy ourselves on holiday, but if that means feeling bloated and uncomfortable and coming home 10Lb heavier, is that really fun? This week I share some tips that mean you can still have a great time, but you'll come home feeling refreshed and revitalised. There are also things in my case that I always pack now to support my holiday health: - Suncream - OnGuard Spray  - Probiotics -...

In this week's episode, I talked about weight and is it truly an indication of how healthy we are, or are we obsessing over it unnecessarily?  The diet industry has rammed it into us that the number on the scales is the most important. And that by denying ourselves certain foods we can achieve that number, feel happier and be healthier.  For full shownotes click here .