Life - An Inside Job

Transformational style coach Leesa Whisker talks about how we can build a more loving relationship with ourselves through what we wear as well as offering loads of brilliant tips about how clothes can be simpler, more stylish and more fun. Creator of the True Style Journey. Her passion is helping women to navigate life transitions in an empowered and fun way using personal style as a tool to conne...

In this episode of Inside Therapist, acupuncturist Jo Darling and hypnotherapy and RTT therapist Sally Garozzo talk about assumptions people make about therapists; ponder can you really be a good therapist if you're childless; why going grey has been important for us and the struggles we face marketing our businesses. Jo Darling Menopoised is at www.menopoised.co.uk Instagram @menopoised Acup...

Sharing one of my favourite chapters in Second Spring, which describes how our culture makes everything worse.  Plus, I tell the story of how second spring was written and all the many, many people who have been part of her creation. Second Spring : the self-care guide for menopause is available from your favourite bookseller, and you can get the low-down at katecodrington.co.uk/second-spring-the-...

How to listen well with my guest Jenny Rose Smith. Jenny has created a meditative and psychotherapeutic approach that she calls Receptive Listening. This combines Carl  Roger's core conditions with a practice of being rooted in and supported by the present moment. Jenny has worked on crisis services for three decades supporting people with addiction and mental health difficulties. You can fin...

A dive between the pages of my new book Second Spring: the self-care guide to menopause where I am interviewed by my dear friend and colleague Leora Leboff.  In true Inside Job style, there are confessions, truths, poignant moments, tenderness, and at the end, I am moved to tears. You can find Second Spring at your favourite book shop or read more about it at katecodrington.co.uk/second-spring-the...

If we come together, we can change the conversation around menopause from shame to healing. Second Spring : the self-care guide for menopause is available to pre-order from your favourite bookseller, and you can get the low-down on it, including your gift for pre-ordering, at katecodrington.co.uk/second-spring-the-self-care-guide-to-menopause/ I'd love it if you joined me in changing the conv...

Musing on the toxicity of our 'anti-ageing' culture. Second Spring : the self-care guide for menopause is available to pre-order from your favourite bookseller, and you can get the low-down on it, including your gift for pre-ordering, at katecodrington.co.uk/second-spring-the-self-care-guide-to-menopause/ I'd love it if you joined me in changing the conversation about menopause, you...

Musing on the wisdom of the body and how to access it for yourself. Second Spring : the self-care guide for menopause is available to pre-order from your favourite bookseller, and you can get the low-down on it, including your gift for pre-ordering, at katecodrington.co.uk/second-spring-the-self-care-guide-to-menopause/ I'd love it if you joined me in changing the conversation about menopause...

Musing on self-care, what it is and how to do it your way! Second Spring : the self-care guide for menopause is available to pre-order from your favourite bookseller, and you can get the low-down on it, including your gift for pre-ordering, at katecodrington.co.uk/second-spring-the-self-care-guide-to-menopause/ I'd love it if you joined me in changing the conversation about menopause, you cou...

Cathi Rae, poet, spoken word artist and model is hot, outspoken, sharp-suited, out there, often naked on Instagram and has a lot to say about how ageing women are viewed.  In her professional life she has recently been funded by The British Research Council to work on a PhD on poetry and marginalised lives - proof that it's possible to start a new career at 60. She is active in challenging ag...

Known as mood swings and other things on Instagram, Charlotte describes herself as a 40-something mother of two, kind at heart and potty of mouth. She documents her experience of perimenopause day-by-day on IG with so much humour and such authenticity, I was delighted that she agreed to chat with me. We talk wobbles, cracking up, self-help, HRT, being a role model, girls education and Miriam Stopp...

To call Elizabeth Joseph an 'influencer' is a bit reductive because she is way more than that as you'll hear in this conversation about perimenopause. She says: My story is a story of transformation: a midlife revelation, revolution, reinvention. A woman who has gone from invisible housewife, plagued by perimenopause, to a social media menopause guinea pig.  Who has tried out a rang...

A warm welcome to Life - An Inside Job 's more professional little sister, Inside Therapist . It's a podcast providing candid water-cooler conversations between fellow therapists, teachers, coaches and facilitators. The kind of conversation that is candid, curious and might make you change the way you think about your work.  A little ear-candy to inspire, provoke thought and spark new id...

Norman Blair has been teaching yoga for 20 years and draws on many different threads and support.  This episode will be interesting for anyone who's signed up to a class or training, and that's most of us. At a time when world-class teachers are available on Zoom, there is a wealth of classes and trainings available but how can we choose? How do we know if the offering is any good, or ev...

Today we’re talking stuckness. Specifically feeling stuck in perimenopause. But feeling stuck, frozen, ignored, trapped, dead-ended, stiffed… whatever you call it, is something that we can all relate to.  There’s a lot spoken about the overwhelm from being too busy in perimenopause, but almost none about how it is when it’s not busy enough. Except perhaps in our heads!  Julia Davis is a yoga teach...

Inside Therapist is Life - An Inside Job’s professional little sister. It’s a brand new podcast for wellness professionals that is intimate,  candid, curious, like those watercooler conversations we’ve always longed for with fellow therapists, teachers, coaches and facilitators. Juicy, revealing and opening new possibilities Inside Therapist is a little treat to inspire you between clients or clas...

In this episode, I talk to Sally Duffell about growing and eating sprouts to manage your menopause symptoms. Her book Grow your Own HRT covers all the science of how plant hormones work in a menopausal body, she goes deep into the research, into the disadvantages and advantages of HRT from the doctor, which sprouts to grow and how to do it…. she covers the lot!   In our different ways, both Sally...

Next to understanding our inner worlds, food is my second favourite topic and I loved hearing from plant-based lifestyle coach and recipe developer Kathy Davis, about how to balance our hormones with plant-based food.  Kathy is the CEO of VegInspired.com and the author of three cookbooks.  She also helps people successfully transition to a plant-based way of eating that supports a fast-paced lifes...

In this episode, Tessa introduces us to focusing, a beautiful technique that brings more consciousness and acceptance into our lives by giving our body wisdom more space. It’s practical, you can do it to support your happiness, your relationships and as meditation; infinitely adaptable and useful in everyday life. We also talk about the wonderful medicine circle, birth trauma, preparing for birth...

 I talk to Ellen Albertson about finding self-love at midlife and menopause. Known as the Midlife Whisperer, Ellen is a life coach who has loads of practical, do-able tips on how to bring more compassion to yourself and to Rock Your Midlife. You can find Ellen at drellenalbertson.com or on Instagram at @the_midlife_whisperer Her book Rock Your Midlife: 7 Steps to Transform Your Life and Make Your...

Ron brought such a juicy topic to Inside Job, because, if we need to know anything, how to handle yourself is definitely at the top of the list.  We had a sweet, soulful conversation that covered Ron’s story, along with the approach she uses with clients who are also figuring out how to handle themselves… also known as ‘how to be human’.  She’s an Embodied Facilitator, Empowerment and Compassion C...

In this episode, I explore anxiety with Anxiety and Trauma Coach Tricia Murray. It was just so sweet meeting Tricia at last, as we’d known each other through social media for years, but never actually met.  She shares tips and actionable strategies to live a happier and calmer life. Anxiety, whether it’s a constant low-grade charge of an endless to-do list, or a completely debilitating disorder, i...

I talk to nutritional therapist Severine Menem about what sort of things to eat to reduce menopause symptoms BEFORE you start taking supplements.  It’s easy to fall for the marketing when you’re in your health food shop, to grab a pill, but there are far cheaper and more effective ways of getting all the nutrients you need as Severine describes.  Severine is a menopause specialist and Health Coach...

Hilary Lewin is a fabulous person, a pioneer in many ways but especially reproductive health. She was part of the group that set up Doula UK , she’s one of the most experienced Arvigo abdominal massage teachers in the UK and part of the Abdominal Therapy Collective , a facilitator and author of the soon to be birthed book Menopause: Your Brilliant, Bloodless Revolution.  We talk about Hilary’s boo...

In this episode, Kate Farrants, founder of the phenomenally successful Movement for Modern Life explores the ethics of the yoga business and how the spiritual and material, (ie money) aspects of yoga can get along, or not!  Kat is totally honest, warm and curious as we chew on lots of questions including: Can you ever make money out of being a yoga teacher? Is burnout inevitable? How can you be a...