The Healthy Post Natal Body Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This week I have a new set-up! So you should hopefully notice better sound quality on your little speakers. It costs a bit of money but you're worth it. I am talking about how your diastasis recti really doesn't need a £9k surgery and your belly doesn't need to end up with a massive scar, in 90% of cases. I also touch on weightloss with diastasis recti as I get aske...

Send us Fan Mail  On the back of an email I received this week I thought I'd go over 3 of the biggest mistakes women make when they work on their post-partum recovery. The email I received was pretty standard, I get about 10-20 of these every month or so, so I'm guessing there are a lot more people out there whom are struggling with these things. The email read as follows; I take you thr...

Send us Fan Mail This week, since it's the start of the New Year, I thought I would do an episode on "how to plan for, and succeed at,  improving your health". No matter what your goal is this year, I will talk you through how to actually make it stick this year. Want to lose weight? Want to improve your cardio vascular fitness? Want to lift heavier things or just get started with d...

Send us Fan Mail Are you one of the millions of people who suffer from a Binge Eating disorder? Or are you like me when it comes to certain foods you just eat it all even if you don't really feel like it anymore? This episode is for you! This week I had the pleasure of being joined by Dr Glenn Livingston, who has a fascinating story and a tremendous amount of expertise when it comes to binge...

Send us Fan Mail This week it's just little old me again and because it's almost the end of the year, and it's been a while since I've done one of these, I'm clearing up health and fitness myths. First I go over the idea of somato-types (body-types such as ectomorph, endomorph and mesomorph) and whether that affects your diet and training. Has the idea of body-types really...

Send us Fan Mail  This week I'm talking to Dr Yug Varma about the micro-biome. As regular listeners will know I am very interested in the micro- and gut biome and there is no better person to speak to about this stuff than Dr Varma. He has 10+ years of microbiome research experience including an extensive background in bio-organic chemistry, microbiology, and synthetic biology. Dr. Varma rece...

Send us Fan Mail This week I have the pleasure of talking to  Julieanna Hever, MS RD CPT.  aka the plant based dietitian She's the author of no fewer than 6 (!!) books with number 7 on the way! She's also the host of the " Choose you now " podcast and it's very safe to say that she really knows what she's talking about. We talk all things plant-based, starting with wh...

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking to one of the most, if not THE most, enthusiastic running coaches and trainers out there; Jessica Marie Rose Leggio from RunPainFreeNow.com In addition to having  qualifications and experience coming out the wazoo, she really cares about women's health and injury prevention and that passion comes through in everything she talks about. In one of the...

Send us Fan Mail  This week I'm talking about stupid things people do to heal their diastasis recti. From bellybinders and Peloton bikes to do Instagram workouts and asking your GP for surgery on the NHS. As my teachers always used to tell me "You're only wasting your own time" and time is that one resource we only have a limited supply of. The longer you mess about trying thin...

Send us Fan Mail  This week I was asked a very interesting question; One of my clients is reading "Lifespan" by David Sinclair. In it he states that he takes NMN and that "everybody should" (or words to that effect). So she asked me what I thought about NMN and which, of the many supplier's, NMN she should be buying. So I have looked into the NMN studies, the people that t...

Send us Fan Mail  This week it's just little old me again for 30 minutes. I'm talking about various things that we haven't had time to cover in the past few weeks. A saying I like; "Yesterday starts tomorrow, tomorrow starts today". Are you being held back by shitty planning? One of the biggest mistakes people make when planning change is that they don't plan it prope...

Send us Fan Mail  This week we're answering your post-partum diet questions, with a very special guest; Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; Libby Mills (MS, RDN, LDN, FAND). She's giving you expert answers to the questions you sent in. Some of the questions you put to her are; Is the KETO diet safe to do when you're breastfeeding? Can you get enough fiber in you...

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking to Stephanie Olson. She's the CEO of the Set me Free Project,  a prevention education organization on human trafficking, social media safety, and healthy relationships. We're talking social media safety; Is it a good idea to set up a social media account for your baby/toddler? What is the biggest thing people ignore about social media? Do you R...

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking to Debbie Godfrey; The world's "positive parenting" teacher. Are you fed-up arguing with your kids about doing chores? Done with bed-time dramas every night? Does it seem like you're constantly shouting at your kids and is that affecting the relationship you have with your children? Well you're in luck because Debbie teaches pare...

Send us Fan Mail   This week I'm talking to Jenny Toh, she's a life-coach and mother of 3 introverted children. In a lovely, free-flowing conversation we talk about many things including; The difference between being shy and introverted. How to communicate with your introverted child in a way that is productive for both sides. How to help your introverted child flourish in a, seemingly,...

Send us Fan Mail  Every now and again I am extremely lucky and manage to book a guest like Gabriela Rosa (MPH (CLE), MScM(RHHG), BHSc(ND) and many others things beside) for my little podcast. Gabriela is a world-renowned fertility specialist and, after you've listened to her talking to me for an hour, you'll know that she is the real deal. A best-selling author of 4 books, a Harvard univ...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever started to make a change in lifestyle because "it seemed like a good idea"? You know; "I want to start losing weight, I'll start Keto on Monday?" or "I'm signing up to a gym and that will get me exercising regularly because ..."I know I should""? And then later you find out that you weren't actually ready to make...

Send us Fan Mail This week I talk about how a post-natal exercise program should be structured, and how to spot a good one from a bad one. And how to get that lower belly flat again. "How to get rid of that little pouch" as some people phrase it. It's all about breathing correctly and working that one special muscle. Here is a link to the youtube video of the exercise I describe; ht...

Send us Fan Mail This week I talk about exercise for weightloss. I have written about this quite often but this study that came out recently shows just how massive a waste of time exercise is IF your main goal is losing weight. The proof that the more obese you are the more difficult it is to lose weight through exercise. Why your Personal Trainer has been getting your calorie calculations wrong f...

Send us Fan Mail Every now and again I get to do an interview with somebody that has such a wonderful approach to their profession that makes me question why we ever did something else and accepted it. This week I had the pleasure of doing one of those interviews. My guest is Dr Kylie Burton. She is a Dr of Functional Medicine, host of the "Beyond the diagnosis" podcast. We talk about ho...

Send us Fan Mail  I talk about GPs and why they often don't understand issues like post-natal back-pain and diastasis recti. It's not because they're stupid! And; "In the News this Week"; A study I actually came across last week after recording the podcast so want to bring it in now. This study , published in Nature, shows that Fructose in the diet expands the surface of t...

Send us Fan Mail This week I'm talking about some silly, inaccurate and downright stupid things I have had sent my way this week. Courtesy of Jess, without whom I would have significantly less to talk about and get loads less done, I bring you the following myths; 1; Diastasis Recti is a life long condition. 2; You can completely close the gap between your stomach muscles. 3; Having a gap bet...

Send us Fan Mail I'm going over 3 big studies that came out about health recently There's this one that shows that Ultraprocessed foods now comprise 2/3rds of kids and teens diet. Then there is a FASCINATING one about fasting and whether that can ward off infections and inflammation. This is especially interesting for people with auto-immune diseases but it even throws the old "You...

Send us Fan Mail I interview Rachel Podnos O'Leary,  author of "21st Century Wealth" a book specifically written for millennials because the financial landscape they face is so different from old-timers like myself :) Rachel is a Certified Financial Planner, a licensed attorney and member of the Florida bar. Her book is an amazingly straightforward, but extremely useful, read. Rache...

Send us Fan Mail Peter interviews Christina Hoag, author of "Girl on the brink". Girl on the brink is an engrossing, yet educational, novel about a teen romance going horribly wrong. It's a must read for anyone with children and then hand it over for them to read. Christina also talks about her own experience as someone who was in, and got out of, an abusive relationship. We talk ab...