The Small Steps to Wellness Show

The gut brain connection is getting more and more attention, and deservedly so. In this episode I sit down to talk to Nikkie Windsor on the importance of a healthy gut on not just our mental health, but our health overall, and I hear her story of living with Crohn's disease. Nikkie Windsor is a Certified Nutritionist, Health Coach, Yoga Breathing Coach, gut health expert and fermentation specialis...

In this episode of the show I am talking to Lucy Higgins about the perfect mother myth, the pressure we feel as mums, where it's coming from, and also some of the tools we can use to help ourselves on the motherhood journey. Lucy Higgins is a Mum to two boys living in Hertfordshire. She is an International Coaching Federation accredited Coach who helps parents to achieve their personal and profess...

In this episode I am joined by Vicky, Amy and Debbie talking about the challenges of eating healthily in today's world. What's the deal with artificial sweeteners? Carrageenan, what on earth does that mean? Organic vs non organic food? We have allergies, how do I manage that? We share our struggles, but also solutions! More from Amy: @amylouise_eyh @enlighten_your_health In our house we love: Kall...

It's menopause awareness month and I'm looking at what nutrients we should cover to help prevent bone loss as this is a problem for a lot of women as they enter this next big phase in their lives. This is a shorter episode with an introduction to some key nutrients, and I am not going into a lot of different foods, but for further help on the topic, please reach out to me on Instagram @smallstepst...

In this episode I sit down to talk to physiotherapist Becky Aston - a pelvic health Physiotherapist - about menopause symptoms and how she supports women through challenging times of life for their body, including peri and post menopause. Becky has over 20 years experience of working with men and women with pelvic health issues. She worked in the NHS for 15 years before starting her private practi...

October is World Menopause Awareness Months and I therefore want to share this conversation that I had with Keris Marsden on the topic a while back. Keris is a clinical nutritionist specialising in peri-menopause and menopause. We discuss what symptoms of peri-menopause are, what treatment options are out there and what we can do to nourish ourselves whilst navigating this new stage of our lives....

Wendy Windle is not just any coach, she is the love your bloody self coach. In this episode we sit down to talk about exactly this challenge: how can women break out of the good girl box that so many of us find ourselves in, and learn to just bloody love ourselves? Wendy is on a mission to help spirited, but stuck women to release the hidden fears that are holding them back, break out of the good...

In this episode I sit down to talk to my coach, Lindsay Carricarte-Jones about living in alignment and her journey to get to where she is today. Lindsay is a new thought spiritual practitioner and master spiritual psychology coach, quantum healer, and host of the Detoxxxing from the Matrix podcast, which I can highly recommend. If you're familiar with Human Design, you'll be interested to know tha...

In this episode I sit down to talk to Sarah Hunt, a hardworking PA to a MD during the day, but also a single mum to two young girls aged 6 and 8. The eldest has special needs, in form of a chromosome disorder. Sarah is originally from Australia, but has been in the UK coming up 18 years, after initially coming over on a 1 year career break! She has worked hard on herself in the last few years to k...

We all keep hearing how bad sugar is for us, but what about artificial sweeteners? No calories are surely a good thing, right? In this episode I sit down to talk to nutritional therapist Amie Lunt to try to find out more about artificial sweeteners and why she as a clinician and a mother is doing everything she can to avoid them, both for herself and her children. Amie is a qualified Nutritional T...

A few years ago, before I had understood the connection between food and health, my mother in law told me she’d got a book from the book people when they’d come to her work. It was a book by someone calling themselves the medicinal chef. She thought I’d like it, she said, because I had started dipping my toes into changing my diet. Little did she or I know what this book would lead to for me. From...

Sarah Griffith is a health coach, parenting mentor and children's eating specialist. In this conversation we talk about what we as parents can do to help our children enjoy mealtimes more, how she helps the families that come to see her and what results they are seeing in their children's eating habits. I have myself worked with Sarah to help one of my children enjoy food more, and what's so great...

Natalie Costa is a woman I have been following on Instagram for a while. Whenever I share any of her posts with my friends, they always comment on her ability to see their child, and it often feels as though she is speaking directly to them. This is why I wanted to have a talk with her on my podcast, especially now that schools are back and some children might find it hard to settle back in, form...