The Wellness Collective with Nat Kringoudis

Ana Pereira is a money educator who has been helping people learn to manage, invest and make money work for YOU. After Nat had her bank accounts suddenly closed, it left her curious and asking the question - do I really have ownership of my money? In this episode Ana answers this and more - and the answers may surprise you! Ana shares;How she fell in love with money and whyWho really owns the mone...

You get your blood test results and you’re relieved when your doctor tells you they’re all fine.. but you don’t feel fine, so the mystery of your symptoms continues. Sound familiar? In this episode Nat talks through why this happens so frequently and explains what you can do to better understand your test results. Nat shares;Different blood tests and what they meanTesting reference ranges and why...

Egg freezing has become an insurance policy for many women. But outside of IVF, how do you decide if you want to freeze your eggs? Helen Zee has helped many couples with her methods and support, and wants to help women understand the ins and outs of egg freezing for a successful outcome. In this episode Helen shares;Reasons to freeze your eggs, such as IVF and ageHow egg freezing can be an aggress...

OBGYN Dr Nathan Riley discovered something fascinating. During his time delivering babies, the less he interrupted the birthing mother and the less he intervened, the smoother the birth process tended to be. After observing this time and time again, he began to explore the reasons as to why this was happening, which shifted his views about how we birth. Today Nathan educates future and expecting p...

Australian Birth stories has grown to reaching millions of women across Australia and world wide. Sharing stories from all varieties of Birth, Sophie Walker has recently co-authored 'The Complete Australian Guide to Pregnancy and Birth'. In this episode she shares her experience in growing her platform and how it has gone on to help women during pregnancy and beyond. Sophie shares;The be...

Sharon Selby had her own fair share of health challenges. After moving to Australia she developed asthma and hay fever which saw 8 rounds of steroids over 2 years. She experienced many side effects and knew she needed to get off the merry go round. And she did. So it was no surprise that when her son developed allergies she got curious as to how she could support him to live symptom free. Now Shar...

Everybody is intuitive according to Helen Jacobs. Helen is an ‘energy forecaster’, which is also known as a psychic medium. Rather than ‘predicting’ her clients forecasts, she decided it would be more beneficial to help us tap into our own intuition. Her latest book 'Follow Your Heart' provides simple daily rituals to help you hone in on your own intuition, and in today's episode He...

Many women are told they have low progesterone and as a result need to support their body with prescription progesterone. Whilst this isn’t necessarily wrong, it’s always important to consider why progesterone is low. There are various symptoms associated with low progesterone including recurrent miscarriage, PMS and more. This episode discusses reasons why your progesterone may be low and what yo...

Anti ageing is something on many people's minds. Is it even possible? Dr Abbie is the guru of aesthetic acupuncture and Chinese medicine and in this episode she shares her wisdom and secrets on how to have more radiant and healthy skin. Abbie is here to help everyone glow from the inside out, support the ageing process and help you feel good in your skin no matter what your age or gender. In...

When we open ourselves to new possibilities, we can reconnect with a sense of hope. But keeping our vibes high isn’t always easy. Caitlin Cady, Author of several self help books including The Hope Dealer, is here to help us understand why staying inspired provides us each with a special superpower and how we can all tap into this to win at life. In this episode she shares; Why we need to feed ours...

Thyroid health has more recently come under the spotlight as an increasing number of people are being diagnosed with thyroid issues. That said, many people are experiencing thyroid-like symptoms only to be told that their thyroid is fine. There are some discrepancies amongst conventional and functional medicine when it comes to the difference between ’normal’ and optimal results with reference to...

Kelly Prior was faced with her own concerns around her family planning and her career. Like many women, she wondered if she could have her cake and eat it too. In this episode she shares how her new business is helping women get back into the work force after pregnancy and support businesses with a unique project delivery firm - THE CAKE. In this episode Kelly shares;What we need to do to have bet...

In a world that is obsessed with 'anti-ageing' are we setting unrealistic goals and creating an unhealthy obsession? What if we flipped the script and talked about how we can aim to maintain youth, all the while growing wiser and intertwining the two. In this episode Nat chats more about; Focusing on maintenance and how 'prevention is better than cure' seems to be an old fashio...

Freya Savage created the School Of Money to help people be 'average' when it came to their finances and investments. She says the average when it comes to money is 'pretty damn good'. She shows us in this episode how $50 a week can look like $2,000,000 at retirement and that 'normal' people are waiting too long to invest. She shares more about;What financial independe...

Pharmacist, Dr Lindsey Elmore one day had a moment where she asked a patient how many medicines he had previously been taking prior to his hospital admission. His answer... none. As she was about to prescribe him a cocktail of medicines that she knew would have long term side effects, she felt there had to be another way. Dr Lindsey shares more on;Why she had to unsubscribe from the traditional me...

An estimated 10% of women suffer from Endometriosis and/or Adenomyosis and a whopping 90% of women have experienced period pain in their life. In this episode Nat shares how to approach pelvic pain from an alternative angle. Nat shares;The difference between Endometriosis and Adenomyosis and why women get frustrated about them being confusedSymptoms of Endometriosis and AdenomyosisWhy genes matter...

Jenn Trepeck is on a mission to change health care. Growing up, her family members were always on a diet and then one day it dawned on her - she realised that she had literally been on a diet her whole life. On today’s episode, she shares her insight on how weight loss isn't magic, it's actually science. Jenn also talks to us about;Blood sugar and why it mattersHow the key really is cons...

Kristen Schwartz is a writer, entrepreneur, attuned empathic healer, certified trauma recovery coach and founder of Realized Empath. One of Kristen's passions is to help Empaths and Highly Sensitive People to realise their potential, where she offers support, inspiration, and healing. In today's chat, she speaks to Nat about:How her passion for helping Empaths came aboutWhat it means to...

“Imagine playing monopoly and never buying any assets or investments!”   This is the statement Sarah Pasini raises during this episode. Entrepreneurs Tully & Sarah and no strangers to The Wellness Collective.  They are back to talk about women’s finance, business, multiple income streams and investments and how they can help bridge the gap between gender and wealth. In this episode Tully &...

By popular demand, today my 14 year old daughter Olivia Kringoudis joins me on The Wellness Collective to answer some of the questions you have put forward for her. If you are a parent of a teenager, this episode will hopefully help you navigate the tricky questions that come up through their years of puberty, and may even be a great episode to share with them. Olivia answers questions about;What...

Ever thought of building a school? Us neither. But when parenting guru Lael Stone was presented with the idea, she knew she had to make it happen. Lael is an Author, Educator and Speaker helping parents support their children in an environment where they are able to become strong and well adjusted adults. In this episode you will learn from her years of wisdom and her own parenting experience to g...

Hormone imbalance between various doctors in more recent times has raised great debate. Does hormone imbalance actually exist? As a result, women are left feeling extremely conflicted. Dr Carrie Jones has dedicated her life to understanding hormones. She goes by the title of the Hormone Savvy Doc, she is an ND and is here to help us understand our hormones, common imbalances and why normal isn’t n...

Weight management is something we all ‘feel’ something about. Whether we want to learn how to finally shed the kilos and maintain it, or we want to feel optimal in the skin we are in, it is important to understand why diets don’t work and why what you’ve previously done wasn’t sustainable. Stu Schaefer is a weight loss expert and he is here to smash through some truths to help women feel amazing....

Most women have accepted that gaining weight during menopause is a given. But like most hormonal symptoms, just because it is common doesn’t mean it is normal.  Dr Anna Cabecca is back to share her wisdom about menopause, weight gain and other associated symptoms which she believes can be managed and addressed with simple lifestyle strategies to have women back on track and feeling their best. In...

Perimenopause begins at around 35 years of age when our hormone levels gradually begin to decline. Many women are experiencing more crazy hormone imbalance symptoms than ever before including heavy periods, mood swings, insomnia and more.  Perimenopause isn’t supposed to be a horrible time. In this episode Nat talks about why so many women are having huge struggles with their hormone health in the...