Thrive After 40

Cravings once felt like my biggest weakness, but I’ve come to see they’re actually my greatest superpower. In this episode, I share how cravings have guided me through some of the toughest chapters of my life, and how they can do the same for you. If you’ve ever felt stuck in the cycle of food controlling you, this conversation will help you see cravings in a completely new light.

If you’re in midlife or menopause and feel overwhelmed and stuck, unable to achieve your health & fitness goals, this episode is for you. I'm a 53 year old personal trainer and I share my personal journey through the combined struggle of menopause and midlife. I couldn't shake off the desire for change, but I didn't know how to make it happen. This is my story of how I discovered t...

Another truly uplifting catch-up with Rachel. She was struggling with perimenopause and had made several changes to her life, including changing jobs and giving up exercise, but she was still struggling with low energy and feeling like the joy had gone out of her life. She felt that diet was the missing piece of the jigsaw, but felt too overwhelmed to change her habits. We caught up a month after...

This episode is a great reminder that Thriving After 40 isn't just about food. Emma lost her fitness after catching Covid and then perimenopause struck bringing anxiety and issues with sleep. As her kids hit their teens she was also missing the socialising that she did with other parents when the children were younger. She wanted to take better care of herself, but was overwhelmed by all the t...

Rachel is 3 years perimenopause and her biggest symptoms are mood swings, anxiety and overwhelm and real loss of joy. Taking the brave step of changing career didn't remove the feelings of anxiety that she'd hoped. Determined to make more changes she cut down on alcohol and joined a running club. But she just couldn't get a grip on her diet. She knew toast for breakfast and meal deals...

This follow-up session with Allison is a really special episode. When we first spoke a few weeks ago I told her she was practically starving herself. I gave her some advice on what to change to see some improvements, but what I didn't know at the time was that Allison has MS. I only found out a few weeks later when I checked in on her and she told me she was in the middle of a relapse or a MS...

In this short but sweet episode, Anna takes me through an impressive list of changes she's experienced after making really simple changes. Better sleep, less hungry, fewer cravings, more energy, not hangry any more, less brain fog and half a stone lighter in just over a month. The changes she made were easy to work into her busy lifestyle and she still ate the same meals as her family, somethi...

If you can't seem to make time for yourself, then listen to this truly uplifting episode with Bev, who told me she felt 200% better after making some tiny changes to her lifestyle after our first call a couple of months ago. Bev has a full-time job and a family, she runs a running club and was struggling with menopause so much, she was often shattered. She was the first person to sign up for t...

A month ago Sybil appeared on the show. She was struggling to lose weight following diets that she'd relied on for years. She also wanted to start exercising, but just didn't have the time. What her dilemma boiled down to was how do you get past feeling stuck, so you can start making progress? Sybil came back to let me know how the changes I suggested she make, had worked for her. She told...

In this episode, Gabrielle speaks to Sybil, a 52-year-old mother juggling 3 jobs, a dog and a chronic back condition. She suffers from low energy and brain fog and wants to get rid of her menopause belly, and, knowing that strength training is important at this age, she wants to start training. But, she explains that even though she feels like she knows what she should be doing, she just can't mak...

Anna juggles full-time work with being a mum to two hungry boys. Eating together as a family is really important to her, but the meals that keep her husband and kids full of energy aren't working for her. She is steadily gaining weight but doesn't want to cook separate meals for herself. For one, she doesn't have time, but more importantly, she doesn't want the kids exposed to diet...

In this episode, Gabrielle speaks to Allison, a 50-year-old mother of teenagers who said that she felt lost. She suffers from health issues that cause fatigue and battles constant hunger. It didn't matter what she ate, she still had an empty feeling she hated but couldn't fill. She candidly explains what she eats in a day and is surprised when Gabrielle tells her she's starving herself. During the...

This is the first of a new series of live coaching sessions where I help women over 40 overcome the challenges they face in sticking to their diet and exercise routines. We're faced with tons of advice about what we should or shouldn't be doing, but the reality is that we struggle to put it into practice. This series will help women identify the blockers that are holding them back and unlo...

We all know we should eat healthier and get more exercise, but I think the real question that needs answering is how. How do we find the motivation to do these things when we are stressed and have so much to do? In this week's episode I ask Shiela Docker for her take on this question. Sheila is a Health & Wellness Coach who also works with T2 Diabetic Patients through the NHS. She overhaul...

When I gave up alcohol, I worried I wouldn't enjoy going out anymore, or that it might even change my relationship with my partner. Thinking about this was too overwhelming, so I just focused on one day at a time. But these are valid worries which could discourage women who are falling out of love with alcohol from trying. But when I met up with Life Coach, Sam Parkinson recently, she had an e...

We all want to feel better and be healthier, but the reality is that many of us simply don't have the time, energy or headspace to change. So the big question is, how do we overcome the overwhelm? In the second episode of Thrive After 40 I am joined by Jane Fox, a solution-focused hypnotherapist. Together we discuss the different types of thoughts and thinking patterns that keep us stuck in ou...

Thrive after 40. What does it mean? In this first episode, I introduce what Thrive After 40 is all about. It all started when I sat down after waving my daughter off on her first day of secondary school. She was at the beginning of a new stage in her life, and I knew that before long, she would be flying the nest, off having wonderful adventures and enjoying life as an adult. As I thought about he...