Women's Health Unwrapped

What we eat has such a huge part to play in not only our physical health but our mental health too. But knowing what to eat can be so complicated, and for many people they’re confused about how to eat better and improve their diet. In today’s episode we explore food for health and the benefits of adding more plants into your diet. Our guest Sarah Mills shares her knowledge and experience about get...

The juggle of life is tough for many of us - work, family, home, friends, yourself! For Issy Howell who recently became a first time Mum, navigating this huge change and adjustment to her life was like most first-time parents, a challenging one! Add to this that she’s a business owner and very aware of how valuable her personal health and wellbeing are, she’s been finding it all just a little over...

It’s estimated that the average person will spend around 3,507 days, or 90,000 hours of their lifetime working. That’s a huge proportion of your one life, so if you aren’t happy in your job or career, it’s going to take it’s toll. Your health and wellbeing are impacted by everything in your life, so if work is the biggest thing you spend your time doing, it’s obvious that it’s going to contribute...

How many diets have you tried, only to find yourself back where you started? Are you stuck in the constant cycle of Monday dieting and weekend indulgence? In this episode, we're diving into the world of diets, their effectiveness, and the impact they have on our health and happiness. If you've ever felt trapped in the cycle of dieting, or if you've wondered why diets don't seem to...

Life is for living, isn’t it? We all want to enjoy our life, get the most from it, spending our time doing nice, fun things. For lots of people this outlook on life creates a belief that thinking about your health and taking care of yourself will hold you back from living your life to the full. For our guest today she loved her life and wanted to make the most of it, so had the opinion that life w...

We all know how important our mental health is and the impact it can have when it’s not strong. Today we’re talking about depression and finding out how our guest Matthew Williams faced three different episodes of depression and what he’s taken from his own experiences to now help others. Matthew is an advocate for mental health, working mainly with men, and he’s passionate about normalising conve...

What if it’s you standing in the way of what you want? The promotion, the fitness goal, losing weight, a healthy relationship, having more time for yourself. Maybe you’re the one sabotaging this happening for you. Interesting thought isn’t it? We’re exploring the topic of self-sabotage today with special guest Erin Wooodruff, a coach who helps you to stop holding yourself back and to stop the self...

While we’re on holiday and taking a very well deserved and much needed break, I’d love to share a few of our listeners, and watchers, favourite episodes. If you’ve not listened to these ones yet then please check them out! We’ve had so many fantastic responses to all of our episodes and we love the diverse range of topics and conversations we’ve had with the most incredible guests. We know we have...

Are stress and burnout just the same thing? Is stress inevitable because of our busy fast paced way of living? This is the topic of today’s episode with guest expert Keir Wotherspoon. We’re diving deep into why burnout is on the rise and whether men and women experience it the same way for the same reasons, and how to build the right habits to protect yourself from burnout. Keir is a performance c...

The way we think and feel determines our actions, which becomes our reality. For many of us, we’re caught-up in the spin cycle of life, unaware of this, struggling with who we are and our lot in life.  Christina Lord is here sharing her story of how she’d moved through life, doing what she’d been made to believe were the right next steps for her - job, relationship, home, marriage - only to have h...

In our fourth and final episode as part of our June focus on menopause we’re chatting with nurse and business owner Anna Slater about what menopause actually is and the truth behind HRT. Anna has been studying and training over the past eighteen months so that her business is now a registered clinic able to diagnose and treat things like menopause. Her experience and expertise working as a palliat...

What do you know about menopause? Is it something you think you’ll face when you absolutely have to, or maybe that it’s something you’re staying well and truly away from because you know it’s going to be a nightmare? In June our podcast will focus on menopause, exploring the myths, fears, beliefs, experiences, and impact to real women. I know how crucial it is to help women of all ages understand...

Were you taught about menopause in school? How about by your Mother or other family member? What about as a grown woman? Our society has deemed menopause a taboo topic, until very recently. This has led to the majority of women having very limited understanding about what the menopause is and what to expect - except for hot flushes, the beginning of the end of your life, and loss of fertility. Dur...

One of the key challenges we’re facing with menopause is the lack of knowledge about the topic amongst women. We haven’t been brought up with education and clarity about menopause so that we truly understand what it is and how it’s going to affect us. So, this month we're bringing you four very special episodes focusing on menopause. There’s a lot of unknown, fear, stigma, and even shame still...

Are you in the camp of waiting until something goes wrong before having to give your health a thought? It often takes something drastic or even life-threatening for either yourself or someone you love to face before you appreciate how valuable your health is. Because without your health, you have no life, no you even. It’s the number one thing that stands in our way of being able to do and feel th...

Knowing what success looks like for you is something so few of us get clear on, yet we’re constantly striving for success because we believe it will make us feel the way we want to feel. Yet the irony is that we often don’t even know how it is we truly want to feel! It’s easy to get caught up in your life, pushing to achieve your goals and achieve this success, doing and saying yes to more and mor...

Is it really possible for women to have it all? What even is ‘it all’? These are just some of the questions we’re exploring in today’s episode with our guest May James. May runs two businesses and has had huge success in the accolades she has been awarded and in supporting other female entrepreneurs to build and scale thriving global businesses. All of which she has accomplished whilst managing he...

Is it a constant battle to stay healthy once you build a healthy lifestyle where you feel strong and well? This was a fantastic question recently asked to our host and one that we thought was perfect to explore in this podcast episode. It’s an important topic to bring to you because being healthy isn’t a goal that you reach and then tick off because it’s complete. Healthy living is for life - ther...

That voice you hear in your head is real and the most powerful voice you hear, yet for many of us, it’s the most critical voice we ever hear! The way you support yourself has such a role to play in your health and wellbeing but is very overlooked when it comes to building a healthy lifestyle. This is why today we’re going deep into the topic of self-compassion for wellbeing with guest Tom Cleary....

Is it really that important to invest in your health before something goes wrong?  In today’s episode MD turned entrepreneur Dr Kim Foster is sharing her experience of working in the Canadian healthcare system as a family doctor for over twenty years and the challenges of reactive health care. Dr Kim is a huge advocate for proactive health and offers so much on why we should be building a culture...

Mindfulness is a bit of a buzz word right now as we hear it popping up in many different wellness and healthy living conversations. It’s a powerful tool and can offer so many mental, physical, and emotional health benefits. It’s also something that is free and simple to add into your wellness toolkit! Today’s guest Alison Dee is a Mindset and Manifestation Coach certified in mindfulness training s...

There are two types of people - those who have a drink problem and those who don’t. Is this really true? It’s been the way levels of alcohol dependancy have been categorised for many years, but things are slowly starting to shift when it comes to thinking about what we drink and whether we really do have a problem with it. We’re exploring this topic today with guest expert Carol Urry, an alcohol f...

Health doesn’t have a start and end point. Neither is it about doing a prescriptive list of things and only then you’ll feel reap the rewards and feel great. And if you can’t do them all, why bother with anything?  Today we’re exploring the belief so many people hold onto that to be a healthy person means having to ‘do it all’; that you can only be healthy if you tick all the boxes and when you ca...

As we see more people choosing to start their own businesses and explore the possibilities of entrepreneurship, today’s guest is the perfect person to share with you why at any stage of your life you need to be proactive about building good, strong health. Lisa Johnson runs a hugely successful global online strategy company, which she founded only six years ago when she was a single Mum to twin so...

One area of wellbeing that is often overlooked, but is most definitely a part of every single person’s life is money. Your finances can have a huge negative impact on your life, with 71% of people in the UK currently reporting they are stressed about money. What money means for women and the stigma many women hold about money is causing lots of challenges to mental health for them and their partne...