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Brain HealthIs Your Brain Fog Menopause or Early Dementia? Dr Helena Popovic
Menopause & HormonesWhy We Gain Belly Fat as We Age & What We Can Do About It with Angela Foster
Grey Area DrinkingAm I Drinking Too Much? The 7 Signs of Grey Area Drinking
Brain HealthHow to Protect Your Brain After 40 with Dr Tommy Wood
Brain HealthNeuroscientist: “We Are in the Great Dumbing Down of Humanity” with TJ Power
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How to Stop Fearing Ageing and Start Embracing Your Best Years Yet - Ali Knight
In this episode I sit down with Ali Knight to talk about the four stages of womanhood, and the one most of us have never been told about: Maga, the years between motherhood and elderhood.
Why Eating Less Backfires in Perimenopause: Belly Fat, Protein & Weight Loss - Angelique Clark
In this episode I sit down with Angelique Clark, advanced sports dietitian and exercise physiologist, to answer the questions you have been sending me about weight gain in perimenopause.
Can You Build Muscle After 40 Without Heavy Weights? - Ashley Selman
In this episode I sit down with Ashley Selman, a strength coach of more than 30 years and the founder of Seli Strength, to talk about blood flow restriction training. Ashley explains why heavy lifting gets harder as our estrogen declines, and how lig
Should I Stay or Should I Go? How to Know If Your Marriage Is Really Over - Betsy Pake
In this episode I sit down with Betsy Pake, certified master coach and founder of The Navigate Method, to unpack the question so many midlife women are asking: should I stay or should I go? We talk about why women are choosing peace over partnership.
What Women Need to Know About Perimenopause, Hormones & Birth Control - Lara Briden
In this episode I sit down with Dr Lara Briden, naturopathic doctor and author of Period Repair Manual, Hormone Repair Manual and Metabolism Repair for Women. Lara reframes perimenopause as a second puberty and pushes back on the fear-based messaging
Is Alcohol Keeping You Stuck? The Questions Every Woman Who Drinks Should Ask - Jen Hirst
What does it really take to walk out of the "sober closet" and let go of the shame we carry around drinking? In this episode of Stronger, Bolder, Wiser, I sit down with sobriety coach Jen Hirst to trace her journey from hidden, high-functioning drink
Am I Drinking Too Much? The 7 Signs of Grey Area Drinking Every Woman Over 40 Should Know - Sarah Rusbatch
Most women who recognize themselves in this episode do not identify as alcoholics, and that is exactly why the term grey area drinking exists. It is the space between the every now and then drinker and physical dependency.
How to Protect Your Brain After 40: What Every Woman Should Know | Dr Tommy Wood
Your brain is knackered by 5pm because you've been stuck in middle gear all day, and that exhaustion is exactly why the wine starts calling.
Do You Have a Sweet Tooth or a Sugar Addiction? The 6 Signs with Dr. Jen Unwin
Is sugar addiction real, and why do so many women swap alcohol for sugar the moment they stop drinking? In this episode of Stronger, Bolder, Wiser, I sit down with clinical psychologist Dr. Jen Unwin, a leading expert.
7 Ways to Handle Stress Without Wine (When Everything Feels Like Too Much)
By 5pm the kids are screaming, you've had 77,000 tabs open in your brain all day, and a voice says you deserve a glass of wine. That voice isn't weakness, it's your brain reaching for the fastest exit it knows.
Want to Live Longer? A Female Longevity Expert Says Focus on These 3 Things | Zora Benhamou
Ageing isn't decline, it's the beginning of something incredible, and the choices you make today are quietly building the woman you'll be at 80.
The Mum Wine Lie: Why Alcohol Never Made Motherhood Easier
You woke up on the bedroom floor swearing this was the last time, and by Friday you were hovering over that party invite knowing exactly how the night would end. This is the episode about the moment you finally step off the merry-go-round.
Why Your Coping Strategies Stopped Working in Perimenopause - with Faye Lawrence
If you've spent your whole life feeling like you're failing at things everyone else finds easy, your ADHD may only be surfacing now because perimenopause has pulled back the curtain on it.
What's Really Keeping You Stuck? (And How to Create a Life You Truly Love) | Craig Harper
Change doesn't happen because you finally feel ready. It happens because you decide, then follow through, whether you feel ready or not.
6 Things Happy Women do Differently | How to Create your Happiest Life after 40
Women today have more freedom, choice, and opportunity than any generation before them, yet happiness has been declining since the 1970s.
Discovering Who You REALLY Are Without Booze with Sober Dave
Sober Dave quit drinking after 40 years and discovered that stopping was the easy part. The real work was figuring out who he was without it.
The Menopause Weight Gain Nobody Explains, and the Hormone Truth Behind All of It with Karen Martel
Your body isn't failing you. It's running out of the hormones it needs, and no doctor told you that was coming.
The Best Sex of Your Life Could Still Be Ahead of You. Here's Why with Sex Therapist Jacqueline Hellyer
What if the "lost libido" you've been blaming on age, hormones or your relationship was never actually about desire at all?
Why Are You Waking Up at 3AM? The Real Reasons Women Can't Sleep Through the Night with Annika Carroll
If you're waking up at 3am every single night feeling wired, anxious and exhausted, this episode is about to change the way you think about sleep forever.
"Am I Drinking Too Much?" If You've Ever Asked Yourself That, You Already Know the Answer - Sarah Rusbatch
Have you ever quietly asked yourself, "Am I drinking too much?" If that question has ever crossed your mind, even for a second, this episode is for you.
Is Your Marriage Over or Does It Just Need Work? with Relationship Coach Lisa Miller
Staying isn't always fine. And leaving isn't always the answer. But staying stuck in the middle? That's what this episode is here to help with.
What Happens to Your Life When You Change Your Drinking | Andy Ramage
You already know something needs to change. This conversation might be the nudge that finally makes you do something about it.
Nobody Taught Us This: The 3 Boundary Types Every Woman Needs to Start Thriving - Sarah Rusbatch
Are you exhausted, resentful and running on empty, but still saying "I'm fine"? Most of us were never taught how to set boundaries, and we've been paying for it.
Your Vagina After 40: What's Normal, What's Not, and What to Do with Dr. Sara Reardon
Nobody explained to us what happens to our bodies when estrogen drops. Nobody taught us what normal actually looks like and we have accepted it.
Is your Brain Fog Menopause or Early Dementia? Dr Helena Popovic explains how to tell the difference
Every three seconds, someone in the world receives a dementia diagnosis. And two thirds of them are women.
Why your Gut Health Matters more than Ever After 40 with Stephanie Grosvenor
You know that exhausted, bloated or anxious feeling that just won’t shift? It might not be stress, it might not be your hormones… It might actually be your gut… and it could be trying to tell you something important.
How the Food Industry Tricks Us Into Eating More with Matty Lansdown
Matty Lansdown started out in cancer research, where he found that 90 - 95% of cancers are related to diet and lifestyle and decided to switch paths to become a nutritionist.
It’s not your fault! 5 Ways to break free of the self-sabotage cycle - Sarah Rusbatch
If you've ever found yourself doing the exact thing you promised yourself you wouldn't, and then spent the next day beating yourself up about it… I want to help you break that cycle.
What If It’s Not Hormones? Iron Deficiency Could Be the Missing Piece with Dr Libby Weaver
55% of women have some degree of iron deficiency. And it turns out… a lot of the symptoms you might be experiencing are connected.
Neuroscientist: “We are in the Great Dumbing Down of Humanity.” What every Woman (and parent) needs to hear with TJ Power
The first time I interviewed TJ, I felt like I had learned more about myself in 45 minutes than I had in seven years of therapy. And I don’t say that lightly.
Why changing the state of your nervous system can change your life (and how to do it) - Jay Fields
What if the reason you feel overwhelmed, reactive or completely drained isn’t about willpower at all?
I just turned 50 … These are the 10 Lessons I wish I Learnt Earlier - Sarah Rusbatch
So many women get to their 40s and 50s and realise they only know themselves in relation to other people. What the kids need. What the partner prefers. What the job demands. What the family expects.
The Habit That Protects Your Independence for DECADES with Hailey Babcock
Women who fall after the age of 60 have around a 30% chance of never walking independently again.
Why We Gain Belly Fat as We Age & What We Can Actually Do About It with Angela Foster
If you’ve ever looked down at your belly in your 40s and thought… “Where did that come from?” this one’s for you.
Why Stress Feels Harder the Older You Get (Your Brain Explained) with Dr Paul Taylor
Life has never been easier. We can order food in seconds. Scroll endlessly. Avoid discomfort at every turn. And yet… so many women feel exhausted, flat, overwhelmed and more stressed than ever.
The Wakeup Call That Changed My Entire Life - Sarah Rusbatch
The night before, I’d been at a friend's 40th birthday and something had happened that went on to change the course of my life completely.
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