I’m celebrating some big changes in my life following years of struggling with my health, happiness, and self-worth. Know the power of transforming your health through my personal story of taking control of my physical and mental health.

What stops you from living an active life?: What does being healthy really mean? And perhaps more importantly, how can we each start to pursue our own version of wellness? This is exactly what I’m getting into on today's special episode which is taken from Dr Kim Foster’s podcast - The Wellness Project.

Digging deeper than diet for lasting transformational weight loss: Join me in this special episode which I recorded as a guest expert with Louise Digby for her fantastic podcast - The Thriving Metabolism. Say goodbye to diet misery and hello to lasting transformation.

The power of your brain in stress and emotional regulation: Jill Whitehouse joins us to talk about using hypnotherapy to reduce stress, overwhelm, and anxiety and build resilience. We dive into the role of the brain in stress, and the power of positive thinking.

Why it's time to ditch the diet culture holding us back from health and happiness: Kimberley Stacey joins the podcast today to talk about a topic that is so important in the world we live in - diet culture is and the impact it has on women to feel they need to look a certain way.

Heart Matters- Empowering women with vital health knowledge: Stevie Snow is breaking down what cardiovascular disease is and helping you to know what you can do to improve your total health to minimise your risk of not just this disease but other illnesses and diseases.

How to build new habits when you're struggling with anxiety: In today’s episode I’m here to help you be inspired to know that it is possible to build new habits to improve your health and reduce your anxiety, even if your anxiety is telling you otherwise.

Navigating chronic illness and disability with strong health: Chronic illness is rising fast, especially amongst women. Sarah Berthon is sharing her story of navigating ill-health for many years and the toll it took on her physical and mental health as she tried to continue working as an employee

Why brain health matters at every age: We’re joined by Dementia Prevention Consultant, Donna De Villiers, to explore the link between hormonal health and brain health, and why women are at a much greater risk from Dementia than men.

Is the desire for success actually trapping you and holding you back from happiness? Emma Hine is passionately sharing her story of how her beliefs around success and happiness led her to a very unwell and dark place.

Our top tips to sleep better and feel more energised: Sleep is one of the biggest problems many individuals give for not performing to their best. In support of Sleep Awareness Day and Week, we’re sharing our top 10 tips to help you sleep better, have more energy, and invest in stronger health for a longer life.

The danger of being on the wrong life path : Debbie Caudle knows firsthand the real impact of being in a relationship and job that isn’t right for you. We go deep into how so many of us live by default rather than design, and realise the path we’re on isn’t right for us, often way down that path in later life.

Know this - Never doubt your impact as a woman: This special International Women’s Day 2024 episode is here to inspire you to know why you are a woman with power and impact. Hear why you need to know your worth and power in impacting other women and girls to live healthy, happy and strong lives.

The real reason you must track your menstrual cycle: We’re exploring cyclical living and the importance of menstrual health in women with menstrual cycle coach Nour Kayali. Find out how cyclical living can support strong health, and optimise energy and performance.

Why we need to change our beliefs about losing weight: If you think losing weight is only about restricting the food you eat then join us as nutritional therapist Louise Digby delves into why the answer to your weight loss goals doesn’t just lie in the amount of food that you eat.

It's never too late to create a life you love: Our guest Gayla Beyer firmly believes that it’s never too late to make any change that you might want to feel healthier and live a life without limits. It's time to stop doubting your ability to change and find out what you really need to live a full life.

Why self-care isn't selfish: Is self-care really selfish? What even is self-care? We explore the five key elements of self-care, share personal practices, and inspire you to make self-care a non-negotiable part of your daily life.

Laying the building blocks for health and happiness: Laura Pearman is an entrepreneur sharing a tale of caution, and joy. She was passionate and enthusiastic, living life fast to make the most of everything she had and wanted to achieve. Until Laura hit a health crisis. Not just once but several times.

Reclaiming rest- The unexpected key to a healthier you: We’re joined by Nikki St Paul who is a rest advocate helping you switch your beliefs away from rest only being about the sleep you get, to understanding what true rest is and why it’s essential to your overall wellbeing.

Vitality Unleashed- Homeopathy and Cellular Energy: As a homeopath with over 25 years’ experience Wendy Molyneux is an expert at seeing the “Issues in Your Tissues” and helping you to clear these root-cause energetic blocks, so you can enjoy a life of abundance.

Empowering women through sport: We’re exploring the connection between women, sport, and the pursuit of a healthier, more confident future with guest Becky MacDermid. Find out how exercise and sport has the power to build resilience and confidence.

Coaching for your 2024 health and happiness vision: See what a real coaching session is like, to inspire you to create an action plan to build your own healthy habits in 2024. Join Wilma Edwards as she shares how she wants to feel in 2024, and most importantly, how to make it happen for her.

If you struggle with overwhelm and stress at this time of the year, or always start January wishing it was summer, then this episode is for you. We’re sharing our top 12 tips to protect your health over the holiday season and helping you to perhaps think a little differently about what Christmas really means to you.

The bigger picture around women’s troubles: Emily Cook is sharing how the lack of understanding so many women have of their menstrual cycles meant she thought her periods were completely normal, only to realise after years of suffering, that she actually had PCOS - Polycystic ovary syndrome.

Don’t wait until January: You don’t have to let the final few weeks of the year feel like they’re controlling you - it’s possible to take steps to get in control and make the festive season and the end of 2023 a one you make your own. Hear our top 3 tips to build strong health now!

The power in the pause: Do you regularly take a pause and just check-in with yourself, to breathe and notice how you’re feeling? You’re not alone. Join hypnotherapy and breath work expert Helen Kelynack to explore the power of taking a pause and using your breath as a tool to build strong health and wellbeing.

How to start running and stay running: Have you ever wondered if running is really for you? Can anyone truly embrace the joy of running? Guest Linda Meek shares how running can be a transformative journey for anyone, even if you've never laced up your running shoes before.

Why Men Need Equal Space for Wellness : In this special International Men's Day episode, we're joined by Andy Caine to explore why men need equal space for wellness. Andy is a huge advocate for men’s mental health and shares his story of finding himself lost and burned out, and how he sunk into depression.

Navigating Burnout - Strategies for a Balanced Life: Lindsey Fekete missed the signs that the way she felt wasn’t simply because she worked in a demanding role and had two young children. Lindsey shares how she hit burnout and had to learn to prioritise her health to live a more balanced life.

Finding Your North Star for a Fulfilled Life: We're diving into the transformative power of living with purpose with Oriel Camp to share how it provides direction to guide you through a fulfilled and happy life. Oriel sheds light on how purpose can bring calm, clarity, and confidence.

Breast Cancer Awareness: Know your breasts: October is breast cancer awareness month and we’re joined by Amy Dave, a Physician Assistant who spent 10 years working in oncology roles and who is herself a two-time cancer survivor. Amy walks through a self-breast exam and tells you what signs to look out for.

Let’s pause to talk menopause: We're bringing you a very special conversation to raise awareness and support for World Menopause Day 2023 with three fantastic guests - Helen Kelynack, Sam Clark, Shakira Taylor. Join us as we chat all things menopause!

One year strong - Reflecting on our first year insights: There’s a common thread throughout just about every single episode and we’re going to share this with you to inspire you to get started on the next chapter of your own life story to live healthy, happy, and strong.

Unravelling Dementia - Women's Risk & Prevention: Brain health is absolutely critical for building strong health and wellbeing. Dr Laura Booi shares why your brain health matters so much and the research work she’s leading on identifying causes of dementia.

How I manifested a life I love: Sarah Jayne Adams felt lost, stuck, like she was on the wrong path. This is a real story of how when you know something isn’t right in life, you can and must build the strength and belief that you have it in you to make it different.

Breaking Free from Everyday Hypnosis: How would you feel if you knew you were in a state of hypnosis every single day of your life? Guest Jana Osta is sharing how the beliefs we have instilled into us as children create behaviour patterns that mean we live so much of our life on auto-pilot.

Why loving yourself really is the greatest love of all: We’re exploring self-love and self-worth with guest Melisa Dervisevic to uncover why loving yourself really is the greatest love of all. As Melisa shares in her own story only when you believe in yourself with love and compassion can you create a life you love.

Yes, you can enjoy eating plants: We explore food for health and the benefits of adding more plants into your diet with special guest Sarah Mills who is providing lots of great tips on how you can begin to make changes to include more plants and thrive in life.

Empowering Motherhood - Balancing Business, Baby, and Self-Care: Juggling work, family, home and yourself is challenging! We explore this with new Mum Issy Howell as she shares the challenges of adjusting to motherhood while balancing running your own business and your health.

Balancing Career, Health, and Happiness: Why do many of us spend years unhappy in our jobs and take the impact this has on our stress levels, our mood, our relationships, our mental and physical health? We’re talking about the role your career plays on your overall health and wellbeing with Kerry Jones.

Why you should never go on a diet again: 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? We're diving into the world of diets, their effectiveness, and the impact they have on our health and happiness.

Lessons learned - From workaholism to wellness: Carol Deveney was a self-confessed workaholic but after recently facing a scary and high risk health issue, she realised her beliefs and approach to how she lived weren’t ones that were designing the type of life she wanted to be able to live and enjoy.

Knocking Out Depression: 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 guest Matthew Williams faced three episodes of depression and what he’s taken from his own experiences to now help others.

Are you sabotaging your happiness? : 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. We’re exploring the topic of self-sabotage today with special guest Erin Wooodruff.

Mastering your mind to eradicate stress and burnout: Is stress inevitable because of our busy fast paced way of living? We’re diving deep into why burnout is on the rise and how to build the right habits to protect yourself from burnout with guest Keir Wotherspoon.

Authentically you - getting clear on who you really are for health and happiness: Christina Lord shares her story of how she was stuck believing her life had to follow a certain path only for it to all crash down around her aged 35.

June Menopause Special - The truth about menopause and HRT: 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.

June Menopause Special - Why you need to be in the driving seat of menopause: In our third special episode for June we're speaking to mental health nurse Sarah Price about the challenges she experienced with her own mental health as she began perimenopause.

June Menopause Special - Unravelling the Perimenopause Puzzle: Today’s guest is an incredibly brave, passionate, and determined woman. Rebecca Catterall is sharing her experience of navigating perimenopause and the importance of being in control and equipped with good knowledge.

June Menopause Special - Why menopause is not the beginning of the end of your life : Nickie Kilkenny is a vibrant, professional woman but in the depths of perimenopause with no support or knowledge about what she was experiencing and why, she felt incredibly scared and even feared she had dementia.

Resilience, Cancer, and Resetting Your Life: It often takes something drastic or even life-threatening to happen before you appreciate how valuable your health is. Casey Kang Head is sharing her story of not just one wake-up call to her health, but three in this uplifting story of resilience.

The Importance of Saying No - A Conversation on Boundaries and Self-Care: We explore why you need to put boundaries in place and get comfortable with saying no more often to support your health and wellbeing with guest Amanda McKinney.

Creating a blueprint for a healthy balance: Is it really possible for women to have it all? What even is ‘it all’? We're jumping into the heart of this question with May James as she shares how she created balance to live healthy and happy by getting clear on her priorities.

Why Living Healthy Isn't a Battle - A journey to sustainable health: changing your lifestyle can be hard, and many people think being healthy means missing out on life's good stuff and always having to work hard to maintain this way of living. But is it really that hard to be healthy?

From Self Doubt to Self Compassion - The power of managing your inner critic: We're exploring the topic of self-compassion for wellbeing with guest Tom Cleary to help you understand the power that comes when you build self-compassion into your wellness toolbox.

Investing in Your Health - Why Proactivity is Key to Living Your Best Life: Is it really that important to invest in your health before something goes wrong? We're chatting with Dr Kim Foster to find out why taking charge of your health is key to feeling great and living a happy life.

Unlocking the power of mindfulness for health and happiness: There's so much power in being present and today's guest Alison Dee is helping you to build mindful habits to gain all of the health benefits you get when you learn to leave the past behind and not worry about the future.

Alcohol and Your Health: The Risks, Rewards, and Road to Recovery: Do you know the effect drinking alcohol has on your overall health? We're exploring why pausing to think about your drinking might be something to do to achieve the health and life goals you have with guest expert Carol Urry.

The Beauty of Imperfection: Why Healthy Living Doesn't Require Perfectionism - 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 can’t, there’s no point in doing anything.

Wellness and Wealth: Why Business Owners Need to Invest in Their Health: Today’s guest Lisa Johnson 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.

Your money and your health: Your finances can have a huge negative impact on your life. We delve into a lot of interesting topics around money and finances with Philly Ponniah to help you reflect on for your own life and financial wellbeing.

The role of self-awareness for happiness and success: We spend so much of our lives working so why would we not think about the impact this has on our health and happiness? We’re chatting with Mike Cole about the importance of self-awareness in creating balance and good health.

To support and celebrate International Women’s Day 2023 and the #EmbraceEquity focus for this year, we’re bringing you a special solo episode focusing on the power and impact women have when they take care of themselves.

The final episode in our February mini-series is with friend and local food blogger Victoria Himsworth here to share her story of finding ways to create balance as a new family and to stay strong when life throws you some big curveballs.

The third episode in our February special series with real people about their journeys to build a healthier lifestyle, is with our host Nicola's partner Kev who is opening up about the self-doubt and imposter syndrome that led to him hitting rock-bottom.

Our second changing your life special episode is an inspiring and truly incredible conversation with Cat O'Brien about building back her self-worth and life after the sudden loss of her much loved partner Jon.

This is the first in a special series for February sharing real stories about real people and how they've made huge shifts in their life and happiness by taking better care of themselves.

The importance of fitness in pregnancy and all seasons of your life: There's a lot of fear and uncertainty around fitness during pregnancy. Our guest Brittany Scott is breaking down how to safely exercise before, during and after pregnancy.

Taking control of the blood sugar rollercoaster: Do you know what happens when you eat? We explore the effect food has on your overall health and happiness and why being aware of the impact food has on you is key to feeling good and energised.

Is what you're eating causing an autoimmune disease?: With autoimmune diseases on the rise we're exploring how to take control of your diet and protect yourself.

How to power into and through menopause: Learn how you don't need to fear it and make it the start of a new season in your life, not the beginning of the end of your life.

To resolution or not to resolution?: As we kick-off the new year we're exploring whether setting resolutions is the way to achieve what you want in 2023.

It's time to celebrate you! : Wrapping up 2022 with some reflection on your year and the value of recognising all you have achieved.

The power of love on your health and happiness: Diving into the role all relationships with - including the one with yourself - play on your health with guest Railer Molinario.

Surviving cancer and thriving: So many people struggle once their cancer treatment is over, yet the world expects you to just pick-up where you left off.

Healing your mind and body from trauma: Learning how to heal physical and mental pain from trauma to create a strong wellbeing.

Can you really be social and healthy?: Spilling the truth on whether having a social life hinders your route to health and happiness.

Laughing your way to health and happiness: How smiling and laughing can contribute to good, strong health and wellbeing with Clara Heimerdinger.

What does health have to do with confidence, success, and happiness?: We're exploring the ways in which your health is linked to the way you feel, including your confidence.

From burnout to balance: Understanding how to spot burnout and take control of your stress triggers and responses with guest April Likins.

Happiness, you and journalling: What really is happiness and can you really use journalling to boost it? Such a great and uplifting conversation with Meg Price.

Shining after tragedy: After life's dealt you the most tragic of cards, finding self-love and happiness through taking care of yourself is possible.

Eating your emotions?: Diving into emotional eating and the impact anxiety and stress have on your diet with Ashley Carlotta.

To live would be an awfully big adventure: You are the one you spend your whole life with so it's time to get clear about making it a life you love!

Life is like a box of chocolates: Yes health and chocolates can go together! You get to choose what works for you and the healthy lifestyle you desire.

It's all about the now!: Why now is the time to be proactive in building a long healthspan to enjoy this one incredible life you have.

Our pilot episode introducing the new podcast and our mission to normalise healthy habits.

Women’s Health Unwrapped

It's time to unwrap what health and wellness really mean so you can live the life you dream of living.

Women's Health Unwrapped is a weekly podcast show dedicated to empowering midlife women to unlock the secrets of true health and vitality.

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