Back in 2015, my eldest daughter, Kira, was really into her horse riding. Training for 4-5 hours a day, she lived, breathed and existed all things horsey. Then she was thrown from two different horses in the space of three weeks, each time landing on the same side of her head. I’m from a horsey background and my own experience in this was, just have a couple of days rest then get back on the horse, you’ll be fine. Only she didn’t get better. The “couple of days rest” turned into a week, then two weeks, then several months, and still she showed little improvement. She couldn’t read, couldn’t sleep,…

I had a brainwave: wouldn’t it be cool to ask my kids what they thought of my parenting style and how it’s affected them, what did and didn’t work, what they’d change, what they’ll keep for when they become parents. Then I realised what I might be opening myself up for and had a full-on meltdown: this was a thoroughly stupid idea. But I sucked it up and got on with it, mainly because I was curious to find out what they actually did think, and while I was totally hoping that they’d say, “No, you were awesome, Mum! I wouldn’t change a thing!”, there was also this macabre desire to…

I don’t know about you, but by the time I reached my fifties, I was an absolute MASTER at feeling guilty and being sad about what I’d lost and would never have again (think: cuddles from a little child, the family all being together, pizza nights in front of the TV, school runs, that kind of thing) (okay, maybe not the school runs). It’s such a difficult trap to get out of, but it’s made MUCH easier when you recognise what’s happening. Like, for example, when you find yourself short tempered in the last few days of your child’s visit but that’s because you’re sad that their visit visit is…

Menopause isn’t something that’s openly discussed… at least, not until it happens, and even then, only among close friends. Which means that it’s actually very difficult to find out anything about what to expect during peri-menopause & menopause until you’re right in the middle of it. As far as the medical profession goes, the information available is either really vague or really generic: you may experience this, you might find that, this other thing could be a symptom of menopause, but we don’t know. There’s very little concrete information about menopause because we all experience different things at different times: there’s no certainty about the age at which we’ll start…

According to the 2011 Census, there are over 5000 homeless women over the age of 55 in Australia, with single women being the most vulnerable group. In fact, Homelessness Australia suggests that being over the age of 45 and single, along with renting, significantly increases a woman’s risk of becoming homeless. Gayle McKew’s mission in life is to help and support people in becoming financially independent, particularly at that time of life we’re all heading towards: retirement. Moving from the family home and into a retirement home can be fraught with hidden financial dangers but the really big area of danger is midlife for women. Through no fault of their…

How did an Irish girl who was working in her family’s restaurant business end up building a highly successful Feng Shui business on the internet? And when I say ‘highly successful’, some of the wins that Patricia Lohan’s clients have achieved include:  ✨✨ TV appearances when they wanted to promote their business ✨✨ More money coming in than they ever dreamed possible in such a short space of time ✨✨ Unexpected opportunities in careers when they felt they needed a change, and of course… ✨✨ Finding the relationship of their dreams We also debunk some of the myths about Feng Shui and how it works… Why Feng Shui can be…

FRENCH WOMEN HAVE WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN EFFORTLESSLY ELEGANT WAY OF DRESSING THAT THE REST OF US SIMPLY DON’T POSSESS (I DON’T, ANYWAY) Marie-Anne Lecoeur is an expert in French chic and style (as opposed to fashion) and helps thousands of women to identify their body shape and dress in a way that suits them. She also helps them to find their own stylish flair, something that most of us find very difficult to do. I’ve known Marie-Anne for more than three years now. We speak on the phone several times a week. I knew all of the things that she does online but I didn’t know half of the…

MENOPAUSE IS STILL SOMETHING THAT ISN’T OPENLY DISCUSSED AND, APART FROM THE UK (GO THE BRITS!), ISN’T SOMETHING THAT’S EVEN HINTED AT IN BIOLOGY OR SEX EDUCATION. SO LINDA CONDRILLO DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. Eleven years is a loooong time in anyone’s books. It’s how long Linda spent dealing with most of her peri- & post menopause symptoms. It’s also – purely by coincidence, of course – the same length of time that it took her to research and write her book about menopause: Period. The End. A journalist by profession, Linda puts a lot of thought and effort into her work, hoping to share knowledge and experiences…

DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE AMONG MEN IS AT ITS HIGHEST RATE, BUT IT’S SOMETHING THAT STILL ISN’T TALKED ABOUT MUCH, PARTICULARLY BY THE MEN THEMSELVES. OFTEN, IT’S THE WOMEN IN THEIR LIVES WHO FORCE THEM TO ACT. When Luke Heka and Lino Hola lost friends to suicide, they realised that there had been no warning, no signs that the men were feeling as hopeless as they were, it was something that was never discussed. So they decided to try to do something about it. They started by taking a small group of men on a walk in the Gold Coast hinterland. The video captured on that day (you can watch it…

IF WE’RE ANY KIND OF ALIVE (SORRY FOR THE JUDGEMENT!), WE’RE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND GROWING… SO ARE THE PEOPLE AROUND US. WHICH MEANS THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM MUST ALSO CHANGE CONSTANTLY. HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE SUCCESSFULLY RECREATE OUR RELATIONSHIPS ON AN ONGOING BASIS? Not to brag (much), but I scored a bit of a coup here. Paul Sterling worked alongside Tony Robbins for 10 years including appearing on stage with him. Paul is a best selling author (actual best selling author not a pretend one) and pretty awesome relationship coach, and he agreed to come onto my podcast to explain to us – and show…

You probably think that the water you drink – and bathe in – and your coffee cup has an impact on your health and well being. Of course, we all know we should minimise the number of coffees we drink and drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, but beyond that…? Mandy Spooner felt the same way, too. Till she got a filter for her shower. And she discovered that take away coffee cups can’t be recycled! Then she found a drinking water filter that actually left her feeling hydrated rather than bloated and with water  sloshing around her tummy when she’d drunk the recommended daily amount of…

WHAT KIND OF PERSON HEADS OFF TO AFRICA AT THE AGE OF 17 AND THEN SETS UP A REGISTERED CHARITY BEFORE THEY’RE 20? The answer is Lucy Obod. She’s not in my target market and she’s not talking about menopause, marriage or motherhood and she’s only 20 years old, so I could easily be her mother. Maybe even her grandmother at a pinch, if I’d started young enough, but we won’t go there. Lucy headed off to Tanzania to do some charity work when she was just 17 and ended up staying for two years. Frustrated with red tape and government requirements, she gathered together a group of experts, formed…

WHILE WOMEN ARE THE ONES EXPERIENCING MENOPAUSE, ITS EFFECTS ALSO IMPACTS THOSE AROUND US, PARTICULARLY OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS. Meet Robert Grimes. Robert was fortunate/unfortunate enough to start chatting to me one day about the coping mechanisms he’d developed to help him and his partner through the often bumpy ride that is menopause. Before poor Robert fully realised what was happening I suspect, he’d agreed to come on the podcast and talk about his experiences. This is something I’d been curious about for a while: what is it (their partners going through menopause) like for the men in our lives? What are their thoughts? How do they deal with it? Early…

Today’s Guest: Veronica Worley  Founder of Veronica’s Healthy Living Veronica Worley helps women age gracefully and beautifully by getting to the root cause in menopausal symptoms, such as bone loss, weight gain and hormone imbalance, helping women accomplish their God-given purpose so they can feel good in their own skin again, and live life with expectancy, joy and satisfaction. She does this through functional lab testing, food and lifestyle changes, with a personalized protocol developed just for the individual based on test results and clinical correlation. Through the process clients learn the exact process needed to get the body back in balance and overcome disease and symptoms. Symptoms are not…

Today’s Guest: Liza Baker  Founder of Simply Health Coaching Integrative Nutrition® health coach and nonprofit consultant, self-published author, blogger, podcaster, and woefully underpaid COO of a busy family of four spread across the globe—Liza (Leeza) brings her passion, knowledge, and experience to the table to help you reach your health goals. Her sweet spot as a coach is supporting overworked, over-scheduled, overtired, and OVER. IT. ALL. workers in the mission-driven/nonprofit sector. More simply: Liza’s mission is to support you in being well while doing good. Liza received her health coach certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition® and an AAS in Culinary Arts from the Cooking + Hospitality Institute of…

I don’t know about you, but in school, art for me was a source of severe stress and anxiety because my work was never as good as everyone else’s. So the mere thought of going to an art class or showing anyone some art that I may have done isn’t something that I’m naturally drawn to doing! During one of Jane Whittred’s art classes for children, one of the mums suggested that she hold classes for Mums. With wine. So Jane did just that, and the classes were a huge hit. Then in 2016, her youngest child was diagnosed with Aspergers, he was asked to leave his school and began…

WOULDN’T YOU LOVE TO WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU’VE EVER WANTED IN LIFE APPEAR? That’s exactly what Karen Clark realised she’d been doing! She hadn’t done it consciously or knowingly, but when she looked back on her life, she saw that every little dream she’d ever had, had come to life. As you can imagine, she got quite excited about it all and began to look at how she’d done it: what did she do? Were there certain practises that were crucial? Did she need to do them every hour / day / week / month? Could other people do this? One thing was clear to…

WE’RE ALL DIFFERENT SO WHY WOULD WE EXPECT THE SAME KIND OF COUNSELLING WORK ON EVERYONE? Meet the delightful Shawn Matthews, a woman who really understands that there’s no ‘One Size Fits All’ when it comes to counselling and what it takes to help each of us move our lives forward or break through something that’s holding us back. Armed with a wide range of possible tools & techniques, Shawn applies both her experience and her feminine intuition to figure out what is going to work for each of her clients. I found the whole idea that she can do this completely fascinating, so I’m afraid that this podcast is…

FRENCH WOMEN DON’T GET FAT! How on earth do French women eat all that rich food, those baguettes, croissants, amazing desserts and exquisite sauces and don’t put on any weight? These are the things Marie-Anne wants to show you. It’s not about… …counting calories before you can even sniff a slice of a freshly baked baguette! …hiding the fact that you ate that delicious macaroon on your coffee break, or … agonising over every single mouthful that isn’t a salad leaf or a slice of cucumber! Eating like a French woman is MUCH easier than you think and WAY more pleasant than being on a diet. It’s time you tried…

If you know you need to clean up your act but the thought of eating healthy food makes you reach for the nearest chocolate bar, then it’s time you met Kerri Robertson. Kerri spent her 20’s severely obese and extremely unhealthy, eating the most convenient, filling and cheapest food for the very good reasons that we all have: money, time, kids, work. Since then, Kerri has done a degree, become a certified wellness practitioner, health coach, fitness nutrition specialist, and now teaches health to other women who struggle with the same things she did: * Why are you eating the way you are? * Why aren’t you exercising or moving…

When we think of ADHD, the general image that comes up is probably a little boy who’s bouncing off the walls and generally being disruptive and causing chaos in his class. But while most studies show that ADHD is far more prevalent in males, male to female ratios in diagnosis vary from country to country from 16:1 to 3:1. Some studies have indicated that girls with ADHD may be up to twice as likely as boys to have the inattentive type of ADHD and may suffer more from internalising symptoms and inattention, in contrast with the hyperactive and aggressive symptoms shown by boys.4-6 Differences in ADHD presentation between boys and…

Dr Alice Kerby has a clinical doctorate in physical therapy (physiotherapy for those in the UK and Australia), and she’s also health consultant, an addiction recovery coach and a resiliency coach. After studying with the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, she began to take a really deep dive into understanding how trauma and how chronic stress affects our autonomic nervous system and our physiology. Trauma patterns and prolonged chronic stress is stored in the body and there are things that we can do to start moving through that and releasing the impact that it’s having on our bodies. Dr. Alice also works frequently with sober women and women wanting to move…

Meet Sally Imeson: Mother, Nutritionist, former Athlete – inspired by all things that nourish us in our relationships, emotional health and the nervous system. Sally found herself with a newborn baby, married to an elite athlete, on low single income while still having to provide highly nutritious meals on a very low budget. A few years later, her marriage fell apart as a result of Domestic Violence. For Sally, this reinforced what she already suspected: that, regardless of our income or our circumstances, our emotional health is crucial. She discovered that cooking, eating, design of our environment, and how we access our community for regular emotional expression is the most…

Soooo, I was bleeding a bit (okay, a lot), my hands were throbbing, I knew I probably needed stitches in my left hand and my right hand was throbbing, but I thought that a few stitches and a tetanus shot would do the job. Three days, 8 lots of IV antibiotics and a 90-minute surgery later… Join me as my brother, Alan, questions my sanity (he doesn’t like cats to start with) and finds out exactly what happened and why. This is a MUST to listen to or watch! More fabulous podcasts and great articles