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Stronger Bolder Wiser

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41 episodes

No one really prepares you for this stage of life.

More about the show

One day you wake up and realise… You’re exhausted.

Your body feels different.

Your sleep is off.

Your tolerance for things you used to accept has disappeared.

And you start quietly asking yourself:

“Surely life is meant to feel better than this?”

If you’ve ever had that thought… this podcast is for you.

Stronger Bolder Wiser is a space for honest and science backed conversations

We’re talking about the things women are actually experiencing:

hormones, health, alcohol, stress, identity shifts, and the quiet reinvention happening behind the scenes.

Because this stage of life isn’t about shrinking.

It’s about becoming:

Stronger in your boundaries

Bolder in your choices

Wiser about what really matters

Episodes

  1. How to Stop Fearing Ageing and Start Embracing Your Best Years Yet

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 35

    Most of us were handed three stages of womanhood and then silence. There is a fourth one, and midlife sits right in the middle of it. In this episode I sit down with Ali Knight to talk about the four stages of…

  2. Eating Less Isn’t the Answer: What Women Over 40 Need to Know About Weight Loss

    · 1 h 18 min · Episode 34

    Eating less is the fastest way to gain fat around the middle in perimenopause. Ange Clark explains what to add before you take anything away. In this episode I sit down with Angelique Clark, advanced sports dietitian…

  3. Why You Crave Wine Every Evening: The Stress Loop Behind the Habit | Sarah Rusbatch

    · 6:36

    Why does that evening glass feel so hard to give up? I explore the stress and nervous system patterns behind drinking to switch off, and share practical ways to start changing the habit. For 29 years, alcohol was my…

  4. Can You Build Muscle After 40 Without Heavy Weights? | Ashley Selman

    · 1 h 01 min · Episode 33

    Lift heavy or lose the fight against aging is the default advice for midlife women, and it leaves too many of them injured or on the sidelines. There is another way to build muscle, and it takes 20 minutes and light…

  5. The First 30 Days Without Wine: What Nobody Warns You About

    · 5:55

    Taking 30 days off alcohol in midlife rarely feels the way social media promises. Boredom, flatness and broken sleep often come first, and none of it means you're doing it wrong.In this video I share the five most…

  6. Should I Stay or Should I Go? How to Know If Your Marriage Is Really Over with Betsy Pake

    · 1 h 10 min · Episode 32

    Nobody walks into a marriage planning to leave it, yet so many midlife women are quietly asking whether to stay or go. Your body often knows the answer first. In this episode I sit down with Betsy Pake, certified…

  7. 6 Reasons Why Successful Women Are Quietly Quitting Alcohol After 40 | Sarah Rusbatch

    · 8:55

    Struggling to know what to do when stress, boredom or big emotions hit? Download my free guide "100 Things to Do Instead of Drinking", a toolkit for sitting with those feelings instead of reaching for a glass of wine.…

  8. What Women Need to Know About Perimenopause, Hormones & Birth Control | Lara Briden

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 31

    Struggling to know what to do when stress, boredom or big emotions hit? Download my free guide "100 Things to Do Instead of Drinking", a toolkit for sitting with those feelings instead of reaching for a glass of wine.…

  9. Why Alcohol Hits Women Harder After 40 + 3 Ways to Drink Less

    · 9:54

    Struggling to know what to do when stress, boredom or big emotions hit? Download my free guide "100 Things to Do Instead of Drinking", a toolkit for sitting with those feelings instead of reaching for a glass of wine.…

  10. Is Alcohol Keeping You Stuck? The Questions Every Woman Who Drinks Should Ask | Jen Hirst

    · 1 h 08 min · Episode 30

    Feeling like alcohol has quietly become your default way to unwind, reward yourself, or take the edge off? Join my October Reset Challenge, a supportive, guided reset to help you break the daily drinking habit,…

  11. Am I Drinking Too Much? The 7 Signs of Grey Area Drinking Every Woman Over 40 Should Know | Grey Area Drinking Coach Sarah Rusbatch

    · 11 min

    Struggling to know what to do when stress, boredom or big emotions hit? Download my free guide "100 Things to Do Instead of Drinking", a toolkit for sitting with those feelings instead of reaching for a glass of wine.…

  12. How to Protect Your Brain After 40: A Brain Scientist’s Guide for Women | Tommy Wood

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 29

    Struggling to know what to do when stress, boredom or big emotions hit? Download my free guide "100 Things to Do Instead of Drinking", a toolkit for sitting with those feelings instead of reaching for a glass of wine.…

  13. Do You Have a Sweet Tooth or a Sugar Addiction? The 6 Signs with Dr. Jen Unwin

    · 1 h 18 min · Episode 28

    Feeling like alcohol has quietly become your default way to unwind, reward yourself, or take the edge off? Join my October Reset Challenge, a supportive, guided reset to help you break the daily drinking habit,…

  14. 7 Ways to Handle Stress Without Wine (When Everything Feels Like Too Much)

    · 56 min · Episode 28

    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. I take…

  15. Want to Live Longer? A Female Longevity Expert Says Focus on These 3 Things | Zora Benhamou

    · 1 h 15 min · Episode 26

    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. I sat down with gerontologist and biohacker Zora Benhamou, host of the…

  16. The Mum Wine Lie: Why Alcohol Never Made Motherhood Easier

    · 1 h 08 min

    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…

  17. Why Your Coping Strategies Stopped Working in Perimenopause - with Faye Lawrence

    · 1 h 12 min

    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. This episode shows you why,…

  18. What's Really Keeping You Stuck? (And How to Create a Life You Truly Love) | Craig Harper

    · 1 h 10 min · Episode 23

    Change doesn't happen because you finally feel ready. It happens because you decide, then follow through, whether you feel ready or not. I'm sitting down with behavior change expert and exercise physiologist Craig…

  19. 6 Things Happy Women do Differently | How to Create your Happiest Life after 40

    · 52 min · Episode 22

    Women today have more freedom, choice, and opportunity than any generation before them, yet happiness has been declining since the 1970s. I'm sharing six principles that have genuinely changed how I experience my own…

  20. Discovering Who You REALLY Are Without Booze with Sober Dave

    · 1 h 16 min

    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. In this conversation with Sarah, he and Sarah unpack the identity void that…

  21. The Menopause Weight Gain Nobody Explains, and the Hormone Truth Behind All of It with Karen Martell

    · 1 h 12 min · Episode 20

    Your body isn't failing you. It's running out of the hormones it needs, and no doctor told you that was coming. I sit down with Karen Martel, certified hormone specialist and transformational nutrition coach, to pull…

  22. The Best Sex of Your Life Could Still Be Ahead of You. Here's Why with Sex Therapist Jacqueline Hellyer

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 19

    What if the "lost libido" you've been blaming on age, hormones or your relationship was never actually about desire at all? In this episode I sit down with renowned sex and relationship therapist Jacqueline Hellyer to…

  23. Why Are You Waking Up at 3AM? The Real Reasons Women Can't Sleep Through the Night with Annika Carroll

    · 1 h 05 min · Episode 18

    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. In this episode I'm joined by Annika Carroll, women's sleep…

  24. "Am I Drinking Too Much?" If You've Ever Asked Yourself That, You Already Know the Answer

    · 56 min

    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. In this solo episode, I'm walking you through the 11 diagnostic…

  25. Is Your Marriage Over or Does It Just Need Work? with Relationship Coach Lisa Miller

    · 1 h 01 min · Episode 16

    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. Lisa Miller is a relationship and divorce coach, and in this episode we…

  26. What Happens to Your Life When You Change Your Drinking | Andy Ramage

    · 1 h 04 min

    You already know something needs to change. This conversation might be the nudge that finally makes you do something about it. I sat down with Andy Ramage, co-founder of One Year No Beer and someone I genuinely…

  27. Nobody Taught Us This: The 3 Boundary Types Every Woman Needs to Start Thriving

    · 1 h 03 min

    Are you exhausted, resentful, and running on empty…but still saying "I'm fine"? In this episode I talk about something most of us were never taught: how to set boundaries. Not the cold, wall-building kind. But…

  28. Your Vagina After 40: What's Normal, What's Not, and What to Do with Dr. Sara Reardon

    · 58 min

    Leakage when you laugh… Dryness that makes sex uncomfortable. Your vagina is telling you something… Nobody explained to us what happens to our bodies when estrogen drops. Nobody taught us what normal actually looks…

  29. Is your Brain Fog Menopause or Early Dementia? Dr Helena Popovic explains how to tell the difference.

    · 1 h 27 min

    Every three seconds, someone in the world receives a dementia diagnosis. And two thirds of them are women. In Australia, dementia is now the number one cause of death. And most women have no idea how much power they…

  30. Why your Gut Health Matters more than Ever After 40 with Stephanie Grosvenor

    · 1 h 23 min

    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.…

  31. How the Food Industry Tricks Us Into Eating More with Matty Lansdown

    · 1 h 05 min

    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. Now he’s working with hundreds of women on…

  32. It’s not your fault! 5 Ways to break free of the self-sabotage cycle

    · 49 min

    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. Because here’s what I want you to…

  33. What If It’s Not Hormones? Iron Deficiency Could Be the Missing Piece with Dr Libby Weaver

    · 1 h 05 min

    55% of women have some degree of iron deficiency. And it turns out… a lot of the symptoms you might be experiencing are connected. So today I’m sitting down with Dr Libby Weaver to unpack what midlife women actually…

  34. Neuroscientist: “We are in the Great Dumbing Down of Humanity.” What every Woman (and parent) needs to hear with TJ Power

    · 1 h 09 min

    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. Because what TJ does so well is take something that feels…

  35. Why changing the state of your nervous system can change your life (and how to do it)

    · 1 h 09 min

    What if the reason you feel overwhelmed, reactive or completely drained isn’t about willpower at all? Today’s guest has taught me how to recognise what’s happening in my body and stop trying to think my way through…

  36. I just turned 50 … These are the 10 Lessons I wish I Learnt Earlier

    · 58 min

    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. But they haven’t…

  37. The Habit That Protects Your Independence for DECADES with Hailey Babcock

    · 48 min

    Women who fall after the age of 60 have around a 30% chance of never walking independently again. Let that sink in for a moment. Most of us don’t think about that when we’re in our 40s or 50s. But there is a gradual…

  38. Why We Gain Belly Fat as We Age & What We Can Actually Do About It with Angela Foster

    · 1 h 07 min

    If you’ve ever looked down at your belly in your 40s and thought… “Where did that come from?” this one’s for you. I first discovered Angela Foster through The High Performance Health podcast which I binged. I was left…

  39. Why Stress Feels Harder the Older You Get (Your Brain Explained) with Dr Paul Taylor

    · 1 h 18 min

    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. Why? Today I’m…

  40. The Wakeup Call That Changed My Entire Life

    · 45 min

    One morning in my 40s, I woke up to my 5 year old asking me “Mum…what happened to your face?” The night before, I’d been at a friend's 40th birthday and something had happened that went to change the course of my life…

  41. Becoming Stronger, Bolder, Wiser

    · 1:15

    No one really prepares you for this stage of life. One day you wake up and realise… You’re exhausted. Your body feels different. Your sleep is off. Your tolerance for things you used to accept has disappeared.…

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