Welcome to Hot Flushes & Higher Self . The podcast where midlife becomes your awakening.

In this inspiring conversation, I sit down with Dhru, Ayurvedic practitioner and founder of Aroha Ayurveda, to explore how the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda can support women through perimenopause, hormonal shifts, hot flashes, fatigue, and emotional wellbeing.

Dhru shares practical tools for balancing body and mind, from nutrition and daily rituals to herbal support, helping women move through midlife with more ease, clarity, and vitality. Whether you’re experiencing perimenopause symptoms, seeking natural approaches to healing, or curious about the mind-body connection, this episode is full of insights to guide your journey.

✨ What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How Ayurveda views perimenopause and women’s hormonal health
• Simple Ayurvedic lifestyle practices to reduce stress, hot flashes, and insomnia
• The importance of digestion, balance, and emotional release in healing
• Dhru’s personal journey and how he supports clients through holistic care

This conversation is a reminder that midlife is not an ending but a powerful awakening and Ayurveda offers gentle, effective pathways to restore balance.

If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, rate, and share the podcast. It helps more women discover tools to navigate midlife with empowerment and grace.

✨ Book your place at the next 2-day retreat:
🧘‍♀️ Reconnect & Reset – September 20–21

🌿 Resources & Links:

Connect with Dhru

Learn more or work with Dhru 1:1:
🌐www.arohaayurveda.com
📱Instagram: @arohaayurveda

Connect with Soraya

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 ls-therapy.com
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

Welcome to Hot Flushes & Higher Self, the podcast where midlife becomes your awakening. I’m Soraya, a clinical hypnotherapist and transformational therapist, guiding women through perimenopause and beyond. Embracing transformation rather than just symptom management.

In this episode, I’m joined by Hedi, a London-based holistic coach and somatic practitioner, and founder of The Soul Works. Hedi weaves together coaching, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, and energetic practices to support deep healing and transformation.

What I love about Hedi is the way she bridges the practical and the mystical, offering women powerful tools to navigate midlife transitions with more ease, embodiment, and self-leadership. She’ll also be joining us as a practitioner at our upcoming retreat on 20th & 21st September at Reconnect Studio in Queen’s Park, London. We’re keeping it intimate with just 10 women, and there are still a few spaces left if you’d love to join us.

✨ In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• What somatics really means and how it helps release stuck emotions
• Why nervous system regulation is key during times of stress and transition
• How embodiment supports self-awareness and growth
• Practical + mystical tools for everyday life
• What to expect from Hedi’s work at the September retreat

If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to subscribe, share with a friend who’s navigating midlife, and leave a review. Your support helps spread the message that midlife can be an awakening, not a crisis. 💫

🌿 Resources & Links:

Connect with Hedi

Learn more or work with Hedi 1:1:
🌐TheSoulWorks
📱Instagram: @the.soul.works
Free workbook

✨ Book your place at the next 2-day retreat:
🧘‍♀️ Reconnect & Reset – September 20–21

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 ls-therapy.com
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

In this honest and empowering solo episode, Soraya pulls back the curtain on perimenopause — the stage before menopause that too many women aren’t prepared for.

With personal storytelling, body-based wisdom, and a clinical lens, Soraya shares what it was like to unknowingly enter perimenopause, the symptoms no one warned us about, and how hormonal changes affect not just our physical health — but our identity, emotions, and relationships.

You’ll also learn:

• What’s really going on with mood swings, brain fog, and anxiety
• The evolutionary reason behind menopause (and why whales are our sisters!)
• Why perimenopause is often the hidden breaking point in marriages
• How we can reframe this phase as a second spring — not a decline
• Supportive tools to begin reconnecting with your body and reclaiming your power

This isn’t just a medical milestone. It’s a spiritual threshold. And you're not alone in it.

🔗 Resources & Links

✨ Book your place at the next 2-day retreat:
🧘‍♀️ Reconnect & Reset – September 20–21

🌀 Learn more or work with me 1:1:
🌐 ls-therapy.com
📩 Email: soraya@ls-therapy.com
📱 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📅 Book a 30-minute clarity call:
https://calendly.com/limitless-self/30min

Welcome to the very first episode of Hot Flushes & Higher Self! I'm Soraya — clinical hypnotherapist, RTT therapist mum of five, and a woman deep in the beautiful, messy journey of midlife transformation.

In this episode, I’m sharing the story behind this podcast and how my own experience with perimenopause cracked something open in me. From the moment I started waking up drenched in night sweats to the casual suggestion from my GP to "just start HRT," I knew something deeper was unfolding — physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

I also talk about:

• Losing my identity after having children
• Rediscovering my love for psychology and self-development
• Returning to study and becoming a therapist
• What aging really means (and spoiler: it's not the end)
• A 72-year-old woman I saw this morning who is living proof that it's never too late to thrive

This episode is your invitation to see menopause not as a decline, but as a powerful awakening. You're not crazy. You're not broken. You're becoming.

✨ Book Your Spot at My Women's Retreat
Feeling the pull to reconnect with yourself and rise into your next chapter?
Join us at the Reconnect & Reset Retreat.
🔗 Book your spot here

✨ Connect with Me:
🌐 www.ls-therapy.com
📸 Instagram: @limitlessselftherapy
📧 Email: Soraya@ls-therapy.com

If this episode resonated, please follow the show, leave a review, or share it with a woman who needs to hear it. Let’s grow this community — woman to woman, story to story.