In this episode, I’m exploring the quiet revolution happening inside so many women in midlife - the moment where we start to ask, “Is this it?” and begin to re-evaluate the relationships, marriages, and friendships we’ve carried for decades.

I dive into new research around overall divorce rates and I also look at what friendship really looks like in this season.

This is a grounded, compassionate conversation about all types of relationships, maturity, and self-honesty - and what it truly means to grow into the kind of woman who loves deeply, but no longer at her own expense.

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In this episode, I’m exploring what really happens when your body - and your hormones - decide they’re done with people-pleasing. For many women, midlife brings a strange mix of liberation and guilt. The part of us that’s spent decades smoothing things over and keeping the peace starts to feel exhausted, while another part begins whispering, “I can’t keep living like this.”

We’ll talk about the hormonal shifts that drive this change, from fluctuating oestrogen and progesterone levels, to the role of testosterone - and how these biochemical transitions collide with your attachment style.

I’ll break down the four adult attachment patterns and explain why anxious, avoidant, or people pleasing tendencies can create havoc in perimenopause, as the body pushes you toward truth and integrity.

You know those moments when you catch yourself thinking, “I know better than this”, but you still overreact, shut down, or find yourself managing everyone else’s emotions?

In this episode, I’m unpacking the hidden ways emotional immaturity can still show up, even in self-aware women who’ve done years of therapy and inner work. I’ll share a personal story about a friendship that ended, explore what true emotional maturity actually looks like (beyond the performative “boundaries and healing” we see online), and talk honestly about why some relationships start to shift, or even end, when one person begins to grow.

And because insight without integration doesn’t change much, I’ll also share three practical ways you can start becoming more emotionally mature.

If you’ve ever wondered why certain relationships still feel hard, even after all the inner work, this episode will help you see yourself, and your connections, with fresh eyes and a deeper understanding.

What if your inner critic isn’t a mindset problem - it’s a physiological one?

In this episode, I unpack how the state of your nervous system directly shapes your thoughts, perceptions, and self-beliefs - especially in midlife, when hormones are recalibrating and stress tolerance starts to change.

I’ll share why so many women feel like they’ve “failed” at talk therapy, what’s really happening when insight doesn’t translate into change, and how nervous-system regulation becomes the missing step that rewires everything from the inside out.

In this episode, I dive into what really happens when your lifelong habit of saying “yes” stops working. If you’ve spent years being the calm one, the capable one, the glue that holds it all together, and now find yourself exhausted, irritated, or wondering where you went in the process - this conversation is for you.

I talk about how chronic people-pleasing (the fawn response) collides with the hormonal changes of perimenopause, what’s really going on in your nervous system, and why your body is no longer willing to tolerate what it once did. This isn’t about losing it - it’s about finally finding yourself.

So many of us learned early on that being ‘good’ kept us safe. We read the room, smoothed the edges, and made sure everyone else was okay - even if it meant disappearing ourselves.

In this episode, I talk about the Good Girl Wound - how fawning begins as a brilliant survival strategy, not a flaw. I share how this pattern took root in my own childhood and how it quietly shapes the way women show up in midlife - exhausted, over-functioning, and disconnected from who they truly are.

If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t stop people-pleasing even when you know it’s burning you out, this one’s for you.

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This episode dives into the second session on the biology of food, stress, and sugar. I break down the adrenal sequence step by step - what happens in your body when you eat sugar, from the glucose surge to the adrenaline spike to the inevitable crash. We’ll explore why even “healthy eaters” can get trapped in this rollercoaster, and how food interacts with your nervous system state. I’ll also share practical, embodied tools to help you stabilize blood sugar, reduce stress-driven eating, and start listening to what your body truly needs.

In this episode, I share the first part of the truth about why food means so much more to women than just nutrition . I talk about my own story of chocolate as comfort, why so many women “fail” diets (hint: it’s not about willpower), and how unresolved stress and trauma drive binge eating, snacking, and emotional eating. We’ll explore how your nervous system state shapes your cravings and why plans collapse after a few weeks - not because you’re weak, but because your body is fighting to keep you safe.