You can run a business, a household and a packed calendar — so why does eating well feel impossible? In this episode of Females Thriving Over 30, Soraya sits down with holistic nutritionist Casey Weiss to unpack why high-achieving, type A women get trapped in cycles of dieting, overeating, food guilt and starting over every Monday — and why discipline and willpower are exactly the wrong tools for the job.

Casey shares her own journey from chronic dieting and food obsession to food freedom, and breaks down the psychology and biology behind the all-or-nothing eating pattern: perfectionism, "good food vs bad food" thinking, food noise, and the blood sugar roller coaster that drives nighttime overeating.

✨ What You’ll Learn in this episode

• Why the mindset that made you successful is sabotaging your relationship with food
• The food-mood journal method that beats calorie counting (and why MyFitnessPal keeps you stuck)
• How undereating during the day causes binge and overeating at night
• Why your metabolism is NOT broken after 30 — and what actually changed
• Emotional eating, shame and the childhood roots of your food rules
• The truth about GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy): dosing mistakes, muscle loss, and how to come off them without regaining the weight
• How to build sustainable healthy eating habits without rigid meal plans

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https://youtu.be/MkAfq6m8ECw?si=TemniHt6iJwpP6oh

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Season 7 is officially here — and we're kicking off with a completely honest catch-up on everything that's happened since end of April.

Soraya opens up about her fourth embryo transfer not working, navigating IVF with endometriosis, doing fertility injections on a Ryanair flight, and the hardest question of all: how do you make peace with the possibility that motherhood might not happen — and protect your mental health while trying?

We also get into the customer service crisis (cowboy builders, kitchens that arrive with missing parts, three weeks without Wi-Fi after moving house), and Jasmine's new chapter in her countryside cottage — now officially renamed Raspberry Cottage.

Plus: overthinking and how to quiet a busy brain, what it's like to think with aphantasia (no mental images at all), making time for deep friendships in your 30s, and a sneak peek at the Season 7 guest lineup — including investing expert Peter K on whether the OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs are worth your money.

Don't forget to Watch Soraya's TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/MkAfq6m8ECw?si=qE1PyTa2NK6A8oa4

In this episode:

• IVF, endometriosis and egg quality — what Soraya has tried and what's next
• Coping with fertility disappointment and protecting your mental health
• The decline of customer service and accountability at work
• How to stop overthinking (and why your brain won't shut up)
• Aphantasia: thinking without mental images
• Moving house, slow living and life in an English village

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It's the Season 6 farewell episode of Females Thriving Over 30, and we're going out with a bang.

Soraya and Jasmine get real about the AI trends that are genuinely frightening — including how social media platforms may already own your voice, how influencers are faking entire life moments with AI-generated photos, and why filters have become so convincing that a missing girl couldn't be identified from her own photos.

Jasmine opens up about her recent visit to the hospital for genetic heart testing after her dad was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy — sharing the emotional reality of facing a family health condition, what it's like to sit in a hospital waiting for results, and why she almost didn't go at all.

We also cover: completing a virtual marathon walking challenge, running a 10K in 10-year-old trainers (not recommended), learning chess, Duolingo guilt, phonics vs. the alphabet, and the joy of buying new running shoes just to justify using them.

Plus: what's coming in Season 7 — including an investing interview already booked, new guests, and big things ahead.

If you have a family history of heart conditions, Jasmine shares how she got referred for genetic testing and why you don't have to wait for a GP to bring it up. And if you're on Meta — go check your voice cloning settings after listening to this.

✨ What You’ll Learn in this episode

• AI voice cloning on Meta — how to check your settings RIGHT NOW

• Influencers using AI to fake entire life moments (Miami Open photo scandal)

• Filters so realistic a missing woman couldn't be identified from her own photos

• AI deepfakes, fake endorsements, and what happened to Ashley James

• Jasmine's emotional experience getting genetic heart testing at Nottingham City Hospital

• Understanding cardiomyopathy and how to get referred for genetic testing through the NHS

• Running a 10K untrained in 10-year-old trainers (and surviving)

• Completing a virtual marathon walking challenge

• Endometriosis, exercise, and walking as a wellness tool

• Duolingo guilt, chess, new books, and moving house

• What's coming in Season 7 — including a special investing interview

  
  

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