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

Connect with Casey Weiss

Instagram: @yourcaseforwellness

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Free Stop Overeating Guide

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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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Soraya announced part 1 of her secret project and you can now subscribe and read weekly essays on her substack. It’s free!!! https://lifeunscheduled.substack.com/

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What if everything you've been told about self-love is wrong?

We're taught self-love means bubble baths, face masks, and affirmations in the mirror. But real self-love in your 30s often looks uncomfortable — letting friendships go, setting boundaries that disappoint people, and choosing a life that doesn't match the timeline society handed you.

This week, Jasmine and Soraya are joined by Lisa Bennett — emergency responder, open-heart surgery survivor, and the reigning Ms Universal Petite Australia 2026 — for an honest conversation about what self-love really means when you've had a brush with death and decided to live differently.

Whether you're feeling stuck, behind, or just ready to stop people-pleasing, this episode is a permission slip to start choosing yourself.

✨ What You’ll Learn in this episode

• Why self-love is uncomfortable (and why that's the point)

• Lisa's three pillars of self-love: physical, emotional, and environmental

• How to set boundaries with friends without guilt • The "love / not love" list exercise that can change your life in one afternoon

• Why your timeline doesn't have to match anyone else's

• How to stop comparing yourself to social media

• Doing things alone — and learning to enjoy your own company

• Why dressing well (even at home) genuinely changes your mood

• Trusting your gut when something in your life isn't right

  
  

Connect with Lisa:

📲 Instagram: @MissLisaBennett and @SheDaredToLoveHerself

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If your foundation is creasing, your eyeliner is disappearing into your lid, and your "signature look" suddenly feels off — it's not you. It's that the makeup rules for skin over 30 are completely different, and nobody tells you when they change.

In this episode, Soraya and Jasmine sit down with professional makeup artist Helena Walker to break down exactly why the products and techniques that worked in our 20s stop working after 30, 35, and 40 — and what to do instead.

Soraya also announces part 1 of her secret project and you can now subscribe and read weekly essays on her substack. It’s free!!! https://lifeunscheduled.substack.com/

✨ What You’ll Learn in this episode

• Why winged eyeliner stops working on hooded eyes (and the 10-second fix)

• The under-eye powder mistake that's setting fine lines INTO your face

• Why cream products beat powders on mature skin

• The £6 drugstore foundation Helena secretly uses on her clients

• Why black eyeliner is aging you and what to swap it for

• How often you ACTUALLY need to clean your beauty blender (you're not going to like the answer)

• The "outside-in" foundation technique pros use to avoid cakey skin

• Why your old makeup palette is literally going off like food

• Whether you're in your 30s, 40s, or 50s, this is the mature makeup masterclass you didn't know you needed.

• Honest, funny, and full of drugstore-friendly tips you can actually use tomorrow morning.

  
  

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📲 Instagram, Youtube & TikTok: @ohhelmakeupartist

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We've been taught to chase love — but nobody teaches us how to protect ourselves inside it.

In this episode, Soraya and Jasmine are joined by financial advisor and coach Peta-Kay, known as Your Finance PT, for an honest, no-filter conversation about what really happens when love and money collide.

Whether you're newly dating, in a long-term relationship, or rebuilding after a breakup — this episode is full of practical advice and real talk you won't hear anywhere else.

✨ What You’ll Learn

• The money red flags to look out for when dating (hint: it's not just about job titles)

• Why financial independence is the most important form of self-love

• How to protect your assets if you own property before getting married

• The truth about the 50/50 split — and why it often fails women

• What to do if you take time out of work to raise children

• Should you take out credit in your partner's name? (Spoiler: think twice)

• How to handle a partner with a gambling addiction or hidden debt

• Practical steps to start building your own financial safety net today

• Budgeting as a couple: date nights, savings pots, and money conversations that actually work

Peta-Kay also shares her personal experience managing finances in a 7-year marriage, and the one thing every woman should have — no matter how much you trust your partner.

Connect with Peta-Kay:

🌐 www.pearlsandperils.com

📲 Instagram & TikTok: @yourfinancept

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Have you been doing everything "right" — eating clean, exercising, taking supplements — and still feeling exhausted, inflamed, foggy or just not yourself? You're not imagining it. And it's not your fault.

In this episode, Soraya and Jasmine sit down with nutritionist and functional health coach Sarah Law, who spent three years and thousands of pounds trying to fix her health after long COVID left her gaining 10kg overnight, unable to exercise, and struggling with severe brain fog. Nothing worked — until she found the root cause approach that changed everything.

Sarah shares the 4R Blueprint — her four-phase framework (Reduce, Rebalance, Revive, Renew) that is helping women understand what their bodies actually need, in the right order, to finally feel like themselves again.

✨ What You’ll Learn

• What the 4R Blueprint is and why the ORDER of healing matters

• Why inflammation causes weight loss resistance (and has nothing to do with willpower)

• The real reason your hormones are out of balance — and why hormones are rarely the root cause

• How gut health, liver detoxification, bile flow and the estrobolome drive hormonal imbalances

• Why fasting might be the wrong tool at the wrong time for you

• How circadian rhythm affects your mitochondria, hormones and metabolism

• The truth about GLP weight loss injections

• What deep functional lab testing reveals that standard NHS blood panels miss

• Why electrolytes (not just water) matter every single day

• The very first step to take if you're starting from scratch — even on a budget

  
  

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Sarah’s instagram: @sarahlawuk

Sarah's Membership 5 days free access - https://whop.com/optimisedhealthhub/5dayaccesspass/

Endometriosis Masterclass - https://sarah-law.uk/endo-decoded

The Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 List

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The generational debate is ON! In this episode we dive into all the things that Gen Z will never truly understand — and honestly… we had a LOT to say 😅

From burning CDs and texting with one thumb, to dialing up the internet and handing in CVs in person — this episode is packed with nostalgia, laughs, and a few “wow, we really lived through that” moments.

We also share how this episode was inspired by a viral Reddit thread that sparked thousands of responses 👀 and took us right back to simpler (and sometimes harder!) times.

If you’ve ever said “kids these days have it easy”… this one’s for you.

💬 Join the Conversation

• What’s one thing Gen Z will NEVER understand?
• Do you think life was better before smartphones?
• What’s something you miss from your childhood or teenage years?

✨ What You’ll Learn

• The biggest differences between Millennial and Gen Z life experiences
• Why “call me after 9pm” used to be a real thing 📞
• How technology has changed effort, patience, and attention spans
• The nostalgia of pre-streaming, pre-smartphone life
• Why convenience today might come at a hidden cost

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