Sexual wellbeing often changes in midlife. Bodies change. Desire changes. But you don't have to settle for being dissatisfied.

Yet very few women are given tools to talk about it without shame, pressure, or self-blame.

In this episode, I explore the often-overlooked link between body image and sexual wellbeing — and why your thoughts and emotions play a bigger role than your appearance ever could.

Drawing on insights from a women’s and sexual health doctor, alongside my own lived experience and coaching work, I break down:

• Why the brain is the most important sexual organ
• How cultural messages about women’s bodies shape intimacy
• Why pressure, duty, and “shoulds” kill desire
• What body image actually is — beyond the mirror
• How shame quietly impacts connection and communication
• Why working with thoughts and emotions changes what’s possible
• Practical ways to approach intimacy

This episode is for you if:

• You feel disconnected from your body or desire
• You feel a bit hopeless or frustrated and like you have to settle
• Communication feels hard

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A free 50-minute consult to do a short body image assessment to see where it is getting in the way, look at what you want and create personalized step-by step process to achieve it. Whether we work together or not, you’ll know your next steps.

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Want to connect with Emma?

The best way is to download the Midlife Body Image Guide. You'll also get first access to free masterclasses on emotional eating, body acceptance, and getting obsessive food thinking out of your brain.

These two shifts are based on what I’ve been seeing in clients I coached in 2025—the wins and the challenges the women faced going about their day-to-day lives.

These are not wellness trends or research insights. They are what I've noticed women saying from their lived experience.

That’s where today's podcast comes from.

The two shifts I’ve noticed:

1. Women don’t want more information. They need support to make change sustainable.
2. Weight loss drugs have changed the body image conversation.

Want to connect with Emma?

The best way is to download the Midlife Body Image Guide. You'll also get first access to free masterclasses on emotional eating, body acceptance, and getting obsessive food thinking out of your brain.

Links & Resources:
🎧 Download the Midlife Body Image Guide + audio guide.

Curious about working together?
Emma is currently taking private clients.

To see if coaching is for you, book a consultation where you discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it.

In today’s short episode, Emma explains why most goal-setting methods fail women — not because we lack discipline, but because the systems we’ve been taught rely on overhauls, pressure, and all-or-nothing thinking.

Links & Resources:
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Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you achieve your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.

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