If you’re tired in a way rest doesn’t touch…
If you’ve done the work but still feel slightly on edge…
If being “strong” or “capable” no longer feels like something you want to keep doing…

This episode is for you.

This is a quiet, spacious fireside conversation about something that sits underneath anxiety, exhaustion, relationship strain, and the sense of feeling subtly disconnected from yourself, especially in midlife and menopause.

This is about attunement and what happens in the body when it’s missing.

If you want to feel:

• less braced against life
• more settled inside yourself
• understood without having to explain
• calmer without being told to “relax”
• a sense of warmth, steadiness, and inner permission

…this episode is an invitation to listen.

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If this episode resonates, and you find yourself craving a slower, kinder way of being with yourself, I’m creating a membership space called Becoming.

It’s for women in midlife and menopause who don’t need more information, but do need somewhere to practise presence, self-attunement, and ease.

Becoming is currently open via a waitlist.
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What if menopause isn’t a breakdown…
but a house renovation you’re living inside?

In this episode, I reframe menopause in a way I wish someone had offered me. Not as decline. Not as loss. Not as something to “push through.”
But as a neurological remodel happening in real time, while I’m still expected to function, work, parent, decide what cheese to buy, and hold everything together.

No wonder it feels chaotic.

What I share in this episode:

• Why menopause is not just hormonal, but deeply neurological
• How fluctuating estrogen affects mood, memory, focus, and emotional regulation
• Why brain fog, emotional sensitivity, and slower thinking are not failures, but signs of reorganization
• What’s really happening when my tolerance for noise, pressure, people-pleasing, and nonsense disappears
• How the amygdala shifts and threat sensitivity gradually dials down
• Why decisions feel slower, more embodied, and less driven by urgency
• How identity itself begins to shift during menopause, not collapse
• The grief, the disorientation, and the unexpected clarity that emerges on the other side
• Why post-menopause often brings deeper contentment, discernment, and grounded leadership

If you’re like me and feeling:

• Less sharp but more sensitive
• Slower but more discerning
• Less tolerant of bullshit
• Less available for emotional labour
• More interested in depth than surface-level busyness

Nothing has gone wrong.
Something is reorganizing with intent.

‘Becoming’ is the new membership I’ve created for this phase

Becoming is a space for women in this in-between phase where old identities no longer fit, and new ones haven’t fully arrived yet.

The waitlist is now open.

🔗 Join the waitlist:
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This episode isn’t about fixing you.
It’s about helping you exhale…
and trust that your system knows exactly what it’s doing.

You are not broken.
You are remodeling.

See you next week.

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What if menopause isn’t something to manage…
What if it’s something to participate in?

In this deeply reflective solo episode, I return after time away with a radical reframe of what “mindset” actually means in menopause, and why the phrase has become so triggering, misunderstood, and frankly, unhelpful.

Fresh from turning 50 and beginning my Clinical Hypnotherapy diploma, I share what it’s like to be in the middle of a personal and professional unlearning. Long-held beliefs are being questioned. Identities are softening. Certainty is giving way to curiosity.

This isn’t a how-to episode.
It’s a fireside conversation for women who feel something deeper is happening beneath the surface.

In this episode, I explore:

🧠 Why “just change your mindset” can feel dismissive and where that conversation breaks down
🔍 What mindset actually means (and why it’s not positive thinking)
🫀 How perception, nervous system safety, and hormones are in constant dialogue
🌡️ Why you can’t think your way into more estrogen — but can influence how symptoms land in the body
🔥 The biology behind hot flushes, stress, adrenaline, and the feedback loops that intensify symptoms
🌀 What hypnotherapy really is (and no, it’s not stage hypnosis or mind control)
🪞 Why menopause is a transition of identity, not just hormones
🧳 How stress can exist even when life looks “fine” on paper
🧩 Why perfectionism is often a trauma response — and why menopause dismantles it
🌱 Menopause as compost: decay and renewal happening at the same time
🤝 Why this stage of life asks for collaboration, not control

This episode is for you if:

😮‍💨 You’re tired of oversimplified menopause advice
😬 You bristle at mindset talk but still feel drawn to something deeper
🐢 You sense menopause is asking you to slow down, not push harder
🤍 You want compassion, nuance, and honesty — not fixes
🧬 You’re curious about the mind–body relationship without bypassing biology

A quiet announcement

I introduce Becoming, a new membership space I’m creating, not to fix or optimize women in menopause, but to offer somewhere to be while identity, nervous system, and meaning are reorganizing.

This is not a course.
This is not a program.
It’s a space for women who feel the shift and don’t want to rush through it.

The waitlist is now open. No urgency. No pressure. Just an invitation.

👉 Join the Becoming waitlist:
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If this episode felt like relief rather than effort… if something in your body quietly said yes… trust that.

Menopause isn’t a problem to solve.
It’s a process you’re allowed to be in.

You’re not broken.
You’re becoming.

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This conversation is not about ‘surviving’ menopause.
It’s about claiming power, pleasure, and potency on the other side of it.

Sally sits down with Carla Wainwright, holistic wellness coach, sexual awakening facilitator, and self-described midlife alchemist, for a deeply grounding, myth-shattering conversation about what really happens when women cross the threshold of midlife.

With a background in biology, homeopathy, and over 30 years of embodiment work, Carla bridges science and the sacred in a way that feels both practical and deeply liberating. This isn’t woo for the sake of woo, and it’s not cold science either. It’s the place where metabolism, trauma, hormones, pleasure, and power actually meet.

In this episode, we talk about why menopause is not a decline but a rite of passage. Why so many women feel unprepared for it, and why the years after perimenopause can become the most creative, sexually alive, and authentic chapter of a woman’s life…if she’s supported properly.

Carla shares how her own journey — from wildlife biologist working with endangered species to guiding women through sexual healing and midlife transformation — came full circle when she entered perimenopause herself. What emerged was a model she calls sacred metabolism: tending not just to blood sugar and hormones, but to the nervous system, the inner child, and the feminine life force itself.

We explore why unstable blood sugar can keep women stuck in fight-or-flight, amplify trauma, worsen menopausal symptoms, and quietly erode desire. Why pleasure isn’t indulgent. And why many women lose touch with intimacy, not because something is wrong with them, but because no one ever taught them how to stay connected to their bodies as they change.

This episode also dives into sex in midlife — honestly, tenderly, and without shame. We talk about why desire changes, why stress is the ultimate libido killer, and why reconnection always starts with the relationship you have with yourself. No pressure to perform. No swinging from chandeliers. Just curiosity, safety, and choice.

You’ll also hear:

• Why menopause can make women less people-pleasing and more clear about what they want
• How sexual energy shifts when menstruation ends — and why some traditions call this phase “the second spring.”
• The link between trauma resurfacing and perimenopause
• Why women initiate most divorces between 45–55
• How sacred feminine practices reconnect women to intuition, creativity, and embodied wisdom
• The myths about menopause that quietly serve patriarchy
• Simple daily practices that build momentum when you feel stuck in survival mode

This is a conversation about remembering who you are — in your body, in your desire, and in your power — at a stage of life that has been deeply misunderstood

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Your Cycle Isn’t the Problem — The Way We’ve Been Taught to Live Is

What if the days you feel flat, emotional, tired, or “off” aren’t something to fix…
but something to listen to?

In this episode, Sally is joined by Claire Baker — menstrual cycle educator, author, and founder of Cycle Coach School — for a grounded, honest conversation about menstrual cycle awareness, agency, and the long-term impact of ignoring the body’s rhythms.

We’re not asking you to ‘love your period’, we’re just saying it might be nice to stop fighting with your body.

🔥 WHAT WE TALK ABOUT

🩸 Claire’s journey off hormonal birth control — and what it was like to experience a natural cycle after 10 years on the pill
🌙 The four phases of the menstrual cycle, explained with nuance (not rigid rules or social-media trends)
📉 Why cycle tracking is about curiosity, self-trust, and noticing patterns — not biohacking or optimisation
🧠 “Cycle amnesia” and why writing things down helps us understand ourselves over time
💔 The shame, silence, and secrecy many of us grew up with around periods — and why inner-teenager repair matters
🔄 How cycle awareness remains deeply relevant in perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause
🌱 One small, practical way to begin building a kinder relationship with your body today

“Everything is cyclical — our energy, creativity, relationships, and lives.”

🧭 ABOUT CLAIRE BAKER

Claire Baker has spent over a decade teaching women how to work with their menstrual cycle rather than against it. She is the author of 50 Things You Need to Know About Periods, creator of Adore Your Cycle, and founder of Cycle Coach School. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health.

🎧 Listen if you’re tired of powering through — and ready to meet your body with more curiosity, compassion, and trust.

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As we know, menopause is not a downfall, it’s a metamorphosis, and Petra Coveney—former BBC journalist, founder of Menopause Yoga, bestselling author, and unapologetic menopause rebel—joined Sally to tear down every stale narrative about “the change.”

And trust us… this conversation goes there.

Petra went through perimenopause early, alone, confused, and dismissed by doctors who had nothing to offer her except a pat on the head and a “good luck.”
The frustration, shame and rage… she tapped into all of it.

And what came out of that fire?

Menopause Yoga—the world’s first specialist yoga program built to support the physical, emotional, and psychological rollercoaster of perimenopause through second spring.

In this episode, Petra breaks down:

🔥 Why rage is a superpower (and what it’s trying to wake up in you)
🔥 The moment she realized NO ONE was helping menopausal women—and why she decided she would
🔥 The resistance she got from BOTH yoga studios and doctors (spoiler: everyone thought she was “too much”)
🔥 Why community circles are non-negotiable for healing
🔥 How yoga, breathwork, and evidence-based education can literally rewire your menopausal brain
🔥 The truth about “brain fog” and why it might actually be your brain upgrading itself
🔥 Why we need to stop whispering the word menopause and say it out loud—with pride

Petra’s mission is bold:
Break the taboo. Reclaim the narrative. Connect women back to their power.
Menopause isn't an ending. It’s the doorway to your second spring—a phase of clarity, leadership, and fierce selfhood.

If you’re in the weeds of perimenopause, waking up drenched, snapping at your loved ones, losing words in the middle of a meeting, or wondering “Is it just me?”—this episode will feel like a giant exhale.

And if you’ve ever felt ashamed of these changes?
Petra is here to hand you permission to drop that shame today.

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In this episode, Sally sits down with Dr. Lara Briden, naturopathic doctor and bestselling author of Period Repair Manual, Hormone Repair Manual, and Metabolism Repair for Women. She’s been called the period revolutionary—and after this conversation, you’ll understand exactly why.

We talk about the massive paradox in women’s health:
Society suddenly worships estrogen and progesterone when women hit their mid-40s…
…yet spent the last 60 years casually switching those same hormones off in teenage girls.

Yep. We’re going there.

What We Get Into

• Why regular ovulation is not just “nice to have” — it’s literally how young women make hormones
• How we got stuck in a 60-year loop of shutting down women’s ovarian function (hint: the pill’s “regulate your period” pitch started as a cover story)
• The weird disconnect between medical guidelines that say periods are a vital sign… and the normalization of medicating them away
• What a healthy period actually looks like (spoiler: it shouldn’t hurt and it shouldn’t require you to white-knuckle your way through PMS)
• Why so many modern symptoms aren’t “women being women”—they’re the result of environment, lifestyle, and a system that never prioritized female physiology
• And the big one: Did menopause evolve? Or is it some biological glitch because women are living longer?

The Mic-Drop Moments

• Lara breaks down why menopause absolutely evolved on purpose—and why humans are more like killer whales than we think
• The “grandmother effect” and why older women have always been essential for the survival of the tribe
• The wild fact that among the Hadza, and other traditional-living communities, menopause brings zero symptoms
• The reality that our cycles are meant to be signals, not punishments

If You’ve Ever Thought…

“I guess this is just how my period is.”
“This is normal for my age.”
“Maybe my hormones just hate me.”

…this episode might flip your worldview upside down (in a good way).

About Dr. Lara Briden

Lara practices in Christchurch, New Zealand, helping women navigate PCOS, PMS, endometriosis, perimenopause, and other hormone-health challenges. Her work bridges biology, history, anthropology, and real-world clinical wisdom.

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Everything went wrong before this interview even started: lagging audio, frozen screens, “Can you hear me?” chaos… which, honestly, became the perfect metaphor for today’s topic: women being told to accept dysfunction as normal.

And fittingly, this conversation marks a huge milestone — our 200th episode! Two hundred episodes of unlearning, reframing, and giving women permission to trust their bodies. And today’s guest delivers exactly that kind of truth.

Because once Nicole Jardim (women’s health coach + author of Fix Your Period) finally got connected, she dropped a truth bomb most women never hear:

👉 Statistically common doesn’t mean biologically normal.

Cramps, mood swings, missing periods, heavy bleeding — we’ve been conditioned to believe it’s “part of being a woman.” Nicole is here to burn that narrative down.

In this raw and revealing conversation, Nicole takes us back to where it all began — age 12, pads in the backpack, intuition on point — and then straight into the trauma, the chaos, and the hormonal storm that followed after the sudden death of her father. From survival-mode teen years to being handed the pill as a “solution,” Nicole walks us through the cascade of symptoms that no one connected to the pill, stress, genetics, detox pathways, or trauma.

This episode breaks the script. We talk:

• Why period pain can be a red flag
• How trauma + puberty + synthetic hormones created a perfect hormonal disaster
• The COMT gene, stress metabolism, and why some women feel like live wires
• Why your period is basically your body’s early-warning system
• The hidden stressors no one warns women about
• Why we’ve normalized suffering — and why that needs to end

Nicole doesn’t sugarcoat. She also doesn’t catastrophize. She reframes powerfully. Because the same genetic profile that makes you sensitive to stress might also be the source of your creativity, drive, memory, intuition, and fire.

If you’ve ever been told to “just deal with it,” this episode will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about your cycle, your symptoms, and what your body has been trying to tell you for years.

This is your permission slip to stop normalizing pain.

And to start listening to your biology instead of fighting it.

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Website: https://nicolejardim.com/

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Nicole’s Practitioner Program: https://instituteformenstrualhealth.com/

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