My guest on the podcast today is Samantha Bradford. Sam is a financial advisor and money mindset coach and has a long pedigree in the corporate financial world. But when she made the jump to setting up her own business, Simplicity Financial Planning, she found that mindset, especially for women, was a big hurdle to independent wealth and financial growth. So we're focusing today on the mind blocks that stop us reaching our true earning potential.  We discuss the different money archetypes and Sam shares her thoughts and ideas for shifting our money mindset from one of lack and scarcity to ..read more

There's something amazing happens when women come together to share their stories. You suddenly feel less alone. You feel a part of something bigger.   You get that reassurance of knowing we're in this together. Today I'm chatting with two wonderful, inspiring women who are sharing their menopause stories to help breakdown the stigma of being a midlife woman going through menopause.   Kim Gowing is a Canadian living in the UK. She is a Change Management Consultant and the founder of the group The Hot Ladies, a virtual network for women experiencing menopause. Kim hosts The Hot Ladies ..read more

Kate Muir is a journalist, author, documentary producer, activist and an advocate for women going through menopause. She's the author of the book 'Everything You Need to Know About Menopause, but were too afraid to ask', which pulls no punches in shining a light on the inequalities and shameful lack of understanding when it comes to women's reproductive health. She also wrote and produced the ground-breaking documentary 'Sex, Myths and the Menopause' presented by TV personality and menopause warrior Davina McCall. In today's episode I'm chatting with Kate about what led her to write a book tha ..read more

Have you ever wondered how women in business define success? As a woman who started my business in my 50s I don't think I see success in terms of the traditional financial measures.  And it turns out I'm not alone! My guest today is Dr Hayley Lewis, an organisation psychologist who has recently completed her doctoral thesis delving deep into the psychi of female entrepreneurs and what really makes them tick. If you're a woman in business, you're going to resonate so much with what Hayley has to say, I'm sure. And if you're a woman in later life wishing you could do a degree, a masters or ..read more

You know what it's like if you don't get enough sleep. You end up grouchy, stressed and struggling to concentrate.   We all have times when our sleep is poor, but when it goes on for an extended period, it can have a massive impact on quality of life.   Whilst good sleep hygiene can help, sometimes we need to get to the root of what's interrupting the sleep behaviours.   What's our relationship with our bed like! How much is the anxiety around not sleeping causing us not to sleep?   Well, I got these any many other questions answered when I had a virtual coffee with Tracy H ..read more

How would your friends and family react if you told them you were going to give up your well paid corporate job, at the age of 48, in the middle of a global pandemic, to start a company, without any experience of running a business? Well for my guest today, Katy Walton, the director of the training and coaching company MAKE REAL PROGRESS, that's exactly what she did - and yes, most people thought she'd gone stark raving mad. But despite everything, she's now built a successful and highly respected business delivering creative leadership and talent development solutions and supporting HR and L ..read more

Have you ever wondered why it's so much more difficult to lose weight and get fit over 40 than it was in your 20s and 30s? That's because the strategies you've used in your 20s and 30s simply don't work for women in their 40s and beyond.  Our hormones are changing, our stress response is changing and as such our previous strategies might actually make it even MORE difficult. In today's episode I'm chatting with Rob Birkhead who is an expert in the field of health and fitness for women over 40. Rob is co-founder of TRINITY Transformation and the UK’s #1 Health Coach for professional women ..read more

Do you struggle with midlife weight gain?     Maybe you've been in a constant seesaw of diets where you've lost weight, gained weight, lost weight and gained weight.   It can feel like all you ever think about is food - then comes a cycle of pleasure followed by guilt, followed by pleasure, and then more guilt.  And the horrible cycle continues.   What if it was NEVER about the food?   What if you could actually change your thinking and break the 'on the wagon, off the wagon' cycle of dieting?   Well, that's exactly what my guest Tanja Shaw helps midlife ..read more

My guest today is financial planner Steph Smith.   Steph helps women to improve their financial wellbeing through a blend of regulated financial advice and coaching. In today's episode we're discussing the cultural and mindset barriers that can often leave women feeling under confident when it comes to taking control of their financial wellbeing as well as Steph's tips for taking back some of that control through education and planning. Steph mentions a few resources that can help including the UK Government's State Pension Calculator  and also the UK Government's Pension Tracin ..read more

If you ever find yourself getting overwhelmed dealing with 'stuff' that isn't even your stuff, then chances are you've got a boundaries problem. If you find yourself saying yes when you really want to say no, then getting angry and resentful at being taken advantage of, then chances are you've got a boundaries problem. If you find yourself weighed down by other people's problems all of the time, then chances are you've got a boundaries problem. In this episode I'm sharing 3 tips that have helped me to get better at upholding my boundaries. They're simple, but like anything to do with changing ..read more