When Life Gives You Lemons

Emma Bord is a personal trainer of 18 years, author of Mum Power, and a Six Star Marathon finisher. She completed all six World Marathon Majors in a single year, and the hardest miles she has ever run began long before any start line.
In 2019, Emma's husband suffered a sudden seizure in the shower and was flown to hospital by air ambulance. She describes those hours in detail, how the experience still shapes her as a mum, how that traumatic experience drives her marathon running and why she now fundraises for the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance.

Emma and I also cover:

Why she wrote Mum Power, and the gap in postnatal fitness advice she saw in her clients
Swapping "bounce back" for "bounce forward"
Why pelvic floor and core health get so little attention in UK maternity care, and what needs to change
How a Tokyo Marathon low point taught her a technique for the hardest moments in a race
Why self self-care is not selfish, and how to build exercise into a life with no spare hours

If this episode helped you, share it with someone who needs the reminder that hard things make us stronger.

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This episode from Season 4 remains one of my and your favourite conversations of the podcast so I am re-releasing it today for our new followers).
If you have ever been told to fast, cut your carbs, or stick to light weights then this episode is honestly going to change everything you thought you knew.
Dr Stacy Sims is a world-renowned physiologist, nutrition scientist, and applied researcher who has dedicated her career to the mission of understanding and communicating the profound differences between male and female physiology, and making sure women stop being treated as smaller versions of men.
She is the author of ROAR and Next Level, the host of a TED talk entitled ‘Women Are Not Small Men’ that has now been viewed nearly half a million times, and one of the most important voices in women's health and performance science today.

In this conversation (which is honestly one of my personal favourites!) Stacy dismantles some of the most pervasive myths in the health and wellness world right now. Intermittent fasting for women? The research does not support it. Zone two training? Women are already oxidatively capable. They need intensity, not more long slow work. Light weights? Absolutely not. Women need to lift heavy, especially as they age and oestrogen declines. Carbs? Essential and absolutely not the enemy.
This is the conversation everyone needs to hear.

In this episode:
Why women's results were being thrown out as anomalies in research labs and why that still happens today
The critical difference between time restricted eating and intermittent fasting and why only one of them works for women
Why fasted training causes women to burn muscle not fat and what actually happens in the hypothalamus
The truth about carbohydrates for women why we need them, when to eat them, and how that changes around menopause
Why women need 1.6 to 2.3 grammes of protein per kilogramme of bodyweight daily and why the current RDA is based on sedentary old men
Why lifting heavy is non-negotiable for women especially after 40 and what heavy actually means
Zone two training and why women should stop spending hours there and go high intensity instead
Tracking your menstrual cycle - why it matters, which apps actually work, and why most wearables are reading female physiology incorrectly
Why periods are ergogenic aids and Stacy's vision for a world where women understand and work with their own physiology

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Weight loss medications are everywhere right now. On social media, in celebrity culture, in GP surgeries and on unregulated websites. But what is the truth behind them and what are we not being told?

Dr Jack Mosley is a practising GP with a special interest in metabolic health and weight loss management, and the author of Food Noise, a book that cuts through the noise around GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro while offering evidence-based nutritional guidance for lasting weight loss.
Many of you will know his father, the late and much-loved Dr Michael Mosley. He was a broadcaster who popularised intermittent fasting, the 5:2 diet, and reversed his own Type 2 diabetes through diet alone. Jack is very much carrying that torch making complex health science feel genuinely accessible while forging his own compelling path in the world of metabolic health.

In this honest and genuinely eye-opening conversation, we cover everything from the science of food noise to the very real risks of muscle loss, the wild west of online pharmacies, and why the Mediterranean diet remains the most evidence-based dietary pattern we have.

In this episode:
What GLP-1 medications actually are and how they really work
The concept of food noise and why some people's is turned up louder than others
Growing up in the Mosley household - tapeworms, leeches, and kombucha by the dinner table
Why up to 40% of weight lost on GLP-1s can be lean muscle mass and why that is terrifying
The wild west of online pharmacies and who is really prescribing these drugs
Why weight returns up to eight times faster than conventional dieting once you stop
The link between GLP-1s and reduced alcohol consumption and smoking
Intermittent fasting and the debate around women and fasting
Why BMI is a terrible measure of health
The Mediterranean diet and what it actually is and why it works
Protein, fibre, and the simple habits that make the biggest difference
What losing his father has taught Jack about health, time, and what really matters

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Rosie Nixon spent over two decades at the heart of the media world including being the Editor-in-Chief of HELLO!
But then, after hitting a wall, and experiencing a period of ‘burnout’ she did something brave…..she walked away from one of the most coveted roles in British media to reinvent herself entirely. She is now a qualified life coach, author of five books including her new book The Pro Method, and is founder of Rosie's Reinvention Retreats - a series of day retreats for midlife women navigating their next chapter.
In this warm and deeply relatable conversation, we explore burnout, identity, values, and what it really means to rewrite your own story.

In this episode:
· Two decades at the top of celebrity media - the royal weddings, the exclusives, and the Robbie Williams scoop
· How burnout crept up slowly and the hotel room moment that changed everything
· The link between perimenopause and burnout and why so many women miss it
· Why values are the foundation of everything and how to find yours
· The PRO Method - Pause, Reflect, Organise and why the pause is the hardest part
· Letting go of limiting self-beliefs and rewriting the stories that hold us back
· Rosie's Reinvention Retreats and the gap she spotted in the market
· The science of kindness and why it is genuinely good for your heart

📖 The Pro Method - available now
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🌿 Rosie's Reinvention Retreats

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For generations, women have been told that painful, heavy periods are just part of life. That they are normal. That they should get on with it.
Dr Liz Murray is on a mission to change that.

A former NHS doctor, women's health activist, founder of the charity Mortal and Strong, and author of Not Just Painful Periods. In this conversation, Liz brings something rare in that she is both the doctor and the patient. Diagnosed with endometriosis, lupus, and connective tissue disease after years of dismissal, multiple miscarriages, wrongly advised IVF, and ultimately a hysterectomy in her early thirties, Liz knows this system from both sides of the consultation room.

And she is determined to make sure no other woman goes through what she went through.

In this episode, we have an important, honest, and eye-opening conversation about women's health that will leave you fully armed to advocate for yourself next time something just doesn’t feel right.

In this episode:

What endometriosis actually is and why it takes an average of nine years to diagnose
Liz's own journey from medical student in a wheelchair to a hysterectomy at 32
The multiple miscarriages, wrong advice, and £12,000 of IVF that should never have happened
The miracle pregnancy after clearance surgery and her rainbow baby
Why painful periods are not normal and what to do about it
Some truths about the contraceptive pill
The emerging link between neurodiversity, hypermobility, and endometriosis
How to advocate for yourself in a healthcare system that doesn't always listen
The Japanese art of kintsugi and why Liz built a charity around it

📖 Not Just Painful Periods - available now
🌿 Mortal and Strong: mortalandstrong.com
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