Posts tagged nutritional therapy
{15.12} Before You Write Off The Rest of the Year…

In this final episode of the season — and the final one of 2025 — I’m speaking to that familiar end-of-year feeling where everything is full, stretched and slightly chaotic. You’re managing — of course you are — but nothing feels easy. “I’ll just get through December… I’ll sort myself out in January.” This episode is for the part of you that knows something needs to change, but feels too exhausted to start.

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{15.9} Are You Too Young for Perimenopause?

In this episode of Raising Healthy Mothers, I share a story I came across of a mum in her early 40s who was told to go on antidepressants and have CBT when she went to her GP with what she thought was symptoms of perimenopause and was wondering about HRT.  So in this episode I discuss perimenopause and the role nutrition and lifestyle changes can play in helping through the transition.

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{15.6} You Don’t Need More Health Advice (You Just Need to Know What to Do With It)

You probably already know what to do to feel healthier: eat more veg, get enough sleep, move your body, drink some water. But if you’re anything like most mums I work with, the hardest part isn’t knowing what to do. It’s finding the space and energy to actually do it. In this episode, I’m talking about what happens when you finally put your own needs first, not in a grand, self-care-day kind of way, but through small, steady actions that build resilience and help you feel more in control of your health and your life.

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{12.8} The Empowered Menopause: Talking HRT, Perimenopause and Nutrition with Keris Marsden, Nutritional Therapist

This week I welcome Keris Marsden onto the show to talk about perimenopause and her Empowered Menopause Hub after she experienced early menopause in her late 30s and went on a journey of discovery around her health and wellbeing to uncover the best way to manage her symptoms so she could thrive instead of just surviving.

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{12.3} Gut Health 101: The Key to Immunity, Mood, and Wellbeing

Today I discuss the basics of gut health, including the cephalic phase of digestion and how to help it work properly, why chewing is important, what to eat for good digestion and gut health, akkermansia and how it helps the gut lining to avoid leaky gut and what a healthy poop looks like.

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{11.6} Redefining Nutrition Support for Busy Mums: Lifting the Lid on What I ACTUALLY Do as a Nutritional Therapist

What does a nutritional therapist actually do? In today's episode of Raising Healthy Mothers, I'm doing something a bit different and lifting the lid on how I support the mums who come to me for help with their exhaustion and what a typical week looks like for me.

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{9.10} Keeping the Family Machine Well-Oiled with Maija Tweeddale, Nutritional Therapist

This week's guest on Raising Healthy Mothers is Maija Tweeddale, a nutritionist helping parents create nutrition and lifestyle habits that stick so they can have the energy and good mood they need for a family life without drama.

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{9.8} How to Make it Work: Managing Exhaustion While Breastfeeding Your Second Child

In this episode I'm talking about managing exhaustion when breastfeeding your second child. I discuss the 3 reasons why it might not be as exhausting as you think; 6 ways to muddle through the exhaustion; why it’s not just about lack of sleep and physical exhaustion'; and how mindful breastfeeding plays a part in managing the exhaustion.

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{9.7} How Becoming a Mother for the Second Time Changed My Business: 100th Episode Special

This week I’m celebrating 100 episodes on Raising Healthy Mothers! And this time I’m in the interviewee chair. My husband interviews me about how I became a nutritional therapist, how things have evolved for me, and most importantly - what my favourite Malaysian food is. This is a fun episode celebrating something I’m super proud of!

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{8.11} How to Have a Body-Positive Summer

This week on Raising Healthy Mothers I'm diving into body positivity over the summer. I discuss the importance of positive self talk, rejecting diet culture, reframing exercise and food and responding to negative comments in an empowering way.

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