Charlotte’s ethos is simple yet powerful: when we eat well, we nourish our bodies and when we are truly nourished, we create the foundations to heal whatever we are facing in life.

Together, we explore food, mindset, movement, and the cultural narratives that have shaped how so many women view their bodies and their worth.

What We Talk About

1. Why New Year’s resolutions so often fall away
2. The damaging 90s diet culture narrative that left many women believing they were “fat”
3. Shifting motivation from appearance-based goals to long-term health and vitality
4. What “eating well” actually means (and what it doesn’t)
5. How to make healthier choices without feeling deprived
6. The importance of mindset in sustainable wellbeing
7. Why diet culture continues to create confusion and guilt
8. Moving your body in a manageable, sustainable way
9. The benefits of yoga and Pilates for strength, mobility and nervous system support
10. The invisible pressure many women carry
11. Contributing financially while still being expected to carry the emotional and domestic load
12. Guilt and shame around taking time for yourself
13. Why self-care isn’t selfish but rather vital

Key Reflections from the Conversation

1. Health is about longevity, not punishment
2. Nourishment supports resilience — physically and emotionally
3. Sustainable habits are more powerful than extreme bursts of motivation
4. You don’t need to “beast yourself” in the gym to be strong
5. Guilt around self-care is cultural — not personal failure
6. When women prioritise their wellbeing, everyone benefits

A Central Theme

This episode gently challenges the idea that we must earn our rest or justify our health choices. Instead, we explore how nourishment — in every sense — is a form of self-respect.

Connect with Charlotte

Eat Nourish Heal Website

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Sing To Heal Website

Wiltshire Wellbeing Facebook Group

PS: Join Charlotte, Lilli and Ted Lawlor (phenomenal Breathwork Coach) for a powerful one off event combining Yoga Nidra, Breathwork and Sound Reiki at St Johns Place in Salisbury.

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This conversation explores what happens when grief, stress, hormonal change and identity loss collide — and why so many women reach breaking point without realising menopause is part of the picture.

What We Talk About in This Episode

1. How Caroline went from loving her nursing career to feeling unable to function in it
2. Losing a strong sense of identity and being forced to reinvent herself
3. Caring for parents during serious illness while navigating grief
4. Early perimenopause symptoms that went unrecognised
5. Working as a nurse during Covid and the impact of sustained stress
6. Heart palpitations, joint pain and a long period of misdiagnosis
7. Being treated for fibromyalgia before questioning the diagnosis
8. Starting HRT and finding some stability — before life shifted again
9. Supporting her Mum through an aortic aneurysm diagnosis and then grieving her loss
10. Rising stress, long hours, missed meals and carrying too much alone
11. Changing jobs with hope — and then feeling like a completely different person
12. Erratic bleeding, mood changes and worsening perimenopause symptoms
13. The moment Caroline realised she could no longer continue on without support

Caroline’s Story

Caroline shares her journey through years of layered pressure: losing her Dad to dementia, supporting her Mum after a stroke and later a life-threatening diagnosis, navigating complex family dynamics, and working on the frontline during the pandemic — all while unknowingly moving through perimenopause.

By the time she began a new role in sexual and reproductive health, she no longer recognised herself.

“I didn’t feel like the person I’d been in the interview… I felt guilty, like I’d given them someone they weren’t expecting.”

Just two weeks into the role, it became clear her Mum was approaching end of life. The combined weight of grief, stress and worsening perimenopause symptoms led Caroline to make the life-changing decision to end her nursing career.

Key Themes & Insights

1. Menopause, anxiety, grief and relationship stress don’t exist in neat boxes
2. Anxiety can appear during menopause even if it’s never been an issue before
3. Many women don’t recognise what’s happening — and so don’t get support
4. Strength and resilience can become harmful without help
5. Caroline was told she was “resilient to the point of self-destruction”

“I thought I could just keep going. I’m a nurse. I’m strong. It never occurred to me that it would break me.”

We also talk about how Caroline wasn’t able to care for herself — but equally, those around her didn’t recognise how much she was struggling. This highlights why education is so vital, not just for women, but for families, workplaces and communities.

Why This Work Matters

1. There is currently very limited menopause support available locally
2. In Wiltshire, there are only six free menopause support groups — three of which Caroline has set up or helped to establish
3. Men need education and space to learn how to support their partners
4. Caroline runs mixed groups where men can ask questions openly and safely
5. Modalities like breathwork and sound healing — often dismissed as “woo woo” — can be powerful tools in times of extreme stress

During the episode, we guide listeners through a simple breathwork example to help calm the nervous system in moments of overwhelm.

What’s Coming Up

We also share details of our joint retreat day at Launceston Farm on 17th May 2026, where we’ll be bringing together education, breathwork, sound healing and support in a safe, nurturing space.

About Unmenopaused

Unmenopaused supports women (and the men in their lives) through perimenopause and menopause via:

1. 1:1 coaching
2. Small group programmes
3. Mixed-gender education spaces
4. Workplace workshops for staff wellbeing

Connect with Caroline

Unmenopaused Website

Join us at Launceston Farm for our day retreat - Still Me, Just Shifting

Connect with Lilli

Sing To Heal Website

Join the Wiltshire Wellbeing Facebook Group

This conversation is a heartfelt exploration of community, purpose, courage and the quiet moments that shape the path we eventually walk.

What We Talk About in This Episode

1. The importance of community and pulling together to support friends and neighbours
2. How Caroline’s background in fundraising and event organising shaped her life’s work
3. Training in cooking with Prue Leith and Carolyn Aldergrove
4. Life as an army wife, moving home 15 times, and home-educating her children
5. Her daughter’s serious eye condition and how it changed Caroline’s relationship with health and healing
6. The moment Eat Nourish Love was born during lockdown
7. The meaning behind Eat, Nourish, Love — food, love, Reiki and reflexology
8. Why so many people are given opportunities but don’t take the leap
9. How the people around us make brave decisions possible
10. The shift away from “guru culture” toward co-collaboration in wellbeing
11. Purpose, anxiety, overwhelm and the question: Who am I and why am I here?
12. Why there is no end game — only a journey we get to shape

The Heart of Eat Nourish Love

Eat Nourish Love was created from lived experience and deep care. Caroline shares how training in Reiki and reflexology to support her daughter, combined with a sense of being “handed something by the universe,” inspired her to take the leap into business during lockdown.

Community sits at the centre of everything Caroline does — not just in wellness, but in fundraising, events and everyday life.

Key Reflections from the Conversation

1. None of us do anything alone
2. Vision without people goes nowhere
3. Collaboration creates stronger, more sustainable impact
4. Purpose gives direction, even in uncertain times
5. Progress doesn’t have to be big to be meaningful
6. We all struggle — just in different ways
7. Grace matters more than judgement

Quotes from the Episode

Caroline:

“You can have the vision, but without the right people it doesn’t go anywhere.”

“If you can bring a little bit of progress into your life, it allows you to take a step forward and keep following your gut.”

Final words from Caroline:

“If you can do something in the morning for yourself and make it a non-negotiable, it makes a huge difference to your mental state.”

Connect with Caroline / Eat Nourish Love

1. Eat Nourish Love website: https://www.eatnourishlove.com
2. Eat Nourish Love podcast: https://www.eatnourishlove.com/podcasts/
3. Instagram: @eat.nourish.love_ / @enlfairs
4. Eat Nourish Love Autumn Fair:
5. Featuring over 120 businesses, inspiring talks, and evening shopping

Connect with Lilli

Sing To Heal Website

Join the Wiltshire Wellbeing Facebook Group

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We explore why longevity isn’t just about living longer, but about living better — and how community, inclusive movement, and realistic starting points play a vital role.

What We Talk About in This Episode

1. What longevity really means and why we need to think differently about ageing
2. Why we’re not currently ageing well as a society
3. The difference between life expectancy and health expectancy in the UK
4. Why 85% of Swindon’s local council budget now goes on social care — and why this matters
5. The ethos of “start where you are and do what you can do”
6. Strategic movement and exercise to support long-term health
7. Why functional fitness becomes more important as we age
8. What VO₂ max is and why it’s a crucial marker of health
9. How we lose around 10% of our VO₂ capacity every decade after 40
10. The importance of maintaining aerobic capacity through movement
11. How The Longevity Games bring people of all ages and abilities together
12. Inclusion, accessibility, and future plans — including a women-only event in 2026

About The Longevity Games

The Longevity Games are community events held throughout the year, designed to be fully inclusive, welcoming people of all abilities, including those with disabilities. They focus on realistic, accessible challenges that encourage movement, connection, and long-term wellbeing — not competition or perfection.

Tim breaks down exactly what the games involve and how people can get involved, whether as participants, supporters, or community members.

Key Takeaways

1. Longevity is about quality of life, not just years lived
2. Movement doesn’t have to be extreme to be effective
3. Community is a powerful motivator for sustainable wellbeing
4. You don’t need to be “fit” to start — you just need to start
5. Small, consistent actions now can make a profound difference later in life

Connect with Tim / The Longevity Games

The Longevity Games Website

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Together, we explore what wellbeing really means, why it isn’t a bolt-on, and how true transformation comes not from doing more, but from creating space to hear what’s already within us.

What We Explore

1. What wellbeing actually means (and why it’s more than yoga, walks, or eating well)
2. Why wellbeing has been historically undervalued in business and leadership
3. The power of arriving at your own insights rather than being told what to do
4. Why wellbeing isn’t about adding more, but about removing what gets in the way
5. How deep questioning moves us out of the intellectual mind and into inner wisdom
6. The role of the mind in constantly trying to keep us safe
7. Overthinking, self-judgement, and how easily we can become stuck in stress
8. The flaws and oversimplification within the self-development industry
9. The myth that we are “not enough” and need fixing

Rose’s Personal Example

Rose shares a deeply human moment following her daughter not passing the 11+. What surfaced was a familiar cycle of overthinking, self-judgement and sleepless nights. It wasn’t until an emotional release—triggered unexpectedly by a film—that she was able to move through what she was carrying. A powerful reminder that emotions need space to move, not logic to override them.

Key Insights from the Conversation

1. No amount of positive thinking or meditation can erase real loss — loss is still loss
2. Healing isn’t about bypassing pain, but allowing it to move through us
3. Much of our suffering comes from how we interpret events, not the events themselves
4. Long-held beliefs about who we are can lie dormant until life “kicks the leaves”
5. We may not be able to remove pain completely, but we can reduce suffering
6. We learn through lived experience — sometimes we have to walk the path
7. When old beliefs are triggered, we get to choose who we are now, not who we once believed ourselves to be

A Powerful Reframe

When life brings up deep-rooted beliefs and unchangeable circumstances, we still have choice. Choice in how we meet ourselves, how we respond, and who we decide to be in the present moment.

Connect with Rose

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Sing To Heal Website

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Her story is one of profound transformation — and she now walks women through their own journey of coming home to themselves.

What We Explore

• What transformation actually means
• Why true change begins with perception, not circumstances
• Self-judgement, comparison, and the anxiety spiral
• The power of presence and dropping into the NOW
• Why so many women carry a quiet sense of “not enough”
• The myth that your situation has to change before you can feel better
• How community supports healing and expansion
• Why embodiment matters when choosing mentors
• Nina’s personal story of heartbreak, loss, awakening, and rebuilding

Nina’s Story

Nina opens up about the sudden breakdown of her first relationship, losing her beloved Dad, and the experience of finding herself in a narcissistic partnership. As coping mechanisms took hold, a divine message from her Dad became the catalyst for her transformation. She created a plan to leave the unsafe environment she was in with her children — a pivotal moment that became the spark for the work she now does to empower other women.

A Key Turning Point

Nina shares the powerful moment that moved her from surviving to transforming. Her journey is a reminder that healing isn’t just about changing your life — it’s about reclaiming yourself.

Connect with Nina

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Connect with Lilli

Sing To Heal Website

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What We Talk About

• How Sam blends spiritual and holistic methods with grounded, scientific practices
• Masculine and feminine energy and how they relate to the endocrine system
• Empowerment: why your wellbeing is ultimately in your own hands
• A more open, integrated approach to healing
• Celebrating the NHS while acknowledging the pressure it’s under
• Why some people go to their GP simply because they lack support and community
• How ancestral experiences can influence our current wellbeing
• Perimenopause and menopause as rites of passage rather than “problems to fix”
• The subconscious mind and how it quietly shapes our behaviour and health

A Powerful Client Story

Sam shares the journey of a client who arrived unable to sit due to severe back pain. Over several months, Sam supported her in rebuilding her strength, mobility and confidence. It’s a reminder that mobility, longevity, and feeling strong in your body matter far more than chasing aesthetic goals.

Connect with Sam

Sam has kindly gifted us a link to a free resource - Why You Feel Like Crap And How To Fix It Fast! Click here to download.

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Join the Wiltshire Wellbeing Facebook Group

Sing To Heal Website

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Anna was once a hugely successful business owner, Hollywood award-winning voice artist, author, and leader in the podcasting world — until a panic attack that mimicked a cardiac event changed everything.

Breathwork became the lifeline that helped her rebuild her health, her business and eventually supported her through the devastating and sudden loss of her Mum. If you’ve ever felt pressure to hold everything together or present as “fine” when your world feels anything but, this episode will meet you right where you are.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode

• How a severe panic attack became the catalyst for Anna discovering the power of breathwork
• The surprising and emotional story of Anna’s first breathwork experience on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson
• What it was like to support her Mum through an unexpected and aggressive cancer diagnosis
• How breathwork helped them both remain calm in unthinkable circumstances
• Why “performing perfection” is so damaging — and what happens when we instead choose honesty
• Anna’s research into perimenopause, progesterone loss, and its impact on the respiratory system
• The role of community when life breaks you open
• The importance of not building a business where everything rests on your shoulders
• The shift from “guru culture” to grounded collaboration and being held by others

Key Takeaways

• We all need tools that help us regulate in moments of shock, grief and fear.
• Sharing the truth of what we’re going through creates connection, not weakness.
• Community is a lifeline — especially for those used to being the strong one.
• Breathwork isn’t about pretending everything is okay; it’s about finding pockets of calm when life feels impossible.

Connect With Anna

Influential Breathwork Links

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If this episode resonates, I’d love you to share it with someone who needs to hear they’re not alone.

Thank you for listening!

You’ll hear all about:

• The turning points that led me to realise I had completely lost touch with who I was
• My experience of panic attacks
• What lead to the diagnosis of Generalised Anxiety Disorder
• How grief impacted me
• The spiritual evolution that came from my darkest moments

This episode isn’t about polished lessons or neat resolutions.

It’s about being human, being honest, and giving a voice to the kind of grief many people silently carry.

My hope is that by sharing my story, you feel less alone in your own challenges — and more connected to the possibility of coming home to yourself, no matter how lost you feel right now.

If this episode resonates with you, please reach out or share it with someone who might need it. And if you’d like more conversations like this, make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss future episodes exploring wellbeing, healing, and real-life human stories from our community.

This show has been created to support the health, happiness, and holistic wellbeing of our local community here in Wiltshire. I share the intention behind building a space where we can explore the tools, stories, and conversations that help us feel better in everyday life.

You’ll hear how this podcast will bring you:

• Inspiring interviews with local wellbeing experts, therapists, and practitioners

• Real stories from people in our community who are overcoming challenges and finding ways to thrive

• Practical guidance you can use immediately to support your mental health, emotional wellbeing, and overall sense of balance

This introduction sets the tone for what’s to come — a grounded, uplifting mix of community connection, expert insight, and honest conversations about what it really means to look after your wellbeing.

If you’re ready to feel more supported, more connected, and more inspired, you’re in the right place.

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