Fit and Fabulous at Forty and Beyond with Dr Orlena

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Fit and Fabulous at Forty and Beyond with Dr Orlena episodes

June 15, 2021 Meditation. The Easy Secret to a Happy and Healthy Life. Episode 130
It's easy to think of meditation as a "bit woo" and "not really doing much". But this simple tool has powerful benefits for both your health and your happiness.

Dr Orlena chats to Dr Rachel Beanland about her "meditation journey" and how it's helped her create her "amazing healthy life".

Connect with Dr Rachel:

Website: https://www.resilienceyoga.fr

Resilience tool kit: https://www.resilienceyoga.fr/toolkit

Dr Orlena's FB Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthyhappyparenting

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about

38 min
June 08, 2021 How Taking Care of Yourself Makes You A Better Parent Episode 129
Ever felt that smack of guilt as you yell or snap at your kids? Deep down you know they're just being kids. That feeling of "parental failure" makes you feel even worse.

You know there's a better way. If you could teach your kids how to behave with a smile, every one would be much happier.

If you've ever yelled at your kids, you're not alone. And it doesn't make you a bad parent.

What's really going on? Other than habits?

One of the key components is your energy levels. Trying to help your children when your batteries are on empty doesn't work. You don't have enough energy to do it all.

And the solution to your energy levels? Is looking after yourself in a way that works for you.

Today Dr Orlena talks to Amanda Rueter.

Amanda is a previous Children's Mental Health Therapist turned Parenting Coach and writer.

She specializes in helping parents become calmer, more intentional parents, without anger and yelling.
You're invited!
Come and join Amanda and Dr Orlena this Friday (June 11th) at 12pm Eastern for the "3 Mistakes Parents Make when Trying to Get their Kids to Listen Workshop".

Come and join the fun in Dr Orlena's Healthy You Healthy Family FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthyhappyparenting

Amanda's website:

https://messymotherhood.com

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about

28 min
June 01, 2021Why the Med Style Diet is Easy and Healthy Episode 127
Changing the way you eat can feel like a daunting process. But what if it were easy to switch to healthy food? So that you felt amazing and naturally lost weight without thinking about it?

If you're looking to boost your energy levels, live a long and full life and get to your ideal weight without "deprivation", the Med Style Diet is your friend!

Think "way of eating" rather than "Diet".

Dr Orlena explains:

the health benefits of the Med Style Diet,

what it is (and isn't)

how to make it easy!

how you can start implementing "Med Style" today!

Want to come and join in the FB live and support of the FB group? Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthyhappyparenting

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about
28 min
May 25, 2021 Rethinking "I'm A Failure" Episode 126
Do you ever listen to that voice that says "I'm a failure"?

The one leaves you paralysed and stops you doing amazing things and achieving your goals?

You're not alone! And you're not a failure.

Dr Orlena shares her story of how she combated "I'm a failure".

Actionable tips that you can start today.
Mentioned in the Podcast:
Setting Boundaries Around Food In Your Family Workshop May 26: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/setting-boundaries-around-food-in-your-family-tickets-154220629053

Dr Orlena's Healthy You Healthy Family FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthyhappyparenting

Book a "Breakthrough to Amazing Healthy Me" chat: https://bookme.name/drorlena/dr-orlenas-breakthrough-session

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about

21 min
May 18, 2021 How to Enjoy Family Meals and Stop Being Held Hostage by Your Kids
Hands up who feels backed into a corner by your kids' likes and dislikes at the dinner table?

You want to teach your kids healthy eating habits and enjoy peaceful family meals.

But.

Your kids don't like the food you present. And you end up presenting a narrower and narrower range of foods to keep your kids happy.

Overtime you can see you present less healthy foods and feel stressed about dinner times. But you don't know how to get out of the rut.

Today I'm talking to Mette Theilmann, parenting coach, about how we can reset family meals and reach our long term goal of teaching our kids healthy food habits. As well as enjoying family meals!
Join the Setting Boundaries Around Food Workshop with Mette and Dr Orlena
May 26th. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/setting-boundaries-around-food-in-your-family-tickets-154220629053

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about

43 min
May 11, 2021 How to Have Buckets of Energy Every Single Day Episode 124
One of the biggest problems I see is people feeling tired and exhausted every single day. When I ask people "Out of 10, how much energy do you have every day?" Hardly anyone replies "!0"!

Imagine if you had bucket loads of energy every day? How much more fun would everything be? You could do all the things you want to, and need to and feel on top of the world!

So how do you lead a life feeling energised and keen to go?

Today Dr Orlena lays out the frame work of how to lead a life full of energy.

Are you ready to create your amazing and healthy life full of energy? And want some help? If so, sign up for your "Breakthrough to Amazing Healthy Me" chat: https://www.drorlena.com/breakthrough

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about

16 min
May 04, 2021 Letting Go of Anger and Becoming Calm and Happy Episode 123
Season 1's most popular podcast.

It's so easy to get into the habit of "angry and frustrated". Being angry increases our stress levels, isn't good for our health and makes us unproductive.

So how do we let go of anger and learn to create more calm and happiness in our lives?
Book your breakthrough session:
https://www.drorlena.com/work-with-me

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about

34 min
April 27, 2021 How to Have Fun Family Meal Times with Linda Lederman Episode 122
Family meal times are a fantastic chance to enjoy spending time with our kids. But so often they're full of stress and anxiety.

Dr Orlena chats to Linda Lederman about how we can create fun, enjoyable and memorable family meal times.

Grab one of Dr Orlena's Breakthrough Sessions...

https://bookme.name/drorlena/dr-orlenas-breakthrough-session

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about

26 min
April 19, 2021 How Dr Lucy Burns Quit her Sugar Addiction Episode 121
Sugar is something we all love. Our bodies are wired to seek sugar because it's a quick and easy source of fuel. For some people sugar can become an addiction, taking over their minds and consuming their thoughts.

Dr Lucy Burns talks about her sugar addiction. How she used to hide chocolate and relish the excuse to eat sugar in sociably acceptable settings.

She chats about how it consumed her and she felt powerless to stop it.

She explains how she over came her addiction and the tools she uses to prevent herself falling back into her sugar addiction.
Healthy You Healthy Family Habit Challenge:
Open until Friday.

https://www.drorlena.com/habitchallenge

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about

33 min
April 13, 2021How to Find Inner Motivation to Healthy You Episode 120
Lack of motivation is one of the reasons why you can't achieve your goals, particularly your health and wellness goals.

You might have started working on your goals but quit in the middle because you feel unmotivated.

Today I'm going to show you that it can be fun and easy! Here's how to find inner motivation to healthy you.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:

What causes a lack of motivation?

Why do you have a hard time staying motivated?

Different types of motivation.

What is inner motivation?

Tools and fun ways to find your inner motivation.

Healthy You Healthy Family Habit Challenge
This week! Join here: https://www.drorlena.com/habitchallenge

Free trial of Dr Orlena´s Menopause Thrive Community:
A doctor-led community for women done with menopause belly, broken sleep and flat energy — and done starting over.
Inside: 
⚡ Menopause Habits That Stick: 14-day sprint 
🥗 48 Menopause Thrive Recipes 
✅ The Menopause Thrive Checklist 
🩺 Weekly live Q&A with me 
👊 Access to me, here daily 
🤝 Women who get it
Free trial: https://www.skool.com/dr-orlena-menopause-thrive/about
18 min

About Fit and Fabulous at Forty and Beyond with Dr Orlena

From the publisher's feed

Welcome to Your Journey Back to Vibrant Health

If you're a woman over 40 who feels like her body has stopped cooperating—despite doing everything that used to work—you're in the right…

place.

This podcast is for you if you're juggling aging parents, demanding kids, a stressful career, and the hormonal rollercoaster of menopause that's turned your metabolism upside down. Maybe you're frustrated because the diet and exercise routine that worked in your 30s now feels completely useless. Those shifting hormones aren't just affecting your mood—they're making it harder to lose weight, build muscle, and maintain the energy you once had. You're not broken, and you're definitely not alone.

I know you want more than just to lose weight. You want to feel like yourself again—strong, vibrant, and confident in your own skin. You want the peace of mind that comes with knowing you're truly taking care of your long-term health.

Here's what makes this different: I don't believe in depriving yourself or following someone else's rigid rules. Instead, I'll guide you through my proven 4-pillar system that transforms women's lives from the inside out:

🌱 Nourishing Nutrition - Plant-forward eating that fuels your body (yes, you can still enjoy meat!), focusing on 30g protein per meal, 30g fiber daily, and 30 different plants weekly

💪 Movement That Lights You Up - Exercise you actually enjoy, plus the specific strength and interval training that works with your changing hormones instead of against them

😴 Restorative Sleep - The foundation that makes everything else possible

🧠 Emotional Wellness - Breaking free from stress eating, self-criticism, and the habit of putting everyone else first

Each episode gives you practical, science-backed strategies that acknowledge the reality of your hormonal changes and fit into your real life—not some fantasy version where you have unlimited time, zero responsibilities, and a 25-year-old's metabolism.

We'll tackle the biggest obstacles holding you back: feeling too busy to prioritize yourself, lacking a clear system that works, and turning to food when life gets overwhelming.

My goal? To help you build "oak tree" habits—strong, sustainable practices that become part of who you are, not another thing on your to-do list.

If you're ready to stop fighting your body and start working with it, welcome home. Your most vibrant, confident self is waiting.