Going for Goal

By Women's Health UK

Health

What's Going for Goal about?

As we enter a new decade, Women’s Health is re-branding resolutions with holistic health in mind. Each week, Senior Editor Roisín Dervish-O’Kane will call upon the expertise of qualified professionals in health, fitness, nutrition and emotional wellbeing, to bring you the goals worth shooting for in January and beyond, along with actionable advice on how to achieve them.

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Why You’re Procrastinating ...

04.13.2021

Have you been struggling, of late, to tick something - anything - off your to-do list? We’re right there with you - in the procrastination zone. A mental state we promise ourselves time and time again that we won’t slip ...

Going for Goal episodes:

04.13.2021 Why You’re Procrastinating + How To Finally Conquer the Habit Have you been struggling, of late, to tick something - anything - off your to-do list? We’re right there with you - in the procrastination zone. A mental state we promise ourselves time and time again that we won’t slip ...
04.11.2021 Do This One Thing: Batch Tasks to Maximise Productivity Hello! On Going for Goal next week we’re helping you become more productive. We’ll discuss why you might be struggling to get things done and how to get yourself out of that headspace with some stellar tools and techniques from ...
04.06.2021 Fit in 30 Days: Courtney Black’s Do’s and Don’ts for Lasting Results Let’s get one thing straight: health, fitness, wellness - this stuff is a long-game pursuit. You eat well; you train hard; you rest - in mind, as well as body - to get the most out of this life as ...
04.05.2021 Do This One Thing: How Courtney Black Sets Fitness Goals She’ll Actually Achieve Hello everyone! If you're feeling a little sluggish, and just not on your fitness game of late, then our next episode is sure to get you motivated. We've got personal trainer Courtney Black bringing her irrepressible energy - sharing her ...
03.30.2021 How To Fix Pandemic Hair: Expert Q&A on Thinning Locks, Greasy Roots + Dry Ends The past year has wreaked havoc on our lives in ways we didn’t expect - and those sudden changes to routines and habits, as well as a mountain of unexpected extra pressures, have had a knock-on effect on our bodies. ...
03.28.2021 Do This One Thing: Revive Fine Hair Between Washes Hi there! On Going For Goal next week we’ve got a bumper hair special for you. Get the low-down on how to remedy everything from an itchy, flaky scalp to hair loss - plus, learn which products are truly worth ...
03.23.2021 Kirsty Gallacher on Training Hard, Overcoming Challenges and Growing Her Family When you’re stuck in the middle of those hard things - rough patches, low ebbs of your story - the challenge of getting out can feel insurmountable. But the very timely message that comes out strong from today’s guest is ...
03.21.2021 What Keeps Kirsty Gallacher Showing Up for Her Workouts Hello! On Going for Goal next week we’ve got TV and radio broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher talking us through everything from her exact fitness formula and the sexism she experienced in her early sports broadcasting career to some exciting future plans ...
03.16.2021 Why All Women Need To Strength Train + How To Get Results If your workouts are centred around achieving maximum calorie burn - or you’re mega into running but don’t do much to strengthen your hard-working muscles between clocking up those 5ks - it’s time for a rethink. Because all women need ...
03.09.2021 How To Feel Confident + Connected in a Changing Work World One message that’s come out loud and clear from the pandemic is the importance of other people for our health and happiness. And just as you nurture those ties with close friends, family members and your extended gang of pals, ...
03.07.2021 Do This One Thing: Get Emotional at Work Hello! Tuesday’s episode of Going fo Goal looks at how you can nurture and strengthen your professional relationships to thrive at work. As working lives, for many, have shape-shifted over the past year with the pivot to WFH - and ...
03.02.2021 How To Rebuild Your Body Confidence with Danae Mercer When it comes to things like self-esteem and body confidence, good influences don’t come much better than today’s guest. Danae Mercer is a journalist-turned-Instagram sensation who demonstrates self-love and body-acceptance to her 2.2 million followers. She exposes the fakery that ...
02.28.2021 Do This One Thing: Spring Clean your Socials for Better Body Image Hello! We've got Danae Mercer on the pod next week: a journalist-turned-body acceptance advocate and Instagram sensation (2.2m followers and counting). On Tuesday, you'll get to hear her talk candidly about her own struggles with disordered eating and body image ...
02.23.2021 Gabby Logan on Midlife Wellness, Power Moves + the Perimenopause Few people embody a positive, powerful and balanced approach to living well during midlife quite like broadcaster and host of the Midpoint podcast, Gabby Logan. At 47, the mum-of-two feels as good as she did in her 30s, and is ...
02.16.2021 The Science of Stress Snacking + How To Do It Less What can I do to stop mindlessly snacking on food that doesn’t make me feel good? That’s a question many of you have been directing into our inbox. And, really, is it any surprise? It’s been almost a year of ...
02.14.2021 Do This One Thing: Prep Snacks to Nix Mindless Grazing Hello! Whatever you've been up to this weekend (walking, was it?) we hope you've had a pleasant one. Next week's episode of Going for Goal covers a hotly requested topic: how you can avoid mindlessly snacking on food that doesn't ...
02.09.2021 Rebel Wilson’s PT Jono Castano on Workouts for Lasting Weight Loss What can I do to lose excess body weight? That’s the question we receive time and again in our inbox. And with so much bogus advice doing the rounds on the internet, it’s really important to us that we bring ...
02.07.2021 Do This One Thing: Build Active Recovery into Your Workout Week Hello! On Tuesday’s episode of Going for Goal we've got actress Rebel Wilson's PT, Jono Castano, sharing tonnes of advice and practical tips on how to work out for lasting weight loss. Ahead of the full thing dropping on Tuesday, ...
02.02.2021 Hailey Bieber on Therapy, Chronic Illness and Why She's Done Pleasing Everyone What’s it really like to be one of the most famous and followed women in the world today? And how does someone living and working under that uniquely bright spotlight - with round-the-clock social media scrutiny - keep themselves feeling ...
01.31.2021 How Hailey Bieber Stopped Online Negativity Sabotaging her Self-esteem Hello! This week we've got supermodel Hailey Bieber on the show. The BareMinerals Clean Beauty Ambassador shares her exact workout formula, skincare regime - and the steps she’s taken to support her mental health. One of which has been developing ...
01.26.2021 Get Fit, Don’t Quit: Kelsey Wells’ No Fail Formula for Mind-Body Strength If you’re a little slow off the mark - or not as fired up as usual about your workouts this year - well, that’s not exactly surprising, all things considered. But you don’t need us to tell you that regular ...
01.24.2021 Do This One Thing: Build Lean Muscle with Resistance Bands Hello everyone! Hope your week’s been okay and you're feeling rested and prepared for the next. Tuesday’s episode of Going for Goal is just the thing for jumpstarting any flagging fitness motivation: a pep talk / get going plan from ...
01.19.2021 Michelle Keegan on Past Fitness Fails and How She Found Healthy This week’s episode of Going for Goal is a joyful January catch up between Women’s Health Editor-in-Chief Claire Sanderson and this month’s cover star, Michelle Keegan. The Brassic actress and bonafide national treasure chats about finding her groove with fitness ...
01.17.2021 How Michelle Keegan is Mixing up her Workouts in 2021 Hello! We hope you're doing okay out there. Next week’s episode of Going for Goal is a catch up between Women's Health's Editor-in-Chief Claire Sanderson and actress Michelle Keegan, who's this month's cover star. Ahead of the full thing dropping ...
01.12.2021 How To Set Goals When the World is a Mess It’s natural, at this time of year, to think about what we want to do, achieve and be. Whether in our workouts, our work lives - or just regarding our relationship with ourselves. But with so much uncertainty, national lockdowns ...
01.10.2021 Do This One Thing: Foreground Joy When Setting 2021 Goals Hello! We hope you're doing okay out there. Next week's episode of Going for Goal is all about how to set health goals in a compassionate, pandemic-friendly manner. Ahead of the full thing dropping on Tuesday morning, here's what clinical ...
01.05.2021 How to Lose Weight and Eat Well Your Way, with Prof Tim Spector Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed the Christmas break, in whatever shape yours took this year. Hopefully there was plenty of resting and you’re feeling ready to support yourself - in mind and body - through what looks set to ...
12.17.2020 End-of-Year Special! 50 Health and Wellness Experts share their #1 tip Well, we did it! We made it to the end of 2020 - one of the most tough, unsettling and disappointing years, going. But while we lavish due praise on our medics, carers, scientists and other key workers, we think ...
12.10.2020 30+ Fertility: Your Questions About Getting Pregnant Now or in the Future For our penultimate episode of the year (see ya never, 2020) we’re tackling the topic of fertility - and handing the reins over to you. More than one hundred of you sent in your questions on the subject and you ...
12.08.2020 The Smartest Age to Consider Egg Freezing, According to a Gynaecologist Hello! Ahead of our weekly episode drop on Thursday, here’s what's coming up on this week’s show. We’re tackling the topic of fertility; putting your questions direct to a doctor and a nutritionist, who both specialise in helping couples conceive. ...
12.03.2020 How to Feel Less Lonely in Lockdown and Beyond Are you feeling lonely at the moment? That was just one of the questions we set out to answer when we surveyed over 2,000 WH readers, followers and listeners this autumn. The findings were stark: 79% of you told us ...
12.01.2020 Feeling Lonely? A Professor on Why Scrolling Through your Social Media Feeds Won't Help Hi there! On this week's show we introduce WH's latest campaign - The Loneliness Remedy - and explain why we're encouraging you to think about your 'social nutrition' and getting your other five-a-day. Ahead of the full episode dropping on ...
11.26.2020 AJ Odudu on Being an Extrovert in Lockdown and Opening Up About Racial Justice We're thinking of you at WH during this most November-y of Novembers. If you’re having a pretty grey day, we hope that today’s show will be a bit of a brightener. Rather than a conversation that homes in on how ...
11.24.2020 The One Thing Presenter AJ Odudu Does Each Morning for a Great Day Hope your week has got off to a good start. We’re just sliding into your podcast player of choice to let you know what’s coming up on this week’s show. We’ve got AJ Odudu in conversation with WH’s Digital Fitness ...
11.19.2020 How To Get Great Skin Q&A: Two Leading Doctors Tackle Your Dilemmas Given how much you loved our episode all about how best to care for your skin throughout the decades, we thought it was about time we do another show solely dedicated to looking after your body’s largest organ. Because, who ...
11.17.2020 Improve Acne, Rosacea and Hyperpigmentation with this Top Derm-Approved Skincare Ingredient Hey Going for Goal listeners! Just popping up to let you know what's coming up on this week's show (it's a goodie). WH’s Beauty Editor Perdie Nouril puts your skincare questions to two of the UK’s most sought-after skin experts: ...
11.12.2020 How To Get Fitter, Stronger and Be Kinder To Yourself with Alice Liveing Whatever level of Covid restrictions you’re living under right now, there’s a high chance that you’ll be working on your fitness from your living room this November - as opposed to the gym floor. One woman who knows a thing ...
11.10.2020 Pro Tip: Alice Liveing's Home Workout Fundamentals Hello! We hope your week’s going okay - and you’re being extra nice to yourself. On this week’s show we’ve got the irrepressibly sunny Alice Liveing: PT, Instagram superstar and 3x WH cover girl. Here's a sneak peak where she ...
11.05.2020 Simple Steps to Guard Against Burnout This Lockdown England is going back into a nationwide lockdown today and if you’re feeling pretty apprehensive about that, you’re very much not alone. The fact that so many of us are going to be staying home for the next month really ...
11.03.2020 Mind Racing? One Way to Carve Out Headspace while WFH Hello Going for Goal listeners! We're just sliding into your podcast app of choice to let you know what’s coming up on the show this week. We're unpicking the tricky topic of mental and emotional burnout - what it is, ...
10.29.2020 Laura Whitmore on Finding Positives in a Turbulent 2020 and Protecting Herself on Social Media This week on Going For Goal we welcome onto the podcast a former WH cover star – the Irish model and presenter, Laura Whitmore. She has become one of the best known and loved faces and voices, on TV and ...
10.27.2020 Laura Whitmore Reveals How She Maintains a Positive Relationship With Social Media On the podcast this week we're chatting to much-loved Irish model and presenter Laura Whitmore. The former WH cover star opens up about grieving her dear friend Caroline Flack, dealing with online trolls, finding stillness in lockdown and much more. ...
10.22.2020 Comfort Eating, Calories and Covid: A Top Nutritionist on Weight Loss Now This week we're looking at the never-not-tricky topic of weight loss, with actionable tips and strategies to help navigate the complex world of food and feelings. Something that’s been made ever more complex by the small matter of a global ...
10.20.2020 Lockdown Weight Gain: What a Nutritionist Wants You to Know On Going For Goal this week we are looking at how anyone who is thinking about weight loss or management can action this sustainably and healthily, while also remaining kind to their minds. Our expert guest is nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert, ...
10.15.2020 Alex Scott on The Power of Sport, Lockdown Lessons and Finding Solace in Therapy First of all, we're sending a massive virtual hug to everyone who’s been affected by the latest restrictions in the UK. It’s been a tense week - more so for some than others - and we hope you’re doing what ...
10.13.2020 The Quote England Footballer-turned-Broadcaster Alex Scott Lives By Hello! This week, we've got former England football star-turned-pundit and broadcaster Alex Scott on the show. The Strictly Come Dancing alumnus discusses everything from the power of sport and what’s really like to be a female football pundit in 2020, ...
10.08.2020 Protecting Your Mental Health in a Pandemic: One Psychiatrist's Prescription Times are tough; made more so by the fact we don’t know exactly when they’re going to get better. But, as policymakers and medical chiefs aim to sort the situation on a zoomed out, macro level, we want to play ...
10.07.2020 Anxious Morning? Try This Psychiatrist-Approved Routine Tweak Hello! Popping up to let you know what’s coming up on Going for Goal this week. Just in time for World Mental Health Day on Saturday, we’ve got NHS consultant psychiatrist Dr Sarah Vohra on the show to discuss the ...
10.01.2020 Victoria Beckham and Louise Redknapp's Crystal Healer on Making the Practice Work for You Given the news of late has been so focused on the sharpest edge of health and healthcare, we thought we'd go right to the other end of the spectrum with a conversation that’s properly, unashamedly 'woo woo' wellness. In today’s ...
09.29.2020 Why Louise Redknapp is All For Crystal Healing and Alt-Wellness Hello! Just popping up to let you know what's coming up on this week's show, which is...a little bit out there. We’ve got singer Louise Redknapp alongside her - wait for it - crystal healer Emma Lucy Knowles (whose illustrious ...

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What's Going for Goal about?

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Going for Goal episodes:

Why You’re Procrastinating + How To Finally Conquer the Habit

Do This One Thing: Batch Tasks to Maximise Productivity

Fit in 30 Days: Courtney Black’s Do’s and Don’ts for Lasting Results

Do This One Thing: How Courtney Black Sets Fitness Goals She’ll Actually Achieve

How To Fix Pandemic Hair: Expert Q&A on Thinning Locks, Greasy Roots + Dry Ends

Do This One Thing: Revive Fine Hair Between Washes

Kirsty Gallacher on Training Hard, Overcoming Challenges and Growing Her Family

What Keeps Kirsty Gallacher Showing Up for Her Workouts

Why All Women Need To Strength Train + How To Get Results

How To Feel Confident + Connected in a Changing Work World

Do This One Thing: Get Emotional at Work

How To Rebuild Your Body Confidence with Danae Mercer

Do This One Thing: Spring Clean your Socials for Better Body Image

Gabby Logan on Midlife Wellness, Power Moves + the Perimenopause

The Science of Stress Snacking + How To Do It Less

Do This One Thing: Prep Snacks to Nix Mindless Grazing

Rebel Wilson’s PT Jono Castano on Workouts for Lasting Weight Loss

Do This One Thing: Build Active Recovery into Your Workout Week

Hailey Bieber on Therapy, Chronic Illness and Why She's Done Pleasing Everyone

How Hailey Bieber Stopped Online Negativity Sabotaging her Self-esteem

Get Fit, Don’t Quit: Kelsey Wells’ No Fail Formula for Mind-Body Strength

Do This One Thing: Build Lean Muscle with Resistance Bands

Michelle Keegan on Past Fitness Fails and How She Found Healthy

How Michelle Keegan is Mixing up her Workouts in 2021

How To Set Goals When the World is a Mess

Do This One Thing: Foreground Joy When Setting 2021 Goals

How to Lose Weight and Eat Well Your Way, with Prof Tim Spector

End-of-Year Special! 50 Health and Wellness Experts share their #1 tip

30+ Fertility: Your Questions About Getting Pregnant Now or in the Future

The Smartest Age to Consider Egg Freezing, According to a Gynaecologist

How to Feel Less Lonely in Lockdown and Beyond

Feeling Lonely? A Professor on Why Scrolling Through your Social Media Feeds Won't Help

AJ Odudu on Being an Extrovert in Lockdown and Opening Up About Racial Justice

The One Thing Presenter AJ Odudu Does Each Morning for a Great Day

How To Get Great Skin Q&A: Two Leading Doctors Tackle Your Dilemmas

Improve Acne, Rosacea and Hyperpigmentation with this Top Derm-Approved Skincare Ingredient

How To Get Fitter, Stronger and Be Kinder To Yourself with Alice Liveing

Pro Tip: Alice Liveing's Home Workout Fundamentals

Simple Steps to Guard Against Burnout This Lockdown

Mind Racing? One Way to Carve Out Headspace while WFH

Laura Whitmore on Finding Positives in a Turbulent 2020 and Protecting Herself on Social Media

Laura Whitmore Reveals How She Maintains a Positive Relationship With Social Media

Comfort Eating, Calories and Covid: A Top Nutritionist on Weight Loss Now

Lockdown Weight Gain: What a Nutritionist Wants You to Know

Alex Scott on The Power of Sport, Lockdown Lessons and Finding Solace in Therapy

The Quote England Footballer-turned-Broadcaster Alex Scott Lives By

Protecting Your Mental Health in a Pandemic: One Psychiatrist's Prescription

Anxious Morning? Try This Psychiatrist-Approved Routine Tweak

Victoria Beckham and Louise Redknapp's Crystal Healer on Making the Practice Work for You

Why Louise Redknapp is All For Crystal Healing and Alt-Wellness

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