If you’ve been feeling anxious, exhausted, bloated, emotionally overwhelmed or disconnected from yourself in midlife, this episode will help you understand what may really be happening beneath the surface.
In this episode of Hot Flushes & Higher Self, Soraya is joined by holistic nutritionist, somatic practitioner and retreat host Mays for a powerful conversation on gut health, nervous system regulation, emotional healing and the hidden stress so many women carry through midlife.
Mays shares her deeply personal journey from addiction, burnout and chronic health issues to healing through nutrition, yoga, fasting, somatic work and reconnecting with herself on a deeper level.
Together, they explore:
✨ the connection between stress, trauma and physical symptoms
✨ gut health, hormones and perimenopause
✨ emotional eating and nervous system dysregulation
✨ why women are burning out in midlife
✨ the impact of chronic stress on the body
✨ self-compassion, slowing down and listening to your body
✨ and why true healing goes far beyond quick fixes and fad diets
This episode is especially relevant for women navigating perimenopause, burnout, anxiety, hormone imbalance, emotional overwhelm or a deeper desire to reconnect with themselves.
✨ Ways to work with Mays ✨
If this conversation resonated with you and you’re ready to take a deeper look at your health, hormones, gut and nervous system, Mays offers a range of ways to support women holistically.
🌿 Her signature 90-day one-to-one reset programme combines functional nutrition, gut and hormone testing, somatic healing and nervous system support to help women get to the root cause of symptoms and feel more balanced, energised and connected to themselves again.
🌿 She also runs monthly detox and liver cleanse groups designed to gently support the body, digestion, energy and overall wellbeing.
🌿 And for those wanting a deeper immersive experience, Mays hosts transformational healing retreats combining nutrition, yoga, breathwork, somatic healing and nervous system restoration.
You can connect with Mays on Instagram at @healthy_mays where she shares regular tips and insights around gut health, hormones, nervous system healing and holistic wellbeing.
🎧 Listen now and discover why your body may not be working against you — but trying to guide you back to balance.
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If this episode resonated, you're not alone.
So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way.
But your body isn't working against you.
Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself.
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Ways to Work With Soraya
✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat
28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London
Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter.
Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, sound and other nurturing ...