Sexy Ageing: Embracing Life beyond 40

Faith Agugu, a former catwalk model in London and Australia, is the founder of the Silver Sirens Community. As a practicing psychotherapist in Australia, Faith helps midlifer's tap into their purpose and create the dream life for their "second act". We share an intense dislike for the words "anti-ageing" and Faith addresses what it means to celebrate the rise of the 50+ woman. We have an interesting discussion on ageing across cultures as well as what ageing means to us personally.

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Claire and James Davis are the husband and wife team behind behind multi-award winning coaching and fitness company 38 Degrees North.

The couple have a successful midlife health podcast The Midlife Mentors (top 2% glob- ally on Listen Notes) and their passion is helping midlifers achieve not only the body, but the lifestyle they deserve.

The couple’s science based approach, leveraging their backgrounds in psychology, coaching and NLP, empowers individuals with the tools and knowledge they need to make positive changes to their lives.

They also work with corporates providing coaching and wellness programmes for individuals and teams. They run presentations on The Science Of Staying Young, Midlife Mistakes And How To Fix Them, The Male Menopause, and How to Naturally Navigate A Happy & Healthy Peri-menopause & Menopause, The Science Of Stress.

Claire and James are regular media commentators and have been featured in The New York Times, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Mail, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Womens Health, Mens Fitness and more.

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To celebrate World Menopause Day, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sarah Connor, the founder of Menopause Over Martinis* - the dinner party where the conversation of the night is MENOPAUSE. Menopause Over Martinis* is officially ONE YEAR OLD! What a great way to celebrate Sarah’s milestone. Tune in to hear Sarah’s personal story through the menopause transition and how she’s become an accidental advocate and passionate campaigner for change when it comes to women’s health and wellbeing in midlife. You can tap into the

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Dr Sandra Kaufmann is the founder of The Kaufmann Anti-aging Institute, a forward-thinking educational company, with the overarching goal of educating the general public on why we age and how we can minimize the effects of aging to live longer, healthier lives. Dr Sandras' book "The Kauffman Protocol: Why we Age - How to Stop It" educates us on the ageing process supported by Sandra's longevity and cellular biology expertise.  

Dr. Kaufmann has a Master's Degree from the University of Connecticut in Tropical Ecology and Plant Physiology. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board and has recently received an accolade from the American Health Council as "Best in Medicine". She is a certified expert on the science of medicine, and specifically anti-aging.   

In our interview, Sandra and I discuss   1. Molecular agents that contribute to the ageing process 2. The Seven Tenets of Aging - understanding cellular aging. 3. The Kaufmann Protocol - how, although the aging process can't be stopped entirely, it is possible to slow down the process with scientific advancements.

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Tania Dalton is 52, a healthy ageing coach and personal trainer with a special interest in helping women thrive in menopause.

Although fit and healthy, Tania was unprepared for the menopause transition. After developing a simple but effective way of managing her own menopause symptoms, she has become healthier and happier than ever before.

As she entered peri-menopause, at 47 Tania discovered endurance training and has now completed a Marathon, several half ironmans and her first full ironman triathlon as a 52 year old post-menopausal woman.

Tania is passionate about encouraging women to embrace the benefits of menopause and ageing.

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Laura Shuckburgh is a certified NLP practitioner and Life Coach and Founder of Marvellous Midlife and the recently launched Menopause Hive!  

She is 52 and has had a varied life travelling all over the world with her career as a model in her twenties. Re training as a beauty and massage therapist while bringing up her son as a solo mum in her thirties, and more recently worked as a business development manager and Coach within a busy Architecture practice that she helped run with her husband.

She started Marvellous Midlife to help support women in midlife and those going through the minefield of perimenopause after her own experience 4 years ago. 

She delivers menopause awareness sessions and manager training workshops within organisations to open conversations around menopause, knowing that women should not be leaving their hard-earned careers because of this transitional phase.

Since founding Marvellous Midlife Laura has left her marriage and life in the UK to set off on a midlife adventure in France with her dog. She is coaching women all over the world to live their very best lives and is also launching her first French Retreat early in 2022. She believes that the time is now to embrace and live a life full of more joy and less ‘shoulds’.

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Jeanette Kehoe-Perkinson and I discuss how menopause affects women in the workplace. Jeanette's personal experience with her transition through menopause and how this affected her career is the story of so many women but very rarely gets discussed! Jeanette is the Chief People Officer and Director for Ph.Creative and the Founder of "Power Pause"

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Shirley introduces herself as a Menopause Chick. Now 52, Shirley's perimenopause journey began a little over 10 years ago. Sore boobs, sleep deprivation, depression and brain fog initially led Shirley to her doctor’s office, the book store and “Dr. Google,” but she was left feeling confused, overwhelmed and alone.

At 46, she created MenopauseChicks.com, a mission-based platform that empowers women to talk openly about perimenopause and menopause, navigate midlife health information and connect to professionals who can support their journey.

Shirley was a featured TEDxGastown Women speaker in 2016. Menopause Chicks has been featured by ShareCare (a Dr. Oz site), OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) and Healthline Magazine. In April 2016, Shirley hosted the first-ever online menopause party celebrating her own menopause milestone. She and rock star Bif Naked discussed learning to love menopause, while women tuned in to share their own stories in a private online community, that now has 35,000 members.

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“A full 50% of the population will experience menopause, but confusion about its symptoms – and the options for treating them – remains widespread. Determined to address menopause’s debilitating effects, Anna Sophia embarked on an ‘experiential trial’ to discover whether hormone therapy could help. “ The Spinoff

Anna Sophia is a social activist and counsellor in New Zealand. Her life has been shaped by living and working in the Manawatu and Rangitikei regions, budget backpacking adventures around the world, and raising two children with a 21 year age gap between them. Talking with Anna was like sharing a parallel experience in our attempts to have our menopause symptoms understood by our respective GPs and access HRT - Hormonal Replacement Therapy.

I want to dedicate this episode to the wahine of New Zealand and to Sarah Conner from Menopause Over Martini’s. Thank you for what you are doing for our women in New Zealand. Thank you to all the women who are brave enough to speak up and just ask questions.