Take A Breath

On this weeks Monday Motivation, Lucy and I are sharing our thoughts about meditation.

We’re diving into what meditation really is - why it’s not about ‘switching off your mind’, and why meditation has been such a game changer for both of us.

We also share some simple ways to start your own practice. Because meditation is a practice - the benefits feel subtle at first, but over time, they’re absolutely life-changing.

We hope you find something useful in here.

Love Polly & Lucy xx

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Do you ever wonder if the version of you who had endless energy… is gone for good?

Not because you’re unmotivated.
But because you’ve been running on empty, in ways you’ve learned to normalise.

If your mind rarely slows down, your body never fully relaxes, and even doing “all the right things” still leaves you depleted, this episode is for you.

This week, I’m joined by Hope Pedraza — Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Holistic Nutritionist, and Pilates studio owner — whose work supports high-performing women in healing their hormones, calming their nervous systems, and finally feeling like themselves again.

💡 We talk about:

• Why you’re still tired, even when you’re doing “all the right things”
• How productivity often becomes protection, and why slowing down can feel unsafe
• What your body’s been trying to tell you, and why you've been overriding it
• The nervous system’s role in real energy (not just alertness)
• How to stop leaking energy through outdated patterns of over-giving, over-pleasing, and overriding yourself
• Small, tangible shifts to rebuild safety, clarity, and sustainable energy from the inside out

This isn’t about more routines or rules.
 It’s about learning how to feel your energy again — and create rhythms that support it long-term.

🎧 Listen now — and take one small step toward feeling energised from the inside out.

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking all about the perils of social media…and screens in general.

The global average daily time spent on social media is approximately 2.5 hours - shocking when you really think about it. And as we doom scroll through our feeds, it’s worth noting that we aren’t actually living our lives during that time - we’re watching the lives of others.

The truth is that social media is highly addictive, and it’s up to us to bring awareness to our own consumption. So ask yourself: how much of your time and attention are you giving away to it? And how does a 60 minute scroll actually make you feel?

We hope you’ll find this conversation useful.

Love,
Polly & Lucy x

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

On this week’s Thursday's Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about stillness.

We explore what really happens when you pause — how your nervous system softens, your clarity returns, and life begins to feel a little more spacious again.

But stillness isn’t just about sitting cross-legged in silence. Sometimes it’s a quiet walk without your headphones, where your mind finally gets a moment to be still.

We also chat about how meditation doesn’t just calm your mind — it’s scientifically proven to boost your health and spark moments of real inspiration.

The truth is, we only perceive a tiny slice of reality… and stillness helps us sense that there’s so much more available to us — beyond what we can see, do, or measure.

We hope you find something useful in here.

Love Polly & Lucy xx

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

This week on Menomorphosis, I’m joined by the brilliant VJ Hamilton — Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, and founder of The Autoimmunity Nutritionist.

VJ specialises in helping women uncover the root causes behind autoimmune conditions and chronic inflammation. After her own journey with multiple autoimmune diagnoses (she's been symptom free now for 9 years), she now supports others to restore energy and reduce symptoms through nutrition and lifestyle medicine.

In this conversation, we explore the often-overlooked link between autoimmunity, stress, and the nervous system .  VJ shares practical, empowering ways to support your body naturally, understand what your immune system is really trying to tell you, and move from burnout to balance.

What you’ll learn:

• The early signs of autoimmunity 
• How chronic stress and an overactive nervous system can fuel inflammation
• Why rest and nourishment are just as crucial as diet when healing the body
• The role of gut health, joy and self-compassion in calming autoimmunity
• How to eat and live in a way that supports long-term energy and vitality

If you’ve ever felt like your body is working against you — or you’re ready to understand the deeper connection between your immune system, hormones, and nervous system — this episode will help you see that healing is absolutely possible.

For more about VJ:

https://theautoimmunitynutritionist.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theautoimmunitynutritionist/

The Autoimmune Reset Podcast

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

On today's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about the importance of having fun.

Fun is essential for living a good life, especially with everything that's going on in the world at the moment. But fun can look very different for everyone (Lucy and I have very different ideas of what fun is!), and that's ok.

Whether fun for you is a work 'away day' playing rounders in the park, or a quiet dinner with your bestie, it all matters. And we need to be intentional about incorporating more of it into our lives.

We hope you'll find something useful in here!

Love,

Polly & Lucy x 

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

Ever find yourself snapping at the smallest thing — and then instantly regretting it?

In this solo episode, I unpack the real reason irritability spikes in midlife — especially for women juggling perimenopause, invisible loads, and nervous systems that never get a moment’s rest.

I explore:

• Why you’re not “overreacting” — you’re overcapacity
• The link between chronic over-breathing and emotional reactivity
• What the snap moment is really showing you (it’s not failure, it’s feedback)
• How to gently widen your Window of Tolerance using breathwork, cold exposure, and more
• What it means to feel resourced enough to respond instead of react — and how to build that inner capacity

If you’ve ever said, “I don’t want to be this reactive, but I don’t know how to stop,” this episode is your moment of pause, permission, and possibility.

💡 Resources + Links

🎧 Breathe Better Basics mini course - retrain your breath, reset your baseline
✨ The Inner Space monthly membership - live breathwork sessions 3x/week
🌀 Spiral Interruptor Audios - 5 breath-based resets for real-time overhwhelm 
💬 Want to go deeper? 1:1 sessions with Polly (limited availability) 

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

On today's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about making decisions.

There is nothing worse than the pain of indecision. You go back and forth, driving yourself crazy by not deciding. And the truth is that you're never going to know if you've made the 'right' or 'wrong' decision until you've actually made it.

In this conversation, Lucy and I talk about our own experiences of decision making, how making decisions quickly is a skill, and why ultimately, whatever decision we make, we will always learn and grow. Plus, even if we make a so-called wrong decision, nothing is set in stone and we have to power to change things.

As with so many things, fear is often what's holding us back from making a decision; but when we find the courage to move through the fear and take action, we move forward. Whereas indecision only keeps us standing still.

We hope you'll find something useful in here!

Love,

Polly & Lucy x

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

In this episode, I'm joined by fabulous Nicky Hambleton-Jones, best known as the presenter of the hit TV show 10 Years Younger, but who's work goes far beyond makeovers.

Together, we explore how style becomes more than skin-deep — especially in midlife, when confidence can feel elusive and identity is in flux.

This is a conversation about self-image, visibility, and using what you wear as a tool to remember who you are — and who you’re becoming.

Together, we explore:

• Why so many women feel invisible in midlife — and how bold style choices can disrupt that pattern
• How clothes can shift energy, rewire identity, and invite a new way of being
• How an “alter ego” can interrupt self-doubt and create momentum
• The quiet power of a well-constructed outfit (that fits you — not who you used to be)
• Styling strategies that support your actual life and that make you feel alive

This episode is for any woman who’s ever caught her reflection and felt the ache of disconnection — and wants to reclaim style as a source of power, not pressure.

Because midlife isn’t about shrinking or settling. It’s an invitation to be seen — fully, boldly, and on your own terms.

For Nicky's book and more info go to:  https://nickyhambletonjones.com/

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

On this week’s Thursday's Thoughts, Lucy and I are diving into the idea of taking up space, something so many of us women have been conditioned not to do.

But the truth is shrinking doesn’t serve us. When we apologise for existing, second-guess what we say, or dim our brilliance, we hide the very magic that makes us who we truly are.

We talk about the subtle, everyday ways this “shrinking” shows up, and how we can start reclaiming our space with confidence and authenticity.

We hope you find something useful in here.

Love Polly & Lucy x

Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

Email me at:  [email protected]
https://www.pollywarren.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/