Sexual wellbeing often changes in midlife. Bodies change. Desire changes. But you don't have to settle for being dissatisfied. 

Yet very few women are given tools to talk about it without shame, pressure, or self-blame.

In this episode, I explore the often-overlooked link between body image and sexual wellbeing — and why your thoughts and emotions play a bigger role than your appearance ever could.

Drawing on insights from a women’s and sexual health doctor, alongside my own lived experience and coaching work, I break down:

• Why the brain is the most important sexual organ
• How cultural messages about women’s bodies shape intimacy
• Why pressure, duty, and “shoulds” kill desire
• What body image actually is — beyond the mirror
• How shame quietly impacts connection and communication
• Why working with thoughts and emotions changes what’s possible
• Practical ways to approach intimacy 

This episode is for you if:

• You feel disconnected from your body or desire
• You feel a bit hopeless or frustrated and like you have to settle
• Communication feels hard 

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Talking with Emma – Episode 24: How to Handle Anxiety
A deeper dive into working with intense emotions like anxiety and shame, and how to stay present instead of shutting down.

A free 50-minute consult to do a short body image assessment to see where it is getting in the way, look at what you want and create personalized step-by step process to achieve it. Whether we work together or not, you’ll know your next steps. 

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The best way is to download the Midlife Body Image Guide. You'll also get first access to free masterclasses on emotional eating, body acceptance, and getting obsessive food thinking out of your brain.

These two shifts are based on what I’ve been seeing in clients I coached in 2025—the wins and the challenges the women faced going about their day-to-day lives.

These are not wellness trends or research insights. They are what I've noticed women saying from their lived experience. 

That’s where today's podcast comes from.

The two shifts I’ve noticed: 

1. Women don’t want more information. They need support to make change sustainable.
2. Weight loss drugs have changed the body image conversation.

Want to connect with Emma?

The best way is to download the Midlife Body Image Guide. You'll also get first access to free masterclasses on emotional eating, body acceptance, and getting obsessive food thinking out of your brain.

Links & Resources:
🎧 Download the Midlife Body Image Guide + audio guide. 

Curious about working together?
Emma is currently taking private clients. 

To see if coaching is for you, book a consultation where you discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. 

In today’s short episode, Emma explains why most goal-setting methods fail women — not because we lack discipline, but because the systems we’ve been taught rely on overhauls, pressure, and all-or-nothing thinking.

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I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you achieve your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.

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Most women think they’re inconsistent because they lack discipline.
But the real problem is the way we’ve been taught to approach exercise — big, punishing, all-or-nothing plans that collapse the moment life gets busy.

In this episode, you’ll learn a completely different way to think about how to make movement consistent.

You’ll hear how to:

• Spot the cultural beliefs that keep you stuck in the start–stop loop
• Understand why shame and overwhelm make consistency impossible
• Learn the process to create long-term sustainable health behaviours
• Keep going even when you miss days or lose motivation

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Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you achieve your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.

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Even when you’ve done a lot of work on body respect, off-hand comment can send your nervous system into a spin.

In this episode, you’ll learn a simple in-the-moment process to help when someone says something thoughtless about your body or your food.

You’ll hear how to:

• Expect comments so you’re not blindsided
• Understand why these moments trigger such a strong reaction
• Calm your nervous system without having to educate or engage
• Step away, redirect or take a break without guilt
• Set a boundary if it feels safe — and what a real boundary actually is
• Support yourself, even if others don’t change

You’ll walk away with a plan you can use at any dinner table, family gathering, or social situation where body talk tends to show up.

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Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you achieve your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.

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If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Let’s help more women stop fixing their bodies and start trusting them. 

If you’ve ever wondered why health feels like the one area of life you can’t get sorted, this episode gives you a fresh perspective.

I walk you through a new way of seeing health — one where you’ll learn how to work with your body, not against it.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why so many women get stuck between caring about their health and avoiding diet culture
 • How cultural conditioning teaches us to see our bodies as a problem
 • Why your body is remarkable, adaptive and already working hard for you
 • What health actually is — across your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies
• What you can and cannot control about health
• Why sustainable habits come from enjoyment and support, not discipline
• A simple way to start thinking about health behaviours you can live with

By the end, you’ll see health through a wider, more compassionate lens — one that makes taking care of yourself feel easier.

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Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you achieve your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.

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PLAN TO ENJOY 2026

A revolutionary event that helps women set health goals they can live with

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You don’t need to overhaul your life to be healthier in 2026. 

Most health goal-setting systems focus on changing your body, not your behaviours.

They tell you to push through, ignore discomfort and hit the target at any cost

If you reach the goal, they take the credit.
If you don’t, you’re to blame.

Either way, you put your life on hold.

That’s never sustainable so you go back to old patterns.

You’re left with guilt, self-doubt, and louder food thoughts.

Maybe you’ve even stopped setting goals because you’re tired of feeling like a problem to fix. It makes sense. 

You deserve a different approach. One that feels easy and supports your life. One that doesn’t ramp up food or body noise.

Your health matters to you. So does enjoying your life.

This workshop brings those two things together so your goal supports your overall wellbeing, not competes with it.
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If you’ve ever thought:

• “Why can’t I stick to anything?”
• “I know what to do, I just don’t do it.”
• “I get a few weeks in… and then I fall over again,”

this episode is for you.

You’ll hear why your past attempts at behaviour change haven’t stuck — and it’s not because you lack discipline or motivation. It’s because you’ve been taught to start from fixing yourself, instead of respecting yourself.

Inside the episode, I walk you through a simple 4-step process to create behaviour change that actually lasts:

• Hear the thoughts you have about your behaviour
• Notice the feelings those thoughts create
• Separate your worth from your habits
• Choose the smallest action you can start with and build up from there

You’ll also hear a real client story that shows how powerful this shift is when you stop treating your body like a problem and start treating it like something remarkable you get to care for.

If your health goals have always been driven by fear, shame, or the belief you need to “sort yourself out,” this episode gives you a whole new way to approach change — one that feels more respectful, and surprisingly doable.

Links & Resources:
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Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you achieve your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.

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Summer holidays are a time to rest, connect, and step out of the pace of the year. But they’re also when the pressure to lose weight hits it's peak. 

This year the noise is even louder.
 Weight-loss drugs are being marketed in every podcast ad.
 Swimwear is shown on bodies that look pre-pubescent.
 And family gatherings often come with comments you didn’t ask for.

If you’re tired of it and want to protect yourself from it all, this episode gives you ten practical ways — without isolating yourself, without getting swept up in other people’s beliefs, and without stepping away from your own values.

The tools you learn will help you protect your peace, enjoy your summer, and stay grounded in what matters to you — not in what diet culture wants from you.

If you liked this episode and want to stay connected with Emma and the tools she shares, the next best step is to download the Midlife Body Image Guide. You'll also get first access to free masterclasses on emotional eating, body acceptance, and getting obsessive food thinking out of your brain.

Links & Resources:
🎧 Download the Midlife Body Image Guide + audio guide. 

Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you archive your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.

🌐 Emma's Website
📱 Follow on LinkedIn

If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Let’s help more women stop fixing their bodies and start trusting them. 

Feeling apologetic about your body isn’t a personal flaw.
 It’s cultural conditioning.
 And once you see where these thoughts come from — and how they’re reinforced — you can start to unlearn them.

In this episode, Emma walks you through the KNOW → GROW → GLOW method she uses with clients who want to feel unapologetic in their bodies:

KNOW
See where your body thoughts actually come from and how they became so automatic.

GROW
Learn how to feel and process the emotions that sit underneath body criticism — so you stop reacting from shame and start responding with clarity.

GLOW
Shift into small, believable thoughts and actions that build body respect — the real foundation of becoming unapologetic.

You’ll learn:
 • Why positive thinking and “body love” won’t work
 • How cultural messaging shaped your beliefs about your body
 • Why emotions like shame and dread show up around your reflection
 • How to feel emotions without needing to fix your body
 • What respectful body actions look like in real life
 • How to start building confidence from evidence, not appearance

If you liked this episode and want to stay connected with Emma and the tools she shares, the next best step is to download the Midlife Body Image Guide. You'll also get first access to free masterclasses on emotional eating, body acceptance, and getting obsessive food thinking out of your brain.

Links & Resources:
🎧 Download the Midlife Body Image Guide + audio guide. 

Curious about working together?
I’m currently taking private clients. Book a consultation where will discuss what you want to achieve, what you’ve currently been doing, and you’ll leave with a clear step-by-step individualised plan to achieve it. Whether I can help you archive your goal or not, you’ll leave knowing what the next steps are.

🌐 Emma's Website
📱 Follow on LinkedIn

If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Let’s help more women stop fixing their bodies and start trusting them.