The Forties Formula | Perimenopause, Lifestyle & Health for Women Over 40

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Can creatine help with perimenopause brain fog? Could an allergy pill ease hot flushes? And why does your body feel different when your weight hasn’t changed?

In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim reunite in London to unpack five health claims making headlines and circulating on social media. From strength training and heart health to creatine and viral menopause hacks, they explore what’s behind the claims, where evidence is still developing, and what deserves a closer look.

With so much conflicting advice aimed at women over 40, knowing what to believe can feel overwhelming. This conversation explores why the details behind a headline matter — and why your health is about more than a number on the bathroom scale.

Jasmin and Amanda discuss the headline linking resistance training with lower heart attack risk, including the limitations of observational research. They also examine the trend of combining allergy and heartburn medication for menopause symptoms, separating a proposed explanation from evidence that a treatment works.

Next, they explore creatine claims around muscle, bone and brain health before discussing body composition during perimenopause. The conversation covers fat redistribution, muscle function, grip strength and how these relate to metabolic health.

Whether you’re considering creatine, noticing a changing waistline or feeling overwhelmed by menopause advice, this episode offers questions to take beyond your social media feed.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Strength training, heart health and the 44% risk-reduction headline
• The viral allergy-pill menopause hack and its evidence gaps
• Creatine claims around muscle, bone and brain fog
• Why a stable weight doesn’t tell the whole story
• Tracking sleep, mood and changes in how you feel
• Visceral fat, grip strength and diabetes risk
• How muscle and exercise relate to glucose regulation

Chapters 0:00 Five health claims: the headlines

0:37 Welcome from London

1:15 Strength training and heart health

4:13 What observational research tells us

5:24 The viral allergy-pill menopause hack

7:38 Is there evidence behind it?

9:50 Creatine: muscle, bone and brain fog

15:08 Same weight, different body

18:07 Tracking symptoms beyond the scale

18:57 Muscle strength, visceral fat and diabetes

20:43 Measuring hand grip strength

21:36 Grip strength and longevity

24:03 Muscle, exercise and blood sugar

25:42 Final takeaways

About your hosts Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. Instagram: @eat.with.jasmin

Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. Instagram: @coachamanda

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Postpartum recovery for women in their 40s: what no one tells you. Sports medicine physician Dr. Lara Morgan joins Jasmin and Amanda to explain why the six-week clearance means nothing and what real recovery actually looks like.

Most women are cleared at six weeks and sent straight back to running, lifting, and HIIT. No one tells them that decision can affect their body for the next three to four decades. If something has felt off since you had kids, this episode is for you.

In this episode you will learn why the bounce back narrative is physically damaging, what it means to recover like an athlete, why leaking and pelvic floor issues are common but never normal, and why it is never too late to rebuild.

About the guest:

Dr. Lara Morgan is a sports medicine physician who has worked with elite athletes at the Cleveland Cavaliers and USC. She applies the same evidence-based recovery model used in professional sport to postpartum women and mothers at every stage. Find her on Instagram at @sportdrmorgan.

Chapters:

0:00 Postpartum recovery and why the six-week clearance means nothing

1:42 How to recover like an athlete even if you were never one

3:37 Is it too late to fix your body years after having kids

5:44 Why incontinence after pregnancy is never normal

About your hosts:

Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/

Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach focused on helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. https://www.instagram.com/coachamandalim/

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In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim are joined by coaching psychologist Dr Saba Hasanie to explore an uncomfortable question: how much of what we call “personality” is actually adaptation?

Why does this matter? Because patterns such as people-pleasing, perfectionism, self-sabotage and the need for control may reflect behaviours we learned in childhood. In midlife, we can start questioning whether those patterns still serve us.

Drawing on her book, The Blueprint to Leadership, Dr Hasanie introduces six childhood “fields”—rules, trust, self, belonging, emotions and world—and explores how they influence adult behaviour.

Whether you’ve caught yourself saying “that’s just who I am” or you’re struggling to break a familiar pattern, this conversation explores what it takes to choose a different way forward.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why some personality traits may be learned adaptations • The six childhood fields and their influence on adult behaviour • Why siblings can experience the same household differently • What can sit beneath self-sabotage and people-pleasing • Why awareness alone may not create lasting change • The grief that can accompany letting go of an old identity

Chapters:

0:00 Why does my personality feel fake?

3:41 Who is Dr Saba Hasanie?

4:05 Is personality genetic or learned?

10:18 Who was your first boss?

13:36 What are the six fields of childhood development?

17:44 Why do siblings have different childhoods?

20:23 How to look at your childhood without blaming your parents

24:32 Is optimism genetic? 29:42 Why does midlife feel like a crisis?

32:44 Why can’t I change even though I’m aware of the problem?

42:36 Why do people resist change even when it’s hurting them?

45:24 What does it mean to grieve your old identity?

54:54 How to reinvent yourself in your 40s

About our guest:

Dr Saba Hasanie is a Coaching Psychologist, ICF Master Certified Coach and Managing Director of OSC Leadership Development.

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Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. Follow Jasmin

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PCOS and perimenopause: why your symptoms get worse in your 40s. Dr Sital Khistriya explains insulin resistance, the symptoms missed in slim women, skin markers, and why menopause does not switch PCOS off.

This is The Forties Formula In Focus, a short deep dive into one part of our conversation with women's health physician Dr Sital Khistriya. Most women are told PCOS is about cysts on the ovaries. The truth is that the real driver sits upstream in insulin resistance, which is why PCOS is being renamed PMOS, poly metabolic ovarian syndrome.

In this focus episode we look at who gets missed and why. If you are slim, eat well, and have been told your bloods look normal while your body says otherwise, this one is for you. Dr Sital explains why PCOS shows up differently depending on your ethnicity, the signs on your skin that point to insulin resistance, and why symptoms often get worse in perimenopause rather than better.

Chapters

0:00 Why PCOS is diagnosed differently depending on your ethnicity

1:31 The hidden PCOS symptoms that get missed in slim women

3:53 What the dark patches on your skin say about insulin resistance

5:31 Why PCOS gets worse during perimenopause

About the guest

Dr Sital Khistriya is a UK-trained family physician at Osler Health International in Singapore, based at the Star Vista clinic. She earned her medical degree from the University of Leicester and holds postgraduate qualifications in child health and in sexual and reproductive healthcare, along with membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners. She practised as an NHS and private GP in the UK before moving to Singapore, and her clinical interests span women's health, hormones, fertility, menopause, and lifestyle medicine.

About your hosts

Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/

Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda/

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Perimenopause symptoms often present differently in Black, South Asian and East Asian women. South Asian women typically reach menopause between 46 and 48, compared with 50 to 51 in Caucasian women, meaning symptoms can begin in the mid-thirties. Symptoms are more likely to appear as joint pain, body aches, anxiety, insomnia, vaginal dryness and recurrent UTIs rather than hot flushes. Black women in the UK are approximately five times less likely to be prescribed HRT.

In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim sit down with Dr Shahzadi Harper to explore how perimenopause affects women differently across ethnicities, and why that matters for diagnosis, treatment and long-term health.

They cover why perimenopause can start earlier than most women realise, the higher baseline cardiovascular, metabolic and bone density risks carried by South Asian and Black women, and why East Asian women are wrongly assumed to sail through menopause symptom free.

Dr Harper shares her own perimenopause story, including brain fog, fatigue and joint pain with no hot flushes at all, and why she chose HRT and testosterone. The conversation moves into GLP-1s and metabolic health, how to advocate for yourself when a doctor dismisses you, what to do if you cannot or do not want to take HRT, and why common symptoms should never be accepted as normal.

Finally, Dr Harper shares her Forties Formula: put yourself first.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Why perimenopause is misunderstood

01:53 An ethnic minority lens

06:06 Do clinicians know?

08:02 The hardest stage

13:54 Dr Harper's own story

16:06 Why she chose HRT

17:44 GLP-1s and perimenopause

21:19 Stress, caring and weight

25:58 Metabolic and heart risk

30:57 Access and awareness

33:13 Advocating for yourself

36:23 The many symptoms

40:47 If you can't take HRT

47:38 Stop white-knuckling it

49:16 Relationships and identity

51:32 Her Forties Formula

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Dr Shahzadi Harper is a GP of over 20 years and founder of The Harper Clinic on Harley Street, specialising in women's health, perimenopause and menopause.

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Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition.

https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/

Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach focused on helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health.

https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda/

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Have you ever wondered why something so small can suddenly push you over the edge?

In this clip from The Forties Formula, psychotherapist and bestselling author Anna Mathur explains the crucial difference between anger and rage and why understanding it can completely change how you respond to overwhelming emotions. She shares why rage isn't a personality flaw, what it's really trying to communicate, and how recognising the warning signs can help you avoid reaching breaking point.

If you've ever thought, "I don't know why I reacted like that," this conversation will help you understand what's happening beneath the surface.

🎧 Watch the full episode for more on perimenopause, emotional burnout, the invisible mental load, repairing relationships after conflict, and practical ways to stop snapping at the people you love.

Chapters:

00:00 The kitchen breaking point — a homeschooling mum's rage story

02:15 Anger vs rage: what's the difference

05:30 The pot on the stove — how rage builds when anger's ignored

08:15 Amanda's own anger-management story

11:00 Spotting your early warning signs

13:30 Why we swallow what we're really feeling

About your hosts:

Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition.

https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin

Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach focused on helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health.

https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda

About the guest:

Anna Mathur is a psychotherapist, bestselling author, speaker, and host of The Therapy Edit podcast. She helps people navigate emotional wellbeing with practical, compassionate tools for everyday life.

https://www.instagram.com/annamathur

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In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim sit down with Malissa Sander, founder of Aqua Tula, to challenge the idea that women in their 40s need to train harder to stay fit.

Malissa shares her journey from childhood anorexia and an unhealthy relationship with exercise to rebuilding her body through water-based fitness and strength training. After losing muscle, suffering injuries and developing osteoporosis, she learned to approach movement differently, prioritising strength, recovery and a sustainable relationship with her body.

The conversation explores why the “push harder” approach can be counterproductive in midlife, and why Malissa’s Three Ws; weights, water and walking form the foundation of her approach.

Chapters:

00:00 Malissa’s story: from anorexia to strength

03:06 Anorexia, perfectionism and body image

04:47 When exercise pushed her body too far

05:19 Rebuilding through water and weights

07:21 Discovering aqua and strength training

09:52 The Three Ws: weights, water and walking

11:22 Combining water, mobility, cardio and strength

12:57 The biggest myths about aqua fitness

13:59 Blue Mind Theory and the brain on water

14:36 Why hard training can feel easier in the pool

15:30 Building community through movement

17:19 Aqua Tula as an adaptable fitness system

18:21 The calling behind Aqua Tula

19:51 How the Aqua Tula method was created

20:21 What does “Aqua Tula” mean?

20:39 What to expect in your first class

22:03 Who can benefit from aqua fitness?

23:24 Is aqua fitness for men too?

24:41 Pregnancy, postpartum and C-section recovery

25:48 Exercise and postpartum depression

29:40 Do you need to know how to swim?

31:10 Body confidence and getting into the pool

32:36 Reconnecting with your body through movement

34:48 Hot or Hype

37:04 Where to find Aqua Tula

37:23 Malissa’s 40s Formula

About the guest:

Malissa Sander is the founder of Aqua Tula, a boutique water-based fitness method combining HIIT, strength, mobility and flexibility — designed for all ages and fitness levels. Based in Singapore, Malissa has trained a community of over 450 women and works with everyone from perimenopausal women managing joint pain and inflammation, to pre and postnatal clients, to elite athletes. Her method is built on the belief that exercise does not have to be painful to be effective.

Follow Malissa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aqua.tula/reels Find out more and book a class: https://www.aquatula.com

About your hosts

Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/

Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach focused on helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda/

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Perimenopause weight gain, fat loss over 40, and why everything you have been doing has stopped working — this conversation is for you.

Sara May Garcia is a fitness coach and co-founder of Bootique Gym in Singapore. She gained 8kg in two months — eating the same, training the same. She is a professional. She knew exactly what to do. And it still was not working.

In this clip from The Forties Formula, Sara shares what was actually happening in her body, why perimenopause weight gain hits differently, and what finally changed — not just physically, but mentally.

Topics covered: perimenopause weight gain, perimenopause symptoms, menopause weight loss, strength training for women, fat loss over 40, fitness over 40, losing weight over 40, perimenopause and mindset, muscle loss from undereating, sustainable fat loss for women in their 40s.

Chapters:

0:00 Why do women in their 40s struggle to lose weight even when doing everything right?

2:22 How does mindset affect fat loss during perimenopause?

4:14 Why has my exercise routine stopped working after 40?

6:16 How do I get out of a weight loss plateau in perimenopause?

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About Sara May Garcia:

Fitness coach and co-founder of Bootique Gym Singapore, helping people build strength, improve body composition and create sustainable fitness habits.

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About your hosts:

Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist helping women in their 40s navigate hormones, gut health and nutrition.

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Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health.

instagram.com/coachamandalim

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In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim talk grief, mental health and the losses women in their 40s carry but rarely name, with therapist Sapna Makwana Hanspal.

For women in their 40s, grief isn't only about losing someone. It can come from a changing identity, a changing body, fertility ending, a dream that didn't happen, a relationship changing, or realising you've outgrown a version of yourself. This conversation looks at why we don't always recognise these experiences as grief, why some forms carry shame, and how cultural expectations can make certain losses harder to acknowledge.

They discuss grief connected to ageing parents, divorce, motherhood and the lives our parents may never have had the chance to live. Sapna also shares her own experience as a third culture kid, and how identity, loss and belonging eventually led her from a 20-year career in finance into psychotherapy.

The conversation covers how grief can show up as anxiety, burnout, anger and exhaustion, how patterns can be carried across generations, and why grief doesn't need to be got over. It needs to be integrated into our lives.

Chapters

00:00 The grief we don't realise we're carrying

02:02 Are women in their 40s grieving?

03:20 Disenfranchised grief

04:05 Grieving a changing identity

06:25 Grieving the end of fertility

07:02 Gender disappointment and the loss of a dream

10:12 Grief connected to our parents

11:07 The sandwich generation and ageing parents

14:27 Divorce and hidden grief

17:29 Anxiety, burnout, rage and exhaustion

20:30 How to support someone who is grieving

23:56 The five stages of grief

25:57 Integrating grief into your life

28:04 Growing up as a third culture kid

30:15 From finance to psychotherapy

32:32 Can grief be passed between generations?

34:31 Grieving the life our parents didn't get to live

37:02 The grief of a life never lived

38:42 Reconnecting with a lost part of yourself

40:50 Practical ways to work through grief

42:17 When your body knows before your mind

45:02 Can movement and self-care help?

47:51 Everyone has their own timeline

50:23 Focusing on what you can control

51:40 Hot or Hype:

55:36 — Sapna's 40s Formula

About your hosts

Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition.

https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/

Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach focused on helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health.

https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda/

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Your headaches, neck pain, and poor posture might not be perimenopause. They might be your bra.

In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin and Amanda sit down with Caroline Warren, founder of Supporting Eve — Singapore's specialist bra fitting boutique — for a conversation that will make you want to check your bra the moment you finish listening.

Most women have never had a professional bra fitting. Most are guessing their size. And according to Caroline, 80 to 95% of the women who walk through her door are in the wrong size bra — not slightly off, significantly off.

We cover everything nobody taught us. Why your black bra is a smaller size than your white one. Why your straps are not actually supporting you. What the centre of your bra should be doing against your chestbone. How a bra that doesn't fit is linked to migraines, shoulder tension, forward posture, and lost confidence. And why the Victorian sizing system that still governs every bra size you have ever worn makes almost no sense for a modern body.

Caroline also shares her own experience of going through the menopause at 38, how her body changed, and why the conversation around bras, breast health, and body changes in midlife is one women are simply not having enough.

If you have ever whipped your bra off the moment you get home and thought that was just normal — this episode is for you.

👉 Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/DCJpoPVSd1s

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro: Is Your Bra Causing Your Pain? 00:17 Why C-Cup & Above Need Real Support 01:36 Is It Hormones or Is It Your Bra? Headaches, Neck & Posture 02:21 Why No One Ever Taught Us How Bras Should Fit 03:38 Why Store Tape Measures Get It Wrong 04:59 What to Expect in a Proper Bra Fitting 05:10 The Fit by Sight Method Explained 06:07 The 80% Rule: Your Band Does The Work, Not Your Straps 07:44 Test 1: The Band Test — The 3-5cm Rule 08:30 Test 2: The Centre Gore Must Sit Flush 09:02 Why a D Is Not a D — Cup Size Changes With Band Size 11:10 Watch the Full Episode with Caroline Warren

ABOUT CAROLINE WARREN & SUPPORTING EVE

Caroline Warren is the founder of Supporting Eve, Singapore's specialist bra fitting boutique. Supporting Eve carries the widest bra size range in Singapore — A to K cup, 28 to 44 band — and uses a fit by sight technique rather than a tape measure, because no two bodies are the same.

📍 Cluny Court, Bukit Timah — opposite Botanic Gardens MRT, Second Floor 🕐 Open seven days a week, 10am — 7pm 🌐 supportingeve.sg

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