Are you holding everything together at work, only to fall apart at home? You're not broken. Your nervous system is just keeping score.In this episode, nervous system specialist and bestselling author Sheridan Ruth joins Nelle Tamar-Manuel in the Peri Moon podcast for a conversation that goes far beyond wellness tips. Together, they explore why women in perimenopause so often hit a wall, what's really happening when you snap at the people you love most, and how shifting the story you tell yourself can change everything in as little as six minutes.Sheridan shares practical tools from her book rooted in polyvagal theory, a raw moment about hustle culture being rewarded at a black-tie gala, and one question that stopped the host mid-conversation: "How would you move through this if you knew you were enough?"Whether you're deep in perimenopause or simply exhausted by a world that keeps rewarding hustle, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.You can find Sheridan at sheridanruth.com You can find us at perimoon.com.au

In this Peri Moon episode, Nelle sits down with yoga therapist and longtime retreat leader Kat Ford to explore why women’s retreats aren’t just a getaway, they’re a full nervous‑system reset.

Kat shares why somatic healing, feminine embodiment, and nature immersion can shift perimenopause symptoms in ways talk therapy can’t. They dive into the power of re‑tribalizing: gathering around fire, moving to rhythm, and being witnessed by other women in a safe, unconditional space.

They also explore the magic of Stradbroke Island, a sand island made of 95% quartz crystal, and how it acts as a healing amplifier for women releasing shame and rediscovering themselves.

Plus, a special announcement: Nelle and Kat are co‑hosting an October retreat, The Heroine’s Journey, featuring breathwork, moon circles, ecstatic dance, and fire ceremony.

If you’ve been craving a place to be fully yourself, beauty, mess and all, this episode is your sign.

You can visit Kat at https://www.samadhiflowyoga.com or
https://www.instagram.com/samadhi_island_retreats/

You can visit us at https://perimoon.com.au/

In this intimate conversation, host Nelle Tamar-Manuel sits down with feng shui consultant and soul‑efficiency creator Jessie Sobool to explore what it really means for a woman to live a life lit from within.

Jessie shares how the simple question “What’s your magic?” reshaped how she sees herself, and how that lens became the heart of her work, Euda by Jessie. Together they dive into the feminine intersection of feng shui, soul‑aligned productivity, and cyclical creativity. They also unpack the courage of leaving corporate, finding purpose beyond traditional structures, and letting your work grow legs of its own.

A conversation for women in transition, women craving meaning, and women ready to explore life on their own terms.

The book mentioned is 'The Empath's Journey' by Ritu Kaushal

⁠https://www.cozyjess.com⁠

https://perimoon.com.au/

What if the most productive thing you could do today is absolutely nothing?

In this rich, soul-nourishing conversation, Nelle Tamar-Manuel sits down with somatic practitioner and body worker Abby Valletta to explore why women's instinct to push through - to write the newsletter, hit the gym, grind harder - is often just dissociation wearing a productivity mask.

Abby unpacks the somatic roots of chronic pain (spoiler: it almost always starts in the hips), the link between body disconnection and lost identity, and why healing requires you to actually be inside your body first.

From chocolate bars to breast cancer to elk energy, this episode will fundamentally shift how you relate to rest, your body, and yourself.

You can find Abby Valletta at www.instagram.com/thebodyknows__

You can find us at www.perimoon.com.au

This is the official trailer for The Peri Moon Podcast, where naturopath and narrative therapist Nelle Tamar‑Manuel invites you into a deeper, richer experience of midlife vitality.

Through intimate, unhurried conversations with exquisite women, Nelle explores the wild, transformative terrain of perimenopause and beyond - the hormones, the health shifts, the identity evolutions, the relationship recalibrations, and the quiet (or not‑so‑quiet) reinventions that shape who we become next.

These are real, unfiltered, human conversations that honour the science, the story, and the soul of midlife. The parts you’ve lived, the parts you’re still learning, and the parts you didn’t know you were hungry for.