With Danielle Collins

In this week’s episode of With Danielle Collins, I’m joined by women’s health expert and board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner Chelsea Ann O’Brien for a fascinating conversation about why constantly striving to do more may be having a much bigger impact on women’s health than we realise. Yes you can have a great life and career but it shouldn’t take its toll on your wellness. 

Chelsea has spent over a decade working across labour and delivery, reproductive medicine, IVF, integrative medicine and women’s health. Through thousands of hours working closely with women, she began to notice recurring patterns around chronic exhaustion, anxiety, fertility struggles, burnout and disconnection from the body.

In this conversation, we explore Chelsea’s belief that many women have been conditioned to keep pushing, achieving and climbing what she calls “the staircase that never ends”, always searching for the next accomplishment, body, career milestone, relationship or version of motherhood that will finally make us feel like we’ve arrived.

We talk about what can happen when women spend too long operating from stress and survival mode, and why Chelsea believes reconnecting with our bodies, intuition and feminine nature can be such an important part of our wellbeing. We also talk about how you can be wildly successful and financially free with a thriving career AND feel well. 

We delve into the huge physical and emotional transformation of motherhood, particularly the first three years; nervous system regulation; the patterns and conditioning that can pass from mother to daughter; balancing motherhood with a career; and what it really means to reclaim femininity without losing yourself.

Chelsea also shares her own story of rebuilding her life following the end of her marriage and an international lifestyle, and how that experience ultimately led her to write The Feminine Effect and The Feminine Frequency.

Chelsea is the author of five books, including Mystical Motherhood and The Feminine Effect, and is building The Feminine Effect as a resource for women navigating conscious conception, pregnancy, motherhood and their changing relationship with themselves.

It’s a thought-provoking conversation about women’s health, motherhood, burnout, intuition, identity and what can change when we stop believing that the answer is always to do more.

Connect with Chelsea Ann O’Brien

Website: chelseaanneffect.com
Instagram: @chelseaanneffect
Facebook: Mystical Motherhood
YouTube: Chelsea Ann O’Brien

Connect with Danielle

Website: faceyogaexpert.com
Instagram: @faceyogaexpert

How do you know if that feeling inside you is your intuition guiding you  or simply fear holding you back?

A few weeks ago, I had an amazing conversation on the podcast with Sarah Gregg and Jill Ritchie, where we touched on the fascinating subject of intuition versus fear. It really stayed with me afterwards and made me want to dedicate a whole solo episode to something I’ve become increasingly interested in: how to really know when your intuition is talking.

Because it isn’t always as obvious as we might think.

In this episode of With Danielle Collins: The Podcast, I delve deeper into intuition, fear, gut instinct and overthinking, and share some of the things I’ve learnt through my own life and career about trusting that inner knowing.

One of the biggest things I’ve realised is that intuition is often surprisingly simple. It can be the first quiet answer that comes to you before your mind has had time to analyse it, question it and create all the reasons why you should or shouldn’t do something.

Fear, on the other hand, often comes with a story.

It can be repetitive, noisy and filled with “what ifs”. And the more we overthink a decision, the harder it can become to hear what our intuition was telling us in the first place.

But I also explore an important distinction: fear and intuition can exist at the same time.

You can intuitively know that a decision, change or new direction is right for you and still feel frightened about taking that step. Fear doesn’t automatically mean “no”. Sometimes it simply means that what you’re considering is new, uncertain or taking you outside your comfort zone.

I also share one of my favourite questions to ask when I’m struggling to distinguish between intuition and fear:

If I knew everything was going to work out either way, what would I choose?

In this episode, I talk about:

I certainly don’t have all the answers, and trusting my intuition is something I’m continuing to learn and practise myself. But the more I listen to it, the more I realise that sometimes we already know the answer — we just need to get quiet enough to hear it.

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, “Is this my intuition or is this my fear talking?”, this episode is for you.

Connect with me:

Website: faceyogaexpert.com

Instagram: faceyogaexpert

What is it really like to work with your husband, run a business together, raise a family and somehow keep your relationship strong through all the different seasons of life?

In this week’s episode of With Danielle Collins, I’m joined by husband-and-wife physician team Dr John and Dr Cristina, founders of The Longevity Protocol.

This conversation went in so many interesting directions. As two couples who have experience of working together while also raising daughters and navigating family life, we talk very honestly about the realities of being in business with your husband or wife, the good parts, the challenges, how you separate/integrate work from home life and what happens when the lines between the two inevitably become blurred.

I also share some of my own experiences of working with my husband, Bruce, and what we’ve learnt from building a business together while raising our two daughters.

But our conversation goes much deeper than business.

With nearly 40 years of combined experience in hormone optimisation, sexual wellness and regenerative medicine, Dr John and Dr Cristina share their perspective on some of the common changes women, and couples, can experience in their 40s and 50s.

We talk about hormones, relationships, intimacy and sexual wellness, as well as how both partners can change during this stage of life and why understanding what is happening physically and emotionally can be so important.

We also explore the bigger topic of longevity and healthy ageing. Is our increasing obsession with optimisation actually making us healthier or can trying to do everything perfectly become another source of stress?

Dr John and Dr Cristina believe longevity shouldn’t simply be about adding more years to your life. It should be about staying strong, connected, curious and capable of really enjoying those years.

We chat about muscle and strength as we age, hormone health, relationships, pleasure, connection and why our sexual health may tell us more about our overall wellbeing than we realise.

This is such an open and interesting conversation about marriage, working with your spouse, raising a family, women’s health, hormones and longevity  and ultimately what it means to create a life that feels good to live, rather than simply trying to live for as long as possible.

In this episode, we talk about:

If you’re navigating your 40s or 50s, working with your partner, experiencing hormonal changes, thinking more about longevity, or simply wondering how to create a healthier and more fulfilling life as you age, I think you’ll get so much from this conversation.

Connect with Dr John & Dr Cristina:

Instagram: @thesexdocs

I am so excited to launch With Danielle Collins: The Podcast — the new name and new look for The Face Yoga Expert Podcast.

After six and a half years, over half a million downloads, millions of views on YouTube and a brand-new episode every single Sunday, I felt it was time for the podcast to have a little facelift… a natural facelift, of course!

In this special episode, I’m sharing why I’ve decided to rename the podcast, what inspired With Danielle Collins, and what you can expect from this next chapter.

If you’re a regular listener, don’t worry — the heart of the podcast isn’t changing.

Over the years, Face Yoga itself has only ever made up a small part of what we talk about here. The podcast has naturally evolved into a space for conversations around wellness, natural beauty, holistic health, mindset, business, lifestyle and real-life stories and experiences.

You’ll still hear my solo episodes where I speak from the heart, alongside conversations with inspiring guests. But you may also notice a little more of me — more of my own stories, what I’m learning and experiencing, and conversations that feel genuine, open and connected.

The new name simply feels like it has caught up with what this podcast has already become.

Because ultimately, this is a space where you can simply be with me — whether I’m talking directly to you or you’re joining me for a conversation with one of my guests.

In this episode, I also talk about why I believe we don’t always need to completely close one chapter before beginning another. Sometimes we simply need to evolve, own who we are now and step more fully into the chapter we’re already in.

That’s exactly what With Danielle Collins represents for me.

Thank you so much for being part of this journey, whether this is your very first episode or you’ve been listening for years. I’m so grateful you’re here, and I’m really excited for what’s to come.

New episodes every Sunday.

Watch on the Face Yoga Expert YouTube channel or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, my website or wherever you usually listen to your podcasts.

More information: 

In this solo episode, I’m sharing three moments that changed my life, business and career forever.

This is a really honest and open conversation where I speak from the heart about some of the pivotal moments that, looking back, completely changed the direction my life was taking.

The first happened when I was just 21 and was diagnosed with a chronic illness that left me bedridden for around a year. I talk about my journey back to health, how I immersed myself in holistic wellness and natural healing, and how this incredibly difficult chapter ultimately helped me understand what I felt my soul’s purpose was. It led me to train, begin teaching and eventually start my own wellness business.

I then take you back to the early days of my career, when I was teaching yoga and relaxation and incorporating facial massage into my work. This eventually led me to discover Face Yoga and become a Face Yoga teacher, including speaking about it at my first national event. At the time, Face Yoga was almost completely unknown and some people even found the idea funny! But something inside me knew to keep going. I stayed consistent, continued teaching and sharing these natural facial exercises and techniques, and slowly began building what would eventually become the Face Yoga Expert brand.

My third story takes us to the end of 2019, when I made the decision to move my business from predominantly in-person work to online.

What makes this story particularly interesting is that at the time I had a very strong intuitive feeling that something big was going to happen in the world. I felt that it was connected to health, although I had absolutely no idea what it would be. At the same time, my intuition was strongly telling me to take my Face Yoga business online.

Of course, only a few months later, the world changed with the Covid lockdowns.

Looking back, I’m so grateful I listened to that intuition. Moving my business online before everything changed meant I was already in a position to reach and support people around the world from home, and it became a hugely important turning point for my business from 2020 onwards.

Throughout this episode, I reflect on intuition, consistency, trusting the path that feels right for you and how sometimes the moments that initially feel like challenges or unexpected changes can ultimately lead us exactly where we need to go.

I also tell you about my 7 Day Natural Facelift with Face Yoga course. It’s a simple, easy-to-follow Face Yoga programme with lifetime access to seven 12-minute videos, designed to help you naturally lift and tone the key areas of your face using my Face Yoga techniques. The full course is just £21 here 

https://www.faceyogaexpert.com/natural_face_lift

 In this episode of The Face Yoga Expert Podcast, I’m joined by entrepreneur, founder and author Kelly Ehlers for a conversation about success, kindness, ambition, self-worth and giving ourselves permission to choose again.

So many women have consciously created the life they thought they wanted — the career, the relationship, the family, the home, the success — and are incredibly grateful for it. But what happens when, underneath all of that, there’s a quiet feeling of “Is this it?”

And perhaps an even bigger question: Can we want more without being ungrateful for everything we already have?

Kelly believes we absolutely can.

Kelly is an award-winning entrepreneur who has spent more than 16 years building businesses and brands. She scaled The Evoke Agency into an agency working with major global brands, with the company earning a place on the Inc. 500/5000 five times. She is also the founder of The Tease Media and author of the forthcoming book Nice Girls Win. 

What I particularly love about Kelly’s message is her belief that we don’t need to become harder, colder or less ourselves in order to succeed. In fact, kindness, generosity, empathy and integrity can be some of our greatest strengths in both business and life.

In this conversation, we talk about the invisible contracts so many women unknowingly live by — the idea that our needs should come last, that wanting something different makes us ungrateful, or that once we’ve chosen a particular life or season, we have to stay there.

We explore what it means to choose again without burning everything down. Choosing again doesn’t have to mean quitting your job, ending your relationship or completely changing your life. Sometimes it simply means recognising that you’re allowed to evolve and enter a new season.

We also talk about the fascinating difference between wanting, needing and deserving. What happens when instead of saying, “I want this,” we begin to believe, “I deserve this”?

Kelly and I delve into manifestation too, not simply vision boards or wishful thinking, but what happens when we genuinely embody the belief that the things we’re calling into our lives are possible for us.

We also discuss Kelly’s own extraordinary business journey, the challenges she faced along the way, boundaries, people-pleasing, self-worth and why being a “nice girl” doesn’t mean playing small.

Kelly’s work challenges the traditional idea that success requires women to become tougher or less caring. Her message is about winning without losing yourself in the process. 

This is such an inspiring conversation for anyone who is ambitious but wants success to feel good too and particularly for women who are beginning to wonder whether they’re ready for their next chapter.

You can discover more about Kelly, her work and Nice Girls Win here:

Website: 

https://www.nicegirlswin.com

Instagram: @kellyehlers⁠ 

And before we get into today’s conversation, I also share a little about my Accredited Face Yoga Teacher Training Course.

If you love Face Yoga and would like to take your knowledge to the next level, whether that’s to teach professionally, incorporate Face Yoga into an existing wellness business or create a completely new career for yourself, my training gives you the techniques, knowledge and confidence to get started.

It feels particularly fitting alongside today’s conversation because sometimes choosing again doesn’t require changing your whole life. It can simply begin by taking one step towards something that excites you.

Find out more about my Accredited Face Yoga Teacher Training 

https://www.faceyogaexpert.com/teacher-training-course

I hope you enjoy this conversation with Kelly and that it reminds you that you can be kind and ambitious, grateful and still want more — and you are always allowed to choose again.

We all know that consistency is key when it comes to Face Yoga. But knowing what to do and actually motivating yourself to do it regularly are two very different things!

After more than two decades of practising and teaching Face Yoga, one of the questions I’m asked most often is: “How do I stay consistent with Face Yoga?”

So in this solo episode of The Face Yoga Expert Podcast, I’m sharing 5 simple ways to motivate yourself to practise Face Yoga, even on the days when you’re busy, tired, distracted or simply don’t feel like doing it.

These aren’t about creating another rigid wellness routine or putting more pressure on yourself. Instead, they’re small, realistic shifts that can help Face Yoga become an enjoyable and sustainable part of your everyday self-care routine.

In this episode, I talk about:

My biggest reminder in this episode is that there is no perfect Face Yoga routine. Consistency isn’t about doing something perfectly every single day. It’s about coming back to it again and again.

Face Yoga should ultimately be an act of self-care, not another reason to be hard on yourself.

If you’ve been thinking about taking your love of Face Yoga further, I also have a special bonus available for my accredited Face Yoga Teacher Training course.

Purchase the Face Yoga Teacher Training before 4pm BST on 9th September and you’ll also be invited to join me for a LIVE VIP Group Coaching Call on Zoom at 6pm BST on 9th September.

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn directly with me, ask your questions and receive extra support as you begin or develop your journey as a Face Yoga Teacher.

Find out more about the Danielle Collins Face Yoga Teacher Training at 

How do you know when it’s really your intuition speaking — and when it’s actually fear?

In this episode, I’m joined by Sarah Gregg and Jill Ritchie, co-founders of The Intuitive Psychology Association, for a fascinating conversation about intuition, psychology, spirituality and learning to trust that inner knowing.

We talk about Sarah and Jill’s personal journeys and the experiences that led them to the work they do today, as well as why they decided to create The Intuitive Psychology Association and bring together the worlds of psychology and intuitive wisdom.

We also explore:

Sarah Gregg and Jill Ritchie are the co-founders of The Intuitive Psychology Association — the world’s first and only fully accredited Intuitive Psychology Coach training provider. Their groundbreaking programme certifies coaches around the world in a method that blends psychology with intuitive wisdom.

Sarah is a two-time published author with a background in psychology and has sold more than 90,000 books. Jill is a globally recognised Intuitive Coach who has worked with thousands of people, including Olympians and celebrities.

Together, they combine modern science with ancient spiritual practices to create coaching methods designed to support meaningful and lasting change.

They are also the voices behind The Intuitive Psychology Podcast, where they explore topics including tuning into your intuition, breaking free from limiting patterns and unlocking your full potential.

Their work has been featured in The British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Fabulous Magazine and HELLO! Magazine, as well as at events including Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place, YogaFit Retreats Ibiza and Chris Evans’ CarFest, and on BBC Radio.

At the heart of their work is the belief that reaching your fullest potential isn’t necessarily about having more information — it’s about developing a deeper connection to your own intuition.

At the beginning of today’s episode, I also share details of my brand-new course, 7 Day Lip, Cheek & Mouth Lift & Sculpt With Face Yoga.

The course includes seven guided Face Yoga video classes, each just 10 minutes long, designed to naturally lift, tone and smooth the lips, cheeks and mouth area.

It’s perfect if you’d like targeted Face Yoga to help lift the corners of the mouth, firm the cheeks, smooth smile lines, sculpt the cheekbones, soften lip lines and rejuvenate the mid and lower face.

Website: https://www.intuitive-psychology.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we.are.ipa/

 In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Roanna Stromberg-Smith, founder of RSS, for a beautiful and very honest conversation about business, skincare, wellness, creating memorable experiences and navigating life through enormous change.

Roanna has deep family connections with the Cotswolds and spent much of her career working around the world alongside leading luxury names and brands. She has now brought these two worlds together through RSS, creating bespoke Cotswold experiences for discerning visitors who want to discover some of the very best the area has to offer.

In this episode, we talk about:

It’s a conversation that moves between the lighter things that can bring beauty and joy into our lives — travel, skincare, entertaining and wonderful experiences — and some of the much deeper experiences that shape us.

Roanna Stromberg-Smith is the founder of RSS, offering bespoke Cotswold experiences for the discerning visitor.

With deep family connections to the Cotswolds and a career that has taken her around the world working alongside leading luxury names and brands, Roanna now combines her knowledge of luxury with her love and understanding of the Cotswolds to create highly personalised experiences showcasing the culture, heritage, shopping, food and hidden gems of the region.

You can find out more about Roanna and RSS on The RSS Brand website⁠.

At the beginning of the episode, I also talk about my brand-new course, 7 Day Lip, Cheek & Mouth Lift & Sculpt With Face Yoga.

The course includes seven guided Face Yoga video classes, each just 10 minutes long, designed to naturally lift, tone and smooth the lips, cheeks and mouth area.

It’s perfect if you want targeted Face Yoga to help lift the corners of the mouth, firm the cheeks, smooth smile lines, sculpt the cheekbones, soften lip lines and rejuvenate the mid and lower face.

Website: https://www.the-rss-brand.co.uk

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therssbrand/?hl=en-gb

In this short solo episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of what I packed and wore for our family holiday in Greece — but this episode is about so much more than clothes.

I’ve always believed that wellness is about the whole picture. It’s the way we move, the way we think, the way we care for ourselves and, perhaps surprisingly, even the way we dress.

Fashion can have such an impact on how we feel, and being more intentional about what we wear can be a simple way to shift our mindset, confidence and energy.

In this episode, I talk about:

This is a light, personal episode with some simple ideas you can take into your next holiday, your wardrobe and your everyday life.

I hope it inspires you to look at the clothes you already own in a slightly different way and to think about not just how you want to look, but how you want to feel.

You can find out more about my brand new Face Yoga course here https://www.faceyogaexpert.com/7-day-lip-cheek-and-mouth-lift-and-sculpt