

Mini Motivation: Your Peri Godmother on making healthy midlife habits stick
In this Mini Motivation episode, host Amelia Phillips picks the brains of your Peri Godmother, Shelly Horton, to find out how the former party girl found her groove – and some new healthy habits – during perimenopause. For no-BS advice on exercise, diet and everything in between, tune in. You'll le…

Mini Motivation: The best workout strategies to build more muscle in midlife
In this Mini Motivation episode, host Amelia Phillips is joined by elite fitness coach Sharelle Grant to discuss the key strategies for building more muscle – something that’s vital, but more difficult, as we age. They discuss the key principles of training for muscle growth in midlife, the biggest…

Shelly Horton: Mental health and the darker side of perimenopause
In this episode of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips speaks to Australia's very own Peri Godmother, Shelly Horton, about one of the less discussed areas of perimenopause – the impact on mental health. In this frank and moving conversation, Shelly explains how hormonal shifts hit her like a freight …

Ask Me Anything: How to lose fat not muscle, protein milk, biomarkers to track
In the first Ask Me Anything episode for this Year of the Fire Horse, host Amelia Phillips answers listener questions on protein milk, the top longevity-focused biomarkers to track, and – one of your favourites – how to lose fat without losing muscle. (PS. Check out Episode 251 for a deep dive int…

How to lose fat without losing muscle, lessons from a sport that gets it right
In this episode, host Amelia Phillips and elite fitness coach Sharelle Grant discuss one of the biggest frustrations in midlife health: how to lose body fat without sacrificing the muscle that keeps us strong, energetic and metabolically healthy. For most people, weight loss, whether from calorie…

Overcoming overwhelm and the invisible load with Dr Libby Weaver
In this Best-of Summer Series of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips and biochemist Dr Libby Weaver discuss how midlife for mums can feel like you are holding up the sky. In this raw and honest episode they discuss some breakthrough reframes (three in particular) that help you manage stress effective…

Mini Motivation: Dr Stacy Sims on fasting, and nutrition for fat loss and muscle
In this Best-of Summer Series of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips and world renown exercise physiologist Dr Stacy Sims dives into targeted nutrition for the holy grail, which is nutrition to lose bodyfat but build muscle strength. So often when people go on a fat loss mission, they can accidentall…

Managing perimenopause without HRT, with Dr Carrie Jones
In this Best-of Summer Series of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips is joined by hormone specialist Dr Carrie Jones to unpack the most effective, science-backed ways to manage perimenopause symptoms if you are not on HRT. Whilst HRT is the gold standard treatment, for those that are not able to, or …

Want to feel more motivated to exercise? Paul Taylor shows us how
In this Best-of Summer Series of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips and neuroscientist Paul Taylor discuss the proven strategies to hack your brain into feeling more motivated. These strategies are based on research around the neuroscience of behaviour change, and when done correctly will make exerc…

Dr Stacy Sims: Exercise strategies that actually work
In this Best-of Summer Series of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips talks to Dr Stacy Sims about exercise strategies that actually work. Women are not small men, according to Dr Stacy. So if you're wanting to get the most out of your exercise sessions, you need to 'train like a girl'. Dr Stacy gives…