Healthy Her
Healthy Her
Rebuild your body, health and your life, no matter what stage of motherhood you’re at. With more than two decades of experience in the health and wellbeing industry, host and mum of four Amelia Phillips speaks to the top parenting, fitness and medical experts to find out how you can thrive when you’re sleep deprived, learn to love your post-baby body, balance career with kids, keep your relationsh…Social links:
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The Strength Training Formula: Get More From Every Workout, with Tony Boutagy
In this episode of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips sits down with exercise physiologist and strength expert Dr Tony Boutagy to unpack the formula for getting stronger and building muscle after 40. They explore how often you really need to strength train, the ideal number of sets and reps, whether…
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Ask Me Anything: GLPs and low energy, lymphatic drainage, stubborn vitamin D
In this month’s Ask Me Anything episode, host Amelia Phillips answers three listener questions spanning some very different corners of women’s health. First, do those viral lymphatic drainage gloves actually do anything? Amelia unpacks how the lymphatic system really works, where manual lymphatic …
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Why is Weight Loss Harder in Midlife? With Lara Briden
In this episode, host Amelia Phillips sits down with naturopathic doctor and women’s health expert Lara Briden to unpack why losing weight can suddenly feel so much harder after 40. If you’re eating well, exercising and doing all the things that used to work, but the weight, particularly around yo…
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How to get the most out of HRT with Dr Ceri Cashell
In this Mini Motivation episode of Healthy Her, Amelia Phillips is joined by Sydney GP and menopause expert Dr Ceri Cashell to tackle the practical side of HRT, from getting the right therapeutic dose to knowing how long to give it before deciding whether it’s making a difference. If you’ve started…
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Am I actually sleep deprived? What supplements and gadgets might help?
We all know what it feels like to have a bad night’s sleep, but how can you tell if you’re genuinely sleep deprived? Is there a way to test it, and what are the signs that your body simply isn’t getting enough restorative sleep? In this Mini Motivation episode of Healthy Her, Amelia Phillips puts …
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Sleeping Pills, Melatonin & CBD: What Actually Works for Sleep?
If you’ve been struggling with sleep for a while, whether it’s difficulty falling asleep, those dreaded 3am wake-ups or sleep changes during perimenopause, you may have wondered whether it’s time to consider medication. But with sleeping tablets, melatonin, antihistamines and cannabis-based produc…
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Sleep and Peri: What Every Woman Needs to Know
If you’ve always been a good sleeper and suddenly find yourself wide awake at 3am, struggling to fall asleep, waking more often or simply not feeling refreshed in the morning, perimenopause could be playing a role. Sleep disturbances affect an estimated 40–60% of women during perimenopause, and the…
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Ask Me Anything: Creatine bloat, peri stages & multivitamins - yay or nay?
In this Ask Me Anything episode, host Amelia Phillips answers a diverse range of listener questions on multivitamins, troubleshooting creatine side effects, and figuring out where the heck you are in perimenopause. First up, she dives into the eternal debate around multivitamins – are they essent…
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Should you start HRT? With Dr Ceri Cashell
In this episode of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips asks leading menopause educator and GP Dr Ceri Cashell the questions on every midlife woman's lips – 'Should I consider HRT? Is now the right time to start if my symptoms aren't too severe? And what does treatment even look like, anyway?' They d…
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How to reduce your dementia risk by 45%
In this not-to-be-missed episode of Healthy Her, host Amelia Phillips welcomes back neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay to discuss dementia – now the biggest killer of Aussies (overtaking heart disease). Dr Sarah discusses the 14 modifiable risk factors and outlines simple steps you can start taking to…
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