
Hey Soul Sista
Hey Soul Sista is the podcast for women navigating midlife, spiritual growth, healing, and life's biggest transitions. Hosted by Mel Histon, founder of Got Your Back Sista, each week you'll hear inspiring conversations with bestselling authors, health experts, psychologists, spiritual teachers, advocates, and extraordinary women who share their wisdom, life experiences, and powerful stories of tr…Follow the podcast:

How to Keep Your Vagina Alive & Your Sex Life Healthy
Ladies, let's talk about sex, pelvic floors, leaking when we sneeze, and what really happens to our vaginas as we get older! Did you know you can actually do too many Kegels? Or that changes during menopause can affect the length, flexibility and comfort of your vaginal canal? And why do some wome…
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Jackie Gillies: How to Navigate Life Transformations & Spiritual Awakening
What happens when the life you’ve built no longer feels like the life you’re meant to be living? Jackie Gillies — Australia’s most sought after psychic medium, TV star and founder of TransformU — returns to Hey Soul Sista for a powerful conversation about transformation, spiritual awakening and wh…
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Raising a Blind Child: What I Have Learned About the World - with Holly Green
What happens when motherhood looks nothing like the life you imagined? When Holly Green’s son Joey was just three months old, doctors discovered a rare brain tumour growing around his optic nerves. After life-saving surgery, Holly and her husband Blake learned that Joey was completely and permanen…
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Behind the Doors of a Funeral Home: The Practicalities of Death
Ever wondered what actually happens immediately after someone passes away? We often talk about death from a soulful, spiritual perspective, but what about the raw, practical logistics?In this episode, I sit down with Amy-Lea Pettigrew, third-generation director of Pettigrew Family Funerals. Amy-Lea…
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Shelly Horton: TV Presenter and One of Australia's Leading Voices for Women
For years, Australians welcomed Shelly Horton into their homes as a trusted TV presenter and journalist. Today, she's become one of the country's strongest advocates for women navigating midlife. In this honest and inspiring conversation, Shelly shares how her own experience with perimenopause, co…
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Why We Don’t Trust Politicians Anymore — And Can They Win Us Back?
Why don’t we trust politicians anymore — and can they win us back? For the first episode of Season 21, I’m joined by two Hey Soul Sista favourites, Alex Morris and Jaimie Abbott, for a lively, honest and at times very funny conversation about politics, power and trust. With Jaimie’s first-hand ex…
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TRAILER: A Brand-New Season of Hey Soul Sista — Coming Next Tuesday
A brand-new season of Hey Soul Sista is coming!! Season 21 is all about what it really means to live well through midlife — body, mind and spirit. Join me - Mel Histon - for inspiring conversations with incredible women sharing their stories, alongside experts sharing their wisdom on health, well…
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Is America facing its Handmaid’s Tale? - with Alex Morris
A deep political and emotional divide is shaping the way women in America see their country, their safety, and their future — with left-leaning and right-leaning women often living in what feel like completely different realities. In this timely and eye-opening episode, host Mel Histon, sits down …
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The Biggest Lie We Tell Ourselves: “I’ll Do It Tomorrow” — NOW Is the Time
What if the biggest lie we tell ourselves is: “I’ll do it tomorrow”? In this episode of Hey Soul Sista, Geoff Rupp returns for a powerful conversation about why so many of us keep putting off the life we really want to live — and why the time to begin is now. Fresh from two months in India, where…
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Dementia Took My Mum's Words, But I Found Another Way to Hear Her - with Stephanie Banks
What if the people we love are never truly beyond our reach? When speech pathologist Stephanie Banks watched her mother disappear into dementia, she believed her professional training would help them stay connected. But as their relationship unravelled, she found herself searching for answers in t…
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