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, confidence, and learning to advocate for herself completely changed the direction of her life and career.

Together, Mel and Shelly talk about the pressure women face to keep everything together, why so many symptoms are dismissed, how confidence changes through different seasons of life, and why speaking up—for yourself and for other women—has never been more important.

This is a conversation about reinvention, resilience and discovering that sometimes the challenges we never asked for become the purpose we were always meant to find.

In this episode:
Shelly's journey from television to advocacy
The reality of perimenopause and why so many women feel unheard
Rebuilding confidence in midlife
Why women need to stop apologising for taking up space
Self-advocacy in healthcare and everyday life
Finding purpose through life's unexpected challenges

Connect with Shelly Horton:
Follow Shelly on Instagram @shellyhorton1
Follow Shelly on Facebook @shellyhorton/journalist
Follow Shelly on TikTok @shellyhorton4
Subscribe to The Shelly Show on Substack https://substack.com/@shellyhorton
Buy Shelly’s book, I’m Your Peri Godmother Amazon
Listen to the book on Audible
Speak with Impact training with ShellShocked Media
Peri Godmother workplace training

Connect with Mel Histon:
Subscribe to make sure you hear the next instalment of Hey Soul Sista!  
Follow Hey Soul Sista on Instagram: @heysoulsistapodcast 
Follow Mel on Instagram: @melissahiston 
Watch the podcast video on YouTube: @heysoulsista 
Website: heysoulsista.com
Website: gotyourbacksista.com

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, confidence, and learning to advocate for herself completely changed the direction of her life and career.
Together, Mel and Shelly talk about the pressure women face to keep everything together, why so many symptoms are dismissed, how confidence changes through different seasons of life, and why speaking up&mdash;for yourself and for other women&mdash;has never been more important.
This is a conversation about reinvention, resilience and discovering that sometimes the challenges we never asked for become the purpose we were always meant to find.
In this episode:
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<li data-section-id="i774ke" data-start="1229" data-end="1275">Shelly's journey from television to advocacy</li>
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<li data-section-id="1l3xkh8" data-start="1342" data-end="1376">Rebuilding confidence in midlife</li>
<li data-section-id="hw023h" data-start="1377" data-end="1433">Why women need to stop apologising for taking up space</li>
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<li data-section-id="mqsklr" data-start="1482" data-end="1536">Finding purpose through life's unexpected challenges</li>
</ul>
Connect with Shelly Horton:
<ul>
<li>Follow Shelly on Instagram&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/shellyhorton1/">@shellyhorton1</a></li>
<li>Follow Shelly on Facebook&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/shellyhortonjournalist">@shellyhorton/journalist</a></li>
<li>Follow Shelly on TikTok&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@shellyhorton4">@shellyhorton4</a></li>
<li>Subscribe to The Shelly Show on Substack&nbsp;<a href="https://substack.com/@shellyhorton">https://substack.com/@shellyhorton</a></li>
<li>Buy Shelly&rsquo;s book, I&rsquo;m Your Peri Godmother&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Your-Peri-Godmother-happily-ever-after-perimenopause/dp/176150116X/ref=asc_df_176150116X?mcid=be6bf8956e26312db8a561a870a97ecc&amp;tag=googleshopdsk-22&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=712380760472&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=7811133655669412226&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9071636&amp;hvtargid=pla-2419221876853&amp;psc=1&amp;hvocijid=7811133655669412226-176150116X-&amp;hvexpln=0&amp;gad_source=1">Amazon</a></li>
<li>Listen to the book on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Im-Your-Peri-Godmother-Audiobook/B0FJ22M2KH">Audible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://shellshockedmedia.com/speak-with-impact-workshop/">Speak with Impact</a>&nbsp;training with ShellShocked Media</li>
<li><a href="https://shellshockedmedia.com/peri-godmother-at-your-workplace/">Peri Godmother</a>&nbsp;workplace training</li>
</ul>
Connect with Mel Histon:
<ul>
<li>Subscribe to make sure you hear the next instalment of Hey Soul Sista! &nbsp;</li>
<li>Follow Hey Soul Sista on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/heysoulsistapodcast/">@heysoulsistapodcast&nbsp;</a></li>
<li>Follow Mel on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/melissahiston/">@melissahiston&nbsp;</a></li>
<li>Watch the podcast video on YouTube: @heysoulsista&nbsp;</li>
<li>Website: <a href="https://heysoulsista.com/">heysoulsista.com</a></li>
<li>Website: <a href="https://www.gotyourbacksista.com/">gotyourbacksista.com</a></li>
</ul>

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 transformation.

Whether you're searching for deeper meaning, healing after loss or trauma, greater wellbeing, or the courage to reinvent yourself, Hey Soul Sista is here to remind you that you're not alone—and that your best chapter may still be ahead.

Together we explore topics including:

• Spirituality and spiritual awakening
• Women's wellbeing and emotional health
• Midlife reinvention and personal growth
• Healing from trauma, grief and heartbreak
• Intuition, mindfulness and resilience
• Relationships and self-discovery
• Near-death experiences and consciousness
• Life purpose, courage and soulful living

These are honest, uplifting conversations that will inspire you to think differently, reconnect with yourself, and embrace the woman you're becoming.

If you're ready to live with more courage, joy, purpose and soul, you've found your community.

New episodes every week.

Because midlife isn't a crisis. It's an awakening.

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 transformation.
Whether you're searching for deeper meaning, healing after loss or trauma, greater wellbeing, or the courage to reinvent yourself, Hey Soul Sista is here to remind you that you're not alone&mdash;and that your best chapter may still be ahead.
Together we explore topics including:
&bull; Spirituality and spiritual awakening &bull; Women's wellbeing and emotional health &bull; Midlife reinvention and personal growth &bull; Healing from trauma, grief and heartbreak &bull; Intuition, mindfulness and resilience &bull; Relationships and self-discovery &bull; Near-death experiences and consciousness &bull; Life purpose, courage and soulful living
These are honest, uplifting conversations that will inspire you to think differently, reconnect with yourself, and embrace the woman you're becoming.
If you're ready to live with more courage, joy, purpose and soul, you've found your community.
New episodes every week.
Because midlife isn't a crisis. It's an awakening.

Hey Soul Sista is the podcast for women who are ready to live with more joy, purpose, and SOUL! If you’re feeling the pull to re-discover yourself, embrace new possibilities, and create a life that truly lights you up, you’re in the right place.

Hey Soul Sista with Mel Histon

Hey Soul Sista 

TV presenter, journalist and women's advocate Shelly Horton shares how midlife transformed her purpose—and why every woman deserves to be heard.