Most women think perimenopause just happened to them.

It didn't.

Your 30s were the set up. The skipped meals, the 12-hour days, the normalised stress, the sleep you pushed through. Your body was compensating the whole time.

Perimenopause just removed the buffer.

The good news is you didn't break anything. You depleted your resources. And you can absolutely build them back.

I did a deep dive on this with my friend Kitty Martone @healthygutgirlofficial on episode 393 of the podcast. She is one of the sharpest minds on progesterone and hormonal health, and we got into exactly why the foundations have to come first before anything else will work. We also talked about her incredible new book, Balance Matters: Rethinking Estrogen, Reclaiming Progesterone, Restoring Hormonal Stability.

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Katie came on the podcast this week and said something I haven't stopped thinking about.

"If you think investing in your health is expensive, get cancer. When you're lying in a hospital bed, you don't care about money. You would pay anything."

She's 42. Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2024. Medically induced coma. 10 weeks in hospital. Learned to walk and write her name again from scratch.

The chemo put her into menopause at 39. Overnight.

She came out the other side completely hormonally wrecked and like so many of you, found herself drowning in conflicting information about what to do with her body.

What moved the needle wasn't restriction. Wasn't fasting. Wasn't the 1500 calories and six days of training she used to do.

It was eating more. More carbs specifically. Lifting three days a week. And having someone help her drown out the noise.

Today she's stronger than before cancer. Better body composition. Blood work improving every check.

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Part 2 is here and this one might be the most important podcast I've ever put out.

If you missed Part 1, go back and listen to POD390 first. This episode picks up where we left off and goes deep on the hormonal side of things.

@ash.healthcoach, @nyssa_bovenkamp and @natashabwellness and I cover 

→ Why HRT is not fixing the root cause 

→ What's actually happening with estrogen and progesterone in perimenopause 

→ Why estrogen dominance is driving your symptoms (even if your bloods say it's "low") 

→ The clients who came off HRT and felt better 

→ What supports healthy detoxification and why it matters more than you think 

→ The nutrition approach that actually moves the needle

→ Why supplements don't work if the basics aren't in place first

Natasha's breakdown of how the body's inflammatory mediators all connect is worth the listen alone.

This is the conversation women deserve to have.

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Three of our NuStrength Aussie coaches. One unfiltered conversation. Zero holding back.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, @ash.healthcoach, @nyssa_bovenkamp and @natashabwellness break down what it actually takes to transform your body after 40, the stuff most coaches won't tell you.

We're talking: 

→ Why your metabolism is more underactive than you think 

→ The difference between weight loss and fat loss (and why it matters) 

→ Why every woman needs more muscle, no exceptions 

→ What to do with cardio (hint: less is usually more) 

→ Why stress is affecting your progress

→ The mum guilt, the excuses, and the mindset shift that changes everything

Between us, we've coached over 20,000 women. This is what we've learned.

Part 2 drops next week and goes deep on hormones and HRT.

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Bethany was a nurse doing a PhD, competing in triathlons every fortnight, surviving on 4–6 antihistamines a day, and terrified to eat a sweet potato.

She thought she was doing everything right.

She wasn't. And honestly? It's not her fault. No one teaches women this stuff.

Bethany is 36, lives on an acreage in Australia, and has been in our programme for just over 13 months. 

In this episode she shares EVERYTHING and I mean everything.

Here's what her life looked like before: 

👉Three episodes of anaphylaxis in a single week at age 30

👉Eliminated nuts, eggs, dairy, gluten, soy basically anything she could think of 

👉Low-carb dieting + excessive exercise (triathlon racing every fortnight — insane)

👉Weighing herself daily and letting a 0.2kg increase wreck her entire mood

👉Deep, genuine fear of food even normal things like sweet potato 

👉4–6 antihistamines every single day just to avoid a reaction

And here's where she is now:

✅ZERO antihistamines for the last 3 months

✅Eat...

 The sun has been demonised for decades. Slip, slop, slap. Cover up. Wear SPF. Avoid UV at all costs.

And yet… skin cancers are still rising. People who've never been in the sun are getting them on the bottoms of their feet, on their backs, in places that see zero sunlight. 

My own family who've avoided the sun their whole lives have all had skin cancers removed. My brother, who never got sun, had stage four sarcoma. And when we got him eating properly, supplementing, changing his lifestyle and yes, getting daily sunlight his body responded brilliantly to chemo. His oncologist said he'd never seen anything like it.

So what's actually going on?

I brought Zaid Dahhaj onto the podcast this week to take a deep dive. He is a circadian biology educator to talk more about the sun.

We get into:

— Why melanin is NOT a sign of skin damage (and why calling it that has some seriously problematic roots) 

— The real reason people are developing cancer in sun-deprived areas of their body

—...

She joined our team as a coach. But first? She had a tumour removed. Lost circulation in her arm. Was diagnosed with autoimmune disease. Bled through her period so badly she thought something was seriously wrong. And spent years being dismissed.

Meet Natasha NuStrength's newest coach, nutritionist, and the woman who has genuinely been through it. 🙌

In this episode we cover:

Why she weighed 55kg at 5'9" for most of her adult life

The thyroid issue nobody caught for years

How she gained 15kg going pro-metabolic… and what she'd do differently now

Why "healing pounds" are NOT a requirement (and how she coaches women away from this)

The HRT conversation women need to hear: why adding oestrogen alone can make things WORSE

Why progesterone is the missing piece for perimenopause symptoms

What happened when she started working with Coach Ash: 17cm in 10 weeks and the strongest she's ever been

Why coaches absolutely need coaches

Natasha's story is proof that the body wants to heal ...

The hormone therapy conversation is getting LOUDER, but is it getting more honest? 🤔

I sat down with my brilliant friend Anne Marie McQueen, founder of Hot Flash Inc and we went there. Like, really went there.

We talked about: 

→ The estrogen narrative that's being pushed (and who's profiting from it) 

→ Why hot flashes might not be a hormone problem at all 

→ The foods that were wrecking her body disguised as "healthy" 

→ Why menopause is actually an AWAKENING, not a disease 

→ The fake study that doctors are STILL citing... even after the author said it doesn't exist

This one is going to make a lot of people uncomfortable. Good.

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A few weeks ago I sat down with Kathleen Stewart and we talked for 3 hours straight. It was so good I split it into three separate 60 minute episodes. This is Part 3 the final one and honestly it might be my favourite.

In Part 1 we went deep on Ben's cancer recovery and the full holistic protocol. In Part 2 Kathleen and I got into tracking, training, Ozempic and why most women aren't getting results. If you missed either of those I highly recommend listening to them first.

Part 3 is where we go deeper than the food and the training.

Because here's the thing. You can get the body. Check every box. Hit every target. And still not feel at peace. I know because I did exactly that. I got the physique and there was still something underneath that hadn't been dealt with. It took me 10 years and a lot of painful emotional work with my coach Greta to finally get there.

We talk about the Goldilocks spot, where is the body fat level and lifestyle that actually fits YOUR life, not someone e...

A few weeks ago I sat down with Kathleen Stewart and we talked for 3 hours straight. It was so good I split it into three separate 60 minute episodes. This is Part 2.

In Part 1 we went deep on my brother Ben's cancer recovery, the full holistic protocol, why eating enough was non-negotiable, and the emotional root cause that drove every bad habit. If you missed it, I would highly recommend listening to it first.

In Part 2 Kathleen and I get into the stuff that I know so many of you are frustrated about.

Why are you doing everything right and still not getting results?

We talk about why cardio isn't the answer most women think it is. Why Ozempic isn't a long term solution and what actually happens to your body when you stop. Why tracking your food isn't obsessive, it's actually the thing that eventually sets you completely free. And why the number on the scale probably needs to be higher than you think it does if you actually want the body composition you're chasing.

We also get...