From her #RealisticRunningDiaries to the Nike Melbourne Marathon Festival, creator and body-positivity advocate, Riley Hemson, is showing what happens when you choose to start – even if you cry along the way. Listen as she takes us through her incredible journey.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted by senior content editor Sophie Howe and digital director Arielle Katos with sound editing by Cayle Reid and Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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From lakeside kid to Paris Olympic champion, Noémie Fox has forged a career on grit, joy and a refusal to talk herself out of opportunity. With an Olympic gold medal, a World Championships on home water, and an OAM pinned to her jacket, the Australian paddler sat down with Women's Health to tell us how she is writing the next chapter.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by senior content editor Sophie Howe with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Familiar with that crippling hold of anxiety? Aren't we all. From butterflies in the stomach to negative thoughts on repeat, psychologist Jodie Lowinger is here to explain and reframe how we look at anxiety.

On this episode we discuss what anxiety actually is, how to meet it head on, and why, for the most part, it's a normal and natural part of our lives.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Compared to you and me, Kelsey Wells lives a fairly public life at a large scale. With over 3 million followers on Instagram alone, the fitness trainer, wife and mother is no stranger to boundaries and keeping the balance. Her mantra? Live authentically, and always protect your mental health.

On this episode we discuss the delicate postpartum years, the grip of anxiety attacks, finding a new identity at a young age outside of the Mormon Church and how, ultimately, fitness has been Kelsey's salve through it all.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Ellie Sedgwick has something to say. In light of a rapid rise in labiaplasties globally, the vulva photographer is breaking down taboos around genital insecurity, and opening up dialogue. Her message: practise self-lovin', not loathing.

In a world where perfect is often the benchmark, Ellie is asking us to appreciate what we have and realise that, in fact, we are all gloriously different. There is no normal.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Laura Henshaw is working on her boundaries. In the midst of a hectic schedule and never taking a moment to pause, the CEO and co-founder is on a journey to discover when enough is enough and how to pull back and preserve her own space and mental health. Admittedly, it's a work in progress.

On this ep, Laura talks about childhood drive, life at school, panic attacks, indecision around motherhood and the normal unease of learning to be still.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Megan Dalla-Camina wants women to rise up. The three-time best selling author and women’s leadership expert believes we should all challenge things (ideas, norms, beliefs) that can make us stagnant and self-critical.

On this ep, the founder and CEO outlines 13 inner critic archetypes, gives tips on how we can work with them, not against, and ultimately how we can change ingrained patterns, most notably in the workplace.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Steph Claire Smith is practicing self-compassion. Despite helming one of the country's biggest wellness businesses, she's not immune to bouts of self-doubt and imposter syndrome.

On this ep, the business owner, former model and mother gets frank about feeling overwhelmed in the boardroom, the cruel brilliance of 20:20 hindsight when it comes to parenting and what the future might hold.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Luka McCabe is a realist when it comes to food. Sure, in an ideal world we'd all eat wholefoods 100% of the time, but the busy, expense-laden reality is far from it. 

On this ep, the author, midwife, business owner and mother gets frank about slinging meals on the table, squeezing in gym sessions, the art of making small, cost-efficient changes and the camping fails that haven't dampened her enthusiasm for The Great Outdoors.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Alyssa Healy is equal parts chilled, equal parts focussed. For someone who helms the dominant Australian women's cricket team, Healy had big boots to fill when she took the post at the end of 2023, but the wicket keeper is doing it in calm, level style. And not only behind the stumps.

On this ep, Alyssa Healy talks about leading from within, navigating grief, a sometimes-ships-in-the-night life with husband Mitchell Starc and the beautiful frustration of golf, among other things.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Rachael Finch had a glamorous life as a model and tv presenter in her 20s. She lived in London, New York, Germany, Singapore and New Zealand, but somewhere along the way the former Miss Universe Australia began self-restricting and competing with herself. Thankfully, a change in career and location changed the trajectory.

Here's how Rachael found warmth and 'home' in herself, husband, family and a new career, ultimately coming out of the haze and into equilibrium.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Brooke Hogan is a beacon of gold.

Her Instagram shows a grid of family, retriever, Pilates and composure. But, like all stories in life, it's taken hard work to get there: a sometimes confronting modelling career, a first business that didn't cut the mustard and, most importantly, an arduous but ultimately successful IVF journey.

Here's how Brooke Hogan took hits, misses and dives but has firmly landed on her feet.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Numbers are a big part of Ellie Cole's life.

She lost one leg at the age of three, has won 17 - yes, 17 - medals in swimming and is Australia's most decorated Paralympian.

But what's Ellie's biggest achievement? Beyond the joy of co-parenting her five-month-old son Felix, it's how humble, candid and lovable she is. Tune in to meet a woman who is a legend in more ways than one. 

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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After two pregnancies, weight gain, a couple of mum tums and feeling a bit lost in the process, Tiff Hall has something to say.

The ex-Gladiator, author, tv personality and fitness trainer talks to head of brand for Women's Health, Scarlett Keddie, about postpartum repression, women supporting women and the power of a good Winston Churchill quote.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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We're back! Uninterrupted is live, and for the first ep of the season Melissa Leong chats about life at the moment, managing anxiety and depression from a young age, her love of perfume and mixed martial arts, and locking herself out of the house (relatable).

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH head of brand Scarlett Keddie with sound editing by Evan Lawrence.

For more from Australian Women’s Health, find us on Instagram and visit our website.

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Here’s a not-so-fun stat that many of us may relate to: 69 per cent of women are currently stressed, according to a 2022 report by Liptember Foundation. That’s just one reason we’re excited about today’s podcast guest. Mind coach Poppy Delbridge is on a mission to help people ease stress and live their best, most joyful lives. As well as drawing on the likes of manifestation, she’s also an expert in tapping – a practice that involves physically tapping on certain areas of the body. You’ll hear more about that in this episode, and you can dig even deeper via Poppy’s new book ‘Tapping In: Manifest the life you want with the transformative power of tapping’. She even takes our managing editor Alex Davies through a short tapping exercise at the end of their chat.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted by WH managing editor Alex Davies and produced by WH editor-in-chief Lizza Gebilagin with additional sound editing by Jess Campbell.

For more from Women’s Health Australia, find us on Instagram, visit our website or find the print and digital editions of the magazine.

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Before interviewing Chris Hemsworth on the red carpet, making history as the first woman of Asian descent to be crowned Miss Universe Australia, or becoming a beauty ambassador for Swisse, Francesca Hung struggled with her identity. ⁠

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For a long time, her mental health was affected by not feeling like she truly belonged, like she was in "no man's land" as she didn't look "typically Australian" while also being disconnected from her Asian heritage. It's a feeling many first-gen Aussies will relate to but one that's not often spoken about or the affect it's had on mental health. It's why she's sharing her story so openly. In this episode, Francesca talks about how she made peace with her identity, the impact of exercise (and cold showers) on her wellbeing and why true beauty and wellness comes from within.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH editor-in-chief Lizza Gebilagin with additional sound editing by Jess Campbell.

For more from Women’s Health Australia, find us on Instagram, visit our website or find the print and digital editions of the magazine.

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Explosive and heavy. That’s how comedian and podcaster Em Rusciano describes her period. But the thing that annoys her the most about it is that she didn’t feel like she had control of it until her mid-30s. Now, she tries to work with her cycle. She knows it isn’t something you just “plug up and go” and rather she gives herself permission to do less when it is “explosive and heavy”.

In this episode, the Boody ambassador makes the case for talking about our periods more, her experience of diagnosed with ADHD and autism in her 40s, and why she’s unlearning the shame around both.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH editor-in-chief Lizza Gebilagin.

For more from Women’s Health Australia, find us on Instagram, visit our website or find the print and digital editions of the magazine.

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As one of the first trainers on Kayla Itsines’ Sweat app, and now with a 2.9 million following on Instagram, Kelsey Wells is making sure her message of empowerment reaches as many people as possible. She’s doing it via her Redefine Fitness: Strength and Mindfulness program on Sweat as well as a podcast by the same name. 

“Health is multifaceted. It’s emotional, mental, spiritual and physical,” she says. “We should look at our efforts in exercise and nutrition and how they play a role in our overall health and wellbeing. It is not about fad diets and quick fixes. That kind of rhetoric is tired as much as it is untrue. It’s time we stop using it.” 

In this episode, we revisit our chat with Kelsey from last year, on the importance of redefining the term ‘fitness’, why ditching the scales was important to her mental health but still allowed her to hit her goals, and how giving up and starting again is an important part of life.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH editor-in-chief Lizza Gebilagin.

For more from Women’s Health Australia, find us on Instagram, visit our website or find the print and digital editions of the magazine.

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Swimming has been Cate Campbell’s life since she was a young girl. So what happened when the four-time Olympian took a break from the sport? Well, it’s meant that she’s had time to speak up about important health issues, like period management and the nerve damage she endured from having a contraceptive implant removed. But having a break also allowed Cate to reignite her passion for swimming with her goal now to compete in her fifth Olympics.

In this chat, the Avène skincare ambassador talks about her melanoma diagnosis and how getting her skin checked saved her life (and hopefully this is a reminder to get yours checked too!), she also chats about the impact of taking a break from sport, her ill-fated attempt at falling in love with running, and why her mantra is “be brave”.

CREDITS: 

This podcast was hosted and produced by WH editor-in-chief Lizza Gebilagin.

For more from Women’s Health Australia, find us on Instagram, visit our website or find the print and digital editions of the magazine.

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