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This Beautiful Mess

by Ainslie Mcglynn and Vanessa Gray Lyndon

"This Beautiful Mess" is a podcast led by Vanessa Gray-Lyndon, a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Beauty Brand founder and educator with a passion for helping people become their best selves alongside Ainslie McGlynn, actress and voice-over artist with a fierce curiosity about what makes people tick.In this series, we navigate the chaos of midlife and uncover its hidden beauty. Through compelling conversations with leading experts—including clinicians, neuroscientists, natural therapists, and influential media personalities—we explore themes of resilience, confidence, and personal growth during this pivotal stage of life. Embracing the unpredictability of our journey allows us to discover greater peace and strength within ourselves.This Beautiful Mess tackles topics like sexuality, mental health, relationships, menopause, financial independence, nutrition and everything in between. We hope you will consider our request to spotlight "This Beautiful Mess" on your platform.

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Episodes

  1. Finding Yourself Again: Navigating the Emotional Shifts of Perimenopause

    On this week's episode, we sat down with the incredible Vanessa Steele, a professional counsellor who helps women navigate one of the most profound transitions of their lives, perimenopause. While much of the focus is on the physical changes, the emotional side is just as powerful. Grief…

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  2. The Queen of Clean: Irene Falcone on Power, Purpose & Starting Over

    In this week's episode we sat down with the unstoppable Irene Falcone—pioneering entrepreneur, champion of low-tox living, and undisputed queen of the lady start-up. With fierce conviction and relentless energy, Irene has redefined what it means to back yourself, building businesses that don’t…

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  3. Demystifying Menopause with Dr Caroline Hardy (“Dr Dragon”).

    In this weeks episode we spoke to Dr. Caroline Hardy—also known as the ‘Dragon Doctor’. Why “dragon”? Because of her unmatched, fierce & motivational energy. Dr. Caroline is one of those rare GPs who truly advocates for her patients. She’s not only a menopause expert but also the Sherlock Holmes…

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  4. The Brain-Gut Breakthrough: Rewiring Cognitive Health via Fecal Transplants with Sara Alaeddin

    In this week's episode, we spoke to the brilliant Sara Alaeddin—a Neuropsychologist and PhD Candidate in Neuroscience, whose groundbreaking research explores the fascinating link between the gut microbiome and cognitive function. Specifically, the potential of fecal microbiota transplants to help...

  5. Bringing the BODY into Therapy

    In this weeks episode we spoke to Dianna Sparrow. Dianna is a trauma release facilitator. Dianna is unique in that she uses a combination of hands on treatment and movement therapy to move her clients from a place of depletion and overwhelm to a state to a place of calm and confidence. Whether…

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  6. Maggie Godin: Empowering Women's Health with Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine.\

    Today, we had the joy of speaking with Maggie Godin—an incredible Acupuncturist, Herbalist, doula, and birth coach with a Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine. While she supports all aspects of health and longevity, her true passion lies in women's fertility, peri-menopause,...

  7. Top Aussie Model Kate Bell - Living Life on Her Terms & Deciding Against "Ageing Gracefully"

    Today we spoke to top Aussie Model & National Treasure Kate Bell. With a modelling career spanning 35 years one would be right in saying her life has been in front of the camera. But, at the same time, Kate has always fostered a rich inner world and spiritual life through her yoga practice and...

  8. From Surviving to Thriving with Naturopath, Emily Rose Yates

    Today we spoke Naturopath Emily Rose Yates. Emily has not only developed an incredible evidenced based approach to Naturopathic medicine, she is also a FIERCE advocate for women's health. We spoke to Emily about the inherited blueprint we adopt from our own mothers, how to re-wire our brain in a...

  9. Let's Talk About Sex with Clinical Sexologist, Lara Boielle

    In todays’ episode we are talking about Sex. We sat down with Lara Boielle, a Clinical Sexologist, Sex Educator & Functional Medicine Practitioner. We discussed everything from sex in mid life, what to do if you get "The Ick", why our sex drive can go down, how to rewire our brain to wake it up,...

  10. Rock Legend Suze DeMarchi (Baby Animals) - A Life Lived Loud!

    We sat down with Rock Legend and Lead singer of the Baby Animals Suze Demarchi. From her humble beginnings gigging around Perth at 17, her move to London where she signed with EMI, motherhood, family life, growing up, getting older, some of her toughest years, her ADHD diagnoses, her most…

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  11. Long Covid: Everything you need to know

    Long Covid – Do we have it? How do we know if we have it? How do we get rid of it? And what actually happens when Covid gets into the body? We sat down with clinical nutritionist and author Lee Holmes and took a deep dive into all things Covid (and how to free ourselves from its clutches!!) You…

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  12. Mind Matters: Brain stimulation to treat cognitive dysfunction during Menopause & the latest research in Dementia prevention

    In this episode we discuss Joelle's PhD project which will use non-invasive brain stimulation to improve memory, thinking and mood in ladies experiencing the late menopause transition. If successful these breakthrough treatments could also assist in mitigating future dementia risks. A MUST…

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  13. Meet your Co- Host Extraordinaire and founder of Vanessa Megan Skin Care, Vanessa Gray Lyndon

    Today I sat down with my beautiful Co-Host and dear friend Vanessa Gray Lyndon. Some of you may know Nessy as the founder of Vanessa Megan Skin Care & Metamorphosis - but today you will meet Nessy the country girl from WA. This conversation takes a lot of twists and turns. It is raw, revealing,...

  14. The Money Guru - Effie Zahos

    If you want to learn how to make, hold on to and grow your finances, stop reading and hit the play now! Today we spoke to Channel Nines Money Expert Effie Zahos. From humble beginnings, Effies story blew us away. This episode is jammed with information which will inspire and give you the…

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  15. Zoe Bingly Pullin - Zoe’s Personal Hormone Battles and the Road to Empowerment

    Today we speak to Australia’s favourite Nutritionist Zoe Bingley Pullin. Zoe imparts a tonne of knowledge and tools around how to take control of our hormones and navigate peri-menopause and menopause with confidence. We also chat about her incredible new book “Eat your Way to Healthy Hormones”....

  16. The Menopause Specialist - Dr. Fatima Khan

    Today we speak to Dr. Fatima Khan. Fatima is a household name in the Menopause Medicine world. Why? She knows EVERYTHING about it. Deeply. We spoke to her about “the secret hormones”, why we are having ADHD like symptoms during peri-menopause, how PTSD can flare during this transition, why the…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

"This Beautiful Mess" is a podcast led by Vanessa Gray-Lyndon, a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Beauty Brand founder and educator with a passion for helping people become their best selves alongside Ainslie McGlynn, actress and voice-over artist with a fierce curiosity about what makes people tick.In this series, we navigate the chaos of midlife and uncover its hidden beauty. Through compelling conversations with leading experts—including clinicians, neuroscientists, natural therapists, and influential media personalities—we explore themes of resilience, confidence, and personal growth during this pivotal stage of life. Embracing the unpredictability of our journey allows us to discover greater peace and strength within ourselves.This Beautiful Mess tackles topics like sexuality, mental health, relationships, menopause, financial independence, nutrition and everything in between. We hope you will consider our request to spotlight "This Beautiful Mess" on your platform.

HOSTED BY

Ainslie Mcglynn and Vanessa Gray Lyndon

Produced by Darcy Milne

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"This Beautiful Mess" is a podcast led by Vanessa Gray-Lyndon, a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Beauty Brand founder and educator with a passion for helping people become their best selves alongside Ainslie McGlynn, actress and voice-over artist with a fierce curiosity about what makes people tick.In...

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