Vivacious & Vital Living - Post the Pause

Hi and welcome back. Let's talk about something that comes up for a lot of women in midlife… Sleep not feeling the way it used to. Maybe you're falling asleep fine, but waking in the early hours. Or feeling tired even after a full night in bed. Or noticing that your sleep just feels lighter… more fragile. And if that's you, you're not doing anything wrong. This is something many women experience after menopause — and there are real, physiological reasons for it. So in today's episode, we're going to look at what actually changes in sleep during this stage of life… and more importantly, what you can do through nutrition, lifestyle, and daily rhythm to support it. Because sleep isn't random. It's responsive. And once you understand what influences it, you can start to shift it.

2025 was supposed to be my year to thrive — instead, it became my turning point. After years of illness and frustration, I started 2025 believing it was finally my time to thrive. But life had other plans. What followed was another setback — and, unexpectedly, the beginning of a deeper kind of healing. This is the story of how anger, acceptance, and belief helped me find the strength to rebuild – this time on my own terms. I hope it helps you too.  

Menopause isn't the end — it's your awakening. Discover how to live vibrantly, purposefully, and unapologetically in the years ahead. You've lived, learned, and loved — now it's time to live fully. In this episode, we explore what it really means to embrace life beyond menopause with purpose, vitality, and confidence. Too often, society sidelines older women — but this is your time to shine, grow, and create the life you choose. Discover how to reignite your energy, nurture your well-being, and step boldly into your next chapter — because your story isn't over. It's just getting powerful.

After years of illness and a near-death experience from internal bleeding, I didn't know if I'd ever make it back — or what life would look like if I did. In this episode, I open up honestly about recovery, trauma, and finding hope again through nutrition, and self-care. It's about slowing down, listening to your body, and creating peace after the storm. If you've ever felt like life forced you to pause, this one's for you.   Because healing isn't just surviving — it's remembering how to live again.

Hi, this episode was first published on July 10th 2024 on another platform. I'll add it in here to keep some consistency in my episodes. Back then I believed I was finallly on the mend from years of being fobbed off with internal bleeding in my colon and methanogen overgrowth. Despite my best hopes there's been a long saga since then. More explanation.  I was still very weak and recovering when I did this post. It was the best I could do back then. So forgive it, especially if it's too fast. My head was a spin, I was trying to cope with the aftermath of being barbarically treated in hospital, put into a ward of confused patients and ignored by all bar one staff member and having to get my head around after major work in the theatre there was no aftercall protcol sent to the ward.  This was my intro from 2024.  I'm back finally from serious illness! What a journey it's been to reach this stage of wellness. For years if I'd been looked after properly by GPs I'd never have had to suffer, or miss out on, so much. I'm on the mend which is the most important thing. Thankfully, after an arduous journey of medical work, and healing I'm back in the best form I've been in years. I see even more now how ill I was and only dismissed by GPs. I've a whole new perspective and determination to help myself and other woman thrive in post menopause. Yes there'll be challenges but there is so many opportunities worth being at your best to savour, enjoy and experience. Then I had to navigate my road to wellness. Still more work to do but after 8 months of recovery I can start working again, live my life and stop being the hermit I had become. Saying i's great to be alive has a whole deeper meaning to me now as I do a whole reset.   You'll find more about me on ⁠www.marianhearne.ie ⁠ I did mention a freebie ready for download. It is no longer available. I will be adding this as an article on my Substack (link on my website above). You'll also find it obviously on my webstite then also. It's a glimpse of my views on ageing. If you're interested you'll find details of how you can work with me there too.   Enjoy my 8th episode of season 1. Yours in wellness Marian

In this episode I chatted with Louise Daubney, Time Design Coach, on how to create a daily schedule that sticks. Find out how you can build a healthier, happier and more fulfilling relationship with how you spend your time. Louisa shares ways you can start creating a flexible schedule, targeted to our specific priorities each day. We chat about how important it is to include both work, wellness and personal goals, so it represents your whole life. Louisa is a qualified personal performance coach and self-confessed time management geek. She works with women solopreneurs to build a healthier, happier and more fulfilling relationship with how they spend their time on their business, well-being and that passion project they have been wanting to start since leaving the corporate 9-5. She once let her ever growing to do list rule her life. Now she has a schedule in place which keeps her focused and on track to achieve her goals.   Where you can find Louisa online: Website: https://louisadaubney.co.uk/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/louisadaubney/ Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisadaubneytimedesigncoach/   Louisa's free stuff:  Download: Mastering your schedule: 10 steps to create a daily routine that sticks by clicking here    Sign up for her weekly newsletter: Monday Momentum Moment - where she shares ONE top tip towards building a healthier, happier and more fulfilling relationship with how you spend your time. You can sign up here   Working with Louisa  Join her group membership: Monday Momentum Meetups    Book a 1-2-1 Power Hour: where you'll do a deep dive into a current time related challenge that's stopping you from finding more time and energy to focus on what matters most to you; and work together to create an action plan to move forward     ---------------------------------------------------         Keep up to date with Marian: I'm a registered nutritional therapist and nutrition coach. I help midlife and post menopause people thrive. My focus is on helping you find your path to flourishing wellness and vitality by embracing strategies and tools on your way to a vivacious and vital life. To keep up to date  Sign up today at; Website  Instagram  Substack  

Hi Everyone, In this episode  I chatted with Linn Thorstensson on the illuminating topic of body image challenges as we age and how to move through life changes (including body changes) supporting our health and wellbeing without Diet Culture. Linn is a Non Diet Nutritionist who offers nutritional counselling to folx who struggle with their relationship to food, eating and their body. She practices from a Health At Every Size, trauma informed and social justice lens.  Sit back, grab a cuppa of your favourite herbal tea and enjoy. It's time to discover gems such as, the importance of dismantling societal beliefs of how we should age in order to reclaim ourselves and live our lives according to our rules.       Keep up to date with Linn Website  Instagram Substack Joyful + Nourishment Podcast             Keep up to date with Marian  Website  Instagram  Substack    

Hi foks, in this episode I'm doing a whistle stop tour of my perimenopause and early post menopause journey. I've been to hell and back with it so understand how impacted our lives can get with it. I'm also strong in the belief that there is a wonderful life past all the challenges that can be thrown at us. I'll share some tips on how I took back control in post menopause and how I'm so passionate about helping others on the same journey find their purpose, thrive and future proof their wellness as they age.  Enjoy!   Keep up to date with Marian Marian is  a registered nutritional therapist and nutrition coach. I help midlife and post menopause people thrive. My focus is on helping you find your path to flourishing wellness and vitality by embracing strategies and tools on your way to a vivacious and vital life. Sign up today at; Website  Instagram  Substack      

Hi folks! A huge warm welcome.  This episode is a very personal one about my journey to heal my gut and to get the help I need to sort long standing issues. Up to a few months ago I was fobbed off only leading to more pain, anxiety and other gut issues. I hope it inspires even one of you to never give hope on finding the help you deserve with any health issue. I kept it brief and didn't go into too much detail on the symptoms.  It's part one. I'll update on progress when I've useful and helpful information for you.    Marian I'm a registered nutritional therapist and nutrition coach. I help midlife and post menopause people thrive. My focus is on helping you find your path to flourishing wellness and vitality. It's about embracing strategies and tools on your way to a vivacious and vital life. To keep up to date  Sign up today at; Website  Instagram  Substack    

In this episode I chat with Sarah Hawkins on 5 ways to beat the perimenopausal bloat.   Sarah is the founder of F.I.G (Food Is Good) Nutrition and is a registered associate nutritionist and yoga teacher specialising in digestion and disordered eating. Combining nutrition and mindfulness, Sarah supports individuals to beat the bloat without the food restrictions, helping you to develop a healthy and happy relationship to food.   We chatted about 5 ways to tackle the perimenopause bloat, and the great news it doesn't include a list of foods you have to cut out. The topics we cover are; Nutrition with a focus on fibre and fluids Movement Mindfulness The importance of regularly eating for energy and reduced cravings Supporting your relationship to food           Sarah's contact details and download links: Website Instagram     Don't forget to grab your free downloads from Sarah that were mentioned in this episode: Fibre cheat sheet    Bloating cheat sheet     Emotional eating guide           To keep up to date with Marian  Sign up today at; Website  Instagram  Substack    

My first ever podcast guest is Laura Edralin. Laura is a calligraphy artist and teacher, happiness facilitator and qualified wellbeing coach. Laura's episode is all about mindful calligraphy. We chatted about; what calligraphy is the benefits of learning this mindful practice of creative writing how left handed people can take up calligraphy how to use this mindful practice to find your calming flow, in the busyness of life – with just a pen! I've attended a few of Laura's online calligraphy sessions and loved them. I sign off relaxed and loved I was learning a new hobby at the same time.       Check out more on Laura using the links below Website Lettering Life Club Workshops and courses How calligraphy teaches us more than beautiful writing Free downloads   Marian's website Sign up for updates at my website     Follow the show and never miss an episode! Apple   Spotify   

In this episode I'm sharing 8 of my strategies, to empower your ageless vivaciousness! If I learnt them when in perimenopause, I know they would've opened my eyes to the fact that I needed to stop burning the candles at both ends. That it was the time to prioritise myself so I could feel energised, relaxed and wanting to jump out of bed in the mornings to a joyful life I've purposely created. Plus, I'd have learnt the importance of building my own personalised toolkits to manage the symptoms and learn to take back control, work on future proofing my wellness as much as possible and to enjoy this next exciting phase of life.   I'm a registered nutritional therapist and nutrition coach. I help midlife and post menopause people thrive.   To keep up to date with Marian Sign up today at; Website  Instagram  Substack Follow the show and never miss an episode! Apple   Spotify and wherever you listen to your podcasts.