Everything starts with a thought.
In this powerful episode, Colette explores how to reshape your identity in midlife by shifting your mindset - from fear to freedom, from fatigue to possibility.
🧠 How neuroplasticity rewires your brain💬 Daily affirmations for confidence and clarity🌸 The mindset that transforms your next chapter
Find out more about the EmbodyHer Membership to build mindset rituals that last — at thegoddessacademy.co.uk
A shift in perspective can change everything - including your hormones, your mood, and your life. Colette shares how to reframe challenges, regulate your stress chemistry through thought, and find meaning even in the messy middle.
🔮 Why perspective changes your biology🪞 Journal prompt: What shift could lighten your load today?💬 Join the conversation inside Not Just Hormones on Facebook
Join my free Not Just Hormones group on Facebook - a space to reflect, reconnect, and rise together.
Tonight, let it be easy.
In this calming bedtime episode, Colette guides you through a gentle meditation to help you unwind, release tension, and remember that sleep is sacred - your body’s most powerful form of healing.
🌙 Why sleep is essential for hormone balance🕯 Simple evening rituals to calm your mind💫 A guided golden-light meditation to help you drift
Save this episode and play it each night until your body remembers how to rest.
If you’ve ever felt guilty for slowing down, this one’s for you.
Colette unpacks the truth about rest, hormones, and nervous system recovery and shares a simple breathing practice to calm your body and mind.
🌬 Learn why fatigue is feedback, not failure🧘♀️ How to rest without guilt💗 Guided breath work to regulate your nervous system
Practise this breathing exercise every day this week — then come back here and tell me how you do.
Menopause isn’t the end of strength - it’s the call to rebuild it.
In this episode, Colette shares why muscle is your greatest ally during midlife, how it protects your metabolism, bones, and mood, and what simple shifts you can make to feel strong and free again.
💪 Learn why muscle = longevity🍳 The truth about protein in midlife🧠 How strength training supports your hormones
Head to my Not Just Hormones Facebook Group and join our community of like minded women.
If you’ve ever said, “I used to cut back on food and the weight came off… but now nothing works,” you’re not alone. Midlife hormones change how our bodies use food — and old diet rules stop working.
In this episode of More Than Hormones, I share why calorie-cutting backfires in menopause, what your hormones really need, and how to use food as fuel for energy, mood, and strength. You’ll hear practical tips, a “day on a plate” example, and a simple ritual you can start today to feel more balanced and nourished.
Read the full blog post on this topic at thegoddessacademy.co.uk
Download your free Self-Love Starter Kit
Join the Not Just Hormones Facebook Group for recipes & support
One of the biggest shifts in midlife is learning how hormones affect everything from mood to metabolism.
In this episode of More Than Hormones, I share my own hormone rollercoaster, the truth about HRT (and the myths to ignore), plus the essential questions you should be asking your GP.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re “losing your spark,” this episode will show you that it’s not the end — it’s your body asking for a new approach.
Here is a link to the BLOG I mentioned - What is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)? A Complete Guide for Women in the UK
You'll find the PDF on this page.
Midlife isn’t meant to be navigated alone. In this episode of More Than Hormones, Colette Pienaar shares why community is at the heart of transformation - and how self-love and support go hand in hand.
She opens up about her own journey through writing (I Did and Then I Didn’t, With Permission, and Soul’s Echo), the healing power of dance and DJ training, and why she’s building the EMBODYHer Membership, retreats, and the PowerHer supplement range.
This is more than a podcast - it’s an invitation to join a movement that starts with self-love and expands into a whole new chapter of life.
Come and find me on socials :
Instagram : @thegoddessacademy_
TikTok: @thegoddessacademy_
Soundcloud : SYNC88
Self-love isn’t just a nice idea - it’s a daily practice. In this episode of More Than Hormones, Colette Pienaar shares her favourite self-love rituals and reframes to help you feel stronger, calmer, and more confident in midlife.
From quick morning rituals to mindset shifts you can use anywhere, you’ll learn how to take self-love out of theory and into your life.
Midlife health isn’t just about eating less or moving more. It’s about building a foundation that works with your body, not against it. In this episode of More Than Hormones, Colette Pienaar - Menopause PT and Founder of The Goddess Academy — introduces you to the Four Pillars of her method: Nourish, Train, Recover, and Reframe.
You’ll learn how each one supports your hormones, your mindset, and your confidence - and how to start applying them today.
Self-love is not selfish. It’s survival.
In this episode of More Than Hormones, I open Chapter 1 of my book and share why self-love became the foundation of my midlife journey.
You’ll hear the start of my story, reflections on what it means for women in menopause, and a simple ritual you can bring into your week right now.
✨ Join the conversation in the Not Just Hormones Facebook Group
✨ Download your free Self-Love Starter Kit at thegoddessacademy.co.uk
✨ Check out details of the EmbodyHer Mini Retreat
✨ I Did & Then I Didn't - pick up a copy on Amazon
And here is the PLAYLIST - Spotify or Soundcloud
✨ EPISODE 01 is LIVE! ✨
Welcome to the very first episode of More Than Hormones!
This podcast has been a dream of mine for so long — a space where we can finally have real conversations about midlife and menopause.
Yes, hormones play a role… but this chapter is about so much more.
It’s about identity, confidence, health, love, and creating the life you actually want from here.
In this opening episode, I share:
💗 Why I started this podcast
💗 My own journey through midlife shifts
💗 The 5 pillars that helped me reclaim my body, mind & spirit
💗 What you can expect in the episodes to come
🎧 Listen now and join me on this journey — because midlife isn’t the end, it’s your comeback.
👉 Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, and come say hi over on Instagram @thegoddessacademy_ or in my Facebook group Not Just Hormones. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this first episode! 💬
👉 Grab a copy of my book I Did & Then I Didn't here
#MoreThanHormones #MidlifeComeback #MenopauseSupport #GoddessAcademy
Ever felt like menopause hijacked your body, your confidence, and your mojo?
More Than Hormones is your midlife wake-up call. I’m your host, Colette Pienaar — menopause mentor, PT, and founder of The Goddess Academy.
This is where we cut through the noise and dive into what really matters: getting strong, feeling sexy, and becoming unshakably well.
Each episode brings you real talk, practical tools, and empowering conversations that go way beyond symptoms — into your strength, your power, and your comeback.
✨ New episodes every fortnight.
✨ Hit follow now — and let’s rewrite midlife together.