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Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine81 - Your HRT Questions Answered with Jennifer Gularson.In today's episode Jody chats with Jennier Gularson, a physician assistant who specialises in hormone health for women in perimenopause and menopause. Jennifer is a functional medicine practitioner who spends her days helping women understand the type of HRT they may need for their symptoms. We discuss the different types of HRT, pellets, transdermal, shots and why. Some women benefit from taking HRT daily in the form of a trans dermal cream or others with busy lives may be better off with a patch that is applied several times a week. We speak about some of the side effects...
2026-03-131h 06Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine80 - Rachel Nokes: The Magic In Mantra On The Mind.Today Jody welcomes Rachel Nokes, yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Lifestyle consultant to the podcast to discuss the healing powers of mantra. Rachel has been a devoted yogi for many years and initially introduction to mantra came on her first yoga training. At first she didn't warm to the practice but after being introduced to it again on another yoga teacher training she was hooked. Rachel recognised the transformative power of the practice of quieting the mind and she now incorporates mantra into all of her yoga classes.Reciting mantra can be challenging, Rachel says and one needs...
2026-03-0649 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine79 - Yogi Cameron: Ayurveda Asks "Is This The Life You Want?Jody welcomes Ayurvedic practitioner Yogi Cameron to the podcast today to speak about how Ayurveda treats the person, not the symptom. He speaks about how he works with clients these days to the capacity they are able to hold and that a person with only heal if they believe healing is possible. We discuss the importance of getting to know the patient and asking the right questions, one of his favourite questions being "Is this the life you want?"Yogi Cameron describes how the ego can confuse our minds and have us questioning everything because o...
2026-02-2757 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine78 - Nature Is The Medicine with Jody Vassallo.Jody talks us through what it is like to experience one of her Back to Nature retreats and why she has chosen camping over luxe accommodation. The benefits of being on the land quickly help guests relax and ground, right from the moment they arrive and start setting up the tent, Jody can see the elements working to connect them into the space and ground their energy.Jody describes how she has designed these retreats to help bring people back home to themselves through reminding them of their natural connection with the elements. Doing yoga under the s...
2026-02-2034 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine77 - The Benefits Of Breathwork with Brett Aldrich.Brett Aldrich joins Jody on the podcast today to discuss the benefits of breathwork for the different doshas. Brett is a yogi, breathwork teacher and Ayurvedic practitioner. She talks about how emotions are stored in the body and that breathwork can help people release those emotions.We chat about cyclical breathwork, in through the mouth and out through the mouth can create a deep awareness in the body and activate relaxation. Cyclical breathwork takes people into their parasympathetic nervous system and can regulate the nervous system.Brett speaks about how different doshas may require a...
2026-02-131h 02Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine76 - Your Misaligned Feet May Be Creating Your Knee And Hip Issues with Kat Villain.Kat Villain joins Jody today to speak about all things yoga and alignment. Kat teaches Katonah Yoga, Breathwork and Spirituality and shares in detail about how we need to start with the breath to get us back into the body. Once we are in our body we can begin to see how our feet create the foundation for the rest of the body and that proper cueing for the feet can change everything.Kat describes how misalignment in the feet will show up in our hips and then ripple up through the whole body. She details how...
2026-02-0659 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine75 - Foot Soaking And How It May Help Hot Flushes And Tinnitus with Dr Yue Wang.Today Jody speaks to Dr Yue Wang, a holistic Chinese Medicine Menopause doctor about the benefits of foot soaking. Yue covers why foot soaking can benefit women with menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, tinnitus, brain fog and anxiety. She walks us through the water temperature, ingredients that can be added to the water, how long the feet need to be soaked and why foot soaking is favoured over hot baths, dry saunas and showers.Dr Yue also speaks about the importance of getting adequate sun exposure and how often women in menopause are deficient in Vitamin...
2026-01-301h 01Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine74 - Is Your Root Canal Ruining Your Health with Dr Michelle Jorgensen.Today Jody is joined by Dr Michelle Jorgensen to discuss all things dental. Michelle changed the way she practised dentistry after a health crisis that she discovered was from the removal of mercury fillings.We speak about how root canal treatment leads to the infection in the tooth going deeper into the body, causing auto-immune disease and other serious health issues. Removal of the tooth is the only option Michelle stresses once the nerve is dead.Michelle talks about why flouride is no longer a viable treatment option in dentistry and how hydroxyapatite can help...
2026-01-231h 02Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine73 - Dr Shivani Gupta: The Inflammation Code - Is Your Lifestyle Inflaming You?Dr Shivani Gupta joins Jody on Changing Seasons podcast today to talk about her new book called The Inflammation Code. Shivani describes how she grew up being treated by both western medicine and her Indian grandmother's spices cabinet. Later in life after dealing with leaky gut issues in her own life she was motivated to research the root causes of what was causing inflammation in our bodies. Shivani came to understand that sleep clears inflammation and as we age sleep is important and vital for health and longevity.We discuss how the different doshas can adjust their l...
2026-01-161h 03Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine72 - The Red Thread: Connecting Us To Our Female Ancestors with Tahnee Taylor.Today Tahnee Taylor returns to Changing Seasons podcast to discuss The Red Thread, a concept that Tahnee shared a few months back with Jody about the deep connection to our female ancestors and how it impacts our lives.We cover a lot of ground in this conversation today with Tahnee, she shares about seasons within seasons and how she is noticing a shift since turning forty and feeling she is coming out of her summer within summer and moving into the harvest time where she can sense the energy changing.Tahnee talks about how education...
2026-01-091h 28Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine71 - Is Your Floppy Tongue Affecting How You Breathe In Your Sleep with Ronda Holman.Ronda Holman joins Jody today on Changing Seasons podcast to discuss why mouth breathing is impacting your sleep, your mouth health and how it can lead to severe health issues over time.We discuss mouth tape and who should use it and who should steer away from using it. Ronda explains why strengthening the 8 muscles in the tongue is essential for a good night's sleep and speaks about why floppy tongue can become such an issue as we age.Jody and Ronda look at the Ayurvedic practice of oil pulling and Nasya and why both...
2026-01-021h 10Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine70 - The Art of Noticing: Japan's 72 Micro-Seasons with Emily Smith.Today Jody welcomes Emily Smith to the Changing Seasons podcast. Emily is a documentary film maker who recently moved to Japan and has found herself reconnecting with her mothers heritage through foraging and the 72 mico seasons.Growing up in England Emily had struggled to find her place, yet always felt at home in nature, she would forage cobnuts with her father and enjoyed the freedom she felt outdoors.Two years ago on a holiday to Japan Emily discovered a house in a small village and immediately felt a deep connection to the land there. She...
2025-12-261h 12Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine69 - Japan Reflections and the Messy Middle of Perimenopause with Jody Vassallo.In today's episode Jody talks about her recent food tour to Japan and how she was reminded that food can create a beautiful connection between us and the seasons. She shares how she noticed that eating the foods in season and embracing local rituals like bath in onsens calmed her nervous system and in turn meant her digestive system was free of gas, bloating or constipation.Jody goes on to discuss the frustration she is feeling at the moment around the messaging in the world around women and menopause. She speaks about how important the messy middle...
2025-12-1949 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine68 - Hormones Through a TCM Lens with Clara Cohen.Clara Cohen joins Jody today on Changing Seasons podcast to discuss hormones through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Clara talks in detail about the different ages and stages of development in men and women and how mens cycles are ruled by the sun and women's cycles by the moon and how this impacts our energy and hormones.We discuss what organ systems govern and balance our hormones and what lifestyle factors are contributing to hormone imbalance.Clara talks about endometriosis and how trauma and emotional disharmony can impact the condition.Links:
2025-12-121h 11Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine67 - Dinacharya: The Daily Routine That Can Reduce Inflammation with Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya.Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya joins us on Changing Seasons podcast to discuss the power of Dinacharya, a daily Ayurvedic practice that she discovered could help treat inflammation, thyroid conditions, gut issues and auto- immune diseases. Bhaswati talks about how she works with her patients to establish daily routines that not only increase ojas but also improve self-esteem.We discuss her favourite Ayurvedic herbs, which include vijaya (cannabis), haritaki, Shativari, and Bhaswati describes how to use them.I learnt so much from this conversation and hope you will too.Where to find Dr...
2025-12-051h 42Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine66 - Coming Home to Your Body with the Po Spirit with Lorie Dechar.Today we welcome Lorie Dechar acupuncturist, psychotherapist, author, teacher, poet and mentor to Changing Seasons podcast to talk about the spirits in TCM. Lorie shares how she came to understand the spirits and describes how her menopausal experience helped her to connect with them.Lorie spends time describing how the five elements are a wheel and the spirits operate more on a central axis. She speaks about how the Po spirit calls us back home to our bodies possibly through grief and loss in younger years and for a lot of us in menopause.We...
2025-11-281h 08Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine65 - Know Your Element, Know Yourself with Ashley Abbs.Today Jody welcomes author, acupuncturist and artist Ashley Abbs to the podcast to speak about the five different personality types in Chinese Medicine. Ashley describes in detail the occupation that each element is drawn to, the way they approach challenges or setbacks and what sends them out of balance.We discuss how each element is impacted by perimenopause and Ashley gives some helpful tips that she uses with clients to help restore balance.This is a fascinating episode for anyone who is interested in understanding more about themselves through the lens of Chinese medicine.
2025-11-211h 33Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine64 - Stop Asking Others. Your Body Knows with Nidhi Pandya.In today's episode of Changing Seasons Jody welcomes Ayurvedic Practitioner, teacher and author Nidhi Pandya to speak about her new book 'Your Body Already Knows'.Nidhi shares how growing up and sharing her home with her grandfather whose life was deeply informed by Ayurvedic wisdom informed how she views health and wellness. She believes that we have become so conditioned to asking others to prescribe what is right for us that we have lost touch with the inner wisdom of the body. In her book Nidhi shares the three principles that she advocates that can h...
2025-11-1444 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine63 - Jody Vassallo: Returning to Balance with Ayurveda.Today Jody discusses how we can balance our doshas when they go out of balance. We look at what we can do with nature, sight, sound, mantra, exercise and emotionally to help settle us. Ayurveda uses the opposite quality to help treat an imbalance so if your body is dry you will need to use moisture internally and externally to remedy that, if your body is cold eating warm cooked food will be beneficial. This is a great episode for anyone who is new to Ayurveda and looking to understand how to treat their body holistically to br...
2025-11-0741 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine62 - Edwina Peden: The Perimenopause Summit - Navigating Perimenopause and Self-Care.Edwina sits down with Ayurvedic health coach and author Jody Vassallo for a candid, nourishing conversation on meeting perimenopause as a rite of passage - not a problem to “fix.” Through the lenses of Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jody shares the practices, foods, and mindset shifts that cooled her hot flushes, eased anxiety, and helped her honour this season with grace. Expect practical guidance (hello, coriander–cumin–fennel tea), nervous-system care (yin yoga, Yoga Nidra, breath), and a powerful reminder to slow down, listen, and trust your body.Key takeaways:Perimenopause is a passage, not a pa...
2025-10-311h 11Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine61 - Marissa Clohesy: Conceiving and Mothering in Perimenopause.In today's episode Jody welcomes Marissa Clohesy. Marissa gave birth to her first child at 49 years of age through egg donorship from a kind woman who worked at a clinic where she regularly had bloods done. Following the birth of her first child had three more viable embryos that she needed to use, she explains she looks at IVF through a very scientific lens - you need a womb, an egg and sperm. The next attempt saw Marissa miscarriage and she believes it was due to her doing too much, not resting and thinking she just needed to hurry...
2025-10-231h 11Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine60 - Jody Vassallo: Loneliness Through The Lens Of Ayurveda.Today Jody ponders how the space element relates to loneliness. In Ayurveda the elements of air and space (ether) combine to create the vata dosha. Although we can clearly see and feel the elements of air, earth, water and fire, space is a little different.Space or too much space between us and others equates to loneliness, fear of too much space leads to overshopping, overeating and clutter in our homes. We know space by feeling it. Jody touches on each of the doshas and how they may deal with feelings of loneliness and why t...
2025-10-1736 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine59 - Kimberly Ann Johnson: Menopause - The Only Way Out Is Through.Today Jody welcomes Kimberly Ann Johnson to the Changing Seasons podcast. Kimberly is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Sexological Bodyworker, author and postpartum advocate. We discuss how Kimberly's own postpartum journey has informed her menopause story and why she has chosen to focus on the positive changes she has seen in her body and life in menopause. She tells how at one point during menopause she went to a naturopath thinking she may need some estrogen only to be given a raft of hormones that came with strict warnings about not coming in contact with small children and animals...
2025-10-101h 01Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine58 - Sole Del Riccio-Smith & Dylan Smith: Our Conception Story.Today Jody is joined by Sole Del Riccio-Smith and Dylan Smith to discuss their fertility and postpartum journey. In this conversation we cover their preconception preparation and how they did 30 days of Panchakarma at home during COVID under the guidance of their Ayurvedic doctor. They both highlight how important it was for them to surrender themselves totally to the process even up to the point of waiting for their Vaidya (Dr) to say the time was right for them to start trying to conceive. Sole shares how important it was for her to have a qu...
2025-10-0357 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine57 - Kimberly Ashton: Making Food Your Medicine.Today Jody welcomes Kimberley Ashton from Qi Food Therapy to the Changing Seasons podcast. We discuss in detail why certain foods will soothe and nourish the digestive system and other foods will aggravate and inflame it. She highlights the role of the sweet and salty flavours in our body. Kimberly explains why we need to consume good quality sweet flavoured foods to help relax and satiate the body and high and that salt is needed to strengthen the body.We have a diet culture and the reduction approach the western has around food and how we are...
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The Perimenopause Summit: Rise in GraceYour Kitchen Apothecary: Food as Medicine for Perimenopause with Jody VassalloIn this heart-centred conversation, Edwina sits down with Ayurvedic health coach and author Jody Vassallo (The Yogic Kitchen) to explore the messy, beautiful, and empowering realities of perimenopause and menopause.Together they dive into: 🌼 The importance of offering alternative perspectives beyond mainstream hormone replacement therapy (HRT). 🌼 Jody’s personal journey through perimenopause and menopause, including anxiety, body changes, and her shift into deeper self-care and trust. 🌼 Ayurvedic practices for managing symptoms like hot flushes, sleep disturbances, and anxiety—through cooling foods, yoga, breathwork, and lifestyle rituals. 🌼 Why mindful eating, seasonal rhythms, and oil-based self-care (like...
2025-09-201h 10Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine56 - Carly Merlo: The Good Oil - Understanding Ayurvedic Oils.Today Jody welcomes Carly Merlo, owner of Bio Veda to the podcast to discuss the A-Z of Ayurvedic oils and how different medicated oils are prized for the healing process.Ayurveda has been using oils on the body, hair and internally for thousands of years, black sesame oil or coconut oil are used as the carriers for the medicinal herbs which are warmed and then applied to the skin before bathing.Bala oil is the oil of choice of Shirodhara, a therapeutic treatment that works to calm Vata in the Body.Saffron oil...
2025-09-191h 10Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine55 - Jody Vassallo: How Is Your Sleep?Today Jody takes a close look at sleep through the lens of Ayurveda. Sleep or nidra is an integral part of your health and there are many factors that influence the quality and quantity of your sleep. The different doshas can all experience their own issues with sleep and as we age sleep can become more disturbed. Jody discusses how what you eat before bed, the time you go to sleep, the pjs you wear, the sheets you tuck into and the room you sleep in can impact the quality of your sleep.Perimenopause can pl...
2025-09-1241 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine54 - Sonia Lloyd: Is Your Skin Care Aging You?Today Jody meets Sonia Lloyd from Rasara Skinfood about how to treat your skin using the principles of Ayurveda. After a skin flare up in her late teens Sonia tried many things unsuccessfully to treat the problem. Fast forward to today and Sonia now owns an Ayurvedic Skin & Hair Care range that is so pure you can literally eat it.In our conversation today we cover the magic healing properties of castor oil and how it is an absolute gift for the skin. We discuss the different skin problems that each of the doshas can e...
2025-09-051h 21Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine53 - Holly Davis: Respecting What We Eat.Today Jody welcomes whole-food chef and cookbook author Holly Davis to Changing Seasons podcast to discuss Food as Medicine. We speak about how Holly discovered macrobiotics at the age of 14 and how it continues to influence how she cooks and prepares food to this day. Holly shares about how she used to be a macrobiotic zealot and these days her approach to food is much more about respect and the nourishment and joy we can get from sharing food we have prepared with those we love.We discuss Holly's passion for fermentation and that she h...
2025-08-2957 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine52 - Jody Vassallo: What Should I Eat?Today Jody talks about how Ayurveda looks at digestion and how we can learn what foods are best suited for the different body types and their relevant doshas.Digestive fire or agni is dependent on a range of things, the food we consumed yesterday and how it was broken down, our prana, sleep and lifestyle choices. When digestive fire it can not only impact our digestive system, it can lead to a change in our mood and our behaviour.Jody discusses the six tastes and the elements that make up each taste and how each...
2025-08-2254 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine51 - Jody Vassallo: Understanding Your Body in Perimenopause.In today's episode Jody touches on the common physical and emotional symptoms she sees in Perimenopause from an Ayurvedic perspective.Weight gain, anxiety, hot flashes, anger, forgetfulness, waking up between 1-3am are all ways that our bodies are trying to communicate with us to stay something is not right, something is out of balance, something needs to change and it is up to us whether we choose to listen or medicate the messages.If you are looking for help navigating your way through perimenopause book an Ayurvedic session with Jody to find out how...
2025-08-151h 06Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine50 - Jody Vassallo: The Qualities of the Doshas.Today Jody talks about the qualities of each of the Ayurvedic Doshas and how they show up in the body, mind and emotions.She explains how Ayurveda balances disturbances in the qualities of the Doshas by treating with the opposite quality in another Dosha. For example, if your Vata is out of balance and your skin is dry you start incorporating ghee into your diet to balance the dryness.This is part one of a three part series with Jody that will cover the Doshas and provide simple ways to understand your body from an...
2025-08-0856 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine49 - Lisa FItzpatrick: Sexy Menopause.*Caution this conversation contains references to sexual assault.Today pelvic floor and sexual therapist Lisa Fitzpatrick returns to Changing Seasons podcast to speak to Jody about Sexy Menopause. Lisa believes it is possible for every woman to enjoy sex throughout perimenopause and beyond and describes the blocks standing in the way of women doing so.We discuss how women store tension and past trauma in the pelvic and how if it is not addressed it can lead to them experiencing pain, discomfort and lack of interest in sex during perimenopause. Lisa explains that many women...
2025-08-011h 00Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine48 - Lucette Romy: No Greater Grief.Today on the podcast Jody speaks with Lucette Romy about the death of her baby boy Dash. Lucette birthed Dash at home and the birth was beautiful and without complications. However, six hours after his birth Dash's colour had not improved and after checking with their birth keeper and then their GP they finally made the decision to call paramedics. Unfortunately Dash did not survive. His body was sent away for an autopsy and Lucette describes how this was one of the hardest things for her to reconcile but how the results of the autopsy helped give her answers...
2025-07-251h 19Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine47 - Paula Rastrick: Is It Your Nervous System Or Your Hormones?Today Jody speaks to Trauma Therapist Paula Rastrick about how the nervous system impacts our hormones. Paula shares her story of being prescribed HRT and the complications that arose from being over prescribed estrogen. Following this she embarked upon a journey of trying to understand how trauma and a disregulated nervous system can play havoc with a womens hormones in puberty, pregnancy and perimenopause. Paula believes that we need to learn how to stay within our Window of Tolerance by learning how to strengthen the Vagus Nerve and describes some of the practices we can do to d...
2025-07-181h 25Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine46 - Shonali Sabherwal: Gut Health Is Everything.Today Jody speaks to Shonali Sabherwal Macrobiotic Nutritionist & Chef about the Macrobiotic and Ayurvedic approach to gut health. Shonali shares that she has attended a Panchakarma (an Ayurvedic detox protocol) once a year since she was in her 20's. She discusses what the 3 week protocol involves in Panchakarma and why anything shorter than 21 days is not recommended.We discuss how gut health can impact the skin, the hair and our brain and how these days there are so many environmental factors impacting our gut in a negative way.Get In Touch:...
2025-07-1146 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine45 - Nicole Lange: Trauma and How It Can Impact Fertility.Nicole Lange is an acupuncturist who has a Masters in Chinese Medicine, she has spent her entire career focused on working with women. Today she chats with Jody about her wholistic approach to supporting women through their fertility journey. We speak about the impact trauma can have on women's fertility and how the process of trying to fall pregnant can be a traumatic experience for some women.Nicole believes that it is essential for women to understand that their bodies need to be in a relaxed environment to fall pregnant. She works closely with her clients to...
2025-07-041h 07Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine44 - Sarah Megginson: My Surrogate Journey.Today Sarah Megginson returns to the podcast to speak with Jody about her decision to be a surrogate for her friend Lisa Messenger. Sarah had given birth to three healthy children of her own and at the same time had watched Lisa and her partner go through many years of failed IVF attempts.One day she asked LIsa if she would be open to her being a surrogate. That was nearly two years ago and Lisa and her partner now have a healthy little boy called Hugo.Jody and Sarah speak in depth a...
2025-06-271h 02Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine43 - How the Changing Seasons Impact Us with Jody Vassallo.In today's episode Jody explores how the changing seasons of the year impact each of the different Doshas. Ayurveda says that we need to protect our bodies around the junctions of the seasons and we discuss how Vata types need to take extra care in the transition from Summer to Autumn. Kapha from Winter into Spring and pitta from Spring into Summer.Jody then discusses the different seasons of life - Kapha 0-18yrs, Pitta 18-45 yrs and Kapha 45-death and speaks about how each of these life seasons impacts the constitutions."Send u...
2025-06-2044 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine42 - Dr Jimi Wollumbin: The Distressing State of Male Fertility.Today Dr Jimi Wollumbin returns to chat with Jody about the distressing state of male fertility across the globe. Jimi shares disturbing research figures on the declining rates of male fertility across all age groups of men.We speak about the negative impact that increased exposure to toxic substances in our environment is having on male sperm count, sperm motility and testosterone levels.A man with low testerone will struggle with how they interact with women and also how they see themselves. JImi stresses that we have had the role of testosterone in the male...
2025-06-131h 28Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine41 - Psychological Characteristics Of The Doshas.Today Jody is speaking about the psychological characteristics of the Ayurvedic constitutions (doshas) Vata, Pitta, Kapha. The intention of this episode is to help listeners understand why they behave in the way they do. Jody talks about how the different elements - air, space, fire, water and earth can impact how we live our lives, make the choices we make and find it difficult to break out of unhealthy patterns.Each constitution has its strengths and challenges and often people can take the characteristics of their constitution personally and tell themselves there is something wrong w...
2025-06-0643 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine40 - Jody Vassallo: Babies Aren't Made By Wishing.Today Jody speaks about her personal failed fertility journey. After realising in her mid-forties that she may not meet the man of her dreams and have a family she embarked on a solo mission to have a child. She chose to start with sperm donorship. Approaching male friends first to see if they may be open to donation, after coming to a dead end there she moved onto the internet and interviewed many doctors before finding an anaesthetist who agreed to help her. Failing there she ended up in a fertility clinic where she tried IU...
2025-05-3045 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine39 - Lola Berry: So you want to freeze your embryos? You may need your therapist on speed dial.Today Jody talks to nutritionist, actor and presenter Lola Berry about her and her partner Matt's decision to freeze her embryos instead of eggs. Their choice to delay having a family came after Lola chose to leave her life in Australia to pursue her dream career in acting and presenting in Los Angeles.Lola is honest and totally open about the IVF process, the harvesting of the egg and the agonising days after the eggs are fertilised where Lola discovered that not all embryos will survive or be considered viable for freezing.Mental health was...
2025-05-2352 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine38 - Catie Gett: My Experience with HRT (Part 2).Today Catie Gett returns to discuss her ongoing experience with HRT. Catie speaks about how HRT is not a fix all and that women need to monitor its efficacy and communicate their symptoms with their doctor. Up until now Catie has been using patches and she is considering changing to a hormone cream or Mirena as she is starting to experience a return in her anxiety.We cover plenty of ground in this conversation, revisiting how essential it is to monitor our exposure to stress in perimenopause as it can impact the adrenals ability to produce estrogen...
2025-05-161h 01Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine37 - Improve Your Agni And Heal Your Digestion And Hormones with Myra Lewin.Today Jody speaks with Myra Lewin, founder of Hale Pule about the power of Agni (digestive fire) and how by healing our digestion we can bring our hormones into balance and also change our bodies.We cover many topics in this episode starting with our dosha and the difference between our Prakriti (constitution) and Vikriti (imbalance) and how important it is to be aware of how our bodies are feeling everyday, after we eat, move and exercise. Myra speaks about overeating and the negative impact it had on her own health which eventually led to a...
2025-05-0958 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine36 - Using Ayurveda to Find Calm & Beauty in Menopause with Christina Covington.Today Jody speaks to Ayurvedic Practitioner Christina Covington about how we can use Ayurveda to find beauty in the menopausal journey. We discuss the importance and value in having a regular self care routine (Dinacharya) and how the practice of Abyhanga (self-massage) can bring calming and softening to the body and spirit.Christina describes a gentle morning practice that women can do to welcome in the elements and emphasizes the importance of slowing down and letting go of old ways of doing life.Website:https://www.embodyedayurveda.com/10 Day...
2025-05-021h 02Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine35 - Why Tending To Our Fascia Is So Vital To Our Health with Brooke McPoyle.Today Jody speaks with Brooke McPoyle about the body's scaffolding system - the fascia.We talk about what it is, it's role in the body and why keeping it hydrated is so important as we age. Brooke describes her experience with Plantar Fasciitis and how often prescribed treatments are not working on the problem area. Emotions are stored in the fascia and we highlight how breath and song can help greatly in relieving the body of stress and tension.Brooke challenges the current treatment for injury - R.I.C.E and argues why it...
2025-04-251h 02Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine34 - Is it Perimenopause or Hashimoto’s or Both? With Libby Munro.Today Jody interviews Libby Munro, a nutritionist who specialises in the auto immune disease Hashimoto’s, thyroid and gut health. Libby describes the symptoms of Hashi’s – hair loss, moon face, brain fog, temperature regulation, insomnia, muscle and bone loss and talks about the crossover with symptoms of perimenopause.We speak about the treatment options for women living with Hashi’s and how stress needs to be addressed as cortisol is a major trigger for the disease.Libby encourages all women with Hashi’s to ensure they are consuming adequate protein for their body weight...
2025-04-181h 09Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine33 - What Menopause Does to Women's Wealth with Sarah Megginson & Simone Clarke.Today Jody speaks with Sarah Megginson, personal finance expert and Simone Clarke from UN CEO United Nations Women Australia. Sarah and Simone are two of the authors of the State of Women's Wealth Report 2025.They report the menopause can mean an average hit of $40,000 to a women's superannuation balance. We discuss ways that women can reduce this impact by contributing more to superannuation in the years leading up to menopause and how we should all be encouraging our daughters to be more mindful about investing in their future at a younger age.Women 50+ are the...
2025-04-111h 05Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine32 - We Are Addicted to Yang with Dr. Anny Fodor.Today Jody speaks with Dr Anny Fodor about women's approach to perimenopause and how we need less not more in our lives. Anny discusses the importance of slowing down, listening in and disconnecting from all of the noise of the outside world.Anny talks about the benefits of Qi Gong in supporting the joints and the bones and how she has a vision of every household prioritising touch as a way of supporting our systems.Website: https://www.annybodywellness.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annybodywellness/?hl=en...
2025-04-041h 16Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine31 - Making Ayurveda Accessible to Everyone with Gabriel Perera.In todays conversation with Gabriel Perera Founder and CEO of Wellness brand Ora Health.Jody talks about her journey with the teachings of Ayurveda. She shares how in the first 5 years of practising Ayurveda she was quite rigid in her approach, then overtime her approach has softened. Jody and Gabriel discuss practitioner guilt that comes from feeling one has to always be healthy unless they have a sense of failing in the wellness world.We cover dinacharya (a daily routine) and how to follow a schedule that suits you and is sustainable. ...
2025-03-281h 26Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine30 - Understanding the Root Cause of Menopausal Symptoms with Elyse Comerford.Today Jody speaks with Integrative Nutritionist and GAPS Practitioner Elyse Comerford about how she works with women to help the understand the root causes of their menopausal symptomsElyse describes how exposure to harmful chemicals, liver congestion, thyroid issues and adrenal function all contribute to the problems women experience during perimenopause and menopause.We discuss how the decision to take HRT is an individual choice and that no women should feel pressured or ashamed about the option they feel is right for them. Elyse highlights the problem that occurs with any long term hormone use...
2025-03-211h 09Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine29 - How Our Bodies Respond To Perceived Threats with Dr Olivia Lesslar.Today Jody speaks with Dr Olivia Lesslar about psychoneuroimmunology and how our brain communicates with the body when it perceives it is under threat. Olivia breaks down the 8 ancient survival threats and explains that we are now living in a world where humans are constantly being bombarded with messages that tell the brain that our safety is at risk.Dr Lesslar explains the difference between a disease and a syndrome and how work involves getting the patient to acknowledge that unexplained symptoms are a result of the body trying to protect them.We d...
2025-03-151h 13Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine28 - Menopause - The Long Game with Jody Vassallo.Today Jody speaks about some of the current hot topics in the perimenopause and menopause arena. How much protein should we be eating and is eating 120g a day making you very Pitta - hot and smelly. Are you taking care of your bones and if you are Vata how you need to be very aware and cautious in your approach. Brain health and how in Ayurveda it is directly related to gut health which is still something that isn't given much press. Jody talks about the spiritual nature of the menopause journey and how important it i...
2025-03-081h 00Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine27 - The Spiritual Nature of Perimenopause with Kris Gonzalez.Today Jody chats with Kris Gonzalez about walking a conscious path through perimenopause. Kris is an acupuncturist and educator who spends most of her time these days bringing awareness to how to help women transition into perimenopause gently.Our conversation talks about the influence of the breath on the bowel and how important it is in perimenopause for women to be breathing in a relaxed manner.We also speak about the perimenopause as the autumn season of a woman's life and how we can see dryness in the skin, weight gain, inflammation in the joints...
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The Co-Creating Wellness PodcastA Modern Ayurvedic Perspective on Menopause // Jody VassalloIn this episode, we sit down with Ayurvedic health coach, counsellor, yoga teacher and cookbook author Jody Vassallo to explore the transformative power of Ayurveda in modern life. This is a fresh, modern perspective on peri-menopause and menopause and the application of proven Ayurvedic principles to this often challenging rite of passage. In this episode, Jody shares her perspectives on the Ayurvedic view of menopause in a woman's life (and in Jody's life specifically), and how she's seeking to reframe her menopause as an opportunity for personal growth rather than something that needs to be 'fixed'.
2025-02-261h 30Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine26 - The Importance of Healing Deep Core Wounding with Lisa Darveniza.Lisa Darveniza is a counsellor, psychotherapist. Growth work teacher and group facilitator and the founder of Awareness Work. She joins Jody today to talk about the importance of healing the core wounding we experience in childhood. Lisa has developed a 6 month program that guides participants through the steps of rediscovering their authentic self.We discuss the positive impact work in a group setting can have on growth and healing as it allows people to see there are not broken or different. After having made this subject her life’s work Lisa believes that peop...
2025-02-2154 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine25 - The Wounded Witch & The Unwounded Womb with Dr. Jimi Wollumbin.Dr Jimi Wollumbin returns today to speak with Jody about The Wounded Witch/ Healer archetype and the magnificent unwounded womb. We speak about the womb being far more than a home for babies and its important role of connecting a woman to her soul.In this episode Jimi introduces us to the world of mythopoetic thinking which helps us understand a concept through the lens of myth. He speaks about the importance of owning our wounds if we want to become healers. Suffering is an essential part of life that is taking us close to o...
2025-02-141h 18Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine24 - How Your Adrenals Manage Cortisol & Estrogen with Catie GettIn this episode Catie talks about her personal perimenopause journey.As a naturopath entering this phase of life in burnout meant she was acutely aware that had to closely manage her health, especially her adrenals. She became vigilant about avoiding cortisol spikes and started making big changes to her life. Catie reveals how she decided to give HRT a go for 3 months after being exhausted and at her wits end after expeiencing a period that had lasted 3 weeks.This is a must listen episode .Online Course: Perimenopause Decoded ...
2025-02-071h 21Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine23 - The magic of fasting the heart and mind with Tahnee TaylorIn todays episode Jody speaks with Tahnee Taylor. Tahnee is a Taoist energetic teacher, yin yoga teacher, mother to 3 beautiful babes and owner of Superfeast with her husband Mason.Jody and Tahnee talk about traditional approaches to menopause and how menopause is considered to be the autumn of a woman’s life in Chinese medicine. Tahnee explains the principles of Wu Wei the Taoist concept of non-doing and meeting things as they are instead of where you would like them to be.We discuss how menopause is a time where a woman is req...
2025-01-311h 36Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine22 - Reflecting on my menopausal journey with Jody VassalloIn this episode Jody speaks about her menopausal journey. She reflects on the changes she has seen in the menopausal arena, in the science and the recommendations around hormone replacement therapy. Jody looks at how grief has been ongoing for her as she navigates the autumn of her life and she speaks honestly and vulnerably about how she struggled to make her peace with the non-negotiable changes that were happening to her life, body and brain."Send us a message"Support the showConnect:Website • https://www.jod...
2025-01-241h 12Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine21 - The Pelvic Floor - what all women need to know with Kim VopiniIn this episode Jody talks with Kim Vopini, Vagina Coach, about all things pelvic floor. We discuss prolapse, incontinence, urgency and hormones. Kim shares her personal experience with prolapse and Jody reveals her own journey and how strengthening the pelvic floor may not be a good thing and why.This is an episode you won't want to miss. We cover so many topics including vaginal estrogen and the benefits women can experience from using it.Instagram: vaginacoachWebsite: https://www.vaginacoach.com/"Send us a message"
2025-01-1758 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine20 - Learning how to honour the “pause” with Edwina PedenEdwina Peden guides women through perimenopause using the wisdom of Ayurveda. As a perimenopausal women herself Edwina has learnt to honour rest. Edwina notices how her mood, energy and interactions with her two young boys is impacted if she doesn’t pause more often these days. Nature is a medicine she uses to help calm herself and her clients.Instagram: @edwina_peden"Send us a message"Support the showConnect:Website • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/Gather • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/gatherInstagram • https://instagra...
2024-12-201h 11Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine19 - Navigating perimenopause without HRT as an option with Jane McCannJane McCann is a total inspiration for any aging woman. She has embraced this stage of life with vigour and has no fear around speaking up about the lack of options available to perimenopausal women who have a history of cancer or cancer in their family that means HRT is not an option for them. After being offering anti-depressants that didn’t work for her Jane found herself alone and unsupported by the medical profession during perimenopause. Doctors were unable to offer her any solutions for treatments so she had to work it out herself. She discovered therapy, Chinese me...
2024-12-121h 03Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine18 - Trauma and how it can resurface during perimenopause with Lucy SlaterLucy Slater is a Somatic psychotherapist who helped people come home to their bodies and feel their emotions. Jody talks to Lucy about how important it is for women on their perimenopausal women to acknowledge and feel their feelings and what happens if they discount their emotions in this season of life. Disturbances in sleep, digestion and fatigue are symptoms women can encounter if they are bypassing their feelings. We discuss how hormonal changes can impact our feelings and Lucy shares simple somatic practices women can do at home to release big emotions from their bodies....
2024-12-051h 04Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine17 - How I managed modelling and perimenopause by moving towards challenges with Kate BellToday Jody speaks with Gen X model, writer and yoga teacher Kate Bell about her experience working in the modelling as a perimenopausal woman and what it was like being the oldest woman in the room. We discuss how Kate tendency to face difficult situations head on helped her navigate perimenopause along with the support of herbal medicine and yoga. Instagram: @i_am_katebell"Send us a message"Support the showConnect:Website • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/Gather • https://www.jodyvassallo.com/gatherInstagram • https://instagram.com/jody...
2024-11-291h 07Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine16 - Grey area drinking and how it can slowly unravel your life with Sarah RusbatchSarah Rusbatch is the author of the best-selling book “Beyond Booze”. She is a Grey Area Drinking Coach, menopause coach and key note speaker who shares about her journey to sobriety.In todays conversation we discuss the following:What is Grey Area drinking?When do we know we have a problem with alcohol and how to stop.The impact grey area drinking is having on your mental healthThe impact alcohol is having on the health of perimenopausal and menopausal women and the risk associated with continued high level consumption of alcohol.Sarah reveals that a daughter is 7...
2024-11-2157 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine15 - Nourishing oneself throughout perimenopause with Dr Lauren ToberDr Lauren Tober is a clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, educator and author. Her new book Mental Health Aware yoga is a must have for any yoga teacher.In today’s episode here are some of the questions we have covered:You are a Psychologist and a yoga teacher who has spent a large part of your career trying to marry the two together. Have you seen a greater acceptance for yoga in the mental health world? You have a new book out called Mental Health aware yoga for people listening, can you explain what Mental Health Awa...
2024-11-1457 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine14 - How to maintain health and balance with Brad Hay.Today Jody speaks with Brad Hay. Brad is an Ayurvedic & Tantra Teacher, father and builder. We talk about how Brad manages the stresses of young children, a mortgage and a busy life using Ayurvedic wisdom. Jody and Brad discuss the different challenges the 3 Ayurvedic constitutions (doshas) come up against as they age and how knowing your weak points can help you avoid burn out.Brad highlights the magic practice of Yoga Nidra and why he recommends that everyone introduce the practice into their days if they are feeling stretched and stressed.Instagram:
2024-11-071h 07Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine13 - Ayurveda & achieving good gut health in perimenopause with Kate O’DonnellToday Jody speaks to Kate O’Donnell Ayurvedic Educator and Author about the importance of good gut health as we enter perimenopause. Kate encourages us to include good fats in our diet to avoid dryness that naturally occurs in our body as we age according to Ayurveda.We discuss why leaving adequate time between our meals with aid digestion and how snacking can negatively impact some constitutions.Kate beautifully describes the process of digestion and encourages us to learn to observe our own digestive system and begin to understand the changes that are occurring in ou...
2024-10-3142 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine12 - Ayurveda teaches us that nature is regenerative & so are we because we are nature with Laura PlumbJody speaks to Laura Plumb, Ayurvedic practitioner and educator about the elder phase in which a woman becomes ready to pass on the chores to the next generation and we rest and consider what is their legacy and purpose.Laura stresses the most fundamental thing a woman can do in their fifties is to find a way to believe in themselves and know their true value. They discuss the importance of having your own relationship with the elements instead of reading and researching. Laura asks would you rather be an encyclopedia than a medicine woman.
2024-10-2458 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine11 - Meditation, mindfulness and perimenopause with Jacqui LewisJacqui Lewis – The Broad Place In this conversation Jody talks to Jacqui Lewis, founder of The Broad Place, a successful international meditation school and retreat business. Jacqui describes her own journey through perimenopause and how she at first struggled to identify what was happening and the shame she felt about entering perimenopause in her early forties.We discuss how meditation is not a silver bullet and that it won’t make us immune to our own human experience and emotions. Jac speaks about how one needs to commit to a daily practice to see re...
2024-10-101h 12Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine10 - My perimenopause & postmenopause journey through an Ayurvedic lens with Jody VassalloJody Vassallo is an Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, cookbook author and yoga teacher.She has written two cookbooks on Ayurveda.Jody has been working in the women's health arena for many years and today she talks about her own journey through perimenopause to postmenopause through the lens of Ayurveda.You can purchase Jody's Ayurvedic cookbook The Yogic Kitchen and find out more about the yoga retreats for women and yin yoga teacher teacher trainings athttps://www.jodyvassallo.com/She has an upcoming Food & Yoga tour of Japan O...
2024-10-031h 00Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine9 - Aging, grieving & running a successful online business in perimenopause with Amy CrawfordIn today’s episode Jody chats with beautiful Amy Crawford owner of The Holistic Ingredient an online store, host of the podcast Woman, Conversations for the curious.Jody and Amy discuss:Amy’s perimenopause journeyNavigating grief and the loss of a parent in the perimenopausal phase of lifeManaging stress, rest and an auto-immune diseaseHow resting is easier said than doneHer Holistic ingredients blends and maca powder and what led her to their creationAmy Crawford, founder of The Holistic Ingredient lifestyle brand, is dedicated to inspiring and empowering women to achieve optimal wellness. She...
2024-09-261h 04
A Grateful LifeJody Vassallo - On Food as Medicine for Mental HealthHow can understanding our doshas support our mental health?In today’s podcast episode, I’m delighted to introduce you to Jody Vassallo. Jody has been a recipe writer and food stylist for over 20 years, working with some big names like Marie Claire, Donna Hay, Jamie Oliver and Vogue. She’s also a yoga teacher and ayurvedic practitioner. I love Jody’s cookbooks, and her book Beautiful Food is a staple in my kitchen.In this episode, Jody and I talk about food as medicine through the lens of ayurveda, including the different doshas, how we ca...
2024-09-241h 03Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine8 - Can you create a sattvic life in perimenopause with 5 kids and a business? with Katie RoseIn this episode Katie Rose and I speak about the importance of living a Sattvic life and how modern life keeps us on this hamster wheel that is challenging to remove ourselves from.We speak about Bhakti, what is and simple Bhakti practices we can incorporate into our livesKatie reflects on being a mother of 5 and a business owner in her forties and how she manages it all with her less in more approach.We speak about rajasic food and stimulants like coffee and alcohol and the price we can...
2024-09-191h 02Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine7 - The impact chemicals are having on your health and hormones with Alexx StuartIn this episode Jody talks with Alex about all things Low Tox and how chemicals can impact women and men as they age.We cover a lot of ground in this podcast talking about:Simple changes people can make in their homes to be living a more low tox lifeOne thing everyone can purchase for their homes to make them healthier places to resideSustainable fashion and the fabrics that are recommended for a healthy low tox wardrobeBedding and pillows and how we might reconsider what we are sleeping onSkincare and the chemicals we need...
2024-09-121h 11Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine6 - Invisibility And Aging And Why 40 Is Not The New 30 with Jane Tara.Today Jody talks to Jane Tara author of Tilda is Visible, a comedic novel about Tilda who is diagnosed with invisibility in her mid forties.Jody and Jane speak in depth about:Aging and invisibilityHow meditation can help in the perimenopausal phase of lifeThe importance of good friendsHer Medusa perimenopausal phase and what she learnt from itThe importance of doing what you love later in lifePerfectionism and how it will bring us to our kneesJane Tara has published over 100 children’s books, several plays and five novels. She is...
2024-09-0558 minChanging Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine5 - The Benefits Of Tonic Herbs & Medicinal Mushrooms with Mason TaylorIn 2011 Mason Taylors passion for health and his desire to access the world’s best supplements, herbs and medicinal mushrooms led to the creation of SuperFeast.From humble beginnings in his mum’s garage SuperFeast has grown into Australia’s leading supplier of Di Dao (meaning they are grown in the right area and harvested at the appropriate time) tonic herbs and mushrooms.In this episode Jody and Mason speak about:What led Mason to starting Superfeast mushroomsDi Dao practises and why Mason has chosen to use mushrooms grown and harvested by this m...
2024-08-291h 05Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine4 - Is It Possible To Have A Healthy Intimate Relationship Whilst Navigating Perimenopause? with Scott & Kate FosterIn this episode Jody has an honest conversation with her friends Scott and Kate Foster about what it is like to be a couple navigating peri menopause and menopause.Scott and Kate own Mrs Birdy Café in South Golden Beach on the Northern Rivers in NSW. Scott has 3 beautiful daughters and he and Kate share a daughter. Scott also works as counsellor specialising in eating disorders. Kate has a Bachelor of Performing Arts from Monash University. She moved to the Northern Rivers in 2017 and returned to the stage with the Bangalow Theatre Company. Jody, Sc...
2024-08-221h 21Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine3 - Andropause, Menopause And The Wild Nature Of Mid-Life Hormonal Changes with Dr Jimi WollumbinIn this episode Jody has a fascinating conversation with her medicine man, Dr Jimi Wollumbin.Their discussion touches on:Jimi’s own andropause journey and the physical and emotional issues he had to navigateThe importance of the breakdown in this phase of life and how trying to hold onto outdated versions of ourselves can be debilitatingThe liver and the role it plays in perimenopause and menopauseHistamines and how they can make the perimenopausal journey very uncomfortableChinese medicines view on perimenopause and menopauseDr Jimi Wollumbin is a passionate Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, po...
2024-08-151h 05Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine2 - 'I Don’t Have The Estrogen For That' with Lisa FitzpatrickIn this weeks episode Jody chats with her dear friend Lisa Fitzpatrick. Lisa is a Pelvic Floor physiotherapist and owner of Womankind Pelvic Care Physiotherapy. The practice has been created with a commitment to providing a caring, safe, gentle, kind, judgement-free and thorough approach to pelvic care.Jody and Lisa deep dive into many topics today including:What is a pelvic floor physiotherapist and why would someone go to see on?Now that the tend and befriend phase of life is drawing to a close, what women may choose to do with their livesHow “I...
2024-08-081h 05Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine1 - 'Living The Medicine Of Subtraction' with Dr Claudia WelchIn our first episode of Changing Seasons Podcast Jody talks with Dr Claudia Welch about perimenopause and menopause through an Ayurvedic lens.Jody and Claudia chat about:The importance of using the medicine of subtraction in our livesRest and how essential it is during the perimenopausal journeyFat and oestrogen and why its beneficial to be carrying a little more fat in menopauseThe Ayurvedic Phases of life and how menopause takes us into the Forest Dweller phase of our livesHow our habits now will impact our health in later yearsResisting the seduction of another project...
2024-07-3157 min
Body of Wisdom PodcastJody Vassallo: Traversing the Transformative Path of Life, Yoga, Food and MenopauseIn this episode of the Body of Wisdom podcast, I had the immense pleasure of diving deep into conversation with Jody Vassallo. Jody is a beloved expert in Ayurveda, Ki and yin yoga and holistic health, and she is the creator of the Insta-famous black sesame cake! Jody has a poignant life story that deeply informs her compassionate and insightful approach to wellness (you can find her enriching content on Instagram @jodyvassallobeautifulfood). Her multifaceted journey through personal challenges, particularly infertility and menopause, alongside her extensive experience with Ayurvedic practices and yoga, makes for an enriching conversation that blends spiritual...
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The Abundance Club | Manifestation, Spiritual Growth & Awakened Leadership for Soul-Led Women & Entrepreneurs9 - Living In Harmony With Nature, Cycles & Self with Jody Vassallo.In the episode I chat with Jody Vassallo on the key ingredients to living a honest, soulful and nourishing life in harmony with nature and ourselves.
As an Ayurveda practitioner, cook book author and teacher of Yin yoga and five element theory of TCM, Jody offers from a wellspring of wisdom and honest lived experience and offers both of these through this transmission which will spark something in you. It will encourage you to have the courage to go within, to develop a healthy and intimate relationship with your inner world and how living in harmony with...
2024-03-211h 01
The Calm Christmas Podcast with Beth KemptonSettling in for a cosy winter: A 2022 special episodeChristmas is coming. Can you feel it in the air? I can, and I love that feeling. And it’s why I am here with you again, for a special edition of the Calm Christmas Podcast. Rather than a whole series this year, to honour my own need for proper rest this winter I have created you a bumper special episode, to help you settle in to a cosy winter. This one is longer than usual at almost an hour, so get yourself a hot cuppa, or pull on your boots and head out for a lovely long walk as...
2022-11-2357 min
The Calm Christmas Podcast with Beth KemptonSettling in for a cosy winter: A 2022 special episodeChristmas is coming. Can you feel it in the air? I can, and I love that feeling. And it’s why I am here with you again, for a special edition of the Calm Christmas Podcast. Rather than a whole series this year, to honour my own need for proper rest this winter I have created you a bumper special episode, to help you settle in to a cosy winter. This one is longer than usual at almost an hour, so get yourself a hot cuppa, or pull on your boots and head out for a lovely long walk as...
2022-11-2357 min
Straight Talking Natural HealthSTNH 17: Hayley Dawson – The Rural NaturopathFollowing on from last week's episode with Jody Vassallo and Farmer – The Cookbook, we are keeping a rural theme… this time focusing on something that's incredibly important – the health and wellbeing of our farmers. If ever there was a niche that was sooooo needed in Australia right now, this episode's guest has definitely found it. When I came across her work recently I was like "OMG, of course! Thank god for this human!" Meet Hayley Dawson – a naturopath who works with people living in remote and rural areas, people who don't have access to naturopathic care, an...
2019-12-1044 min
Straight Talking Natural HealthSTNH 17: Hayley Dawson – The Rural NaturopathFollowing on from last week’s episode with Jody Vassallo and Farmer – The Cookbook, we are keeping a rural theme… this time focusing on something that’s incredibly important – the health and wellbeing of our farmers.
If ever there was a niche that was sooooo needed in Australia right now, this episode’s guest has definitely found it. When I came across her work recently I was like “OMG, of course! Thank god for this human!”
Meet Hayley Dawson – a naturopath who works with people living in remote and rural areas, people who don’t have access to natur...
2019-12-1044 min
Straight Talking Natural HealthSTNH 16: Jody Vassallo – Farmer The CookbookThis episode is soooo important if you are looking for meaningful gifts this Christmas (or if you just want to treat yourself and give back at the same time!).
Jody Vassallo has some mad skills when it comes to creating healthy recipes. She’s worked with everyone from Donna Hay to the Jamie Oliver franchise, and there’s every chance that if you’ve bought a recipe book in the last 20 years, you’ve seen recipes that have been developed by her or styled by her. And that’s not all – she is also a yoga teacher and Ayurvedi...
2019-12-0448 minStraight Talking Natural HealthSTNH 16: Jody Vassallo – Farmer The CookbookThis episode is soooo important if you are looking for meaningful gifts this Christmas (or if you just want to treat yourself and give back at the same time!). Jody Vassallo has some mad skills when it comes to creating healthy recipes. She's worked with everyone from Donna Hay to the Jamie Oliver franchise, and there's every chance that if you've bought a recipe book in the last 20 years, you've seen recipes that have been developed by her or styled by her. And that's not all – she is also a yoga teacher and Ayurvedic coach, so you kn...
2019-12-0448 min
The Wolf CastThe Wolf Cast Episode 3: Ayurveda with KittyJoin Helena and Kitty as they discuss the principles of Ayurveda, its origin, where to start and how to bring it into a daily western lifestyle.
Further reading / learning recommendations from Kitty:
Ayurvedic Medicine by Sebastian Pole
Any book by Dr David Frawley
The Yogic Kitchen by Jody Vassallo
Ayurveda and Vedic Living Podcast by Benjamin C. Collins
If you would like to book a consultation in the Wolf Den with Kitty, you can contact her directly on: kittyjbillings@gmail.com
2019-11-1833 min
KarlosophiesEp 126, Jody Vassallo: When Your Diet Is Healthy But Your Work Habits Are NotJody Vassallo trained as a Home Economist and has been working as a recipe writer and food stylist for the past 22 years. She has collaborated with many leaders in the food industry, including Bill Granger, Jamie Oliver (a ten year partnership!) and Donna Hay. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Sainsbury's magazine, Gourmet Traveller, Mind Food and donna hay magazine; she has worked at Murdoch Books, published for Marie Claire Style, and created books for French publisher Hachette Livre. In 2002 she started her own publishing company, Fortiori, to create recipes for people with specific dietary requirements l...
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