The Forties Formula | Perimenopause, Lifestyle & Health for Women Over 40

Amanda Lim & Jasmin Dhillon
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The Forties Formula is a weekly podcast on perimenopause, menopause, hormones, and health for women in their 40s — covering weight loss, sleep, low libido, ADHD, burnout, longevity and the body changes no one explains. Award-winning: Best Health & Wellness Podcast in Asia 2025, Podcast of Impact at The Makers & Shapers Awards 2026, and featured by CNA as one of Singapore's best podcasts for women. We blend science, soul, and a little bit of sass to help you thrive in your forties and beyond. Meet your hosts: Jasmin Dhillon — health strategist at Eat with Jasmin, mum of three boys, and forever curious about what it really takes to feel good in this season of life. Amanda Lim — metabolic health coach, director at LIFT Clinic, and mom to three littles, here to help you ditch the fluff and get real about kicking a*s in your forties. Free Resource for Women in Their 40s Join our wonderful community of women and receive our weekly newsletter Forty Tude! https://the-forties-formula-with-amanda-jasmin.kit.com/ Receive a free wellness guide as a thank you.

  1. 2d ago ·  Bonus

    Motherhood vs Fatherhood: Bridging the Gap in Family Responsibilities | The Forties Formula In Focus

    Motherhood isn't just physically demanding, it's mentally exhausting. Beyond caring for children, many mothers carry the invisible responsibility of managing family schedules, remembering appointments, planning meals, organizing daily life, and keeping everyone on track. In this clip from The Forties Formula, counselor, walk-and-talk therapist, and fatherhood advocate Simon Parkin shares why this "mental load" often goes unnoticed, how it creates resentment in relationships, and what fathers can do to become more supportive partners. In this clip: * Why the invisible mental load affects so many mothers * Why dads often don't realize how much moms are managing * How better communication can strengthen relationships * Small shifts that create a more balanced family life Watch the full episode for a deeper conversation on fatherhood, relationships, emotional wellbeing, and building healthier families. About The Forties Formula Hosted by Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim, The Forties Formula explores the realities of health, relationships, and personal growth for women navigating life after 40 through honest conversations with experts and inspiring guests. Follow the hosts: Jasmin Dhillon – Integrated Health Strategist & Health Coach https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/ Amanda Lim – Metabolic Health Coach https://www.instagram.com/coachamandalim/?hl=en Support the podcast: If you enjoy these conversations, subscribe, share this clip, and consider supporting the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/thefortiesformula Sponsor Love Indus Use code TFF for 21% off https://loveindus.com #MentalLoad #Motherhood #Parenting #Fatherhood #Relationships #MomMentalHealth #EmotionalLabor #FamilyLife #WorkingMoms #TheFortiesFormula

    Motherhood vs Fatherhood: Bridging the Gap in Family Responsibilities | The Forties Formula In Focus

  2. 6d ago ·  Video

    How To Fit Strength Training Into A Busy Life - Mother of 3 Reveals

    Strength training for women over 40 can keep you strong, capable and independent at 80. Strength coach Elizabeth Davies, author of Training for Your Old Lady Body, shares her tips for healthy ageing. What if your fitness goal was being able to get off the floor, carry your own bags and keep saying yes to life at 80? In this episode of The Forties Formula podcast, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim are joined by Elizabeth Davies to rethink what women are training for, and why our future independence deserves attention now. For decades, women have been sold smaller waists, summer bodies and before and after photos. Elizabeth offers a different focus: building a body that can keep doing the things you need and love as you grow older. IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS Training for capability and independence as you age Why it isn't too late to begin strength training Fitting shorter workouts around work and family Mum guilt and modelling self-care for your children Strength, cardio, power and progressive overload Letting go of perfectionism and all or nothing thinking CHAPTERS 0:00 Train for your old lady body 1:00 Why women are sold summer body goals 5:41 What do you want to be able to do at 80? 9:44 Is it too late to start lifting? 13:30 Finding time to exercise 18:27 Mum guilt and making time for yourself 23:14 Rethinking before and after photos 29:11 What if you don't enjoy lifting? 37:34 Training priorities in your 40s, 50s and 60s 40:15 Power training and moving quickly 43:53 The mindset for lifelong fitness 51:15 Hot or hype: fitness beliefs challenged 57:24 Elizabeth's Forties Formula ABOUT THE GUEST Elizabeth Davies is a personal trainer, founder of the training platform This Woman Lifts and author of Training for Your Old Lady Body. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswomanlifts/ ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/ Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda/ THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS This episode is brought to you by For Youth. Their Clear Protein+ is a clear recovery drink you stir into cold water after training. According to Each sachet provides 17 g of protein, 3 g of creatine and electrolytes, with 74 calories. Shop at https://www.foryouth.co and use code FORTY at checkout, valid for a one-time purchase. Love Indus: use code TFF for 21% off. https://loveindus.com SUPPORT THE PODCAST For more from The Forties Formula, join our crew and get our weekly FORTYTUDE newsletter straight to your inbox: https://the-forties-formula-with-amanda-jasmin.kit.com/ Buy Us a Coffee: https://the-forties-formula-with-amanda-jasmin.kit.com/products/buy-us-a-coffee #StrengthTraining #WomenOver40 #TheFortiesFormula #ElizabethDavies #HealthyAgeing #FitnessOver40

    How To Fit Strength Training Into A Busy Life - Mother of 3 Reveals

  3. Sep 27 ·  Bonus

    Your Relationship is Failing These Green Flags | The Forties Formula In Focus

    Have you ever found yourself questioning your relationship in your 40s... and wondered if something is wrong? In this clip from The Forties Formula, relationship coach Yana Fry explores why so many women begin reassessing their relationships during midlife. She explains how changing priorities, greater self-awareness, and shifting emotional needs can make women see their relationships through a completely different lens—and why this doesn't necessarily mean the relationship is failing. Whether you're happily partnered, feeling disconnected, or simply trying to understand yourself better, this conversation offers thoughtful insights into one of the biggest transitions many women experience after 40. 🎧 Watch the full episode for more on communication, intimacy, the invisible mental load, dating after 40, relationship red flags, couples therapy, and building healthier relationships in midlife. About your hosts: Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/ Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach focused on helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda/ About the guest: Yana Fry is a relationship coach, psychologist, and educator who helps women create healthier, more fulfilling relationships through self-awareness, emotional growth, and practical relationship tools. https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Learn more about Yana's work: https://love.yanafry.com Support the podcast: If you enjoy these conversations, subscribe and share this episode with someone navigating relationships, dating, or life after 40. You can also support the show by Buying Us a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/thefortiesformula Our sponsors: Love Indus Use code TFF for 21% off. https://loveindus.com #TheFortiesFormula #RelationshipsAfter40 #MidlifeRelationships #DatingAfter40 #SelfWorth #EmotionalIntimacy #Perimenopause #Women'sHealth #RelationshipAdvice #YanaFry

    Your Relationship is Failing These Green Flags | The Forties Formula In Focus

  4. Sep 23 ·  Video

    5 Health Claims Women Over 40 Need to Question

    Can creatine help with perimenopause brain fog? Could an allergy pill ease hot flushes? And why does your body feel different when your weight hasn’t changed? In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim reunite in London to unpack five health claims making headlines and circulating on social media. From strength training and heart health to creatine and viral menopause hacks, they explore what’s behind the claims, where evidence is still developing, and what deserves a closer look. With so much conflicting advice aimed at women over 40, knowing what to believe can feel overwhelming. This conversation explores why the details behind a headline matter — and why your health is about more than a number on the bathroom scale. Jasmin and Amanda discuss the headline linking resistance training with lower heart attack risk, including the limitations of observational research. They also examine the trend of combining allergy and heartburn medication for menopause symptoms, separating a proposed explanation from evidence that a treatment works. Next, they explore creatine claims around muscle, bone and brain health before discussing body composition during perimenopause. The conversation covers fat redistribution, muscle function, grip strength and how these relate to metabolic health. Whether you’re considering creatine, noticing a changing waistline or feeling overwhelmed by menopause advice, this episode offers questions to take beyond your social media feed. In this episode, we discuss: Strength training, heart health and the 44% risk-reduction headlineThe viral allergy-pill menopause hack and its evidence gapsCreatine claims around muscle, bone and brain fogWhy a stable weight doesn’t tell the whole storyTracking sleep, mood and changes in how you feelVisceral fat, grip strength and diabetes riskHow muscle and exercise relate to glucose regulationChapters 0:00 Five health claims: the headlines 0:37 Welcome from London 1:15 Strength training and heart health 4:13 What observational research tells us 5:24 The viral allergy-pill menopause hack 7:38 Is there evidence behind it? 9:50 Creatine: muscle, bone and brain fog 15:08 Same weight, different body 18:07 Tracking symptoms beyond the scale 18:57 Muscle strength, visceral fat and diabetes 20:43 Measuring hand grip strength 21:36 Grip strength and longevity 24:03 Muscle, exercise and blood sugar 25:42 Final takeaways About your hosts Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. Instagram: @eat.with.jasmin Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. Instagram: @coachamanda Which claim have you seen in your feed? Tell us below and subscribe to The Forties Formula. For general education. Discuss medication, supplements and treatment changes with a qualified healthcare professional. #TheFortiesFormula #Perimenopause #WomenOver40

    5 Health Claims Women Over 40 Need to Question

  5. Sep 20 ·  Bonus

    Postpartum In Your 40s: What You Really Need To Know

    Postpartum recovery for women in their 40s: what no one tells you. Sports medicine physician Dr. Lara Morgan joins Jasmin and Amanda to explain why the six-week clearance means nothing and what real recovery actually looks like. Most women are cleared at six weeks and sent straight back to running, lifting, and HIIT. No one tells them that decision can affect their body for the next three to four decades. If something has felt off since you had kids, this episode is for you. In this episode you will learn why the bounce back narrative is physically damaging, what it means to recover like an athlete, why leaking and pelvic floor issues are common but never normal, and why it is never too late to rebuild. About the guest: Dr. Lara Morgan is a sports medicine physician who has worked with elite athletes at the Cleveland Cavaliers and USC. She applies the same evidence-based recovery model used in professional sport to postpartum women and mothers at every stage. Find her on Instagram at @sportdrmorgan. Chapters: 0:00 Postpartum recovery and why the six-week clearance means nothing 1:42 How to recover like an athlete even if you were never one 3:37 Is it too late to fix your body years after having kids 5:44 Why incontinence after pregnancy is never normal About your hosts: Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/ Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach focused on helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. https://www.instagram.com/coachamandalim/ Want to stay across everything we are doing? FortyTude is our newsletter where we share what we are reading, testing, and talking about between episodes. It is the easiest way to stay in the loop. Join us here: https://the-forties-formula-with-amanda-jasmin.kit.com/ Listen to the full episode: YouTube: https://youtu.be/uFyZv-_wH8c Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3quPHkvuW2fqfaxuWmKJf1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-forties-formula/id1724267923?i=1000774105535 Support the podcast: If you enjoy these conversations, subscribe and share with someone who needs to hear this. You can also support the show here: https://buymeacoffee.com/thefortiesformula Thank you to our sponsor: Love Indus. Use code TFF for 21% off: https://loveindus.com Keywords: postpartum recovery, pelvic floor, diastasis recti, C-section recovery, postpartum fitness, women in their 40s, perimenopause, bounce back myth, sports medicine, belly binding, core strength after pregnancy, postpartum exercise, women's health over 40, postnatal recovery, postpartum body, rebuild after pregnancy, mum fitness, strong mum, Dr Lara Morgan, postpartum hormones

    Postpartum In Your 40s: What You Really Need To Know

  6. Sep 16 ·  Video

    Why Your Personality Isn't Actually Yours (And What Is)

    In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim are joined by coaching psychologist Dr Saba Hasanie to explore an uncomfortable question: how much of what we call “personality” is actually adaptation? Why does this matter? Because patterns such as people-pleasing, perfectionism, self-sabotage and the need for control may reflect behaviours we learned in childhood. In midlife, we can start questioning whether those patterns still serve us. Drawing on her book, The Blueprint to Leadership, Dr Hasanie introduces six childhood “fields”—rules, trust, self, belonging, emotions and world—and explores how they influence adult behaviour. Whether you’ve caught yourself saying “that’s just who I am” or you’re struggling to break a familiar pattern, this conversation explores what it takes to choose a different way forward. In this episode, we discuss: • Why some personality traits may be learned adaptations • The six childhood fields and their influence on adult behaviour • Why siblings can experience the same household differently • What can sit beneath self-sabotage and people-pleasing • Why awareness alone may not create lasting change • The grief that can accompany letting go of an old identity Chapters: 0:00 Why does my personality feel fake? 3:41 Who is Dr Saba Hasanie? 4:05 Is personality genetic or learned? 10:18 Who was your first boss? 13:36 What are the six fields of childhood development? 17:44 Why do siblings have different childhoods? 20:23 How to look at your childhood without blaming your parents 24:32 Is optimism genetic? 29:42 Why does midlife feel like a crisis? 32:44 Why can’t I change even though I’m aware of the problem? 42:36 Why do people resist change even when it’s hurting them? 45:24 What does it mean to grieve your old identity? 54:54 How to reinvent yourself in your 40s About our guest: Dr Saba Hasanie is a Coaching Psychologist, ICF Master Certified Coach and Managing Director of OSC Leadership Development. Get The Blueprint to Leadership Visit her website About your hosts: Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. Follow Jasmin Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. Follow Amanda Support the podcast: Follow and share this episode with someone navigating a major life transition. Buy us a coffee Thank you to our sponsors: For Youth Explore The Forties Formula System. Use code TF35 for up to 35% off storewide. Shop For Youth Love Indus Use code TFF for 21% off. Shop Love Indus Keywords: Dr Saba Hasanie, personality, childhood adaptations, people-pleasing, perfectionism, self-sabotage, midlife, identity, emotional patterns, personal growth, self-awareness, behaviour change, childhood experiences, boundaries, coaching psychology, The Blueprint to Leadership, women over 40, The Forties Formula podcast.

    Why Your Personality Isn't Actually Yours (And What Is)

  7. Sep 13 ·  Bonus

    Why Doctors Are Finally Renaming PCOS (And What It Means for You)

    PCOS and perimenopause: why your symptoms get worse in your 40s. Dr Sital Khistriya explains insulin resistance, the symptoms missed in slim women, skin markers, and why menopause does not switch PCOS off. This is The Forties Formula In Focus, a short deep dive into one part of our conversation with women's health physician Dr Sital Khistriya. Most women are told PCOS is about cysts on the ovaries. The truth is that the real driver sits upstream in insulin resistance, which is why PCOS is being renamed PMOS, poly metabolic ovarian syndrome. In this focus episode we look at who gets missed and why. If you are slim, eat well, and have been told your bloods look normal while your body says otherwise, this one is for you. Dr Sital explains why PCOS shows up differently depending on your ethnicity, the signs on your skin that point to insulin resistance, and why symptoms often get worse in perimenopause rather than better. Chapters 0:00 Why PCOS is diagnosed differently depending on your ethnicity 1:31 The hidden PCOS symptoms that get missed in slim women 3:53 What the dark patches on your skin say about insulin resistance 5:31 Why PCOS gets worse during perimenopause About the guest Dr Sital Khistriya is a UK-trained family physician at Osler Health International in Singapore, based at the Star Vista clinic. She earned her medical degree from the University of Leicester and holds postgraduate qualifications in child health and in sexual and reproductive healthcare, along with membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners. She practised as an NHS and private GP in the UK before moving to Singapore, and her clinical interests span women's health, hormones, fertility, menopause, and lifestyle medicine. About your hosts Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/ Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda/ Join Fortytude Want more of this straight to your inbox? Fortytude is our newsletter for women who refuse to shrink in their forties. Real talk on hormones, metabolism, and feeling like yourself again, with none of the fluff. Come join us here: https://the-forties-formula-with-amanda-jasmin.kit.com/ Support the show If you love what we do and want to help us keep making it, you can buy us a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/thefortiesformula Thank you to our sponsor Love Indus. Use code TFF for 21% off: https://loveindus.com Listen to the full episode Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/why-pcos-gets-worse-during-perimenopause-doctor-explains/id1724267923?i=1000776976873&l=te Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bxJPqNBjVU3BTjn2Wlpa3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgq5cTrIUL4

    Why Doctors Are Finally Renaming PCOS (And What It Means for You)

  8. Sep 9

    Perimenopause in Ethnic Minorities: Why Symptoms Are Missed | The Forties Formula

    Perimenopause symptoms often present differently in Black, South Asian and East Asian women. South Asian women typically reach menopause between 46 and 48, compared with 50 to 51 in Caucasian women, meaning symptoms can begin in the mid-thirties. Symptoms are more likely to appear as joint pain, body aches, anxiety, insomnia, vaginal dryness and recurrent UTIs rather than hot flushes. Black women in the UK are approximately five times less likely to be prescribed HRT. In this episode of The Forties Formula, Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim sit down with Dr Shahzadi Harper to explore how perimenopause affects women differently across ethnicities, and why that matters for diagnosis, treatment and long-term health. They cover why perimenopause can start earlier than most women realise, the higher baseline cardiovascular, metabolic and bone density risks carried by South Asian and Black women, and why East Asian women are wrongly assumed to sail through menopause symptom free. Dr Harper shares her own perimenopause story, including brain fog, fatigue and joint pain with no hot flushes at all, and why she chose HRT and testosterone. The conversation moves into GLP-1s and metabolic health, how to advocate for yourself when a doctor dismisses you, what to do if you cannot or do not want to take HRT, and why common symptoms should never be accepted as normal. Finally, Dr Harper shares her Forties Formula: put yourself first. CHAPTERS 00:00 Why perimenopause is misunderstood 01:53 An ethnic minority lens 06:06 Do clinicians know? 08:02 The hardest stage 13:54 Dr Harper's own story 16:06 Why she chose HRT 17:44 GLP-1s and perimenopause 21:19 Stress, caring and weight 25:58 Metabolic and heart risk 30:57 Access and awareness 33:13 Advocating for yourself 36:23 The many symptoms 40:47 If you can't take HRT 47:38 Stop white-knuckling it 49:16 Relationships and identity 51:32 Her Forties Formula FREE DOCTOR SCRIPT Feel dismissed at your appointment? We have created a free script with exactly what to say and which tests to ask for. https://the-forties-formula-with-amanda-jasmin.kit.com/script ABOUT OUR GUEST Dr Shahzadi Harper is a GP of over 20 years and founder of The Harper Clinic on Harley Street, specialising in women's health, perimenopause and menopause. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Jasmin Dhillon is an Integrated Health Strategist and Health Coach helping women in their 40s navigate gut health, hormones and nutrition. https://www.instagram.com/eat.with.jasmin/ Amanda Lim is a Metabolic Health Coach focused on helping women build strength, confidence and long-term health. https://www.instagram.com/coachamanda/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Subscribe and share this episode with a woman who needs more support through perimenopause. You can also buy us a coffee: https://the-forties-formula-with-amanda-jasmin.kit.com/products/buy-us-a-coffee OUR SPONSORS Love Indus. Code TFF for 21% off. https://loveindus.com Perimenopause symptoms, perimenopause symptoms age 40, symptoms of perimenopause, perimenopause treatment, perimenopause anxiety, HRT, menopause age by ethnicity, women's health, midlife health.

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The Forties Formula is a weekly podcast on perimenopause, menopause, hormones, and health for women in their 40s — covering weight loss, sleep, low libido, ADHD, burnout, longevity and the body changes no one explains. Award-winning: Best Health & Wellness Podcast in Asia 2025, Podcast of Impact at The Makers & Shapers Awards 2026, and featured by CNA as one of Singapore's best podcasts for women. We blend science, soul, and a little bit of sass to help you thrive in your forties and beyond. Meet your hosts: Jasmin Dhillon — health strategist at Eat with Jasmin, mum of three boys, and forever curious about what it really takes to feel good in this season of life. Amanda Lim — metabolic health coach, director at LIFT Clinic, and mom to three littles, here to help you ditch the fluff and get real about kicking a*s in your forties. Free Resource for Women in Their 40s Join our wonderful community of women and receive our weekly newsletter Forty Tude! https://the-forties-formula-with-amanda-jasmin.kit.com/ Receive a free wellness guide as a thank you.

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