Hot Flushes & Higher Self: Midlife & Menopause

Soraya at Limitless Self
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Welcome to Hot Flushes & Higher Self — the podcast where midlife isn't a crisis, it's a powerful call to transformation and empowerment. I'm Soraya , a clinical hypnotherapist and Rapid Transformational Therapist (RTT) who supports women through menopause, perimenopause, and the many shifts of midlife. As the host of transformational women's retreats focused on holistic healing, hot yoga, and wellbeing, I created this podcast as a safe and inspiring space for women seeking menopause support, mindset shifts, and feminine empowerment. Each episode offers a mix of practical tools, healing techniques, and honest conversations with experts in hypnotherapy, wellness coaching, hormone health, movement, and emotional wellbeing. Whether you're dealing with hot flashes, mood swings, body changes, or simply wanting to reclaim your confidence and vitality, this podcast helps you rise beyond symptoms to embrace your limitless self. If you want to feel supported in your midlife journey and connect with a community of empowered women, Hot Flushes & Higher Self is here to guide you every step of the way.

  1. Oct 3

    Healing After Narcissistic Abuse: How to Trust Yourself Again with Bethany Rose

    How do you heal after narcissistic abuse, trust yourself again and begin to move out of survival mode? In this episode of Hot Flushes & Higher Self, Soraya speaks with Bethany Rose, coach, mum of three and host of Her Healing Season, about rebuilding her life after a relationship marked by gaslighting and deception. Bethany shares the devastating discovery that her partner was still married to someone else, the challenges of leaving with two young children, and her experience of anxiety, panic attacks and deep self-doubt. She reflects on how therapy, supportive relationships and her Christian faith helped her begin to feel safe and reconnect with herself. In this conversation, we explore: • Gaslighting and rebuilding self-trust after an emotionally harmful relationship. • Bethany’s experience of anxiety, panic attacks and survival mode. • Single motherhood and the challenge of healing while caring for others. • Nervous system regulation, tapping and breathing practices Bethany uses. • Making space for rest and self-care without always putting yourself last. • Christian faith, surrender and forgiveness in Bethany’s healing journey. • Finding community, accepting support and discovering a new sense of purpose. Whether you’re navigating separation or divorce, recovering from emotional abuse, or beginning again in midlife, this conversation offers an honest account of finding your way back to yourself. CONNECT WITH BETHANY Explore Her Healing Season, coaching, her email community and Facebook group: https://bethanyrose.net/herhealing Support the show If this episode resonated, you're not alone. So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way. But your body isn't working against you. Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. 🌿 If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share your thoughts in the comments. Every follow, review and comment helps the podcast reach more women who may be quietly searching for hope, healing and a deeper connection with themselves. And if this conversation touched you, please share it with another woman who may need to hear it today. Together, we can help more women realise they're not alone on this journey. 🤍 Ways to Work With Soraya ✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat 28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter. Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, so...

    Healing After Narcissistic Abuse: How to Trust Yourself Again with Bethany Rose

  2. Sep 23

    Still Belly Dancing at 78: Chronic Pain, Holistic Healing & Midlife Reinvention with Eilyen

    Can chronic pain, menopause and ageing become catalysts for reinvention? At 78,  professional belly dancer Eilyen shares how being diagnosed with scoliosis and osteochondrosis at 17 led her on a lifelong journey through movement, osteopathy and holistic healing. After being placed in a restrictive corset and told she might never dance, Eilyen chose to explore a different path. She went on to become a professional dancer and one of London’s leading belly dancers—and she is still dancing today. In this inspiring conversation, Soraya and Eilyen explore the relationship between the mind, body, emotions and energy, as well as the beliefs and familiar patterns that can keep us stuck. In this episode, you’ll hear about: Being diagnosed with scoliosis and chronic back pain at 17Removing the restrictive corset and beginning to danceEilyen’s experiences with osteopathy, Rolfing and FeldenkraisHow emotions, movement and life experiences can affect the bodyWhy familiar beliefs and patterns make change feel frighteningMenopause and midlife as a rite of passage rather than a crisisRepressed anger, caregiving and the emotional impact of overgivingLearning to receive support without guiltReconnecting with intuition and self-trustA simple morning practice using movement, breathing and meditationEilyen’s personal perspectives on auras, chakras and protecting your energyWhy your age and your past do not have to determine what is still possibleEilyen’s story is a powerful reminder that reinvention has no age limit. At 78, she continues to dance, support others and remain open to new possibilities. This conversation shares personal experiences and spiritual perspectives. It is not intended as medical advice or a substitute for professional healthcare.  Connect with Eilyen Through the Center of Unified Healing, Eilyen offers: • Relationship coaching • Intuitive tarot guidance and readings • Body and energy healing • Personalised meditations • Sacred Love workshops • Tarot training Website: https://www.centerofunifiedhealing.net/ Instagram: @centerofunifiedhealing Email: info@centerofunifiedhealing.net YouTube: @centerofunifiedhealing Support the show If this episode resonated, you're not alone. So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way. But your body isn't working against you. Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. 🌿 If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share your thoughts in the comments. Every follow, review and comment helps the podcast reach more women who may be quietly searching for hope, healing and a deeper connection with themselves. And if this conversation touched you, please share it with another woman who may need to hear it today. Together, we can help more women realise they're not alone on this journey. 🤍 Ways to Work With Soraya ✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat 28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter. Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, so...

    Still Belly Dancing at 78: Chronic Pain, Holistic Healing & Midlife Reinvention with Eilyen

  3. Aug 31

    Midlife, Menopause & Reinvention: What 26 Women Taught Me in One Year

    What can 26 honest conversations teach us about midlife, menopause and becoming who we truly are? In this special one-year anniversary episode of Hot Flushes & Higher Self, recorded in Egypt where the podcast first began, Soraya reflects on the stories, insights and unexpected lessons shared by 26 inspiring women. From nervous system regulation, hormones, nutrition and somatic healing to divorce, changing careers, subconscious patterns, spirituality, intuition and finding love again, these conversations have revealed one powerful truth: midlife doesn’t have to be a crisis. It can be an awakening. In this solo episode, Soraya explores: • Why so many women begin questioning their identity, relationships and purpose during midlife • How the body and nervous system communicate what we may have been ignoring • Why people-pleasing, perfectionism and overthinking often begin as subconscious protection • What it means to reconnect with your intuition and Higher Self • Why ageing can bring greater wisdom, freedom and self-trust • How it is never too late to change direction, begin again or create a life that feels more authentic Soraya also shares honestly about building the podcast, becoming more visible as an introvert and what she is creating as she approaches 50—including her final UK retreat for now, a new 12-week transformational experience and the possibility of a future women’s retreat on Egypt’s Red Sea. Which guest, story or conversation from the first year has stayed with you? Support the show If this episode resonated, you're not alone. So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way. But your body isn't working against you. Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. 🌿 If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share your thoughts in the comments. Every follow, review and comment helps the podcast reach more women who may be quietly searching for hope, healing and a deeper connection with themselves. And if this conversation touched you, please share it with another woman who may need to hear it today. Together, we can help more women realise they're not alone on this journey. 🤍 Ways to Work With Soraya ✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat 28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter. Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, so...

  4. Aug 16

    Divorce After 50: Rebuilding Your Identity, Career and Love Life with Cori

    Have you ever changed or suppressed parts of yourself to keep a relationship working? After 20 years of marriage, Cori Josias realised she had gradually put aside her creativity, independence and authentic self to fit the life she believed was expected of her. At 57, she made the courageous decision to leave her marriage and begin again. Now approaching 70, Cori is in a supportive new relationship and building a thriving coaching business—proving that it is never too late to reclaim yourself, pursue your dreams or create a life that truly reflects who you are. In this honest and thought-provoking conversation, Cori and Soraya explore the subtle ways women can lose themselves within relationships, the emotional reality of divorce, the importance of financial awareness and why love alone does not always mean two people are compatible. Cori also shares how Buddhism supported her through heartbreak, why taking responsibility is different from blaming yourself, and the powerful lesson she would give her younger self: stop shrinking. In this episode, we explore:  How women can gradually lose themselves within marriage and motherhood  The difference between love and genuine compatibility  The small relationship patterns that build into resentment and conflict  Leaving a long-term marriage and starting over at 57  The grief, uncertainty and freedom that can follow divorce  Why women need greater financial awareness and independence  Finding healthy love after divorce  Rebuilding confidence after years outside the workplace  Starting a business and pursuing new dreams later in life  Why it is never too late to become who you were always meant to be This conversation is a powerful reminder that your age, relationship history and past decisions do not define what is still possible for you. You are allowed to stop shrinking, remember who you are and take the next step towards the life you truly want. Connect with Cori Josias: Website: https://corijosias.com/ Facebook: Search for Cori Josias Support the show If this episode resonated, you're not alone. So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way. But your body isn't working against you. Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. 🌿 If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share your thoughts in the comments. Every follow, review and comment helps the podcast reach more women who may be quietly searching for hope, healing and a deeper connection with themselves. And if this conversation touched you, please share it with another woman who may need to hear it today. Together, we can help more women realise they're not alone on this journey. 🤍 Ways to Work With Soraya ✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat 28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter. Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, so...

    Divorce After 50: Rebuilding Your Identity, Career and Love Life with Cori

  5. Aug 8

    When Life Falls Apart: How to Choose Yourself and Start Again with Sass

    What happens when the life you once knew begins to fall apart—and you’re given the chance to rebuild it on your own terms? After 15 years in corporate healthcare, Sass Schaeffer experienced divorce, repeated layoffs and two devastating floods. Yet these difficult turning points became the catalyst for a profound journey of midlife reinvention, self-discovery and personal transformation. In this honest and inspiring conversation, Sass shares how she moved beyond victimhood, broke free from deeply ingrained people-pleasing patterns and learned to trust herself again. We explore: ✨ Why so many women lose themselves through years of putting others first ✨ How life’s biggest disruptions can lead us back to who we truly are ✨ Breaking the cycle of people-pleasing and self-abandonment ✨ Reconnecting with your intuition and rebuilding self-trust ✨ Finding the courage to choose yourself without guilt ✨ Why midlife can be a powerful opportunity to start again If you’re navigating change, questioning who you are or feeling called towards a more authentic life, this episode will remind you that it is never too late to come back to yourself. Connect with Sass Schaeffer Follow Sass on Instagram to learn more about her work, insights and journey: 📱 @sass_schaeffer Support the show If this episode resonated, you're not alone. So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way. But your body isn't working against you. Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. 🌿 If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share your thoughts in the comments. Every follow, review and comment helps the podcast reach more women who may be quietly searching for hope, healing and a deeper connection with themselves. And if this conversation touched you, please share it with another woman who may need to hear it today. Together, we can help more women realise they're not alone on this journey. 🤍 Ways to Work With Soraya ✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat 28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter. Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, so...

    When Life Falls Apart: How to Choose Yourself and Start Again with Sass

  6. Jul 23

    It's Never Too Late to Reinvent Yourself | Wellness, Journaling & Midlife Transformation with Lu

    Can you completely reinvent your life after 60? In this inspiring episode of Hot Flushes & Higher Self, I sit down with Lu (Lucia) Law, former secondary school teacher and author of Wellness With Wisdom, to explore how a health crisis in her 40s became the catalyst for an extraordinary personal transformation. After spending 25 years in education living in constant stress and survival mode, Lu discovered the power of nutrition, nervous system regulation, journaling, spirituality and conscious living. What began as a search for answers during perimenopause eventually led her to retire from teaching, publish her first book at 63, and dedicate her life to helping others create healthier, happier lives. In this conversation we explore: ✨ Why it's never too late to start again  ✨ Escaping survival mode and chronic stress  ✨ How journaling can transform your life  ✨ The connection between mindset, health and longevity  ✨ Nervous system regulation and emotional wellbeing  ✨ Midlife as an opportunity rather than a crisis  ✨ Building healthy daily habits that last  ✨ Finding purpose after retirement  ✨ Publishing a first book at 63 despite rejection  ✨ Why women deserve to put themselves first If you've ever wondered whether you've left it too late to change your life, this episode will remind you that your next chapter could become your best one. Connect with Lou 📖 Wellness With Wisdom – Little Book of Wellbeing (available on Amazon) Instagram: @wisdomwithlu Support the show If this episode resonated, you're not alone. So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way. But your body isn't working against you. Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. 🌿 If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share your thoughts in the comments. Every follow, review and comment helps the podcast reach more women who may be quietly searching for hope, healing and a deeper connection with themselves. And if this conversation touched you, please share it with another woman who may need to hear it today. Together, we can help more women realise they're not alone on this journey. 🤍 Ways to Work With Soraya ✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat 28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter. Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, so...

    It's Never Too Late to Reinvent Yourself | Wellness, Journaling & Midlife Transformation with Lu

  7. Jul 21

    Burnout, Identity Crisis & Self-Trust: Why So Many Women Feel Lost in Midlife with Natasha

    Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, "How did I get here?" Many women reach midlife feeling exhausted, disconnected and no longer sure who they really are. After years of putting everyone else first, pushing through stress and living on autopilot, the body often sends a message that can no longer be ignored. In this episode of Hot Flushes & Higher Self, I speak with Natasha, an Embodied Integration Coach, about why so many women experience what she calls an identity rupture — and how this challenging season can become an invitation to reconnect with yourself rather than simply survive it. Together we explore: ✨ Why burnout is often a symptom rather than the problem  ✨ How chronic stress, trauma and emotions become stored in the body  ✨ Why so many women lose touch with their intuition and true selves  ✨ The link between nervous system regulation and lasting healing  ✨ Why perimenopause and midlife can become powerful catalysts for transformation  ✨ Practical ways to reconnect with your body, breath and inner wisdom  ✨ How self-trust is built, even when everything feels uncertain If you've been feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, anxious or simply disconnected from yourself, this conversation offers hope, compassion and practical tools to help you come home to yourself. 💛 Natasha has also kindly shared a free guided embodiment practice, which you'll find in the show notes. 🌿 Connect with Natasha If today's conversation resonated with you and you'd like to learn more about Natasha's work, explore her coaching, or download her free guided embodiment practice, you can find everything on her website: 🌐 Website: https://humanistcoaching.ca Natasha supports high-functioning, high-capacity women navigating burnout, identity shifts, nervous system healing and reconnecting with themselves through Embodied Integration Coaching. You can also find details of her coaching programmes, resources and ways to work with her on her website. Support the show If this episode resonated, you're not alone. So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way. But your body isn't working against you. Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. 🌿 If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share your thoughts in the comments. Every follow, review and comment helps the podcast reach more women who may be quietly searching for hope, healing and a deeper connection with themselves. And if this conversation touched you, please share it with another woman who may need to hear it today. Together, we can help more women realise they're not alone on this journey. 🤍 Ways to Work With Soraya ✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat 28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter. Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, so...

    Burnout, Identity Crisis & Self-Trust: Why So Many Women Feel Lost in Midlife with Natasha

  8. Jul 15

    How to Create a Calm Home in Midlife | Feng Shui, Energy Healing & Reconnecting with Yourself with Shani

    Many women reach midlife feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained or strangely disconnected from themselves. We often think the answer lies in changing ourselves—but what if the space around us is also shaping how we feel? In this episode of Hot Flushes & Higher Self, I sit down with Feng Shui consultant and energy healer Shani, founder of Roots & Rituals Interiors, to explore how our homes influence our nervous system, emotions and overall wellbeing. Shani shares her remarkable journey of trusting her intuition, walking away from a successful business, travelling through Latin America, and discovering her calling to help people transform their lives through Classical Feng Shui, energy healing and space clearing. Together we explore: ✨ Why many women in midlife feel disconnected from themselves ✨ How your home can affect your mood, stress levels and nervous system ✨ Simple Feng Shui tips to create more calm, balance and flow ✨ Why decluttering can be emotionally healing—not just physically freeing ✨ The power of rituals, intention and reconnecting with your space ✨ The energetic meaning behind different areas of your home ✨ How colours, lighting and natural materials influence wellbeing ✨ Why your home should evolve as you evolve One of my favourite moments in this conversation is when Shani reminds us that our true home isn't simply the place we live—it's the sense of safety we create within ourselves. If you're navigating menopause, burnout, life transitions, empty nest, or simply feel it's time to reconnect with who you really are, this episode offers practical inspiration alongside a beautiful spiritual perspective. Connect with Shani 🌿 Website: https://rootsandritualsinteriors.com 🌿 Instagram: @rootsandritualsinteriors If this episode resonated with you, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share it with someone who could benefit from creating a home that nurtures both body and soul. Support the show If this episode resonated, you're not alone. So many women quietly navigate anxiety, burnout, people pleasing, hormonal shifts and the feeling of losing themselves somewhere along the way. But your body isn't working against you. Sometimes it's gently asking you to slow down, reconnect, and come back to yourself. 🌿 If you enjoyed this episode, please follow Hot Flushes & Higher Self, leave a review, and share your thoughts in the comments. Every follow, review and comment helps the podcast reach more women who may be quietly searching for hope, healing and a deeper connection with themselves. And if this conversation touched you, please share it with another woman who may need to hear it today. Together, we can help more women realise they're not alone on this journey. 🤍 Ways to Work With Soraya ✨Re:Connect & Rise: Letting Go Retreat 28–29 November | Queen’s Park, London Join Soraya for the final retreat of the year: a nurturing weekend created to help you release what you no longer want to carry, reconnect with yourself and step into your next chapter feeling lighter. Soraya will be joined by a carefully selected group of experienced wellbeing practitioners, who will each hold space and guide you through a range of restorative experiences. Across the weekend, these will include hypnosis, meditation, movement, energy healing, so...

    How to Create a Calm Home in Midlife | Feng Shui, Energy Healing & Reconnecting with Yourself with Shani
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Welcome to Hot Flushes & Higher Self — the podcast where midlife isn't a crisis, it's a powerful call to transformation and empowerment. I'm Soraya , a clinical hypnotherapist and Rapid Transformational Therapist (RTT) who supports women through menopause, perimenopause, and the many shifts of midlife. As the host of transformational women's retreats focused on holistic healing, hot yoga, and wellbeing, I created this podcast as a safe and inspiring space for women seeking menopause support, mindset shifts, and feminine empowerment. Each episode offers a mix of practical tools, healing techniques, and honest conversations with experts in hypnotherapy, wellness coaching, hormone health, movement, and emotional wellbeing. Whether you're dealing with hot flashes, mood swings, body changes, or simply wanting to reclaim your confidence and vitality, this podcast helps you rise beyond symptoms to embrace your limitless self. If you want to feel supported in your midlife journey and connect with a community of empowered women, Hot Flushes & Higher Self is here to guide you every step of the way.

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