The Perimenopause Summit: Rise in Grace
Welcome to Rise in Grace, your private podcast sanctuary for the Perimenopause Summit 2025. Over 12 days, you’ll be guided by intimate, inspiring conversations that reframe perimenopause as a sacred rite of passage—one that is brimming with possibility, wisdom, and power.Each guest brings her unique flavour of healing and embodied grace, weaving together Ayurveda, yoga, psychology, movement, nutrition, creativity, and soul-work to remind you that you are not alone and this season can be deeply supported.✨ Your Guest ExpertsBianca Clayton – Chiropractor & movement specialist teaching mindful movement to reconnect body and emotionJody Vassallo – Ayurvedic health coach & author (The Yogic Kitchen) guiding cycle-aware nourishment through yoga and foodJane McCann (The Middle Aged Goddess) – Speaker & creator shining an honest, humorous light on ageing and mental well-beingKatie Rose – Yoga teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner & author (Yoni Codes) exploring feminine form, koshas, and sacred transitionsKimberley Ann Johnson – Somatic experiencing specialist & sexological bodyworker on nervous system healing and rite-of-passage energyRachael Pole – Dietitian, Fast Like a Girl coach, and cycle-aligned nutrition advocate with nourishing fasting tools for vitalityRachel Noakes – Yoga teacher, therapist & Ayurvedic consultant weaving mantra, meditation, and goddess energy into transformational practiceShae Spry – Yoga teacher, creativity coach, and spiritual activist inviting reconnection with joy, purpose, and creative alivenessDr. Lauren Tober – Clinical psychologist & yoga teacher exploring mindfulness & mental wellbeingNat Kringoudis – Doctor of Chinese medicine & women’s health expert on hormonal harmonyLaura Plumb – Vedic educator & Ayurvedic practitioner on feminine radiance and ancient wisdom(And of course, your host — Edwina Peden — yoga teacher, Ayurvedic guide, off-grid mama, and unapologetic lover of this sacred season of life.)Together, these conversations offer practical tools, gentle rituals, and soulful perspectives to help you embrace perimenopause with courage, compassion, and grace. 🌼
Episodes
15 episodes
Red Thread Guided Meditation with Host Edwina Peden
Welcome, beautiful woman.This meditation is an invitation into the quiet, powerful space of ancestral healing — a place where the personal and the collective meet within your own body and breath. Inspired by the quote from Maya Tiwari, “...
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18:32
How to Fast Wisely in Perimenopause with Rachael Pole: PART 1
In this rich and practical conversation, Edwina is joined by Rachael Pole—ex-nurse, dietitian, yoga and breathwork teacher, and Fast Like a Girl coach trained with Dr. Mindy Pelz—to explore how women can harness the power of fas...
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Closing Circle with Summit Host Edwina Peden
Closing Circle – Perimenopause SummitAs we wrap up this first season of the Perimenopause Summit, I wanted to bring us together in a closing circle.We find ourselves in the midst of Navaratri — the Nine Nights of the Goddess — a...
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Your Kitchen Apothecary: Food as Medicine for Perimenopause with Jody Vassallo
In 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.
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Flow into Longevity: How to Move Your Body for a Vibrant Midlife with Bianca Clayton
In this conversation, Edwina is joined by Bianca Clayton—chiropractor, educator, and movement guide—to explore how dynamic neuromuscular stabilisation (DNS) can support women in perimenopause and beyond.✨
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How to be a Middle Aged Goddess with Jane McCann
In this heartfelt and humorous conversation, Edwina is joined by speaker and creator Jane McCann to explore the raw realities and surprising gifts of perimenopause. Jane shares her personal journey, beginning at age 43 with misdiagnosis, antide...
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Boundaries, Rage & Nervous System Healing in Perimenopause with Kimberley Ann Johnson
In this conversation, Edwina sits down with somatic guide, author, and women’s health advocate Kimberley Ann Johnson to explore the emotional and physiological landscape of perimenopause and menopause. Together, they unpack how these seasons of...
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Navigating Mental Health in Perimenopause with Dr Lauren Tober
In this heartfelt episode of the Perimenopause Summit, Edwina is joined by clinical psychologist and yoga teacher Dr. Lauren Tober for a deeply nourishing conversation about perimenopause, motherhood, and the p...
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Sacred Cycles: Breast Cancer, Perimenopause & Spiritual Practice with Shae Spry
In this enlightening episode, we dive deep into this deeply personal journey of a remarkable woman, Shae Spry, who shares her unique experience with cancer, menopause, and the transformative power of self-awareness and community.✨ Her St...
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47:32
Hormones & Perimenopause, What's Really Going On with Nat Kringoudis
In this Perimenopause Summit episode, Edwina speaks with Nat Kringoudis—women’s health expert, doctor of Chinese medicine, and hormone specialist—about navigating the real drivers of perimenopause symptoms and reclaiming this season as an upgra...
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42:27
Sacred Threads: Mantra, Goddess & Menopause with Rachel Nokes
In this beautiful session, Edwina is joined by yoga therapist and mentor Rachel Noakes to explore the gifts of mantra yoga and goddess teachings as companions on the perimenopause journey. Rachel shares her personal reflections on entering her ...
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Moon & Midlife: Ayurveda and Jyotish for Sacred Balance with Laura Plumb
In this episode of the Perimenopause Summit, Edwina is joined by Ayurvedic practitioner and Vedic wisdom teacher Laura Plumb for a heart-opening conversation on beauty, consciousness, and the sacred transition of perimenopause.Laura shar...
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47:21
Reclaiming Your Power to Heal, Yoni Codes, Ayurveda & the Koshas with Katie Rose
In this episode, Edwina is joined by yoga teacher, doula, Ayurvedic guide, and author Katie Rose to explore the power of intuition, Ayurveda, and women’s interwoven life patterns during perim...
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Summit Introduction with Host Edwina Peden
Show Notes – Perimenopause Summit OpeningWelcome to the Perimenopause Summit ✨This summit is so close to my heart because perimenopause is not just a list of symptoms to manage, but a powerful s...
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Yoga Nidra: The Marigold Bloom with Host Edwina Peden
The studies show that during the years of perimenopause and menopause, women can find that they don't handle stress as well as they used. This is due to the fluctuation of hormones and the effect on the mind. When we view this through the lens ...
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