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Changing Seasons: Ayurveda, Women’s Health, Menopause & Food as Medicine

A podcast exploring women’s health through the wisdom of Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, with empowering conversations on menopause, natural healing, and food as medicine to support every stage of life.Hosted by Jody Vassallo, Ayurvedic guide, intuitive cook, and founder of ‘Gather’.Each episode is an invitation to slow down, listen in, and reconnect with the wisdom of your body and the cycles of nature.Through the lens of traditional medicine and lived experience, we dive into the big topics:

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46 - Shonali Sabherwal: Gut Health Is Everything.

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2025/07/11

Send us a text 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...

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45 - Nicole Lange: Trauma and How It Can Impact...

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2025/07/04

Send us a text 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...

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44 - Sarah Megginson: My Surrogate Journey.

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2025/06/27

Send us a text 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 sp...

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43 - How the Changing Seasons Impact Us with Jody...

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2025/06/20

Send us a text 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 e...

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42 - Dr Jimi Wollumbin: The Distressing State of Male...

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2025/06/13

Send us a text 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 th...

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41 - Psychological Characteristics Of The Doshas.

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2025/06/06

Send us a text 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 oft...

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40 - Jody Vassallo: Babies Aren't Made By Wishing.

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2025/05/30

Send us a text 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. Faili...

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39 - Lola Berry: So you want to freeze your embryos?...

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2025/05/23

Send us a text 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 ...

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38 - My Experience with HRT Part 2 with Catie Gett.

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2025/05/16

Send us a text 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 i...

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37 - Improve Your Agni And Heal Your Digestion And...

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2025/05/09

Send us a text 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 a...

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36 - Using Ayurveda to Find Calm & Beauty in...

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2025/05/02

Send us a text 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 ...

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35 - Why Tending To Our Fascia Is So Vital To Our...

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2025/04/24

Send us a text 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 ...

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34 - Is it Perimenopause or Hashimoto’s or Both? With...

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2025/04/18

Send us a text 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. Li...

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33 - What Menopause Does to Women's Wealth with Sarah...

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2025/04/11

Send us a text 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 daughte...

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32 - We Are Addicted to Yang with Dr. Anny Fodor.

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2025/04/04

Send us a text 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:&n...

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31 - Making Ayurveda Accessible to Everyone with...

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2025/03/28

Send us a text 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 rout...

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30 - Understanding the Root Cause of Menopausal...

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2025/03/21

Send us a text 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 symptoms Elyse 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 a...

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29 - How Our Bodies Respond To Perceived Threats with...

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2025/03/15

Send us a text 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 acknowle...

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28 - Menopause - The Long Game with Jody Vassallo.

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2025/03/08

Send us a text 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 ...

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27 - The Spiritual Nature of Perimenopause with Kris...

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2025/02/28

Send us a text 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 an...

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