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Be still and sparkling in 2017

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pretty-woman-1509959_1920There’ll be more hints and tips from Fiona this week, in her first health and wellbeing spot of 2017.

But don’t expect magic diets and exhausting workouts, that’s really not her style – instead she’ll be talking about how to be Still and Sparkling, whether or not you’re a fan of mineral water!

If you’re a regular listener, you may remember hearing Nikki Whittaker from the Newark Tuneless Choir on the show a few months ago. Nikki will be back in the studio on Sunday but this time she’ll be talking to the Girls Around Town about her day job…

And a vital one it is too, as a safeguarding and training manager for PANDAS, a national network that supports mums through post and perinatal depression.

Affecting more than 1 in ten women with children under a year old, PND is a frightening and lonely place to be. Even now, many women struggle with symptoms and do not access help that is available. Nikki works with the 150 PANDAS volunteers up and down the country – very often women who have been through PND themselves – so that they can support people in their local area.

She’s aiming to make sure more of us know more about this condition in 2017 – tune in or listen online between 10am and 12 noon to find out what she has planned for the coming months.

Because three brains are better than one

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You know how we often talk about having a gut instinct, a stout heart and a cool head? Well, that’s the language of our three brains talking…

Yes, you read that right – our three brains! – and if you want to know what that’s all about, you need to listen in this weekend, when the Girls Around Town welcome guest Tina Mason to the show.

A wellness coach with a wealth of strings to her bow, Tina recently trained in a revolutionary new technique called mBIT, which uses ancient wisdom and modern neuro-science to help us develop the best of ourselves.

She’ll be telling Fiona, June and Sue just why three brains are better than one – and how we can get them talking to each other!

And staying with the theme of  emotional wellbeing – something we all need plenty of right now with Christmas looming large – Fiona will be offering a few remedies for inner calm, even if those around you start behaving one currant short of a mince pie, along with some practical tips for pick-me-ups if you find you’ve been celebrating just a little too much…

Tune in or listen online between 10am and 12 noon and remember: Keep calm, it’s only Christmas!

Hot off the press

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Fiona’s back on the show next Sunday and the week’s hot topic (apart from a quick mention no doubt of Wednesday’s Great British Bake Off final!) is one that will strike a chord with many Girls Around Town listeners: the facts and myths surrounding the menopause.

In the first hour, she’ll be talking about how she’s helped lots of ladies through the transition of menopause over the past 16 years. Realising that women are very keen to help themselves and open to lots of different health ideas to achieve this, she’s put together some of the most successful things she’s seen work into a presentation which she’s now offering as a girls night in with a difference.

And the best part of it is, Fiona will come to you…

Then, after 11am, Deborah Garlick joins Fiona and June hotfoot from the successful launch of the Henpicked book, Menopause: The Change For The Better.

Find out why Deborah feels so strongly about the need for women to embrace the change, how the book came about and how its launch on World Menopause Day last week saw her #HotFlashMob tweets trending in the UK’s top 10 topics!

Tune in or listen online from 10am to 12 noon to discover how, as the women who will live longer post-menopause than any others in history, we can all make it count!