Cafe Conversations - Weekly Podcast

Service Description

☕ Café Conversations on Health & Fitness Four weeks to reset your energy, hormones and heart health. Join a friendly, evidence-based series exploring how food, movement, rest and mindset work together to build energy, balance hormones and protect heart health. Week 1 — 18th November 2025 Food, Hormones and Heart Health: Eating for Energy and Balance Learn how blood glucose control and meal timing affect cortisol, insulin and thyroid hormones — and why this matters for stable energy and motivation. Understand how proteins, complex carbs and healthy fats sustain energy and support cholesterol balance. See how oestrogen regulates HDL and LDL, and why its decline alters cholesterol. Explore how stress and poor sleep raise cholesterol, and how simple nutrition choices protect heart health. Week 2 — 25th November 2025 Move for Strength, Balance and a Healthy Heart Discover how resistance training improves cholesterol, lowers LDL, raises HDL and reduces cortisol reactivity. Pilates and mobility work improve posture, circulation and nervous-system calm. Learn how mixing strength, cardio and recovery supports hormonal and heart health. Understand how exercise timing supports better sleep and stress recovery. Week 3 — 2nd December 2025 Rest, Sleep and Recovery: The Science of Repair Sleep restores hormones and heart function. Learn how poor sleep raises appetite, stress and cholesterol. Discover recovery tools — breathing, stretching, gentle Pilates and mindfulness — to activate “rest and restore.” See how evening habits, light and meal timing affect rest and metabolism. Week 4 — 9th December 2025 Stress, Clarity and Calm: Rethinking Pressure and Resilience Understand how stress hormones affect cholesterol, blood pressure and mood. Explore how movement, breathwork and mindset reduce chronic cortisol and protect heart health. Learn how daily systems — not motivation — support calm focus and resilience. End the year stronger, steadier and more balanced.