If you have ever wondered:

“Why do I feel off when my blood tests say I'm fine?”

“How do I know if I'm stressed when I don't feel stressed?”

“Where do I even start when I'm exhausted and overwhelmed?”

- this episode is for you.

You are getting everything done, and you still do not feel like yourself. The results say fine. Your body says otherwise. This week, Chinese medicine practitioner and Pagoda Tree founder Nat Kringoudis joins Layne and Tess to unpack why fine on paper can still mean running low.

Nat has spent more than 20 years working with women on fertility, hormones, stress, perimenopause and menopause. She explains why in range is not the same as optimal, reads Tess's and Layne's bloods live, and shares the three-hour check-in that catches a silent stressor before it runs the day.

It is a warm, funny and practical conversation about energy: starting with the basics, keeping the plan small enough to actually do, and asking for what you need. It closes with the AIA Do It For Life toolkit and a message for the partner listening.

Full disclosure from us: Embody product and creatine were gifted to the hosts.

You will hear about:

• Why in range is not the same as optimal, and what a blood test report leaves out
• The three-hour check-in: one question, no fixing, just clock it
• Why three or four things beat 65 supplements
• How to find the loudest signal and pull one lever instead of everything at once
• What to say to the partner listening: ask, and listen

Get Awake's transformative book: Know Yourself Grow Yourself to live a happier more purposeful life.

https://www.penguin.com.au/books/awake-academy-9781761345869

Follow Layne on Instagram @Laynebeachley

Follow Tess on Instagram @tesscbrouwer

Follow AWAKE on Instagram @awake_academy

Awakes TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@awakeacademy_

Sponsor our podcast https://www.awakeacademy.com.au/contact

Book us for a workshop https://www.awakeacademy.com.au/contact

Nat Kringoudis: https://www.natkringoudis.com | Instagram @natkringoudis | The Pagoda Tree: https://www.thepagodatree.com.au

The A Wake Up Call podcast is created for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The stories, tools, and insights shared are designed to support your wellbeing journey - not to replace professional medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice. In fact, we believe therapy is non-negotiable in life.

If you're experiencing a medical or mental health condition, please seek guidance from a qualified healthcare professional. Never ignore or delay seeking professional advice because of something you've heard on this podcast.

Your wellbeing matters. Take care of yourself, stay curious, and remember the real wake-up call is listening to what your body and mind are trying to tell you.

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If you have ever wondered:

“Why does a ‘yeah, but’ show up the second I say what I really want?”

“How do I know whose idea of success I am actually living?”

“What does enough look like when I still want more?”

- this episode is for you.

In part five of their solo series, Layne Beachley and Tess Brouwer take on the limiting beliefs that come attached to success: the definition you inherited, the audience you are still performing for, and the “yeah, but” that turns up the moment you say what you really want.

Layne goes back to earning $35,000 a year in the season she won her first world title, and the “not worth it yet” she heard from the outside while she built her own yes, and barometer on the inside. Tess works live through her own belief that success has to be a struggle, and the two land on a simple test for enough: how does your Sunday afternoon feel?

They finish on the tool they use in their workshops. Every yeah, but needs a yes, and. This week, catch one and answer it.

You will hear about:

• Why your definition of success is a belief too, and why leaving it unset means running on someone else's
• The audience you are still performing for, long after the room has gone
• What it takes to set your own value when the outside world says “not worth it yet”
• The Sunday test: no Sunday scaries as a metric for enough
• How to answer every yeah, but with a yes, and, live, with Tess's own belief as the example

Get Awake's transformative book: Know Yourself Grow Yourself to live a happier more purposeful life.

https://www.penguin.com.au/books/awake-academy-9781761345869

Follow Layne on Instagram @Laynebeachley

Follow Tess on Instagram @tesscbrouwer

Follow AWAKE on Instagram @awake_academy

Awakes TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@awakeacademy_

Sponsor our podcast https://www.awakeacademy.com.au/contact

Book us for a workshop https://www.awakeacademy.com.au/contact

The A Wake Up Call podcast is created for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The stories, tools, and insights shared are designed to support your wellbeing journey - not to replace professional medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice. In fact, we believe therapy is non-negotiable in life.

If you're experiencing a medical or mental health condition, please seek guidance from a qualified healthcare professional. Never ignore or delay seeking professional advice because of something you've heard on this podcast.

Your wellbeing matters. Take care of yourself, stay curious, and remember the real wake-up call is listening to what your body and mind are trying to tell you.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you have ever wondered:

“Why do all my healthy habits still leave me flat by 3pm?”

“Is ageing something happening to me, or something I can influence?”

“Is my sleep tracker helping me, or making me more anxious about sleep?”

- this episode is for you.

This week Layne and Tess sit down with Camilla Thompson: founder of Biohack Me, author of Biohack Me (Wiley), and founder of Mould Safe. Camilla was eating clean and training hard when sepsis put her in hospital at the height of a media career, and years of chronic illness she connects to a mould-affected home moved her work from performance into prevention.

The conversation strips biohacking back to what a plant actually needs: water, fresh air and light, before it ever gets to a supplement shelf or a wearable. Camilla and the hosts talk through the anchor habit of sleep, the night a good routine slipped anyway, and why ageing and decline are two different things.

Underneath it is a bigger idea Awake keeps coming back to: the basics are free, they are not boring, and a tracker that tells you how you slept is no substitute for permission to actually rest.

You will hear about:

• The plant hack: the three free things Camilla checks before any supplement or wearable
• Why sleep is the anchor habit everything else gets built around
• The night a good wind-down routine slipped anyway, with a big job and small kids
• Why ageing and decline are not the same thing, and how small a part genetics really plays
• Orthosomnia: what happens when a ring becomes the only proof you slept well
• The debrief after sepsis and years of chronic illness: there was no recovery protocol, only permission to rest

Camilla Thompson's site: https://www.biohackme.com.au

Follow Camilla Thompson on Instagram @biohackmecoach

Get Awake's transformative book: Know Yourself Grow Yourself to live a happier more purposeful life.

https://www.penguin.com.au/books/awake-academy-9781761345869

Follow Layne on Instagram @Laynebeachley

Follow Tess on Instagram @tesscbrouwer

Follow AWAKE on Instagram @awake_academy

Awakes TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@awakeacademy_

Sponsor our podcast https://www.awakeacademy.com.au/contact

Book us for a workshop https://www.awakeacademy.com.au/contact

The A Wake Up Call podcast is created for general informational, educational, and inspirational purposes only. The stories, tools, and insights shared are designed to support your wellbeing journey - not to replace professional medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice. In fact, we believe therapy is non-negotiable in life.

If you're experiencing a medical or mental health condition, please seek guidance from a qualified healthcare professional. Never ignore or delay seeking professional advice because of something you've heard on this podcast.

Your wellbeing matters. Take care of yourself, stay curious, and remember the real wake-up call is listening to what your body and mind are trying to tell you.

If you need support now, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (Australia).

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.