Finesse Your Wellness: Recent Episodes
Fly Girl Collective
The Finesse Your Wellness podcast is where award-winning journalist and Fly Girl Collective founder Matilda Egere-Cooper dives into everything that adds up to a great quality of life. Joined by a host of phenomenal women, she’ll share tips, insights and life lessons to help you thrive and live well.
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Pilates, the low-impact exercise regime created in the 1920s, is having a moment. With a rise in search queries every year, 2024 is set to mark its definitive comeback as it becomes more accessible and renowned for its physical and mental health benefits.
In this season finale of Finesse Your Wellness, host Matilda dives into her newfound obsession with Pilates (considering she never used to like it!). She's joined by mind & body coach and Pilates teacher Cynthia Kensington to explore what makes it remarkable and how it can empower black women and women of colour to realise their fitness potential.
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In this episode, host Matilda explores the topic of fibroids - including her surprising encounter with them - and the impact they have on women's health. To gain more insight, she chats with Dr. Dupe Burgess, founder and CEO of Bloomful, a platform aiming to improve women's gynecological care. Together, they discuss the healthcare inequities that exist, particularly for Black women and women of colour, and highlight the importance of prioritizing gynae health.
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In this episode, host Matilda chats with Ashleigh Simpson, a nutritionist, who sheds a light on the work of nutritionists and the benefits of consulting with one. Matilda also shares her personal experience with a nutritionist and how it's transforming her wellness journey.
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In this episode, host Matilda chats with Davinia Tomlinson, who shares her journey and the inspiration behind creating Rain Chq, a platform that empowers women to understand and navigate the world of investing. They discuss the importance of dreaming big and being purposeful with our money, and how investing can truly change our lives.
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In this episode, host Matilda explores the emotional journey people face when questioning their career path or facing redundancy, and the impact it can have on our mental health. She’s joined by career coach Abigail Brown, who offers strategies for discovering your passions, changing course, and finding the right path.
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In this episode, host Matilda meets Mildred Talabi, an award-winning careers coach and author, who shares her life-changing health experience and the lessons she learned along the way.
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In this episode, host Matilda speaks with Sabina Silver, an artist who discovered art as a way to cope with the anxiety of moving to a new country as a child, which resulted in selective mutism. Today, she organises paint and sip events to help people use art as a form of therapy and healing. Matilda explores the connection between art and self-discovery, and how creativity can help women deal with life's challenges.
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In Season 3's second episode, host Matilda interviews Jodine, a chartered sports and exercise psychologist. Jodine's expertise spans from helping those with long-term health conditions to supporting athletes dealing with issues like competition anxiety and injury management. Matilda explores what we can learn from the athletic mindset and the ways it can influence our own perspective of ourselves and the world around us.
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To kick off Season 3, host Matilda shares her personal fitness journey, reminding us that when it comes to wellness, we all have to begin somewhere. She walks through her childhood experiences, shares the challenges of her teenage years, and ultimately, reveals how finding a supportive running community as an adult became the game-changer in her life.
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Mark your calendars: Finesse Your Wellness Season 3 arrives 26th October! Brought to you by fitness and wellness platform Fly Girl Collective, the podcast is where host Matilda shares tips and stories to help you on your wellness journey.
This season, you can expect more practical and candid conversations about self-care and fitness, a deep dive into health, insights for navigating work, money matters and more.
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In the final episode of the season, host Matilda explores the good, the bad and the ugly of adult friendships with counsellor and coach Maryane Mwaniki. With loneliness a big issue in a city like London, the conversation explores what women can do to have the best connections in our lives.
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In episode 8, host Matilda gets down to business with former blogger turned entrepreneur, digital marketer and podcast host Sahar Twesigye. Whether you’re looking for a side hustle or feel ready to step out on your own, she helps aspiring and creative entrepreneurs find the courage to pursue their purpose profitably.
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In episode 7, host Matilda discusses the UK’s cost of living crisis with Tolu Frimpong, a financial coach who learned the importance of money management when she cleared £36k in debt. She shares her tips and the ways the cost of living doesn’t have to compromise or wellbeing or financial goals.
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In episode 6, host Matilda chats to Tomi Makanjuola, The Vegan Nigerian. The award-winning vegan chef, writer and content creator has championed the V-life since launching her blog in 2013. A decade later, she’s the author of Vegan Nigerian Kitchen, a cookbook featuring classic Nigerian recipes reimagined through a plant-based lens. In this episode, Tomi shares what inspired her to adopt veganism and her mission to help more people explore the lifestyle.
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In episode 5, host Matilda gets candid about black skincare with Dija Ayodele, a highly respected skin health specialist and founder of the award-winning Black Skin Directory – a platform created to help connect people of colour to professional skincare. She’s also the owner of boutique skin health clinic West Room Aesthetics and author of Black Skin: The definitive skincare guide. In this episode, Dija shares how we can learn to be confident in the skin we’re in.
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In episode 4, host Matilda has a shame-free conversation about periods with Le’Nise Brothers – a registered nutritionist, yoga teacher and the author of You Can Have A Better Period. A specialist in women’s health, hormones and the menstrual cycle, Le’Nise dispels the myths and taboos around periods and shares how when the going gets tough, what we can do about it.
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In episode 3, host Matilda chats with her friend Karen Hartley, a psychotherapist who specialises in trauma, anxiety and stress and helps people gain confidence by building emotional resilience. Karen shares the truth about stress and what women can do about it, no matter what comes our way.
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In episode 2, Matilda explores the idea of play with Amazi, a 2 x Guinness World Record-holding hula-hooper, roller skater and fire performer who heads up Performance for fitness team and international performance troupe Marawa's Majorettes. In our chat, she shares how she discovered her love for hooping and why playful activities should be a massive part of our wellness journeys.
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To kick off Season 2, host Matilda talks to Dora Atim – aka Coach Dora – a beloved Nike Run coach in London who's built a devoted following championing diversity and trail running. In the chat, the Ultra Black Running founder shares her fitness journey, how she discovered her love for running and how others can fall in love with it too.
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A brand new season of Finesse Your Wellness (brought to you by Fly Girl Collective) is on its way! Stay tuned as episodes will be dropping every Thursday!
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On this bonus episode, host Matilda shares the importance of reflecting on the past 12 months and the lessons to take into the new year ahead.
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On Episode 9, host Matilda leads a panel conversation in London on Building Emotional Resilience. Joined by her friends and wellness pros Sanchia Legister and Jade Swaby, she explores how their personal experiences have equipped them to face and overcome life’s challenges. Last episode of the season!
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On episode 8, host Matilda talks to Tobi Asare, an author and founder of My Bump Pay, an online platform to help women smash the glass ceiling with a baby on the way and beyond. In our chat, we discuss the reality of being a career mom, the ‘motherhood penalty’, and the ways women who aspire to motherhood can prepare for that unique chapter in their life.
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On episode 7, host Matilda talks to Donna McConnell, a cyclist and triathlete who marked her 50th birthday by training for an Ironman – one of the world’s most challenging endurance events that only a few percent of the world’s population will ever complete. They discuss the moment she completed the big event in 2021, her fitness lifestyle and her goal to inspire more black women to get involved in multi-sport events.
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On Episode 6, host Matilda meets Hannah Frankson - a cycle instructor who's gone from hyping up local London studios to popping up in households worldwide as a much-loved instructor with Peloton. She discovers how the former athlete adopted the spin life, and why she's on a mission to motivate the masses, one ride at a time.
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On episode 5, host Matilda taps up Dr Tosin Ajayi-Sotubo (from Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies) to discuss black women's health and why it's important to check yourself.
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On episode 4, host Matilda and Great British Bake Off quarter-finalist Benjamina Ebuehi explore food and baking, as well as the cook and author's own personal journey with food, fitness and wellness.
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For episode 3, host Matilda gets personal to discuss money with her homegirl Melanie Eusebe MBE - an entrepreneur, business strategist and author of the critically-acclaimed book Financial Wellness and How to Find It. Together they reflect on their journeys with money, the ways it can reflect how we think about ourselves, and how to take positive action over our finances.
Follow Melanie on Instagram at @melanieeusebe and melanieeusebe.com. You can also learn more about her book on Amazon.
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For episode 2, host Matilda sits down with stylist Adama Paul - aka Middle Side Part on social media.. She’s a creative who’s on a mission to empower people to look and feel their best for their most important moments. While her journey into fashion styling has been unconventional, she’s passionate about encouraging women to pursue their dreams and make bold transitions at any stage in life.
Matilda and Adama discussed what style means to them, the impact of style on self-confidence and how to always stay ready for anything.
Follow Adama on Instagram at @middlesidepart.
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For this debut episode, host Matilda catches up with her homegirls to discuss the journey of being black women completing their very first triathlon (and facing their insecurities with swimming - especially open water swimming). They discuss everything from taking adult swimming lessons and dealing with their haircare and skincare to the impact the challenge had on their wellness.
To find out more about Better’s adulting swimming programme Swim Doctor, visit: https://www.better.org.uk/what-we-offer/lessons-and-courses/swimming/adults
For info on Karen’s personal trainer Zayd, head to: https://www.swimmingmantis.com
And to learn about Swim For Tri’s open water sessions, check out: https://www.swimfortri.co.uk
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Brought to you by Fly Girl Collective, Finesse Your Wellness is a new podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Matilda Egere-Cooper. It explores all aspects of wellness – from the physical and mental to the financial and emotional – shining a light on what it means for black women and women of colour to thrive and live well. Season 1 launches in September 2022, so here's what's to come.
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