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September Xena
wellbeing
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Hi Mobsters!
Back to School, Back to YOU!
It’s back-to-school season! I never know if term time makes life easier or harder — with school runs, homework, and clubs it can feel relentless. But it does offer an opportunity: to get back into looking after *you*.
This month, as XENA's offering to the MOB, our focus is on something many women find frustrating — going to the doctor to discuss hormones. It’s well-documented that this can feel like an uphill battle. To help, our women’s health doctors have created practical downloads so you can get informed, prepare, and advocate for the support you deserve in the next phase of womanhood. I’ve also included a fantastic resource from the brilliant Tamsen Fadel.
Alongside that, our nutritional therapist Katy Bradbury has shared an important video on gut health. Because let’s not forget: hormones are just one part of the picture. Your overall health is shaped by many factors — mood, nutrition, exercise, sleep — so it always deserves a panoramic approach.
If you’re struggling with hormones, please don’t suffer in silence. Track your symptoms for at least three months. Nothing is too small or irrelevant — it’s all evidence. You know your body best. If something doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t.
Testing may need to be done privately, but a specialist menopause doctor or nutritional therapist who works with hormones can support you even without tests. The key is finding someone knowledgeable who truly listens and cares. And remember — perimenopause can begin from around 35, so you are not too young.
And of course, because exercise is my thing , I’ve included videos to help you build strength, mobility, and impact. Your body will thank you for it.
So, consider this your nudge: look after number one, book that appointment you’ve been putting off, and get back on the wagon. You’ve got this!
What does gut health mean for female hormones
https://vimeo.com/913460606?share=copy
Top Supplements For Perimenopause and Menopause. PDF
Testing in perimenopause and menopause. PDF
Tips for the GP appointments. PDF
Arms and core: 15 mins. Lauren takes you through a short but effective fitness programme.
15 min
https://vimeo.com/813617943/6eb626fc68
Lower Body Band: 15 mins. Lauren ups the ante with this lower body burn
Body Conditioning Strength: 30 mins. Body weight programme designed to build strength and fitness.
Supporting you through Pregnancy, Postpartum & BEYOND
Xena's female-led team of healthcare and fitness professionals offer exercise and advice from birth prep to recovery, nutrition to cycle tracking, breathwork to scar work and much, much more. Join the Xena community, track your progress and build understanding, confidence and resilience of your physical, emotional, cyclical and spiritual wellbeing.The Xena platform is here to be a resource for you to return to again and again. Just because your baby was born one year ago or more it doesn't mean it's too late to start from the beginning. 
1 x month’s free trial
We are partnering with Xena to give The MOB community a taster of all Xena has to offer - check out the free videos below that you can integrate into your weekly routine from today.For the full catalogue of over 400 resources especially designed to help you thrive in motherhood, head to the Xena app.Download the app for free and start using the freemium content, or sign up using the exclusive MOB code for a month's free trial.code: XENAMOB
Add the code at Xena checkout to redeem your one month free trial. “Feeling good doesn't have to be expensive or out of reach,
you shouldn't have to wait either.
We can thrive through dedication to small simple tricks.
Every effort counts when we’re stacking small, manageable habits.”
Octavia, Founder.
start here, mobster
Try these two, free, 5 minute videos with Octavia, mobster, mother and founder of Xena.Like them? Why not try setting yourself the goal of doing one of these a week?Top Tip - schedule time into your diary. By doing the very action of writing it into your diary, you are 40% more likely to commit to it! Tell you partner or friend you're doing it, and that likelihood increases to 90%.5 minute TABATA WITH OCTAVIA
a tABATA IS type of HIIT workout designed to improve cardiovascular fitness and build muscular strength
5 minute full body stretch with octavia
you can read more about the importance of stretching here
HABIT STACK to achieve your goals
If stretching / exercise is something you want to get into the habit of doing regularly (it's so good for us - mentally and physically, go for it!), then choose a time when you're able to attach the exercise to an existing routine you do everyday. This is a great way to build any new habits and achieve your goals. For example, you could do the 5 minute stretch straight after you get out of bed in the morning or after you've handed your kids their breakfast (stretch while they eat). Top Tip - make life easy for yourself. Put any equipment (ie a yoga mat) or clothes needed for you to do the exercise, out the night before to avoid any procrastination faff in the morningmeet OCTAVIA, founder OF XENA
XENA is my Ikigai.At the age of 12 I lost my first patch of hair with alopecia. What a ride that would be. After nearly 30 years of losing and gaining and then losing my hair again I learnt that it was down to me to decide how I felt, how I showed up, how I coped and moved forwards. There were tears, sadness, depression and fear. But there was also a determination not to be defined nor held back by this auto immune disease.As a physiotherapist of 15 years, I often found my strength lay in empowering my clients to believe their body wasn't broken beyond repair, that they had the capability to heal and move forwards.Then came motherhood.... another curveball. Different but equally seismic. I was blown away by how little I knew about my body even as a physio.I am a mother of two little girls, a physiotherapist of 15 years, and the founder of XENA. I have curated a fabulous team of professionals to help you get the most from your life. XENA offers an extensive library of 400+ videos, pdfs, and audios, as well as meticulously planned programmes for pregnancy, postpartum and perimenopause. Our aim is to cover and support you through every life-defining moment, and if we’ve not got what you’re looking for right now you can guarantee we’re working on it! we asked octavia what financial security means to her,
here’s what she said:
financial security
financial security
now it’s time to get financailly fit…
when you invest in you, you start to FEEl more MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY ready TO TACKLE BIG THINGS.
big things LIKE your financial confidence, knowledge & skills
creating the head space needed to build a more financially secure future for you and your family.