This Is Life — strength, physiology & stepping into your prime
This Is Life is a podcast about strength, physical, mental, and emotional, and what it really looks like to step into your prime in midlife.
Hosted by Jo Northwood, a strength coach and sports therapy graduate, this podcast blends real-life experience with evidence-based physiology to explore training, hormones, health, identity, and rebuilding yourself after life shifts.
Some episodes are practical and educational, breaking down strength training, metabolism, and how the body actually adapts as we age.
Others are personal, honest conversations about motherhood, losing yourself, finding your way back, and choosing to live bigger rather than shrink.
No fads. No extremes. No pressure to “bounce back.”
Just smart training, grounded nutrition, and real conversations for women who want to feel capable, strong, and in control of their bodies again.
This Is Life — strength, physiology & stepping into your prime
This Is Life: Why I’m Starting Here (and Why Strength Means More Than Ever)
In this first episode of This Is Life, Jo shares why this podcast has evolved from Nourish, Move, Thrive into something broader, deeper, and more honest.
This episode is a reflection on strength, not just as a physical practice, but as a way of living through midlife changes, motherhood, identity shifts, and the quiet moments where you realise your body and life are asking for something different.
Jo talks openly about her journey through strength training, living overseas, becoming a mother, and what it really means to rebuild yourself in your forties without chasing extremes or trying to become who you used to be.
This episode sets the tone for the podcast going forward: grounded conversations about strength, physiology, and life as it really is, for women who want to feel capable, connected, and at home in their bodies again.
Thank you for listening to This Is Life.
This podcast is an extension of my work with women navigating midlife strength, health, and identity, blending real-life experience with evidence-based physiology, without extremes or quick fixes.
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This is where I share life lately reflections, strength training insights, and the thinking behind this podcast.