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The Educate & Empower Podcast
Where women are guided, grounded, and gracefully reminded that every season of life deserves care.
Welcome to The Educate & Empower Podcast , a space where clinical wisdom meets soulful conversation. Hosted by Rebecca East, Nurse Practitioner, CEO & and Founder of The Holistic Care Collective, this podcast is your companion through The Seasons of Her, from puberty to pre-pregnancy, postpartum to perimenopause, and every chapter in between.
Each episode invites you to explore the connection between body, mind, and purpose, blending evidence-based women’s health, honest storytelling, and heartfelt empowerment. Whether you’re navigating hormonal changes, rediscovering your identity, or learning how to truly care for yourself, you’ll find insight, compassion, and community here.
Through real conversations with health experts, thought leaders, and women just like you, Bec brings education to light and empowerment to life, so you can move through every season feeling informed, confident, and deeply supported.
✨ Because when women are educated and empowered, everything changes.
Episodes
40 episodes
40. The Role Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Can Play in Optimising Hormones with Chloe Stubberfield (The Which Doctor)
In this episode, Bec sits down with Chloe Stubberfield - The Which Doctor, to explore the role acupuncture and Chinese Medicine can play in supporting and optimising women’s hormones.Together, they unpack the differences between Chinese ...
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39. 4Cyte Conference Debrief with Bec
In this episode of The Educate & Empower Podcast, Bec sits down for a solo chat and debrief on everything she learned and had affirmed at a recent conference she attended around women's health.In the episode Bec shares information ar...
38. The Peri-Equation with Vik Linke
In this episode, Bec sits down with Nurse Practitioner Vik Linke for an insightful and empowering conversation on perimenopause, a phase that often goes unrecognised, misunderstood, or dismissed altogether.Together, they unpack the wide ...
37. From Lost to Empowered: A Patient's Journey
In this episode, our nurse and midwife Jane is joined by a special guest — one of our own patients, who has chosen to remain anonymous — to share her personal health journey.Together, they explore what it felt like to experience o...
36. Supporting & Empowering our Teen Girls with Phoebe Barnes
In this episode, we’re joined by Phoebe Barnes — teacher, mentor, and advocate for student wellbeing and positive mental health.Phoebe shares her passion for supporting young girls through her program Grounded Girls, which ...
35. Preparing for Labour and Birth with Jane McLeish
This episode is hosted by Jane, Registered Nurse and Midwife, to explore how to prepare for labour and birth. Drawing on her clinical experience supporting women through pregnancy and delivery, Jane shares practical insights into what to...
34. Hormones, Breakouts & Teen Skin, with Mel Lonergan
This week we’re joined by the incredible Mel Lonergan — Registered Cosmetic Nurse from MKL Aesthetics and founder of teen skincare range Nora Luvs Skin Co.We’re diving into all things teen skin, including the ...
33. Redefining Midlife & Reconnection to Self with Dani O'Brien
This episode Bec is joined by special guest Dani O'Brien - Holistic Counsellor, as they talk about redefining midlife, perimenopause and beyond, as a time of reconnection, clarity, and self-trust.Through honest conversations and reflective ...
32. Welcome to "The Seasons of Her"
Today we're proud to introduce "The Seasons of Her" - our new signature framework for women's health. Because women don't move through life in straight lines. We move through seasons.Awaken. Nurture. Restore. Evolve....
31. Mini series: “From the Airwaves to You” Endometriosis
This December we have hand picked some of Bec's favourite radio episodes to get you through the festive season and to get you excited about our 2026 'movement' This episode, Bec and Darcy are diving into an important conversation ab...
30. Mini Series: “From the Airwaves to You” Women's Health Checks!
This December we have hand picked some of Bec's favourite radio episodes to get you through the festive season and to get you excited about our 2026 'movement' This weeks episode on It All Starts Within... Health & Wellbeing wit...
29. Mini Series: “From the Airwaves to You” Women in Healthcare!
This December we have hand picked some of Bec's favourite radio episodes to get you through the festive season and to get you excited about our 2026 'movement' This weeks episode on It All Starts Within... Health & Wellbeing wit...
28. Mini series: “From the Airwaves to You” My most famous guest so far!
This December we have hand picked some of Bec's favourite radio episodes to get you through the festive season and to get you excited about our 2026 'movement' This weeks episode on It All Starts Within... Health & Wellbeing wit...
27. What we wish we knew back then...
This week on the Educate & Empower podcast, I sit down with my brilliant business bestie Krysten, teacher, brain science queen, and all-round legend, to unpack a conversation we wish we had in school:💭 What if we were actually taug...
26. My Mate Kate...and her unexpected journey post WL surgery!
This week on The Educate & Empower Podcast, Bec is joined by Kate, an inspiring mum, wife and all the other things! Kate and Bec started their journeys as patient and practitioner but have over the course of the years developed a beautiful ...
25. Lets Chat Postpartum
In this week’s episode, Bec is joined by the amazing Jane registered nurse, midwife, and part of the team at Bec’s clinic, THCC. Together, they’re diving into an essential, yet often overlooked topic: postpartum recovery. It’s time to break the...
24. Women's Pleasure
In this thought-provoking and often taboo episode, host Bec is joined by the insightful Heidi True for a raw and empowering chat about women’s pleasure. But it’s not just about intimacy it’s about joy, self-connection, and holistic wellbeing. T...
23. A Mid Year Update From Bec
In this solo episode of The Educate & Empower Podcast, Bec jumps on the mic for a mid-year catch-up, because somehow, we’re already halfway through 2025 (!).She’s sharing:• What’s been happening behind the scenes• Re...
22. Women & Burnout With Dani O'Brien
In this episode of The Educate & Empower Podcast, Bec is joined by Dani, an individual and couples holistic counsellor, for an honest and insightful chat about a topic that hits close to home for so many women - burnout.Toge...
21. The Gut-Hormone Connection with Emily Argus
In this episode of the Educate & Empower Podcast, Bec is joined by pharmacist and gut health advocate Emily Argus for a down-to-earth and insightful chat about the powerful connection between gut health and hormones.They div...
20. International Nurses Day 2025 LIVE with Kelly from Two Humerus Nurses
In this special crossover episode, Bec joins Kelly from the Two Humerus Nurses podcast, live from The Holistic Care Collective’s International Nurses Day event.They chat about the messy, imperfect reality of self-care, why it lo...
19. Checking In With Rachel: PCOS, Trusting Your Intuition & Honouring Hope and Benji
In this special follow-up episode, Bec sits down once again with the incredibly resilient and inspiring Rachel to catch up on where life has taken her since they last spoke.Rachel opens up about her recent diagnosis of PCOS and a partial...
18. Holding Space: The Role of a Doula with Ash Huntly (The Deni Doula)
In this episode of The Educate & Empower Podcast, Bec is joined by the warm and passionate Ash Huntly, also known as The Deni Doula.Together, they chat about Ash’s journey to becoming a doula, what a doula ac...
17. Nutrition & Wellness With Louise Mace
This week on The Educate & Empower PodcastBec sits down with Clinical Nutritionist & Naturopath Louise Mace to chat all things nutrition and wellness.It’s a nourishing conversation you won’t want to miss!You c...
16. Pregnancy & Postpartum: No Two Journeys Are The Same
In this heartfelt episode of The Educate & Empower Podcast, Bec is joined by her business bestie, Krysten, for a raw and real conversation about pregnancy and postpartum. While their journeys into motherhood looked completely diffe...