Changing Seasons Podcast
Changing Seasons is a podcast that gently explores the transitions we move through in life from fertility to menopause, surrogacy to grief, and the many shifts in between. Hosted by Jody Vassallo, Ayurvedic guide, intuitive cook, and founder of ‘Gather’. Each episode is an invitation to slow down, listen in, and reconnect with the wisdom of your body and the cycles of nature.
Through the lens of traditional medicine and lived experience, we dive into the big topics: perimenopause, menopause, fertility, gut health, grief and loss, surrogacy, Ayurveda, and food as medicine.
This is a space for real conversations, tender truths, and practical ways to nourish yourself no matter what season you're in.
Episodes
46 episodes
46 - Shonali Sabherwal: Gut Health Is Everything.
Today Jody speaks to Shonali Sabherwal Macrobiotic Nutritionist & Chef about the Macrobiotic and Ayurvedic approach to gut health. Shonali shares that she has attended a Panchakarma (an Ayurvedic detox protocol) once a year since she was in...
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Episode 46
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45 - Nicole Lange: Trauma and How It Can Impact Fertility.
Nicole Lange is an acupuncturist who has a Masters in Chinese Medicine, she has spent her entire career focused on working with women. Today she chats with Jody about her wholistic approach to supporting women through their fertility journey. W...
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Episode 45
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44 - Sarah Megginson: My Surrogate Journey.
Today Sarah Megginson returns to the podcast to speak with Jody about her decision to be a surrogate for her friend Lisa Messenger. Sarah had given birth to three healthy children of her own and at the same time had watched Lisa and...
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Episode 44
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1:02:24
43 - How the Changing Seasons Impact Us with Jody Vassallo.
In today's episode Jody explores how the changing seasons of the year impact each of the different Doshas. Ayurveda says that we need to protect our bodies around the junctions of the seasons and we discuss how Vata types need to ta...
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Episode 43
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42 - Dr Jimi Wollumbin: The Distressing State of Male Fertility.
Today Dr Jimi Wollumbin returns to chat with Jody about the distressing state of male fertility across the globe. Jimi shares disturbing research figures on the declining rates of male fertility across all age groups of men.We speak abou...
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Season 5
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Episode 42
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1:28:55
41 - Psychological Characteristics Of The Doshas.
Today Jody is speaking about the psychological characteristics of the Ayurvedic constitutions (doshas) Vata, Pitta, Kapha. The intention of this episode is to help listeners understand why they behave in the way they do. Jody talks ...
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Episode 41
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40 - Jody Vassallo: Babies Aren't Made By Wishing.
Today Jody speaks about her personal failed fertility journey. After realising in her mid-forties that she may not meet the man of her dreams and have a family she embarked on a solo mission to have a child. She chose to...
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Episode 40
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39 - Lola Berry: So you want to freeze your embryos? You may need your therapist on speed dial.
Today Jody talks to nutritionist, actor and presenter Lola Berry about her and her partner Matt's decision to freeze her embryos instead of eggs. Their choice to delay having a family came after Lola chose to leave her life in Australia to purs...
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Episode 39
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38 - Catie Gett: My Experience with HRT (Part 2).
Today Catie Gett returns to discuss her ongoing experience with HRT. Catie speaks about how HRT is not a fix all and that women need to monitor its efficacy and communicate their symptoms with their doctor. Up until now Catie has been using pat...
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Episode 38
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1:01:45
37 - Improve Your Agni And Heal Your Digestion And Hormones with Myra Lewin.
Today Jody speaks with Myra Lewin, founder of Hale Pule about the power of Agni (digestive fire) and how by healing our digestion we can bring our hormones into balance and also change our bodies.We cover many topics in this episode star...
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Episode 37
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58:28
36 - Using Ayurveda to Find Calm & Beauty in Menopause with Christina Covington.
Today Jody speaks to Ayurvedic Practitioner Christina Covington about how we can use Ayurveda to find beauty in the menopausal journey. We discuss the importance and value in having a regular self care routine (Dinacharya) and how the practice ...
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Episode 36
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1:02:24
35 - Why Tending To Our Fascia Is So Vital To Our Health with Brooke McPoyle.
Today Jody speaks with Brooke McPoyle about the body's scaffolding system - the fascia.We talk about what it is, it's role in the body and why keeping it hydrated is so important as we age. Brooke describes her experience with Plantar Fa...
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Episode 35
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1:02:45
34 - Is it Perimenopause or Hashimoto’s or Both? With Libby Munro.
Today Jody interviews Libby Munro, a nutritionist who specialises in the auto immune disease Hashimoto’s, thyroid and gut health. Libby describes the symptoms of Hashi’s – hair loss, moon face, brain fog, temperature regulation, ins...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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1:09:19
33 - What Menopause Does to Women's Wealth with Sarah Megginson & Simone Clarke.
Today Jody speaks with Sarah Megginson, personal finance expert and Simone Clarke from UN CEO United Nations Women Australia. Sarah and Simone are two of the authors of the State of Women's Wealth Report 2025.They report the menopause ca...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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32 - We Are Addicted to Yang with Dr. Anny Fodor.
Today Jody speaks with Dr Anny Fodor about women's approach to perimenopause and how we need less not more in our lives. Anny discusses the importance of slowing down, listening in and disconnecting from all of the noise of the outside world.
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Episode 32
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31 - Making Ayurveda Accessible to Everyone with Gabriel Perera.
In todays conversation with Gabriel Perera Founder and CEO of Wellness brand Ora Health.Jody talks about her journey with the teachings of Ayurveda. She shares how in the first 5 years of practising Ayurveda she was quite rigid in her ap...
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Episode 31
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30 - Understanding the Root Cause of Menopausal Symptoms with Elyse Comerford.
Today Jody speaks with Integrative Nutritionist and GAPS Practitioner Elyse Comerford about how she works with women to help the understand the root causes of their menopausal symptomsElyse describes how exposure to harmful chemicals, li...
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Episode 30
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1:09:56
29 - How Our Bodies Respond To Perceived Threats with Dr Olivia Lesslar.
Today Jody speaks with Dr Olivia Lesslar about psychoneuroimmunology and how our brain communicates with the body when it perceives it is under threat. Olivia breaks down the 8 ancient survival threats and explains that we are now l...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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28 - Menopause - The Long Game with Jody Vassallo.
Today Jody speaks about some of the current hot topics in the perimenopause and menopause arena. How much protein should we be eating and is eating 120g a day making you very Pitta - hot and smelly. Are you taking care of your bones and if you ...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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1:00:36
27 - The Spiritual Nature of Perimenopause with Kris Gonzalez.
Today Jody chats with Kris Gonzalez about walking a conscious path through perimenopause. Kris is an acupuncturist and educator who spends most of her time these days bringing awareness to how to help women transition into perimenopause gently....
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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1:20:03
26 - The Importance of Healing Deep Core Wounding with Lisa Darveniza.
Lisa Darveniza is a counsellor, psychotherapist. Growth work teacher and group facilitator and the founder of Awareness Work. She joins Jody today to talk about the importance of healing the core wounding we experience in childhood....
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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54:42
25 - The Wounded Witch & The Unwounded Womb with Dr. Jimi Wollumbin.
Dr Jimi Wollumbin returns today to speak with Jody about The Wounded Witch/ Healer archetype and the magnificent unwounded womb. We speak about the womb being far more than a home for babies and its important role of connecting a wo...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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1:18:24
24 - How Your Adrenals Manage Cortisol & Estrogen with Catie Gett
In this episode Catie talks about her personal perimenopause journey.As a naturopath entering this phase of life in burnout meant she was acutely aware that had to closely manage her health, especially her adrenals. She became vigilant a...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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1:21:36
23 - The magic of fasting the heart and mind with Tahnee Taylor
In todays episode Jody speaks with Tahnee Taylor. Tahnee is a Taoist energetic teacher, yin yoga teacher, mother to 3 beautiful babes and owner of Superfeast with her husband Mason.Jody and Tahnee talk about traditional approaches to men...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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1:36:34
22 - Reflecting on my menopausal journey with Jody Vassallo
In this episode Jody speaks about her menopausal journey. She reflects on the changes she has seen in the menopausal arena, in the science and the recommendations around hormone replacement therapy. Jody looks at how grief has been ...
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Episode 22
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