What if the exercise advice you once followed no longer works for your body in midlife?

In this episode, I’m speaking with award-winning women’s health and fitness educator Mish Wright about creating a more flexible, personalised and supportive approach to movement during perimenopause.

Mish shares how traditional fitness methods contributed to her pelvic floor dysfunction and prolapse, leading her to challenge an industry largely built around research on young, fit men.

We explore what strength training really means, why mobility matters more as we age and how pushing harder when your energy is depleted can increase fatigue, stress and injury risk.

Mish also introduces her GRACE Protocol, a practical framework for adapting exercise to your energy, health and real-life circumstances.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

• Why strength training does not have to mean lifting heavy weights in a gym
• How progressive overload can include Pilates, yoga and bodyweight movement
• Why mobility and warming up become increasingly important in midlife
• How fascia, hydration and pelvic floor function are connected
• Why pushing harder can sometimes increase fatigue and stress
• How to adjust exercise according to your sleep, energy and symptoms
• Why joyful movement is more sustainable than forcing yourself through workouts
• How nature, breathwork and nervous system regulation support wellbeing
• Why everyday activities can contribute to your overall movement
• How the GRACE Protocol supports strength, cardio, regulation and flexibility
• Why women still need cardiovascular exercise during and after menopause
• What to ask your fitness professional about women’s health education
• How reducing mindless phone use can create more time for movement and connection

ABOUT MISH WRIGHT:

Mish Wright is an award-winning educator and one of Australia’s leading voices in women’s health and fitness.

Her work focuses on the intersection of menopause and exercise — challenging outdated, one-size-fits-all approaches and giving women practical ways to train with their bodies, not against them.

After experiencing pelvic floor dysfunction from traditional fitness methods, Mish shifted her career toward education that actually reflects women’s physiology and lived experience. She is Head of Education at Women's Fitness Education.

She is the creator of the Menopause Training Matrix™ and GRACE Protocol, and works with fitness professionals globally to rethink how we approach movement, strength, and long-term health in midlife and beyond.

Mish Wright AUSactive Educator of the Year 2021 + 2024 FUEL Woman of the Year 2024 NZ Educator of the Year 2023

CONNECT WITH MISH WRIGHT:

Web: mishwright.com

Instagram: @mishwright

LinkedIn: Mish Wright

CONNECT WITH HOST TERRI BATSAKIS:

Web: https://terribatsakis.com.au/

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