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Take A Breath

Take A Breath

By: Polly Warren
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A podcast for creating practical calm in the messy middle of midlife.


This is your space to pause.

Because life in midlife is full-on. Between work, family, menopause, and the mental load, your nervous system can easily end up in constant overdrive — leaving you feeling exhausted, reactive, and overwhelmed by even the smallest things.


Each week, I’ll share my own tools, alongside honest conversations and practical nervous system support — to help you create more calm, peace, joy, and inner steadiness. Not by escaping your life, because that’s totally unrealistic, but by meeting it differently.


So when you're ready, let’s take a breath together…

© 2026 Take A Breath
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Episodes
  • Thursday Thoughts - Complaining
    May 21 2026

    This week on Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about complaining.

    We all love a good vent now and again, and sometimes it’s healthy to let those emotions out. But when we stay stuck there, replaying the same thoughts over and over, it can keep us trapped in a really low-energy state.

    In this episode, we share our thoughts on the difference between releasing emotions and ruminating, plus some simple ways we try to catch ourselves before getting pulled into the cycle of constant complaining.

    Because sometimes the most powerful shift is asking: “Do I want to stay here… or do I want to move forward?”

    We hope you find something useful in here.

    Love,

    Polly & Lucy x

    Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

    Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

    Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

    To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

    Email me at: info@pollywarren.com
    https://www.pollywarren.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

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    27 mins
  • The Missing Piece in the Perimenopause Conversation
    May 19 2026

    In this episode, I’m sharing a big realisation I’ve had recently, one that feels like a real full-circle moment for me. Nearly 10 years ago, I left my teaching career feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious and completely disconnected from myself… although at the time, I had no idea that perimenopause was playing such a huge role in how I was feeling.

    Looking back now, I can see that this was the beginning of a much deeper journey into understanding stress, the nervous system and what my body was really trying to tell me.

    Over the years, I immersed myself in learning - from coaching to breathwork and nervous system regulation - while also supporting hunderes of other women navigating midlife.

    And the one thing I kept seeing over and over again was that so many women weren’t simply struggling with hormones alone… they were living with chronically overwhelmed nervous systems.

    In this episode, I explore why perimenopause can suddenly make life feel harder to cope with, why so many women feel like they’ve “lost themselves”, and how hormonal changes can make the nervous system far more sensitive to stress.

    I also share why learning to regulate my nervous system changed everything for me, and why I now believe this is one of the missing pieces in the perimenopause conversation.

    In this episode, I share:

    • How hormonal changes affect the nervous system and our ability to cope with stress
    • Why anxiety, overwhelm, irritability and exhaustion often intensify during midlife
    • The connection between chronic stress, survival mode and feeling “not like yourself anymore”
    • How breathwork and nervous system regulation helped me feel calmer, steadier and more like myself again

    Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

    Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

    Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

    To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

    Email me at: info@pollywarren.com
    https://www.pollywarren.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

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    33 mins
  • Thursday Thoughts - Self Doubt
    May 14 2026

    On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about something every single one of us experiences at some point…self-doubt.

    We discuss why it’s so common and why it stops us speaking up, going for things, or trusting ourselves fully.

    We also share some of the things that have genuinely helped us quiet our inner critic and build more self-trust over time.

    Because life is far too short to spend it constantly second-guessing yourself, shrinking yourself, or waiting until you feel “ready.”

    We hope you find something useful in here.

    Love Polly & Lucy x

    Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.

    Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.

    Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.

    To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to: https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspace

    Email me at: info@pollywarren.com
    https://www.pollywarren.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/

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    32 mins
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Love listening to Polly and her interesting guests. I needed to learn more about my body changing and this podcast gave me a lot of useful information from guests with such different backgrounds as well as approaches to women's health. Listening to Polly with her sweet voice and wise choice of questions feels like such an uplifting way to spend my drive home. Putting up her podcast makes me even more motivated to get outside for a walk, feeling like I brought a friend along.

Great supportive and informative podcast

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