For decades, you’ve been trying to be everything to everyone, but now you realize that youth doesn’t last forever, success always feels out of reach, and the rules you’ve been following were never designed with your best interests in mind. In the AKW podcast, I’ll help you see that the standards you’ve been using to measure your health and how well you’re aging are flawed. You’ll hear inspiring stories from women who prioritize their wellness in ways that challenge societal norms—like skipping alcohol, rejecting facial fillers, and focusing on more than just body size.
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This is not another conversation about dieting, anti-aging hacks, or bouncing back—this is about reclaiming power, finding joy, and truly thriving on your terms.
"Women's health is frequently presented through the lens of aesthetics, rather than from, like, a more holistic wellness approach. These industries have manufactured problems and then sold us solutions to the problems we didn't even realize we had until they told us we had them." -Andrea Nichols [4:54]
Megan joins us to talk about the importance of community, personal health and wellness, and the challenges she is facing head on in her journey.
Join me as we reclaim the true meaning of wellness, strip away the noise, and embrace a sustainable, empowering version of health that works for YOU. Tune in and start redefining wellness on your terms.
Melissa, from Pilates Cure, joins us to talk about her routines as a fitness professional who is passionate about Women's health, the different seasons she's been through, and what she is doing now in her late 40s to promote health and wellness in her life.
"I love that, like, NASM is taking the time to do a women-specific certification because, like you just said, they don't make workout equipment for women, but yet we're supposed to be going in and working out, but it doesn't even fit us. That just doesn't even make sense and I hope it continues to grow" -Andrea Nichols [13:24]
In this episode of Andrea Kay Wellness, we're diving into the wild world of cortisol—your body's stress hormone. If you feel constantly on edge, exhausted, or like your body is working against you, cortisol might be the culprit. Andrea explains how chronic stress impacts your health, why it feels like a never-ending cycle, and what you can do to regulate your stress response and find balance. Tune in to reclaim your peace and restore your energy!
How Functional Nutrition Testing Can Fill In the Gaps (feat. Stephanie Darby)
You've been told your labs are "normal"—so why do you still feel off? In this powerful episode, Andrea sits down with Stephanie Darby, a registered dietitian specializing in functional and sports nutrition, to unpack why lab results don’t always tell the whole story.
👉 If you’ve ever felt dismissed by doctors or frustrated by unexplained symptoms, this episode will empower you to trust your body and guide you on how to find the answers you need.
Feeling burned out, anxious, or off — even though you're doing everything “right”? Learn how your vagus nerve affects your energy, mood, and resilience, and why your nervous system holds the key to true wellness.
In this vulnerable episode of the AKW Podcast, I share a personal experience with shame: how it shows up quietly as perfectionism, people-pleasing, and burnout… and how naming it was one of the most powerful steps in my healing.
We’re burning the script that says boundaries have to be polite, perfectly worded, or approved by someone else. In this episode, we’ll talk about why setting boundaries can feel like crap (especially if you’ve been conditioned to people-please), how we perform instead of protect, and why trying to manage other people’s reactions is what’s really keeping you stuck.
In Part 2 of this 3-part series, we’re unpacking why other people’s boundaries can feel so triggering, especially when they come from the people we love most. If a “no” from someone else feels like punishment, abandonment, or exclusion, this episode is here to rewire that narrative.
You were conditioned to cope, not connect. So now you call it a boundary—but it’s really burnout in disguise. Let’s talk about what your nervous system actually needs to feel safe, supported, and open again. Because you don’t need more walls. You need more capacity.