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In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, here's our selection of the best wellness podcasts hosted by women, for women

How do you avoid burnout? What’s the best diet that’ll help you balance your hormones? How can you adopt a more mindful everyday routine? If you’re curious to learn the answer to these questions, podcasts are an easy way to improve your general health and wellness knowledge. Here, we round up the best wellness podcasts hosted by women, and created with a female audience in mind.

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Food Heaven Podcast

Dietitian nutritionists Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones talk to leading health experts on how to live healthier and more balanced lives on Food Heaven Podcasts

The two best friends will teach you all about nutrition, food, culture and body image on the podcast. They’ll also dive into topics like sustainability, dating, mental health and setting boundaries.

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On Being

On Being is a public radio show and podcast hosted by journalist Krista Tippett. Rather than focusing solely on wellness, the show examines the meaning of being human, and how one can live better.

Unfolding deep and meaningful discussions with world-renowned poets, trauma experts, writers, and Nobel Prize winners, this show will make you excited to connect with other people and to pursue a life worth living. 

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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before, Gretchen Rubin leads the Happier podcast to uncover how to build a happier life through good habits, rituals, and more. Rubin shares snippets of her life and stories with her sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer. 

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A Slight Change of Plans

Named one of the best shows of the year in 2021 by Apple, A Slight Change of Plans is a podcast led by Maya Shankar that dives into the science of human behaviour. From the podcast, you’ll be able to understand more about who we are, and who we become when we are forced to face a big change. 

Celebrity guests include comedian Tiffany Haddish and Christine Ha of MasterChef fame, who made a name for herself after winning the TV competition in 2012 as a permanently blind chef. 

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The Happiness Lab

In The Happiness Lab, Yale professor Laurie Santos goes through the latest scientific research and shares inspiring stories related to the science of happiness.

Based on the popular psychology course that she teaches at Yale, The Science of Well-Being—the course went viral online at the beginning of Covid-19—you’ll learn about burnout, navigating through grief, managing anxiety and more. 

Learn more about The Happiness Lab

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