# Episode 8: Amelia Phillips unpacks the calories conversation, Justin gets schooled on friendships and Lee rants about green powders.

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Podcast: [Wellness Unfiltered Pod](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wellness-unfiltered-pod-7782228)
Published: 2026-05-12T07:43:37+00:00
Episode link: https://wellnessunfilteredpod.substack.com/p/episode-8-amelia-phillips-joins-unpacks
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Duration seconds: 4805

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Show Notes: Episode 8 Wellness Unfiltered Episode 8: Amelia Phillips on Energy, Weight Loss & the Science of Feeling Good. We Unpack Perimenopause Fatigue, the Calorie Conversation No One Wants to Have, and Why Sleep Might Be Your Missing Link. Plus Justin Gets Schooled on Friendships and Lee Rants About Green Powders. 🎙️ This week we have Amelia, a nutritionist-slash-exercise-scientist with 29 years of hard-won wisdom. She drops a reformed cardio-queen confession, and a Venn diagram that actually makes sense. This episode might just change how you think about energy, weight, and why your body feels the way it does. Hosts Lee Holmes and Irene Falcone are joined by Amelia Phillips , co-founder of the Michelle Bridges 12WBT, host of the Healthy Her podcast, and all-round superstar in the women's health space. The conversation spans everything from the calorie deficit no one can avoid to the four biological pillars draining your energy, why meal delivery might be the smartest hack you haven't tried, and the one thing Irene needs to fix before anything else will work. Then Justin asks how men can deepen their friendships (spoiler: lead with the arms), and Lee delivers a rant on green powders that will have you reading labels with fresh suspicion. ✨ In this episode we chat about: 🍽️ What's Popping: Meet Amelia Phillips (00:00) 29 Years in the Game: Amelia started in the fitness industry at 17, fell in love with exercise science, then realised nutrition was where the real challenge lay. A master's degree in human nutrition later, she's spent nearly three decades helping women understand the strawberries-and-cream magic of diet and exercise combined. The Low-Fat Cardio Queen Confession: In the 90s, Amelia was all about stripping fat, driving calories down, and burning 500 cal…

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