Beautiful Inside by Beauticate

This week, I’m joined by Alexa Roetger, better known to many as Nurse Lex — founder of Aestheticá Byron Bay, registered nurse, skin expert, and one of those rare women whose work is deeply grounded in both science and soul. Publicly, she’s built a respected Byron Bay clinic known for its holistic, less-is-more approach to skin. Privately, her story is one of resilience, reinvention, grief, motherhood, and learning to trust her own philosophy in an industry obsessed with trends. (Aestheticá, Byron Bay)
In this conversation, Lex shares how she went from working in high-pressure clinical nursing to creating a business that helps women feel more at home in themselves — not more “perfect”, just more aligned. We talk about the emotional side of aesthetics, the moment your reflection no longer feels like you, and why so many women aren’t really chasing youth at all, but recognition.
We also go deeper into the realities of building a business while becoming a mother, the quiet power of word of mouth, and the grief that can reshape how you see women’s health, hormones, ageing and care. It’s a conversation about skin, yes — but also identity, intuition, and what it means to support women honestly.
In this episode, we explore:
Lex’s path from nursing into aesthetic medicine
The surprise motherhood story that unfolded while she was building her clinic
Why she believes skin health should come before trends
Her thoughts on barrier repair, regenerative treatments and respecting the skin
The emotional impact of perimenopause, menopause and not recognising yourself in the mirror
Why the best practitioners aren’t always the loudest online
What it takes to grow a trusted business through integrity and reputation
You’ll come away with a deeper understanding of skin, but also a deeper compassion for yourself — especially if you’ve ever felt like your outer self stopped matching the person you know you still are inside.
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A special thank you to @pulsetto.tech, our season sponsor. Use BEAUTICATE for 15% off at pulsetto.tech

Susan Yara, beauty pioneer, entrepreneur and wellness advocate, joins me for a deeply honest conversation about reinvention, resilience and what it really means to be beautiful inside.

In this episode of Beautiful Inside by Beauticate, we go beyond the highlight reel. Susan shares her journey from feeling like an outsider as a child to building trust with millions of women, navigating public scrutiny and ultimately selling her brand.

We talk about the psychological toll of online backlash, the quiet discipline of setting boundaries, and the moment she realised wellness wasn’t optional, it was essential.

This conversation explores self-care in the digital age, the pressure of perfection and why a trusted inner circle is one of the most powerful forms of protection. Susan also opens up about motherhood, identity and the six rituals she returns to when she needs to feel grounded, clear and herself again.

It’s a thoughtful, deeply human conversation about resilience, self-trust and choosing depth over noise.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Susan Yara reinvented herself and rebuilt trust
• Why resilience matters more than perfection
• The hidden cost of online criticism and how to set boundaries
• Her approach to wellness, self-care and hormonal health
• The six rituals that keep her feeling strong, calm and connected

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This week on Beautiful Inside, I’m joined by Dr Shefali Tsabary — clinical psychologist, bestselling author, and the voice behind the Conscious Parenting movement. But what makes her story matter isn’t just her expertise. It’s the way she names the patterns so many of us are living inside: perfectionism dressed up as “good parenting”, approval-seeking disguised as “being a nice person”, and the silent burnout of holding everything together.
This episode is brought to you by ⁠Pulsetto⁠, a wearable vagus nerve stimulation device designed to support calm, stress relief and better sleep through short app-guided sessions. For more information, and to receive 15% off, use the code https://pulsetto.tech/.
In this conversation, you’ll feel both seen and steadied. Dr Shefali doesn’t offer fluffy fixes — she offers a mirror. One that helps you understand why you react the way you do, how to repair without drowning in shame, and what it actually looks like to come home to yourself in midlife.
We talk about the emotional moments that make parenting (and womanhood) so charged: the outbursts that leave you rattled, the guilt that follows, and the fear that you’re “doing damage”. Dr Shefali shares a powerful reframe — that parenting isn’t a performance to perfect, but a relationship to grow through — and the relief in that lands in your body.
We also go deep on something many families are navigating daily: screens and tech dependence. Dr Shefali is clear-eyed about how dopamine, swiping, and constant stimulation are shaping our children (and us), and what it takes to set boundaries that don’t come from control, but from protection and leadership.
And then, the conversation widens beautifully. Dr Shefali opens up about her own reinvention — leaving India at 21, building a life in the US, and later shedding the identity of the “good wife” and the woman who performs stability. It’s raw, brave, and deeply liberating, especially for anyone standing at the edge of a life shift and wondering who they’ll be without the roles.
How to pause, reflect, and repair after you lose your temper — without spiralling into self-hatred

Why shame keeps women stuck, and how to start loosening its grip

The difference between life-enhancing boundaries and ego-enhancing boundaries (and why that matters at home)

What screen addiction is really doing to attention, connection, and family dynamics

The real root of burnout for so many women: the hunger for approval, validation, and praise

Dr Shefali’s beauty and wellness rituals — not as “self-improvement”, but as self-connection

If this episode gave you language for what you’ve been feeling — or a gentle jolt of permission to change — I’d love you to leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. It helps more women find these conversations, and it tells the algorithm this is worth sharing.

This week, I’m joined by Trinny Woodall — founder and CEO of Trinny London. She's a media personality, and one of the most refreshingly honest voices in beauty and business. But what makes Trinny so compelling isn’t just what she’s built. It’s how she’s rebuilt herself, again and again.
From addiction and grief to solo motherhood, leadership, reinvention and the ongoing work of backing herself, her story is one of depth, resilience and hard-won self-awareness. In this episode, we talk about what it really takes to keep showing up when life has humbled you, stretched you or broken your heart a little.
Trinny shares why she hates the phrase imposter syndrome, how she’s learned to walk into rooms she once felt unqualified for, and why women need to stop shrinking themselves in spaces that were never designed for them.
We also talk about female friendship, social media, people-pleasing, leadership, and the subtle but powerful choice we all have to either lift each other up or get caught in drama. It’s a conversation about emotional maturity, courage, and learning how to be fully yourself in public and in private.
Along the way, Trinny shares some of the rituals and practices that keep her feeling strong and steady — from meditation and weight training to SPF, ice facials and the small disciplines that help her return to herself.
In this episode, we explore:
• Why community can be a lifeline when you’re struggling
• The mindset shift that matters more than confidence
• What addiction, grief and hardship can teach us about resilience
• How to lead without losing your humanity
• Beauty and wellness rituals that genuinely support wellbeing
If this conversation resonated, I’d love it if you’d follow the show, leave a review, or share this episode with a friend. It really helps us continue these conversations and bring them to more women who need them.

This episode is brought to you by Pulsetto, a wearable vagus nerve stimulation device designed to support calm, stress relief and better sleep through short app-guided sessions. For more information, and to receive 15% off, use the code https://pulsetto.tech/.

This episode is about why Sacred Six exists at all.
I’ve just finished filming Sacred Six: Best Destination Spas in Australia, and I recorded this episode from Alba on the Mornington Peninsula. Alba immediately took me back to my twenties, to visiting thermal spas in Switzerland and realising, very clearly, that this was the world I wanted to write about.
Sacred Six isn’t just a list. It’s about the places that fuse architecture, design and wellness in a way that feels transportive. The kind of spaces where you step out of your everyday life and into something more intentional, more imaginative, more restorative.
In this episode, I talk about what makes a spa truly exceptional, why Australia deserves its own Sacred Six, and how these experiences have shaped my work, my perspective, and my relationship with beauty and wellbeing over time.
If you’re craving escape, dreaming of travel, or curious about how place can change how you feel, this episode is for you.
If you have a destination you think should be on my list, I’d love to hear it.
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Sponsor:
A special thank you to our sponsor, Aestheticá Byron Bay: the female-founded, nurse-led medi-spa redefining natural, ethical cosmetic treatments.
Created by registered nurse Alexa Roetger, Aestheticá is built on education, safety, and subtle, confidence-led results. The clinic is staffed by highly trained medical and wellness professionals, reflecting Alexa’s commitment to excellence and her “less is more” philosophy. She’s also a Dermaviduals ambassador and a top-tier Allergan clinician, recognised internationally for her work.
Aestheticá specialises in anti-wrinkle treatments, dermal fillers, bioremodelling, regenerative therapies like PRP, medical boosters (NAD, Glutathione, B12), advanced dermal treatments and personalised skin programs — with a strong focus on peri- and menopausal skin support.
Nurse Lex is kindly offering our audience a 20% discount - head to aestheticabyronbay.com (http://aestheticabyronbay.com/) to book and use the code BEAUTICATE2026.