Introducing Conversations with Dr Libby
Tired isn’t your personality. Foggy isn’t your forever. This is iron explained like you’ve never heard it before.
Always tired? Foggy brain? Feeling flat no matter what you do? It might not be “just life” – it could be your iron.
Iron deficiency is one of the most common yet overlooked nutrient deficiencies worldwide. And it’s not just about energy. Low iron can affect your mood, memory, hormones, sleep, workouts – even how you cope with life’s big transitions.
In this 6-part mini-series of Conversations with Dr Libby, Dr Libby takes you behind the scenes of your body’s iron story. With expert guests including Lara Briden and Dr Oscar Serrallach, expect myth-busting insights, lightbulb moments and practical steps you can actually use.
Across six unique episodes, you’ll learn:
- Why your iron might still be low even when you’re “doing all the right things”
- How iron needs shift through life stages – from teens to pregnancy, perimenopause and beyond
- The surprising ways low iron impacts mood, memory, hormones, sleep and workouts
- Why children’s iron matters for growth, immunity and focus – and what to watch for in their lunchboxes
- How lifestyle factors – from plant-based eating to intense fitness training – influence iron needs and absorption
- How iron interacts with women’s hormones, heavy periods and perimenopause (with insights from Lara Briden)
- The critical role of iron in pregnancy, postnatal recovery and maternal health (with Dr Oscar Serrallach)
- Practical steps to restore and sustain healthy iron levels
Because when your iron improves, everything improves – and this series will show you how.
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Episode One: Why energy is just the beginning
Most people think of fatigue when they hear “low iron”, but the truth runs much deeper.
In this episode, Dr Libby shares why she’s on a mission to shine a light on iron deficiency and explores how low iron ripples through the whole body – influencing mood, memory, thyroid health, immunity and even how calm we feel each day.
Discover why energy is only the beginning of iron’s story.
Episode Two: Dr Libby and Lara Briden on hormones, mood & low iron
If you've ever been told your symptoms are "just hormones" or "just stress", this episode is for you.
In this episode, Dr Libby sits down with the incredible Lara Briden, naturopath, hormone specialist and evolutionary biologist, to explore how modern life quietly drains women’s iron stores — from teenage girls navigating hormones and the pill, to women moving through perimenopause.
There are real, physiological reasons behind how you feel, and once you understand them and know how to address them, everything changes.
Episode Three: The hidden cost of motherhood
Because when a mother feels better, everyone does.
Dr Libby and Dr Oscar Serrallach uncover the hidden epidemic of postnatal depletion, showing how iron sits at the centre of maternal recovery, mood and infant development.
A compassionate, eye-opening conversation for anyone planning pregnancy or navigating postpartum fatigue.
Episode 4: Strong through every season
If you’ve ever pushed through fatigue thinking you just needed to train harder, this episode will change how you see your energy.
What happens when strength turns into strain?
In this episode, Dr Libby and athlete Lana van Hout explore the untold story of iron and energy in active women. Lana opens up about the season she pushed her body to the limit — running 100 kilometres a week — only to find herself utterly exhausted and unable to recover.
Their conversation reveals how low iron can drain performance and mood, and why so many women wear fatigue as a badge of honour instead of a sign to slow down.