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Biohacking Wasn’t Built For Women — So She Built Something Better


From boardrooms to burnout, Angela Foster’s journey is one many high-achieving women will recognize. As a corporate lawyer in London, she lived on caffeine, cortisol, and constant deadlines—until her health forced her to stop.
A trifecta of health challenges, endometriosis, PCOS, and postpartum depression, brought everything to a halt. That pause became a pivot, leading her to develop BioSyncing, a framework for women to align health with high performance.
I sat down with Foster to talk about everything from mindset shifts and movement to morning routines and motherhood, and what it really means to thrive.
The wake-up call
Angela’s high-achieving path came to a halt when she was hospitalized with pneumonia. Her immune system had crashed. She was neutropenic, emotionally depleted, and on multiple medications for major depressive disorder.
But she had a major turning point—a moment of clarity, as she watched her young children leave the hospital room. “I felt this overwhelming sense of love and responsibility... I made a decision that I was going to get well. Within 48 hours, my blood work started to change.”
Her recovery wasn’t fueled by a single silver bullet, but by a holistic shift. “I had to relearn how to nourish myself, starting with food, gentle movement, and rebuilding my identity,” she explains.
The mindset shift that fueled change
Angela credits part of her mental shift to reading Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza, D.C. “I was really lost... I wasn’t practicing law anymore, and I had to create a new identity,” she says. The concept that you could condition your body to a new mind became central to her healing.
Mindfulness was key, not just in theory, but in action. “I had to learn to get out of my head and into the present moment,” she explains. Walks became sensory experiences. She focused on what she could see, hear, and smell—using intention to anchor herself in the now.
A movement-first approach to mood
Angela emphasizes that when it comes to healing the mind, moving the body can be faster than trying to think your way out of a funk. “Morning exercise is my anchor,” she says. “It helps reset my nervous system and gives me the mental clarity I need to show up.”
But when it comes to optimizing exercise for women, Angela is clear: it’s not one-size-fits-all. Women often carry invisible emotional loads, from parenting to managing households and careers. “Exercise is a good stressor,” she says, “but it needs to be dosed correctly. If a woman is already highly stressed, layering on intense training may backfire.”
Her advice? Tune in. Listen to your intuition and use data from wearables to track your stress and recovery.
Aligning your body, mind & mission
Unlike traditional biohacking, which can lean heavily into metrics and performance at the expense of intuition, BioSyncing invites you to ask bigger questions: How do I want to feel? What do I value? What kind of life am I building? It blends science with self-awareness, helping women work with their bodies, not against them.
It’s not just about hormones or mitochondria (though those matter too). It’s about tapping into your inner compass, trusting your timing, and letting go of the pressure to chase someone else’s definition of success.
BioSyncing is both a framework and a philosophy: real alignment happens when your biology, beliefs, and goals are in sync.
The takeaway
Angela’s approach isn’t about chasing perfection; it’s about cultivating presence and a deep sense of self-awareness. In a world that often glorifies burnout in the name of productivity, she’s reframing high performance as something that starts within: with a regulated nervous system, balanced hormones, and a clear sense of purpose.
Whether you’re scaling a business, managing a household, or navigating a major life transition, your health is the foundation that supports it all. When your physical vitality, mental clarity, and emotional resilience are in sync, you're not just functioning—you’re thriving.