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EPISODE · May 18, 2026 · 13 MIN

The 10,000 Steps Are Cancelled So Now What

from The Ageless and Awesome Podcast · host Susie Garden

When life is flat out, why do your healthiest routines disappear first, and how do you stop the slide without needing “perfect” days? This week on the pod,  I’m sharing a practical, no guilt approach to staying consistent with wellness when work, family, stress, and midlife hormones collide. I unpack the real reasons consistency breaks down, including decision fatigue, rising stress, and the way women so often put their needs last. Then I flip the script with a simple strategy: keep the habit cue, shrink the habit. If you can’t do your full workout or mindfulness practice, you can still protect the routine with 30 seconds of breathing, a short walk, or a tiny nourishing choice that keeps you connected to your goals. These micro habits support stress management, cravings, sleep, and confidence during perimenopause and menopause. You’ll also hear how to use minimum viable habits across nutrition, movement, hydration, and sleep, plus how to plan for real life with flexible structure and simple food prep that makes healthy eating easier on busy weeks. We finish with the mindset piece: identity shifts, mantras, celebrating small wins, and why support and accountability can be a game changer for weight loss and wellbeing in your 40s and 50s. If this helps, please subscribe or follow, share it with a friend who’s in a busy spiral, and leave a five-star review. What’s the one minimum habit you’re choosing this week?Send me a text!Are you a woman feeling stressed, flat and experiencing the challenges of perimenopause or menopause?It’s time to reclaim your youthful energy, radiance and self-assurance (and your ideal weight).I’m here to help with my proven method.Here's how I can support you -1. Hit your health and wellbeing goals this year, balance your hormones and lose weight with your own personalised protocol, based on your body's biochemistry. Sounds awesome right!! Book a free 30 minute Peri Weight Loss Assessment with me so we can discuss your health and wellbeing goals and also see how I might be able to support you. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book your call here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠2. Follow me on Instagram and Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@the.perimenopause.path3. Reserve your early bird place for my innovative NEW 8 week group program, In Your Skin™️, for women in perimenopause and post-menopause who want effective  solutions to manage skin changes at this time of life.

When life is flat out, why do your healthiest routines disappear first, and how do you stop the slide without needing “perfect” days? This week on the pod, I’m sharing a practical, no guilt approach to staying consistent with wellness when work, family, stress, and midlife hormones collide. I unpack the real reasons consistency breaks down, including decision fatigue, rising stress, and the way women so often put their needs last. Then I flip the script with a simple strategy: ke...

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