All Episodes

Be in the Photo: A Midlife Body Confidence Practice for Summer

Menopause, ADHD & the Hidden Cost of Masking: What Every Midlife Woman Needs to Know with Dr. Helen Wall

Taking Up Space in Midlife with Lise Thorne

Menopause and Body Image: How to Feel Like Yourself Again

Permission to Be Seen: Creativity, Resilience & Recording Your First Album at 50 with Becca Kidwell

#188 - Turning Down the Critical Voice: Body Acceptance in Your Midlife Body with Kristina Bruce

#187 - Second Helpings - Decoding Cravings & Emotional Hunger in Midlife & Menopause

#186: GLP-1s, Intuitive Eating & Finding Food Freedom: A conversation with Sam Previte RD

#185: The Science and Symptoms of Burnout: How to Build Capacity in Midlife with Dr Ashley Margeson ND

#184: Pelvic Floor Freedom: Why Kegels Aren't the Answer & What Works Instead with Lauren Ohayon

#183: Decision Fatigue and Menopause: Why "What's for Dinner?" Makes You Want to Scream

#182: Visibility As Generosity: Rethinking Photos, Aging, And Confidence With Photographer Kristen Vallejo

#181: The Political Hot Potato of Menopause: Cutting Through Noise with Fiona Clark

#180: Seed Oils, Protein Obsession & Nutrition Misinformation: Cutting Through the Noise with Colleen Christensen, RD

#179 - Fiber Without The Fuss in Midlife and Menopause

#178 - Perimenopause Without Panic: Body Changes, Food Freedom, And Real Support

#177 - Reclaiming ‘Selfish’ as a Midlife & Menopause Power Move with Suzy Reading

#176: Anti-Diet Menopause in the Age of Ozempic With Dr. Mara Gordon

#175: Food Guilt in Midlife: Why Your Alarm Keeps Going Off (Even When It’s Just Toast)

#174: How to Rebuild Your Habits in Midlife: A Kinder, Science-Backed Approach with Signe Darpinian, LMFT

#173 - How To Age Without Apology with Deb Benfield RDN

#172 Q&A Episode: Soy, Metabolism, And Food Noise

#171: Sleep in the Messy Middle of Midlife and Menopause with Dr Shelby Harris

#170: The One Thing Menopause Dietitians Want You to Know About Nutrition

#169: Style, Not Size: Dressing for the Life You’re Living with Jacquelyn Prattipati

#168: ADHD, Menopause, and The Messy Middle with Diana Reid RD

#167 - When Perimenopause Unmasks ADHD with Dr. Jen Wolkin

#166: What if “healthy” is a pattern, not a prescription? Redefining lifestyle medicine in menopause

#165- Mom Rediscovered: Jen Butler on Breaking Up with Diet Culture and Drinking to Find Herself Again

#164 - Autoimmune Disease in Midlife: Beyond Diet Culture Myths with Dr. Alison Danby ND

#163 - Story Session: From Scientist to Menopause Advocate: Dr. Béatrice Séguin's Unexpected Journey

#162 - Rewiring, Not Retiring: How Your Brain Transforms in Menopause with Dr. Sarah McKay

#161 - Season 6 Kickoff: Kitchen Table Talk: My Sister and I Dish on Menopause and My New Book

#160 - Season 5 Finale: The Midlife Glow-Up You Didn’t See Coming

#159 - Story Session: Perimenopause, Boundaries, & the Power of Self-Care Rituals in Midlife with April MacKinnon

#158 - Why Good Girls Gossip: Reclaiming Female Connection in Midlife with Tova Leigh

#157 - Finding Your Movement Rhythm with ADHD and Perimenopause with Christine Chessman

#156 - How to Cancel Your Clean Plate Club Membership with Emily Sucher, RD

#155 - Q&A Episode: Food Tracking, Plant Proteins, & Collagen Supplements

#154 - How to Appreciate Your Changing Menopause Body with Dr. Charlotte Ord

#153 - Style Joy in Midlife: What to Do When Nothing Feels Right with Dacy Gillespie

#152 - Intuitive Eating in Menopause: A Conversation with Evelyn Tribole MS, RDN

#151 - Is It Hunger, Food Noise, or Hormones?

#150 - The Capacity Crisis: Why Women Feel Emotionally Exhausted in Midlife with Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur, ND

#149 - Cooking for Pleasure Not Perfection with Chef Andrea Buckett

#148 - Mindful Menopause: Using Meditation to Navigate the Transition with Diana Winston

#147 - How to Stop the Cycle of “Starting Over” Every Monday

#146 - What to Do When Intuitive Eating Doesn't Work with Julie Duffy Dillon

#145 - Why We Binge: Unpacking the Restrict-Binge Cycle with Toni Rudd, RD

#144- Why Yoga is So Much More Than Movement in Menopause with Niamh Daly

#143-Story Session: What 30 Years as a Dietitian Taught Pia About Health and Weight

#142 Non-Hormonal Alternatives to HRT with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz

#141 - Trusting Your Body: Finding Peace Through Grief with Nina Manolson

#140 - Navigating Motherhood and Perimenopause: Embracing Identity Shifts with Jessie Harrold

#139 How to Fall in Love with Movement While Rejecting Anti-Fat Bias with Louise Green

#138 5 Things I Wish I Had Known About Intuitive Eating 10 Years Ago

#137 - 5 Tips for Spotting Nutrition Misinformation with Dr. Emma Beckett

#136 -Health vs. Weight: Debunking the Biggest Wellness Myth with Val Schonberg, RD

#135 How to Turn Your Body Image Inside Out in Midlife with Deb Schachter & Whitney Otto

#134 - What Every woman Needs to Know About Body Image in Midlife with Summer Innanen

#133 - We Need to Stop Pretending We Don't Have Time For Self-Care with Heather Chauvin

#132 - Why You Need to Put Capacity, Self-Compassion, & Self-Care on the Menu

#131 - Story Session: How Early Menopause Led to Food Freedom with Sarah Dosanjh

#130 - How Can I Tell if Intuitive Eating Is Right For Me? With Sinéad Crowe

#129 - Breaking the Binge Cycle in Midlife with Stefanie Michele

#128 Story Session: Navigating ADHD in Midlife and Menopause

#127 - The Truth About Soy in Midlife

#126 - 3 Reasons Why Intuitive Eating Might Feel Hard with Abbie Attwood

#125 - Does Your Vagina Need a Coach? with Kim Vopni

#124 - Looking Forward to Menopause: Life's Second Spring with Kate Codrington

#123 - You Are More Than What You Eat with Dr. Emma Beckett PhD

#122 - 3 Reasons It’s Time to Lean Into Menopause

#121 - 5 Things My Sister Wants You to Know About Perimenopause

#120 - Breaking the Stigma: Menopause in the Workplace with Lauren Chiren

#119 Unfiltered Motherhood in Midlife with Tova Leigh

#118: Is Travel & Adventure Your Missing Ingredient in Midlife? with Natasha Muslih

#117: How to Decode Your Cravings in Menopause

#116 - Embracing Intuitive Eating As An Athlete in Midlife with Pam Moore

#115 -Story Session: How to Run Your Life at Any Size with Sandra Mikulic

#114 - Beyond the Metrics: Getting Intuitive About Bone Health with Rebekah Rotstein

#113 -Clean Eating Pitfalls in Midlife & Menopause with Dr. Morgan Francis, Psy.D, LPC

#112- How to Stop the Burnout Train in Midlife with Dr. Leigha Saunders, ND

#111 - It's Time for a Diet-Free Revolution with Dr. Alex Conason, Psy.D.

#110 - Parenting Without Diet Culture with Oona Hanson

#109 - The Body Acceptance Mistake That’s Keeping You Stuck in the Suck

#108 - Breaking Down Barriers to Fitness in Midlife & Beyond with Michael Ulloa

#107 - Why Diets Don't Work with Dr. Amy Porto, PhD, RD

#106 The Reason Why Body Image Work Feels So Hard with Steph Dodier

#105 -Dear Diet Culture Diary: What the 80s Taught Us About Food

#104 - Cultivating Body Positivity & Food Neutrality at Home with Tracey Harper

#103 - Story Session: From Flaws to Features: Embracing Body Acceptance with Christina Testut

#102 - Gut Health & Hormones in Midlife: What You Need to Know with Dr. Kim Bretz ND

#101 - How to Build Habits Without Diets & Food Rules with Heather Sayers Lehman

#100 - Cheers to 100: Reflecting on the Top 5 Missing Ingredients in Midlife

#99 - How to Make Room for Connection in Your Relationship in Midlife with Carrie Cohen

#98 - High Blood Pressure in Menopause and Midlife: The Estrogen Connection with Dr. Alex Verge, ND

#97 - The Impact of Ageism on Body Image in Midlife with Deb Benfield, MEd, RDN

#96 - Why You're So Tired in Perimenopause and Menopause with Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur, ND

#95 - Is Feeling Seen the Missing Part of Your Midlife Story? with Dr Jody Carrington

#94 - How to Trade Wellness Culture for Well-being in Midlife with Christy Harrison, RD

#93 -5 Ways to Pivot to a Peaceful Relationship with Food and Your Body in 2024

#92 - From Body Grief to Body Acceptance: The Way Forward with Amanda Mittman

#91 - Why Healthcare Needs to Break Up with Diet & Wellness Culture with Dr. Sylvi Martin

#90 - On the Menu: Your Questions About Menopause & Nutrition (Part 3)

#89 - Story Session: The Mindset Shifts Laura Needed to Embrace Food Freedom

#88- What Everyone Needs to Know About Pelvic Health in Midlife with Erika Burger, PT

#87 - On the Menu: Your Questions About Menopause & Nutrition (Part 2)

#86 - The Problem with Perfectionism with Alana Van Der Sluys

#85 - What Does Weight-Inclusive Diabetes Care Look Like? with Dr. Gregory Dodell, MD

#84 - On the Menu: Your Questions About Menopause & Nutrition (Part 1)

#83 - Managing Alcohol & Emotional Hunger in Midlife with Emma Gilmour

#82 - Story Session: From Panic to Peace: Melissa's Food Freedom Journey

#81 - Unlocking the Joy of Creativity in Midlife with Meryl Cook

#80- Movement for More in Midlife with Jamie Carbaugh

#79 - Finding Food Freedom with Diabetes with Danielle Bublitz

#78-Filtering the Fear of Insulin Resistance in Menopause with Val Schonberg, RD

#77- Season 4: How to Press the Easy Button on Midlife & Menopause Nutrition

#76- Food Is Not Medicine & Other Ways to Lower the Bar

#75 - Navigating the Messy Middle of Midlife with Ann Douglas

#74 - Heeding the call for change in midlife with Kate Codrington

#73 -Midlife Un-dieting Q&A with Amanda Bullat, RDN

#72-Story Session: Un-dieting from wellness culture in midlife

#71 - Sleep solutions in midlife with Dr. Leigha Saunders ND

#70- From dieting rock bottom to intuitive eating: 3 common mistakes

#69 - How to Un-Diet Your Relationship with Movement in Midlife with Christine Chessman

#68 - Got Buff Bones? How to improve your bone fitness & reduce your fracture risk with Rebekah Rotstein

#67 - Hot Flashes 101: Can you eat to beat the heat?

# 66 - Story Session: How lived experience in menopause changed this dietitian's practice with Tracy Kelly

#65- The impact of movement on your bone health in menopause with Niamh Daly

#64 - Diet-proof your children with Amelia Sherry

#63 - Story Session: Jen's story of premature ovarian insufficiency

#62 - How to 'do less' and 'be more' in midlife with Wendy McCallum

#61- Feasting with gentle nutrition in midlife with Rachael Hartley, RD

#60 - Beating the brain fog of menopause

#59 - Menopause, movement and body image with Dr. Maria Luque

#58 -Rest to Reset: Redefining rest and self-care with Suzy Reading

#57- Story Session: What this therapist wants you to know about making midlife meaningFULL with Alli Spotts-De Lazzer

#56: 8 things I wish I'd known about perimenopause before my last period

# 55: Raising the red flag about eating disorders in midlife with Val Schonberg RD

#54: You are not broken: Debunking myths about sexual & reproductive health in menopause with Dr. Kelly Casperson MD

#53 - When mental health meets menopause with Dr. Stephanie Bayliss ND

#52 - Story session: Making sense of menopause media with Ann Marie McQueen.

#51 - How to get diet culture out of your house with Jenn Messina RD

#50 - This is not your mother's menopause and other thoughts on midlife.

#49 - The Un-Dieters Guide to Holiday Eating

#48 - Straight talk about menopause with Amanda Thebe

#47: Why changing your body isn't the body image fix you're looking for with Kristina Bruce

#46 - What happens when we stop dieting and move through the stages of un-dieting?

#45 - Breast cancer and nutrition myth-busting with Tamar Rothenberg, RD

#44 - What women in perimenopause need to know about iron deficiency with Maryann Jacobsen, RD

#43 - What happens when PCOS meets midlife? with Julie Duffy Dillon

#42 - When melatonin and sleep hygiene aren't enough to help you sleep through the night in perimenopause with Sarah Wilde

#41 - What's missing from most conversations about menopause nutrition?

#40 - Is it stress or is it perimenopause with Dr. Fionnuala Barton

#39 - What every woman needs to know about cholesterol, heart health and menopause with Dr. Alex Verge, ND

#38 What's on the menu for season 3? And my big surprise!

#37 Just say no to Keto, especially in midlife.

#36 Story Session - When midlife rocks the foundation of your relationship with food and your body

#35 Fertility after 40 with Dr. Jordan Robertson ND

#34 Story Session - What happens when menopause comes early and ahead of schedule

#33 How to ask your doctor for healthcare instead of weight-care with Dr. Maggie Landes MD

#32 Day 5: Midlife Un-Dieting Miniseries - What menopause nutrition looks like as an un-dieter

#31 Day 4: Midlife Un-Dieting Miniseries - Why you can't rush gentle nutrition

#30 Day 3: Midlife Un-Dieting Miniseries - Why we need to say 'yes' instead of 'no' with food

#29 Day 2: Midlife Un-Dieting Miniseries - 3 beliefs you need to un-diet in midlife

#28 Day 1: Midlife Un-Dieting Miniseries - Why weight loss may not be the goal you're after

#27 Story Session - When perimenopause makes a crash landing with Amanda Bullat, RDN

#26 Understanding cultural meno-rage with Mona Eltahawy

#25 Redefining strength in midlife and menopause with Dr. Maria Luque

#24 Story Session - Why midlife is the perfect time to "start anywhere" with Crystal Garrett

#23 Cooking with Phytoestrogens in Menopause with Fiona Staunton

#22 Why sleep is so elusive in midlife with Dr. Leigha Saunders ND

#21 Story Session - How to feel less alone when perimenopause starts earlier than expected

#20 Redefining personal style in midlife with Dacy Gillespie

#19 What's really feeding you in midlife? with guest Sara Smeaton

#18 What to expect when you're not expecting perimenopause & menopause - The family edition

Season 2 trailer!

#17 Week 5 - Finding Joy in Movement with Gill Whelan

#16 Week 4 - Practical Self-Compassion in Midlife with Henny Flynn

#15 Week 3 - Clothing & body confidence with Dacy Gillespie

#14 Week 2 - Challenge your beliefs about alcohol with Wendy McCallum

#13 Week 1 of the Non-Diet Resolution Challenge - How to "Add-In" Gentle Nutrition

#12- Don’t be fooled - Challenge your change with a non-diet resolution

#11 - Food, Mood & Menopause and the meno-rage connection

#10 - Why hormone testing isn't the crystal ball we want it to be with Dr. Jordan Robertson ND

#9 - Story Session - Reclaiming the 'life' in midlife after a lifetime of dieting

#8 - De-bunking HRT with Dr. Annice Mukherjee.

#7 - Why 'burnout' is the new midlife crisis for women

#6 - Why satisfaction matters in midlife

#5 - Story session - What happens when your relationship with food unravels in midlife?

#4 - Is "real" body confidence possible? And what does look like?

#3 - Is pleasure the missing ingredient in midlife?

Part 2: The Hormone Soup of Midlife

Part 1: The Hormone Soup of Midlife