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The Midlife Feast — 207 episodes

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From Project Manager to Body Partner in Midlife and Menopause

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Day 5: The Middle Ground Between Dieting and Giving Up

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Day 4: Add, Don't Subtract - A Better Way to Think About Menopause Nutrition

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Day 3: What Do You Actually Want? How to Stop Overthinking What to Eat

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Day 2: "I Know What to Do, I Just Don't Do It" - Why Diets Fail in Midlife

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Day 1 - How to Un-Diet in Midlife and Menopause

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Oatmeal, Overthinking, and Why Food Feels So Complicated in Menopause

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Why You Don't Trust Yourself Around Food (and How to Rebuild It) with Fiona Sutherland

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Perimenopause Mood Swings, Metabolism Myths, & Fasting - 5 Questions I Get All The Time

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Menopause and Body Image: How to Accept Your Changing Body with Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer, LMFT, CEDS-C

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How to Know If You're Moving Enough (Without the Rules or the Tracker) with Cadence Dubus

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Second Helping: Your Bones Are More Than A DEXA Score with Rebekah Rotstein

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Menopause Movement Myths and What Actually Helps with Dr. Maria Luque

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

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

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Taking Up Space in Midlife with Lise Thorne

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Menopause and Body Image: How to Feel Like Yourself Again

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#179 - Fiber Without The Fuss in Midlife and Menopause

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#128 Story Session: Navigating ADHD in Midlife and Menopause

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#127 - The Truth About Soy in Midlife

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#119 Unfiltered Motherhood in Midlife with Tova Leigh

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

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#117: How to Decode Your Cravings in Menopause

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#110 - Parenting Without Diet Culture with Oona Hanson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#80- Movement for More in Midlife with Jamie Carbaugh

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#79 - Finding Food Freedom with Diabetes with Danielle Bublitz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#64 - Diet-proof your children with Amelia Sherry

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

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

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

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#60 - Beating the brain fog of menopause

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#49 - The Un-Dieters Guide to Holiday Eating

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#48 - Straight talk about menopause with Amanda Thebe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#35 Fertility after 40 with Dr. Jordan Robertson ND

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#26 Understanding cultural meno-rage with Mona Eltahawy

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

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

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#23 Cooking with Phytoestrogens in Menopause with Fiona Staunton

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

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

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#20 Redefining personal style in midlife with Dacy Gillespie

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

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

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Season 2 trailer!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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#6 - Why satisfaction matters in midlife

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

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

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#3 - Is pleasure the missing ingredient in midlife?

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Part 2: The Hormone Soup of Midlife

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Part 1: The Hormone Soup of Midlife