I literally just came downstairs from teaching a SYNCED class when I recorded this one, and I could not wait to get this conversation on the podcast. What started as a post-class chat with my ladies turned into the episode I've been meaning to record for a while now.

We are diving deep into your adrenal and thyroid health — and why, for most women especially in their late 30s and beyond, this is the missing piece that no one is talking about enough.

In this episode, I cover:

• Why The Lancet's newly released study on PCOS (now being reclassified as PMOS) is a huge deal and what it means for how we understand women's metabolic health

• How your adrenal glands and thyroid work together — and why chronic stress, overtraining, and under-eating are silently destroying that connection

• The real reason your body isn't changing (hint: it's not laziness, lack of discipline, or a broken metabolism)

• Why the hormonal buffering you had in your 20s and 30s masks the damage — and why midlife is when the bill finally comes due

• What your period and symptoms are actually trying to tell you (your body is not broken, it's communicating)

• Why strength training can become a withdrawal from an already overdrawn account — and what to do instead

• The thyroid testing most doctors aren't doing and what you actually need to ask for

• My honest take on aggressive fasting for women in midlife (and what I recommend instead)

• What "training smarter" actually looks like — including why more workouts are never the answer

• The lifestyle shifts that changed everything for me around age 37-38 and led to the creation of SYNCED

Let's dive in!

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