In midlife, life can feel louder than ever. In this episode of Fit for Midlife: Where Mindfulness Meets Movement, Karin Mitchell and Debi Vincent explore the power of stillness and silence as essential tools for clarity, emotional balance, and nervous system health.

We discuss why slowing down can feel uncomfortable, how constant busyness impacts well-being, and simple, realistic ways to invite more quiet into daily life—without adding another task to your plate. The episode includes a brief guided stillness practice to help you pause, reset, and reconnect.

If you’re craving more peace, presence, and grounding in midlife, this episode is for you.

Hormonal shifts during perimenopause and menopause change how women build muscle, recover, and maintain strength — and understanding this biology is key to feeling better in midlife. In this episode, Karin and Debi explain what’s happening beneath the surface and why muscle is essential for metabolic health, bone density, and long-term vitality.

Blending science with mindfulness, this conversation invites you to stop fighting your body and start building strength with awareness, self-trust, and compassion.

So many women reach midlife feeling heavier, tighter, or more tired — not because something is wrong, but because their bodies have carried decades of responsibility, stress, and unspoken emotion. In this episode, Karin and Debi explore how the body holds our life experiences and why midlife can be a powerful turning point toward release.

Through honest conversation, gentle reflection, and a grounding practice, we invite you to listen to your body with compassion and curiosity — and discover what it may be ready to put down now.

Midlife anger isn’t just frustration—it’s a signal. In this episode, we explore why anger often intensifies in our 40s and 50s and what it’s actually trying to tell us. We unpack identity shifts, changing bodies, boundary issues, and long-ignored needs, then share practical ways to process anger through mindfulness and movement.

If you’ve been feeling quicker to react or more easily overwhelmed, this conversation will help you understand your anger, release it without guilt, and use it as fuel for clarity and meaningful change.

As the New Year approaches, we’re surrounded by “new year, new you” messages. But what does real, lasting change look like? In this episode, Karin and Debi unpack the 6 stages of behavior change — from precontemplation to maintenance — with real-life examples that show how transformation unfolds at every step. Learn why the most powerful growth happens not when we try to change others, but when we begin with ourselves.

In this week’s episode of Fit for Midlife: Where Mindfulness Meets Movement, Karin and Debi explore the art and science of goal setting — and how to create goals that truly align with your values, energy, and season of life. Learn a mindful twist on the SMART framework, discover how movement reinforces motivation, and try a short reflection practice to bring clarity and purpose to your next goal.

Join Karin and Debi as they chat with registered dietitian and certified intuitive-eating counselor Elizabeth Harris, founder of Elizabeth Harris Nutrition & Wellness. Elizabeth shares how to finally stop dieting, ditch restrictive rules, and begin trusting your body’s innate hunger, fullness, and satisfaction signals. We explore how intuitive eating can lead to body-image healing, more energy, less stress around food, and a kinder, more sustainable relationship with nourishment and self-care. If you’re ready to break up with diet culture — and start truly living — this episode may light the way.

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Podcast: Wellness Rebranded

They call it the second puberty — that rollercoaster of hormones, emotions, and body changes that hits in midlife. In this episode of Fit for Midlife: Where Mindfulness Meets Movement, Karin and Debi unpack the physical and emotional shifts of perimenopause and menopause with a mix of honesty, science, and humor. From hot flashes to identity shifts, they explore how to support your changing body through movement, mindfulness, and compassion — and why laughter might just be the best midlife medicine.

In today's episode, we have an indepth conversation with Martha McAlpine. She is a homeschool mama, yoga teacher, and practitioner dedicated to enabling our inner light. Raised in southern Africa and schooled at Princeton University  in Comparative Literature and Harvard Graduate School of Education her contribution is enabling the lessons of ancient texts to become experiences our modern western minds can use to thrive and expand. She worked in Silicone Valley through the .com boom, training Fortune 500 teams to integrate the new terrain of the emerging internet. Now she runs her own online community as well as teaching and training teachers at TRIBE studio in downtown Baltimore. Her passion is the intersection of the body and the world, the way we are bodies of consciousness made of everything we can see and know. Kundalini and Hatha yoga are here primary vehicles for teaching and learning.

What if meditation didn’t always mean sitting still?

In this episode, Karin and Debi explore how movement itself can become a powerful form of mindfulness — a way to calm the mind, connect to the body, and return to presence. Whether it’s walking, yoga, swimming, or even folding laundry with awareness, movement invites us to anchor in the here and now.

Discover the science behind mindful movement, how it reduces stress and boosts mental clarity, and simple ways to turn everyday actions into moments of peace. You’ll also be guided through a short “moving meditation” practice to help you experience focus, flow, and ease in your own body.

Tune in to learn how stillness isn’t something we find — it’s something we move toward.