In today’s episode of the Lifestyle School Podcast, we’re diving into one of the most misunderstood and underserved seasons of a woman’s life: perimenopause.

Most women enter this transition already stressed, sleep-deprived, under-muscled, and metabolically unstable — not because they’re doing anything wrong, but because our modern environment is fundamentally mismatched with our physiology. When hormones begin shifting, that mismatch becomes impossible to ignore.

This episode is a deep, compassionate, science-backed guide to understanding what’s actually happening in your body and what you can do to feel strong, steady, and supported through your 40s and beyond.

Why modern life sets women up to struggle — and how chronic stress, poor sleep, and unstable blood sugar amplify perimenopause symptoms.

How unpredictable hormone fluctuations (not just decline) impact your mood, metabolism, cravings, cycles, and energy.

Perimenopause magnifies the metabolic foundation you’ve built — and why this season can become a catalyst for healing.

Insulin resistance, cortisol reactivity, mitochondrial changes, muscle loss, liver overload, and sleep disruption.

The #1 metabolic lever in perimenopause — and simple ways to stabilize glucose for better mood, sleep, cravings, and weight.

Why building and preserving muscle is essential for fat loss, hormonal balance, and long-term health.

How stress becomes harder to tolerate — and practical ways to rebuild resilience.

How to reduce estrogen dominance and support hormone clearance through nutrition, daily habits, and lifestyle changes.

Why the strategies that worked in your 20s and 30s don’t work the same now — and how to adapt your approach with confidence.

The real reason your sleep changes, and how to reclaim deep, restorative rest.

Perimenopause as a season of shedding old beliefs, redefining self-care, and learning new patterns of support.

The common traps women fall into — like over-fasting, over-exercising, restricting food, ignoring stress — and why they backfire.

Five actionable habits you can implement today to feel more stable, energized, and supported.

Perimenopause isn’t the beginning of the end — it’s an invitation.
When you learn how to work with your physiology instead of fighting it, this season becomes a powerful turning point toward metabolic strength, emotional resilience, and lifelong health.

Episode Summary:
In today’s episode, Hope breaks down one of the most freeing mindset shifts you can make around anxiety: understanding it as a signal from your body, not a fixed part of your identity. You’ll learn how anxiety communicates unmet needs, how metabolic health influences emotional stability, and how to retrain your nervous system so you don’t feel controlled by old patterns.

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Key Takeaway:
Anxiety isn’t who you are — it’s your body communicating with you. When you stop internalizing it and start interpreting it, you gain the power to respond instead of react.

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In today’s episode, Hope dives into the real internal work behind lasting health and weight transformation — the shedding process. Before you become a healthier, stronger, more aligned version of yourself, you have to release the beliefs, identities, habits, and patterns that belong to the old you.

This episode will help you understand why change feels so emotional, why resistance is normal, and how shedding the old self is the doorway to becoming your most confident, grounded, healthy self.

Anyone ready to transform their health from the inside out, especially if you feel like you’re “between versions” of yourself right now.

If this episode resonated, send it to someone who needs encouragement on their transformation journey.

In this episode, Hope breaks down the real reason so many women feel exhausted, overwhelmed, foggy, irritable, and unlike themselves — sometimes years after giving birth. It’s called postnatal depletion, and it’s far more common (and more serious) than most women realize.

Hope explains what postnatal depletion is, why it’s not “just motherhood,” and how pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, sleep loss, stress, and modern lifestyle demands create a level of physiological and emotional depletion that rarely gets addressed.

You’ll learn what’s actually going on inside the body — from nutrient loss and hormone disruption to nervous system overload and metabolic instability — and how to finally start rebuilding your energy, mood, metabolism, and sense of self.

You are not broken or behind.
You are depleted — and depletion is something you can rebuild from. With the right foundation, you can feel like yourself again.

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As the New Year approaches, the detox and cleanse marketing machine kicks into high gear — promising fast weight loss, instant energy, glowing skin, and a “fresh start.” But most of these trendy programs don’t detox your body at all. In fact, many of them can cause more harm than good.

In this episode, Hope breaks down the real detoxification systems of the human body, explains why so many detox programs backfire, and teaches you how to support your detox pathways naturally — without extreme fasting, sugar-loaded juices, laxative teas, or punishing protocols.

If you want clarity, energy, and a true reset for the New Year, this episode will give you the science, the strategy, and the confidence to do it the right way.

You’ll learn exactly how your body detoxes through:

Hope explains how each system works, what they need, and how to identify when they’re overwhelmed.

Hope walks you through practical, sustainable daily habits that truly enhance detox function:

In today’s episode, we break down sugar, refined carbs, glycogen storage, insulin resistance, and how movement transforms the way your body handles holiday meals. This is your clear, science-backed roadmap for navigating the holiday season without feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or out of control around food.

Inside Lifestyle School, we believe in understanding your metabolism, working with your physiology instead of fighting against it, and building habits that support your goals without adding more stress to your life. This episode gives you the tools to do exactly that.

Why your bloodstream is only supposed to hold one teaspoon of sugar — and what happens when you eat the 17+ teaspoons the average American consumes daily.

How holiday foods like rolls, stuffing, crackers, pastries, and casseroles break down into glucose just as fast as sugar — and how this impacts cravings, hunger, and metabolic stress.

How your liver and muscles store glucose, why storage capacity matters, and why low movement during the holidays leads to faster fat storage.

Why even 2–3 minutes of walking can burn a teaspoon of glucose, stabilize blood sugar, lower insulin, and prevent post-meal crashes and cravings.

Why some people struggle more with carbs than others, how liver health influences insulin, and how low muscle mass increases carb sensitivity.

How to align carb intake with activity, movement, and metabolic flexibility so your body can use carbs instead of storing them.

Why kids have such intense reactions to sugar and refined carbs, how small muscle mass affects glucose storage, and simple ways to stabilize their blood sugar.

Eight practical habits you can start today to feel strong, steady, and in control through the holiday season — without needing perfection.

None directly, but concepts discussed include:

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Episode Summary
Every diet in the modern world claims to be “the way humans were meant to eat.” Carnivore, vegan, keto, Mediterranean — all promise they’ve cracked the ancestral code. But when we look at the real history of food — the anthropology, the archaeology, and the cultural record — the story is very different.

In this episode, Hope takes you on a journey through time and culture to explore what people around the world actually ate before processed foods existed — and what changed when they did. From the Mediterranean coast to the Arctic tundra, from Indian lentils to Vietnamese rice, you’ll discover that humans have always eaten all three macronutrients: protein, fat, and carbohydrates. What changed wasn’t the macros… it was the processing.

Across thousands of years and dozens of cultures, humans have always eaten all three macronutrients — just in different proportions. The difference between health and disease has never been about macros; it’s about real vs. refined, slow vs. fast, connected vs. convenient.

🎧 Episode 28 – The Perfect Diet
If this conversation sparked something for you, go back and listen to Episode 28 next. It ties the historical story of food to how we can eat today — rooted in real food, metabolic flexibility, and adaptability over time.

When most people think about metabolism, they think about weight or blood sugar. When they think about hormones, they think about estrogen, testosterone, or maybe thyroid. But here’s the truth: your metabolism and your sex hormones are deeply connected.

In this episode of the Lifestyle School Podcast, Hope unpacks how insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction directly impact testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone — in both men and women. You’ll learn why high insulin makes men less masculine and women less feminine, and how restoring insulin sensitivity helps your body express the health, confidence, and vitality it was designed for.

If you’ve been feeling like your body isn’t working the way it should — low energy, irregular cycles, low libido, mood swings — don’t just chase symptoms. Start with your metabolism. Tune into this episode to learn how your sex hormones depend on metabolic health, and discover practical steps to restore balance.

Episode Summary
Can you really out-supplement a bad diet? Spoiler: no. In this episode of the Lifestyle School Podcast, Hope breaks down the truth about supplements — why food must always come first, why so many of us still have nutrient gaps, and how to navigate a billion-dollar industry that’s often unregulated and misleading.

You’ll learn why soil depletion and the Standard American Diet leave most people short on key nutrients, what to look for when choosing supplements, and the four core supplements Hope recommends for most people. Packed with stories, practical tips, and clear explanations, this episode will help you cut through the confusion and make smarter choices for your health.

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👉 Supplements are tools — not shortcuts. When you know what to look for and focus on the basics, you can support your body without wasting time or money.

Episode Summary

If you feel exhausted in the morning, wired at night, and stuck in an endless cycle of fatigue and cravings — it’s not a lack of willpower.

It’s your circadian rhythm — your body’s internal 24-hour clock — and if it’s out of sync, every system in your body struggles to function.

In this powerful episode of The Lifestyle School Podcast, Hope breaks down what your circadian rhythm actually is, how it controls your energy, hormones, mood, metabolism, and weight… and how to realign it using simple, science-backed daily habits.

You’ll learn:

If you’ve been struggling with low energy, stubborn weight-loss, poor sleep, or cravings, this episode is going to connect the dots in a way you’ve never heard before — and give you a clear, doable path forward.

📣 Call to Action

If you’re ready to stop fighting your body and start working with it, this is the place to begin.

Inside Lifestyle School for Weight-Loss, we’ll help you build daily rhythms that support your metabolism, your hormones, and your energy — so you can finally feel at home in your body.

Learn more at www.hopeplackcoaching.com