What if some of the things affecting your energy, hunger, hormones, sleep and weight have a whole lot less to do with willpower than you think?

Today I'm going down the health rabbit hole with my friend Sharon Yeh, PharmD, and this conversation went exactly where you'd expect one of my conversations to go. 😂

Sharon spent years working as a pharmacist in the traditional healthcare system before her own curiosity led her into functional medicine, root-cause health and the tiny little powerhouses inside our cells that most of us haven't thought about since high school biology: our mitochondria.

And THIS is where it gets fascinating.

We talk about what happens when your body perceives danger, why creating signals of safety matters, and how things we rarely connect to weight loss, like morning light, darkness at night, screen exposure, circadian rhythm and even the timing of our food, may affect what's happening inside our bodies.

We also wander into hormones, hunger, leptin, cholesterol, menopause, toxins, stress, digestion and why two women can seemingly “do the same things” and have very different experiences.

And, of course, I bring some of my own story into this one because after losing 120+ pounds, going through a major health crisis and regaining weight, I've become VERY interested in a different question:

What does my body actually need from me?

This isn't another list of things you're doing wrong.

It's an invitation to get curious about the body you're actually living in.

Grab your walking shoes, open your brain, and come geek out with us. ☀️🧬

Chapters

00:00 Why My Weight-Loss Journey Sent Me Down the Health Rabbit Hole
02:55 From Pharmacist to “There Has to Be Something More”
07:22 Discovering Functional Medicine
09:28 Why Root Cause Changed Everything
12:07 What Does the Body Actually Need to Heal?
14:31 Mitochondria: More Than the Powerhouse of the Cell
19:09 What Affects Our Mitochondria?
21:11 When the Body Senses Danger
23:39 Cellular Danger, Sensitivity & My Own Health Crisis
26:37 Sharon's Cellular Radiance Map
28:49 Blue Light, Screens & Why Addie Wears Those Orange Glasses 😂
30:50 What Vegas Can Teach Us About Light
32:59 One Tiny Habit: Open the Damn Blinds
35:17 Safety, Stress, Toxic Load & Weight
37:38 Giving the Body Safety Signals
40:21 Circadian Rhythm, Digestion & Meal Timing
42:48 Eating Late, Digestion & Listening to Your Body
45:20 Following Your Local Light & Dark Cycle
47:49 Light, Hunger & Leptin
49:47 Mitochondria, Cholesterol & Your Hormones
52:23 Can Your Body Receive What You're Giving It?
55:00 Menopause, Cycles & Another Rabbit Hole 😂
57:21 Food, Fats & More Mitochondria Questions
59:28 One Thing to Take Away: You Are Light ☀️

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Apparently I'm losing weight with my brain. 😂🧠 - ya know, sometimes it's my heart and soul. heh.

BE WARNED: There are a lot of F bombs in here...I just was in the mode. lol. Listen with caution. ha! The Laura Lou episode I published and a lot of fun to watch on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/KNFLI_AgjEc?feature=share

Welcome to a Slayer RIFF, where I turn on the mic and take you inside what I'm actually thinking, learning, practicing and occasionally fucking up while I lose 100 pounds again.

I'm officially 33 pounds down, and this week I'm riffing on the part of weight loss that has very little to do with knowing what to eat or whether I should go for a walk.

It's the thoughts. The awareness. The evidence we're collecting about ourselves. The rooms we put ourselves in. The little actions that don't look particularly impressive until one day you realize...holy shit, you're different.

After being on a diet since 1987, I don't think my answer is another diet.

I think a huge part of my answer is learning to use my brain differently.

This isn't a perfectly packaged lesson. It's me, Slayer, 33 pounds into the experiment, sharing what I'm noticing from right here in the messy middle.

Journey to 100: 33 down. 67 to go. Let's fucking go. 🔥

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Are you more intuitive than you think?

I have a psychic medium at my disposal... so obviously I have questions. 😂🔮

My guest is my longtime friend Laura Lou, psychic medium and intuitive healer. And when I say longtime, I mean Brownies, friendship bracelets and questionable junior-high fashion choices longtime.

But somewhere between Brownies and becoming an out-of-the-closet psychic medium, some shit happened.

Laura shares the first psychic experiences she remembers as a tiny kid, what happened when the adults around her didn't quite know what to do with her gifts, the experience that scared her enough to shut it all down, and how those gifts eventually cracked back open years later.

And here's where it gets especially fascinating for me...

One of the breadcrumbs was Alter Ego.

Laura came through one of my original Alter Ego experiences and discovered Brigid, the identity that helped her explore a part of herself she'd never fully given herself permission to access. We talk about what happens when an Alter Ego doesn't create somebody new, but instead opens the door to something that may have been there all along.

Then we go ALL the places. 😂

We talk about whether everyone is intuitive, what intuition actually feels like in the body, intuition vs. fear and anxiety, psychic abilities, mediumship, spirit guides, energetic boundaries, free will, signs, self-trust and why slowing down enough to hear yourself might matter more than learning another damn thing.

And Laura shares some WILD stories from her own journey.

If you've ever thought...

Was that intuition? A coincidence? Anxiety? Or is my brain just making shit up?

Come play with us.

You don't have to call yourself spiritual.
 You don't have to believe all the things.
 You don't need any woo credentials.

Curiosity is plenty. 🔮✨

Chapters

These are based on the actual edited SRT timing, so they should line up with the Buzzsprout audio as long as you're uploading this same edit:

00:00 I Have a Psychic Medium at My Disposal 😂
01:13 From Brownies to Psychic Medium
02:10 Laura's Psychic Experiences Started at Age 3
04:04 The Experience That Scared Her Enough to Shut It Down
06:29 Religion, Spirituality & Finding Your Own Connection
08:48 What Happens When a Child's Intuitive Gifts Aren't Nurtured?
10:42 Can We Use Intuition in Weight Loss & Everyday Decisions?
14:33 How Laura Cracked Open Her Mediumship
15:09 The Alter Ego Experience That Changed Everything
18:57 Are We ALL Psychic or Intuitive?
21:56 What Does Intuition Actually Feel Like?
25:40 Intuition vs. Fear: How Do You Know the Difference?
29:00 Energy, Frequency & Learning to Trust Yourself
32:00 Your Body, Anxiety & Unexpressed Energy
36:43 How Alter Ego Helped Laura Step Into Her Gifts
39:16 Alter Ego, Health & “The Weight Is a Byproduct”
42:00 The Weird Shit: Mediumship & Spirit Stories 👻
44:00 Setting Boundaries With Spirit & Energy
47:00 Spirit Guides: Who Are They & Do They Change?
49:00 Psychic Predictions, Timelines & Free Will
52:44 Laura's Academy of Magic & Mischief
55:00 One Last Rabbit Hole 😂

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I asked the universe for a sign that I was on the right path... and then came 11:11, Sharpshooter, and a freaking dragonfly. 😂

This week's RIFF goes everywhere in the best possible way. We're talking signs and synchronicities, food protocols, mindset, meditation, core values, goals, and the deeper WHY underneath my natural weight loss journey after 50.

I share how I'm using food protocols to make decisions ahead of time with my smart brain, while also paying attention to what happens when monkey mind wants something else. This isn't about another rigid diet or being perfect. It's about awareness, learning what works for your body, and making the next better choice. 

Then we get into something that's been rolling around in my brain: What if the goal you're chasing isn't actually connected to what you value most?

Weight loss was the quest I knew how to start. But underneath health, underneath losing weight, underneath all those whys, I found something much bigger for me: freedom.

Freedom to travel. Explore. Experience my life. Build my business. Listen to my soul. Do whatever the fuck I want to do.

And maybe THAT is why some goals pull us forward while others feel like we're dragging ourselves through the mud.

We're also talking about continuing to dream, plan, vision, meditate and take those tiny actions during the seasons when it feels like absolutely nothing is happening... because sometimes you've been doing the work for years before everybody else suddenly thinks your transformation happened overnight. 

Apparently no matter where I start these RIFFs, we eventually end up at the same place:

Woo + weight loss. 😂

Come get your woo on, bitches. ✨

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🔮 Take the Intention Archetype Quiz — Witch, Warrior, Alchemist, or Queen? Find out, then come ride with me: [QUIZ LINK]

I just got out of a visioning workshop with a room full of badass women creating their lives intentionally — and I had to come share it with you.

I've lost 120 pounds. Regained 80. Now I'm losing 100 again, live, right here. Same techniques, every time. Some of it's mindset. Some of it's woo. All of it starts inside.

In this episode:

• 0:00 — Fresh out of my visioning workshop
• 1:24 — The fork in the road that started my first 120 lb weight loss
• 2:43 — Why my planner is called the MEfirst Guide
• 7:23 — Segment intention — the Abraham Hicks concept that changed how I move through my day
• 7:49 — The phone-call analogy that makes this click
• 13:59 — Why the regain isn't the failure (and my skinny b*tch video)
• 15:04 — Why the alter ego is genius
• 15:46 — This isn't willpower. This is planning from love.
• 18:01 — Come ride with me

Come along for the ride. I refuse to stop.

🔴 Full demo of how I use this in my actual planner drops this week on YouTube — search "MEfirst Guide" playlist
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Visioning is how I lost 120 pounds the first time. I did it every single day and I didn't even realize how much weight that one habit was pulling. So this time around, losing the 100 back (down about 30 so far, live, right here), I decided to go deeper with it instead of just winging it.

I read Visualize by Maya Raichoora so you don't have to (and also: get the book, it's GREAT)! Here are my top 10 takeaways: the brain science, the manifestation side, and exactly how I'm using it in my own weight loss right now.

If you're the woman who's tried the diets, read the books, and still finds herself starting over, this one's for you. And if you're into manifestation, law of assumption, or vision boards, stick around, because this is where the woo meets the whiteboard.

In this episode:
- Brain Fitness: why visualization is a trainable skill, not a personality trait
- RAS (Reticular Activating System): the brain science behind why you suddenly "see" what you're focused on
- Reducing negative thinking patterns
- The Emotional Triad: Aware, Identify, Process
- Mind Flex: the mental rep that builds the muscle
- The 5 types of visualization: Outcome, Process, Creative, Negative
- Manifestation: what it actually is once you strip the fluff
- The Why and the Who behind your vision
- Why overthinking kills the practice before it starts
- Releasing expectations without releasing the goal

Want to go deeper on this with me live? Join me for the workshop in Midlife Badassery. 

Come on the ride with me! I refuse to stop.

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You think you need another diet. But what if what you really need is a new identity to step into? In this episode of Midlife Badassery, I’m joined by Christie and Kathy—two women using alter egos to make weight loss, reinvention, and the messy middle of becoming her feel practical, powerful, and even fun.

Christie shares how Sovereign Phoenix helped her leave “golden footprints,” regulate her nervous system, interrupt old choices, and build evidence of the woman she is becoming—even while life was seriously life-ing.

Kathy shares her evolution from Phoenix to Queen, why the Queen doesn’t need to keep starting over, and how curiosity, ritual, community, and one more aligned decision helped her step into a bigger life.

This isn’t about pretending to be someone else. It’s about practicing being the woman you’re becoming.

In this conversation:

Why information and another diet are rarely the whole answer

How an alter ego creates a bridge between your current identity and your future self

Why weight loss becomes a byproduct of identity-aligned choices

How to use “What would she do next?” in real life

Nervous-system regulation, meditation, and changing automatic reactions

Why community matters when life knocks you off routine

What to do if alter ego work feels too woo, silly, or make-believe

How to stop waiting for the scale before living your life

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Ask yourself: What would she do next? Then take one small action that leaves evidence of who you’re becoming.

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Come for the weight loss. Come for the woo. Stay for the transformation—and for each other.

Chapters

00:00 You don’t need another diet
01:02 Why an alter ego changes behavior
02:22 Addie resurrects Slayer
04:00 Meet Christie and Kathy
05:06 Christie’s story: before Sovereign Phoenix
06:25 Golden footprints and Walking on Sunshine
08:08 Building Sovereign Phoenix
11:30 The first real-life identity shift
16:38 Making weight loss an adventure
19:28 Nervous-system regulation changes the choice
25:50 Santorini and the future-self bridge
28:00 Identity first; the body catches up
32:00 Staying in the room when life lives
34:18 What Christie would tell the skeptic
38:23 Kathy’s story: Phoenix rises
39:53 From Phoenix to Queen
42:20 The Queen doesn’t start over
45:52 Bringing the woo—and the science
48:50 Why the community changes everything
52:23 “Come in curious and play”
54:00 What would Queen do next?
56:47 Stop hiding behind the weight
57:05 Becoming her—starting now
59:06 Build your alter ego

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Perfectionism doesn’t always look like high standards and color-coded excellence.

Sometimes it looks like spinning, overthinking, procrastinating—and waiting for Monday to start again. Ask me how I know. 😂 

In this episode, I’m sharing how I interrupt the perfectionism-and-procrastination loop, take imperfect action, and use my MEfirst Guide to get moving again—even when overwhelm tells me I need the perfect plan. 

I’m talking through the three mindset shifts I use when perfectionism and overwhelm have me frozen:

• Why “imperfect” needs to become the new finish line
• How one small, imperfect action creates momentum
• Why I deliberately choose one thing to bomb every day 💣
• How I use the MEfirst Guide to stop carrying an impossible list in my head
• Why getting back up quickly matters more than never spiralling. 

The goal isn’t to become a woman who never gets overwhelmed, misses a habit, overeats, or has a weird day.

The goal is to become the woman who doesn’t abandon herself when she does.

We don’t stop. We adjust as we go.

SELF-REFLECTION

What are you willing to bomb today so the thing that matters most can actually move?

INSPIRED BY EPISODE 10 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1433275/episodes/7199197

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I’m a skinny bitch.

Yep—I said it. At 262 pounds, after losing 120 pounds, regaining 80, and now being down 30 pounds this year.

And nobody can convince me otherwise.

Because being her doesn’t begin when the scale finally gives you permission. It begins when you decide who you are, practice believing her thoughts, and keep showing up long enough for the evidence to catch up.

In this episode, I’m riffing straight from our MEfirst 90 planning event about what it actually takes to believe in yourself again—especially when you’ve started over before, regained weight, or have people waiting to roll their eyes at your next attempt.

We’re talking about:

• Why I put on my detective hat instead of my judge’s robe
• The Obstacle Playbook that exposed what was really behind my afternoon overeating
• How commitment, courage, capability, and confidence build on one another
• Why self-trust matters whether you’re losing weight, using a GLP-1, building a business, or chasing any big goal
• How I practice new thoughts before I fully believe them
• The bridge thought that can carry you when “I’m already her” feels too far away
• Why your dreams have to get bigger than weight loss

YOUR 1% ACTION:

Choose one goal you want to reach in the next 90 days and ask yourself:

What would I need to believe to be the woman who makes this happen?

Then get honest about what you believe now. No judgment. Just curiosity.

You don’t have to jump straight to “I’m a skinny bitch.” Start with a thought you can practice:

I’m going to keep showing up, learning, and loving myself through this until I figure it out.

That’s how belief gets built.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 — “Who’s a skinny bitch? That’s me.”
01:38 — What believing in yourself looked like at the beginning
03:42 — Put on your detective hat, not your judge’s robe
04:18 — Building an Obstacle Playbook
07:15 — What my overeating was actually helping me avoid
09:14 — Identity work and GLP-1 weight loss
10:30 — Commitment, courage, capability, and confidence
13:18 — Practicing the identity before the evidence arrives
16:51 — Finding a bridge thought you can believe
19:20 — Why goals start feeling possible
20:17 — Your 1% action for the week
21:54 — There is no shame in regain
23:21 — What if your dreams became bigger than weight loss?

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What if your biggest dreams aren't behind you...

What if they're just waiting for your permission?

In today's Future Self Diaries, I'm taking you behind the scenes as I dream out loud about the life I'm intentionally creating. No perfect plan. No pretending I've arrived. Just an honest conversation about the future I'm choosing to build—and why I think every midlife woman deserves to do the same.

Because here's what I've learned...

You don't accidentally become her.

You become her one tiny decision, one tiny habit, and one tiny act of courage at a time.

If you've been putting your dreams on hold while taking care of everyone else, this episode is your reminder that your next chapter doesn't have an expiration date.

It's time to dream bigger.

In this episode:

✨ Why dreaming is more practical than you think
 🧭 How your Future Self becomes your compass
 🌅 The power of visualizing an extraordinary life
 💗 Why becoming always comes before achieving
 🚀 One simple way to start becoming her today

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