In this episode of Radiant Revolution, we’re talking about something a little controversial and very relevant.

AI is everywhere. It’s fast, accessible, and incredibly helpful for general education. But when it comes to your hormones, metabolism, and perimenopause symptoms, information alone is not enough.

Kim breaks down why tools like ChatGPT can provide surface-level answers but cannot replace personalized testing, expert interpretation, and real human accountability.

If you’ve been spinning your wheels trying to DIY your health, this episode will help you understand why you’re stuck — and what it actually takes to move forward.

What You’ll Learn

• What AI is actually useful for when it comes to health
• Why generic meal plans and macro breakdowns don’t fix hormonal issues
• The difference between information and implementation
• Why perimenopause and menopause require a systems-based approach
• How DIY dieting can worsen cortisol, thyroid function, and metabolism
• Why lab interpretation requires nuance and clinical experience
• The hidden cost of guessing your way through hormone healing
• When it makes sense to use AI — and when you need a professional
• What a true root-cause, personalized protocol should include
• Why accountability and human support are the missing pieces for most women
  

Connect with Kim

• Instagram @⁠kim.schaper⁠
• Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.m3metabolicmethod.com⁠

If you’re tired of guessing, tired of spinning your wheels, and ready for personalized support… book a ⁠free discovery call⁠.

Chronic inflammation is one of the most overlooked root causes behind stubborn weight gain, brain fog, fatigue, bloating, and mood changes in perimenopause and menopause. In this episode, Kim breaks down what chronic, low grade inflammation actually is, why it worsens as hormones shift, and how it quietly disrupts metabolism, hormones, and brain health even when you are doing everything right.

This conversation goes beyond food rules and anti inflammatory diets to explain how gut health, blood sugar, cortisol, estrogen, and thyroid function all interact to drive inflammation. Most importantly, Kim shares practical, root cause strategies to calm inflammation so your body can finally respond again.

What You’ll Learn

• The difference between acute and chronic inflammation and why chronic inflammation is harder to detect
•  Common signs of low grade inflammation even without pain or swelling
•  Why inflammation worsens in perimenopause and menopause
•  How declining estrogen fuels inflammation throughout the body and brain
•  The connection between inflammation, insulin resistance, cortisol, and thyroid slowdown
•  Why inflammation often shows up as belly fat, brain fog, fatigue, bloating, and mood changes
•  The biggest root causes of chronic inflammation beyond just food
•  Why one supplement or diet will not fix inflammation long term
•  How healing inflammation at the root improves energy, metabolism, mood, and mental clarity
  

Free Resources & Ways to Work With Kim
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Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kimschaper⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.m3metabolicmethod.com⁠

In this episode of the Radiant Revolution Podcast, Kim sits down with Dr. Ashley Dwyer, former retail pharmacist and founder of Team BDN Coaching, for an honest, nuanced conversation about hormones, perimenopause, stress, and why so many women feel stuck despite “doing all the right things.”

Ashley shares her personal journey from Western medicine and competitive bodybuilding to functional health and entrepreneurship, offering powerful insights into nervous system regulation, thyroid health, PCOS, cortisol myths, medication limitations, and why lifestyle foundations must come first.

This episode bridges the gap between Western medicine and functional health, breaking down complex topics in a grounded, real-world way — especially for high-achieving women navigating perimenopause, burnout, and hormonal chaos.

What You’ll Learn

• Ashley’s transition from retail pharmacy to functional health coaching
• Why medications like Synthroid don’t always resolve thyroid symptoms
• Common patterns Ashley sees in high-achieving women (stress, burnout, nervous system dysregulation)
• How chronic “go-go-go” lifestyles impact hormones and metabolism
• Why stress resilience decreases in perimenopause
• Practical ways to shift into parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) mode without guilt
• The limits of supplements and medications without lifestyle change
• PCOS, hypothyroidism, and Hashimoto’s: why many women remain under-supported
• The truth about cortisol (why it’s not the villain it’s made out to be)
• Cortisol myths, adrenal dysfunction, and why “lower isn’t always better”
• SSRIs, neurotransmitters, and the gut-brain connection
• Why eating enough, sleeping well, and setting boundaries matter more than extreme protocols
• What a “radiant woman” truly embodies: confidence, empowerment, and boundaries

Resources Mentioned
• Free Cortisol Training
 Ashley’s free education on cortisol, stress, and nervous system regulation (linked in her Instagram bio).
Connect with Dr. Ashley

• Instagram: ⁠@dr.dwyer⁠
• Coaching: ⁠Team BDN Coaching⁠

Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @⁠⁠⁠⁠kimschaper⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.m3metabolicmethod.com⁠
  

Peptides are getting a lot of buzz and in this episode of Radiant Revolution, Kim breaks down what peptides actually are, who they’re for, and when they’re truly helpful for women in perimenopause and menopause.While peptides are often associated with athletes and bodybuilders, Kim explains why women over 40 can benefit from the same recovery, muscle-building, and inflammation-reducing support, when used strategically and safely.

You’ll learn why peptides are not required for results, how they’re used as an optional power-up inside Metabolic Mastery, and which peptides Kim personally uses and recommends for specific situations like gut inflammation, poor recovery, muscle loss, autoimmune issues, and chronic fatigue.
This episode is all about education, clarity, and helping you understand whether peptides are something you even need — without hype, pressure, or shortcuts.

What You’ll Learn

• What peptides actually are (and what they’re not)
• Why natural peptide production declines in perimenopause and menopause
• The difference between peptides and hormones
• When peptides can support muscle, recovery, gut health, and inflammation
• Why peptides only work after your foundation is in place
• The three peptides Kim uses and why
• How peptides can complement (not replace) HRT
• Why sourcing peptides safely matters — and what to avoid
• Who peptides are not right for

Resources Mentioned

• Metabolic Mastery Program

• A comprehensive system that addresses hormones, gut health, stress, nutrition, and training — not just calories and workouts.
    Learn more or book a discovery call

Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @⁠⁠⁠kimschaper⁠⁠⁠
• Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.m3metabolicmethod.com⁠
  

In this episode of Radiant Revolution, Kim pulls back the curtain on real client results to show why so many women over 40 are working incredibly hard… and still seeing zero results.

If you’ve ever thought, “I shouldn’t look or feel like this with how hard I’m trying,” this episode is for you.

Kim walks through two powerful client stories — women who were doing everything right on paper but were stuck in bloating, brain fog, fatigue, inflammation, and stubborn weight gain. The common thread? Chronic under-eating, gut inflammation, cortisol overload, and nutrient depletion — not a lack of discipline.

This episode breaks down what was actually keeping their bodies in survival mode, what was missing from their approach, and how fixing the foundation (not cutting more calories) led to sustainable fat loss, better energy, and real metabolic healing.

What You’ll Learn

• Why “eat less, move more” backfires for women over 40
• How chronic under-eating and over-exercising keep your body stuck in survival mode
• The role gut inflammation plays in bloating, hormone imbalance, and stalled fat loss
• Why cortisol dysregulation drives belly fat, brain fog, and exhaustion
• How medications can deplete key nutrients needed for hormone balance
• Why healing the gut and stabilizing blood sugar must come before fat loss
• What actually allows women to lose weight while eating more, not less

Free Resources Mentioned

• [REPLAY] Free ICE-T Masterclass (January 20th)The 4 Hormonal Drivers Quietly Blocking Fat Loss, Energy & Focus After 40
• Kim breaks down exactly how Insulin, Cortisol, Estrogen, and Thyroid interact — and how to identify which one is holding your body (and brain) hostage right now. 
• ⁠⁠Watch the Replay HERE

• Metabolic Mastery Program
 A comprehensive system that addresses hormones, gut health, stress, nutrition, and training — not just calories and workouts.
  Learn more or book a discovery call

 Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @⁠kimschaper⁠
• Website: ⁠www.m3metabolicmethod.com

Intermittent fasting has become one of the most talked-about — and controversial — strategies in midlife health. In this episode of Radiant Revolution, Kim breaks down why intermittent fasting often backfires for women in perimenopause, even when it’s “done perfectly.”

If you’ve tried fasting and instead gained weight, felt more exhausted, struggled with sleep, binged at night, or noticed your workouts and energy decline, this episode is for you. The issue isn’t discipline or willpower — it’s physiology.

Kim explains why the majority of intermittent fasting research doesn’t apply to women over 40, how fasting acts as a stressor during hormonal transition, and what actually supports fat loss, energy, and metabolic health during perimenopause.

What You’ll Learn

• Why intermittent fasting can increase belly fat, fatigue, and cravings in perimenopause
• How fasting impacts insulin, cortisol, estrogen, and thyroid differently after 40
• Why fasting is a stressor — and when stress becomes counterproductive
• The connection between fasting, muscle loss, and metabolic slowdown
• Why some women thrive with fasting (and why most don’t during perimenopause)
• A safer, hormone-supportive alternative to aggressive fasting
• What your body is actually asking for when fasting “stops working”

Free Resources Mentioned

• Free ICE-T Masterclass (January 20th)The 4 Hormonal Drivers Quietly Blocking Fat Loss, Energy & Focus After 40
• Kim breaks down exactly how Insulin, Cortisol, Estrogen, and Thyroid interact — and how to identify which one is holding your body (and brain) hostage right now. 
• ⁠Register HERE⁠

  Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @⁠kimschaper⁠
• Website: ⁠www.m3metabolicmethod.com

In this deeply personal episode of Radiant Revolution, Kim Schaper unpacks a truth that surprises many women: brain fog isn’t always what we think it is.

After being prescribed ADHD medication in her early 40s for symptoms like forgetfulness, irritability, overwhelm, and mental fatigue, Kim began asking a bigger question, why now? 

What she discovered completely changed how she understands brain fog, focus issues, and cognitive overwhelm in midlife.This episode walks through Kim’s own health journey and reveals how metabolic dysfunction — not ADHD — was the real root cause. If you’ve been feeling mentally “offline,” reactive, exhausted despite doing everything right, or struggling to think clearly in perimenopause, this conversation will feel like someone finally turned the lights on. 

What You’ll Learn:

• Why brain fog in your late 30s and 40s is often metabolic, not psychological
• How cortisol, insulin resistance, and thyroid dysfunction directly impact focus and cognition
• Why perimenopause changes how your brain handles stress and blood sugar
• The overlap between ADHD symptoms and metabolic dysfunction
• Why medication can mask symptoms without fixing the root cause
• How stabilizing insulin, cortisol, estrogen, and thyroid can restore mental clarity
• What it actually takes to “get your brain back” in midlife

Free Resources Mentioned

• Free ICE-T Masterclass (January 20th)The 4 Hormonal Drivers Quietly Blocking Fat Loss, Energy & Focus After 40
• Kim breaks down exactly how Insulin, Cortisol, Estrogen, and Thyroid interact — and how to identify which one is holding your body (and brain) hostage right now. 
• Register HERE

  Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @kimschaper
• Website: www.m3metabolicmethod.com
  

In this candid end-of-year episode of Radiant Revolution, Kim Schaper speaks to a truth so many women quietly carry: your husband will never fully understand what you’re going through — and you don’t need his permission to take your health seriously.

As women move through perimenopause and midlife hormonal shifts, partners often see the behaviors but miss the biology underneath. Kim breaks down why this disconnect exists, why logic-based “fix it” thinking falls short, and how waiting for validation or approval can keep women stuck in exhaustion, frustration, and self-doubt.

This episode is an empowering reminder that your symptoms are real, your experience is valid, and you are allowed to make decisions for your body, confidently, unapologetically, and without needing to be fully understood first.

 What You’ll Learn

• Why men often can’t fully understand midlife hormonal changes — and why that’s okay
• The difference between behavior-based logic and female physiology
• Why perimenopause isn’t a problem to “fix,” but a transition to navigate
• How waiting for permission or validation keeps women stuck
• What real support looks like (and what it doesn’t)
• How to reclaim self-trust, authority, and leadership over your body

Free Resources Mentioned

Hormone Holiday Survival Kit

•  A free, 12-page guide to help reduce bloating, inflammation, stress, and weight gain through the holidays.  
• Download HERE or DM Kim “HOLIDAYS” on Instagram.

January 20th Free Masterclass Waitlist

•  “The 4 Hormone Drivers of Midlife Weight Gain” — a science-backed breakdown of the hormone patterns quietly driving fat gain, fatigue, and plateaus.

•   Join the waitlist HERE
  

 Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @kimschaper
• Website: www.m3metabolicmethod.com

In this end-of-year episode of Radiant Revolution, Kim Schaper speaks directly to women who feel dismissed, unheard, and told “everything is normal” while their bodies clearly feel anything but.

If you’re exhausted, bloated, anxious, gaining weight, wired-and-tired, or no longer recognize yourself and your doctor’s only solutions have been birth control, antidepressants, or “waiting it out” — this episode is for you.

Kim explains why the lab-only medical model fails midlife women, how perimenopause is a symptom-driven transition (not a lab event), and why masking symptoms with birth control often backfires. She breaks down what’s actually happening with estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, blood sugar, and thyroid signaling and how to start advocating for real, symptom-based care. 

What You’ll Learn

• Why “normal labs” don’t mean optimal health in perimenopause
• How the lab-only model misses early hormone and metabolic dysfunction
• Why perimenopause is about patterns, not single blood draws
• How estrogen swings (not just decline) drive anxiety, weight gain, and inflammation
• Why progesterone loss amplifies stress, sleep disruption, and mood changes
• How cortisol sensitivity leads to belly fat, burnout, and exercise backfires
• The hidden role of blood sugar instability in fatigue, cravings, and night waking
• Why birth control often suppresses and masks symptoms instead of resolving them
• How to start advocating for symptom-based, whole-body care

 Free Resources Mentioned

• Hormone Holiday Survival Kit
•  A free, 12-page guide to help reduce bloating, inflammation, stress, and weight gain through the holidays.
•  Download HERE or DM Kim “HOLIDAYS” on Instagram.

January 20th Free Masterclass

•  “The 4 Hormone Drivers of Midlife Weight Gain” — a science-backed breakdown of the hormone patterns quietly driving fat gain, fatigue, and plateaus.
•   Join the waitlist HERE

 Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @kimschaper
• Website: www.m3metabolicmethod.com

In this episode of Radiant Revolution, Kim sits down with veteran strength coach Nick; a trainer, educator, and author with over 25 years in the field, to have a refreshingly honest conversation about what actually matters in training.

Nick pulls back the curtain on the fitness industry, sharing why he’s “client-centered, practically driven, principle-based, and anti-dogma,” and how that philosophy has shaped his work with everyone from NFL athletes to everyday women and men. They dig into the chaos of social media fitness advice, the rise of AI-generated workouts, why biomechanics and physiology never go out of style, and how to think critically about who you follow and what you implement.

What You’ll Learn

• Nick’s training philosophy: client-centered, principle-based, and anti-dogma
• How to filter confusing fitness advice using basic biomechanics and physiology
• Why physique alone (great arms, abs, or glutes) isn’t proof a method is sound
• Where AI and group classes can help — and where a real coach is still essential
• How Nick approaches training women, men, and menopause clients without gimmicks
• Why you are the world’s expert on your own body, and how Nick partners with clients

Hormone Holiday Survival Kit 🎄A must-have guide to help you navigate the holidays without weight gain, burnout, or hormone chaos. Includes practical strategies for food, stress, sleep, and nervous system support so you can enjoy the season and still feel amazing.👉 Access the Hormone Holiday Survival Kit HERE

Msterclass Waitlist✨

The 4 Hormone Systems Quietly DrivingMidlife Weight Gai👉 Join the MC waitlist HERE

Resources & Ways to Work With Nick:

• His YouTube channel – packed with practical, no-BS training tips
• His NT Loops – his signature bands many lifters and coaches love using
• His website for more

Connect with Kim

• Instagram: @⁠kim.schaper⁠
• Website: ⁠https://www.kimschaper.com/⁠