The Jamie Summers Podcast

You’re fine. No, Linda, you’re not.

You’re doing everything right, and you still can’t shake that heavy “meh.” Some days it feels like someone needs to peel you off the couch midday. We’ve all been handed the same armor: just deal with it. I’m done with that, and I don’t want you wearing it either.

In this episode, I’m taking you through the first 15 days of my 90-day journey to own the pause. You’ll hear why perimenopause feels so chaotic, the surprising symptoms you may not have connected yet, whether a blood test can really tell you you’re in it, and how to become a noticer of your own body.

Here’s what we cover:

• Estrogen swings instead of declining smoothly, progesterone (your calm hormone) drops early, and falling testosterone hits your energy and motivation
• The perimenopause symptoms nobody warned you about, from itchy skin and dry eyes to brain fog, joint pain, and that heavy “meh”
• Why a hormone blood test is only a snapshot of one random day, and why it’s still worth getting
• How journaling your symptoms can give your doctor a clearer picture than any single lab result

I’m also getting honest about the curveballs: my dad’s health, a daily vlog promise that life rewrote, and why giving myself permission to pivot is what finally brought me back to myself.

If you’ve been quietly wondering, is this perimenopause or is this just me?, press play and lets chat through some raw & real together.

XoXo- Jamie

Have you ever felt overwhelm for no obvious reason, even when life is good? and you can't shake it?! Same, girl.

Is that perimenopause? midlife crisis? Ughhhh

I'm 43, happily and madly in love married, our amazing kids are grown, my dad is fighting through some health stuff, and my body is clearly sending me some signals that something's shifting. I'm soo itchy! Perimenopause has entered the chat, and my health and wellness self is not going to just sit back to let it run the show.

Today is day one of a 90-day journey, and I'm bringing you with me. I'm getting real about what I'm feeling, what I already have dialed in, and the small changes I'm ready to make, what I am learning, and so much more. This won't be the only thing we chat about here on the pod but if you're in your thirties or forties+ and wondering "is this just me?", it's not. Let's chat this one out together.

XoXo- Jamie

Really emphasizing the importance of investing in relationships and personal growth. Today I was in my feels and shared one of my biggest pieces of advice to newlyweds and newly parents. Some personal stories about marriage, parenting, and maintaining a strong connection with my husband over the years. Kids grow up... never lose site of the "I do."

XoXo- Jamie

The struggle you're in right now, the curveball, the chaos, whatever it is, it is not a sign to quit. Let's have a mini chat about it where you will leave with actionable perspectives you can put into action in the now of your life.

XoXo-Jamie

Be for real... do you overthink the good stuff? Spoiler: we all do, at different times in our life. In this episode I'm breaking down my OG post on why we make the simple stuff so hard — waiting for perfect, letting your phone run your morning, hitting snooze, "someday" instead of today. Five quick shifts to stop getting in your own way. Punch those excuses in the face, friend. You've got this. 

XoXo- Jamie

Okay so real talk — I pulled a muscle and it has been humbling. No quick pivots in dance fitness for me right now, and honestly? I'll take the excuse to skip Bulgarian split squats. If you know, you know.

But this got me thinking about something I heard years ago that I've never forgotten — the idea that there are three lines in your life: where you were, where you are, and where you want to go. And most of us get stuck living in that gap between where we are and where we want to be. That's the frustration gap. That's where we hang out, pointing fingers, leaning on excuses we already know are holding us back.

So instead of spiraling about what I can't do right now, I'm trying to actually practice what I preach — take a step back, look at where I was, and sit in some gratitude instead. Because here's the thing I keep relearning: it is really hard to be frustrated and grateful in the same moment.

I get into my first class back (spoiler: my knee was not ready, I bailed early, said some adult words in my head), what it taught me about how much of our life we just quietly assume is always going to work the way it's always worked — until it doesn't. And why the shift isn't always about pushing harder toward where you want to go. Sometimes it's just about where you are.

Maybe your "knee" isn't literally a knee. Maybe it's the gym you haven't walked into yet, the new thing you're scared to be bad at, or an old setback you never actually let heal. Wherever you're stuck, my friend — know your three lines, choose gratitude over frustration, and lets talk about it.

xoxo-Jamie

Ever get so excited about a new habit that you forget the one you already have is actually working? A text comes into the group chat. Someone mentions the 30-30-30 method. And just like that, I'm convinced I'm overhauling my entire morning starting tomorrow.

Tomorrow doesn't happen. Neither does the next day.

When you get excited about a new habit — you might already have a routine that's working. And shaking it up isn't just about willpower. It's about what you're willing to let slip to make room for something new.

This week I'm getting real about the difference between chasing something because it's shiny, and asking whether it's actually worth the cost. There are three questions I walk through before I let anything new touch what's already working in my life — and I think they might change how you look at your next "I'm starting tomorrow" moment too.

XoXo- Jamie

Okay here's the thing — sometimes the fix for what's frustrating you is way simpler than we make it. Like, embarrassingly simple. That's basically what this whole mini episode is.

That morning I got woken up — not by my alarm, by the worst freaking Charlie horse I've had in a long while. And there's this tip my dad gave me years ago: the second it happens, get out of bed, stand straight up, and it goes away. Every single time. No joke.

And standing there after, I just started thinking about all the other Charlie horses in our life. The frustrations. The stuff that feels stuck. The things we let linger way longer than they need to because we don't move fast enough out of the pain of it.

Turns out it's the same fix. Stand up. Take some ownership. Stop overcomplicating the way out. This one's short, it's real talk, and it might just change how you look at your next curveball.

Be greater, get rooted, and put your yes first. Because if you don't, who will?

XoXo- Jamie

Get on a routine & regimen

that creates the day & life YOU want.

Sounds simple. It is— because everyday you’re either pilling up overwhelm or pilling up overcome.

That’s the choice. Lets Talk About it

#begreater #mindsetmatters

Let's let go of what we think we have to do because most of it is keeping us from the results we actually want.

Friend, I have been over 200 pounds, working out 5+ days a week, doing every single thing I thought I was supposed to do — and I was exhausted, frustrated, and going absolutely nowhere. And if you are sitting in that same place right now, this conversation is going to hit different.

Today we are breaking through the gym expectations that have been weighing on your shoulders, talking about why your muscle is literally your metabolism, why that scale number is never telling you the whole story, and why your mind is going to give up on you way before your body ever does.

And if you are not ready for the gym yet? Girl, we are talking about that too — because all movement matters and your day one kept consistent is going to turn into your year five faster than you think.

Come hang out. Let's figure this out together.

Stay Healthy Friend,

Jamie Summers

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