The Simplicity Sessions

In this episode I'm talking to Jaclyn Shaw, spiritual mentor, bestselling author, and sought-after speaker. We went deep on what it actually means to trust your soul's calling — not just the inspiring idea of it, but the real, messy, sometimes terrifying practice of it. If you've ever felt like there's something more calling you forward but you keep negotiating yourself out of it, this episode is for you.

In this episode, we cover:

• What it means to "outsource your power" — and how to recognize when you're doing it

• Why your finances are often the first place incongruency shows up

• The difference between going through the motions and actually being in motion

• How Jaclyn rebuilt her voice and conviction after losing herself in the noise of the online business world

• The "power tracking" tool she gives all her clients — and why most stop doing it too soon

• Why radical self-responsibility is the foundation of personal power

• The God vs. spirit/universe conversation — and why being unapologetic about your beliefs is the most aligned marketing you'll ever do

• What a spiritual smackdown actually is (and why you don't always need a big one to wake up)

• Jaclyn's own spiritual smackdown — the deeply personal story that became the birthplace of both her daughter and herself

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

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Connect with Guest -

• Instagram | @thejaclynshaw

• Facebook | @thejaclynshaw

• Get Paid By God | ACCESS HERE

• Website | jaclynshaw.ca

This episode is sponsored by:

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Jen Rapkin, naturopathic doctor, body worker, former dancer, and author of The Feeling Muscle: Sitting With and Outlasting Hard Feelings, and I walked away from this one with so much clarity around something I've personally been navigating — the relationship between what we hold in our bodies and how it shows up as physical symptoms, dis-ease, and emotional patterns we can't seem to shake.

In this episode, we explore:

• What it means to be a "frequent feeler" — and why that's actually a gift, not a burden

• How the messages we were raised with ("grow thicker skin," "boys don't cry," "grin and bear it") trained us to armor up and disconnect from our emotional body

• Why emotion is a pre-verbal, physical experience — and how learning to locate feelings in the body changes everything

• The concept of "shaking the hand" of a feeling — a simple, powerful practice for beginning to sit with what's coming up rather than numbing or distracting

• Why Dr. Raphkin's approach is NOT about excavating trauma — it's about exercising your feeling muscle one small moment at a time

• The connection between unprocessed emotions and physical symptoms (gut issues, hormonal imbalance, chronic illness) — and why the nervous system is always part of the conversation

• How we've become conditioned to outsource our health, our answers, and our healing to strangers on the internet — and why the most powerful answers already live inside you

• Why safety and permission are at the root of emotional processing — and how childhood conditioning shapes our nervous system well into adulthood

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

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Connect with Guest -

• Instagram | @drjennrapkin

• Facebook | Connect HERE

• The Feeling Muscle: Sitting With and Outlasting Hard Feelings | Get Your Copy HERE

• Website | drjennrapkin.com

This episode is sponsored by:

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

In this episode, I'm speaking to the health and wellness practitioners, service providers, or really anyone who doesn't have a salary and needs to generate revenue through clients and offers. Whether you're trying to stabilize your income, pay off debt, fund a launch, or simply prove to yourself that you can create money intentionally - this one's for you.

The 5 Strategic Ways to Create $5K This Month:

1. Sell a High-Value Intensive — Hormone audits, business strategy days, gut health deep dives, metabolic resets, content VIP days. People pay for clarity and speed. You don't need 30 low-ticket sales — you might only need 2–5 clients.

2. Run a Small Group Program — A 14-day reset or 4-week reboot. No massive launch required. Just a specific problem, a clear transformation, and a community that needs support and structure right now.

3. Resell to Your Existing Clients — Your easiest sale is always someone who already knows, likes, and trusts you. Past clients, warm leads, your email list — they are gold. A personal reach-out converts faster than passive posting every single time.

4. Host a Master Class or Workshop — I am obsessed with teaching, and one powerful class can lead to memberships, program sign-ups, and 1:1 clients. People are craving practical, truth-based education. You don't need a fancy event center — I've hosted in my home, and something special happens when you do.

5. Package Your Intellectual Property — You are sitting on a goldmine. Protocols, templates, guides, frameworks, recordings. Done is more profitable than perfect. Stop polishing and start selling.

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

Click here to listen:

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This episode is sponsored by:

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

I am so excited to bring you Part 2 of my conversation with Cynthia Thurlow — and we recorded this only 48 hours after Part 1 dropped because the feedback and questions from you were just pouring in. That told me everything I needed to know: this topic is hitting home. Cynthia's new book, The Menopause Gut, is out now and available everywhere — and honestly, I think it's going to change the conversation for so many women.

We peeled back another layer of the gut this week and went deep on some things that genuinely stopped me in my tracks.

Chapters:

• 5:57 - The Estrobolome & Your Meds

• 11:27 - Reclaiming Metabolic Health

• 36:38 - GLP-1s: The Real Conversation

• 44:33 - Gut Health & Your Bones

• 46:14 - Trauma & Ovarian Aging

• 51:17 - Starting the Conversation Earlier

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

Click here to listen:

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Connect with Guest -

• Instagram | @cynthia_thurlow_

• Facebook | @CHTWellness

• Twitter/X | @_CynthiaThurlow

• Youtube | @cynthiathurlow

• Podcast | Follow Here

• Substack | Subscribe Here

This episode is sponsored by:

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Chris:

• Instagram | @chrisborsellino

• Finance Discovery Session | Book Here

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

This week, Chris and I are sitting down together to talk about one of our favorite topics: building real, sustainable wealth without the overwhelm.

If you've ever felt like you're behind, like it's too complicated, or like you just don't know where to start — this episode is for you.

What We Cover:

We break down the four pillars of wealth that Chris uses with his clients every single day:

1. The Safety Pillar — Your emergency fund. This is priority number one. We talk about why three to six months of expenses matters, what that actually looks like for your life (hint: it's different for everyone), and the magic of just having enough to sleep at night.

2. The Future Pillar — This is your retirement strategy. RRSPs, TFSAs, first home savings plans, permanent life insurance — we break down why diversification here is non-negotiable and why the tax strategy behind your withdrawals matters just as much as the saving itself.

3. The Freedom Pillar — Our favorite one to talk about. This is where your money starts working for you — rental income, dividends, non-registered investments — the assets that buy back your time and give you options. Could you retire earlier than you think? Maybe.

4. The Legacy Pillar — What do you want your money to do after you're gone? We get into wills, estate planning, life insurance, and charitable giving — and why taking care of yourself first is actually the most loving thing you can do for the people you leave behind.

We Also Talk About:

• Why building wealth is honestly kind of boring (and why that's a good thing)

• The stats on why women tend to outperform men as long-term investors

• Why lottery winners go broke (and what that teaches us about money mindset)

• The most common wealth-building mistakes: starting too late, keeping cash under the mattress, spending your raise before you get it, not having a will, and trying to time the market

• Opportunity cost — why your daily latte isn't the villain, but your intention behind it matters

• How Chris breaks down $1,000/month across all four pillars (a simple rule of thumb you can actually use)

• Why your definition of financial freedom might be different from your partner's — and why that conversation is so important

Questions to Ask Yourself After This Episode:

• Which pillar am I strongest in right now?

• Which pillar needs the most work?

• Do I have a will? Do I have life insurance?

• What does financial freedom actually look like for me?

• What's one thing I can do this month to strengthen my weakest pillar?

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

Click here to listen:

Apple Podcasts – CLICK HERESpotify – CLICK HERE

This episode is sponsored by:

• withinUs | Use the code JENNPIKE20 at withinus.ca for a limited time to save 20% off your first order and 20% off your first subscription order

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Chris:

• Instagram | @chrisborsellino

• Finance Discovery Session | Book Here

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

I literally just came downstairs from teaching a SYNCED class when I recorded this one, and I could not wait to get this conversation on the podcast. What started as a post-class chat with my ladies turned into the episode I've been meaning to record for a while now.

We are diving deep into your adrenal and thyroid health — and why, for most women especially in their late 30s and beyond, this is the missing piece that no one is talking about enough.

In this episode, I cover:

• Why The Lancet's newly released study on PCOS (now being reclassified as PMOS) is a huge deal and what it means for how we understand women's metabolic health

• How your adrenal glands and thyroid work together — and why chronic stress, overtraining, and under-eating are silently destroying that connection

• The real reason your body isn't changing (hint: it's not laziness, lack of discipline, or a broken metabolism)

• Why the hormonal buffering you had in your 20s and 30s masks the damage — and why midlife is when the bill finally comes due

• What your period and symptoms are actually trying to tell you (your body is not broken, it's communicating)

• Why strength training can become a withdrawal from an already overdrawn account — and what to do instead

• The thyroid testing most doctors aren't doing and what you actually need to ask for

• My honest take on aggressive fasting for women in midlife (and what I recommend instead)

• What "training smarter" actually looks like — including why more workouts are never the answer

• The lifestyle shifts that changed everything for me around age 37-38 and led to the creation of SYNCED

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

Click here to listen:

Apple Podcasts – CLICK HERESpotify – CLICK HERE

This episode is sponsored by:

• withinUs | Use the code JENNPIKE20 at withinus.ca for a limited time to save 20% off your first order and 20% off your first subscription order

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

This week Chris and I are sitting down together to talk about something that comes up again and again — not just with our clients, but in our own lives too: money mindset.

In this episode we cover:

• Why your income is rarely capped by your strategy — it's capped by your identity

• The 5 most common money beliefs holding people back:

1. Money is hard to make — and why that's simply not true

2. I'm not good with money — money is a skill set, not a personality trait

3. There's never enough — how scarcity lives in your nervous system, not your bank account

4. Wanting more makes you greedy — and the guilt that quietly keeps you small

5. People like me don't make that kind of money — the invisible ceiling

• Jenn's story from the Tony Robbins Business Mastery event in Las Vegas — being the only one at the table without a black card, surrounded by multi-millionaires, and what she actually walked away with

• Why the rooms you put yourself in matter more than you think

• How to stop outsourcing your financial power — and why you still need to have a pulse on your own numbers

• The difference between hustle-driven income and value-driven income

• How the way you speak is literally scripting your financial reality

Books we recommend:

• The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel

• Think and Grow Rich (updated edition)

• Money: A Love Story — Kate Northrup

• You Are a Badass at Making Money — Jen Sincero

• The Big Leap — Gay Hendricks

• The Biology of Belief — Dr. Bruce Lipton

• Millionaire Next Door

• Happy Pocket Full of Money — David Whittles

• Anything by David Bach

• Money: Master the Game - Tony Robbins'

Podcasts Chris recommends:

• Rational Reminder — Ben Felix

• More Money Podcast — Jessica Moorhouse

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

Click here to listen:

Apple Podcasts – CLICK HERESpotify – CLICK HERE

This episode is sponsored by:

• withinUs | Use the code JENNPIKE20 at withinus.ca for a limited time to save 20% off your first order and 20% off your first subscription order

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Chris:

• Instagram | @chrisborsellino

• Finance Discovery Session | Book Here

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

In this masterclass, I'm pulling back the curtain on everything I teach inside my eight-week program Ignite and distilling it into one power-packed masterclass. If you've been doing "all the things" and still feel like your body isn't responding, this one is for you.

What We Cover:

The difference between metabolism, metabolic health, and hormonal changes — because they are not the same thing, and confusing them is costing you results.

The top 5 struggles women come to us with:

• Metabolic dysfunction (gaining weight, energy crashes, cravings)

• Hormonal chaos (mood swings, anxiety, irritability)

• Sleep disruption (why 1–4 AM wake-ups are telling you something)

• Loss of body confidence and identity

• Information overload and no clear strategy

Why your symptoms are the messenger, not the root cause — and how to start asking the right questions of your doctors, trainers, and yourself.

Blood sugar & insulin — the most underutilized tool for stabilizing blood sugar isn't a supplement. It's strength training.

Protein: the non-negotiable macro — how much you actually need (hint: most women are underestimating), how to hit 30–40g per meal, and why food prep beats meal prep every time.

Building muscle in your 40s, 50s & 60s — what progressive overload actually means, why cardio classes are not your best investment, and the five non-negotiables for real body recomposition.

Why eating less and pushing harder is working against you — and what to do instead.

Thyroid health & Hashimoto's — what to ask your doctor to test (beyond TSH), why antibodies matter, and how Christine got her Hashi's into remission.

The scale is the last metric we use — progress photos, tracking your lifts, and measuring what actually matters.

Food noise, GLP-1s & the wellness marketing machine — how to cut through the noise and find what your body actually needs.

Key Takeaways:

• Your muscle mass impacts your metabolism more than your age does

• One poor night of sleep is enough to dysregulate hunger hormones and increase cravings

• Consistency over perfection — nail one habit before adding another

• Stop cutting carbs; your thyroid needs them

• The boring basics work. My most successful clients are my most "boring" ones.

• You don't need more equipment — you need more education about your body

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Andrea Donsky's book Nourishing Menopause and her research on 103 symptoms of perimenopause/menopause

• Dr. Bill Campbell's body composition lab at the University of South Florida

• MyFitnessPal for macro tracking

• Jill Harris as a client case study (9 lbs lost, Hashimoto's into remission over 3 years)

• Vitract / Tiny Gut Health for stool/microbiome testing

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

Click here to listen:

Apple Podcasts – CLICK HERESpotify – CLICK HERE

This episode is sponsored by:

• withinUs | Use the code JENNPIKE20 at withinus.ca for a limited time to save 20% off your first order and 20% off your first subscription order

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

This one came straight from a morning walk with my husband Chris. He listened to me talk for the whole walk, turned to me, and said, "That was a podcast." So here we are — on what's normally a writing day for me — and I had to record this.

This is the conversation I don't see happening enough in the online business world, especially for women who are navigating the intersection of body, business, life, and a whole lot of change.

In This Episode I Cover:

• Why the "more, more, more" model of business is a lie — and what I mean by that

• My 30-year journey in the health, fitness, and business industry (from 17-year-old sole proprietor to multi-seven-figure company)

• The early hustle years: driving to clients, teaching classes, opening my boutique studio Simplicity Yoga & Fitness Therapy Studios, and what I actually made after four years (spoiler: $960)

• How selling my studio in 2016 launched everything that came after

• My first online programs — making $11K, then $18K — and why hitting those numbers broke me in the most revealing way

• The nervous system reckoning that came with my first million-dollar year

• Why I chose not to double revenue at all costs, and what I focused on instead

• The ecosystem model: why one signature offer is a starting point, not a business

• How we simplified from 9 offers down to 3-4 — and did the same revenue with far less effort

• Why I protect my team's nervous systems like a mama bear, and why sustainable success is the only success I'm interested in

• The grief that doesn't get talked about: what it means to be a woman in midlife, releasing older versions of yourself, and stepping into who you're becoming

• Why I build everything organically — no big ad spend, no app, no AI replacing my voice

• What I'm building now: the Audacious Woman, a certification, and legacy work that leaves an imprint

Key Takeaways:

• Don't confuse your ability with your capacity — you likely have more of the former than you think

• Sustainable success > scaling at all costs

• Your nervous system is a business metric

• A business ecosystem needs multiple aligned pathways — not one offer carrying all the weight

• You don't need permission to build differently. You need desire and the courage to stop abandoning yourself in the process.

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

Click here to listen:

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This episode is sponsored by:

• withinUs | Use the code JENNPIKE20 at withinus.ca for a limited time to save 20% off your first order and 20% off your first subscription order

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.

I am so excited to welcome back my dear friend and colleague Andrea Donsky — nutritionist, researcher, and author of her brand new book Nourishing Menopause. Andrea has spent the last two years deep in the research, and this conversation did not disappoint.

What We Cover in This Episode:

• Andrea's personal perimenopause wake-up call — despite being a nutritionist for 17+ years, she knew almost nothing about what was happening in her own body

• The results of her landmark survey with over 20,000 women and 5,300+ responses — and why hot flashes didn't even crack the top 10 most common symptoms

• The actual top 10: fatigue, brain fog, sleep issues, memory loss, anxiety, loss of libido, lack of concentration, joint pain, and lack of patience

• The surprising and lesser-known symptoms women never connect to perimenopause — phantom smells (burning is #1!), itchy ears, cold flashes, vertigo, and tinnitus

• Why weight gain isn't in the top 10 symptom-wise, but ranks top 3 in quality of life impact — and the 17 different reasons Andrea uncovered in Chapter 5 of why we gain weight during this transition (spoiler: it is not your fault)

• The importance of relearning everything — how to eat, sleep, move, and even how to manage your relationship and your stress — for this new version of your body

• My thoughts on the gut microbiome in perimenopausal women and why the same commensal bacteria keep showing up depleted in our stool testing

• Top supplements Andrea recommends specifically for women in perimenopause and menopause: magnesium (bisglycinate and threonate), omega-3s, fiber, Vitamin D + K2/K7, and creatine (yes, for brain AND muscle!)

• The fiber conversation — why most of us are getting less than half of what we need, and how Andrea's supplement Fibers makes it easier without the digestive upset

• Protein intake: a practical formula for how much you actually need based on your body weight (not a blanket 150g-for-everyone recommendation)

• Why the nervous system — not the endocrine system — is the #1 system affected by the 103+ reported menopause symptoms

• The role of cortisol and chronic stress, and why managing it requires specificity and honesty (not just "reduce your stress")

• The beautiful reframe: perimenopause and menopause as a time of reassessment, reclaiming, and stepping into who you've always been

• Community, pickleball, and why finding your people outside your family matters more than ever for longevity

Toronto Listeners — Live Event Alert!

Andrea is hosting Perimenopause, Menopause and Beyond: The Conversation We Need to Have on May 7th in the Toronto area.

Grab your ticket HERE — this episode airs May 4th so you have time!

Let's dive in!

Thank you for joining us today. If you could rate, review & subscribe, it would mean the world to me! While you're at it, take a screenshot and tag me @jennpike to share on Instagram – I'll re-share that baby out to the community & once a month I'll be doing a draw from those re-shares and send the winner something special!

Click here to listen:

Apple Podcasts – CLICK HERESpotify – CLICK HERE

Connect with Guest -

• Instagram | @andreadonsky

• Instagram | @wearemorphus

• TikTok | @andreadonsky

• Website | wearemorphus.com

• Nourishing Menopause Book | Preorder HERE

This episode is sponsored by:

• withinUs | Use the code JENNPIKE20 at withinus.ca for a limited time to save 20% off your first order and 20% off your first subscription order

• St. Francis | Go to stfrancisherbfarm.com and save 15% off your all your orders with code JENNPIKE15

• Eversio Wellness | Go to eversiowellness.com/discount/jennpike15 and save 15% off every order with code JENNPIKE15 /// not available for "subscribe & save" option

Free Resources:

• Free Perimenopause Support Guide | jennpike.com/perimenopausesupport

• Free Blood Work Guide | jennpike.com/bloodworkguide

• The Simplicity Sessions Podcast | jennpike.com/podcast

• Get 20% on thewalkingpad.com using code "JENNPIKE20"

• Metabolic Guide | jennpike.com/metabolic-guide

• Get discounts at happybumco.com using code "JENNPIKE"

• *code doesn't apply with Black Friday sale*

Programs:

• Ignite: Your 8-Week Body Transformation Program | https://jennpike.com/ignite

• The Peri & Menopause Project - Join the Waitlist | jennpike.com/theperimenopauseproject

• Synced Virtual Fitness Studio | jennpike.com/synced

• Services: Work With Jenn | https://jennpike.com/work-with-jenn/

• Functional Testing | jennpike.com/testing-packages

• Business Mentorship | The Audacious Woman Mentorship: jennpike.com/theaudaciouswoman

Connect with Jenn:

• Instagram | @jennpike

• Facebook | @thesimplicityproject

• YouTube | Simplicity TV

• Website | The Simplicity Project Inc.

Have a question? Send it over to [email protected] and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts and advice.