Supplements made simple for women who don’t have time for bullshit.
Vitamin D is one of the most overlooked and most important nutrients for women in perimenopause and menopause. In this episode, I break down what vitamin D actually does, why your needs change in midlife, and how optimizing it now supports energy, mood, bone health, and long-term brain health. No jargon, no fear-mongering, just what you need to know to make a confident, informed decision.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why vitamin D acts more like a hormone than a vitamin

• Why vitamin D needs increase during perimenopause and menopause

• Signs of vitamin D insufficiency (even when labs look “normal”)

• The difference between deficiency, insufficiency, and optimization

• Short-term benefits (energy, mood, immune support)

• Long-term benefits (bone density, fall and fracture prevention, cognitive health)

• Conventional vs functional vitamin D lab ranges

• Typical dosing, best forms, and when testing matters

• Common vitamin D mistakes women make

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Disclaimer:
This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider before starting or changing supplements.

You go in for routine or screening labs and the results come back that your cholesterol is high. Your provider gives you the whole spiel, except you’re already eating pretty well, moving your body, and doing what you always have, so what the hell is going on?.

In this episode, I break down why cholesterol often changes in perimenopause, and no — it’s not just about fat or “eating better.”

We talk through:

• How estrogen shifts affect cholesterol production and clearance

• LDL, HDL, triglycerides, and ApoB explained in real-life terms

• Why ratios matter more than total cholesterol

• The role your liver and blood sugar play behind the scenes

• What actually supports healthy cholesterol in midlife (without extremes)

This is a practical, science-backed conversation meant to clear up the confusion, connect the dots, and help you understand what your labs are really telling you — so you can decide your next steps with confidence instead of panic.

If you’ve ever looked at your results and thought, I’m doing everything right… so what gives?
This episode will make it make sense.

Some references for the fellow nerds out there:

• El Khoudary SR et al. Menopause transition and cardiovascular disease risk. Circulation.

• Rosenson RS et al. Apolipoprotein B and cardiovascular risk assessment. J Am Coll Cardiol.

• Grundy SM et al. 2018 AHA/ACC Cholesterol Guidelines.

• Taskinen MR et al. Triglycerides and insulin resistance. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.

• Younossi ZM et al. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic health. Hepatology.

• Mensink RP et al. Effects of dietary fats on blood lipids. Am J Clin Nutr.

• Stanhope KL. Sugar consumption, lipogenesis, and cardiometabolic risk. Curr Opin Lipidol.

Want a personalized, grown-ass woman plan of your own? Book your Functional Nutrition Session for a one-time down and dirty review of what you're currently doing and the tweaks I'd make to help you improve your energy, support your hormones and feel better in general.

Learn more here: Function Nutrition Session

Check out Hormone Health 101 if you want just the basics on WTF our hormones even are and what they do!

If you're ready to start feeling good about feeling good, it's time to join the

The Grown-Ass Woman Reset. Enrollment is officially open and ends January 10!

In this episode I'm calling out the internet for making hormones and perimenopause and it's "fixes" way more dramatic than it needs to be.
Cold plunges. Hormone “resets.” $300 supplements that promise to fix everything.

Here’s the inconvenient truth:
What helped me lose 15 lbs during perimenopause wasn’t flashy, viral, or exciting—but it worked.

In this episode, I break down the unsexy, boring, wildly effective habits that actually made a difference—without wrecking my hormones, my sanity, or my life.

We’re talking real life. Not perfection. Not punishment.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why chasing “hormone fixes” can keep you stuck

• The role hormones do play—and why they’re not the whole story

• What I actually changed that finally moved the needle

• How to figure out where you should start instead of copying someone else’s routine

This episode is for you if:

• You’re tired of feeling like your body is broken

• You’ve tried “doing more” and somehow feel worse

• You want sustainable progress without extremes or shame

And yes—hormone testing can be helpful. HRT can be life-changing for some women. Supplements can support the process.
But none of them replace the fundamentals—and ignoring those is often why nothing seems to work.

If this episode made you feel less alone, I’d love for you to share it with a friend who needs that reminder too. And if you have a second, leaving a review helps this podcast reach more women who are quietly struggling and think it’s just them.

Want to test the waters or just want a little slice of the info? Check out Hormone Health 101

If diets worked, you wouldn’t be starting over every January.

In this episode, I’m breaking down why most programs fail women — especially busy, midlife women — and why the issue is not your willpower, discipline, or motivation.

We’re talking about the real reason “just be consistent” advice falls flat… and the exact framework that helps women stop starting over and finally build habits that stick.

No extremes. No shame. No pretending life isn’t chaotic.

Just clarity, strategy, and ownership — in that order.

This episode introduces the exact framework we use inside the Grown-Ass Woman Reset:

• Clarity: Understanding your body, habits, stress, hormones, and patterns — so you’re no longer guessing or copying someone else’s plan.

• Competence: Knowing what to do, why you’re doing it, and how to adjust when life changes — without rules, extremes, or perfection.

• Consistency: Not motivation — systems. Planning for chaos, tired days, sick kids, and zero willpower… and still staying connected.

• COnfidence: The result, not the requirement. Built by keeping small promises and learning how to adjust without blowing everything up.

The Grown-Ass Woman Reset is a 6-week program designed to help you:

• Ditch the all-or-nothing mindset

• Learn how your body actually works

• Build habits that fit your real life

• Stop relying on rules, guilt, or the scale for confidence

No food rules.
No eliminations.
No perfection required.

Doors are open now, and we start January 12.

👉Click here to get more details and enroll!

First, make sure you're on the waitlist for the Grown-Ass Woman Reset: Click here to get on it!

In this episode I'm covering the science-y stuff and the practical stuff about sugar so you know the why, what, and how of finally breaking that sugar addiction once and for all. You'll hear about:

• How refined sugar affects blood glucose & insulin

• Glycemic Index vs Glycemic Load

• Why midlife and hormonal changes matter

• Symptoms of blood sugar dysregulation

• Refined sugar vs natural sugars

• Practical strategies for real life

References:

• Animal and metabolic studies showing natural sweeteners may yield lower insulin responses than refined sucrose PubMed

• Systematic reviews suggesting artificial sweeteners may be linked to inflammation and metabolic changes PubMed

• Research linking sugar substitutes to potential cardiovascular and cognitive associations PubMed+1

• Glycemic load science showing how whole foods modify blood sugar response ScienceDirect

Baby Step of the Week:
Choose one of the tips I share to implement this week!

Want some ideas to get started? Here are some of my favorite Smarter Sweet Treats

Let's talk about why motivation is total bullshit and more importantly, what works better when it comes to creating and sticking with habits. This week, I'll let you in on the 3 mistakes so many of us make when setting goals and how to avoid them. These are practical, real-life strategies for setting up a successful environment, planning for when shit hits the fan, and finding deeper motivations to sustain habits.

Get the whole plan fit for you and your chaotic, busy life in the Grown -Ass Woman Reset, starting in January! Get the details here: GAWR Wait List

Chapters

00:00 Understanding Motivation and Consistency

02:40 Setting Up for Success

09:38 Planning for Imperfection

13:44 Finding Your Deeper Why

17:31 Creating Realistic Habits

motivation, consistency, habits, personal development, goal setting, environment, planning, self-improvement, emotional connection, support, mid-life moms, millenial moms, wellness

You know that moment when your labs come back “normal,” but you’re still exhausted, bloated, foggy, or just off?

And instead of answers, you’re left wondering if this is just how it's going to be now.

This episode covers why labs don’t always tell the full story — especially for women in midlife — and why symptoms matter more than we’ve been taught to believe.

If you’ve ever felt dismissed, confused, or like you should be able to figure this out on your own, this one will feel like a deep exhale.

If this resonates, this is exactly the work we do inside the Grown-Ass Woman Reset. Doors open January 2.

Get on the interest list here: Grown-Ass Woman Reset

In this episode, I’m talking about one of my absolute least-favorite pieces of parenting advice: “Enjoy every moment.”
Because honestly? That phrase has guilt-tripped more moms than anything our kids have ever actually done.

I get into why this pressure to be endlessly grateful and happy is completely unrealistic — especially when you’re juggling real-life stress, grief, mental load, hormones, and tiny humans who sometimes act like drunk raccoons. I share some of my own experiences and break down how this “good vibes only” mindset can make you feel like you’re failing when you’re actually just… human.

We talk about what actually matters: finding the sweet spots in parenting and life — the real, imperfect, genuine moments — without pretending everything is magical 24/7. You don’t have to love every second. You’re not supposed to. And that doesn’t make you ungrateful — it makes you normal.

This episode is your permission slip to feel what you feel, drop the guilt, and stop trying to perform happiness for other people.

parenting • guilt • emotional honesty • mental load • toxic positivity • midlife • mom life • real talkThe Grown-Ass Woman Reset is a 6 week program kicking off in January 2026 that helps you get healthy/fit/feeling fiiiine. Click below to join the email waitlist for the details and more information.

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First, don’t forget to leave a rating or review and share with all the other beautiful, grown-ass women in your life!

If the holidays tend to be the thing every years that throws you “off the wagon” and you find yourself making that New Year’s Resolution to “get healthy”, listen up.

In this episode, I’ll help you approach the holidays with a “Yes AND” attitude - where you can enjoy all the treats the season brings AND not feel like shit at the end of the year. Hell, you could even lose weight/make progress if you want.

This isn’t about earning our food or using January as a punishment for “enjoying” December. You can 100% enjoy the holidays and everything you love about them without throwing complete caution to the wind and giving up on yourself.

Because I don’t know about you but I enjoy myself a whole lot more when I feel my best!

Tune in as I talk you through the framework/strategy I’ve used and you can grab the pretty written version below!

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If you have ever wondered WTF is going on with your body, tune in to listen to what my experience has been navigating the physical, mental, and emotional changes I’ve experienced, how I’ve started to manage them, and some things you can start doing today to help you feel better - whether or not you know what’s causing the shifts in your body and mind.

If you want to dive deeper with me into hormone health, I’m hosting a live 1 hour workshop Thursday November 13 at 6 pm! If you’re local, join me in person and if not, I’ll catch you on Zoom! We’ll cover what’s actually going on in there so you leave with a basic understanding of our hormones as we navigate mid-life and realistic, simple ways to start working with your body so you can feel your best. No BS fluff, just ways real, busy women like us can incorporate into our days to support our bodies.

Sign up here: Hormones Health 101

As always, I’m so grateful you’re here. Please consider sharing with your BFF who is also wondering WTF is going on with her body and/or leave a rating or review so more women can feel less alone going through this perimenopause BS.