Turning 40? Going through menopause? Emerging from COVID lockdowns (5 years later)? If you feel like your body changed overnight, this episode is your wake-up call.

I desperately want us to think critically about WHY these changes of life would cause our body composition to shift.

Because it's probably NOT your age, or your hormones, or lockdowns... at least, not directly.

This message is meant to empower you. Because feeling like a victim of circumstance is incredibly DISempowering, and I don't like that for you... do you? Nah.

We’ll dig into:

• What really happens with metabolism and aging

• Why you need to stop nibbling and start eating real meals

• How losing muscle -- not gaining fat! -- is the silent saboteur of midlife weight gain

• The hidden impact of menopause symptoms like fatigue, pain, poor sleep, and mood swings

• How diet fatigue and cardio-brain are keeping you stuck

• What’s actually behind the “I gained weight during COVID” story

This one’s a blend of science, lived experience, no-BS truth-telling, and some gentle-but-firm mindset reprogramming.

If you’ve ever said, “Nothing works anymore,” this is the conversation you need.

🎧 Listen now and borrow my confidence that you can feel totally great in your body at this stage of life. Who knows? You might just start to believe it yourself.

00:00 – Why would menopause make me gain weight? Let’s ask a better question.

00:58 – The belief effect: If you think weight gain is inevitable, you might just behave like it is.

03:04 – The actual science on metabolism slowing down as you age. It's good news!

04:33 – Why lean body mass is your midlife secret weapon.

06:45 – Ditch the choccy-banana protein shakes; eat, move, and live like a solutions-oriented, get-stuff-done, grown-ass adult.

12:45 – When menopause symptoms derail your habits, and how to get them handled.

18:53 – Did a global pandemic really make you gain weight? Or did your life just change overnight?

21:52 – Diet fatigue is real. You’re tired, you’re confused, and you don’t know how to eat anymore.

26:00 – Gravity, skin, and the unsexy truth about what’s actually changing.

28:54 – The wrap-up: It's depressing to feel like a victim of the passage of time. Start asking better questions, and feel more empowered in the second half of your life.