The Midlife Feast

Day 5: The Middle Ground Between Dieting and Giving Up

Welcome to Day 5, the final episode of the Midlife & Menopause Un-Dieting Mini-Series! Over the last four days, we've explored four pillars that can help you build

Day 4: Add, Don't Subtract - A Better Way to Think About Menopause Nutrition

Welcome back to Day 4 of my Midlife and Menopause Un-Dieting series. Yesterday I asked you to sit with one question: what do I want?  It's sometimes easier to outsou

Day 3: What Do You Actually Want? How to Stop Overthinking What to Eat

Welcome to day 3 of the Midlife & Menopause Un-Dieting Series. If you’ve spent years following food rules, tracking what you eat, or being told you can’t trust yourself a

Day 2: "I Know What to Do, I Just Don't Do It" - Why Diets Fail in Midlife

Welcome back to Day 2 of my Midlife and Menopause Un-Dieting series. Yesterday we talked about the diet cycle - the plan, the tracking, the promise that this time you&apo

Day 1 - How to Un-Diet in Midlife and Menopause

Half a million downloads. I'm still a little speechless! To celebrate, I'm doing a five-day un-dieting mini-series, and Day 1 starts with the one question I wan

Oatmeal, Overthinking, and Why Food Feels So Complicated in Menopause

This is the 200th episode and the season finale, and I'm closing out the season by defending the most controversial breakfast on the internet: oatmeal. I'm onl

Why You Don't Trust Yourself Around Food (and How to Rebuild It) with Fiona Sutherland

Whenever I talk about intuitive eating, women tell me the same thing: "I love the idea, but I don't trust myself around food." And when I talk to dietitians who help

Perimenopause Mood Swings, Metabolism Myths, & Fasting - 5 Questions I Get All The Time

Is it perimenopause, or are you just finally fed up with the world? Honestly, it might be both. In this listener Q&A, I'm answering the questions so many of you hav

Menopause and Body Image: How to Accept Your Changing Body with Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer, LMFT, CEDS-C

What is acceptance is the requirement for growht? What would life look like if you just stopped trying to fix yourself?  That's the question at the heart of this co

How to Know If You're Moving Enough (Without the Rules or the Tracker) with Cadence Dubus

I sat down with Cadence Dubus, founder of Brooklyn Strength, host of the Busybody Podcast, and we talked about why midlife movement gets so complicated when you’ve been t

Second Helping: Your Bones Are More Than A DEXA Score with Rebekah Rotstein

I'm bringing back one of my favourite conversations this week because May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month, and this topic is too important to let it gather dust in t

Menopause Movement Myths and What Actually Helps with Dr. Maria Luque

If you're feeling confused by all the menopause fitness advice, this episode will clear that up for you! I am so glad to welcome Dr. Maria Luque back to The Midlife

Be in the Photo: A Midlife Body Confidence Practice for Summer

I noticed a three-year stretch where I’m barely in family photos, even though I was there., and I don’t want that for you. In this episode, I share 3 practices to shift a

Menopause, ADHD & the Hidden Cost of Masking: What Every Midlife Woman Needs to Know with Dr. Helen Wall

I'm joined by Dr. Helen Wall, a GP and registered menopause specialist from England, and author of the new book ADHD and Menopause (May 14th, 2026). Dr. Wall speaks

Taking Up Space in Midlife with Lise Thorne

Have you ever talked yourself out of wearing something, going somewhere, or simply being seen because of what your body looks like? This episode is one you're going

Menopause and Body Image: How to Feel Like Yourself Again

Have you ever been having a perfectly good day, feeling comfortable in what you're wearing, and then caught a glimpse of yourself in a mirror and you suddenly feel t

Permission to Be Seen: Creativity, Resilience & Recording Your First Album at 50 with Becca Kidwell

What if the dreams you thought you missed the deadline on are the ones you're meant to follow now? Becca Kidwell spent her 30s teaching high school English, convinc

#188 - Turning Down the Critical Voice: Body Acceptance in Your Midlife Body with Kristina Bruce

You know that moment when you catch your reflection unexpectedly and think, "Who is that?" Not in a curious way, but in a way that feels like you don't recognize you

#187 - Second Helpings - Decoding Cravings & Emotional Hunger in Midlife & Menopause

If your cravings feel more intense than ever, you're not alone.  In this second helping (my creative take on replay 🤣) of episode 117, I'm tackling one of the

#186: GLP-1s, Intuitive Eating & Finding Food Freedom: A conversation with Sam Previte RD

Food freedom is permission to say yes to cake, but it's also permission to say no to dessert because you're full, satisfied, and know you can have it anytime yo