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You pull out the jeans that used to fit. Or a photo from ten years ago pops up on your phone, and you think, if I could just get back to her. Maybe you’ve been chasing that body for a while now. The one from before kids, before your 40s, before perimenopause moved your weight […]

It’s early in the morning and the house is still quiet. I’m standing in my basement in front of the TV with a brand new workout program queued up, an orange yoga mat that still smells like the plastic it came wrapped in, and a pair of two and a half pound dumbbells in my […]

It’s 5:45 on a Thursday night. I’ve just walked in the door after a day where every meeting ran long and every email was urgent. I open the fridge and find half a container of rice, two pieces of leftover chicken, a lonely bell pepper, and a little spaghetti sauce from Sunday. For years, that […]

You wake up every morning with the best intentions. You know you need more protein. You know strength training matters. You’ve heard that an anti-inflammatory approach supports fat loss in perimenopause, and you believe it. You’ve listened to the podcasts, read the articles, bought the programs. You have a folder full of meal plans you’ve […]

There is a moment from my late 30s that I have thought about more times than I can count. I was on a trip with a group of women, most of them quite a bit older than I was. At one stop, I ended up sharing a hotel room with my dear friend Judy — […]

You ate the donut. You didn’t even want it. And now you’re sitting in your car on the way home, frustrated with yourself for going off-plan — again. If you’re a busy professional mom in perimenopause who keeps making food and drink choices you didn’t plan for, it’s easy to blame a lack of willpower […]

Grab a piece of paper. You’re going to need it for this one. For the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a running list. Every time a client said something on a coaching call, every time a woman messaged me on Instagram, every time a student in the Perimenopause Weight Loss Method shared something […]

Have you ever looked at GLP-1s and thought, “I haven’t earned that yet”? Or “that feels like cheating.” You’re not alone — and this episode is for you. In this very first episode of The Midlife Mom Edit I’m kicking it off with a conversation I keep having with women in my coaching program and […]

For every midlife woman who has built a solid weight loss plan, only to watch it fall apart the minute life got chaotic — this episode is for you! You know how it feels…you quit, then feel like you have to start over from scratch. And during this time of year it can feel like […]

If you’re trying to lose weight in your 40s and you can’t make it to lunch without grabbing a snack, or you hit a wall of exhaustion every morning around 10:30, your breakfast is the reason. Not your willpower. Not your discipline. Your breakfast.In this episode, I am sharing the one rule that has changed […]