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The Family Fork Ep 101 Women Who Keep It Off How They Think
Mindset, Perimenopause, Podcast

What’s so special and unique about the women who lose weight and actually keep it off? There you are…you keep trying new plans. New recipes. New meal strategies. New gym memberships. And somehow, nothing sticks. SO frustrating, right? In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain to show you what I teach from day one […]

Women Who Keep It Off: How They Think (Episode 101)

The Family Fork 10 Lessons About Midlife Weight Loss Ep 100
Fitness, Mindset, Perimenopause, Podcast

This is the 100th episode of The Family Fork, and I’m celebrating the only way I know how: by handing you 10 lessons the last 100 episodes have taught me, (or confirmed for me), about weight loss in midlife. Not your run-of-the-mill advice, and one lesson may even make you a little uncomfortable. But all […]

The Family Fork Podcast: Episode 100

The Family Fork Ep 98 It's Not Perimenopause The 3 Stories Sabotaging Your Summer
Mindset, Perimenopause, Podcast

I’m turning up the volume with this highly-downloaded series — the best-of episodes that are filled with everything you need to have more fun, spend less time in the kitchen, and still reach your weight loss goals this summer. You can have the workout plan, the meal plan, and the perfectly time-blocked calendar, and still […]

It’s Not Perimenopause: The 3 Stories Sabotaging Your Summer (Episode 98)

TFF Ep 91 She Lost Weight in midlife So Why Can't I
Mindset, Perimenopause, Podcast

Ever looked at your colleague, your neighbor, or your sister who is successfully losing weight in midlife and quietly wondered “why can’t I?!” It doesn’t have anything to do with willpower, hormones, or how disciplined she is. In this episode, I’m sharing the one thing that quietly drives every health outcome you have — and […]

She Lost Weight in Midlife, So Why Can’t I? (Episode 91)

Anti-Inflammatory Diet, Perimenopause, Podcast

Feel like you’re eating healthy and “clean”, but you’re still not losing those midlife pounds? You’re eating the salad. You ordered the oat milk latte. You swapped your white bread for whole grain. So why isn’t the scale moving? Believe it or not, you can be eating clean and still triggering inflammation in your body […]

Eating Clean vs. Anti-Inflammatory for Midlife Weight Loss (Episode 90)

The Family Fork Ep 89 The Truth About Swimsuit Confidence
Perimenopause, Podcast

You said you’d do it differently this year. You’d lose the weight, feel confident at the pool, finally not need a cover-up. And here you are, a few weeks out from summer, in another fitting room, in another swimsuit you can’t even imagine wearing in public. If that loop sounds familiar, this episode is for […]

The Truth About Swimsuit Confidence (Episode 89)

The Family Fork Ep 85 One Nutrition Shift to Thrive in Midlife
Anti-Inflammatory Diet, Perimenopause, Podcast

What if that “healthy” breakfast you’re eating every morning is actually making it harder for you to lose weight? That avocado toast with whole-grain bread and a yogurt on the side? It sounds like a solid start to the day. But if you’re in perimenopause or menopause, you might be hitting three major inflammatory triggers […]

Episode 85: One Nutrition Shift to Thrive in Midlife

The Family Fork Ep 84 Stop Chasing Discipline in perimenopause and Build This Instead
Mindset, Perimenopause, Podcast

What if the reason you can’t lose weight before summer has nothing to do with discipline — and everything to do with the thoughts running through your head? I had a wake-up call the other day. I was on my usual dog walk, baking in my long sleeves and yoga pants, sweating through what I […]

Episode 84: Stop Chasing Discipline and Build This Instead

The Family Fork Ep 79 3 Lessons From Losing 65 Lbs
Mindset, Perimenopause, Podcast

How in the world do you stay consistent and “motivated” long enough to lose 65 lbs? As I reflect on my 50th year (which I hoped would be my healthiest year ever), I recognized that the health lessons I really needed, I learned when I lost 65 lbs in my late 40s. When people ask […]

Episode 79: 3 Lessons From Losing 65 Lbs

The Family Fork podcast Healing Midlife Hustle: 7 Ways to Show Up for Your Body Today
Perimenopause, Podcast

When was the last time you looked in the mirror without counting your flaws? In midlife, it’s so easy to view your perimenopause body as a project that needs constant fixing—less belly fat, less bloating, less brain fog. But the reality is that you get what you look for. If you spend your day hunting […]

Episode 77: Healing the Midlife Hustle: 7 Ways to Show Up for Your Body Today