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I’ve shared on the show before that starting menopause radically changed my body. And we’ve talked about how hard it is to find smart, supportive, and true information about health, hormones, and HRT in midlife.

But now there is finally a book that shares everything I wish I knew five years ago! And I’m thrilled to talk about it with the authors today.

In this episode, I’m joined by Kristin Johnson and Maria Claps of Wise and Well, who wrote The Great Menopause Myth: The Truth on Mastering Midlife Hormonal Mayhem, Beating Uncomfortable Symptoms, and Aging to Thrive.

We discuss:

• How health declines during menopause
• The impacts of hormone loss as we age
• Deciding if HRT is right for you
• How to prepare yourself for HRT & manage your expectations
• Why you might need a new doctor in mid-life
• Weight loss during menopause
• The relationship between stress & weight gain
• Why “you have to pick your hormones or your alcohol”
• The importance of critical thinking & self-advocacy
• Why you probably don’t need to be on DIM

More about our guests: Maria, an FDN practitioner, and Kristin, an NTP Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition, are plainspoken friends and practitioners who share a passion for women's health, especially women's health at midlife. They are the authors of the widely acclaimed book "The Great Menopause Myth", a comprehensive, science based, yet easy to read guide for women who want their best chances at healthy longevity. As both are themselves menopausal, they've refined the art and science of thriving as a midlife woman based on both clinical and personal experience. They combine individualized nutrition and lifestyle changes tailored to midlife women's needs with mindset coaching, lab testing and hormone replacement therapy education to help women thrive so that they can stop or prevent their health from spinning out of control.

Connect with Kristin & Maria:

• Get The Great Menopause Myth
• Learn more about Wise and Well
• Explore the Mastering Midlife Mentorship

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Too many of us feel like we have to go it alone with food. We put so much work into trying to lose weight and get healthy, but we just end up feeling isolated and ashamed.

In this episode, I’m joined by my clients Ginny and Isis to talk about why all of us (even the “bad joiners”!) need community support to heal our food triggers, and how working alongside other people can improve our self-awareness, self-talk, and self-esteem.

This is part two of a conversation about the transformations Ginny and Isis experienced in my program Why Am I Eating This Now?.

Tune in to hear us discuss:

• Why even “bad joiners” need community
• Self-monitoring vs self-awareness
• The ways Why Am I Eating This Now? can support weight loss
• How to satisfy your food noise triggers without food
• Why you are not your coping strategies
• Isis’ Ozempic experience
• What you can expect if you join Why Am I Eating This Now? this fall

And if you love this episode, make sure sign up for my free masterclass that’s happening tomorrow!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 278: How to Better Understand Stress with Andrea Nakayama, Functional Medicine Nutritionist and Educator
• Food Freedom 2: Feel In Control, Not Controlled By Food
• Episode 280: What’s Missing From the “Emotional Eating” Conversation with Dr. Deborah MacNamara

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Have you ever asked yourself, ‘why am I eating this now?’

I’ve talked about this in many of my past episodes, but today I’m excited to have two clients joining me to share their powerful stories of going from “failing” at every program they tried to addressing the root issues of their falling off track with food.

Tune in to hear Ginny and Isis talk about the diets they’ve been on, the health concerns they’re navigating, and how our work together transformed their eating habits, including food no longer being their go-to.

We discuss:

• Our unique health priorities & how they relate to what we eat
• The many ways popular diets shame & isolate us
• Why Ginny & Isis decided to join Why Am I Eating This Now?
• How to know you’re ready to invest in yourself
• Support for pulling yourself out of feeling powerless
• The importance of having a flexible path (not a rigid rulebook)

Part two of this conversation is coming next week. Make sure you sign up for my free masterclass before then!

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