If you’re a woman in midlife, chances are, you’ve experienced at least one situation where you were at an event where there was something decadent to eat. And because you were on a diet or trying to lose weight, or eat healthier, you were tempted. Maybe you were out to dinner with your spouse or friends and they brought out this tantalizing dessert tray, or maybe it was the monthly office birthday party where they were serving Costco cake, or maybe it was over the holidays and every party you went to, they had your favorite Christmas cookies that reminded you of how your Grandma’s kitchen smelled the entire month of December. And even though you kept telling yourself, I really shouldn’t eat this… you give in to temptation. And then, you felt guilty.

In this episode of Your Midlife Comeback Story, we’re going to answer the question… what separates the woman who is trying to eat better, but continues to do these mental gymnastics in her head, and then falls back into the same habits and the woman who effortlessly eats the foods that enables her to achieve sustainable weight loss?

The phenomenon that I’m about to share, I actually experienced back in 1999 when I lost 40 pounds, and I’ve been able to keep my weight within a 10 pound range of my ideal weight for the last 25 years, even though I’ve gone from being a competitive mountain bike racer to surviving breast cancer treatment and experiencing Hashimoto’s and hypothyroidism, a sluggish thyroid, and being knee deep in midlife and menopause. You’re probably going to be surprised at how simple this behavioral model is.

If you are interested in learning more about what’s been preventing you from achieving sustainable weight loss, along with why you keep falling back into the same habits, then keep listening, because this episode is for you. And at the end, you’re going to walk away with one very specific action step that you can take today, to start making your journey to better health more effortless and sustainable.


Together, we will unpack:

• What separates women who continue to struggle with trying to eat better, from those who seem to effortlessly eat the foods that enables them to achieve sustainable weight loss?
• What are the 5 Logical Levels, and how can you apply them to achieve sustainable weight loss?
• How can you pull yourself out of returning to the same old habits?
• How does your identity relate to your weight set point?

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - WTH HAPPENED TO MY MIDLIFE HEALTH? - https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ REGISTER FOR THE *FREE* PRIVATE PODCAST SERIES - YOUR COMEBACK EXPERIENCE - podcastholly.com

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and our wonderful message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode and I'll see you next week!

You might be eating weed killer for breakfast. If you or your kids eat one of these popular cereals for breakfast, you’re ingesting harmful amounts of glyphosate, which is also known as the popular weed killer, Roundup. Most people think that glyphosate is safe, because our government says so. But there’s $10 billion dollars worth of lawsuit payouts that say otherwise.

On today’s episode, we’re diving into glyphosate, why it’s so controversial, the hidden sources and danger, plus… I’m going to uncover the top 3 favorite household food brands and fast food restaurants with the highest levels of glyphosate, along with the recent uproar over one of the most popular health foods and why eating healthy, organic, or gluten free isn’t always the best solution.

If you are interested in learning more about the controversy behind glyphosate, along with the shocking statistics, plus how you can protect your midlife health, and decrease the cancer risk for your family, your kids, grandkids, and even your fur babies, then keep listening because this episode is for you.


Together, we will unpack:

• What exactly is glyphosate?
• How is glyphosate federally regulated and is it safe?
• If glyphosate is purported as "safe", why are there so many lawsuits against the makers of Round-Up?
• How can we protect ourselves from the effects of glyphosate?
• How can you help in the fight against the use of glyphosate?

This is your Chat GPT or AI tool prompt to write a letter to your community or school district about the dangers of glyphosate:

Create a letter that I can write to my local community or school district about the dangers of glyphosate, including studies that show the negative impact on our health. I want to inquire where they use Roundup, herbicides, and pesticides in my community. Include state laws about the use of glyphosate. I live in [INSERT STATE].

Mentioned Resources:

https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/gluten_free_food_test_results

https://www.consumernotice.org/environmental/pesticides/glyphosate-in-food/

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2018/10/roundup-breakfast-part-2-new-tests-weed-killer-found-all-kids

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - WTH HAPPENED TO MY MIDLIFE HEALTH? - https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ REGISTER FOR THE *FREE* PRIVATE PODCAST SERIES - YOUR COMEBACK EXPERIENCE - podcastholly.com

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and our wonderful message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode and I'll see you next week!

Do you wake up every day with a to-do list that gets results for everyone else... but taking care of yourself is NOT on the list?

Welcome to Your Midlife Comeback Story, the podcast for successful women in midlife to create their ultimate comeback by prioritizing their health so that their high-achievement lifestyle no longer clashes with unwanted weight gain, lack of energy, and restless nights.

I'm your host, Holly Bertone. I'm a former FBI Chief of Staff turned Certified Holistic Health Coach, and I help women in midlife find the clues to improve their health.

What I noticed is that while we're successful with our careers and families, those same action strategies don't work when it comes to sustainable habits for our health.

I learned this the hard way after being diagnosed with breast cancer and an autoimmune disease, and I knew there's more to life than burning the candle at both ends. I decided to take back control of what's most important in life, and I'm here to help you do the same.

Tune in every Friday for tactical action plans and inspirational stories so that you can create your midlife comeback story that is worthy of an 80's movie montage!

▶️ Podcast on the web: https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/blog

▶️ WTH Happened to My Midlife Health Free Training: https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ Private Podcast Freebie: https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/podcast-landing-welcome

▶️ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holly.bertone/

▶️ Coaching & Connection: https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/your-comeback-coach


Holly Bertone is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, Certified Holobody Coach, Certified Project Management Professional, Keynote Speaker, #1 Amazon bestselling author, and Host of Your Midlife Comeback Story Podcast.

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - WTH HAPPENED TO MY MIDLIFE HEALTH? - https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ REGISTER FOR THE *FREE* PRIVATE PODCAST SERIES - YOUR COMEBACK EXPERIENCE - podcastholly.com

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and our wonderful message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode and I'll see you next week!

Do you enjoy the failures, the disappointments, and the difficult times? I’m guessing probably not. Most people don’t. Most people don’t wake up and say I can’t wait to be a failure today woo hoo! It doesn’t help that success is pushed so much that “They” say that failure is not an option. Let’s agree to disagree. I actually believe it’s THE BEST option. I believe that failure is THE BEST path to achieving success.

Today, we are going to answer the question… how does failure actually propel your success to even greater levels?

The answer is powerful, it involves the original Rocky movie… and I think it’s going to surprise you.


Together, we will unpack:

• How negative thoughts and replaying past failures consume and hinder us.
• How contrasting experiences bring clarity to our goals and aspirations.
• Why going through adversity can lead to a negative mindset and a sense of victimhood.
• The secret to how winners embrace failure as part of their journey without letting it define them.

Mentioned Resources:

Book - Miracle Morning Expanded Edition by Hal Elrod - https://amzn.to/47aqRze

Episode 74 – When Gratitude is Put to the Test – My Divorce Story https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/blog/episode-74

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - WTH HAPPENED TO MY MIDLIFE HEALTH? - https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ REGISTER FOR THE *FREE* PRIVATE PODCAST SERIES - YOUR COMEBACK EXPERIENCE - podcastholly.com

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and our wonderful message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode and I'll see you next week!

If you think that joyful eating means enjoying your favorite flavor of ice cream, think again. What if I told you there was a way to love what you eat, especially when it comes to eating healthy, nutritious food? If you are ready to explore adding joyfulness and gratitude onto the plate of your next meal, then this episode is for you!


Together, we will unpack:

• Is a reduction in calories necessary for weight loss?
• Is it helpful to get angry with dieting, especially if it’s not working for you?
• What are the 4 pillars of joyful eating?
• How is joyful eating different from intuitive eating?
• The biggest mistakes that most women make when it comes to losing weight.
• The number one habit to get started with joyful eating.

My guest today is Amy Lang. Amy works with women in STEM to help them rediscover joyful eating, free themselves from diet culture, and create hormone-based habits that makes weight loss easy and inevitable. Amy is the bestselling author of Thoughts are Habits Too, she’s a former health club owner, and she’s host of the Happy and Healthy with Amy Podcast.

What I love the most about Amy, and especially in this interview, is how much she really does bring joy into eating, because food is truly designed to nourish every single cell of our body. One of her gifts is to help you discover a new level of joyful eating, and I can’t wait to jump into this episode.

Connect with Amy Lang:

▶️ Happy & Healthy with Amy Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-healthy-with-amy/id1497632710

▶️ Thoughts are Habits Too (Book) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CND9WN9T

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - WTH HAPPENED TO MY MIDLIFE HEALTH? - https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ REGISTER FOR THE *FREE* PRIVATE PODCAST SERIES - YOUR COMEBACK EXPERIENCE - podcastholly.com

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and our wonderful message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode and I'll see you next week!

You know when you hit your late 40’s and into your 50’s and you feel stuck and not really sure about what you want to do in your life? It’s like you know you are meant for more, but you aren’t quite sure what that is, or how to even figure out who the real you actually is. And you ask yourself… what is actually possible for me? If you’re in midlife and you are asking yourselves these questions… this episode is for you.

Today’s guest has a superpower to help midlife women get really good at imagining what's actually possible for them in their next chapter - so much so that they can get excited about creating a roadmap to a more fun and meaningful future!

Together, we will unpack:

• How do we know we’re stuck in life, especially if we are successful with our career?
• How we can find our next best step even if there isn’t certainty?
• Does our identity keep us stuck?
• How do we navigate the messy middle from a place of possibility?
• How can we be open to life’s miracles?

My guest today is Midlife Transition Coach, Suzy Rosenstein. Suzy is a host of two popular podcasts, Women in the Middle: Loving Life after 50 (which is in the top 1% of podcasts globally) and the new Women in the Middle Entrepreneurs Podcast: The Reality of Running a Business after 50. She's also the author of the book, 50 Ways to Celebrate Life after 50: Get Unstuck, Avoid Regrets and Live Your Best Life!

What I love the most about Suzy and especially this interview, is how much she normalizes all of the stuff that we deal with in midlife. One of her gifts is to help you break through to what is possible and I can’t wait to jump in.

Connect with Suzy Rosenstein:

▶️ Grab the Secrets to Fall in Love with Your Life Again! https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast-bundle/

▶️ On the web: https://suzyrosenstein.com/

▶️ Women in the Middle Podcast: https://suzyrosenstein.com/category/podcast/

▶️ Women in the Middle Entrepreneurs Podcast: https://suzyrosenstein.com/category/entrepreneurspodcast/

▶️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themidlifecoach

▶️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themidlifecoach_suzy/

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - WTH HAPPENED TO MY MIDLIFE HEALTH? - https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ REGISTER FOR THE *FREE* PRIVATE PODCAST SERIES - YOUR COMEBACK EXPERIENCE - podcastholly.com

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and our wonderful message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode and I'll see you next week!

If you ever wanted to know if I had any regrets about my breast cancer treatment, I’m going to share the answer to that awkward question in today’s episode. This episode isn’t just for someone who is currently going through treatment or is a cancer survivor. This episode is for every single woman who listens to my podcast.

In last week’s episode 122, Mindset Magic for Radical Results, I asked Christie Miller the question… if she had a magic wand to change her journey with cancer, would she?

In today’s episode, I’m going to answer that very same question about my own cancer journey… if I could go back in time, what would that look like?


Together, we will unpack:

• If I could go back in time with my own cancer journey, would I actually change anything?
• How living in the past doesn't change anything, but living for the present and making sustainable changes does.
• How cancer was the tap on the shoulder that I needed, but ultimately ignored, and the storm that followed after.

Mentioned Resources:

▶️ Mindset Magic for Radical Results with Christie Miller - https://pinkfortitude.mykajabi.com/blog/episode-122

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - WTH HAPPENED TO MY MIDLIFE HEALTH? - https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ REGISTER FOR THE *FREE* PRIVATE PODCAST SERIES - YOUR COMEBACK EXPERIENCE - podcastholly.com

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and our wonderful message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode and I'll see you next week!

Should I introduce this episode by telling you that my guest was born premature and addicted to drugs? Should I introduce this episode by telling you that my guest annihilated stage 4 breast AND brain cancer to the point where she is called a radical remission miracle? I think I’ll just say… if you feel like your life needs a boost, and you want to uplevel the results you get in any area of your life, this is the episode for you.

My guest today is Christie Miller. Christie is a fun-loving, action-oriented mindset and business coach, motivational speaker, and author of The Playlist for Life.

Her career has spanned roles as a financial analyst, corporate attorney, interior designer, and even an LA County Sheriff. These diverse adventures were not just jobs, but stepping stones toward her real calling: coaching others to believe that anything is possible and helping them overcome their fears, so they can play to win in all areas of their lives.

Christie was born prematurely and addicted to drugs, and she was not expected to survive. Fast forward, she recently overcame Stage 4 breast and brain cancer. The word overcame is actually an understatement. It was complete annihilation. Christie was declared a "radical remission miracle" by Dr. Katie Deming, the Conscious Oncologist. Christie’s journey is a powerful testament to her invincible spirit and the life-changing mindset techniques she champions. Get ready to be inspired.


Together, we will unpack:

• Is having a positive mindset something you are born with or something you can develop over time?
• The shocking thing that Christie Miller did after a breast cancer AND brain cancer diagnosis.
• The first and most important step that she took to achieve radical remission from stage 4 cancer.
• Why it’s difficult to slow down when you are a Type-A overachiever and how to make it easy.
• Is there one mindset strategy that is more helpful than others?
• The best way to get out of the funk when you are stuck and unhappy?

Connect with Christie Miller:

▶️ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coachchristiemiller/

▶️ 60-second What’s Your Current Mindset Persona - https://christiemiller.com/mindset

Connect with Holly:

▶️ FREE TRAINING - WTH HAPPENED TO MY MIDLIFE HEALTH? - https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/register-for-master-midlife-health

▶️ REGISTER FOR THE *FREE* PRIVATE PODCAST SERIES - YOUR COMEBACK EXPERIENCE - podcastholly.com

▶️ Follow Holly Bertone on Instagram - @holly.bertone

▶️ More resources for Your Comeback Story - yourcomeback.coach

If today's episode resonated with you, be sure to hit the follow button where you are listening and also tap those 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a great review because it would mean so much to me to hang out with you every week and because it will also help to get this podcast and our wonderful message out to more listeners!

Your Comeback Story Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.

Thanks for tuning in to this episode and I'll see you next week!