Monica Topete | Perimenopause + Menopause Health Coach for Midlife Women

Are You There, Midlife? | Perimenopause, Weight Loss, Fatigue, Brain Fog, Hormone Imbalance, Balance Hormones Naturally

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The Go-to Podcast for Midlife Women Who Want To Balance Hormones Naturally —Ugh. I feel so bloated. I’m retaining more water than the Hoover Dam. What? Not another pimple? It’s like puberty all over again! Sleep? What’s that like? (I forget.:<)Umm, I just turned 40….. Aren’t I too young for this?!?—Hello Friend. (Can I call you “friend”? ‘Cuz we’re already friends in my head:)Welcome to Are You There, Midlife? It’s Me, Monica. I’m Monica Topete, Certified Holistic Health Coach and Hormone Imbalance Survivor. And I’m on a mission to help women in midlife balance their hormones naturally withou...

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Monica Topete | Perimenopause + Menopause Health Coach for Midlife Women

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Jan 13, 2026

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85 | Can’t Lose Weight On HRT? How To Reboot Your Metabolism in Menopause: LIVE Coaching Call 05.08.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz What do you do when the doctor says your labs are “fine”… but you still have no energy, constant brain fog, and weight that just keeps climbing? That’s exactly where Natalie found herself—tired all the time, battl...

84 | Sleep Your Way to Weight Loss in Perimenopause: My Go-To Supplements (Part 2) 29.07.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Get my “Better Sleep Over 40” Supplement Cheat Sheet for FREE when you subscribe to my weekly newsletter, The Hot Flash: https://areyoutheremidlife.com/ Taking your sleep supplement right before bed might actually...

83 | Is Poor Sleep Making You Gain Weight in Perimenopause? (Part 1) 22.07.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz You used to be able to fall asleep before your head hit the pillow. Now? You’re wide awake at 2 am, drenched in sweat, and wondering why your jeans are  getting tighter by the week. Poor sleep in midlife isn’t jus...

82 | Are You Eating the Right Macros for Perimenopause Weight Loss? 15.07.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz First, it was low-fat. Then it was no carbs. Then more protein…  And finally, “just eat intuitively.” No wonder more than half of us in perimenopause feel totally confused about what to eat—especially when our hor...

81 | Don’t Stop Lifting! 5 Tips to Reverse Strength Training Weight Gain in Perimenopause 08.07.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz You’re not imagining it—strength training can make the scale go up before it goes down. In fact, 40% of midlife women say they’ve quit a workout routine because they didn’t see results fast enough. But what if the...

80 | Is Strength Training Making You Gain Weight in Perimenopause? 01.07.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz You’re lifting weights. Eating more protein. Tracking your steps. So why does your body feel like it didn’t get the memo?🙃📝 If every workout lately leaves you more bloated, puffy, or confused by the scale, you'r...

79 | Perimenopause Fatigue + Weight Gain?: LIVE Coaching Call 24.06.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Do you wake up with energy, but hit a wall halfway through the day? Is brain fog making it hard to focus—or even finish a complete sentence? Are you still trying to lose the same 10, 20, 30 pounds or more you put...

78 | 💪 Eating More Protein But Still Not Losing Weight in Perimenopause? 17.06.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz You’ve swapped cereal for eggs, added collagen to your coffee, maybe even splurged on the “cleanest” plant-based protein tub you could find at Costco… and still, your skinny jeans won’t button without a prayer and...

77 | 🔥The BEST Diet To Burn Fat + Balance Hormones in Perimenopause 10.06.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Which is better for midlife weight loss: Keto? Carnivore? Optavia? It’s a question I get asked all the time—especially in the summer, when the pool invites start rolling in… and you’d rather melt in leggings than...

76 | 6 Tools Under $100 for Hormone Balance + Perimenopause Weight Loss 03.06.2025

Do You Know What’s Driving Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Have you ever bought the same supplement twice because you forgot you already tried it? 👀 🙋🏼‍♀️Yeah, been there, got the T-shirt… AND the magnesium spray… AND the melatonin gummies that tasted like stale fruit...

75 | Trying to Lose Weight in Perimenopause? What to Know Before Intermittent Fasting 27.05.2025

Still Not Sure What’s Behind Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Skipping breakfast? Swigging coffee ‘til noon and calling it “intermittent fasting”? You’re not alone….But that strategy? It might be backfiring. In fact, if you’re a woman in perimenopause trying to lose weight...

74 | Are You Eating Enough? 3 Ways Eating Less Backfires in Perimenopause 20.05.2025

Still Not Sure What’s Behind Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz You’re eating like a bird, but still can’t button your jeans.:< If skipping snacks, counting macros, or cutting carbs is supposed to help us lose weight…why does it feel like nothing is changing, even when yo...

73 | Can’t Lose Weight? The Truth About GLP-1 for Weight Loss in Perimenopause & Beyond 13.05.2025

Still Not Sure What’s Behind Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Weight won’t budge? Want to lose 10 (or 20) pounds before summer so you can feel good in your skin again—and without hiding under a caftan. 👀 Enter wonder drug GLP-1—which, according to industry research, is pr...

72 | 10 Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Our Metabolism in Perimenopause and Menopause 06.05.2025

Still Not Sure What’s Behind Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz The average woman starts dieting at age 17. By the time we hit 45, we’ve dieted at least 61 times. Sixty-one. Diets. And yet somehow we’re still being told to just “eat less and move more” to lose weight (as if...

71 | Ask AI: 5 Things ChatGPT Can't Tell You About Balancing Hormones in Perimenopause and Menopause 29.04.2025

Still Not Sure What’s Behind Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz The average woman spends six years searching for relief from hormone symptoms.  AI can’t speed that up. Sure, it can plan your vacation, rewrite your resume, and even suggest a pretty good taco recipe.:) But whe...

70 | Are You Guilty Of This?: The Daily Habit Hijacking Your Hormones In Perimenopause And Menopause 22.04.2025

Still Not Sure What’s Behind Your Hormone Symptoms? Take the first step to balance your hormones naturally with my FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Become a Podcast Insider + Subscribe to The Hot Flash–Weekly hormone hacks, recipes, and lifestyle tips—no spam, no fluff, just science (with snacks:.): https://areyoutheremidlife.com/   We do it every 8 minutes...

69 | Am I Depressed…Or Is It My Hormones? 3 Questions To Ask Before Taking An SSRI in Perimenopause Or Menopause 15.04.2025

✨ Take the First Step To Balance Your Hormones Naturally With My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz   You’re not crying in traffic because you’re crazy. You’re not snapping at your family because you’re unstable. You’re just living in a body that’s shifting—and no one explained what that would feel like.   Let’s be honest: Doctors are trained to treat clinic...

68 | Your 3pm Crash Isn’t Normal—It’s Hormonal: What’s REALLY Zapping Your Energy In Perimenopause and Menopause? 08.04.2025

✨ Take the First Step To Balance Your Hormones With My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Dragging by 3pm—even after a “clean” lunch and your second coffee? It’s not your schedule. Or your age. Or even those 10 pounds that won’t budge. It’s your hormones. Even if your doctor says everything looks “normal,” that mid-day crash could be a hormone red flag—one e...

67 | Wait—Could THIS Be What's Holding You Back? 4 Reasons You’re (Still) Living With Hormone Imbalance in Perimenopause & Menopause 01.04.2025

✨ Take the First Step To Balance Your Hormones With My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz What if the reason you’re still struggling to balance your hormones has nothing to do with what you’re doing… and everything to do with what you’re thinking? Here’s the thing: our brains are wired to keep us safe. (You know—safe, as in stuck. In the same place. Snapping...

66 | Your Health Insurance Won’t Fix This: The REAL Cost of Perimenopause & Menopause 25.03.2025

✨ Take the First Step To Balance Your Hormones With My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment!: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz   You’ve done everything right…scheduled a visit with your doctor, got some lab work done, maybe even filled a prescription (or two.)... So why do you feel like you're slowly dying inside while pretending everything’s fine?   If you’ve ever felt dismissed, misdiagnosed...

65 | It’s Not You! 6 Surprising Reasons Hormone Balancing Programs Fail in Perimenopause & Menopause 18.03.2025

What’s Going On With Your Hormones? Take My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment and Find Out!: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Master Your Midlife Hormones In 90 Days. Apply To Work With Me: bit.ly/fixmyhormonesnow     Does it ever feel like you’re the only one still struggling to figure out your hormones? Trust me—you’re not alone. Up to 85% of women over 40 experience hormone-related sympto...

64 | No Energy to Change? Why Fixing Your Hormones Is the Key to Motivation in Perimenopause & Menopause 11.03.2025

Do You Have A Hormonal Imbalance? Take My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment and Find Out!: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Balance Your Hormones Naturally In Less Than 90 Days. Apply To Work With Me: bit.ly/fixmyhormonesnow bit.ly/fixmyhormonesnow   Hey friend, Are you waking up exhausted, no matter how much sleep you get? Are you drooling on your keyboard by 3 PM, wondering if napping unde...

63 | 👉 THIS! My Exact 3-Step System for Balancing Your Hormones Naturally in Perimenopause & Menopause 04.03.2025

Do You Have A Hormonal Imbalance? Take My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment and Find Out!: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Stop The Guesswork, Balance Your Hormones, And Feel Like “You” Again! Apply for My Program, “Master Your Midlife Hormones”: bit.ly/fixmyhormonesnow   Hey friend, 😵‍💫 Are you waking up exhausted, no matter how much you sleep? Clothes suddenly feeling tighter, …even tho...

62 | What Am I Missing? 4 Reasons Why What You’re Doing Isn’t Working to Balance Your Hormones in Perimenopause & Menopause 25.02.2025

Think You Might Have A Hormone Imbalance? Take My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Stop The Guesswork, Fix Your Hormones, And Feel Like “You” Again! Apply to Work With Me: bit.ly/fixmyhormonesnow   Hey friend, So you’ve read all the books. Listened to all the podcasts. Cut out dairy, sugar, caffeine, gluten—basically all joy.   But here you are… still exhau...

61 | How Did I Get HERE? 6 Root Causes of Hormone Imbalance in Perimenopause & Menopause 18.02.2025

Think You Might Have A Hormone Imbalance? Take My FREE Hormone Symptom Profile Assessment: https://bit.ly/takemyhormonequiz Ready To Stop The Guesswork, Fix Your Hormones, And Feel Like “You” Again? Apply to work with me: bit.ly/fixmyhormonesnow   Hey friend,   Ever stopped to ask yourself… "Why are my hormones suddenly so out of control?"   Like, why could you eat whatever you wanted in your 20s...

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