Body Freedom with Michele Scarlet

Have you ever wondered why your sex drive suddenly disappeared, even though you still love your partner, feel attracted to them, and desperately want to feel like yourself again? In this episode of the Body Freedom Podcast, Michele Scarlet explores one of the most misunderstood topics in women's health: low libido after 40. What many women are told is simply "part of aging" is often the result of...

Have you ever felt like you're doing everything right, tracking your food, exercising consistently, eating healthy, yet you're still gaining weight, feeling exhausted, bloated, anxious, and being told your labs are "normal"? In this deeply personal episode of the Body Freedom Podcast, Michele Scarlet shares the story that completely changed her life, and ultimately became the foundation of her Bod...

Have you ever been told your labs are “normal” even though you’re struggling with fatigue, brain fog, bloating, hormonal weight gain, thyroid symptoms, anxiety, constipation, poor digestion, or weight loss resistance? In this episode of the Body Freedom Podcast, Michele Scarlet sits down with Dr. Stephanie Dunlop, board-certified emergency medicine physician and founder of RootRx, to explore why s...

Have you ever looked at your life and thought, “Everything seems fine... so why don’t I feel like myself anymore?” In this deeply personal episode of the Body Freedom Podcast, Michele Scarlet shares the story behind her own journey through hormone imbalance, low energy, emotional flatness, and the loss of connection so many women experience in their late 30s and 40s. Despite doing everything “righ...

What if the reason you're still exhausted, inflamed, waking up at 3 a.m., struggling with brain fog, cravings, poor recovery, and stubborn weight gain after 40 isn't because you're taking the wrong supplements, but because you've been sold the wrong solution? In this episode of the Body Freedom Podcast, functional medicine practitioner Michele Scarlet exposes one of the biggest myths in the wellne...

What if cellulite isn’t actually a skin or a fat problem? What if the dimples on your legs are simply your body’s way of revealing what’s happening beneath the surface with your metabolism, blood sugar, inflammation, muscle mass, circulation, and hormone health? In this powerful episode of the Body Freedom Podcast, Michele Scarlet challenges one of the most profitable myths in women’s health and w...

Michele Scarlet sits down with functional medicine practitioner and gut health expert Elizabeth Aylor for a deeply honest conversation about the hidden reasons so many women feel bloated, exhausted, inflamed, hormonally imbalanced, and stuck in bodies that no longer feel like their own, even while eating healthy, exercising consistently, and “doing everything right.” In this powerful women’s healt...

What if the reason you can't lose weight after 40 has nothing to do with carbs, and everything to do with inflammation, hormones, stress, and the way your body is responding to perimenopause? In this powerful hormone health podcast episode, Michele Scarlet breaks down the hidden blood sugar problem affecting millions of women over 40. From hormonal weight gain and stubborn belly fat after 40, to e...

Why can't women over 40 lose weight, even when they're doing everything "right"? In this women's health podcast episode, somatic eating expert Stephanie Mara joins Michele Scarlet to unpack the hidden nervous system patterns behind emotional eating, binge eating, chronic dieting, hormonal weight gain, slow metabolism in women, and the body image struggles that keep women stuck in the diet-restrict...

Are you eating healthy, working out consistently, and still struggling with weight loss after 40? You're not alone, and the problem probably isn't your discipline. In this episode, Michele Scarlet breaks down why fat loss after 40 for women works less like a sprint and more like building long-term wealth. Your body keeps score of chronic stress, under-eating, poor sleep, overtraining, and emotiona...

Struggling with weight loss after 40 even though you’re eating healthy and working out? If you’ve been asking, “why I can’t lose weight after 40 female” or dealing with stubborn belly fat after 40, this episode will change how you understand your body. In this hormone health podcast episode, Michele Scarlet explains the real reason behind hormone imbalance women face in midlife and why simply tryi...

Struggling with weight loss after 40 women commonly experience despite eating healthy, exercising, and doing everything “right”? In this powerful hormone health podcast episode, Michele Scarlet explains why hormonal weight gain, anxiety, poor sleep, and belly fat after 40 may not be “just perimenopause.”   This episode breaks down the real reason your hormones are broken and why hormone imbalance...

Doctors Aren’t Trained for This: The Real Reason Women Have Undiagnosed Hypothyroidism If you’ve ever been told “your labs are normal”… while feeling exhausted, gaining weight, losing hair, or watching your body change after 40 — this episode is going to hit. I sat down with Elle Russ — bestselling author and thyroid expert — for a conversation that’s equal parts eye-opening and unapologetically h...

Are you doing everything right eating healthy, working out and still struggling with weight loss after 40? You’re not alone. The answer may not be calories, workouts, or even hormone imbalance women… it could be your body’s detox system.   In this powerful hormone health podcast episode, Michele Scarlet, reveals the hidden cause of belly fat after 40 that most doctors don’t tell you about.   If yo...

What if the reason you can’t lose weight after 40 has nothing to do with motivation… and everything to do with the way you’re training, recovering, and stressing your body?   In this eye opening conversation, Michele Scarlet sits down with evidence based nutrition coach Philip Pape to challenge some of the biggest myths around fat loss, metabolism, and strength training for women over 40.    If yo...

At 42 years old, entrepreneur Vicki Pollack opens up about her deeply personal journey with GLP1s, diet culture, body image, hormonal weight gain, and the emotional reality of weight loss after 40 women rarely talk about honestly.   After years of struggling with body shame, food noise, IVF hormones, and feeling disconnected from her own body, Vicki turned to GLP1 medications during one of the har...

“Your labs are normal.” If you’ve ever been told that — while your body felt anything but — this episode is for you. In today’s episode of the 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, I’m sharing the three lab tests that changed my life — and why routine blood work from your doctor did absolutely nothing to help me lose weight, balance hormones, or feel like myself again. We’re talking: • why “norm...

If cutting carbs, eating less, and working out harder actually worked… you'd already have your dream body! In this episode of the 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, I’m calling out the exact habits women need to leave in 2025 because they are what is keeping you exhausted, inflamed, and unable to lose real fat after 40. Low carb. Calorie cutting. Fasting. HIIT 5–7 days a week. If those strate...

Just because you’re over 40 doesn’t mean your best shape is behind you. It means the rules changed — and no one gave you the new playbook. In this episode of the 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, we’re breaking down why so many high-functioning, burned-out women feel exhausted, frustrated, and disconnected from their bodies — and why it’s not because they’re lazy, undisciplined, or “getting...

In today’s episode of the 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, we’re breaking down the real biological signals women ignore that are directly linked to why your weight loss feels impossible after 40. It’s about stress, hormones, nervous system capacity, and why your body might be conserving instead of letting go ( of stubborn belly fat) Once you understand these signals, fat loss finally starts...

On the fifth day of Christmas, I asked a question no one wants to answer: why are women so chronically unwell? And when I say “sick,” I don’t mean disease. I mean living in a body that feels off — low energy, hormonal chaos, stubborn weight, symptoms that keep getting dismissed as “normal.” In this episode of 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, we talk about: what’s actually behind this patter...

On the fourth day of Christmas, fat loss exposed a hard truth: effort and results are not the same thing. In this episode of 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, we’re calling out one of the biggest lies women believe about fat loss; that trying hard should automatically produce results. It doesn’t. Fat loss responds to data, patterns, recovery, and biology — not how hard something felt. In thi...

On the third day of Christmas, my body taught me that minerals are the foundation of fat loss. In this episode of 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, we’re talking about minerals — not as a supplement trend, but as the biological foundation your metabolism depends on. If minerals are low, fat loss doesn’t happen. Not because you’re lazy. Because your body doesn’t have the raw materials require...

On this day of Christmas, my body taught me that my gut has its own Ozempic button. In this episode of 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, we’re talking about GLP-1, GLP-2, and GLP-3; the gut hormones that control appetite, blood sugar, satiety, and fat loss. You’ll learn: why GLP-1 medications work (and what they’re actually mimicking) how gut health, digestion, and hormones determine whether...

On the first day of Christmas (Fat loss Edition) my body taught me that it is not a calculator. In this episode of 12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition, we’re breaking down why calories in, calories out stopped working; and why eating less and moving more often makes fat loss harder after 40, not easier. If you’ve been eating clean, working out consistently, and still feeling frustrated, uncomfo...