Goddess Got Goals

Sarcopenia: The Midlife Health Crisis Nobody Is Talking About For years we've been told to focus on losing fat. But what if the real issue in midlife isn't fat... it's muscle? In this episode, Lisa explains why muscle loss accelerates during menopause, how it's linked to insulin resistance, body composition, falls and healthy ageing, and why it's never too late to rebuild...

203: Midlife Cravings Explained The Truth About Hormones, Hunger, Insulin and Why Willpower Isn't the Problem Have you noticed that cravings seem stronger in your 40s and 50s than they ever were before? One minute you're fine. The next you're standing in the kitchen looking for chocolate, crisps, toast or anything sweet. If you've been wondering where your willpower went, this...

TTT47: 3 Top Tips for Crushing Cravings in Midlife TTT: 3 Top Tips for Crushing Cravings in Midlife Do you feel like your cravings have become stronger in your 40s and 50s? One minute you're fine. The next you're raiding the kitchen looking for chocolate, crisps, toast or something sweet. If you've been wondering where your willpower has gone, you're not alone. The truth is tha...

202: 5 Reasons Insulin Resistance Is Making Your Menopause Symptoms Worse Most women are told menopause symptoms are caused by falling hormones. But what if that's only part of the story? In this episode, Lisa explores one of the most overlooked drivers of weight gain, fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, poor sleep and hormonal chaos in menopause: insulin resistance. Could menopause be exposing a me...

TTT46: 3 Top Tips to Make Midlife Weight Loss Easier What if weight loss in midlife didn't need to feel so hard? In this week's Top Tip Tuesday, we're cutting through the noise and focusing on the things that actually move the needle. No detoxes. No extreme diets. No chasing the latest supplement, hormone hack or magic solution. Just three simple areas that can make a huge differenc...

🎙️ Episode 201: If I Had To Start Again... What if we stopped waiting? Waiting for Monday. Waiting for more motivation. Waiting for life to calm down. In this episode, I share exactly what I would focus on if I were starting over today—feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, carrying extra weight, managing injuries, or simply unsure where to begin. This isn't about dieting harder or finding more will...

TTT45: 3 Things I Would STOP Doing If I Wanted To Lose Belly Fat Over 40 Everyone seems to have an opinion about belly fat in midlife. Eat less. Move more. Count calories. Track macros. Buy the supplement. Balance your hormones. Try the latest hack. But what if some of the advice women are following is actually keeping them stuck? In this week's Top Tip Thursday episode, Lisa shares three thi...

Discover the #1 Fat Loss Hormone (And What the Fitness Industry Gets Wrong) Women over 40 have been told for decades: eat less move more fear carbs buy low fat everything snack every 2-3 hours do more cardio track every calorie …and then blamed themselves when their body stopped responding. But what if the problem isn’t that women are lazy or lack discipline? What if the fitness industry has been...

TTT44: 3 Top Tips for Bloating & Gas AKA The Fart Episode 💨  Bloating, trapped wind, mystery stomach drama, suddenly looking six months pregnant by the end of the day... glamorous, right?  In this week's 3 Top Tips Tuesday, Lisa talks all things bloating, gas, gut health and why your digestive system might be trying to wave a giant red flag for your attention.  Because feeling Sexy Stron...

Things That Freaked Me Out in My 40s (That Were Actually Perimenopause)  Can we talk about the symptoms nobody bloody warned us about? Not hot flushes. The weird stuff. The things that send you into a late-night Google spiral convinced you're either: 😳 dying 😵 losing your mind 🤦‍♀️ developing some mystery illness from 1842 In this episode of Goddess Got Goals , Lisa dives into some of the...

The TTT on the GGG is back with a video and audio podcast streamed straight into our Warrior Goddess Tribe community. And the 3 top tips are all about why you need protein in midlife and how these protein options could really help you reach new protein goals each day. Watch LIVE every Tuesday here: www.warriorgoddesskettlebelltraining.com/tribe 🗺️ Ready to step onto The Island? Join the waitlist a...

198: Coffee and Chaos is Not a Meal Plan Coffee for breakfast. Stress for lunch. Random snacks on the go. Wine while standing in the kitchen at night. And somehow we’ve been calling this wellness? In this episode of Goddess Got Goals , Lisa breaks down why so many women over 40 are stuck in cycles of under-eating, over-stressing, and blaming themselves when their body stops responding. You’ll lear...

Why Cardio, Calories & Self-Hatred Aren’t a Midlife Body Plan Eat less. Move more. Track everything. Weigh yourself daily. If you’ve tried to lose weight this way… you’re not alone. But if it’s stopped working in your 40s? You’re not the problem. The plan is. In this episode, Lisa breaks down why the old “calories in, calories out” model fails women in midlife  and how hormone shifts, stress,...

196: High Cortisol: The Signs, What It’s Doing to Your Body & What To Do About It Feeling tired but wired? Waking up at 2–3am? Holding stubborn belly fat, bloating, tension, or feeling constantly “on”? This episode breaks down the real signs of high cortisol — including the unexpected symptoms many women don’t realise are linked to chronic stress. Lisa explains what cortisol actually does in t...

Why Everything Feels Worse Right Now (It’s Not Just Your Hormones) If you’ve been feeling more tired, more anxious, more inflamed… like your body just isn’t responding the way it used to… This episode is for you. Because it’s not just perimenopause. And it’s not because you’re doing something wrong. In this episode, I’m breaking down: Why symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, pain and weight gain can...

194: Armour Weight & Imposter Syndrome “Who do I think I am?” “I’m not enough…” “I need to be better first…” If you’ve ever had those thoughts, you’re not alone. But what if imposter syndrome isn’t a confidence problem at all? In this episode, Lisa explores how imposter syndrome is often rooted in something deeper — the belief “I am not enough” — and how this becomes a form of Armour Weight™ t...

193: Bringing Simple Back Somewhere along the way… wellness got complicated. More rules. More plans. More pressure. More things to track, fix, optimise. And yet… women feel more overwhelmed, more inconsistent, and more disconnected than ever. In this episode, Lisa shares why she’s bringing simple back — and how this led to the creation of the new Sexy Strong Membership and the Forged Method . Beca...

Armour Weight & Your Brain (Brain Fog, ADHD & Midlife Rewiring) If you’ve been feeling foggy, overwhelmed, forgetful or like you’ve “lost your edge”… This episode is for you. Because this isn’t just brain fog. It’s what happens when mental load, stress, and hormonal shifts collide in midlife. In this episode, Lisa explores how your brain changes during perimenopause, why focus and clarity...

The Serious Side of Stress (And Why Wellness Matters More Than Ever) This is a different kind of episode. As Lisa approaches 50, she reflects on her personal story, the loss of her mum at 60, and why she teaches wellness in a much deeper way than just fitness or fat loss. Because stress isn’t just something we feel. It’s something the body carries. And over time, it has consequences. In this episo...

Armour Weight & Your Archetype What if the weight you’re carrying isn’t just body fat? What if it’s Armour Weight ? In this episode of Warrior Goddess Weekly , Lisa explores how stress, survival patterns, and emotional protection can accumulate in the body as what she calls Armour Weight — the invisible load that many women carry through midlife. Armour Weight doesn’t just live in the mind. It...

Why Hip Pain Is So Common After 40 (And What Actually Helps) If you’ve developed hip pain in your 40s — gluteal tendinopathy, frozen shoulder, plantar fasciitis, or persistent tendon pain — you’re not imagining it. These issues are incredibly common in perimenopause , and they’re often misunderstood. In this episode, Lisa explains why tendon injuries increase after 40 and how hormonal changes, mod...

Armour Weight, Perimenopause & Why Consistency Is Different Now Most women think they have a consistency problem. They don’t. They have an Armour Weight™ problem . In this episode, Lisa explains why perimenopause changes the rules of wellness and why the strategies that worked in your 20s and 30s often stop working in midlife. Drawing from her book Unarmoured , she explores how years of stress...

I went totally off piste in this episode. And I am excited to check in with y'all  And I think I talked about my Restoration audio, so here it is: www.warriorgoddesskettlebelltraining.com/restoration Plus the Quickening can be found here: www.warriorgoddesskettlebelltraining.com/quickening And maybe about joining our community too: www.warriorgoddesskettlebelltraining.com/tribe Be sure to con...

Armour Weight on Your Face (And What I’m Discovering) In this episode, I’m talking about the heaviness many women notice in midlife — softness under the chin, jawline changes, puffiness, and that “when did this happen?” moment in the mirror. We explore: • Why this isn’t just fat or ageing • How estrogen decline impacts collagen production • The role of cortisol and chronic stress in tissue breakdo...

Warrior Goddess Weekly Why Momentum Dies Right Before It Works Have you ever noticed that momentum often collapses right before things start working? You’re consistent. You’re showing up. You’re finally building rhythm… And then something shuts it down. In this week’s Warrior Goddess Weekly, we explore why momentum doesn’t fail because you’re lazy or undisciplined — it fails because your nervous s...