Jama Pantel: Unfiltered

Send us Fan Mail My mom told me to get my bone density checked. I did. And when the results came back, I understood exactly why she said it. The 11th percentile. That is where my bone density landed. In this episode I am sharing what the DEXA scan actually found, why it probably did not start with perimenopause, and what I am doing about it right now. We are talking about the vitamin D piece nobod...

Send us Fan Mail I gained fifteen pounds in roughly ten weeks. Not over a year. Ten weeks. And I was logging nearly a thousand miles of running, hundreds of miles of walking, and over a hundred hours of strength training during that same stretch. The math made no sense. So in this episode, I am breaking down what was actually happening in my body and why everything I thought I knew about weight ma...

Send us Fan Mail Running was the first place I was ever truly free. In college I had nothing. I ran everywhere...to class, to work, everywhere. Not because I was training. Because it was how I got through. And when you are sweating hard enough, it is easier to hide the tears. This episode is about what happens when perimenopause threatens the one thing that has always been yours. The unpredictabil...

Send us Fan Mail I am 48, I have run 23 marathons, and I did everything right. My doctors kept telling me I was fine. So I stopped waiting and got comprehensive bloodwork that tested 125 biomarkers instead of the usual handful. The results finally told the truth, ferritin at 10, bone density at the 11th percentile, an omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of nearly 10 to 1, and a genetic cardiac risk factor ca...

Send us Fan Mail For four years, something kept going wrong. Knees in 2022. Shoulder in 2023. Both feet in 2024. A gut crisis in 2025. Every provider gave me an isolated answer. Every single one said the same thing: normal wear and tear, normal for your age. I was 44. This is the story of what my body was trying to tell me for four years, and why nobody, including me, was connecting the dots. Unti...

Send us Fan Mail You've built the business. You've done the work. But what happens when you realize the business you built isn't actually the one you wanted? This episode is about the exhaustion of explaining your value to people who've already decided it isn't worth it, the moment a cancer diagnosis made everything reorder itself, and what it actually looks like to slowly...

Send us Fan Mail You can completely change your circumstances — and your brain will still act like you haven't. That's what this episode is about. The low hum that keeps running in the background even after life gets more stable. The scarcity wiring that doesn't retire just because the actual scarcity is gone. If you've ever felt guilty resting, checked numbers obsessively, or...

Send us Fan Mail Three weeks ago I bought a couch. And what happened in my brain when I bought that couch tells you everything you need to know about what scarcity actually does to a person, even long after the circumstances have changed. I had a budget in my head. The couch was over it. But the second I sat in it I knew. It was down. I had never sat in a down couch before and I did not know I nee...

Send us Fan Mail If you've been here a while you may have noticed things look different. New name. New cover art. New energy. In this episode I'm telling you exactly why. This isn't a rebrand for the sake of rebranding. It's what happens when you finally stop hiding behind a concept and just show up as yourself. After Living the Whole Picture and Midlife Reset, I asked myself o...

Send us Fan Mail This is Jama Pantel: Unfiltered — real talk for women who are done surviving and ready to figure out what actually comes next. I'm Jama. Portrait photographer, speaker, and 23-time marathon finisher who knows what it means to build something from nothing. I know what survival mode feels like from the inside. And I know what happens when life finally shifts and you don't...

Send us Fan Mail I Googled something last week that I'm mildly embarrassed to admit: "what do people actually do when they're not stressed?" And here's the wild part. I garden, I read, I hit 10,000 steps a day, and I've run 23 marathons. By every external measure, I'm someone who takes care of herself. And I still felt like I had no idea how to actually rest. In...

Send us Fan Mail Last week I was exhausted… couldn’t recover, couldn’t sleep, everything felt off. This week? Energy is back, workouts feel strong… and then I hurt my back moving weights around at the gym. So yeah… how do you make sense of that? If you’ve ever felt completely off one week and totally fine the next, this episode is for you. In this episode, I’m talking about something that doesn’t...

Send us Fan Mail I don’t feel like myself lately… and I didn’t know how to say that out loud. Nothing is technically wrong, but my energy, my body, and even my emotions don’t feel like me anymore. If you’ve been feeling off lately but can’t quite explain why… this episode is for you. I’m sharing what this has actually been like navigating brain fog, constant hunger, weight gain, sleep issues, hot...

Send us Fan Mail Why Your Workouts Aren’t Working Anymore (Even If You’re Doing Everything Right) Show Description  If your workouts aren’t working anymore in midlife, even though you’re doing everything right, you’re not alone. In this episode, I’m talking about the frustrating reality so many women face as their bodies change. Weight gain, fatigue, slower recovery, and workouts that don’t produc...

Send us Fan Mail Why does being the “easy one” start to feel exhausting in midlife? In this episode of Midlife Reset with Jama Pantel , Jama dives into the pattern of always being the one who figures things out, keeps the peace, and holds everything together… and why that role can start to feel different in midlife. For years, being dependable, capable, and “easy” may have helped you build your li...

Send us Fan Mail Why do you feel like you don’t feel like yourself anymore in midlife… even when everything looks fine? In this episode of Midlife Reset with Jama Pantel , Jama shares what led her to this new season and why a midlife reset doesn’t always come from everything falling apart. Sometimes it comes from something more subtle… a shift you can’t ignore. After years of doing everything “rig...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt like you don’t feel like yourself anymore in midlife… but you can’t explain why? Welcome to Midlife Reset with Jama Pantel , a podcast for high-achieving women navigating midlife changes and figuring out how to feel like themselves again. If something feels different in your body, your energy, or your identity, you’re not alone. In this trailer, Jama shares what...

Send us Fan Mail It’s Never About the Finish Line: It’s About Who You Become Along the Way In this final episode of Brand Building: Living the Whole Picture, Jama closes the chapter she began exactly one year ago — on her 47th birthday. What started as a hopeful project to grow her business became something entirely different: a year-long journey of identity, honesty, and transformation. Instead o...

Send us Fan Mail Why I’m Taking a Break: A Year-End Reflection Episode Description: After a full year of showing up every week, Jama sits down for an unedited, voice-memo-style message to share what’s been on her heart. This episode is a personal update, a thank you to every listener who has been part of this journey, and an honest reflection on a year filled with change, growth, and realignment....

Send us Fan Mail Finding Your Flow Again: How to Rebuild Momentum After Burnout Episode Description: Have you ever felt like you’ve lost your rhythm: the energy, motivation, and flow that once came naturally? You’re not alone. In this episode, Jama shares how a slow season in both business and life helped her rebuild from the inside out. After years of pushing hard, juggling photography, fitness,...

Send us Fan Mail Rebuilding Strength in Midlife: What It Really Means to Be Strong Episode Description: What does strength look like when the version you used to know doesn’t fit anymore? In this episode, Jama opens up about what it really means to rebuild strength in midlife: not just in your body, but in your mindset, your confidence, and the way you show up in your brand. After years of definin...

Send us Fan Mail Brand Building in Midlife: Why Your Body Is Rewriting the Script Episode Description: What happens when the woman you’ve always been starts to shift, and suddenly, the way you’ve been showing up in your brand no longer fits? In this episode, Jama gets real about one of the least-talked-about parts of brand building: what happens when your body starts changing right alongside your...

Send us Fan Mail The Myth of Motivation (and What Actually Keeps You Going) Episode Description: Everyone loves to talk about motivation, but what about the days when it completely disappears? In this week’s episode, Jama breaks down one of the biggest misconceptions in personal growth: that motivation is the key to success. Spoiler alert, it’s not. Motivation is fleeting, and the people who keep...

Send us Fan Mail Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening? Episode Description / Show Notes: We live in a world that praises pushing through, hustling harder, and ignoring what our bodies are trying to tell us. But what if strength isn’t about doing more, it’s about slowing down long enough to listen ? In this week’s episode, Jama gets real about the moment she realized her body had been trying to...

Send us Fan Mail When You Outgrow the Version of Yourself Everyone Knows: At some point, we all outgrow the version of ourselves that everyone else still recognizes. The one who fit neatly into a box that used to feel right. But what happens when you start to change, and the world hasn’t caught up yet? In this episode, Jama opens up about the tension that comes with evolving into someone new while...