Made for More — Holistic Health and Purpose for Women in Midlife

Stress doesn't just affect your mood—it can influence your sleep, hormones, digestion, energy, weight, and overall health. Discover why your mindset about stress matters and learn practical strategies to build resilience without trying to eliminate every stressor from your life. What if stress isn't what's making you sick? What if your relationship with stress plays a bigger role than...

What if the question "How many calories did I burn?" is the wrong question entirely? If you've ever exercised because you felt guilty, to "earn" your food, or simply because you thought you should, you're not alone. But what if there was a better reason to move your body? In this episode of Made for More: Holistic Health and Purpose for Women in Midlife , Karen explores...

EPISODE 12 — Nutrition advice has never been louder—or more confusing. Eggs are bad. Then they’re good. Carbs are the problem. No, fat is the problem. Try fasting. Don't try fasting. Count your Macros! Count your calories! Keto, Atkins, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian...protein goals, social media trends, and changing hormones... it’s easy to wonder what you’re actually supposed to eat! If you’re a w...

Why Am I So Tired All the Time? If that question has crossed your mind lately—this episode is for you. So many women in perimenopause and midlife assume it's just aging or menopause. "Everybody's tired. I guess this is what life feels like now." But chronic fatigue isn't something you have to accept. In this episode, we'll look at exhaustion in a completely different way....

When Did "Busy" Become Who You Are? — The Hidden Cost of Chronic Urgency for Women in Midlife When someone asks, "How are you?"—what do you say? Busy. Tired. Keeping my head above water. Hanging in there. Somewhere along the way, many of us stopped describing our schedules and started describing ourselves. In this episode, Karen Renaud asks an important question:What is living...

Whether you're looking to build muscle after menopause, improve your healthspan, support healthy aging, or simply create a stronger body for the life you want to live, this episode is for you. Most of us have been asking the wrong questions about our health. Did I lose weight? Did I hit my macros? What does the scale say? Did I earn dessert? Those aren't bad questions. They're just not...

Eight weeks in — and there's a question many women quietly carry but rarely say out loud: Is this it? Have I missed my chance? In this episode of Made for More, Karen Renaud explores those questions directly — and offers something better than reassurance. She offers a practical path forward for living the changes you've started making long after the excitement of a new beginning fades. Thi...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought: "What happened to me?" It’s not always that you don't recognize your face—sometimes, you don't recognize your life. Maybe during a stressful season, health changes, or navigating menopause symptoms, you lost touch with the woman who used to trust herself, take risks, and speak up. If you are trying to find yourself again in midlife,...

Are you tired of starting over? You begin the week with the best intentions — and by Wednesday the habit is gone. You're not lazy. You're not broken. You just need a system built for your real life, not your ideal one. In this episode of Made for More — the podcast for women in perimenopause and midlife who are ready to stop surviving and start thriving — Karen Renaud breaks down exactly w...

Are you exhausted from fighting your own body? Frustrated that nothing seems to work no matter how hard you try? What if the problem isn't your body — but your relationship with it? In this episode of Made for More — the podcast for women in midlife who are ready to stop surviving and start thriving — Karen Renaud explores the science of the mind-body connection and offers a reframe that chang...

Have you ever had that persistent feeling that there's more for you? More energy. More meaning. More of a sense that you're living the life you were actually made for? It may be a signal. In this episode, Karen Renaud introduces the SPIRE model of whole-being happiness — developed by Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, Dr. Maria Sirois, and Megan McDonough at the Wholebeing Institue in Massachusetts— and...

Feeling stuck is one of the most frustrating experiences there is. You know what you want. You know what you need to do. And you cannot make yourself do it. But here's what most people don't understand — feeling stuck is almost never about capability or discipline. It's about self trust. And self trust can be rebuilt. In this episode, Karen Renaud breaks down the neuroscience of why we...

If you feel tired all the time — even after a full night's sleep — this episode is for you. Most women assume exhaustion is about sleep, diet, or discipline. But what's actually happening in your body is far more interesting — and far more fixable — than that. In this episode, Karen Renaud breaks down the science behind chronic exhaustion, what cortisol is actually doing to your body, and...

Do you remember when you used to show up for your life without second guessing every decision? In this first episode of Made for More, host Karen Renaud gets raw and real about the moment she chose fear over faith — and how that one decision quietly became a pattern that lasted years. If you're a woman in midlife who feels stuck, exhausted from the cycle of starting over, and wondering why not...