Menopause Made Easy with Tanya

Are you tuned into stress, fear, and everything that's going wrong? Or are you making room for curiosity, hope, gratitude, and possibility? Inspired by my recent conversation with Dr. Patrick Porter (episode #262) about brain health, light, sound, and vibration, we're exploring the power of our attention and the radio station we tune into every day. We'll explore the reticular activati...

What if your brain isn’t something that simply declines with age—but something you can continually train, adapt and strengthen? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Patrick Porter , neuroscientist, author and founder of BrainTap, to explore the fascinating world of neuroplasticity, brainwave states and nervous-system regulation . We talk about how our environment, thoughts, sleep, breathing, movemen...

Why do we keep reaching for the cookies, the alcohol, scrolling our phones, or eating "just one more" when we know we don't really want to? In this episode, I’m talking about dopamine — the brain system involved in wanting, motivation and reward-seeking — and how our modern world gives us endless opportunities to chase that next hit. I share my own experience with sugar addiction, ea...

What if you didn't have to eat, drink, scroll or distract yourself every time you felt uncomfortable? In this episode, I share one of the biggest shifts that helped me change my relationship with food, sugar and alcohol: learning to sit with discomfort instead of immediately soothing it. We talk about: ✨ Why awareness is the first step ✨ PBA — Pause, Breathe, Ask ✨ The power of giving an ur...

What if we've been looking outside ourselves for answers that are already within us? We live in a culture constantly telling us something needs fixing—our weight, wrinkles, hormones, metabolism, hair, skin or appearance. But what happens when we stop trusting ourselves and start handing our power over to diets, scales, experts, apps and the beauty industry? In this episode, I explore: ✨ The d...

From Size 12 to Size 6/8, and What Happened in Between! What happens when you stop fighting your body, start listening to yourself, and discover that your next chapter might involve a paintbrush instead of a classroom? You get my sister Teresa! 🎨(listen to our first episode #232B) In this episode, we’re chatting about her incredible journey of physical transformation, mental and emotional healing...

Sign up 🍂 FALL RESET: MASTER MIDLIFE  Monday, September 21st at 11 AM EST - email  tanya@moveyourbody.ca  for details and to RSVP I'll be answering your questions on how to  harness the power of the changing season  — including light, food, movement, sleep and daily rhythms — to support your health, energy, metabolism and healthy weight through fall. You'll receive my  Fall Eat, Move &amp...

We’ve been told for decades that weight loss is just “calories in, calories out.” But what if that equation is incomplete—especially in midlife?  Sign up 🍂 FALL RESET: MASTER MIDLIFE  Tuesday, September 22nd at 12 PM EST - email  tanya@moveyourbody.ca  for details and to RSVP I'll be answering your questions on how to  harness the power of the changing season  — including light, food, movemen...

Are you eating well, taking supplements, exercising—and still feeling exhausted, foggy, and struggling to lose weight? In this episode of  Menopause Made Easy with Tanya , I sit down with mineral and metabolic health expert  Dori Martin  to explore why so many women are chasing the latest health trends while overlooking the true foundations of healing. We dive into why your body needs to feel safe...

In this episode of  Menopause Made Easy with Tanya , inventor and founder Mark Fox shares the groundbreaking science behind wearable Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) and light therapy. Discover how specific frequencies like 40Hz act as a "cellular dishwasher" to clear brain plaque, improve memory, and boost Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Mark dives into incredible case studies, his cli...

In Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Nicole Kerner, we dive into a topic that impacts women of every age but is often surrounded by embarrassment and misinformation—vaginal health. Did you know your vagina and bladder have their own microbiomes? Or that many products marketed for feminine care may actually be harming your vaginal health? Dr. Nicole shares practical, evidence-based strategies to s...

 Are your periods changing? Waking up at 3 a.m.? Feeling more irritable, anxious, or just not like yourself? You might be in perimenopause—and the signs often start much earlier than most women realize. In this candid and empowering conversation, I sit down with board-certified, menopause-certified OBGYN, Dr. Nicole Kerner, to separate fact from fiction when it comes to perimenopause, hormone ther...

Have you ever wondered what life would feel like with less alcohol… or no alcohol at all? In this candid and heartfelt conversation, I'm joined by  Tansy Forrest , former secondary school teacher, hypnotherapist, YouTube creator, and author of  10 Steps to Drink Less and Live Well . Tansy's journey began when she found herself experiencing panic attacks, relying on a nightly drink to unwin...

Have you ever wondered why sugar cravings seem to hit hardest during stressful seasons of life? In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, Tanya welcomes back sugar addiction expert Christine Trimpe to discuss what happened when years of successful sugar-free living collided with grief, caregiving, loss, hormone depletion, and chronic stress. After living sugar-free since 2016, Christine f...

In this fascinating conversation, Tanya sits down with physical therapist and complex pain specialist Dr. Alissa Wolfe, CEO of Uprising Complex Pain Academy, to explore a neurologic-based approach to persistent pain that goes far beyond muscles, joints, and traditional rehab. Dr. Alissa explains how the brain adapts its “body maps” — and how injury, fear, guarding, and stress can cause those maps...

What happens when you’re told you’re prediabetic… and then sent home with no guidance? In this powerful episode, I sit down with Danielle Baptiste to talk about her real-life journey from Prediabetes to Type 2 Diabetes — and the moment that finally made her take her health seriously. Danielle shares how she was first told she was prediabetic but was given no education, no next steps, and no real u...

Are we living in a light environment our biology doesn’t recognize? Neuroscientist Dr. Glen Jeffery has suggested that our chronic exposure to artificial blue light — especially in hospitals, schools, and offices — may one day be viewed similarly to asbestos: something we widely used before understanding the long-term consequences. Is blue light evil? No. Is it powerful? Absolutely. In today’s epi...

In this deeply honest and eye-opening conversation, I sit down with Dr. Julie Merriman, PhD, LPC-S, to explore what’s really happening beneath the surface for high-achieving women over 50 who “look fine”… but feel anything but. We talk about the invisible load so many women carry—functioning, performing, achieving—while quietly operating past capacity. Dr. Merryman introduces a  nervous system-fir...

In this powerful and grounding conversation, I sit down with  Kim Costa , real estate expert, author of  Live in Your Wheelhouse , and founder of Lifestyle Foundations, to explore what it really means to step into your next chapter with intention. During midlife, life begins asking deeper questions: 👉 Who am I now? 👉 What still fits… and what no longer does? 👉 Am I living in alignment with what...

In this heart-opening and honest conversation, Tanya sits down with sound bath practitioner, chocolatier, and intuitive guide Kaysee Hill. Kaysee blends the art of sound healing with consciously crafted chocolate to create deeply nourishing, sensory experiences that support emotional, physical, and energetic well-being. Together, they explore the power of sound on the body, what  real  chocolate a...

What if the missing piece to your energy, gut health, sleep, and resilience… wasn’t another diet or supplement—but minerals? In this deeply honest and eye-opening conversation, I sit down with Caroline Alan—health survivor, mineral educator, and co-founder of BEAM Minerals—to explore how rebuilding your body at the cellular level can change everything. After a high-pressure career in the tech worl...

What sugar really is, why potato chips still count, how fructose drives cravings, and the mindset shift that finally helps you quit for good. What if the problem isn’t just sugar in your coffee — but the way sugar is hidden everywhere in the modern diet? In this powerful and eye-opening episode, I sit down with Mike Collins, also known as  The Original SugarFreeMan , who has been completely sugar-...

In this powerful conversation, we talk about why willpower and restriction don’t work long-term, how most people are unknowingly living in a state of hypnosis every day, and why pain is often the body’s way of guiding us toward deeper healing. A leukemia diagnosis in 2003 changed everything for today’s guest, Peter McLaughlin. What began as a life-altering health crisis became a 19-year journey in...

Are the oils in your kitchen secretly sabotaging your health? 🌱 In this episode, I sit down with globally celebrated nutrition expert Cherie Calbom — the woman behind Juicing for Life and 36 books sold worldwide — to uncover the shocking truth about seed oils. We dive into: ⚡ What seed oils really are (hint: not what you think!) ⚡ How “heart-healthy” oils may be fueling inflammation, brain fog,...

How one woman’s breakdown at 43 became her breakthrough—and what every midlife woman needs to know about hormones, bones, iron, and nervous system healing In this powerful and wide-ranging conversation, I sit down with functional medicine expert  Cindy Dupuie  of A Living Balance, whose personal healing crisis at age 43 became the catalyst for a completely new path. After a divorce triggered Cindy...