The Midlife Vitality Project: Where Perimenopause Becomes Your Comeback Story Naturally!

Send us your questions & comments Did you head into 2026 feeling hopeful that this would finally be the year things clicked with your health… only to find that a few weeks in, your motivation has quietly dropped off? If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone — and you’re not failing. For many women, this time of year brings a very real dip in energy, mood, and motivation. For some, it shows up...

Send us your questions & comments  If you’ve been hearing more and more about peptides — especially alongside GLP-1 injections — and feeling unsure about what they actually are, how they work, or whether they’re something you should even be considering… this episode is for you.  Peptides are one of the most talked-about topics in the midlife weight-loss and anti-aging space right now — and als...

Send us your questions & comments There comes a moment in midlife when you start asking different questions about your health. You’re not just focused on weight anymore. Chances are you’re thinking about energy, hormones, bloodwork, and how you want to feel as you age. And yet… your body feels harder to manage than it used to. In this first episode of Season 2 in The Midlife Vitality Project ,...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 13 , the final episode of my Journey to Metabolic Balance mini-series, I’m reflecting on where I’m at now — 10 weeks into the program — and tying together everything this journey has taught me. At this point, I’m over 24 pounds down , but the most meaningful changes go far beyond the scale. For the first time in years, my body feels stable . My energy...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 12 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into a pivotal turning point in my journey — the transition from the strict Phase 2 into the next phase of The Metabolic Balance® Program , where more freedom is intentionally reintroduced. I’m sharing this episode on New Years Day of 2026, because it’s the exact moment when many women who are contemplating embark...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 10 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into my experience eating out at a restaurant while following The Metabolic Balance® Program during Phase 2, the most structured part of the metabolic reset. This episode takes place on Day 10, at a point where I had already lost 10 lbs and could clearly see that what I was doing was working. I was motivated but a...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 11 of this mini-series, I’m sharing what it was really like navigating my first social event without alcohol while following The Metabolic Balance® Program during Phase 2, the most structured and important part of the metabolic reset. This episode takes place around Day 12, at a point where I had already lost 10 lbs in less than two weeks and was feeli...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 8 of this mini-series, I’m sharing a very real — and very short-lived — experience I had early on in my journey that ended up becoming one of the most empowering moments of all. Around day 6 on my plan (about 4 days into Phase 2 ), I noticed a brief histamine-type reaction. And instead of feeling worried or discouraged, I felt curious — because by this...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 7 of this mini-series, I’m sharing what happened when I reached the point in my health and weight loss journey where my body was clearly starting to respond to the positive changes I was making — but in what felt like a negative way. As I transitioned out of Phase 1 and into Phase 2, about 2-3 days into my plan, I began to notice some uncomfortable sym...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 9 of this mini-series, I’m sharing a very honest look at the emotional side of transformation — the part that often surprises women the most, and the point where many end up quitting. This episode was recorded on Day 9 of my plan — just over halfway through the most structured and challenging phase of the program. Physically, things were going well. Bu...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 6 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into the very beginning of my journey — Phase 1, Day 1 — and sharing what the first day on the The Metabolic Balance® Program actually felt like. This episode follows on from the preparation phase, where I talked about how I set myself up to start calmly and intentionally. Here, I share how that preparation transla...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 5 of this mini-series, I’m sharing what it actually looked like to prepare for Phase 1 and the start of Phase 2 of The Metabolic Balance® Program — and why this preparation is the first key to success. In this episode, I walk you through:  The purpose and guidelines of Phase 1 and Phase 2, and why they are the most important steps in the metabolic rese...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 4 of this mini-series where I walk you through my own midlife health and weight loss journey following The Metabolic Balance® Program , I’m sharing the importance of mindset and how my own mindset almost derailed me before I even started!  I talk openly in this episode about my own struggle with all-or-nothing thinking, fear of failure and the pressure...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 3 of this mini-series, I’m walking you through exactly how my personalized nutrition plan was created — step by step — using my own bloodwork as a blueprint. This is the episode where everything moves from information to action . Up until this point, I knew my bloodwork was telling a story. But what I really wanted to understand was how those lab resul...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 2 of this mini-series, I’m taking you deeper into my own health and weight loss journey — to the point where I was finally able to stop guessing and started getting real answers. This episode is all about my bloodwork … and what it revealed about what was actually happening inside my body during perimenopause. At this stage of my life, I was doing many...

Send us your questions & comments In Part 1 of this mini-series where I take you on my own health and weight loss journey, I’m taking you back to the moment where I decided to follow The Metabolic Balance® Program  - the moment when everything finally started to make sense.  I take you back to the stage of my life where perimenopausal symptoms were beginning to take over — 30lbs of stubborn we...

Send us your questions & comments If you’ve been feeling torn about HRT — whether to start it, stay on it, or stop it — this episode is going to feel like someone finally turned the lights on.  So many women in their 40s and 50s quietly wrestle with the same questions:  “Do I really need HRT?”  “Why isn't it helping the way I hoped?”  “Is it safe for me ?” “Why do I still feel exhausted,...

Send us your questions & comments If you’re a woman in your 40s or 50s who’s feeling torn about Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or other GLP-1 medications — this episode is for you.  Maybe your doctor has flagged rising A1C, fasting glucose or cholesterol… Maybe your weight keeps creeping up no matter how “good” you’ve been… Maybe everyone around you seems to be losing weight on these meds and you&a...

Send us your questions & comments Already feeling the pressure of wanting to enjoy the festive season without restricting all of your party foods and treats while figuring out how to not put on 10 more lbs? You are so not alone — and the good news is, you don’t have to choose.  In this episode, we’re diving into how to move through December with more freedom, more confidence, and more understa...

Send us your questions & comments Struggling with exhaustion more often than not these days?  What about 2–3 AM wake-ups by a brain that won't shut off? Stubborn belly weight no matter how healthy you eat or how much you exercise?  Mood swings you can’t predict that have your family live on edge? Relentless bloating that makes you look 7 months pregnant? Guess what? There's a real re...

Send us your questions & comments This episode marks the beginning of a special 3-part mini-series inside The Midlife Vitality Project Podcast called “Becoming Me Again.” In this series, I’m pulling back the curtain and sharing the most personal parts of my health story — not just the highlight reel, or the success stories, but the raw, honest moments that shaped the journey of how I coach and...

Send us your questions & comments Midlife weight gain, exhaustion, anxiety, bloating, cravings, and that deep sense of “Who even am I anymore?” — this episode is for every woman who feels her body shifting in ways she can’t control. If you’ve been wondering why nothing you’re trying is working anymore, and whether natural midlife weight loss is even possible… you’re going to want to settle in...

Send us your questions & comments If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s really possible to feel like yourself again in midlife — this is the episode you need. In Part 3 of this intimate mini-series, I’m taking you inside the exact steps I used to rebuild my health, restore my metabolism, balance my hormones naturally, and shift out of that foggy, overwhelmed “surviving” mode into a grounded, en...

Send us your questions & comments Struggling with midlife weight gain, fatigue, or hormonal imbalance and wonder why some women seem to have it altogether when you're slowly falling apart at the seams?  In this episode, Joanne breaks down why your metabolism, hormones, and mindset are likely out of sync — and how understanding this can completely change your results.  You’ll meet two wome...

Send us your questions & comments If your doctor keeps telling you your bloodwork looks “normal,” but you still feel exhausted, puffy, moody, wired-but-tired, and struggling with stubborn belly fat… this episode is for you. In this deep dive, I walk you through the key blood markers every woman over 40 should understand — and what they really reveal about your hormones, your metabolism, and yo...