Unstoppable At Any Age

You don't have to be fast to belong. You don't need a background in sports. You don't even need to call yourself a runner. In this episode of Unstoppable at Any Age, I sit down with Lynn Bourque, owner of Toronto's iconic The Runner's Shop, marathon runner, run leader, and someone who has spent more than 25 years helping people discover what running can add to their lives. Lynn...

Perimenopause changes more than your hormones. For many women, it changes how they see their work, relationships, priorities, and themselves. In this episode, I sit down with health and nutrition coach Alison Taylor to talk about the physical and emotional reality of moving through perimenopause and menopause. Alison shares her own experience navigating mood changes, disrupted sleep, metabolic cha...

What if aging isn't something to fear? What if it's a privilege? In this episode, I sit down with Shannon Wilson, a palliative care nurse, marathon runner, Ironman athlete, mother of five, grandmother of three, and one of the most inspiring women I've met through the endurance sports community. Shannon has completed 26 marathons and is currently training for her 10th Ironman. What make...

There comes a point when the life that worked for years... stops working. Not because you've failed. Not because something is wrong with you. But because you've changed. In this episode, I sit down with leadership transformation coach Catherine Cowan for a conversation about one of the most common experiences I see in women during midlife. The feeling that something no longer fits. Your ca...

What happens when someone tells you you're too old at 30? For Claudia Riegler, that moment could have ended her athletic career. Instead, it became the beginning of one of the most remarkable stories in sport. In this episode, I sit down with Austrian Olympic snowboarder Claudia Riegler, who recently competed in her fifth Olympic Games at age 52. She was also the oldest female athlete competing at...

What if aging isn’t about slowing down — but continuing to build strength, purpose, and possibility? In this episode, I sit down with masters sprinter Wendy Alexis, who recently became the fastest woman in the world in the 70–74 age category in the 60m sprint. At 71 years old, Wendy is still training, lifting, sprinting, competing internationally, and chasing new goals. What makes this conversatio...

What if your best performances aren’t behind you? In this episode, I sit down with masters runner and coach Paula Wiltse to talk about training, recovery, speed, and what’s actually possible for women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond. I first learned about Paula when I was training for my first Boston Marathon. At the time, she was the Canadian marathon record holder in her age category after running...

Menopause is not just a hormone transition. It’s a metabolic transition too. In this solo episode, I’m breaking down one of the most important - and most overlooked - conversations in women’s health: metabolic health. This is something I’ve focused on in my practice for over 20 years, but honestly, I didn’t fully understand how profound these changes were until I experienced menopause myself. What...

“You’re never too old. You’ve never had your condition too long. And you’re never too advanced to make positive change.” This conversation stayed with me long after we stopped recording. In this episode, I sit down with naturopathic doctor Teri Jaklin to talk about what it means to keep choosing life - even after being handed a diagnosis that could have easily defined her future. Teri was diagnose...

Your running shoes weren’t designed for your body. And most women have no idea. In this episode, I sit down with Lindsay Housman, founder of a female-specific performance footwear company Hettas, to talk about something that comes up constantly - foot pain. Heel pain. Achilles issues. Forefoot pain. Plantar fasciitis. Losing toenails. So many women assume this is just part of being active. It isn’...

You don’t need a perfect training plan. You need a plan that actually works with your body. In this episode, I sit down with Phaedra Kennedy - endurance coach and athlete - for a conversation about what really changes when you’re training through perimenopause and menopause. This is a topic that comes up constantly. Women feel like their body isn’t responding the way it used to. Workouts that once...

She’s been running for 46 years. And she’s still competing in her 70s. There’s something powerful about seeing what long-term commitment actually looks like. In this episode, I sit down with Clara Northcott - a masters athlete who continues to train, compete, and push herself in her 70s. This summer alone, she’s preparing for three major championships, including the World Masters Athletics Champio...

What if your strongest, most capable years weren’t behind you… but ahead of you? In this episode of Unstoppable at Any Age , Shawna sits down with Sarah Katz - a lawyer, masters athlete, and competitive pentathlete - who is training and competing across five track and field events at 47 years old. This conversation challenges the idea that midlife is a time to slow down. Instead, Sarah shares what...

You don’t become unstoppable by avoiding pain. You become unstoppable by learning how to move through it—and still choose yourself on the other side. In this episode, Shawna sits down with Ramona Milano, an actress turned coach and yoga teacher, for a deeply honest conversation about identity, loss, and what it really takes to rebuild your life after everything changes. What started as a chance me...

You don’t become unstoppable by waiting for the perfect time. You become unstoppable by deciding your current reality doesn’t define your limits. In this episode, Shawna sits down with Anne Matthews—fertility-focused acupuncturist, mother of six, podcast host, and professional Hyrox athlete—for a powerful conversation on what it actually looks like to pursue high performance while balancing real l...

The most powerful transformations don’t come from fixing your life. They come from raising the standard for how you want to live, move, and show up. In this inaugural episode, Shawna - naturopathic doctor with over 20 years of experience in women’s health, hormones, and metabolic health - shares her journey of redefining what’s possible as she stepped into a new level of personal and physical perf...

What if your strongest, most powerful years are still ahead of you? In this trailer for Unstoppable at Any Age , Dr. Shawna Darou, ND — naturopathic doctor, functional medicine practitioner, and master’s athlete — challenges everything women have been told about aging, metabolism, and performance in midlife. If you’re a woman over 40 navigating hormone changes, stubborn weight gain, low energy, br...