Reset Your Relationship with Food and Learn to Trust Your Hunger

Menopause Made Easy

November 11, 2026 ∙ 31 mins
Episode 50

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Join us on Menopause Made Easy as Dilyana Mileva welcomes Shirley Billigmeier for a conversation about resetting your relationship with food and learning to use hunger as a guide. From grabbing bites while making dinner to reaching for something sweet after a stressful day, Shirley explores the everyday habits that can make it harder to notice what you’re hungry for and when you’ve had enough.

  • Explore mindful eating and what you might notice when you sit down, set aside distractions, and take time to taste your food.

  • Try Shirley’s 0–10 hunger scale alongside Dilyana and hear how Shirley describes the middle point, where you feel comfortably in balance.

  • Take a closer look at emotional eating and sugar cravings in midlife and what you might be looking for when you reach for food for comfort.

  • Hear how food rules can shape what you crave and how Shirley helps people make their own choices based on what feels satisfying.

  • Explore Shirley’s approach to holiday eating and making room for your favorite foods with less guilt.

About Shirley Billigmeier

Shirley Billigmeier is a coach, teacher, author, speaker, and body image specialist with more than five decades of experience in holistic wellness. Through the Innergetics Process, she helps people of all ages and backgrounds work through struggles with food and eating and build a healthier relationship with food and their bodies.

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Menopause Made Easy

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50

Date

November 11, 2026

Length

31 mins
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  • 360 🐝 How to Handle Big Emotions in Midlife: DBT Skills for Stress, Boundaries & Loneliness with Dr. Alicia Smart & Dr. Jesse Finkelstein of TheraHive

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  • 248 | What's the Best Exercise to Lose Belly Fat During Menopause?

    Have you ever wondered which workout is actually going to help you lose the stubborn belly fat that showed up after 40? One person says walk more. Another says lift heavy. Someone else says HIIT is the best fat burn exercise for belly fat—and then the next person warns you that HIIT will send your […]

  • The 3 Non-Negotiables for a Strong, Durable Body as You Age | Juliet Starrett

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    Perimenopause or Something Else? Brain Fog, Anxiety & Fatigue with Dr. Fran Haydanek

    What happens in the gap between your last baby and your first hot flash? Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Dr. Fran Haydanek — board-certified OB/GYN and the science communicator behind Paging Dr. Fran — to connect the dots most women are never shown. They unpack “reproductive hormone sensitivity”: why women whose brains react […]

  • The Dead Don’t Go To Heaven. Here’s Where They Actually Are Right Now | Suzanne Giesemann

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  • Ep. 244 – Living the Lifetime of All Lifetimes: Astrology, the Second Saturn Return, and the Moon Cycles

    In this conversation, Dr. Fiona Lovely welcomes Shannon Hugman, a professional astrologer with fifteen years of experience, retreat host, and author of Dear Stardust and the Moon Cycles and Me Journal. Shannon shares her unlikely path into the work—she tried hard not to become an astrologer—and explains how a childhood game of guessing birthdays on […]

  • What Actually Is IBS? The Girl's Guide to Guts

    This episode is sponsored by AirDoctor. AirDoctor – Head to https://AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code FLIPPING50 and get up to $300 off ANY of their select AirDoctor models, plus you will get a 3-year warranty, absolutely FREE! All AirDoctor air purifiers come with a 30-day money-back guarantee. IBS symptoms in women are often dismissed. Could […]

  • Ep 553: 4 Weight Loss Wins That Have Nothing to Do With the Scale

    If you’ve been working hard to lose weight, but the scale isn’t moving, it’s easy to feel frustrated and wonder if anything you’re doing is actually working. But what if you’re making more progress than you realize? I want you to start looking beyond the number on the scale and recognize the behaviors that are […]

  • Jodi Picoult: A life in writing, motherhood and ambition

    What does it take to build a writing career while raising a family, and how do you find the confidence to keep pushing yourself? This week, Gabby is joined by bestselling author Jodi Picoult to talk about her journey from first-time novelist to one of the world's most successful writers. She reflects on a lifetime […]

  • 117 – Testosterone isn’t just for libido: what the data shows

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  • How to Lose Weight with Low Progesterone | MMP Ep. 350

    ☎️ Book Your COACHING INQUIRY Call: https://calendly.com/d/386-k9q-4cg/coaching-inquiry-call-zoom ☎️ Book Your COMPLEMENTARY CONSULTATION and CALORIE CALCULATION Call: https://calendly.com/d/2p8-mxx-dgf/free-consultation-call-zoom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Waking up at 3am, spotting before your period, PMS that has gotten worse, rings that will not come off and a scale that will not move, even though you are eating less and working out more? In this […]

  • 241: Stem Cells: Miracle Cure or Million-Dollar Scam? What Science Really Says

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    How to Improve Your Gut Health (What Finally Worked for Her) with Journalist Chloe Melas

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  • Menopause Weight Gain – Beyond the Scale with Val Schonberg RD

    Why is my body changing, and what am I supposed to do about it? It's one of the questions I hear most in midlife and menopause spaces. My friend Val Schonberg, RDN, MSCP is back on the podcast to talk about her new book, The Weight of Menopause. We get into why we still don't […]

  • What Are You Doing With Your Life? An 89 Year Old’s Best Advice for You

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  • Nara Smith: “I have a real issue with people trying to put women in boxes” Influence and identity

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  • Why I don’t eat low-fat foods

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  • Stop Being Available: How to Set Better Boundaries and Take Your Power Back

    Are you the person everyone depends on? Do you remember the appointments, make the plans, solve the problems, keep track of what everyone needs, and step in whenever something falls through the cracks? If that sounds familiar, this conversation is for you. In this deeply relatable and practical conversation, Mel sits down for another episode […]

  • Hip Hurts at Night in Menopause? 5 Ways to Find Relief | Dr. Vonda Wright

    Get Dr. Vonda’s latest insights on strength, bone health, longevity, and aging with power delivered straight to your inbox. Join her free health & longevity newsletter here: https://www.drvondawright.com/resources/aging-longevity   Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night because you rolled onto your side and your hip lit up? You’re not alone, and […]

  • They Died, Saw Hell & Came Back. What 1,500 Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Dying | John Burke

    What if near death experiences are giving us clues about what happens after we die, and even revealing something about God, consciousness, and our purpose here on Earth? John Burke, bestselling author of Imagine Heaven, has spent years researching more than 1,500 NDEs. In this episode of Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, he shares some of the […]

  • Episode 53: LAUGHING ALL THE WAY THROUGH PERI/MENOPAUSE with COMEDIAN ALYCE CHAN aka MOMCOMNYC

    ⚡️Did you spit out your tea while watching her lol videos copping kid attitude about peri/meno on the playground? OMG SO GOOD! 🤣⚡️ ⚡️This week one of our very favorite humans on the internet – Comedian Alyce Chan aka MomComNYC joins Menopunks for an unfiltered and hilarious conversation about peri/menopause, aging, why finding humor in […]

  • Does Heavy Outperform Moderate In Building Muscle After 50

    Building muscle after 50 doesn’t mean you have to lift heavier every time you walk into the gym. What if moderate weights and higher repetitions could deliver similar results?  A 2026 study involving women averaging 68 years old offers an interesting perspective on how we approach resistance training as we age. The findings challenge the […]

  • Ep #210: Perimenopause Weight Gain: Hormones or Calories? | Aram Grigorian

    "I'm barely eating, but the scale keeps climbing. Is it my hormones, my metabolism, or something else?" If you're struggling with perimenopause weight gain, especially stubborn belly fat, you're not alone. It's one of the most common concerns women share with us, and there are a lot of opinions about what really causes it. Online […]

  • Rethinking retirement: why work could be key to ageing well – with Lyndsey Simpson

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  • The Power of Love: Intimacy, Trust & Rediscovering Yourself After 40 | Anna Cordin

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  • Phytoestrogens: The Food You Were Told to Avoid Could Help Hot Flashes & Belly Fat | MMP Ep. 349

    ☎️ Book Your COACHING INQUIRY Call: https://calendly.com/d/386-k9q-4cg/coaching-inquiry-call-zoom ☎️ Book Your COMPLEMENTARY CONSULTATION and CALORIE CALCULATION Call: https://calendly.com/d/2p8-mxx-dgf/free-consultation-call-zoom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have you been avoiding soy because you heard it causes breast cancer, wrecks your thyroid, or floods your body with estrogen? In this episode, Stephanie Crassweller breaks down what phytoestrogens actually do in perimenopause and menopause, and how […]

  • 247 | Your Belly Fat Isn't Proof Your Cortisol Is Too High

    WONDERING WHY YOUR BODY HANDLES FOOD AND STRESS DIFFERENTLY AFTER 40? You’re eating healthy, trying to lose stubborn belly fat, and wondering whether insulin, high cortisol, or changing hormones are getting in the way. There’s a reason weight loss can feel different during perimenopause and menopause. I’ve put together a free resource to help you […]

  • How To Retrain Your Menopause Brain for Less Stress with Natalie Rivans of re-origin | 309

    If menopause has made you feel anxious, reactive, emotionally flooded, or like you’re losing your mind — there is a neurological reason for that. And it is not a character flaw. It is biology. And biology can be changed.   Nat Rivans is a brain retraining practitioner and the creator of the re-origin program, a […]

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    Why Women Carry Everything (And How to Finally Put It Down) with Eve Rodsky

    Women are often taught to treat everyone else’s time as protected and their own as endlessly available. Over time, that can affect their careers, relationships, confidence, and sense of identity. New York Times bestselling author Eve Rodsky joins Tamsen to explain Fair Play, a system that makes invisible work visible and gives one person complete […]

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    Gabby answers your questions on ageing, cosmetic treatments and the pressure to look younger. From facelifts and Botox to double standards around ageing, Gabby explores whether changing our appearance really makes us happier, and why we shouldn't feel pressured to look a certain way. If you have any questions, dilemmas or things you’d like to […]

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  • 116 – Bioidentical HRT has good safety data, so why do so few women take it?

    Bioidentical (body identical) HRT is safer than the old synthetic hormones, so why do so few women take it? Dr Jerrold Weinberg spent 25 years delivering babies in Detroit before moving into menopause medicine, and has since treated around 4,000 women. When he began prescribing bioidentical hormones, colleagues stopped referring patients to him, a story […]

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  • Book Club Meets: Bringing back Miss Marple, with Lucy Foley

    The iconic Miss Marple returns to the page with her first murder mystery in over fifty years. This time, it’s set against the mountaintop Grand Alpine Hotel. A guest has been killed. In the frame for their murder is a notorious actress, a high-flying politician, an inscrutable political wife, a reckless friend and a shrewd […]

  • 265 Health & Well-Being Balance Sheet Are Your Daily Habits Helping You Thrive

    What if you started looking at your health like a balance sheet? In this episode, I share an idea inspired by Dr. Zach Bush’s Intrinsic Health course that I am taking: the relationship between the demands we place on our bodies and the support we give them to recover, repair and thrive. Our bodies are constantly […]

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    In this episode of Thursday Thoughts, Lucy & I are talking about how personal growth and spiritual concepts often require repeated exposure before they truly land, using ideas like thoughts creating reality, taking responsibility, and moving out of victimhood. We discuss why saying “yeah, I know” can signal a lack of real practice, and that […]

Menopause Made Easy

Hi, I’m Dilyana Mileva and I’m excited to bring you Menopause Made Easy, a podcast designed to provide you tips and strategies to navigate the changes in a woman’s body, mind, and spirit with more grace and ease. I look forward to having you along on the journey with me! Remember to like, subscribe, and […]

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