The Flipping 50 Show

Why Working Harder Stops Working After 50 (And What to Do Instead)

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What I Would Do to Boost Fat Burning Over 40, 50 or 60 (I’m 62)

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Why The Fitness Industry Has Failed Women In Midlife — And What Actually Works

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3 Workout Studies Every Woman Over 50 Needs to Know

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Menopause Motivation and Mood Boost without Prescription (or Hangover Effect)

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Intersection of Blue Zones and Modern Muscle Science for Longevity

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Are Your Shoes Ruining Your Foot Health

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Muscle and Strength Loss Prevention After 50: A Checklist

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Aging is Inevitable But Muscle Loss and Sarcopenia Aren’t

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25 Simple Rules for Optimal Health, Wellness & Fitness over 50

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Behind the Scenes of the Forever Young Documentary

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Why Certain Exercise Intensities Work for You (and Others May Not)

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The Link Between Creatine, Brain Health & Longevity

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Two Fitness Tests Your Doctor Might Do Soon (start now!): Fitness is a Vital Sign

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Stronger Than Cancer: One Woman’s Story

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4 Fitness Mistakes That Fail Us Over 50

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The Hidden Cost of Diet Culture in Menopause

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Rebounding vs Whole Body Vibration After 50 Which? When? Worth It? #FEDFitness

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Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone-Dr. Anna Cabeca’s El Camino Experience

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NEW SCIENCE: Menopause Muscle Loss Prevention

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Personalized System for Optimal Weight Health in Menopause—GLP-1 Shot Or Not

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Roadblocks Women Experience When They're Doing "All The Things"

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The Menopause Gut: Hidden Reasons Symptoms Happen Exercise Won’t Fix

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Muscle Loss on the Shot: Worth the Risk?

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Motivation to Move for Longevity: One Doctor’s Message

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What Male Partners Don’t Know About Menopause (and need to)

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Stop the Confusion: Turn Midlife Muscle Strength Into Personal Power

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The Bible for Exercise Guidelines Update: Here’s What It Means

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Natural Appetite Control Without or After the Shot – What is Calocurb?

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Navigating Unexpected Health Challenges in Midlife

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Muscle Building Vs Muscle Loss With Various Diets And Or Protein Amounts

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The Teen Health Revolution

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How to Boost Metabolism After Age 50 (By Adding More Of These Foods)

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6 Things You’re Doing to Lose Weight That Are Hurting Your Metabolism

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Beyond Hot Flashes: How Heat Impacts Health & Longevity

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Your Follow-Up Questions on Heavy vs Light Lifting After 50 — Answered With Science

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GLP-1 Medications for Weight Loss: A 42-Year Fitness Professional’s Honest Take

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Making Fasting a Tool and Sparing Muscle Loss During Fat Loss

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Gut Health and Migraines: Your Mother’s Migraines?

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6 Menopause Fitness Questions From the Community

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What You're Doing That Negatively Impacts Mental and Physical Health

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Cortisol and Cardio for Women Over 40: What Your Heart Needs Now

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Your Hormones Are Quietly Changing Your Gut and It’s Affecting Your Longevity

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Recovery Capacity in Menopause: 4 Studies Revealing Why Rest Isn’t Enough

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What Every Woman Over 50 Needs To Know About Weight Loss and Anti Aging

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Does Hormonal Phase and Training Intensity Change How Hard You Can Train? New Science Finally Tested It

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YOGA AND BONE DENSITY: Are you just a pose away from better bones?

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Why You Are or Aren’t Sore After Workouts — What does Menopause Really Have to Do With It

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Real Talk on Hormones & Hot Flashes with Humor with Carrie Jones

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Why Muscle Growth Feels Harder in Menopause (and What Actually Works)

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Are Your Hormones Out of Balance?

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What 40+ Studies Reveal About Rep-Range for Muscle, Strength, and Bone After 50

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Fix Your Blood Sugar and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes

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Why Your Daily Workouts Are Making You Weaker After 50

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When It's Not Calories In Calories Out, What Next?

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Fitness Trends For 2026 — Midlife Women’s Edition

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The Preconception Revolution

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Why Those Holiday Meals Make You Miserable (It’s Not the Calories)

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How to Rewire Your Brain for Energy, Focus, and Longevity After 50

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Questions to Ask Your Menopause Fitness Coach (& Questions a Coach Should Ask You)

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Women's Health Researcher Abbie Smith-Ryan on Protein & Exercise for Longevity

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EveryDay Home Health: How I Wellness-Proofed My New House

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Sleep Tips That Actually Work: Night-Waking Solutions

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Harnessing Emotional Energy to Navigate Midlife Health & Hormonal Shifts

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What's Still Missing from Women's Fitness Programs

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Thyroid Health

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Cracking the Thyroid Health Code in Midlife

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The ONE Thing Your Menopause Fitness Routine Is Missing

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The Perimenopause Brain Health Window with Mariza Snyder

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Why I Recommend Carbs at Night in Menopause

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From Cancer to Coaching Women Through Change with Eliza Riley

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10 Things We Learned from Wearing a CGM, So You Don’t Have To

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The Menopause Gut Health Fix You Did Not See Coming

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Exercise Recovery After 40: Connective Tissue in Menopause

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How Healthy Skin Contributes to Healthy Aging

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Bone Density Updates for Women Over 50

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The Biology of Trauma: Why All the Right Things Aren’t Working in Menopause

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3 Steps to Improve Cardio Fitness and Longevity (at any age)

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80 Lb Perimenopausal Weight Loss After Corporate Burnout

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Muscle Mass and Strength Gains After Menopause How Much How Fast?

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Aging with Power, (Without an Outage) with Vonda Wright

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Acute vs Chronic Stress Effects on Cortisol in Menopause and Beyond

There is no escaping stress but cortisol in menopause changes. With that, your stress response to nearly everything may change.  You don’t feel it at first but then there’s unexplained weight gain or belly fat. There’s less focus or concentration than you used to have. It shows up in different ways for each of us.  […]

The New Menopause Therapy: Confessions of a Femme Fatale

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Running vs Walking for Fast Fat Loss in Menopause

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Take Up Space: A Perimenopause Body Builder on Her Strength Journey

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Retired Lawyer Shares How to Advocate for Yourself & Loved Ones

From homes to health care, you and I need to advocate for yourself. You have choices and you have power. You can take action and you do have choices.    My Guest: Karen Mulroy is an attorney who retired at age 62 without regret to spend quality time with her parents until their death at […]

Retired Lawyer Shares How to Advocate for Yourself & Loved Ones

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How Mold Toxicity Affects Hormonal Balance During Menopause And Effective Detox Strategies

Exposure to mold toxicity affects hormonal balance. You may not have been exposed to mold or you may not know that you’ve been exposed to mold. That mold doesn’t always look like asthma or you getting sick, but it may look like a simple symptom that might be mistaken for menopause. Stay tuned to this […]

What Is Sarcopenia and How to Avoid Sarcopenia In Menopause

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Stronger Muscles Longer Life: The Untold Value of this Accessible to All Anatomy

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5 Things I Would Do If I Were Tired All the Time in Menopause

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You’re Not Really Bloated!

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You're Not Really Bloated!

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You're Not Really Bloated!

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5 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight or Gaining Muscle After 50

If you are exercising but not losing weight or gaining muscle after 50, there are some easy and yet not-so-obvious reasons why.  This is for all of you exercising but not getting results.  Whether you or women you work with are interested in gaining muscle after 50, you may like this:  How to Design Strength […]

5 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight or Gaining Muscle After 50

If you are exercising but not losing weight or gaining muscle after 50, there are some easy and yet not-so-obvious reasons why.  This is for all of you exercising but not getting results.  Whether you or women you work with are interested in gaining muscle after 50, you may like this:  How to Design Strength […]

5 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight or Gaining Muscle After 50

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What to Do When Joints Hurt, Ache or Need Replaced? A Doctor Viewpoint

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Extended Cardio and Low Protein Equal Short Term Weight Loss

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Simple Ways to Know if You’re Following Protein Rules in Menopause

The protein rules in menopause change.  We’ve talked about protein before. But not like this.  Instead of a complicated, Smart Scale, DEXA scan-based check your numbers hard line obsession, you’re going to get down-to-earth, easy to hear support for your protein rules in menopause.    My Guest: Jordan Robertson is an evidence based naturopathic doctor, […]

Simple Ways to Know if You're Following Protein Rules in Menopause

The protein rules in menopause change.  We’ve talked about protein before. But not like this.  Instead of a complicated, Smart Scale, DEXA scan-based check your numbers hard line obsession, you’re going to get down-to-earth, easy to hear support for your protein rules in menopause.    My Guest: Jordan Robertson is an evidence based naturopathic doctor, […]

Simple Ways to Know if You're Following Protein Rules in Menopause

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Listener Menopause Exercise Question: Are You Exercising Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?”

Listener Menopause Exercise Question: Are You Exercising Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?”   Recently, a listener asked a menopause exercise question, “I’m doing strength training three times a week for 30 minutes. Is that too much? If you have wondered, or wonder what is enough, too much or the Goldilocks for you, this […]

Listener Menopause Exercise Question: Are You Exercising Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?"

Listener Menopause Exercise Question: Are You Exercising Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?”   Recently, a listener asked a menopause exercise question, “I’m doing strength training three times a week for 30 minutes. Is that too much? If you have wondered, or wonder what is enough, too much or the Goldilocks for you, this […]

Listener Menopause Exercise Question: Are You Exercising Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?"

Listener Menopause Exercise Question: Are You Exercising Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?”   Recently, a listener asked a menopause exercise question, “I’m doing strength training three times a week for 30 minutes. Is that too much? If you have wondered, or wonder what is enough, too much or the Goldilocks for you, this […]

Essential Oils for Menopause Hormones | Essential How-to for Essential Oils

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What Stem Cell Therapy Taught Me About Recovery, Mindset, and Reinventing Downtime

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Bladder Issues in Menopause – The Hidden Bacteria You Need to Know

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Solving Sleep Issues with CBD and Other Perimenopause Symptom Solutions

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Women's Wellness Adventure Travel After 50

What do you get when you combine wellness with adventure travel?  In Stacy Funt’s case, you get a new business. My guest today began her new business combining a love for travel and adventure with the need to fill a gap between empty nesting and grief and her new business was born. In this episode, […]

Women's Wellness Adventure Travel After 50

What do you get when you combine wellness with adventure travel?  In Stacy Funt’s case, you get a new business. My guest today began her new business combining a love for travel and adventure with the need to fill a gap between empty nesting and grief and her new business was born. In this episode, […]

What’s Best Total Body or Split Routine in Menopause

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What's Best Total Body or Split Routine in Menopause

Which is the best workout routine for you right now – total body or split routine in menopause? This episode unpacks a recent study by Brad Schoenfeld comparing results from total body or split routine in menopause.  The study did not actually address menopause. But if we know we are capable of making the same […]

What's Best Total Body or Split Routine in Menopause

Which is the best workout routine for you right now – total body or split routine in menopause? This episode unpacks a recent study by Brad Schoenfeld comparing results from total body or split routine in menopause.  The study did not actually address menopause. But if we know we are capable of making the same […]

Autoimmune Disease in Menopause and Changing Treatment Status Quo

Why is autoimmune disease in menopause becoming more prevalent? And why are college-age patients a growing autoimmune demographic?  In your 60s, when the world is thinking of retirement, would you ever consider being a founder of a new business instead of spending days on the golf course or traveling?  Answers to the increase in autoimmune […]

Why I Take These Supplements in Menopause

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Stress Isn’t All Bad? Use Stress to Thrive

No, stress isn’t all bad.  “Stress” is generally seen as negative and harmful.  How can you use stress to thrive and live longer? In this episode, learn how to create good stress for bursts of happiness and live longer. Our guest will tell us more on The Stress Paradox and share the 5 key good […]

Stress Isn't All Bad? Use Stress to Thrive

No, stress isn’t all bad.  “Stress” is generally seen as negative and harmful.  How can you use stress to thrive and live longer? In this episode, learn how to create good stress for bursts of happiness and live longer. Our guest will tell us more on The Stress Paradox and share the 5 key good […]

Stress Isn't All Bad? Use Stress to Thrive

No, stress isn’t all bad.  “Stress” is generally seen as negative and harmful.  How can you use stress to thrive and live longer? In this episode, learn how to create good stress for bursts of happiness and live longer. Our guest will tell us more on The Stress Paradox and share the 5 key good […]

Save Your Knees and Shoulders Without Surgery

Save your knees and shoulders from the little discomfort doing usual activities or some swelling and inflammation. If you aren’t sure whether you need physical therapy, you should get a referral, just need a massage or to lay off for a few days, this is your episode.  I’m no stranger to physical therapy, but I […]

Clean Eating, Fasting and Eating Disorders in Menopause

This episode may be for you even if you never identified with eating disorders in menopause or at any age. Eat clean? Read labels twice? Following “rules” about food yet find it backfiring on you?  One could shift from wanting to “eat clean” to turning into orthorexia, influenced by social media, intermittent fasting and use […]

Cortisol and Exercise in Menopause

I’m going to review the cortisol and exercise connection or confusion… and offer some solutions. Feeling exhausted, frustrated and fat? Got stubborn belly fat you want to lose? You’re exercising but tired all the time? Sleep or don’t, and you’re still never rested?  Sound familiar or been there? This episode is PACKED with solutions on […]

Midlife Women's Makeover: Radiate Confidence. Reclaim Your Power.

How would you like a midlife women’s makeover?  What do you need to look good in order to feel good? Discover how a midlife women’s makeover can boost your confidence — from the outside when you actually put on makeup. My Guest: With over 30 years in the beauty industry, Jennifer Kyser is passionate about […]

Midlife Women's Makeover: Radiate Confidence. Reclaim Your Power.

How would you like a midlife women’s makeover?  What do you need to look good in order to feel good? Discover how a midlife women’s makeover can boost your confidence — from the outside when you actually put on makeup. My Guest: With over 30 years in the beauty industry, Jennifer Kyser is passionate about […]

How to Bounce Back Boldly After You Blew Your Diet

Where’s the next step after you blew your diet? If you’ve done that before you know, it’s a hard spot.  Are you feeling frustrated after blowing your diet again? It’s time to Bounce Back Boldly and stop the shame spiral!  In this episode, we’ll uncover the science behind why we overeat and how you can […]

Exercise and Hot Flashes and Other Menopause Symptoms

Even if you don’t have hot flashes, stay with me on this because this episode is on exercise and hot flashes. We’re going to dissect the science and eradicate “science says” as a cry for validity by influencers.  Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms of menopause. I’ll talk about the relationship between […]

How and Why to Consider Meditation in Menopause

Hearing about meditation every direction you turn? Meditation in menopause can be a simple, free, and almost effortless tool for supporting your nervous system.  If your rest and digest part of life needs to flex and be able to squelch your fight or flight, aka your watch says RELAX REMINDER more than you’d like… this […]

Protein for Menopause Hormone Support

Let’s unpack something most midlife women are totally missing – protein for Menopause Hormone Support. Are you feeling moody, low-energy, or constantly craving carbs in midlife? It might not just be your hormones—it could be your protein intake… and its effect on your hormones.  In today’s episode, know how protein connects hormones and why your […]

Can We Just Stop the Self Sabotage to Feel Your Best Ever

If you want to lose weight, get in shape, or keep a relationship, you may know the desire to stop the self sabotage all too well.  My guest and I talk about her weight loss, coming down from 200 lbs. Not achieving a skinny size 4, but an all important and often missing love for […]

The 3 Tests You Should Do Before Considering BHRT

If you are considering BHRT, this is for you. Even if you’re currently on BHRT, you’ll learn or confirm something here. If you’ve got daughters or DIL, in my case, there’s something here for you on that front too. If you’ve wondered why does cholesterol go up for so many women or why do autoimmune […]

Smart Movement for Aging Better with Lara Heimann

If there is a way to enhance movement for aging better – whether we’re already exercising or we’re in need of getting started – we’re in!  If you’ve ever said or felt, “every time I start to exercise I get hurt,” this is for you. This episode will also hit you right where you love […]

How to Have and Still Thrive with Autoimmunity in Menopause

In this episode, we answer the questions you might have about common and lesser-known autoimmune diseases: whether you are more prone during menopause, how hormonal changes may impact autoimmunity, some of the easiest lifestyle changes you can implement starting today, and perhaps most importantly that you are not alone.  My guest today will share his […]

Is Your Liver Preventing Muscle Growth in Menopause?

To support muscle growth in menopause, you need to understand the critical role of liver health.  If you’re struggling with muscle loss and fat gain, your liver is an essential player in the game.  Stick with me as we uncover actionable strategies for boosting liver health and achieving muscle growth in menopause and beyond during […]

Breast Implants and No-Cut Facelifts – the Surgeon with Answers

Do you have breast implants? Have you thought about getting them or do you know others with them?  The conversation about breast implants’ impact on health is a real one for a lot of women. We get into all the cases: You have implants and feel fine  You have implants and are feeling symptoms you […]

Is This Perimenopause or Something Else?

Do you wonder “Is this perimenopause?” Do you wonder what it looks and feels like? Get information on how to adjust and alter your exercise when you are.   My Guest: Abby Chitty, a single mom with 5 kids between 15 and 24. She owns her own business as a realtor. We met on Instagram […]

Energy Crashes & Stubborn Belly Fat After 40 (and what to do about it)

Dealing with stubborn belly fat after 40 is reality for many women. It may happen in your 40s, 50’s, 60s or even 70s. And no one… not even an 87 yo likes it.  My guest reminded me there is no “pre” … there is diabetes.  So let that be a wake up call. We can’t […]

Energy Crashes & Stubborn Belly Fat After 40 (and what to do about it)

Dealing with stubborn belly fat after 40 is reality for many women. It may happen in your 40s, 50’s, 60s or even 70s. And no one… not even an 87 yo likes it.  My guest reminded me there is no “pre” … there is diabetes.  So let that be a wake up call. We can’t […]

Whole Body Vibration for Menopause

Whole Body Vibration for menopause is revolutionizing fitness, boosting bone density, flexibility, and recovery — all essential for thriving through midlife and beyond..  This science-backed solution supports strength, balance, and energy. Get ready to explore how Whole Body Vibration for menopause can elevate your wellness routine and redefine what’s possible at any age. My Guest: […]

More Simple Strategies for Effective Short Workouts in Menopause

Here are more tips for effective short workouts in menopause. I know some of you listeners are addicted to your arm work. Yet, who has time? Well, what if I could give you arm work that works… without the extra 20 minutes?  In a recent short strength training strategies episode I said I would share […]

What’s Better Running or Walking for Midlife Fat Loss (and why)

Is walking the new running for midlife fat loss? Learn the benefits and why walking for midlife fat loss works so well.  I’ve shared – and will link to – two episodes recently linking the benefits of walking to both my personal experience and science-based results from walking. See other episodes you might like below! […]

What's Better Running or Walking for Midlife Fat Loss (and why)

Is walking the new running for midlife fat loss? Learn the benefits and why walking for midlife fat loss works so well.  I’ve shared – and will link to – two episodes recently linking the benefits of walking to both my personal experience and science-based results from walking. See other episodes you might like below! […]

What's Better Running or Walking for Midlife Fat Loss (and why)

Is walking the new running for midlife fat loss? Learn the benefits and why walking for midlife fat loss works so well.  I’ve shared – and will link to – two episodes recently linking the benefits of walking to both my personal experience and science-based results from walking. See other episodes you might like below! […]

3 Short Strength Training Session Strategies for Women in Menopause

Want to do a short strength training session but not compromise on your results? Coming right up!  These tips are not something I would do every session. But something effective for those infrequent sessions when you feel you just don’t have the time but your muscles (or body composition) is crying out for the workout.  […]

Why It May Be Your Thoughts Keeping You Fat, Tired or Injured in Menopause

Reduced estrogen impacts midlife injuries, but could your thoughts be keeping you fat, tired, or injured in menopause? Discover how 75% of recycled, negative thoughts shape your patterns and beliefs. My Guest: Riana Malia is a transformation coach trained in Evolved Neurolinguistic Programming (ENLP), Quantum Time Release (QTR), and Advanced Trauma-Aware Coaching. With over 20 […]

4 Exercise Mistakes Hijacking Your Menopause Fitness (and how to fix them)

You’re doing it all but could there be hidden mistakes hijacking your menopause fitness. Increasing protein, lifting weights, doing high intensity… How can you be this active but not working?  Disclaimer: This could trigger you. The mistakes hijacking your menopause fitness you could be doing on purpose because you were told once this is what […]

Is Red Light Therapy the Answer to Aches, Pains and More Movement?

Red Light Therapy is not just for the rich and the pro-athlete any more! It’s a revolutionary tool for midlife women ready to take control of their health, vitality, and confidence. Whether it’s about reducing inflammation, relieving pain, or improving skin health, this science-backed therapy is changing the way we approach wellness.  This episode unpacks […]

If I Wanted to Reduce My Risk of Heart Disease Post Menopause

Women collectively “Catch Up” to men in their risk by age 60, largely because of the loss of estrogen. Based on studies from the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (April 2024) and the American Heart Association (2013, 2023). Changes in blood pressure, cholesterol, and visceral belly fat all seem to be a part […]

Better Strength and Metabolism in Midlife Through More Rest and Recovery

Building strength and metabolism in midlife is not hard. It’s just not easy to follow data and not emotion. This episode goes beyond sets and reps to uncover why muscle maintenance and metabolic health hinge on listening to both science and emotions. Discover how prioritizing recovery can unlock better strength and metabolism in midlife. My […]

8 Ways to Make Walking in Menopause MORE Beneficial

Walking in menopause isn’t just exercise — it’s your secret sauce for boosting body and mind! With a few fun tweaks, make every step turn into a memory-boosting, fat-burning powerhouse. Slip on those sneakers. Tune in while taking a walk! This episode is all about making walking in menopause more beneficial! Walking 40 minutes three […]

Metabolic Health During Menopause and Beyond

Of the many changes that occur midlife, metabolic health during menopause may be too low on your list. We think about the changes we experience: the brain fog, the change in our waking energy, the belly fat or lack of muscle tone. Know the importance of metabolic health and the need to understand what’s going […]

Where Protein Recommendations for Women Come From?

In this episode we’re diving into all things protein recommendations for women, especially women over 40. The spoiler alert is this: RDAs are not in your best health’s interest. In case you’ve slept through this, check out the latest episode of Dr Gabrielle Lyons with Donald Layman. It’s a long hike or two walks to […]

How to Find a Positive Body Mindset While Menopause Changed Everything

Body positivity is a term by now you’re familiar with, but do you have a positive body mindset? Menopause changes your body, energy, or relationship that can come at midlife. Of the up to 90,000 thoughts we think a day, how many of yours are about the body you have and don’t want vs gratitude […]

Why HIIT May Be Failing You

HIIT may be failing you for two big reasons. Spoiler alert, here they are: You aren’t actually hormonally in a place you’ll benefit. You are doing them outside a sweet spot that is optimal for results So I’ll quickly address #1 and have a deeper discussion on #2 and what actually is happening during HIIT […]

How to Slow Aging and Feel Younger Fast with Epigenetics

Slow aging is no longer a mystery — it’s rooted in the science of epigenetics. This includes lifestyle, diet, and environment influence your biological age. Understanding biological versus chronological age reveals strategies to live longer and feel younger. Today’s episode covers tools and insights for changing biological age. If you’re ready to slow aging and […]

5 Exercises You May Be Getting Wrong After 40!

With the best of intentions but armed only with the knowledge we got from decades ago, from yesterday on YouTube or AI, we could be doing it wrong. Exercises like these many women are getting wrong after 40, can change the trajectory of your aging and not only not be giving desired results but taking […]

Workplace Menopause Rights: What Women (and Employers) Need to Know

Just what are your workplace menopause rights? As a woman in midlife, it’s important to know that menopause matters at work. It’s more than just a health issue; it’s a matter of rights, voice, and empowerment in the workplace. Know your rights, your voice and your power. Empower yourself with the knowledge of workplace menopause […]

Everything You Didn’t Know About Your Menopause Gut Health (and Need to)

Your menopause gut health is about to get a booster shot. This episode is ripe with information about probiotics, digestive enzymes, your immune system, food sensitivities and so much more. Stay till the end and I’ll share the digestive enzyme I’ve now been using for 3 months. If you are curious about all the fuss […]

Everything You Didn't Know About Your Menopause Gut Health (and Need to)

Your menopause gut health is about to get a booster shot. This episode is ripe with information about probiotics, digestive enzymes, your immune system, food sensitivities and so much more. Stay till the end and I’ll share the digestive enzyme I’ve now been using for 3 months. If you are curious about all the fuss […]

Everything You Didn't Know About Your Menopause Gut Health (and Need to)

Your menopause gut health is about to get a booster shot. This episode is ripe with information about probiotics, digestive enzymes, your immune system, food sensitivities and so much more. Stay till the end and I’ll share the digestive enzyme I’ve now been using for 3 months. If you are curious about all the fuss […]

Love Relationships and The Health & Hormone Connection

After 50, love relationships take a turn. For women who become more educated and mature their relationship may no longer solve a problem they can’t solve on their own. My respected guest and Flipping 50 returning favorite on love relationships, Dr. John Gray. My Guest: John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are […]

Love Relationships and The Health & Hormone Connection

After 50, love relationships take a turn. For women who become more educated and mature their relationship may no longer solve a problem they can’t solve on their own. My respected guest and Flipping 50 returning favorite on love relationships, Dr. John Gray. My Guest: John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are […]

12 Strength Training Mistakes in Menopause Robbing Your Results

Most commonly the challenge is gaining lean muscle. Doing all the things but can’t seem to gain muscle? Then tune in and go through this like a check list of 12 strength training mistakes in menopause that could be the reason. It just takes one. But if there are multiple, it’s compounded and in this […]

What You Don't Know About Hormone Tests (Wish I'd Known Sooner!)

In this special episode, you get to join me in a doctor’s appointment and lm tell you… what you don’t know about hormone tests could be the difference in feeling 10x better and aging better too!  If you don’t know about hormone tests that there are not only different test, but different ways to interpret […]

What You Don't Know About Hormone Tests (Wish I'd Known Sooner!)

In this special episode, you get to join me in a doctor’s appointment and lm tell you… what you don’t know about hormone tests could be the difference in feeling 10x better and aging better too!  If you don’t know about hormone tests that there are not only different test, but different ways to interpret […]

Protect Your Vision in Midlife and Beyond

Can you improve your eyesight and protect your vision in midlife? Vision health goes far beyond eyesight and the ability to see the golf ball or the small print on the supplement bottle. Aging doesn’t mean dimming sight; it’s possible to preserve and improve vision with the right knowledge and tools. Did you know you […]

How to Exercise with High or Low Cortisol in Menopause

With either high or low cortisol in menopause, the way you exercise has to change. Yet, this is a  gap in fitness education for trainers, instructors and coaches who don’t get training specific to women in menopause. So, whether you’re here for yourself or here as a coach or trainer who does now or wants […]

Daily Rituals That Regulate Your Nervous System

Know the daily rituals that regulate your nervous system to calm inflammation and slow the effects of aging! My Guest: Dr. Monisha Bhanote, MD, ABOIM, FCAP, ACCM, is a quintuple board-certified physician and founder of WELLKULÅ. She blends ancient wisdom with mind-body medicine, advocating for #CellCare as self-care. As an international speaker, best-selling author, and […]

Midlife Strength Training Myths Busted with Jennifer Kirsch

Pay attention! If you’re hearing “lift heavy” shouted from the roof tops and feel the fear of injury or simply inability to comply…. THIS IS YOUR EPISODE! Consider your midlife strength training myths busted. Strength training should be non-negotiable for midlife women, yet still believe in long-existing myths related to them. By the end of […]

True Core Confidence: Revolutionizing Pelvic Floor Fitness After 40

Tune in to this episode as we redefine core strength. It’s time to break the silence and take charge. Pelvic Floor Fitness After 40 is a game-changer. Questions We Answer in This Episode: What is the pelvic floor, and why is it essential for overall health, especially as we age? What is the Cooch Ball, […]

It’s Not Too Late to Overcome Gut Issues in Midlife

To overcome gut issues in midlife, start with understanding how your gut health impacts every part of your well-being. Conditions like SIBO, or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, can feel overwhelming, but they don’t have to define your quality of life. If you’ve ever wondered how to overcome gut issues and feel your best, this episode […]

It's Not Too Late to Overcome Gut Issues in Midlife

To overcome gut issues in midlife, start with understanding how your gut health impacts every part of your well-being. Conditions like SIBO, or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, can feel overwhelming, but they don’t have to define your quality of life. If you’ve ever wondered how to overcome gut issues and feel your best, this episode […]

It's Not Too Late to Overcome Gut Issues in Midlife

To overcome gut issues in midlife, start with understanding how your gut health impacts every part of your well-being. Conditions like SIBO, or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, can feel overwhelming, but they don’t have to define your quality of life. If you’ve ever wondered how to overcome gut issues and feel your best, this episode […]

Is Coffee Good or Bad for Midlife Woman’s Gut and Metabolism?

Are you drinking coffee and wondering if coffee is good or bad for midlife? Coffee drinkers, pay attention. In this episode, America’s happy gut doctor shares the pros and cons of coffee. Know the benefits without sabotaging your gut health or adrenals. Do not miss this to know if coffee is good or bad for […]

Is Coffee Good or Bad for Midlife Woman's Gut and Metabolism?

Are you drinking coffee and wondering if coffee is good or bad for midlife? Coffee drinkers, pay attention. In this episode, America’s happy gut doctor shares the pros and cons of coffee. Know the benefits without sabotaging your gut health or adrenals. Do not miss this to know if coffee is good or bad for […]

Is Coffee Good or Bad for Midlife Woman's Gut and Metabolism?

Are you drinking coffee and wondering if coffee is good or bad for midlife? Coffee drinkers, pay attention. In this episode, America’s happy gut doctor shares the pros and cons of coffee. Know the benefits without sabotaging your gut health or adrenals. Do not miss this to know if coffee is good or bad for […]

Do You Have a Dominant Side? Joint Pain Solutions I’m Using Right Now

If you do a single search for your knee or hip pain, you’ll be served dozens of joint pain solutions in your social media and Google searches. Are they any good? I’m smiling to think of my step dad who after retirement took it upon himself to order things he’d see on TV or find […]

Do You Have a Dominant Side? Joint Pain Solutions I'm Using Right Now

If you do a single search for your knee or hip pain, you’ll be served dozens of joint pain solutions in your social media and Google searches. Are they any good? I’m smiling to think of my step dad who after retirement took it upon himself to order things he’d see on TV or find […]

Do You Have a Dominant Side? Joint Pain Solutions I'm Using Right Now

If you do a single search for your knee or hip pain, you’ll be served dozens of joint pain solutions in your social media and Google searches. Are they any good? I’m smiling to think of my step dad who after retirement took it upon himself to order things he’d see on TV or find […]

Circadian Rhythm Hacks for Muscle in Menopause

What if we could give you Circadian Rhythm hacks to improve your sleep ang energy throughout the day? Tune in to this episode to know what are these Circadian Rhythm hacks I’m talking about. Definition of Circadian Rhythm: Circadian rhythm is your body’s internal clock, a 24-hour cycle, regulating your sleep-wake patterns, hormone levels, and […]

Address the Root Cause for Metabolic Health and Optimal Aging

Knowing the root cause for metabolic health is the key to thriving through midlife and beyond. In this episode we’ll help more clearly understand the connection between metabolic health, weight, disease risk, and the power of daily habits. Discover how addressing the Root Cause for Metabolic Health transforms aging. My Guest: Dr. Reena Singh is […]

Changing Habits for 2025 Health Optimization

It’s the New Year and many of us are interested in changing habits. Or we think we are… Changing habits can be hard. The question might be, should we be interested in creating habits? We have 60-70,000 thoughts a day. Unfortunately, 90% of them are the same as yesterday. We seek habits, Atomic Habits the […]

Why You Can’t Break Those Behavior Patterns that Keep You Stuck

It’s not your motivation or discipline, it’s behavior patterns that keep you stuck. Whether it’s sugar, binge eating, nightly glass of wine, picking a fight, overreacting, staying up too late… what breaks these habits and disrupts our reactions to triggers? Today, we’re diving into eating patterns labeled “good” or “bad” and cycles of consistent exercise […]

Why You Can't Break Those Behavior Patterns that Keep You Stuck

It’s not your motivation or discipline, it’s behavior patterns that keep you stuck. Whether it’s sugar, binge eating, nightly glass of wine, picking a fight, overreacting, staying up too late… what breaks these habits and disrupts our reactions to triggers? Today, we’re diving into eating patterns labeled “good” or “bad” and cycles of consistent exercise […]

Why You Can't Break Those Behavior Patterns that Keep You Stuck

It’s not your motivation or discipline, it’s behavior patterns that keep you stuck. Whether it’s sugar, binge eating, nightly glass of wine, picking a fight, overreacting, staying up too late… what breaks these habits and disrupts our reactions to triggers? Today, we’re diving into eating patterns labeled “good” or “bad” and cycles of consistent exercise […]

Top 10 Flipping 50 Podcasts for 2024 | Menopause Fitness

  In one of my favorite episodes of the year, I share the top 10 Flipping 50 Podcasts for 2024. We had a virtual tie so we kick this off with a tie for the #10th most popular Flipping 50 podcast of 2024. #10 2 Big Obstacles to Gaining Lean Muscle and Fat Loss After […]

Why I Meditate and My Recent Weeklong Meditation Experience

On this  special release episode over the holidays, still appropriate no matter when you might listen, I’m going a little personal about why I meditate. I’m sharing some of my recent experiences at a weeklong retreat. Had you told this active, love to exercise, entrepreneur with two-armed company that she was going to: Not know […]

Exercise Timing Improves Exercise Benefits in Menopause

The timing of your exercise hurts or improves exercise benefits in menopause. If this is new stay with me! If this is like a review or you’re a trainer and you’re unsure of how to relate these things to your clients, you stay with me too! This is a great refresher and for some trainers […]

Turning Your Personal Drama and Trauma into Transformation

Personal drama or personal trauma? One and the same? What is it, and how does it shape your health and happiness? Let’s explore the connection between everyday irritations and deeper trauma. From bad hair days to betrayal, uncover how personal drama impacts your well-being and how to move past it to live the life you […]

Increase Longevity and create a life you look forward to without Heavy Lifting

Having a better menopause experience alone ensures you increase longevity and your health span. Usually we talk about preserving muscle, reversing bone loss, and enhancing walking speed to do so. Today, it’s a lot less sweat and breathlessness. but probably the hardest exercise I could ask you to do. Research shows that older individuals with […]

Empower & Energize Yourself with The Colors You Wear

Have you ever wondered why you feel better based on the colors you wear? In this episode, you’ll understand just how your fashion is related to your personality. Know the difference between “image” and “essence”. Discover how to use fashion as a tool for self-expression and personal growth! Today’s guest is my personal color expert […]

Empower & Energize Yourself with The Colors You Wear

Have you ever wondered why you feel better based on the colors you wear? In this episode, you’ll understand just how your fashion is related to your personality. Know the difference between “image” and “essence”. Discover how to use fashion as a tool for self-expression and personal growth! Today’s guest is my personal color expert […]

Building Muscle During Menopause: A Protein and Exercise Review

Building muscle during menopause takes a unique stimulus compared to PRE menopause and is also unique during peri and post menopause. Of course there’s more. Are you trying to lose weight, gain muscle, prevent osteoporosis, reduce or avoid medication, do you have adrenal fatigue or long haul? In this episode I’ll discuss the research on […]

Connection Between the Sex Hormones and Bone Density

Today’s episode is a refresher course or your introduction if you’re new to Flipping 50 and not quite sure you can make the connection between sex hormones and bone density. Share this with younger women to understand “more than seen and felt symptoms” of perimenopause. Many women aren’t aware of the options, pros and cons […]

Exercise for Menopause Brain Fog, Memory, Depression and Anxiety

If you deal with menopause brain fog, mild depression or anxiety any time of year, this is for you. It’s also for anyone who wants the latest science on exercise and brain health. The evidence around how movement affects mental well-being is growing, and I want to share some of the most impactful insights with […]

Fitness Then and Now: A Look at Fitness Routines as You Age

Let’s have a quick flashback on fitness then and now, a look at fitness routines as you age. We’re going to talk about how we exercised through the years with my guest Linda Malone who is 65. She’s been in the fitness industry as a personal training and fitness expert. She’s doing some marketing and […]

My Morning Routine and How It’s Changed Over Time

In my 20s, I would go for a run within an hour of waking. But as the years went by, I would linger over coffee and my studies or work. Even though I still wanted to move in the morning, I realized the best quality creativity and focus were accessible to me in the first […]

My Morning Routine and How It's Changed Over Time

In my 20s, I would go for a run within an hour of waking. But as the years went by, I would linger over coffee and my studies or work. Even though I still wanted to move in the morning, I realized the best quality creativity and focus were accessible to me in the first […]

My Morning Routine and How It's Changed Over Time

In my 20s, I would go for a run within an hour of waking. But as the years went by, I would linger over coffee and my studies or work. Even though I still wanted to move in the morning, I realized the best quality creativity and focus were accessible to me in the first […]

What You Do and Don’t Know About GLP-1

What you don’t know about GPL-1 drugs may hurt you, or your opportunity to improve your health. Misconceptions could limit your ability to make an informed decision about whether they’re right for you. Whether you’re someone considering these medications for your own health or a fitness professional trying to better understand how they fit into […]

What You Do and Don't Know About GLP-1

What you don’t know about GPL-1 drugs may hurt you, or your opportunity to improve your health. Misconceptions could limit your ability to make an informed decision about whether they’re right for you. Whether you’re someone considering these medications for your own health or a fitness professional trying to better understand how they fit into […]

What You Do and Don't Know About GLP-1

What you don’t know about GPL-1 drugs may hurt you, or your opportunity to improve your health. Misconceptions could limit your ability to make an informed decision about whether they’re right for you. Whether you’re someone considering these medications for your own health or a fitness professional trying to better understand how they fit into […]

Menopause Fasted Exercise Pros and Cons

Our stance: Flipping 50 believes each woman is unique. That said, we favor fed exercise over fasted exercise when it is intense. That is, high intensity interval training, or strength training with the intent of preserving lean muscle mass and avoiding frailty or fragility occur within the eating window and ideally bookended by protein consumption […]

Intermittent Fasting: Solution or Sabotage Emotional Eating?

Intermittent fasting can be very sexy. But does it help or sabotage emotional eating? Some emotional eating experts we’ve hosted have strong feelings about intermittent fasting and those who have emotional eating anchoring their relationship with food have a strong aversion to it. In this episode we tap into, if intermittent fasting, how, and how […]

My Post Menopause Workout Week Experiment | What I’m Doing

My post menopause workout has been working. Let me say that first. I’m lean, as lean as I comfortably want to be, and my muscle remains high, I’m not losing it. If anything, I’ve gained more in the last 2 years as I bumped intensity and recovery in my routine. By that, I mean more […]

My Post Menopause Workout Week Experiment | What I'm Doing

My post menopause workout has been working. Let me say that first. I’m lean, as lean as I comfortably want to be, and my muscle remains high, I’m not losing it. If anything, I’ve gained more in the last 2 years as I bumped intensity and recovery in my routine. By that, I mean more […]

My Post Menopause Workout Week Experiment | What I'm Doing

My post menopause workout has been working. Let me say that first. I’m lean, as lean as I comfortably want to be, and my muscle remains high, I’m not losing it. If anything, I’ve gained more in the last 2 years as I bumped intensity and recovery in my routine. By that, I mean more […]

Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain

If you or someone in your family deals with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or you’re simply in midlife dealing with changing hormones, this episode and the book we’re discussing, Heal your gut, save your brain, will be one you don’t want to miss. My Guest: Dr. Partha Nandi, M.D., F.A.C.P is the creator and host of the […]

I Asked Chat Gpt for 3 Menopause Strength Workouts – Here’s What I Got

Here are three strength training workouts designed specifically for women in menopause. These focus on maintaining muscle mass, boosting bone density, and supporting hormone balance. Each workout should be done 2–3 times a week, allowing at least one rest day between sessions. Workout 1: Full Body Strength (45 min) Warm-up (5-7 minutes): March in place […]

I Asked Chat Gpt for 3 Menopause Strength Workouts – Here's What I Got

Here are three strength training workouts designed specifically for women in menopause. These focus on maintaining muscle mass, boosting bone density, and supporting hormone balance. Each workout should be done 2–3 times a week, allowing at least one rest day between sessions. Workout 1: Full Body Strength (45 min) Warm-up (5-7 minutes): March in place […]

I Asked Chat Gpt for 3 Menopause Strength Workouts – Here's What I Got

Here are three strength training workouts designed specifically for women in menopause. These focus on maintaining muscle mass, boosting bone density, and supporting hormone balance. Each workout should be done 2–3 times a week, allowing at least one rest day between sessions. Workout 1: Full Body Strength (45 min) Warm-up (5-7 minutes): March in place […]

Better Sex In Menopause and Beyond

How’s better sex in menopause sound? For many it sounds like a distant and foreign trip. Sex is one of the most popular topics on the show. Many women tell me their partners are glad they’re attending. Sex is such a hot topic (see what I did there?) that low libido was a topic answered […]

Caregiver to Midlife Crisis to Over 50 Fitness Athlete

The Doctor is in the house and she’s an over 50 fitness athlete. She’s juggled all the balls you may have from a caregiver and midlife crisis like me. But she’s returned to her prior passion for fitness competitions. Or has she? I’ll ask that question – is it the competition or the training or […]

An Intermittent Fasting Update with Cynthia Thurlow

In this episode with returning guest and fan fave, Cynthia Thurlow we discuss updates on intermittent fasting. If you’re craving a behind the scenes, more than science-geek relay of the power of autophagy episode you shall have it. I’m looking forward to sharing this one with you. My Guest: Cynthia Thurlow is a globally recognized […]

Optimizing Hormones Early in Perimenopause

My Guest: Emily Sadri is a Board Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, and the founder of Aurelia Health, a modern telemedicine practice for women over 35. Aurelia Health provides comprehensive hormone replacement therapy and weight loss support with long visits and un-rushed care. Emily is passionate about making complex hormonal topics accessible […]

How I Choose Podcast Guests and Controversial Topics

In this episode, it’s all about how I choose podcast guests. First before we get started, I appreciate your thoughts. I work hard on keeping an open mind and listening to suggestions. Though I can’t take action on all of them, we are here because of you. There’s this dance between the expert, experienced, the […]

Why Am I Sore in Menopause and What to Do About It

In this episode you’ll hear me respond to one of our Flipping 50 members asking a question about being sore in menopause, for no reason. If you’re sore, stiff, or even have a little niggle or “catch,” this is for you. If you’ve passed this kind of thing off for arthritis or getting old, stick […]

Six Powerful Ways To Keep Your Perimenopause Brain Sharp

Whether you or your daughter, or someone you know, the perimenopause brain can be a “thing. If you’ve been tuning in to Flipping 50 long enough, you’re familiar with symptoms of menopause. In this episode, I explore the connections of symptoms to brain health. With my guest, we’ll share how bHRT or Bioidentical Hormone Replacement […]

Timetable for Strength Training Benefits in Menopause

You’re just a workout, even a warm up set, away from strength training benefits in menopause. In this episode you will learn or get a refresher on just how soon you can expect to get those immediate results we all crave. Unlike Amazon you can’t get them dropped on your doorstep in a few hours, […]

From Managing Menopause to Winning Menopause What’s Your Story?

Just to be clear, this podcast is less about managing menopause in the physical sense of the term and more about what you might be telling yourself about it. If you are stuck in the messy middle, or you’re itching for a change, and perhaps just don’t know what that is, this is for you. […]

From Managing Menopause to Winning Menopause What's Your Story?

Just to be clear, this podcast is less about managing menopause in the physical sense of the term and more about what you might be telling yourself about it. If you are stuck in the messy middle, or you’re itching for a change, and perhaps just don’t know what that is, this is for you. […]

From Managing Menopause to Winning Menopause What's Your Story?

Just to be clear, this podcast is less about managing menopause in the physical sense of the term and more about what you might be telling yourself about it. If you are stuck in the messy middle, or you’re itching for a change, and perhaps just don’t know what that is, this is for you. […]

2 Big Obstacles to Gaining Lean Muscle and Fat Loss After 40

Chances are if you tuned into this based on the title you’re not exactly where you want to be right now. Fat loss after 40 could be a challenge in spite of your best effort. Gaining lean muscle could feel like it’s slipping through your fingers. To those regular listeners who are here no matter […]

What is Glutathione and How Can it Support Menopause?

What is Glutathione and How Can it Support Menopause? What is glutathione? Not to be confused with glutamine, it may be something you are less aware of and it certainly doesn’t make it into conversations where creatine and amino acids are. So is glutathione one of the cool kids you need to hang out with? […]

Training for Adventure Retreats Heat, Altitude, Oh My

Training for adventure retreats, aka, bucket list experiences is so much more motivating and fun than routing strength training for bone density or lose belly fat. Some might focus on fitness goals, while others are drawn to living life to the fullest through challenging adventures. So who are you? You don’t have to pick a […]

The Real Reason for Migraines and Constipation in Menopause

The Real Reason for Migraines and Constipation in Menopause Do you experience migraines and constipation in menopause? Did they begin with more frequency during perimenopause? Why does this happen? Are these common or is it just me? Migraine and constipation can be symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. These may get in the way of our […]

Things I Wish More Women Over 40 Knew About Exercise

Things I Wish More Women Over 40 Knew About Exercise This is what I wish more women over 40 knew about exercise and that it starts when women are teenagers. So, I’ll start there. I’ve worked with women for 40 years in private sessions, partner sessions, group sessions, with both husbands and wives, and with […]

The Book Busting Menopause Myths That Women (and Their Doctors) Believe

Busting Menopause Myths Estrogen causes breast cancer, gaining weight and belly fat which are inevitable… Today we are busting menopause myths just like this. In this episode, I interview a pair of authors offering refreshing insight to midlife and beyond women who are often sheltered from all the health options available to them and misinformed, […]

Fit or Fat? Training and Measuring Fitness in Menopause

Measuring fitness in menopause is complicated. I’m going to take a stab at this and let you know that if you’re not measuring beyond your weight, body composition, inches, and muscle mass at regularly scheduled intervals, you’re doing a disservice. We get all up in the business of burning calories (wrong goal), having it “feel […]

Running Long in Midlife and Beyond One 50-mile Run for a 50th Birthday

50 miles for 50th bday? Running long in midlife isn’t the first thing (or second) I recommend to women. But what happens when your peak estrogen levels were at least a decade ago? What if you’ve got a crazy goal, want to go for it, and you know how to interpret reactions and respond accordingly? […]

5 Non-Exercise Ways to Boost Fat Burn

This simple list of non-exercise ways to boost fat burn has turned my YouTube channel subscribers upside down! Meaning they’ve flipped over them! It’s crazy! Secretly my hope is that YOU are using these as extra insurance, and not your only line of defense. Increase Water Intake to Boost Hydration Increase Protein Intake Thermogenic effect […]

Natural Solutions to Restorative Sleep in Menopause

Natural Solutions to Restorative Sleep in Menopause Restorative sleep in menopause can be elusive, I think we can all agree on that! Whether perimenopause or post, fluctuating hormones combined with chaos that midlife can be, can kiss sweet dreams goodbye. But it’s the exact opposite of what you need to most easily make weight loss […]

Research About Menopause: What's Real and What’s Marketing?

Research about menopause right now is finally beginning to really get its moment. Or is it? What’s something you can trust? And what’s stated as “science-based” or “science-backed”? What can you trust and what should you question? Think of this as a crash course in Research 101. In fact, I think that was a required […]

Research About Menopause: What's Real and What's Marketing?

Research about menopause right now is finally beginning to really get its moment. Or is it? What’s something you can trust? And what’s stated as “science-based” or “science-backed”? What can you trust and what should you question? Think of this as a crash course in Research 101. In fact, I think that was a required […]

Research About Menopause: What's Real and What's Marketing?

Research about menopause right now is finally beginning to really get its moment. Or is it? What’s something you can trust? And what’s stated as “science-based” or “science-backed”? What can you trust and what should you question? Think of this as a crash course in Research 101. In fact, I think that was a required […]

How To Defy Aging Naturally without Needles or Knives

Do you want to defy aging naturally and not with botox or fillers? This is a no-judgment zone. I am guessing that if you have opted for Botox or filler, you think twice about it. Wondering about somewhere more fun to spend that $500 with no toxic effect or superficial fake and dead-giveaway that a […]

Can You Wear a Weighted Vest with Osteoporosis?

The short answer is yes. The long answer here in this episode is how. Using a weighted vest with osteoporosis comes up frequently as a question. Whether or not you have osteoporosis, stay with me, as I will talk about the overall benefits and science that’s been out since at least 2000, perhaps as long […]

TRAVELING ALONE AFTER 50 OR WITH FRIENDS? Safe vs Not Safe

Dreaming of traveling but your friends aren’t? How can we step up our game and really get the adventure and bucketlist life we want? I challenge you… and me to take the trip we want. Traveling alone is not just a destination trip, it’s very possibly a destination to yourself. How liberating would that be. […]

Truths and Myths: Lifting Heavy in Menopause for Bones & Body Comp

Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to begin lifting heavy weights during midlife, perimenopause, or menopause? Let’s talk about how lifting can be very beneficial to your bones, connective tissues, and everyday life. For beginners, you have to start slowly and surely, lifting until we feel that sweet spot. And for those lifting for […]

Truths and Myths: Lifting Heavy in Menopause for Bones & Body Comp

Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to begin lifting heavy weights during midlife, perimenopause, or menopause? Let’s talk about how lifting can be very beneficial to your bones, connective tissues, and everyday life. For beginners, you have to start slowly and surely, lifting until we feel that sweet spot. And for those lifting for […]

Detoxifying Your Body from the Damage of Diets in Menopause

The damage of diets, and often in midlife, a lifetime of it can be the limiting factor in your weight loss, your fitness, and your longevity. Girls start dieting as early as 13, sometimes even younger, leading to lifelong struggles with self-image. We talk with a male trainer specializing in helping women in their 50s […]

23 Lab Tests in Menopause and What They Tell You

In this episode I’m sharing my recent lab test, 23 lab tests in menopause, to be exact. I’ll share why so many, how often, what I’ll learn from them. If you’re at a loss for what to order or really, what you need and want a doctor to run this will help. Connecting the dots […]

Why Insulin Resistance in Menopause is So Important

How do you know you’re experiencing insulin resistance in menopause? How would you know that weight gain or belly fat may be a result of your insulin resistance? My guest today has type 1 diabetes and shares today the nuances of how to deal with midlife hormonal changes at the same time as dealing with […]

5 Ways to Improve Your Mitochondria

Improve Your Mitochondria To improve your mitochondria requires you focus a little more than on just “exercise” or “anything is better than nothing.” First, though, let’s talk about why you want to. Now, if you want a deeper conversation, I’ve got a couple resources for you. There are prior Flipping 50 episodes I’ll link to […]

78 Year Old Endurance Athlete Training for Triathlons

Rarely do we look at training for endurance or being an endurance athlete here. Today is different. This isn’t a suggestion nor a recommendation. But it is a glass ceiling lift. Whatever you think is possible, is possible. There are few 78-year-olds training for 4-5 hours on a bike or spending hours a week in […]

One Thing I Would Change After 40 Years Working with Women in Menopause

One Thing I Would Change After 40 Years Working with Women in Menopause Working with women in menopause for 40 years, even before it dawned on me that’s what I was doing, I know now what I wish I’d have done differently. I’ve never said this out loud quite like this, though I’ve hinted at […]

Lose Weight in Menopause Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible

If you have repressed metabolic syndrome your quest to lose weight in menopause faster and easier is sunk. But stay tuned to this episode. In this Flipping 50 episode with podcast guest favorite, Stu Schaffer we talk about the #1 goal most of you tell me is yours… weight loss. More specifically weight loss in […]

Protein Consumption in Menopause

When it comes to protein consumption in menopause, there are several things to consider. Even though there’s no science or medical evidence to show higher (than you grew up with or are used to) protein intakes cause kidney (renal) issues, many people still believe it’s true. What is true is or anyone who has an […]

How to Eat Out Without Blowing It!

Registered dietitian Bonni London joins me today to talk about how to eat out without blowing it and how to decide if fasting is something you want and need and if so how. Let’s talk about your definition of healthy. Is it for weight loss, weight maintenance, or is it to reverse an illness? Stay […]

Progressive Relaxation in Menopause: A Unique Practical Podcast Episode

I love progressive relaxation in menopause as a tool to do just that. Whether it’s to take a 10 minute break or get to sleep or back to sleep, it works. This method is a powerful tool to reduce stress, improve sleep, and enhance overall well-being. Incorporating this practice into your routine can make a […]

Too Much or Not Enough Variety in Exercise in Menopause?

The Importance of Basics and Variety in Exercise in Menopause Exercise during menopause can be challenging, but focusing on basics is key. These exercises build and maintain lean muscle mass and bone density, which are crucial as women age. For women over 40, sticking to basics provides significant benefits. Incorporate new exercises into warm-ups and […]

Can I Still Start Hormones 10 Years After Menopause? Doctors Respond

Can I Still Start Hormones 10 Years After Menopause? Doctors Respond The question from our community is, can I still start hormones 10 years after menopause or after 65? Felice Gersh Felice Gersh, M.D. is a multi-award winning physician with dual board certifications in OB-GYN and Integrative Medicine. She is the founder and director of […]

How to Spot Menopause Misinformation: A Doctor Talks

With the increased emphasis on menopause and longevity, there is more menopause misinformation, too. This episode takes a look at several areas where you might want to take a closer look at your Google Search, the associations and society’s you follow, what “published science” actually is, and two hot-topics right now. My Guest: Shawn Tassone […]

Exercise Your Way to a Better Mood in Menopause

The Role of Exercise in Menopausal Mood Management Feeling the mood swings that come with menopause? Crazy for a better mood in menopause? You’re not alone. This episode dives into how regular exercise can be a powerful tool for managing mood, reducing anxiety, and boosting overall well-being during the transitional phase to menopause. Get ready […]

Midlife Gut Solutions from Bloat to Colitis and Crohn’s

Seeking gut solutions? You’re not alone and apparently the USA is the gut disease capital of the world. You heard that right. In this episode, we define serious conditions like Colitis and Crohn’s but we start with – and they may start with – bloat. Have I got your attention? Understanding what could be a […]

Midlife Gut Solutions from Bloat to Colitis and Crohn's

Seeking gut solutions? You’re not alone and apparently the USA is the gut disease capital of the world. You heard that right. In this episode, we define serious conditions like Colitis and Crohn’s but we start with – and they may start with – bloat. Have I got your attention? Understanding what could be a […]

Midlife Gut Solutions from Bloat to Colitis and Crohn's

Seeking gut solutions? You’re not alone and apparently the USA is the gut disease capital of the world. You heard that right. In this episode, we define serious conditions like Colitis and Crohn’s but we start with – and they may start with – bloat. Have I got your attention? Understanding what could be a […]

5 Exercise Changes in Menopause to Overcome a Plateau

5 Exercise Changes in Menopause to Overcome a Plateau If you’ve experienced some weight loss success then got stuck, try these exercise changes in menopause to overcome a plateau. Before any of these steps make sense, resolve issues of fatigue. If you’re getting up in the morning feeling hungover, or you do a workout and […]

Defining Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

Muscle Makeover: Why Resistance Training is Essential in Menopause

Resistance training is essential in menopause. It is supportive of your hormones. It’s an endocrine organ. It supports blood sugar levels, moods and more! All inside! Are you navigating menopause noticing unfavorable changes in your body composition? This episode of Flipping 50 is your ticket to understanding why muscle matters now more than ever. Discover […]

SOMEDAY is Not a Day in the Week, What Are You Putting Off?

We often sabotage our own success by delaying important tasks. Breaking this cycle is key to making our dreams a reality. Remember, “SOMEDAY is Not a Day in the Week.” It’s time to turn your plans into actions and make your dreams happen now. My Guest: Sam Horn is the CEO of the Intrigue Agency. […]

Science that Makes Exercise Essential for Menopause Health

If you don’t already know dozens of reasons that make exercise essential for menopause health, you may after this episode. I want to share with you 5 powerful quotes directly from the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. Then I’ll tie this to the physiology of menopause. 1 If any pill or surgical procedure had the […]

Your Glucose Levels in Menopause with the Glucose Goddess

Your glucose levels in menopause could be responsible for your mood swings, brain fog, hot flashes, and if you’re lucky enough not to have those, but haven’t escaped the weight or belly fat gain, then stay tuned. Your Glucose Levels in Menopause with the Glucose Goddess On this episode I talk with the Glucose Goddess […]

Mastering Midlife Metabolism: The Key to Fat Loss After 45

If I had the key to fat loss after 45… and I could get every woman to use it, we could change history. Struggling with weight gain during menopause? You’re not alone. Tune in to learn about the unique challenges and effective strategies for fat loss specifically tailored for women over 45. We’re unpacking how […]

Muscle and Body Composition in Menopause with Brad Schoenfeld

How can you focus on muscle and body composition in menopause, specifically gaining muscle and losing fat? How many sets,  repetitions, and how much rest should you take? How much can you follow research featuring young athletic men and how should you advocate for yourself when trainers aren’t using science based on women? We cover […]

20 Menopause Fitness Changes You’ll Be Glad You Made

This is all about menopause fitness changes that you want to make, 20 of them in fact. Before any of these are truly beneficial, I’ll share this: if you’re not measuring you have no idea what is really happening. Measure and track your percent body fat and your skeletal muscle (in lbs or kgs). Other […]

20 Menopause Fitness Changes You'll Be Glad You Made

This is all about menopause fitness changes that you want to make, 20 of them in fact. Before any of these are truly beneficial, I’ll share this: if you’re not measuring you have no idea what is really happening. Measure and track your percent body fat and your skeletal muscle (in lbs or kgs). Other […]

20 Menopause Fitness Changes You'll Be Glad You Made

This is all about menopause fitness changes that you want to make, 20 of them in fact. Before any of these are truly beneficial, I’ll share this: if you’re not measuring you have no idea what is really happening. Measure and track your percent body fat and your skeletal muscle (in lbs or kgs). Other […]

Ageless Aging: Believe it or Not?

Out this week, Ageless Aging is a new title on the shelves and book author and women’s aging advocate, Maddy Dychtwald is here with us on this episode. You’re going to love this episode. We dive into why women have to advocate for themselves, the power of your mindset and why you and all your […]

Figuring Out Calories You Need in Menopause

Calories you need in menopause are key as your body experiences these natural changes. Exercise nutrition in menopause is more important than ever. The intuitive response to a desire to lose menopause weight or belly fat is to eat less and or do sit ups and tons of cardo. All bad ideas. Make the calories […]

How Much Magnesium – The Missing Link to Total Health

How much magnesium should you include in your daily regimen? Magnesium is involved in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body, impacting everything from your energy levels to how well you sleep at night. But the question remains: how much do you really need to support your health during menopause? How much magnesium do you […]

It’s Not What You Lose, It’s the Confidence You Gain in Menopause

Confidence you gain in menopause could light a fire under you like never before in your life. What’s not to love? You raised kids who are good people. You like them. You survived stuff. You know real drama and you’re done with mean girls who have time to leave comments on your social media platforms. […]

It's Not What You Lose, It's the Confidence You Gain in Menopause

Confidence you gain in menopause could light a fire under you like never before in your life. What’s not to love? You raised kids who are good people. You like them. You survived stuff. You know real drama and you’re done with mean girls who have time to leave comments on your social media platforms. […]

It's Not What You Lose, It's the Confidence You Gain in Menopause

Confidence you gain in menopause could light a fire under you like never before in your life. What’s not to love? You raised kids who are good people. You like them. You survived stuff. You know real drama and you’re done with mean girls who have time to leave comments on your social media platforms. […]

Pelvic Floor Health in Menopause and Exercise

There’s a good chance you have concerns about pelvic floor health in menopause or before or after and either don’t know it or don’t talk about it. If you don’t know it, it’s because you’ve never associated gas or inability to control your urge to go with pelvic floor for just one example. Most of […]

Why a Trainer May Not Get You Results in Menopause

Fitness Shifts in Menopause: When Your Trainer May Not Get You Results Your trainer may not get you results in menopause. Rethink your trainer-led workouts. It’s not his or her fault, but it’s critical to understand that what worked for you in your 30s or 40s might not be effective now. It wasn’t until I created Flipping 50 […]

Can You Fast and Prevent Muscle Loss in Menopause and Beyond?

If you’re juggling the desire for longevity benefits of fasting with the need to prevent muscle loss in menopause, this is for you!! Prioritize your fasting and lean muscle goals and objectives! In this episode we guide listeners on how to set their health and fitness goals based on their current status, determining when fasting […]

Overdoing Exercise in Menopause: The Struggle to Scale Back

If this is you overdoing exercise in menopause, it’s very possible you might be saying that you love exercise so it’s not you. In this episode I’m going to talk about: Low dopamine receptors Addiction You see it in those recovered from drugs or taking a break from drugs only to become obsessed with exercise. […]

Reverse Biological Age with Dr. Olga Stevko's Methodology

Reverse biological age with the concept of a secret clock within your body. Imagine it can make you look and feel older or younger than you are. It’s like having a magical switch that can change how old your body seems. Believe it or not, our unconscious mind holds a lot of sway over our […]

Reverse Biological Age with Dr. Olga Stevko's Methodology

Reverse biological age with the concept of a secret clock within your body. Imagine it can make you look and feel older or younger than you are. It’s like having a magical switch that can change how old your body seems. Believe it or not, our unconscious mind holds a lot of sway over our […]

Lean Muscle in Menopause: 7 Supplements I Use

Here are the supplements I use daily for lean muscle in menopause. And it’s made a difference. A big difference. In the recent previous solo episodes on less belly fat, I pointed out that muscle loss is essentially fat gain. My 60th birthday also prompted a mental inventory of well, everything from the major changes […]

A New WeightLoss Mindset: From Ballerina to Dietitian

A new weight loss mindset is critical to navigating the shifting sands of midlife. Just eating less or in moderation might not work for us like it used to, and it’s important to understand why. Instead of sticking to old ideas, we need to rethink how we approach food and weight loss. Let’s talk about […]

I Gained Muscle After 50: How I Lost Fat

Time Flies: How I Lost Fat and Gained Muscle After 50 In this episode, I’ll share how I lost fat and gained muscle after 50 and discuss how I improved my body composition. There’s a winning score at the end of this decade, but I was down by some significant points halfway through. Here’s how […]

How Toxins are Disrupting your Sex, Stress and Thyroid Hormones

Toxins, like unwelcome party guests, invade our systems, disrupting crucial sex, stress, and thyroid hormones. This reminds us of the damaging effects of toxins and the preventive steps we may utilize to lessen the impact of toxins that could disrupt the hormones in our bodies. It all boils down to equipping ourselves with facts and […]

Less Belly Fat: Muscle Loss is Fat Gain in Menopause

For Less Belly Fat, Lift Weights: Muscle Loss is Fat Gain in Menopause For less belly fat, the deep visceral type that isn’t just vanity, it’s deadly, lift weights. While yes, High Intensity Interval Training (or HIIT) is notably recognized by science as a means for removing fat, it may have more positive impact on […]

Live Longer Regardless of Your Biological Age with Kara Fitzgerald

Older-shmolder! How taking control of your biological age can help you live longer, better. This episode is going to have something for everyone in your life. From the food you eat and daily habits you have, you will findout how to reverse your old age before it even happens. My Guest Dr. Kara Fitzgerald is […]

Muscle Protein Synthesis in Menopause: How to Plan Pre and Post Workout

If you’re losing tone, can’t seem to get the results you deserve for the time and energy you spend, you can blame it on part on muscle protein synthesis in menopause. What you did that worked isn’t going to.  In the dance between muscle protein synthesis and muscle protein breakdown, you’re MPS is stepping out […]

Restore Hormones to Factory Settings? More Science for bHRT

Restore before more is the number one tenant of Flipping 50. In this episode we visit the concept that you restore hormones using bHRT.  Whether you are or you aren’t. I’d say most women I know in 2024, are open to and already having conversations around hormone replacement.  In our 10th year at Flipping 50, […]

10 Comprehensive Ways Resistance Training Revolutionizes Menopause Health

Picture the headline: Resistance training revolutionizes menopause health. It’s that simple.  It’s 2024. We still hear both about the use of HRT or reasons (perhaps outdated) not to. We hear about both animal protein and the plant protein advocates.  With this simple method of – humor me – hormone enhancement – there is no argument. […]

Weight Gain in Perimenopause and Menopause

It’s no secret weight gain in perimenopause – or menopause transition and post menopause – is different. It doesn’t respond the way you would have predicted it should. It doesn’t come on at the same rate or in the same place as you think it should.  My guest today is an  MD and yet she’s […]

Low Energy Availability in Menopause? Eating Too Little to Feel Good or Age Well

Low energy availability in menopause is a key concern, especially if you’re both trying to exercise and combine that with fasting and you could easily be there. In this episode I’ll help you answer whether you’re in a state of low energy availability leaving you with too little energy to feel good during or after […]

The ABCs of Metabolic Mastery for Midlife Women

In this episode we break down the levers for metabolic mastery for midlife women in such easy terms that it is my prediction you will want to listen again. My guest smoothly coaches us through unique messages with examples and specifics. No platitudes or lists in this episode. This will stick.  We talk about habit […]

Meet the Team Flipping 50 Behind the Scenes

This is absolutely the first time I’ve done a greet and meet the team here at Flipping 50. [ Not completely true though – We’ve had one community coach on the show to talk about her 60th birthday and her perspective on it.] In the She Means Fitness Business podcast (for you fitness and health […]

Mothers and Daughters Hormones and Health Literacy

This episode is for mothers and daughters so it’s definitely not one to keep to yourself. There are numerous resources mentioned within this episode as well. Those include reference to Judy Blume’s Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret?, Flow and the wisdom of What, When and Why to Exercise for Women 40+ guest expert Alissa Vitti. […]

Why & How the Flipping 50 Show Started a Decade Ago

Like many things worth it, it wasn’t easy when the Flipping 50 show started. If you’re new or you’ve been here a minute but you never heard this story, this is how it all started.  Tears roll down my face as I take down years of memories. Since I can remember I wanted dozens of […]

Why & How the Flipping 50 Show Started a Decade Ago

Like many things worth it, it wasn’t easy when the Flipping 50 show started. If you’re new or you’ve been here a minute but you never heard this story, this is how it all started.  Tears roll down my face as I take down years of memories. Since I can remember I wanted dozens of […]

Sexual Wellness AMA with Women's Sexual Health Expert Lyndsey Harper

In midlife sex is not over! Sexual health expert, Dr Lyndsey Harper joins me in this episode. The questions that are top of mind even if not tip of tongue are what we’re tackling today.  Here’s how I know. In opening applications for the Flipping 50 TV shows the questions about libido were so prevalent […]

Sexual Wellness AMA with Women's Sexual Health Expert Lyndsey Harper

In midlife sex is not over! Sexual health expert, Dr Lyndsey Harper joins me in this episode. The questions that are top of mind even if not tip of tongue are what we’re tackling today.  Here’s how I know. In opening applications for the Flipping 50 TV shows the questions about libido were so prevalent […]

What Are the Real Secrets to Longevity?

Want the real secrets to longevity so you can love it not just last it? This is it. My guest has a voice so buttery you’ll find so easy to listen to and so excited that you’re going to get excited too. You’ll hear how he fell into longevity science. He shares a wealth of […]

Community Member SpotLight: Rotator Cuff Injury Solutions

If you have a rotator cuff injury or any injury for that matter at the time you’re also feeling like you’re constantly faced with figuring out your changing body’s needs, this is for you. We unpack the unknowing and waiting. What can you do when mobility or ability is limited? How do you create a […]

Exercise Physiology Plus Menopause Physiology for the Midlife Exercise Rx

In this episode discussing the midlife exercise rx I host Dr Kathleen Jordan as we discuss from a Medical Exercise Specialist and a physician the mash up of menopause symptoms and exercise solutions to mitigate and amplify good health now and for decades ahead.  In case you’re curious, I have a couple stats.  Nearly 50% […]

Fat Burning Exercise Boost or Not? The Downside of Coffee

The downside of coffee for many is the gut devastation. For others, if we’re talking caffeinated, not decaf, it’s the jitters. Some women rely on it for pooping. (That’s not good by the way. We may want to restore your factory settings, because you never needed this as a child, right?)  Your DNA may determine how […]

Getting Out There After 40 Stop Holding Back!

It’s time to stop holding back and start sharing your crazy unique gifts. But it’s hard, right? What will people think? How do you put  yourself out there at a time when very possibly the myriad of changes in your life shake your confidence?  It’s always my hope that the strength you gain from lifting […]

Do You Need a Detox and If So, How?

Whether it is the beginning of the year or a new season or you’re listening later to this episode, cleanses and detoxes are prevalent topics. Do you need a detox? I may have answered that very differently 10 years ago. This episode follows two recent episodes on detox and answers some of the questions from […]

Inspiring Stories of Older Athletes North of Forty

Every once in a while inspiring stories come across my desk and I’m so excited to share this episode. Author, Lauren Hurst – who calls herself not an author – wrote a book about older athletes sharing their path and performance.. Some of which will blow you away.  I’ll link in this episode to a […]

Unlocking the Secrets to Skin Longevity | A Solution for Crepey Skin

You lift the weights, drop the collagen in your coffee and hydrate like it’s your job but still with the toned muscles see loose skin. A female scientist may have the answer for crepey skin.  In 2018 I received hundreds of applications for the Flipping50TV show https://www.flippingfifty.com/flipping-50-tv/. Popular questions made it to the show. The 18th episode […]

Woman to Woman: How to Get Your Best Sleep in Midlife

Time to get your best sleep in midlife (and later)!!  You’re going to hear about thought restructuring, placebo effects, and how to improve your days by improving your nights. Does sex before bed improve your sleep? What do you do if you’re waking at 2 or 3 am? Why might you be waking at these […]

Whole Body Vibration for Longevity in Women 40+

For the ultimate tips on longevity in women 40 and over we’re diving into whole body vibration in this episode with a spokesperson and brand ambassador for Power Plate.  Did you know whole body vibration was first used by astronauts to essentially add protection of bones when in space? Did you know the brand I […]

How Your Exercise Supports Natural Detox

Exercise both directly and indirectly influences detox. Exercise increases respiration, circulation and sweat production.  Exercise [in the sweet spot] also improves digestion and elimination so the toxins released can be removed. Exercise stimulates the lymphatic system (an integral part of the immune system for removal of metabolic waste and toxins).  The Lymphatic system relies on […]

To Detox and If So How to Detox: Midlife Woman to Midlife Woman

Wonder how to detox? Or if you even need to? I know my view on this has changed dramatically in the last decade. Once under the belief that our body’s detox naturally enough to do the job, I don’t think that’s the case any more. I think we often need a boost and depending on […]

You Want to Balance Blood Sugar for Belly Fat Reduction

If you’ve got a belly fat issue you potentially also have a need to balance blood sugar. In this episode I answer a community member question.  Community Member Question:  “I am struggling with keeping my blood sugar balanced. I am wearing the CGM and it is showing my blood sugar going below 70 many times during […]

Grow Your Own Food | Gardening for Greater Health

How would you like to grow your own food for dinner? Step outside your door or head to a special place on your counter and grab your spinach or microgreens, wash them and enjoy?  No matter where you live, my guest today tells us we can do this. I love the idea of pulling it […]

How to Boost Your Metabolism in Midlife the Non-Dieting Way

It is possible to boost your metabolism in midlife and it’s probably not going to happen from a diet. In fact everything about a diet will tell your body to burn fewer calories and slow your metabolism and deplete energy. Why do we collectively still resort to eating less? That’s going to be a puzzle […]

Testing Your Longevity: Older or Bolder

This episode kicks off the New Year with something we seem to all be so interested in, right behind belly fat, and that’s longevity. Is it just me or is it even 30-somethings now trying to reverse aging? Unpacking all that this is and isn’t could be a philosophical episode all on its own. Instead, […]

Is CBD the Answer? How Women Use CBD to Manage Menopause

Curious about when or how women use CBD to their best advantage? I’ve been using CBD off and on for about 6 years. I originally began after being gifted some products that then loved so much I shared with my mom for her lower back. I’ve used rubs and lotions for recovering from training rides […]

Flipping 50 Top 10 Podcasts of 2023

In this, one of my favorite podcasts of the year, you’ll find all the top 10 podcasts of 2023 as voted by you and downloads. Whether you’re listening from the show notes pages at Flippingfifty.com, on iTunes, iHeartRadio, Spotify or any of 80 other platforms where this 10 year old podcast appears twice weekly, I […]

Sleep Yourself Productive | Better Sleep Well Rested Days

You’re a pillow talk away from better sleep well rested days.  If you’re listening you care about better sleep well rested days. Whether you’re struggling with it, or grateful you don’t sleep is king and queen of recovery and all things functioning well. But this episode goes far beyond our usual layer of sleep. If […]

How to Pair Intermittent Fasting and Exercise After 40

If you are trying to use intermittent fasting and exercise after 40, it’s tricky. You’re choosing to apply two hormetic stressors to a body already under hormetic stress going through physiological changes. We really can separate this into three areas – which might help you understand the dilemma.    The benefits of intermittent fasting for […]

Younger for Life with America’s Holistic Plastic Surgeon®

Younger for life, how does that sound? In defense of pro-aging not anti-aging and of loving the wisdom and comfort that comes with knowing who you are and aren’t and not having time for silly petty thoughts of worry about what someone might think… this may sound a little contradictory. But I know I like […]

Younger for Life with America's Holistic Plastic Surgeon®

Younger for life, how does that sound? In defense of pro-aging not anti-aging and of loving the wisdom and comfort that comes with knowing who you are and aren’t and not having time for silly petty thoughts of worry about what someone might think… this may sound a little contradictory. But I know I like […]

Younger for Life with America's Holistic Plastic Surgeon®

Younger for life, how does that sound? In defense of pro-aging not anti-aging and of loving the wisdom and comfort that comes with knowing who you are and aren’t and not having time for silly petty thoughts of worry about what someone might think… this may sound a little contradictory. But I know I like […]

21 Ways to Optimize Your WORKOUT After 40, 50, 60 or 70

Get ready to optimize your workout after 40. This list of tips comes from a simple round up of tips shared often on social media and that surprise me that we don’t all know this. Yet.. why should you? You haven’t eaten and slept this for 40 years! You haven’t spent every week keeping up with […]

How to Use Stress as a Tool for Hormone Balance

How can stress be a tool for hormone balance? My guest and I dish on the topic of stress in this episode and how you can harness stress as a tool for your hormone balance.  Knowing exercise is stress and that may be what led you here, we all have to deal with stress not […]

The Hidden Reason for Belly Bloat

If you’re struggling with weight loss resistance, a chronic pain or injury or gut issues, there may be a hidden reason for belly bloat and so much more.  The answer isn’t more exercise and less food. The answer is something you may not have addressed yet in your life.  Warning: this episode talks more about […]

Workout Changes I’ve Made at 59 | Women Over 40

I’m right there with you. Continuing to do the same thing and expect different results would be crazy. Continuing to do the same thing with a body that isn’t the same as a decade or two ago is insane!  So here’s what I’m doing, to help you identify where you may want to shift too!  […]

Workout Changes I've Made at 59 | Women Over 40

I’m right there with you. Continuing to do the same thing and expect different results would be crazy. Continuing to do the same thing with a body that isn’t the same as a decade or two ago is insane!  So here’s what I’m doing, to help you identify where you may want to shift too!  […]

Workout Changes I've Made at 59 | Women Over 40

I’m right there with you. Continuing to do the same thing and expect different results would be crazy. Continuing to do the same thing with a body that isn’t the same as a decade or two ago is insane!  So here’s what I’m doing, to help you identify where you may want to shift too!  […]

What REALLY Causes Cancer? | Reduce Risk & Recurrence

If you know what really causes cancer you can make better daily choices to prevent it or prevent recurrence.  My guest today overcame her own cancer 100% naturally. She’s not the only one. Knowing we each have cancerous cells in our bodies that do or don’t express based on our epigenetics or lifestyle choices, can […]

What REALLY Causes Cancer? | Reduce Risk & Recurrence

If you know what really causes cancer you can make better daily choices to prevent it or prevent recurrence.  My guest today overcame her own cancer 100% naturally. She’s not the only one. Knowing we each have cancerous cells in our bodies that do or don’t express based on our epigenetics or lifestyle choices, can […]

Sex Dysfunction in the City Just Like That

Low libido, sex dysfunction, stress, insomnia, body confidence… we unpack a lot in this episode. Two guests today both specializing in women’s health with specific attention to libido and pelvic floor health show up for this podcast and bring it.  Sex dysfunction is no laughing matter for couples who used to enjoy each other and […]

7-Minute Natural Facelift: Not Too Good to Be Tru

If you’ve looked in the mirror lately and you see something that makes you wonder about surgery or botox and that is just not you, but you’d love a natural facelift with no negative side effects, this is for you. First though, I’m a low maintenance girl. I am also a skeptic. Look, I get […]

How to Lose Weight for Active Women Over 40: Women’s Exercise Nutrition

Many women want to lose weight. To lose weight for active women over 40, they also don’t want performance to deteriorate. There are a few things to consider. First, it’s not the eat less, exercise more dogma that will get you what you really want.  Most women want energy, tone and definition, and strength for […]

How to Lose Weight for Active Women Over 40: Women's Exercise Nutrition

Many women want to lose weight. To lose weight for active women over 40, they also don’t want performance to deteriorate. There are a few things to consider. First, it’s not the eat less, exercise more dogma that will get you what you really want.  Most women want energy, tone and definition, and strength for […]

How to Lose Weight for Active Women Over 40: Women's Exercise Nutrition

Many women want to lose weight. To lose weight for active women over 40, they also don’t want performance to deteriorate. There are a few things to consider. First, it’s not the eat less, exercise more dogma that will get you what you really want.  Most women want energy, tone and definition, and strength for […]

5 Books I Loved in 2023 | Gift Ideas

Fair warning: this 5 books I loved in 2023 episode will read a little like a book review. It’s a great gift guide but perhaps the biggest take-away for us all is in the review of titles. I won’t make you wait. I’m going to share them all in the beginning. The titles are like […]

What Is BioHacking? | Women’s Health

Before I go further you should know, I’ve despised the word “hacking” for a long time. For me it seemed like code for shortcut, cheat, and quick fix. And a decade ago I think that was true. But I know better and the biohacking we’re talking about here is very different. It’s not cheating the […]

What Is BioHacking? | Women's Health

Before I go further you should know, I’ve despised the word “hacking” for a long time. For me it seemed like code for shortcut, cheat, and quick fix. And a decade ago I think that was true. But I know better and the biohacking we’re talking about here is very different. It’s not cheating the […]

What Is BioHacking? | Women's Health

Before I go further you should know, I’ve despised the word “hacking” for a long time. For me it seemed like code for shortcut, cheat, and quick fix. And a decade ago I think that was true. But I know better and the biohacking we’re talking about here is very different. It’s not cheating the […]

The #1 Reason You’re Not Getting Fitness Results

If you’ve experienced this… I want you to to know the #1 reason you’re not getting results from my 40 years experience, and most of all from the most recent comments, DMs and group conversations we have. Said 100% with respect to us all… but we have failed to commit to any one. While we’re […]

The #1 Reason You're Not Getting Fitness Results

If you’ve experienced this… I want you to to know the #1 reason you’re not getting results from my 40 years experience, and most of all from the most recent comments, DMs and group conversations we have. Said 100% with respect to us all… but we have failed to commit to any one. While we’re […]

The #1 Reason You're Not Getting Fitness Results

If you’ve experienced this… I want you to to know the #1 reason you’re not getting results from my 40 years experience, and most of all from the most recent comments, DMs and group conversations we have. Said 100% with respect to us all… but we have failed to commit to any one. While we’re […]

Continuous Glucose Monitor Use by Nondiabetics to Guide Diet and Improve Health

Answers to Your CGM Questions: For Nondiabetics  Got questions about CGM use? We’ve got answers to your CGM questions in this episode. My guest wrote the book and we have a tip-rich discussion about how you can benefit from CGMs and change your life. And if not you, potentially this will be of value for […]

5 Menopause Workout Tips from Recent Exercise Studies

Let’s get into the science today. These 5 menopause workout tips stem from recent research featuring women in menopause and effects of menopause. If this is you, was you or will be you… I’m so glad you’re here!  No idea where to start? Start with this: https://www.flippingfifty.com/5dayflip  #1 Menopause Workout Tips: ESTROGEN LOSS DIRECTLY CORRELATES TO […]

Wellness Professional Profile: Wellness Matchmaker

It’s Match-dot-com for wellness! My guest today is making it easy for women over 40 to find the right coach. And she’s also midlife herself so this episode is so meta in terms of examples of creatively following your passion, finding a problem and solving it!  Women in business are to be applauded! And women […]

A Hormone Therapy Roadmap: What, When & Why 

Have you wished there was a hormone therapy roadmap? Well, it’s your lucky day. It’s exactly what I hope this episode is for you. On the regular I am approached or meet with functional doctors who do hormone therapy for clients.  But this is a unique episode and I’ve crafted my questions hoping to answer […]

A Hormone Therapy Roadmap: What, When & WhyÂ

Have you wished there was a hormone therapy roadmap? Well, it’s your lucky day. It’s exactly what I hope this episode is for you. On the regular I am approached or meet with functional doctors who do hormone therapy for clients.  But this is a unique episode and I’ve crafted my questions hoping to answer […]

A Hormone Therapy Roadmap: What, When & WhyÂ

Have you wished there was a hormone therapy roadmap? Well, it’s your lucky day. It’s exactly what I hope this episode is for you. On the regular I am approached or meet with functional doctors who do hormone therapy for clients.  But this is a unique episode and I’ve crafted my questions hoping to answer […]

PostMenopause Bones: How Much Bone are You Losing?

Postmenopause bones are at greater risk of fracture, continued bone loss and in need of specific exercise to target and protect. Whether you’re fragile, high risk or you’re one of millions of women diagnosed with either osteoporosis or osteopenia wanting to reverse it, if you’re postmenopause, this is particularly for you. It’s a quick episode […]

Midlife and Swinging For the Fence

  Are you swinging for the fence, or just bunting? Midlife AND… an autoimmune diagnosis that might have made someone else fold their tent and go home. But not today’s guest. In fact, she turned it around and leveraged it instead.    You may say it fuels what she does.    It’s easy to think […]

Midlife Changes with Intermittent Fasting Expert Gin Stephens

Midlife changes – beyond hormones – are the topic of this conversation. My guest is Gin Stephens. She is a change queen. Once a teacher always a teacher she says. But she left teaching as a profession and moved into intermittent fasting.  Although, this episode is not about the intermittent fasting books or podcasts she […]

Power Plate Benefits | Prior Skeptic to a Believer

Surely by now you’ve heard of Power Plate. I discussed in a recent episode about whole body vibration and well, Power Plate basically has cornered the market on research, design, and utility. Want to know some sneaky good Power Plate benefits? Stay tuned! We’re all looking for a short cut. There are a few. In […]

Build Bone After Osteoporosis

Yes, you can build bone after osteoporosis. You can reverse bone losses. So if you were diagnosed years ago you were told something different. But today, research is showing positively that three unique exercise types contribute significantly to bone health. There’s more, and I’ll share another resource at the end, but to get the recent […]

MenOpop: "It's Cool to be HOT" Party | Celebrating Women in Menopause

We’re celebrating women in menopause all month of October and doing it right along with my guest today. It’s Menopause Month and October 18 is World Menopause Day. (October 20 is Osteoporosis Day and this is also Breast Cancer Awareness month) It’s a busy month for women!  My Guest:  Michelle Cohen is a writer, director, […]

MenOpop: "It's Cool to be HOT" Party | Celebrating Women in Menopause

We’re celebrating women in menopause all month of October and doing it right along with my guest today. It’s Menopause Month and October 18 is World Menopause Day. (October 20 is Osteoporosis Day and this is also Breast Cancer Awareness month) It’s a busy month for women!  My Guest:  Michelle Cohen is a writer, director, […]

Are MEN JUST as at Risk for Osteoporosis?

This episode with Kevin Ellis is a favorite of mine, very possibly because Kevin is a favorite of mine. You’ll hear me say that and if you joined us for the What, When & Why to Exercise for Women 40+, or you’ve visited Kevin’s show on Youtube when he’s interviewed me, you understand why.  Kevin […]

Functional Feet for Your Second Half with a Strong Foundation

Before you ask what kind of shoes I like or our guest does, listen to this for a deeper understanding of healthy feet.  Posture a problem? How are your feet? Functional feet are the topic of the day. Barefoot specialist expert Dr Emily Splichal is more than a podiatrist. She’s a functional podiatrist. And… she’s […]

Your Brain Better | A No Negative Side-Effects Method

He had me at no negative side-effects. Tune into this episode to learn, right along with me. More people are using alternative medicine. This discussion of bioelectric medicine opens the door to yet another type of optimizing body tissues and function. This isn’t about another “treatment” but yet a way to potentially get out of […]

That Gut Feeling is Real How Gut Impacts Mood

That Gut Feeling is Real How Gut Impacts Mood Got that loving gut feeling ? Following that gut feeling may lead you places you don’t want to go right now. If you’ve never given thought to how your gut impacts mood, this is the time. No mood swings or lows to complain about? Stay with […]

Thyroid and Adrenal Health for Women

What if I told you that your thyroid and adrenal health not only are connected (not a news flash) but that your need to floss is also related? Got your attention? My guest is talking about a very important topic or topics for Flipping 50 members.    Thyroid and adrenal health are both key to […]

Sex and Sports for Women Over 40

Waning libido is common but it’s not the only thing to consider. We’re looking at libido, sex, and orgasm all inclusively in this episode. If this all makes you blush, it’s audio-only, and we’re just talking. But if you don’t have this discussion with girlfriends because sex talk is uncomfortable, you don’t want it and […]

Whole Body Vibration for Bone Density | Medical Exercise Specialist Report

What do you know about whole body vibration for bone density? Curious? Skeptical? Me too. But with more and more instances of degeneration, chronic illness or long haul preventing the active life that supports bone health, additional means of stimulating both muscle and bone density are always on my mind.  Falls are the second leading […]

Female Entrepreneur Suzelle Snowden of Fit Bodies, Inc. Teaching Vacations

If you’re a female entrepreneur, you know. You know juggling all the things. And the unique way a woman’s brain is both made for it and it can bring you down with overwhelm!  A woman on a mission to provide one solution at one resort ended up creating a business that 30 years later is […]

How Much Collagen Counts Toward Protein Needs?

How much does collagen count toward your protein needs? It’s an excellent question. There are  a couple things to keep in mind with protein. It’s like a prescription med in that if you don’t have enough of it, you don’t get the benefit. You’d never take an Rx med just half now and half later […]

Behind the Scenes: Menopause Fitness Coaching Session

Today I invite you to listen to a sneak peek of a menopause fitness coaching session from the exclusive STRONGER coaching call library. What questions do women in a 12-week strength training program with varying levels of experience with strength training ask? This is where you find out. The actual coaching session isn’t edited. It […]

Navigating Social Media Instagram Tips for Women 40+

I’ve got Instagram tips for women! What if we could make social media more midlife friendly for you? What if it was more than a rabbit hole, something that made you feel bad or fill in the blank not ________ enough? What if you were the boss of it? This is such an off topic. […]

Clutter Free, Lighter Weight, and Better Sleep?

I’m everything but clutter free.  I sit at my desk (aka the dining room table) and can count 5 piles of unique content, just reduced from 6 because I have one sitting behind me on the chair to toss. I’m not proud of this and I know the direct correlation between inability to focus and […]

The Chronic Pain Solution for Complete Resolution

The chronic pain of tight upper back and neck and mid back combined with desire to gain strength and muscle through lifting weights may just be creating a vicious cycle. Could you be not over exercising, but under aware of your posture, over amplifying poor postural habits by your lifting and making things worse.  Recently, […]

Take a Walk with a 57-year old Book Author | Just 1400 Miles

If the recent podcast episodes about walking didn’t inspire you to take a walk this episode might. My guest and her husband decided one day to go for a walk. Ninety-eight days later they’re still married, possibly more fit and have things to share about what it was like to learn to adjust and adapt […]

Better Mattress, Better Sleep in Menopause?

Ask any woman what she wants and it just might be better sleep in menopause. Ask her what her biggest challenges are and she might say belly fat or energy but often the underlying reason is poor sleep whether she knows it or not.  Dr Michael Breus contributed an expert opinion in the sleep chapter […]

Which Hormones Matter Most in Meno(pause)

Which hormones matter most for your health during and after menopause? I’m asked far too often about unique individual hormones. This week it was testosterone and DHEA. Both I wrote about in You Still Got It, Girl! Yet, you don’t want to just look at individual hormones without looking at the whole picture of your […]

You Can Lose Fat and Add Muscle in Your 60s: She Did!

Want to lose fat and add muscle? Think it’s too late? My next guest will help you lose any doubt you can do it at your age.. Including in your 60s. A frequently-asked question in our community at least among newcomers is, Is it too late? Is it too late to stop the muscle loss […]

Not Just for Men, Why Women Need Testosterone, Too!

The most abundant hormone in women. Lower percentage compared to men but still ultimately important. For instance, healthy male ranges in a 2022 pub med study stated 300-1000. In women they’re 15-70ng/dL though Centers for Disease Control list 8-49 ng/dL as healthy. The importance of this differential is this: are you focused on optimal ranges […]

Intimacy and Incontinence with The Girlfriend Doctor

This episode with the Girlfriend Doctor is a real opportunity to listen over the fence with us. It was truly a girlfriend’s dish. She is, of course, Dr. Anna Cabeca. This episode is full of discussion on intimacy, incontinence, aging, even resistance to weight training – wait til the end, you won’t want to miss […]

21 Walking Tips | Menopause Q and A Video

This episode of walking tips is purely responses to our communities’ questions. and WOW did you have a lot of them? So let’s dive right in. In case you landed here first, you may also want to go back one episode and listen to the podcast I released about the benefits of walking that is […]

The Effects of Walking on Your Health

I’ve recently been getting up early to go for walks before 12 weeks of live coaching calls with our Stronger participants and to beat the 110 degree heat streak we’ve had in Phoenix. Many days I’m enjoying music in my ears. But others, I hear the faint memories of my mother beside me, and imagine […]

What Women Need to Know about Hormone Replacement Therapy

Women need to know about hormone replacement therapy. Can we agree on that? It’s so important that you don’t rely on rumors or pieces of information with huge gaps. Still curious about Hormone Replacement Therapy? Whether you’re still deciding if it’s for you or not for you, or you’re struggling to try to get the […]

Electrolytes for Hydration: Beyond Water, Heat, and Exercise

I finished pedaling and swung my leg off the bike. My bike shorts and jersey had telltale signs of salt markings on them. Once I cooled down, any exposed skin was like sandpaper. I was like a human French fry.  I have trained for 8 Ironman distance triathlons. That includes a lot of time both […]

Grip Strength Is More Than Access to Nut Butter: Positive Aging

Did you know your grip strength and mortality risk are closely related? Scientific studies included in this episode share the relationship between your grip strength and longevity, and how to test and improve your grip strength.    Can you open that jar of nut butter without assistance? If you’re handing those jars off to someone […]

Enhancing Gut Health to Enhance Weight Loss & Muscle Strength

Enhancing gut health may be the least sexy part of improving your body composition. After all, there’s no Lululemons, no flexing in front of a mirror, and there’s got to be some consciousness about it. Most of all for many of us, there has to be an understanding of why, and how, and one last […]

Enhancing Gut Health to Enhance Weight Loss & Muscle Strength

Enhancing gut health may be the least sexy part of improving your body composition. After all, there’s no Lululemons, no flexing in front of a mirror, and there’s got to be some consciousness about it. Most of all for many of us, there has to be an understanding of why, and how, and one last […]

When Exercise & Diet Aren’t Working: Which Lab Tests Should I Get?

Which lab tests should I get? Should I test my hormones? These are common questions. It’s also a common recommendation from trainers and coaches… I don’t always agree with.    One question I ask first:    What are you going to do with it? (do you want to do HRT? Considering it? Or not? Knowing […]

When Exercise & Diet Aren't Working: Which Lab Tests Should I Get?

Which lab tests should I get? Should I test my hormones? These are common questions. It’s also a common recommendation from trainers and coaches… I don’t always agree with.    One question I ask first:    What are you going to do with it? (do you want to do HRT? Considering it? Or not? Knowing […]

When Exercise & Diet Aren't Working: Which Lab Tests Should I Get?

Which lab tests should I get? Should I test my hormones? These are common questions. It’s also a common recommendation from trainers and coaches… I don’t always agree with.    One question I ask first:    What are you going to do with it? (do you want to do HRT? Considering it? Or not? Knowing […]

Dropping 50 Over 50 His & Hers Flipping 60 Story

Does dropping 50 lbs sound good to you? Or make it 20 or 10 if that’s all you have, it would feel pretty good, wouldn’t it?    I’m about to shock your socks off. You’re going to hear from two good friends and colleagues today who are going on the adventure of a lifetime with […]

Dropping 50 Over 50 His & Hers Flipping 60 Story

Does dropping 50 lbs sound good to you? Or make it 20 or 10 if that’s all you have, it would feel pretty good, wouldn’t it?    I’m about to shock your socks off. You’re going to hear from two good friends and colleagues today who are going on the adventure of a lifetime with […]

Why Do I Still Have Belly Fat Even Though I Exercise?

Why Do I Still Have Belly Fat Even Though I Exercise?  First, it’s important to know that what you were once taught, and may still hear: “eat less and exercise more” will backfire if it’s causing your stress levels – cortisol to go too high.    If you’ve been fueling well, eating adequate protein (more […]

What are the HRT Effects on Exercise Results?

What are the HRT Effects on Exercise Results?  Do HRT effects on exercise results give you an advantage (or hold you back)?  I’ve addressed this in podcasts and interviews before but it was asked again. So let’s discuss it. In Cliff notes, yes it makes a difference. And yet there are things to consider about […]

Heal Your Thyroid and Reverse Hashimotos

Can you reverse Hashimoto’s thyroiditis? Or you may be asking, what exactly is that?    What if your thyroid issues weren’t just thyroid issues but an autoimmune disease and you didn’t know it? Could the fatigue and hair loss you’ve experienced be fixed with changes in lifestyle?    Often unfortunately, it’s still not all that […]

28-Day CGM Experiment: What I Learned This Time

It’s not my first 28-Day CGM Experiment. [CGM, by the way, is Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor]. I’m not new to this. I use this with clients and suggest for our members they do this if they’re doing -what they think- are all the things and not getting results.   Another subgroup of clients I do […]

Birthdays After 40 | Happy 60th Birthday

The birthdays after 40. Remember when birthdays were all slumber parties and phone-shaped cake? What are your thoughts on birthdays now? While we couldn’t wait to be older once, I’m curious how some of the birthdays now feel. First, there were 10 – double digits, then 13 of course finally making it to teenagehood. Then […]

Common Injuries After 40 (and How to Fix Common Injuries)

I hope you don’t know this from experience but there are common injuries after 40 that we can help you fix. The right trainer and program helps you avoid them, the wrong trainer may lead you to them.   To clarify, exercise doesn’t always cause injury but it can make you very aware that you […]

The Metabolism Boosting Workouts I Do When I Don’t Have Time!!

Metabolism-boosting workouts are key to losing weight after 40! Just “lifting weights” may miss the mark! Without a plan and the right sequence, protocol.   In this episode, I’m going to give you a crash course on how we program at Flipping 50. You will have a very short course in personal training! And we […]

The Metabolism Boosting Workouts I Do When I Don't Have Time!!

Metabolism-boosting workouts are key to losing weight after 40! Just “lifting weights” may miss the mark! Without a plan and the right sequence, protocol.   In this episode, I’m going to give you a crash course on how we program at Flipping 50. You will have a very short course in personal training! And we […]

The Metabolism Boosting Workouts I Do When I Don't Have Time!!

Metabolism-boosting workouts are key to losing weight after 40! Just “lifting weights” may miss the mark! Without a plan and the right sequence, protocol.   In this episode, I’m going to give you a crash course on how we program at Flipping 50. You will have a very short course in personal training! And we […]

What Accelerates Aging and How to Reverse Aging

Are your habits accelerating aging? It’s well known that oxidation accelerates aging, and yet the question could be if we know what accelerates aging don’t we also then know how to reverse aging?  I have a controversial guest on the show today. You know if you’re here and have been for a minute that I’m […]

Money is Power, Women Need More of Both

Money is power. You may be asking, do I have the right podcast? Isn’t this health and fitness and all things menopause fitness & hormones? Yes, yes it is. And if I give you the blueprint for longevity and a healthspan to match, money is going to come up.    Did you plan on living […]

Are You Insulin Resistant in Menopause or Beyond?

If you’ve become insulin resistant in menopause, or suspect you are and want to know more about how to confirm it and resolve it, this is an episode you don’t want to miss. You’ll learn about testing, about habits that will help reduce your risk of insulin resistance and so much more. Understanding and addressing […]

Living Longer is NOT the Goal: Research on Longevity

Living well, not living longer ought to be the goal. Everywhere I turn though this is the longevity economy. What can I do to live longer?  What can I take? What’s my real age? Interest in Flipping 50’s genetic test for chronological vs biological age and what to do about it is peaking. We want […]

More Endurance Exercise, Less Muscle and More Fat with Age | Recipe for Disaster

Gaining more fat with age is not inevitable. But following the path of the 80s and striving to get an hour of cardio (or more in daily) just might make it so.    Prolonged aerobic exercise, especially at higher intensities, significantly elevates cortisol concentrations when compared to similar duration and intensities of resistance exercise.  Higher […]

Your Perimenopause Workout vs Your Post Menopause Workout

If you wonder what you need during perimenopause or what a post-menopause workout looks like, this is for you. So, often women ask about themselves, as in, “What about women over 60?” or “What if I’m in my 70’s? Is it too late?”    From the start of perimenopause through post-menopause and beyond, the ideal […]

Muscle is an endocrine organ – Muscle is HRT for Women 40+

You likely have either a strong opinion, a fear, or curiosity about HRT for women. Let me assure you that this episode isn’t referring to something you take as a pill, a cream, a trochee, a shot, a pellet, or a patch.    Said like that, this is much simpler! Like my friend, and community […]

Muscle is an endocrine organ – Muscle is HRT for Women 40+

You likely have either a strong opinion, a fear, or curiosity about HRT for women. Let me assure you that this episode isn’t referring to something you take as a pill, a cream, a trochee, a shot, a pellet, or a patch.    Said like that, this is much simpler! Like my friend, and community […]

Your Pelvic Floor: Prolapse and Incontinence

How’s your pelvic floor health? In good shape? Did you know you could be doing your kegels wrong? Did you know that overall being strong improves your pelvic floor health? Doing crunches for your core? Stop now.  A strong pelvic floor is not only an enabler… of better sex, and exercise for bone and muscle […]

Spike Protein and What It Means for Midlife Health Is Spike Protein Causing Your Weight Gain?

Spike protein can be affecting your health and the health of those in your family. Whether you’ve had the vax, the virus, we’ve all been exposed. And the spike protein is a part of that.    My guest today is a returning guest so neck-deep in the science of supplements for naturally kicking our bodies […]

BodyBuilding, Bikini and Figure After 50 | 5 Female Fitness Competitors Speak

My guests today are not new to the Flipping 50 show. They were such a hit – an inspiration and source of intrigue – they’re back. This time I’m going to ask some more specific questions about their training, their nutrition, their show preparation, and more, so tune in for this one.    This figure […]

Best Friends for 40 Years: Living Kidney Transplant

This episode on living kidney transplant is quite different from any we’ve hosted before and yet so very much a part of the richness of community, the value of friendships, and the realization that at this point a common sense of values connects us in a way we couldn’t have predicted.    How far will […]

Is Zone 2 Best for Fat Burning in Menopause?

Everyone is talking about Zone 2 training. What is it? First, its important to understand that I show 5 training zones here. Other sources use 6 zones, still others 4, and others zone 7… so we’re already not talking about the same thing. “Zone 2” for fat burning is a bit of a myth Fact: […]

What They Don’t Teach Trainers About Exercise Prescription

The list of things they don’t teach trainers – whether in a four-year degree or a certification is long. Consider that there are such a broad wealth of foundational skills a trainer or fitness instructor needs to know and there’s generally a specific promise about the time and energy investment required to earn the degree […]

What They Don't Teach Trainers About Exercise Prescription

The list of things they don’t teach trainers – whether in a four-year degree or a certification is long. Consider that there are such a broad wealth of foundational skills a trainer or fitness instructor needs to know and there’s generally a specific promise about the time and energy investment required to earn the degree […]

What They Don't Teach Trainers About Exercise Prescription

The list of things they don’t teach trainers – whether in a four-year degree or a certification is long. Consider that there are such a broad wealth of foundational skills a trainer or fitness instructor needs to know and there’s generally a specific promise about the time and energy investment required to earn the degree […]

Why Am I Losing My Hair and What Can I Do About Hair Loss?

Signs and symptoms are abundant but menopause hair loss is right up there with that ever-changing and frustrating journey that is menopause. Whether for you it’s a thinning of hair or receding hair, hair loss is not a common topic here but definitely one we’re going to cover today.  You will hear 4 different categories […]

Higher Metabolism with Thermogenesis: What’s the Influence of Foods?

We’d all love to have been born with a higher metabolism. If you haven’t the question is can you get a higher metabolism with thermogenesis?    The term thermogenesis refers to heat generation in direct response to the food you eat.    There are a lot of myths suggesting that 5 or 6 small meals […]

Higher Metabolism with Thermogenesis: What's the Influence of Foods?

We’d all love to have been born with a higher metabolism. If you haven’t the question is can you get a higher metabolism with thermogenesis?    The term thermogenesis refers to heat generation in direct response to the food you eat.    There are a lot of myths suggesting that 5 or 6 small meals […]

Higher Metabolism with Thermogenesis: What's the Influence of Foods?

We’d all love to have been born with a higher metabolism. If you haven’t the question is can you get a higher metabolism with thermogenesis?    The term thermogenesis refers to heat generation in direct response to the food you eat.    There are a lot of myths suggesting that 5 or 6 small meals […]

6 Strategies to Raise Your Energy: 5 Are NOT Exercise!

If you want to raise your energy this is for you. Beyond the superficial ask for energy for exercise, or to get through the day without caffeine, this is about the deeper vibrational energy.    You know when your vibrational energy is up because you walk into a room and people look. They seem to […]

Keeping and Gaining Muscle Over 50: Made Easy, & Less Painful

Muscle losses begin at age 30 – if we’re not doing anything to prevent them. The average (and no you’re not!) individual will lose 3-8% of muscle per decade and a significant amount by age 60. After that, it accelerates. Again.. This is based on historical data. How about we change history?  Loss of muscle […]

Keeping and Gaining Muscle Over 50: Made Easy, & Less Painful

Muscle losses begin at age 30 – if we’re not doing anything to prevent them. The average (and no you’re not!) individual will lose 3-8% of muscle per decade and a significant amount by age 60. After that, it accelerates. Again.. This is based on historical data. How about we change history?  Loss of muscle […]

What They Don’t Teach Women About Strength Training (and should!)

What don’t they teach women about strength training? Plenty. For starters, how she’s unique from males, how she uniquely burns fat during exercise, and how her pre-menopause exercise and post-menopause exercise results will change. Most of all, how to be the absolute happiest and most successful with exercise at any point in her life.    […]

What They Don't Teach Women About Strength Training (and should!)

What don’t they teach women about strength training? Plenty. For starters, how she’s unique from males, how she uniquely burns fat during exercise, and how her pre-menopause exercise and post-menopause exercise results will change. Most of all, how to be the absolute happiest and most successful with exercise at any point in her life.    […]

What They Don't Teach Women About Strength Training (and should!)

What don’t they teach women about strength training? Plenty. For starters, how she’s unique from males, how she uniquely burns fat during exercise, and how her pre-menopause exercise and post-menopause exercise results will change. Most of all, how to be the absolute happiest and most successful with exercise at any point in her life.    […]

Resistance Training for Women Over 40 Q and A | Menopause Fitness

It’s resistance training for women over 40 Q and A time! An attendee at the What, When & Why to Exercise for Women 40+ asked this question and other trainers and you may also have this question.  Q: Can you explain how ‘progressive overload’ builds strength/gains muscle (hypertrophy)?  Is it possible for someone who is […]

Why Am I Bloated? Is Your Protein Causing Midlife Gut Issues?

“Why am I bloated?” It’s a conversation starter for many of the clients and students I’ve worked with. First, this. Midlife gut issues are common, not normal. Ironically, some of the healthy habits you have may be getting in the way of your optimal absorption of nutrients, digestion and or elimination.  In a recent previous […]

10 Changes That Improve Menopause Transition Fitness

In spite of so many sources citing the devastating journey through midlife, it’s possible to improve menopause transition fitness. But many of these are learned the hard way by women who have gone through or are currently going through menopause.  You’re seeing more and more influencers… those who sell makeup, who sing, who blog, bake […]

Protein Supplements for Muscle Building: What, When & Why to Exercise for Women 40+

I received this question about Protein Supplements for muscle building and want to share the question and the response with you. Lucy’s Question: I am learning so much. I have a question about protein supplements. I have heard collagen, protein powders and creatine mentioned. I take a glutamine supplement for my gut. Any comments on […]

Protein Supplements for Muscle Building: What, When & Why to Exercise for Women 40+

I received this question about Protein Supplements for muscle building and want to share the question and the response with you. Lucy’s Question: I am learning so much. I have a question about protein supplements. I have heard collagen, protein powders and creatine mentioned. I take a glutamine supplement for my gut. Any comments on […]

Is a Chiropractor in Your Midlife Health Arsenal?

Do you have a chiropractor in your midlife tool kit? How do you benefit? Is it something you wonder about? Whether you’re addressing alignment, performance, or pain with hard or soft tissue manipulation this episode may answer some of your questions.  In today’s interview we discuss how you can benefit, how to know you’d benefit, […]

A Trek Up Mt Kilimanjaro with 3 Artificial Joints at 70

Got a bucket list? Today’s guest went up Mt Kilimanjaro, for the second time in January, having had 3 joint replacements at 70.  I feel like I should just stop talking at this point and get you right to the show, so it’s exactly what I’m going to do.  Just this first…  Watch Irv’s Mt […]

Current Status: Fatigued and Want to be Fit!

Today’s episode reads like a Facebook status: Fatigued and want to be fit! So if it feels like you’re married to tired, in a relationship with recovery from exercise, virus, or life, then stay tuned.  If your level of fatigue is squashing hopes of starting and sticking to an exercise routine, my guest and I […]

Being Healthy Enough to Beat Breast Cancer: A Trainer’s Story

My guest today beat breast cancer and wants to share – just 7 weeks after surgery – her story. We record this at the end of March and after appointments in December revealed a problem, her life changed.  We have a real and raw discussion about life, boobs, healing and emotions on this journey. Whether […]

Being Healthy Enough to Beat Breast Cancer: A Trainer's Story

My guest today beat breast cancer and wants to share – just 7 weeks after surgery – her story. We record this at the end of March and after appointments in December revealed a problem, her life changed.  We have a real and raw discussion about life, boobs, healing and emotions on this journey. Whether […]

Being Healthy Enough to Beat Breast Cancer: A Trainer's Story

My guest today beat breast cancer and wants to share – just 7 weeks after surgery – her story. We record this at the end of March and after appointments in December revealed a problem, her life changed.  We have a real and raw discussion about life, boobs, healing and emotions on this journey. Whether […]

What IS Urolithin A and How Does It Help Healthy Aging?

You potentially  haven’t even thought about Urolithin A yet today! Ha! Well, I hadn’t either. In fact, I want to put an r in the word, it’s so unfamiliar I struggled with it in the interview! But it can have a positive impact on healthy aging and we’re going to tell you just how.  What […]

Your New Sweat-Free Health Exercise: Your Brain Workout

Time for your brain workout. Back in 2008, I was traveling all over the midwest by car to do keynotes on stages for healthcare forums for continuing education. My signature story ended with this statement: “train your brain.” How full circle for me that I’m hosting guest and brain expert Dr Titus Chiu, not for […]

My Thyroid and Adrenals: Navigating Midlife Hormones

“I wonder if it’s my thyroid.” Sound familiar?  If you too are wondering,  Is it my thyroid, or adrenals, or it’s stress… and don’t know how you’d know, this is your episode. My guest is a long time resource for our community and a well-respected expert in thyroid, as well as Hashimoto’s.  Are you started?  […]

Happier Hour | What Wine Time, Sober, and Sober-Minded Living Mean to Health

For some it’s coffee, for others wine time, and still others, it’s both. If you have less control over how you feel and rely on … anything but your natural energy, the question is… do you want it that way?  This episode asks, whether you choose it or it’s got you.  Feel like it’s wine […]

Adrenal Fatigue Talk with the Hip Hop Energy Doc, Tricia Pingel

Let’s have the talk, the adrenal fatigue talk. It’s not a new topic but I’ve got a new boss in town to share her story and some solutions. Adrenal fatigue is something many of our community members deal with, or it surfaces while they’re in a program and they haven’t ever stopped to realize that […]

Female Cycles & Exercise Cycles (Even Without One)

Is your exercise working against your hormones? Could that be making you more tired, or prone to injury? Is your routine limiting your performance results?  It’s widely accepted that exercise is a pillar of good health. For women, though, there’s a gap in exercise recommendations designed based on their unique hormone profile.  In a 2021 […]

Female Cycles & Exercise Cycles (Even Without One)

Is your exercise working against your hormones? Could that be making you more tired, or prone to injury? Is your routine limiting your performance results?  It’s widely accepted that exercise is a pillar of good health. For women, though, there’s a gap in exercise recommendations designed based on their unique hormone profile.  In a 2021 […]

Do You Need a Coach, Trainer, or Consultant? How to Choose a Fitness Pro

How do you know if you need a coach vs a trainer or a consultant?  What’s the difference? How do they work? How do I know when I need which?  There’s a difference in what each does. And you may need more than one. Or an expert who has both skills, and (dare I say), […]

Are Your Mitochondria Aging Too Fast? | Slow Down to Energy Up

Feel like you’re aging too fast? Here’s help in this episode. I’ve had this guest on before and it’s not likely the time. If I asked if you’d like a non-pharmaceutical answer to better mood, energy, sex, and to reduce risk of disease – dozens of diseases, and reverse effects of aging you may have […]

Knowing What You Want: How I Plan to Spend My Birthday

Do you know what you want? It’s not easy, especially if you have a lot of choices. Ironic right? But true. I learned this about myself AND learned it about women in general about 30 years ago. Somewhere between 3 and 4 decades ago I began doing the marketing for fitness businesses and creating packages […]

10 Questions to Ask a Trainer or Fitness Instructor in 2023

What should you ask a trainer?  Recently a woman shared her misfortune of attending a fitness class and hurting her knee, and cautioned, “Be careful what fitness class you go to” to other gym-goers. This happens all the time. So this episode takes a moment, and supplies the questions you want to ask before you […]

After 40 Muscle Is a Girl’s Best Friend

Think after 40 muscle is a thing of the past? Think again!  There was a time when I was a cardio bunny. I dabbled in strength training but spent hours each week, sometimes a day, doing “aerobics.”  We tend to think, because we were told it so often for decades, that aerobic activity is best […]

After 40 Muscle Is a Girl's Best Friend

Think after 40 muscle is a thing of the past? Think again!  There was a time when I was a cardio bunny. I dabbled in strength training but spent hours each week, sometimes a day, doing “aerobics.”  We tend to think, because we were told it so often for decades, that aerobic activity is best […]

After 40 Muscle Is a Girl's Best Friend

Think after 40 muscle is a thing of the past? Think again!  There was a time when I was a cardio bunny. I dabbled in strength training but spent hours each week, sometimes a day, doing “aerobics.”  We tend to think, because we were told it so often for decades, that aerobic activity is best […]

Getting Lighter Redefined: Decluttering Weight Loss

Could your house, or your office, use a little decluttering?    Get ready for weight loss in a way you’re not used to hearing me talk about it! You have the ability, through decluttering, to change your mood, and potentially your weight. Could your kitchen counter be reflecting on your resistance to weight loss? Is […]

Caregiving Made Easier | Support for Challenging Times

Caregiving is anything but easy. Even if it’s a labor of love. For many midlife women this is just a chaotic time. Midlife, midlife hormones, midlife career, midlife relationship changes, and aging parents or other loved ones. Maybe a sick or injured child or spouse.  What can you do to take care of your own […]

Weight Management After 50 and Beyond

Weight management after 50. Calories don’t determine whether you store or burn fat; hormones do.  A few ideas for you in this episode. Even if you don’t want to focus on weight loss, you’ll find something in this episode.  My Guest:…

BodyBuilding for Women Over 50 (and 60, or 70) or Life Building

Bodybuilding for women over 50. No matter who you are, you probably got an image in your head. What was it? I can’t wait to introduce you.  I have 5 guests today. And there’s a video version if you’d like to see them. You might want to. They’re not your grandma but some are grandmas. […]

Personalized Gut Health: Resolve Menopause Gut Issues

Most midlife women have gut issues they ignore, accept as normal, or just try to quietly cope with. And they may avoid group exercise or social engagements because of it. If you too are doing either of those or limiting your food intake, avoiding eating instead of finding the root cause of the issue, this […]

What Is Exercise Endocrinology [For Women Over 40]

Your Health Coaches, Group Fitness instructors and personal trainers don’t get this in their basic foundation. Nor do undergrads in exercise science or kinesiology. There’s just too little time.  The “minimum viable information a fitness or health professional needs to enter the field” is not enough for your support of women. Let alone women in […]

Fasting Your Way to a Stronger Faith and Healthier Body

Fasting your way. Exercising your way. Working, loving, living your way. Consider that many women actually compromise doing it their way and yet their entire world revolves around them. Kids, spouse, career positions many women hold are the glue behind an organization. Whether it’s the behind the scenes or you’re the boss running the show, […]

Get and Keep Your Brain Fit, Healthy, and Strong

Your body is fit or you’re working your way there, but are you brain fit? Did you know that you may not know it but have had a concussion? That kind of trauma doesn’t do the brain any favors. From memory to focus today to dementia later, brain health is on our minds (pun intended).  […]

Stop the Health Band-Aids! Crutches We Think Are Normal

Metamucil and Coffee to Poop, Alcohol to Sleep. These Health Band-Aids are not doing you any favors.  If you’re using coffee to poop and alcohol to sleep, it’s not normal. Nor do you have to settle or tolerate feelings or symptoms.  t’s time to rip off these false health band-aids. If constipation or chronic energy […]

Cortisol Hormone: Don't let it derail your fat loss efforts

Cortisol hormone, it’s a love hate relationship. It’s energy. It’s stress. It’s stress energy. It’s energy stress. It’s where we get energy to exercise. It’s what we sometimes need to purge with activity. It keeps us up. It can keep us down. It can prevent weight loss. It can increase belly fat storage.  Stop the […]

Cortisol Hormone: Don't let it derail your fat loss efforts

Cortisol hormone, it’s a love hate relationship. It’s energy. It’s stress. It’s stress energy. It’s energy stress. It’s where we get energy to exercise. It’s what we sometimes need to purge with activity. It keeps us up. It can keep us down. It can prevent weight loss. It can increase belly fat storage.  Stop the […]

Easy Fat Loss for Women Over 50

An oxymoron? You might be thinking fat loss for women over 50 is just that. Two statements that don’t belong in the same sentence. Oh but they do and not just because it’s frustrating or elusive.  In this episode, how I make fat loss for women over 50, including my about to be 59 year […]

Effective Fat Loss for Women After 50: Strategies That Work

Effective fat loss for women after 50 does not include starving yourself. It doesn’t include walking or other exercise hours and hours, it doesn’t include salads and missing pleasure from food.  It may not include intermittent fasting, or grapefruit.  Two words for you:  Add muscle. That is the Cliff Notes for this episode.  If you’re […]

Why You Can’t Lose Fat in Menopause

Trying to lose fat in menopause? This is for you.  You enter menopause without having bought a ticket. You just find yourself suddenly inside. Things around you start changing. For you it may be sleep changes, a change in your body composition so there’s a little more padding in the cushions. Weight seems to have […]

Why You Can't Lose Fat in Menopause

Trying to lose fat in menopause? This is for you.  You enter menopause without having bought a ticket. You just find yourself suddenly inside. Things around you start changing. For you it may be sleep changes, a change in your body composition so there’s a little more padding in the cushions. Weight seems to have […]

Why You Can't Lose Fat in Menopause

Trying to lose fat in menopause? This is for you.  You enter menopause without having bought a ticket. You just find yourself suddenly inside. Things around you start changing. For you it may be sleep changes, a change in your body composition so there’s a little more padding in the cushions. Weight seems to have […]

What 150+ Interviews with Wellness Experts Revealed

If you’ve got an expert who’s done more than 150 interviews with wellness experts, what would you ask? This is a male voice, you’ll love if like me you love an accent, and may also love this voice of reason.. Got males in the household? My guest may resonate. Give me sane, give me realistic, […]

Joy of Movement: Finding the Lost Art of Exercise After 50

Kelly McGonigal has taken a message I learned in 1984 and looked at complex science of it, and simplified it again down to Joy of Movement… and she’s done it by storytelling. I am an exercise and sports psychology expert, trained in not only the exercise physiology and kinesiology but in the mindset of exercise […]

How Not to Die From Your Nutrition Mistakes

Worried you might be making nutrition mistakes? We’ve got a no-judgment zone in this episode.  No one chooses to die sicker, fatter, or suffer but what if your daily choices were making that happen? Unknowingly, many adults make a wrong turn on the way to “healthy eating.” Foods learned at one point to be healthy […]

Walking Off Weight in Menopause | Controlling Blood Sugar

Walking off weight – in far less time than you might think – not only sounds easier and more accessible than most exercise options, but also been proven. Move over intermittent fasting, here comes intermittent walking.  Seriously, I don’t mean to dish fasting. And plenty of prior episodes have reviewed the plausibility of fasting based […]

How to Make (Sex and) Exercise More Effective: Pelvic Floor

Want more effective exercise ? Let’s talk pelvic floor. The area between your anus and your pubic bone is some of the most important real estate a woman has. Do you know how to take care of it, stage it, and manage it?  My guest today shares that more women do now. She’s a young […]

Easy Healthy Habits Start Here: Effortless Kitchen Hacks

Easy healthy habits coming up! Yes, exercise! However, what if it was easier than that to get more energy and boost your overall well being? We do certain things regularly. Your daily routine and mine are probably very similar day to day. That is what you do this morning in the first 10-30 minutes of […]

Healing Trauma to Lose Weight: What if it’s Not Stress?

You don’t wake up thinking about healing trauma. You don’t even search for it on your computer at night. You may however, want to lose weight… and be stuck. You may find you continuall get injured or get repeated bouts of colds or virus. But it’s just stress, right? That’s what we say.  Could your […]

Healing Trauma to Lose Weight: What if it's Not Stress?

You don’t wake up thinking about healing trauma. You don’t even search for it on your computer at night. You may however, want to lose weight… and be stuck. You may find you continuall get injured or get repeated bouts of colds or virus. But it’s just stress, right? That’s what we say.  Could your […]

Healing Trauma to Lose Weight: What if it's Not Stress?

You don’t wake up thinking about healing trauma. You don’t even search for it on your computer at night. You may however, want to lose weight… and be stuck. You may find you continuall get injured or get repeated bouts of colds or virus. But it’s just stress, right? That’s what we say.  Could your […]

Midlife Weight Loss: Burn Body Fat, Balance Your Hormones

If you want to burn off body fat there are a few things you have to know. Very possibly there are a few things you need to unlearn.  In this episode you’ll hear me ask my guest these questions:  Are Keto and Fasting good for Midlife weight loss?  We are going to unpack the science […]

Is It Too Late and Is It Okay to Settle?

When you saw the title of this podcast, what was the first thing that popped into your mind? Like “Is it too late to lose weight? Too late to go back to school? Too late to be a lawyer? Is it too late to find love? To climb Mount Everest?” What would be your end […]

Your Best 2023 | A Free Workshop for Women

Your best 2023 will be no accident while it might include surprises and serendipitous wonder.  On this day, in this month millions set goals, resolutions, and I don’t. I’ve believed and witnessed that SMART goals are dumb since 1984.  The older adults get the less they set them because the more they know they don’t […]

Top 10 Podcasts 2022 | Flipping 50 Podcast

In this top 10 podcasts 2022 edition I will countdown Letterman-style (he’s from Iowa, of course)! Show notes will have the links to each so you can listen easily. Find those at /top-10-podcasts-2022 Starting with number 10 and working our way up, here are your Top 10 podcasts 2022 for the Flipping 50 show.  #10 […]

When Your Workouts Aren’t Working | Women Over 50

When your workouts aren’t working, and you’re doing them, it’s so frustrating. There’s the question of, is it you? Are you not working hard enough?  I’ll share with you that in 40 years, when clients have hit plateaus, those clients who are doing the work, it’s most often not for lack of effort. So, let’s […]

When Your Workouts Aren't Working | Women Over 50

When your workouts aren’t working, and you’re doing them, it’s so frustrating. There’s the question of, is it you? Are you not working hard enough?  I’ll share with you that in 40 years, when clients have hit plateaus, those clients who are doing the work, it’s most often not for lack of effort. So, let’s […]

When Your Workouts Aren't Working | Women Over 50

When your workouts aren’t working, and you’re doing them, it’s so frustrating. There’s the question of, is it you? Are you not working hard enough?  I’ll share with you that in 40 years, when clients have hit plateaus, those clients who are doing the work, it’s most often not for lack of effort. So, let’s […]

3 Steps to Gain Lean Muscle in Menopause

Is it too late to gain lean muscle in menopause? No. Is it harder to gain lean muscle in menopause? Than it was when you were at your peak muscle in your 20s, yes. Shouldn’t I focus on fat loss first? No.  To gain lean muscle … so you look better, feel better, and do […]

Exercise for Bone Density Then and Now

What is the optimal exercise for bone density benefit? A question you may be asking. A question I recommend you ask as you think about your own urgency, current status, past exercise history, and risk of fracture.  Heavy Strength: 10 or Fewer Repetitions  Yet not all women over 40 can. Limited by co-existing conditions, occurrence […]

What is Medical Gaslighting and What Do You Do About It?

Could it be gaslighting? Do you feel ignored, overlooked, or unheard related to a medical issue? How would you define gaslighting? My guest today discusses the trending term. And unbeknownst to her or I we discuss menopause, the Boomer generation, new choices, and even scope of practice for health coaches.   My Guest:  Andrea Nakayama. As the […]

5 Keys for Building Muscle After Menopause | More Fat Burning & Fat Loss

Building muscle after menopause is not only possible, but also necessary! Synopsis: Unless you’ve been a bodybuilder, or avid weightlifter and eating a high protein diet, and dialed both those up during perimenopause, chances are you have lost muscle tissue since your 30s.  That means a loss of fat burning potential and a slower metabolism. […]

5 Keys for Building Muscle After Menopause | More Fat Burning & Fat Loss

Building muscle after menopause is not only possible, but also necessary! Synopsis: Unless you’ve been a bodybuilder, or avid weightlifter and eating a high protein diet, and dialed both those up during perimenopause, chances are you have lost muscle tissue since your 30s.  That means a loss of fat burning potential and a slower metabolism. […]

Age Your Way | Women Over 60 Become Calendar Girls

I say calendar girls and you think…? Unless you’ve watched documentaries recently, it’s not likely what you’re thinking.  Synopsis:  The love of dance and glitter bonds an unlikely group of 60-plus women in Southwest Florida – the Calendar Girls. But under the veil of fake lashes and unicorn horns lurks the deeper truths of what […]

Menopause Hormone Balance and Fascia Health | Melt Method

Have you heard of MELT? Today is your day. If movement doesn’t feel good, if you’ve foam rolled yourself to the painful tune of oohs and ahs but don’t feel better, then this episode will make it make sense to you.  My Guest: Sue Hitzmann, MS, CST, NMT, is an internationally recognized neurofascial science & […]

Identify the Reason for Your Headaches and Migraines

In 2014 I moved from Iowa to Colorado and ultimately to a home positioned at over 8000 ft. While I looked at the Great Divide from my window and felt it was so worth it, there were days I couldn’t wait to close my eyes and go to bed. I caved in to high doses […]

Chronic Symptoms that Won’t Resolve? Can't Get A Diagnosis?

Have you accepted your chronic symptoms as your “normal” simply because there were no answers when you sought help? Let’s put an end to that right now! One of the reasons I so often hear, “what I used to do that worked doesn’t work any more” is not just a shift in hormones, it’s that […]

Chronic Symptoms that Won't Resolve? Can't Get A Diagnosis?

Have you accepted your chronic symptoms as your “normal” simply because there were no answers when you sought help? Let’s put an end to that right now! One of the reasons I so often hear, “what I used to do that worked doesn’t work any more” is not just a shift in hormones, it’s that […]

Chronic Symptoms that Won't Resolve? Can't Get A Diagnosis?

Have you accepted your chronic symptoms as your “normal” simply because there were no answers when you sought help? Let’s put an end to that right now! One of the reasons I so often hear, “what I used to do that worked doesn’t work any more” is not just a shift in hormones, it’s that […]

The Gratitude Podcast

This gratitude episode in honor of Thanksgiving weekend is a diversion from for the holiday.  Thanksgiving past. Ten years ago I enjoyed Thanksgiving, without my family, with 1500 new acquaintances at an all-inclusive buffet in Cozumel. That trip was the beginning of something very different for me. Changing the environment gives you a unique perspective […]

Chiropractor Quits to Go From a Stressed To a Sexy Menopause

Sexy menopause? Does that sound like an oxymoron? My guest found her sexy menopause and believed in the need for menopause advocates so much she gave up her chiropractor license and committed to coaching.  My Guest:  Dr. Kim Norman is a holistic doctor. She practiced chiropractic for almost 30 years specializing in nutrition. Dr. Kim […]

3 Brain Health Supplements Worth the Extra Pill

Your brain health may need this.    Never has a client said, I love taking supplements. Frequently I’ve heard, but I eat healthy and choose to get my nutrients from food.    And I get it. However, wow in 2022 that can be a challenge. I did ask my guest, neurologist, Dr. Amelia Scott Barrett, […]

Beyond Color: Confidence, Radiance, and Energy in Your Closet

Color has so much more to it than your favorite color and truly may be the key to better relationships, businesses, and feeling confidence and powerful.  It’s not just one favorite color, but a family of colors that are about you, for you and cheering in your corner. You can choose to relate best, to […]

Amplify Health After 50: Easing into Organ Meat

My sister-in-law was a rockstar mom. She cooked organ meats for my niece. Who is to this day healthy, resilient and as strong a woman as I know.  I did not do this for my son. Just saying. I loved the idea of making my own baby food. I just never did it. Can you […]

Find Your Power, React Less and Raise Up More

Are you leaking your power? Giving it up and reacting or overreacting?  In heated moments, with piles of situational stressors upon you, it’s one thing to try to react less and another to do it.  My guest is an executive coach for female leaders and has the anecdote for that. We’re diving into how you […]

Burnt Out at 30 to Best at 40 | At-home Wellness Revolution

Who didn’t adopt at-home wellness habits or realize the need for them during the pandemic? It became obvious that your health care is your business.  The bio for my guest is not going to sound like that of other guests. In fact, if you’re new you may wonder if this is the right podcast, the […]

Turn Midlife Stress into Strength | Victim to Victorious Author Interview

Midlife stress is a killer for some of us. It may ebb and flow. It may settle in for a spell, but it’s a part of life for all of us. How we handle it of course depends on: our awareness of the sources willingness to do something about the sources ability to create selfcare […]

How to Sleep Through Menopause Without Medication

Sleep through menopause? Whether you’re thinking, but how? Or you’re already sleeping well – for the moment – stay tuned. My guest is a Functional doctor who really specializes in supporting her clients through hormone imbalance, including those that can start because of sleep or those that are worsened because of sleep.  Regardless of which […]

Overcoming Exhaustion and Hypothyroidism Naturally

Even if improving hypothyroidism is not currently a concern for you, stick around and listen to this episode. This “expert” came to her expertise naturally and she’s sharing her health journey with you. She echoes recent podcast guests and stories of health concerns, health issues and solutions of women and how they’ve taken control back. […]

Bone Health, Osteoporosis, and Osteopenia Like You’ve Never Heard It

The definition, the lesser-known causes, the medications, the solutions .. it’s all about bone health in this episode. I have with me a guest that is both going to shock you and that you’ll love.  Whether you’ve got osteoporosis, or osteopenia, you’re concerned about bone health and preventing it, this is for you. It will […]

Bone Health, Osteoporosis, and Osteopenia Like You've Never Heard It

The definition, the lesser-known causes, the medications, the solutions .. it’s all about bone health in this episode. I have with me a guest that is both going to shock you and that you’ll love.  Whether you’ve got osteoporosis, or osteopenia, you’re concerned about bone health and preventing it, this is for you. It will […]

Bone Health, Osteoporosis, and Osteopenia Like You've Never Heard It

The definition, the lesser-known causes, the medications, the solutions .. it’s all about bone health in this episode. I have with me a guest that is both going to shock you and that you’ll love.  Whether you’ve got osteoporosis, or osteopenia, you’re concerned about bone health and preventing it, this is for you. It will […]

The REAL Reason You Can’t Lose Weight in Menopause

The reason you can’t lose weight in menopause is not all hormone related.  It might be your mom, your dad, your memories, and it is definitely your thoughts and feelings around food.  A woman recently shared her experience in a new weight loss program and put it to the test when she traveled for nearly […]

The REAL Reason You Can't Lose Weight in Menopause

The reason you can’t lose weight in menopause is not all hormone related.  It might be your mom, your dad, your memories, and it is definitely your thoughts and feelings around food.  A woman recently shared her experience in a new weight loss program and put it to the test when she traveled for nearly […]

The REAL Reason You Can't Lose Weight in Menopause

The reason you can’t lose weight in menopause is not all hormone related.  It might be your mom, your dad, your memories, and it is definitely your thoughts and feelings around food.  A woman recently shared her experience in a new weight loss program and put it to the test when she traveled for nearly […]

Your Brain on Menopause: Your Hypothalamus is Calling

What’s your hypothalamus, what’s it do, and how valuable is it to in menopause? We answer those questions on this episode.  I’ll share links in the show notes with you for the online measure of  Underwater weighing has been for 30 years labeled as the “gold standard” of body composition measurement. However, I wouldn’t run […]

Why Creativity Matters More in Midlife Movement (how to get it)

What if creativity matters more now than ever and if could make everything including work, more fun? Recently in a podcast with Dr. John Gray (link below), he shared how to make things on your “to do” list more hormone-balancing for you. There was so much goodness in that episode you might have missed it. […]

Morning Routines, Training to Fatigue, and Defining “Fueled”

This episode is about morning routines, training to fatigue, and defining “fueled.” They may seem like unrelated topics yet they are from our pool of Flipping 50 Insiders questions. And you may have them too!  In this episode I answer 3 community questions so that you too can hear the answers. Share  your question too […]

Morning Routines, Training to Fatigue, and Defining "Fueled"

This episode is about morning routines, training to fatigue, and defining “fueled.” They may seem like unrelated topics yet they are from our pool of Flipping 50 Insiders questions. And you may have them too!  In this episode I answer 3 community questions so that you too can hear the answers. Share  your question too […]

Morning Routines, Training to Fatigue, and Defining "Fueled"

This episode is about morning routines, training to fatigue, and defining “fueled.” They may seem like unrelated topics yet they are from our pool of Flipping 50 Insiders questions. And you may have them too!  In this episode I answer 3 community questions so that you too can hear the answers. Share  your question too […]

The Genetics of Metabolism and Weight Loss for Women Over 40

Genetics of metabolism are not static. You do have a uniqueness to the way you burn calories from food and metabolize carbs, fat, proteins. Weight loss for women over 40 can be suddenly tricky. Today we’re going to discuss the importance of genetics of metabolism so that, you don’t just have to look at what […]

Strength Training Enough for Bones, Not Too Much for Adrenal Fatigue

If you are a midlife woman I’m going to share some success stories here I think that you will love. With each, I’m going to share a research study linking to why and what happened. These successes are no accidents. I also want you to know that these women before they started strength training, weren’t. […]

Adaptogens, Herbs, Mushrooms, Oh My! New Sources for Menopause Relief

Menopause Relief is not new here. Adaptogens are not a new topic here. Yet, because the impression I have is that many women in our community have heard the word, they would have a hard time defining the term for a friend.  So in fact you’ll hear me ask that straight off and that was […]

Short Workouts for Women Over 50 | What Works?

Short workouts for women over 50 sound like a dream? Let’s talk time. Warning: This may trigger you. It may trigger comments from trainers who disagree or have said short(er) programs. I know you love short workouts. I’m frequently asked for 30-minute workouts. Here’s the thing, it’s almost impossible. EXCEPT, for those who aren’t doing […]

Women’s Health Mismanagement: When You Can’t Fire Yourself

Women’s health management is usually, well a woman’s job. So if you’re in charge and not doing so great, what then?  When was the last time you had an eye exam? Pap smear? Mammogram? Are you due for any tests? If your dog or children were would you allow that?  If you manage health for […]

Women's Health Mismanagement: When You Can't Fire Yourself

Women’s health management is usually, well a woman’s job. So if you’re in charge and not doing so great, what then?  When was the last time you had an eye exam? Pap smear? Mammogram? Are you due for any tests? If your dog or children were would you allow that?  If you manage health for […]

Women's Health Mismanagement: When You Can't Fire Yourself

Women’s health management is usually, well a woman’s job. So if you’re in charge and not doing so great, what then?  When was the last time you had an eye exam? Pap smear? Mammogram? Are you due for any tests? If your dog or children were would you allow that?  If you manage health for […]

When Menopause is Terrible | Strategies for Dealing

Menopause is terrible! This is awful! Just a couple of the comments I’ve recently seen women posting. So if it’s you, I’m not calling you out without respect. I am though, calling you out. We are an exclusively made-for-menopause based-on-research on midlife women fitness business, training and supporting fitness professionals working with women midlife too. […]

Your Hormones and Skin in Midlife | Interview with TheSpaDr

Changes in hormones and skin that occur with midlife tend to hit women at varying times. For some women there’s a dramatic change when estrogen levels drop. Skin becomes noticeably thinner and this is when I hear more women ask for help with cellulite that wasn’t visible before.  For other women it’s a roller-coaster ride […]

12 Reasons to Use Infrared Sauna | Why I'm Using Mine

I swear by my infrared sauna (In fact, recently my hormones were off due to supply-change issue resulting in a change of the type of estrogen I was given. My skin- breakouts – and water retention were the worst. I used my solo sauna for 14 days in a row and got a lot of […]

12 Reasons to Use Infrared Sauna | Why I'm Using Mine

I swear by my infrared sauna (In fact, recently my hormones were off due to supply-change issue resulting in a change of the type of estrogen I was given. My skin- breakouts – and water retention were the worst. I used my solo sauna for 14 days in a row and got a lot of […]

You, Iodine and Thyroid Health

What’s the relationship between iodine and thyroid health? That’s our conversation today. The explanation provided by my guest (returning guest, Sara Banta) makes a complicated, integrated process of body functions much easier to understand.  My Guest:  Sara Banta is the owner of Accelerated Health Products in addition to the host of Accelerated Health Radio and […]

What Every Woman Wants to Know About  Menopause 

What do you wish you’d known about menopause before you got here? Will you pass on information to your daughter differently? Here’s one chance. This episode is a fun jaunt both into the deep wants and wishes we all feel and some of us express.  We do a fun rapid fire game where I list […]

What Every Woman Wants to Know About  MenopauseÂ

What do you wish you’d known about menopause before you got here? Will you pass on information to your daughter differently? Here’s one chance. This episode is a fun jaunt both into the deep wants and wishes we all feel and some of us express.  We do a fun rapid fire game where I list […]

What Every Woman Wants to Know About  MenopauseÂ

What do you wish you’d known about menopause before you got here? Will you pass on information to your daughter differently? Here’s one chance. This episode is a fun jaunt both into the deep wants and wishes we all feel and some of us express.  We do a fun rapid fire game where I list […]

5 Menopause Fitness Questions You Want Answered

It’s Q and A time again and this time it’s a round up of 5 menopause fitness questions. I got these from our Flipping 50 Insiders group on Facebook. If you’re there or you’re commenting on the show notes themselves, we often pick those questions precisely for episodes like this. These are some of your […]

NON WEIGHT LOSS REASONS to EXERCISE AFTER 50

If you need just one more little nudge to get out the door, or turn on the exercise video today, this post is full of reasons to exercise after 50… unrelated to weight loss. Though, full-disclaimer, weight control, specifically body composition is always a benefit if your dose-response ratio is right.  An article in the […]

How to Make Progress without Tired All the Time Results

If you’re tired all the time, the fastest way to make progress is to stop.  Truth. Women currently in midlife can have limited beliefs about exercise.  If these ring true for you in spite of feeling more tired then stay tuned:  [Limiting Beliefs]  I have to exercise because I want to lose weight  I need […]

The What, Why, and When of PRP and Shockwave Therapy | Midlife Women

Are you familiar with PRP therapy? How about shockwave therapy? My guest today and I break down the what, why and when… as well as the who is and isn’t a candidate for it. If you’ve got questions about these treatments and certain chronic issues like plantar fasciitis, hip bursitis, or carpal tunnel syndrome… or […]