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200 Your Period Isn’t Supposed to Destroy You with Nicole Jardim

Everything went wrong before this interview even started: lagging audio, frozen screens, “Can you hear me?” chaos… which, honestly, became the perfect metaphor for today’s topic: women being told to accept dysfunction as normal. And fittingly, this conversation marks a huge milestone — our 200th episode! Two hundred episodes of unlearning, reframing, and giving women […]
61 mins 21.11.25

Part 1: Are you eating enough and running on fumes?

A common misstep for midlife women, especially in the current generation is undereating. Both Cam and Amelia have personal and professional contacts for whom this is true. We grew up in diet culture, so can you really blame us?But there is a better way. Join us for this enlightening episode on calorie intake and expenditure. You […]
35 mins 11.09.24

Midlife Belly Fat: Part 2-The Hormone Story

Belly Fat – Part 2What do hormones have to do with belly fat? As it turns out, a lot! In this episode, you'll hear: 1. The impact of stress on belly fat and hormonal changes during midlife, specifically the effects of chronic stress on cortisol and insulin levels. 2. Natural methods and tools to lower […]
31 mins 13.03.24

Arrrgghh! What do I have as a snack? Protein snacks ideas for midlife women

We all know the feeling….3 o'clock rolls around and we are starving. What should you eat?? The easy answer is a bag of chips or package of cookies from the office vending machine, but what does that do to your blood sugar? Does it provide any nutrients? The short answer is that those types of […]
30 mins 21.02.24

Emergency Mode: Signs Your Cortisol Levels Need Attention

00:00 Body's cortisol rises in morning, lowers later.03:24 Light in the morning affects cortisol, melatonin.08:39 Stress affects body: heart rate, digestion, energy.12:29 Stress affects fertility and can harm pregnancy.16:13 Exercise led to weight gain, then loss.17:25 Enjoy cycling, brings joy and balance.20:42 Hypothalamus and pituitary regulate cortisol production.25:27 Limit stress before bed by unplugging devices.28:59 […]
33 mins 03.01.24

Blood Sugar Balance & the Menopause with Jackie Lynch, Menopause Nutritionist & Author – S5. Ep. 8.

Blood sugar balance seems to be very much in vogue at the moment, so I’ve decided to dedicate this episode to talking through it, because I think there’s quite a lot of confusion around it.  As a nutritionist, I really believe it’s one of the key pillars to managing menopause symptoms and Nutrition 101 if […]
20 mins 07.12.23

#34 Top 4 Tips that Shrunk my Midlife Belly Fat

Explore the top 4 tips and understand the science behind what causes belly fat in women after 50. Weight gain, especially in the belly, for women in midlife rarely has a one-size-fits-all solution.  After menopause, estrogen is decreasing and causing a shift in how and where fat is stored in a woman’s body.  Understanding this […]
9 mins 15.11.23

88. Andrea Donsky knows her menopause supplements

Send us a text The Hotflash inc podcast is the #1 podcast in Women’s Health on Goodpods and in the top 1.5 percent on Listen Notes. Thank you for making that happen!  Andrea Donsky is a Canadian nutritionist who turned her own terrible and epic perimenopause into a movement – and a company. Now a […]
55 mins 19.08.23