Menopause, Melanin & Aging Like A Queen
Menopause, anti-diet culture, anti-racism and disrupting the stigma when it comes to fitness and health especially in the menopause space.
Episodes
104 episodes
Episode 103 - The Menopause Symptom No One Warns You About.
Guess what?I never had a single hot flash. Not one night sweat in over two years of perimenopause.What I had instead: hives the size of a deck of cards from a single mosquito bite, sneezing attacks out of nowhere, and ears that i...
Episode 102 - Juneteenth & Connecting To Who I Really AM
This isn't your average menopause content — and Sam wants you to know that right up front. Recorded on Juneteenth, this episode steps away from strength training and hormone talk to go somewhere more personal: what George Floyd's murder on May ...
Episode 101 - The Call Back — My Breast Cancer Scare and What It Taught Me
Two weeks ago I got a callback after my mammogram. I hung up the phone and cried.In this episode, I'm sharing what those two weeks between my first appointment and my follow-up were really like — the fear, the sleepless nights, and the m...
Episode 100 🎉 - My Daughter Has Something to Say
One hundred episodes. And for this one, Sam did something she has never done before — she invited her firstborn daughter, Rio, to sit across from the microphone and tell the truth.Rio is almost 25 years old. She grew up with one of Canad...
Episode 99 - Clothes Are Meant to Fit You — Not the Other Way Around
Have you ever tried on something you loved — and felt crushed when it no longer fit? This week, Sam gets personal after a client reached out needing to be "talked off the ledge" — all because a dress she bought last year no longer fits her body...
Episode 98 - Sleep is NOT a luxury; it's your lifeline
In this episode, Sam dives deep into the number one complaint she hears from menopausal women — sleep. This is not a "go to bed earlier" conversation. We're talking about what is actually happening inside your body while you sleep, why...
Episode 97 - The Universe Is Testing You — What I Learned When Everything Was Going Right (And Then It Wasn't)
You know that feeling when everything is finally clicking? The work is landing, the opportunities are flowing, and for the first time in a long time you think — okay, this is it. And then something hits you sideways and your brain goes...
Episode 96 - The Beginning Can Be Long — And Nobody Tells You That
Have you ever felt like your body was betraying you and had no idea why? Like you were doing everything right and still waking up exhausted, snapping at people you love, lying awake at 2am wondering if something was seriously wrong with you?
Episode 95 - "I Started Walking — And Everything Changed" (ft. Walk With Sam Community Launch)
Two weeks ago, Sam went for a walk. And something shifted.In this deeply personal episode, Sam Montpetit-Huynh shares what has been happening since she returned to the green trails of Taylor Creek Park — the clarity, the big ideas, the s...
Episode 94 - Stop Thinking, Start Moving: Radical & Inspired Action
We just wrapped the annual Stress-Less in Menopause Challenge — and ladies, the women who showed up for that challenge? They walked in nervous, vulnerable, and unsure of themselves. They walked out supported, motivated, and ready for the next l...
Episode 93 - My CPAP Machine Saved My Life — And It Has Nothing To Do With My Weight
I have been using a CPAP machine for almost twenty years. And I will tell you right now — it is one of the best health decisions I have ever made. But for a long time, I did not fit anyone's picture of a "sleep apnea patient." I was not overwei...
Episode 92 - When Your Body Forces You to Stop: Stress, Sickness & Menopause
For the past 12 days, I've been sick. Not sniffly, push-through-it sick — completely flattened. No cough, no fever, no sore throat. Just relentless congestion, dizziness, lightheadedness, and nausea that wouldn't quit. My doctor thinks it may h...
Episode 91 - We are DONE chasing thin
It's 2026 and somehow, we're moving backwards.In this episode, Sam gets real about something that's been sitting heavy on her — the culture of thinness that is tightening its grip on women, and the menopause space in particular. From Opr...
Episode 90 - Your Body Is Talking — Are You Listening?
What if the exhaustion you've been pushing through actually has a name? A cause? A solution?In this episode, Sam gets real about one of the most overlooked — and most important — aspects of navigating perimenopause and menopause: learnin...
Episode 89 - How to Find the RIGHT Menopause Coach for YOU (And the Red Flags to Run From)
The menopause wellness industry is booming — and it is also one of the most predatory spaces women over 40 will ever navigate. In this episode, Sam gets real about the GLP-1 explosion, AI-generated before-and-after photos, and why "thinner" is ...
Episode 88 - Demystifying Perimenopause - What Every Woman Needs to Know.
Are you tired all the time? Waking up at 3 AM for no reason? Feeling irritable, foggy, and like a stranger in your own body — but convinced it's just stress or a busy life? What if it wasn't?In this episode of Menopause, Melanin, and...
Episode 87 - Men-On-Pause: The Results Are In
Last week, we talked about the need. This week, we're talking about the reality.After months of dreaming and weeks of planning, the Men-On-Pause event finally happened. Twenty-five men walked through the doors at Nickel 9 Distillery in T...
Episode 86 - Men-On-Pause: Why Your Marriage Depends on Him Understanding Menopause
The highest rate of divorce occurs between the ages of 45 and 55—and the majority are initiated by women. Is it just "empty nest syndrome," or is there something deeper going on?Host Sam gets personal in this episode, sharing her own jou...
Episode 85 - The ✨Magic✨ of Costa Rica, Valentine's Day and Sisterhood.
What happens when everything goes wrong just days before your second annual menopause retreat? A health scare, a check engine light, and a weather forecast predicting rain EVERY single day in paradise.In this heartfelt Valentine's Day ep...
Episode 84 - A Blood Clot Scare & the Wake-Up Call We All Need
In this deeply personal episode, host Sam shares a raw story fabout the moment she received a terrifying "overdue notice" from her own body—a health scare that forced her to confront a pattern she sees in all of us.Navigating her first y...
Episode 83 - Are We Being Distracted? Why Our Wellness is Resistance
After a historic snowstorm in Toronto forced a digital blackout, host Sam found herself staring down the raw headlines of a world in crisis. This episode is a deeply personal, unfiltered conversation born from that silence.We explore the...
Episode 82 - Trusting the Process: The Liberating Truth About Strength in Midlife
In this powerful and relatable episode, Sam unpacks a transformative conversation with a client that echoes the journey so many women face in midlife.We begin by looking back at past extremes—like post-baby competition training or aggres...
Episode 81 - Climbing Out of a Winter Fitness Rut
Feeling stuck in a winter fitness rut? You're not alone. In this week's episode, Sam tackles the real reasons our motivation vanishes during the long, grey months—and it's not a lack of willpower. Starting with a relatable story of chasing a fl...
Episode 80 - The "New Year, New You" Lie & Why We're Just So Tired
In this episode, we’re having a real talk about why the classic New Year’s reset often feels so wrong. I share why I’ve completely removed diets, weight-loss promises, and “before and after” messaging from my brand and my coaching—and what I fo...
Episode 79 - Your 2026 Compass: Building a Year Based on How You WANT to Feel
Forget "new year, new you." This episode is a permission slip to enter 2026 differently. Host [Your Name] guides a deep, restorative reframe of January—not as a time for rigid resolutions, but as a sacred buffer zone for shedding the old and li...