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
117 episodes
Episode 116 - I Finally Feel Like I've Arrived
A few weeks ago, a podcast host asked me, "When did you know you had succeeded?" I looked at him and said, "Here. Right now." I've been invited onto two podcasts run by Black men, I Quit My Job Podcast and Pizza in the Breakroom
Episode 115 - Muscle is THE anti-aging drug. Period
In this episode, I'm talking about something I see constantly in this work - women in menopause who are under-fueled, over-exercised, and under-muscled, all at the same time. Doing everything for everyone else, and running themselves into the g...
Episode 114 - If You Don't Make the Time, It Will Be Made for You
I was at the gym last week when a man I'd met once before — at a party over the summer — came up to chat. He wanted to talk about his wife. She's struggling through menopause, and he told me he'd registered her for a free webinar I ran back in ...
Episode 113 - Slim Is ‘Back’? Let’s Talk About Who Never Left
A UK Telegraph column just told the world that slim, beautiful women are "back in fashion" — thank God, apparently — and that all that inclusive advertising over the last few years was just brands appeasing the woke crowd. Cute theory. Except i...
Episode 112 - The Coop Is Empty: On Letting Go, Grief, and Learning to Be Alone
Last weekend I drove my oldest to Massachusetts for grad school. And somewhere on the drive home, I completely lost it.This episode is not really about her — she's happy, she's healthy, she's exactly where she's supposed to be. It's abou...
Episode 111 - Celebrate Your (Smallest) Wins & Rewire Your Brain
Why does your brain remember every mistake and forget every win? In this episode, Sam breaks down negativity bias — the reason we're all wired to scan for what's wrong instead of what's going right — and why your brain treats "staying stuck" as...
Episode 110 - Same Diet. New Delivery System.
Last weekend I was at a fitness conference, sitting in a session about GLP-1s, and the person facilitating it said something to a room full of trainers that made me stand up, say something out loud, and walk out.They said: don't worry ab...
Episode 109 - Muscle Is the Organ Nobody Told You About
I got a DM a while back about a woman's mom who had ankle surgery. She'd been told to build up her upper body strength beforehand and didn't. Now she doesn't have enough strength to use crutches, so she scoots up and down her own stairs on her ...
Episode 108 - Fed Up, Fried, and Done Pretending
You know that tired that isn't fixed by a nap? That's what this episode is about.Sam recaps her Strong Through Menopause Method webinar and breaks down the three pillars behind it — Cortisol Calm, Build-Don't-Burn, and Unlearning diet cu...
Episode 107 - Why Midlife Community Matters More Than the Plan
Last night I hosted eleven women I love at my house — food, laughter, connection, the whole thing. It was, by every measure, a beautiful night. We just never got around to dancing.And somehow that's the one thing I fixated on. I went to ...
Episode 106 - Should Canada Follow Suit? Menopause, Rhode Island's New Law, and the Real Cost of Staying Silent at Work
Rhode Island just made history — it's the first U.S. state to legally require workplace accommodations for menopause. No pamphlet in the break room, no vague "be supportive" suggestion. An actual legal requirement. And it made me ask the questi...
Episode 105 - Menopause and My Mental Health (Anxiety, Mental Load, and What Actually Helps)
I'm 55, and almost a year and a half ago, my husband moved out. What followed wasn't something I expected — new anxiety, heart palpitations, a racing mind I couldn't quiet. I've never been a worrier. Now I am. And I'm not telling you this for s...
Episode 104 - We Have Lost the Plot — And How to Find Your Way Back to YOUR Body This Summer
When is the last time you went dancing? Not swaying in your living room — really dancing. Out somewhere. In your body. Not thinking about how you look.If that question made you pause, this episode is for you.Sam Montpetit-Huynh is...
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...