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.
Menopause, Melanin & Aging Like A Queen
Episode 95 - "I Started Walking — And Everything Changed" (ft. Walk With Sam Community Launch)
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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 sense of being reborn after one of the harshest winters in recent memory. She also opens up about navigating life just over a year after separating from her husband of thirty years, and how walking alongside the creek has allowed her to process, heal, and find peace in motion.
This episode is also an announcement: Walk With Sam — a free, twice-weekly walking community for women 40+ — is officially launching May 1st at Taylor Creek Park in Toronto's East End.
Sam breaks down the science behind why this works: forest bathing, cortisol reduction, nervous system regulation, and the very specific reasons why moving your body outdoors is medicine for women in perimenopause and menopause. She also covers the full-body benefits — bone density, heart health, muscle preservation, mood — and gives you a practical warm-up and stretch routine to protect your body before and after every walk.
And then she gets real about what this community is actually for. Not weight loss. Not transformation photos. But women who are done feeling alone, gaslit, and unsupported in this season of life — women who want to move, breathe, heal, and build something together. Women who are aligned in their values. Women who believe they are not finished — not even close.
In this episode: The story behind Walk With Sam · Forest bathing and your nervous system · Why water heals · Bone density, heart health, and the case for walking in menopause · How to get fitted for the right shoes · Warm-up and stretch guide · Taylor Creek Park location and logistics · A vision for what women walking together can build
Join the community: Walk With Sam starts: May 1st · Fridays 2PM · Sundays 10AM · Taylor Creek Park, Toronto
Thank you for listening and I would like to remind you that the next co-hort of our SBSC Group Accelerator Coaching Program for perimenopausal women starts May 4th!
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