The Next Phase
I used to be fun. I used to be driven. I used to be sexy. I used to be...young. What happened?
Dear Millennial moms in your late 30s or 40s -- former forces of nature,
Are you burned out, overwhelmed, and wondering where your energy (and your old self) went? You’re not alone.
The Next Phase is the podcast for overachieving moms navigating perimenopause who are dying to take back their energy, their bodies, and their magic. Here, we will not pummel you with hormone treatment plans or talk about perimenopause as if it's a diagnosis. Instead, we're going to celebrate it. We're going to use it as an excuse to really start taking care of ourselves. As a matter of fact, we're going to find ourselves in our perimenopause era.
Hosted by Stacey Hutson—certified health coach, wellness chef, former co-host of the Mother Plus Podcast, and mom of two—you’ll learn how to: Understand what’s really happening in perimenopause and how to work with your changing body, use nutrition, supplements, and sleep as medicine to restore your energy, get in tune with your cycle and learn practical ways to sync your life with your hormones, and create rituals (with a little woo) that help you slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with yourself.
Each episode blends personal stories, expert insights, and actual doable steps you can take right away.
✨ Subscribe now to The Next Phase and join a community of millennial moms redefining wellness in their 40s. Let’s make perimenopause your most magnetic chapter yet.
The Next Phase
#2: Explain Cycle Syncing to Me: Your Guide to Aligning Food, Fitness & Energy with Your Hormones
Remember 5th grade health class? Pads, tampons, cramps, done.
But what if your gym teacher had told you this: your period isn’t just five days of bleeding. It’s a map of your body’s hormonal changes. And if you learn to listen, you’ll discover a different set of superpowers every single week of your cycle.
That’s the foundation of cycle syncing — and it’s what we’re diving into today.
In this episode, I’m breaking down:
- Why so many of us high-achieving millennial moms are burned out and disconnected from our bodies
- How diet and fitness culture has been wrecking our hormonal health
- The difference between the male 24-hour cycle and the female 28-day infradian cycle (and why it matters)
- The four phases of your cycle — menstrual, follicular, ovulatory, and luteal — and how to align food, fitness, and energy with each one
- What cycle syncing actually looks like in real life (yes, including naps and Gilmore Girls marathons)
This isn’t about doing more. It’s about finally listening to your body — and discovering that your hormones aren’t the enemy, they’re the instruction manual.
✨ Grab your free Cycle Syncing Map — the fridge-friendly cheat sheet that breaks it all down for you
🎧 And make sure to hit subscribe — cycle syncing will be a recurring theme on this show, and you’ll want to come back to this episode again and again.