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
#22: The Millennial Perimenopause Masterclass: Hormones, Stress, Metabolism, and the Nervous System
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If your body suddenly feels harder to live in — you’re not imagining it.
In your late 30s and early 40s, hormones start shifting. Sleep changes. Stress hits harder. The workouts and diets that used to work suddenly… don’t.
But hormones are only part of the story.
In this episode of The Next Phase Podcast, Stacey breaks down what is actually happening in a woman’s body during early perimenopause — and why so many millennial moms feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and confused by the changes happening to them.
Think of this episode as a masterclass on what’s really going on beneath the surface.
You’ll learn about the four major shifts happening in your body during this phase of life:
• The Calm Dial – why declining progesterone affects sleep and anxiety
• The Metabolism Dial – how fluctuating estrogen changes appetite and fat storage
• The Stress Dial – why your nervous system becomes more reactive
• The Muscle Dial – why strength training suddenly becomes metabolic medicine
But Stacey also explores something deeper: how decades of high achievement, people-pleasing, and constant self-optimization may have left many millennial women living in a chronically dysregulated nervous system — and why perimenopause often exposes it.
If you’ve been trying to “fix” your hormones through food, supplements, or self-help and still don’t feel like yourself, this episode will help you understand why.
Stacey also shares four simple shifts you can try over the next 30 days to begin supporting your hormones, metabolism, and nervous system.
Topics in this episode
• Early perimenopause symptoms
• Hormones and nervous system regulation
• Why stress tolerance changes in your late 30s and 40s
• Strength training and hormone health
• Blood sugar and cortisol regulation
• Breaking the millennial self-improvement cycle
• Simple nervous system resets for busy moms
Interested in working with Stacey?
Stacey is opening a limited number of 1:1 coaching spots for women navigating perimenopause, nervous system regulation, and lifestyle shifts in this next phase of life.
Email Stacey at stacey @ stacey-hutson.com with the subject line “INTERESTED” to learn more.
Or find a time in my schedule for a call.
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