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The Midlife Vitality Project: Where Perimenopause Becomes Your Comeback Story Naturally!
If you’re a woman over 40 who is tired of feeling tired, foggy, or stuck in a body that doesn’t feel like yours anymore and are looking for a natural approach that will work for YOU to help you start feeling like yourself again, this podcast is for you.
In The Midlife Vitality Project podcast, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, cancer survivor and fellow perimenopause warrier, Joanne Willis, guides you through a real midlife health and life transformation — not one that relies on pills, weight loss injections, HRT or quick fixes, but through understanding your body’s signals and rebuilding your health from the root - naturally - with the power of nutrition!
In each episode, Joanne will dig deep into the real reason behind midlife weight gain, mood swings, fatigue, and other wacky and worrying symptoms of perimenopause — and teaches you how to rebalance your metabolism, hormones and blood levels to achieve your best health and lasting vitality through menopause and beyond.
Because midlife is not the end my friend — it’s just the beginning of your next chapter - the chapter that's all about you and living your best life!
Episodes
43 episodes
Episode 43: How My Battle with Lymphoma Taught Me the Importance of Lymphatic Drainage and How it Now Helps Me in Perimenopause
Everyone is talking about lymphatic drainage right now. You've seen it on TikTok, in magazines, across social media. Women rolling jade tools across their faces, dry brushing before showers, booking lymphatic massage appointments.And hon...
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Episode 42: Why Chronic Inflammation is Likely Quietly Stealing Your Energy in Midlife
You're eating reasonably well. You're trying to move your body. You're getting to bed at a decent hour. And yet something still feels... off. Not sick exactly. Just not right. Achy. Foggy. Puffy. Exhausted in a way that rest doesn't seem to fix...
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Episode 41: Why You're Still Exhausted Even After a Full Night's Sleep
You're doing everything right — going to bed at a reasonable hour, getting seven or eight hours of sleep, putting your phone away — and yet you wake up feeling like you haven't slept at all. Or maybe you're waking up at 3am wide awa...
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Episode 40: Metabolic Syndrome in Women Over 40: The Missing Piece Behind Midlife Symptoms
Are you gaining weight around the middle, feeling more tired than ever, craving sugar, struggling with digestion, and wondering why nothing seems to work anymore... even though you’re trying harder?If that sounds like you, this episode m...
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Episode 39: Everything You Need to Know About GLP-1s (Even "Natural GLP-1 Boosters!)
Are you wondering if Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro might be your only option now that midlife weight gain feels impossible to shift... or maybe you’re already taking one and quietly wondering what happens next?Maybe you're hearing more abo...
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Episode 38: Is it real hunger or are your emotions running the show? Why cravings, snacking & appetite feel overwhelming & how to take back control
If you feel like you’re constantly thinking about food…snacking throughout the day…or like once you start eating, it’s hard to stop…This episode is for you.Especially if you’ve ever thought:“Why can’t I just contro...
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Episode 37: Eating Healthy But Still Gaining Belly Fat? Here's What's Really Going On!
If you’ve been eating healthy… cutting back… trying to “be good" and yet your belly fat just won’t budge — this episode is for you.Especially if the weight feels like it’s settling right around your middle…your clothes aren’t fi...
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Episode 36: Real Client Interview: From pandemic survival mode to prediabetes in 6 years (here's how she turned it around)
What if the survival habits that got you through the pandemic are now putting your long-term health at risk? That's exactly what happened to my client Christine. Like so many of us, she leaned into comfort foods, wine, and whatever ...
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Episode 35: Real Life Case Study! Why Chris' Energy Tanked After Starting to Eat Healthier (And Why It Was a Sign It Was Actually Working!)
In this episode, Joanne shares a real-life client case study to explain why energy can actually dip when you first start eating healthier — and why that doesn’t mean something is going wrong. Using the real life story of “Chris,” a ...
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Episode 34: Does your liver need some lovin' to get your midlife mojo back?
If you’ve been feeling exhausted, flat, and not quite like yourself lately and maybe even noticing that it’s starting to show in your face, your skin, and your energy levels…This episode is going to connect some important dots.Bec...
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Episode 33: Why Some Women Age Faster Than Others After 40
Many women in midlife start to notice changes in their appearance that seem to happen almost overnight — dull skin, dark circles, sagging around the jawline, deeper wrinkles, thinning hair, or hair that simply loses its shine and vitality.<...
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Episode 32: Tired of feeling tired with zero energy in perimenopause? Here's how to get your midlife mojo back!
Feeling constantly exhausted in midlife — even when you’re trying to eat well, sleep more, and take care of yourself?Many women in their 40s and 50s assume their fatigue must simply be a normal part of perimenopause or hormonal changes. ...
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Episode 31: To supplement or not to supplement for heart health - that is the question!
How many supplements are sitting in your cupboard right now?Magnesium for sleep?Fish oil for your heart?Berberine for blood sugar?Maybe something for cholesterol?Perhaps something to help you lose weight? With...
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Episode 30: Cholesterol creeping up in midlife? The truth about the real cause, statin medications and why eggs are not the enemy!
Have you recently been told your cholesterol is “a little high” — even though you’ve never had an issue before?For many women, midlife is the first time LDL rises, triglycerides creep up, or HDL drops. And that can feel unsettling.
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Episode 29: Are you mineral deficient & putting your heart health at risk in midlife?
For many women, midlife is the first time we start to pay attention to our heart health - not because something is “wrong,” but because the body is changing — hormonally, metabolically, and nutritionally — and symptoms start popping up alerting...
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Episode 28: Yes you CAN reverse Type 2 Diabetes & Prediabetes - Here's How!
If you are a woman in midlife and have recently been told you’re prediabetic or haveType 2 diabetes, this episode is for you.That moment can feel heavy and confusing - and often comes with the quiet fear that a diagnosi...
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Episode 27: Why blood-sugar is not just about diabetes (and why it matters to ALL women struggling to feel like themselves again in perimenopause)
Have you ever been told your blood sugar is “normal,” yet your body doesn’t feel right?Or maybe you’ve recently been told you’re prediabetic or have type 2 diabetes, and you’re feeling scared, overwhelmed, or worried about what this mean...
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Episode 26: Seasonal Affective Disorder or the Winter Blah's Got You Losing Motivation? The 8 Daily Habits to Get Back on Track
Did you head into 2026 feeling hopeful that this would finally be the year things clicked with your health… only to find that a few weeks in, your motivation has quietly dropped off?If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone — an...
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Episode 25: Peptides for Weight Loss, Energy & Anti-Aging? — What Midlife Women Really Need to Know
If you’ve been hearing more and more about peptides — especially alongside GLP-1 injections — and feeling unsure about what they actually are, how they work, or whether they’re something you should even be considering… this episode is for...
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Episode 24: Is your thyroid the reason you're exhausted and can't lose weight? What every woman in midlife needs to know
There comes a moment in midlife when you start asking different questions about your health.You’re not just focused on weight anymore.Chances are you’re thinking about energy, hormones, bloodwork, and how you want ...
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Episode 23: My results so far and my plan for long-term success
In Part 13, the final episode of my Journey to Metabolic Balance mini-series, I’m reflecting on where I’m at now — 10 weeks into the program — and tying together everything this journey has taught me.At this point,...
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Episode 22: Freedom Day! Treat meals, exercise & other exciting changes after Phase 2
In Part 12 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into a pivotal turning point in my journey — the transition from the strict Phase 2 into the next phase of The Metabolic Balance® Program, where more freedom is intentional...
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Episode 21: My first social event without alcohol during Phase 2
In Part 11 of this mini-series, I’m sharing what it was really like navigating my first social event without alcohol while following The Metabolic Balance® Program during Phase 2, the most structured and important part of the me...
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Episode 20: How I navigated my first restaurant experience on The Metabolic Balance Program
In Part 10 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into my experience eating out at a restaurant while following The Metabolic Balance® Program during Phase 2, the most structured part of the metabolic reset.This episo...
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Episode 18: How a short-lived histamine reaction told me everything was going according to plan
In Part 8 of this mini-series, I’m sharing a very real — and very short-lived — experience I had early on in my journey that ended up becoming one of the most empowering moments of all.Around day 6 on my plan (about 4 da...
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