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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
57 episodes
Episode 57: What The Oprah GLP-1 Episode Never Told You
Genetics may load the gun but nobody mentioned what pulls the trigger!In this week's episode, Joanne Willis takes a closer look at a widely-discussed episode of The Oprah Podcast featuring Dr. Ania Jastreboff, Yale endocr...
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Episode 56: The Real Cause Behind GLP-1 Rebound Weight Gain (Part 3 of 3)
Discover what the 14% who keep the weight off do long before they stop!In the final episode of her three-part August 2026 series, Joanne Willis tackles the question she believes sits underneath almost every GLP-1 decision, whether...
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Episode 55: The GLP-1 side effects of a suppressed appetite no-one warns you about (Part 2 of 3)
How to avoid muscle loss, fatigue and nutrient gaps while taking Ozempic or other GLP-1s. In part two of her three-part August series, Joanne Willis digs deeper into what actually happens in your body when a GLP-1 si...
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Episode 54: The GLP-1 Conversation Nobody's Having Yet (Part 1 of 3): New research, new generics, and the truth behind the headlines
In the first episode of her three-part August series, Joanne Willis opens up an honest, balanced conversation about GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and the new generics coming to market). Joanne walks through a June 202...
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Episode 53: Will I Be Hungry? Will I Have to Give Up Wine? Will It Even Work? Your 16 biggest Metabolic Balance questions answered!
In the final episode of July's deep dive into personalized nutrition, Joanne Willis wraps up the month by answering the questions she's been receiving most from listeners exploring the Metabolic Balance program. Building on the scie...
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Episode 52: Discover the RIPPLE Framework with Beth & Lisa - How one simple tool can help you navigate any challenge midlife throws your way.
In this episode of The Midlife Vitality Project, Joanne sits down with Lisa Brisindi and Beth Lambert, the founders of Ripple Affect Momentum Coaching, to explore a framework that is quietly changing the way wome...
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Episode 51: Food intolerances, histamine sensitivity and fructose malabsorption and why some women need to do deeper gut work
If you have been working with a personalized nutrition plan and are starting to really see improvements in your health and your weight loss, but something still isn't right in the gut department, this episode is for you!In Episode 51 of ...
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Episode 50: What your bloodwork is actually telling you to eat (and what "healthy" foods not eat)
Discover The Magic of a Personalized Nutrition Plan and Why certain "Healthy" Foods Might Not Be on Yours at all!Last week in Episode 49 you heard my client, Helen, ask the question that stopped everything: "Is this the m...
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Episode 49: Is this the magic? Have I been eating wrong this whole time? A real client story of how Helen finally learned to understand her own body
When Helen opened her personalized Metabolic Balance food list for the first time, she had one reaction: shock - but in a very pleasant way. Everything she had been eating — every single thing — wasn't on it.And in that momen...
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Episode 48: Why Your Best Friend is Sailing Through Perimenopause and You're Still Struggling
The Estrogen Dominance solution that makes all the difference and the new tools to help you thrive!You know her. The woman who barely notices perimenopause. She did not gain weight. She did not lose her mind to brain...
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Episode 47: Why Bloating, Food Sensitivities, Autoimmune Issues & Inflammation is Not Just a Gut Issue
If your gut has not felt like your own since your hormones started shifting, this episode is the one you have been waiting for.Joanne Willis, Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Certified Metabolic Balance® Coach, unpacks one of the mos...
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Episode 46: Why You Can't Think Straight Anymore: The Hormone Story Behind Your Brain Fog, Anxiety, Mood Swings and Memory Issues
If you've been walking into rooms and forgetting why you're there, losing your train of thought mid-sentence, feeling overwhelmed by decisions that used to feel simple, or riding an emotional rollercoaster you don't recognize as yourself, this ...
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Episode 45: Is Estrogen Dominance Behind Your PCOS, Fibroids, or Heavy Periods? The Metabolic Root Cause That HRT Alone Will Never Fix
If you've ever been told your symptoms are just a result of estrogen and progesterone declining, this episode will change how you see everything.In this episode I unpack one of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed hormone imbalances i...
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Episode 44: Why Two Midlife Women With Identical Symptoms Need a Completely Different Plan to Get Results That Last
This is your May 2026 wrap up episode where I'm going to connect all the dots from the three previous episodes we have covered so far.But before we pull it all together, I want to ask you something.How are you feeling right now, c...
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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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