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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!
The Midlife Vitality Project: Where Perimenopause Becomes Your Comeback Story Naturally!
Episode 16: Phase 1 Day 1 - My successes and challenges in the cleansing phase
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In Part 6 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into the very beginning of my journey — Phase 1, Day 1 — and sharing what the first day on the The Metabolic Balance® Program actually felt like.
This episode follows on from the preparation phase, where I talked about how I set myself up to start calmly and intentionally. Here, I share how that preparation translated into real life once I finally began.
In this episode, I talk about:
- what Phase 1 is designed to do and why it’s such an important foundation for metabolic healing
- how the first day felt physically and mentally — and what surprised me most
- why Day 1 felt far more manageable than I had imagined
- how having a clear, personalized plan removed decision fatigue immediately
- and why starting didn’t require willpower, restriction, or motivation — it required structure and support
For so many women, Day 1 can be quite challenging — not because it’s physically difficult, but because it’s loaded with pressure, expectations, and fear of failing again.
What I hope you take from this episode is that when your plan is built for your body — using your own bloodwork — and you’re no longer guessing what to eat or how to begin, that first step can feel surprisingly steady and grounding.
Thinking about your own Day 1?
If you're listening to this episode in real time in December 2025 and it has you feeling pumped to finally get started on your own health improvement and/or weight loss journey, a reminder that I am currently welcoming new clients into The Metabolic Balance® Program.
Until January 4th 2026, I’m offering a $300 year-end bonus discount on program enrolment.
To find out everything you need to know about how the program works to decide if it is the perfect next step for you, click here and lock in your discount.
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Let's talk about what's going on inside YOUR body and life and I will give you some clear, tangible steps to help you move forward in your health journey.
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