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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 18: How a short-lived histamine reaction told me everything was going according to plan
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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 days into Phase 2), I noticed a brief histamine-type reaction. And instead of feeling worried or discouraged, I felt curious — because by this point, my body was already showing clear signs that something positive was happening.
At this stage, I had:
- experienced a noticeable lift in my energy
- started sleeping more deeply and consistently
- felt clearer mentally and more grounded emotionally
- and lost 7 lbs in just 6 days
In this episode, I talk about:
- what the histamine reaction felt like and why it can be common during a natural metabolic reset and detoxification
- what was actually happening inside my body at this point — and why this kind of response can be a healthy sign of healing
- what I had eaten that day and how connecting those dots helped me understand my body’s unique responses more clearly
- how quickly the symptom passed once I supported my body appropriately
- and why learning to interpret symptoms as information — rather than problems — completely changed my confidence moving forward
This episode highlights one of the most important long-term skills I teach:
Learning your body’s language.
When you understand how your body responds to certain foods, stressors, and changes, you stop feeling at the mercy of symptoms — and start feeling in control of your health again.
Symptoms may come and go - but when you know how to listen and respond, you know how to pivot — calmly and confidently — with your nutrition and lifestyle to give your body what it’s asking for.
This was another moment in my journey that confirmed I was finally on the right path and I just needed to trust the process.
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