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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 26: Seasonal Affective Disorder or the Winter Blah's Got You Losing Motivation? The 8 Daily Habits to Get Back on Track
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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 — and you’re not failing.
For many women, this time of year brings a very real dip in energy, mood, and motivation. For some, it shows up as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). For others, it’s the familiar “winter slump” or “winter blahs.” Different names — same underlying experience.
In this episode, we explore why motivation so often fades around this time of year, especially for women in midlife, and why this has far more to do with physiology than willpower or discipline.
You’ll learn:
- Why “losing motivation” is often a biological response, not a mindset problem
- How seasonal changes, blood sugar swings, stress hormones, and nervous system overload affect consistency
- Why trying harder usually backfires in midlife — and common habits that unknowingly make things worse
- How rebuilding foundational daily habits helps calm the body, reduce stress, and move you out of fight-or-flight so real, lasting change can begin
I’ll introduce you to the 8 Foundational Daily Habits for Metabolic Balance — simple, supportive anchors designed to steady blood sugar, calm stress hormones, reduce inflammation, and help healthy routines finally stick, even when motivation is low.
👉 You can download the 8 Foundational Daily Habits for Metabolic Balance Checklist here.
To help you understand what’s really going on inside your body — and to bring clarity to the many options being talked about right now — I’ve created the Midlife Metabolic Reset Roadmap, a free, video-led, interactive guide.
Inside, you’ll be guided through 5 clear steps to help you feel confident, informed, and supported as you take your health back into your own hands.
✨ Download your FREE Midlife Metabolic Reset Roadmap
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