Tried every diet and still can't make it stick? Certified life coach and bestselling author Lizzie Merritt is here to tell you it's not your fault, and to explain a completely different approach to weight loss after 40 that starts with your brain and nervous system, not a food plan.

If you've counted calories, tracked macros, done the cleanses, and found yourself starting over on Monday more times than you can count, you will want to hear this.

Lizzie Merritt, bestselling author of LIGHT: The New Psychology of Weight Loss, explains why traditional diets fail so many midlife women, and what a brain-based approach offers instead.

In this conversation, we cover:

• Why your brain cannot build new habits when your nervous system does not feel safe
• Two common patterns that drive emotional eating in midlife women: people pleasing and perfectionism
• The LIGHT Method: a five-step framework that treats weight loss as learning, not rule-following
• Why changing 'I am trying to lose weight' to 'I am training to lose weight' matters more than it sounds
• What happens after you hit your goal weight, and how identity shapes long-term success

Lizzie also shares the one mindset shift that helped her clients break the start-over-Monday cycle for good.

Resources from this episode:

• LIGHT: The New Psychology of Weight Loss | https://amzn.to/4uCqyJm
• The Confident Body Podcast | https://confidentbody.coach/podcast/
• ConfidentBody.coach | https://confidentbody.coach/

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Why you can’t relax, even when you finally have time, and what it has to do with your nervous system.

You finally have a break. The house is quiet. There’s nothing urgent to do.
And instead of relaxing…you feel restless. Anxious. Like you should be doing something.

In this solo episode, I’m digging into why so many midlife women struggle to slow down (even when we want to) and why that uncomfortable, ants-y feeling isn’t a mindset problem, it’s a nervous system response.

After years (or decades) of being in go-go-go mode taking care of everyone, managing everything and always being “on,” your body has learned that slowing down doesn’t feel safe. So when you finally have time to rest, your system pushes back.

We’re talking about what’s really happening in your body in those moments and how you can start retraining your nervous system to actually feel calm again.

If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t even know how to relax anymore,” this episode will hit home.

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💌 If you’re a midlife woman navigating perimenopause, hormone shifts, personal growth, and just not feeling like yourself, you’ll fit right in to my community. Join my email list where I share personal stories, favorite products, high-protein recipes, book recs and exclusive discounts. I’ll send you my 3 favorite smoothie recipes to get you started!

✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

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Dry skin after 40? Sensitive, aging skin that keeps getting worse? Your skincare routine might be part of the problem. Botanical formulator May Lindstrom explains what midlife skin actually needs and what to stop doing.

If your skin has changed in your 40s or 50s and your routine keeps getting longer without getting better results, this conversation is going to shift how you think about your skin.

May Lindstrom, founder of May Lindstrom Skin, has been formulating luxury organic skincare for sensitive, changing skin for over 20 years. In this episode, she gets specific about what is actually happening to midlife skin, why more products tend to backfire, which ingredients genuinely help, and one thing most women do every single day that might be working against them.

What we cover:

• How to simplify your routine without losing results
• Ingredients to look for (and ones hiding in popular products that may be making things worse)
• Whether natural and organic skincare can actually deliver results
• Where to invest in skincare and where it matters less
• One habit most women have right after washing their face that a 20-year formulator says to stop

Guest: May Lindstrom, Founder and CEO of May Lindstrom Skin

Website: maylindstrom.com | Instagram: @maylindstromskin

The serum and moisturizer May recommends. These are affiliate links because I LOVE these products!

I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail!

💌 If you’re a midlife woman navigating perimenopause, hormone shifts, personal growth, and just not feeling like yourself, you’ll fit right in to my community. Join my email list where I share personal stories, favorite products, high-protein recipes, book recs and exclusive discounts. I’ll send you my 3 favorite smoothie recipes to get you started!

✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

⚡️Ready to feel centered, energized, and like yourself again? Learn more about working together at belongwellness.com.