Juggling perimenopause, family, and weight loss goals can feel overwhelming, especially when it seems like you’ve tried every diet under the sun and nothing sticks.

In the previous episode, we talked about the nuts and bolts of nutrition and fitness strategy—the "what" of losing weight.

Today, we are digging into the "how," and it has nothing to do with your gym membership.

I’m taking you off the "DIY" treadmill and putting you on my therapist’s couch (metaphorically, of course!). As a certified mindset coach (and a former therapist!), I know that your brain, thoughts, and feelings are the primary drivers of your success or failure. If you feel resentful about cooking separate meals or hopeless because the scale won't budge, those feelings are exactly why you shut down and quit.

In this episode, I’m sharing the exact 5-step framework I use with my private coaching clients in The Method. We’ll talk about why your "primal brain" is wired to keep you safe and predictable (which usually means keeping you stuck and overweight) and how to rewire those neural pathways so healthy habits become your new default.

Grab a notebook and a pen, friend. This is a high-level coaching session designed to help you stop hiding and start healing.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

📌 Why "safe and predictable" thinking is the biggest obstacle to your transformation.

📌 How to identify the specific feelings (like inadequacy and resentment) that are sabotaging your progress.

📌 The 5-step goal-setting framework that puts your mindset at the forefront.

📌 How to redefine failure, and what it looks like

Links Mentioned and Ways To Connect

🙋‍♀️ Work with Me
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🥑 How I Cook Just 3 Nights/Week
🧠 Mindset Framework to Stop Relying On Willpower or Motivation

When it comes to midlife weight loss, you probably think you need "more discipline" or "more willpower". Not true!

What is true is that your strategy isn't built for a busy, midlife mom in perimenopause. Most of us try to DIY our way through nutrition, diets, and workouts.

But when it seems like you've tried everything, but nothing is working to help you improve your health, or to lose weight, what are you supposed to do?

I’ve lost 65 pounds in my late 40s, and I can say this with 100% certainty: you don't need a fancy gym membership or a lifestyle overhaul that takes hours of weekend meal prep, in order to lose weight.

You need a hormone-informed, realistic strategy that fits into your actual life—the one with the meetings, the kids’ sports schedules, and the "invisible load" you're already carrying.

Today is Part 1 of a two-part series. We are digging into the tactical side: the exact fitness and nutrition shifts that support your body when estrogen is on the decline. We’re keeping it simple, straight-forward, and effective.


What you’ll learn in this episode:

📌 The Cortisol Conumdrum: Why your favorite HIIT or intense cardio class might actually be increasing inflammation and stalling your weight loss.

📌 The Home Advantage: Why I recommend starting your weightlifting journey in your living room (plus the 5 sets of dumbbells you actually need).

📌 Your Winning Breakfast: Why changing this one meal first provides the "biggest bang for your buck" in regulating blood sugar and killing cravings.

📌 Time Blocking Success: How to schedule your health so it doesn’t get pushed to the back burner by 3 p.m.

💫 Be sure to follow The Family Fork on your favorite podcast player, so you don't miss next week's episode! Part 2: 5-Step Framework for Success.

Links Mentioned and Ways To Connect:

💪 Start working out at home TODAY with my favorite library of programs
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🥑 How I Cook Just 3 Nights/Week
🧠 Mindset Framework to Stop Relying On Willpower or Motivation

Feel like you're already "behind" in the New Year before it’s even gotten off the ground? This episode is for you!

Happy New Year, my friend! If you’re listening and feeling less "reinvigorated and refreshed" and more like "exhausted midlife mom just trying to survive," I want you to take a deep breath. You are exactly where you need to be.

In this episode, I’m scrapping the "how-to" to give us both what we actually need: a real-talk pep talk. I’m sharing how the messages you hear in January can lead you to feeling like a failure, when it comes to your midlife health and wellness.

I'm breaking down the toxic myths that tell you you're "behind" if you didn't start on January 1st. I’ll explain why your body doesn't have an expiration date for health. and how your brain’s "freeze response" is actually what’s stopping you (hint: it's not your lack of willpower!)

We’re moving away from the "all or nothing" mentality and leaning into the "bare minimum" so you can actually start living a vibrant, anti-inflammatory life in the middle of your messy, beautiful, chaotic reality.

Inside this episode:

📌 Why January 1st is arbitrary, and how you can focus on your health anytime

📌 Borrowing from your professional side, let's stop firing yourself from your own wellness goals.

📌 How to identify the "when" stories that give you permission to procrastinate.

📌 The biological reason your nervous system sees big goals as a threat (and how to lower the stakes).


Links Mentioned and Ways To Connect:

🙋‍♀️ Work with Me
⭐️ Connect on Social
🥑 How I Cook Just 3 Nights/Week
🧠 Mindset Framework to Stop Relying On Willpower or Motivation