The Midlife Feast Podcast
1) #175: Food Guilt in Midlife: Why Your Alarm Keeps Going Off (Even When It’s Just Toast)
What if the loudest voice at your meals isn’t hunger, but an overactive alarm telling you you’re doing it “wrong”? In this episode, I dig into the link between food guilt and relentless food noise, an...Show More
2) How to Rebuild Your Habits in Midlife: A Kinder, Science-Backed Approach with Signe Darpinian, LMFT
Sometimes the routines that feel the hardest to change are the ones that once helped us cope. In this episode, therapist and eating-disorder specialist Signe Darpino breaks down how those patterns get...Show More
3) #173 - How To Age Without Apology with Deb Benfield RDN
What if the fear of “looking older” isn’t really about wrinkles at all, but about relevance, visibility, and power? I welcome registered dietitian and author Deb Benfield to dig into internalized agei...Show More
4) #172 Q&A Episode: Soy, Metabolism, And Food Noise
I'm answering three questions this week: how to get soy’s benefits if it bothers your gut, what really shifts in metabolism during menopause, and how to quiet food noise. We'll cover: • Non-soy prote...Show More
5) #171: Sleep in the Messy Middle of Midlife and Menopause with Dr Shelby Harris
Feel like your sleep has gone missing in midlife? Join me and my guest Dr Shelby Harris as we break down why sleep changes in perimenopause, how culture has overhyped “perfect sleep,” and the tools th...Show More
6) #170: The One Thing Menopause Dietitians Want You to Know About Nutrition
We all want to simplify nutrition (and life!) but are we going down the wrong path when it comes to finding "one thing" for nutrition in menopause? Laura Clark RD and I talk about how real progress i...Show More
7) #169: Style, Not Size: Dressing for the Life You’re Living with Jacquelyn Prattipati
If your closet feels like a battlefield and getting dressed has turned into a daily reminder that your body isn’t the same as it used to be, you’re not alone. In this episode, I’m joined by personal s...Show More
8) #168: ADHD, Menopause, and The Messy Middle with Diana Reid RD
Menopause can scramble your mood, planning, memory, and appetite cues, especially if you’re living with ADHD. My guest this week is Diana Reid, RD and we dive into how shifting estrogen affects dopam...Show More
9) #167 - When Perimenopause Unmasks ADHD with Dr. Jen Wolkin
Midlife brain fog and overwhelm aren’t signs of falling apart. It’s really just your biology getting louder. Dr. Jen Wolkin, a Harvard-trained neuropsychologist, explains how perimenopause can reveal ...Show More
10) #166: What if “healthy” is a pattern, not a prescription? Redefining lifestyle medicine in menopause
The words “diet and exercise” often feel like a trap door into diet culture and the diet mentality. Given that the theme for this year's World Menopause Day is lifestyle medicine, I wanted to explore ...Show More