Truly Balanced: The Midlife Insider

Ladies, if you wake at 3 a.m. sweaty and wide awake, you are not alone. Read this and you’ll see exactly why your nights are awful. And the first small shift to change it. I talk with high-performing women every week. They are holding families together, leading teams, and still dragging through the day. It is not just tired. It is snappy with your kids. It is sharp with your spouse. It is a mistake at work you would not normally make. Hormones are part of it, but here are 5 c

I had two conversations last week that I cannot stop thinking about. Both women are leaders in their fields. Highly successful. On paper, they had everything under control. But when we got on the phone, I could tell something was off. The first said, “I’m already on a GLP-1. I’ve lost weight, yes… but this belly? It feels like it’s still hanging on. I thought the medication would fix it, but I still feel stuck.” The second admitted, “I haven’t tried medication yet. I’ve been

When she first reached out in January, she was at her breaking point. She had done everything she thought she was supposed to do. She cut back on food. She fasted for days at a time. She pushed through the fatigue and the hunger. But the scale would not move. She told me: “Even when I fasted for 3 to 5 days, nothing changed. I was truly frustrated.” It wasn’t just the number on the scale. Her energy was gone. She was dragging herself through the day. Her clothes no longer fit

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the same conversation over and over. Different cities. Different women. Different stages of life. But the same story. “I’m gaining weight, and I haven’t changed anything.” “My doctor says I’m fine… but I don’t feel fine.” “I wake up sweating in the middle of the night.” “My brain is foggy.” “I’m exhausted.” Listen. This isn’t medical advice. But I need to say this: You’re not too young. You’re not imagining it. And your doctor may not even un

One of my clients told me, “I thought this was just part of getting older.” She had started gaining weight during perimenopause. Her knees and hips hurt every day. She was always hungry or craving something. She tried to eat right.  She worked out. She drank the smoothies and followed the advice. But nothing worked. She was exhausted. She didn’t feel like herself anymore. That was her life for years. She kept pushing through, thinking it would get better. That was her normal.

I didn’t plan to talk about hormones this weekend. But by the end of the conference, five women had pulled me aside. But somehow. Every conversation led there. Friday night, I was eating a salad and chatting with a woman I’d just met. She was in her mid-50s.  Retired and now an entrepreneur And tired. We started talking about menopause. She leaned in and said. “Sister, this stuff is real.” She wasn’t talking about a few hot flashes. How quickly her body had changed on her. Th