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Are you ready to glow up in midlife?
You’ve spent years putting everyone else first, but now it’s your turn - and you deserve to feel strong, energized, and confident in this next chapter.
I’m Joan Dandeneau, your Midlife Health & Wellness Coach. I help women over 40 simplify fitness and nutrition so you can build habits that actually stick - without the guilt, confusion, or overwhelm.
If you’ve ever asked yourself questions like:
- How do I lose weight in my 40s or 50s without dieting?
- What workouts are best for women over 40?
- How can I eat healthy without spending hours in the kitchen?
- How do I stay consistent when life gets busy?
- How do I bounce back after “falling off the wagon”?
- What habits will help me age strong, healthy, and confident?
Then this show is for you.
Each Thursday, tune in for simple, practical, and encouraging episodes that help you feel good now while building the foundation for your future strong self.
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In this episode, Joan shares why common go-to workouts like walking, yoga, Pilates, and even cardio, while beneficial, may be leaving a critical gap in your fitness routine - and what that means for your long-term health. Drawing from both personal experience and client stories, Joan explains what your body is actually asking for in this season of life and why it matters more than most women realize. You’ll hear: Why “doing all the right things” might still not be enough &nbs...
In this episode, Joan breaks down one of the most overlooked nutrients in midlife nutrition - fiber - and why it might be the missing piece if you’re struggling with low energy, bloating, or inconsistent digestion. Many women believe they’re eating “pretty healthy,” but still aren’t seeing or feeling the results they expect. Joan explains why fiber plays a critical role in how your body functions in this stage of life - and why most women aren’t getting nearly enough. She walks through ...
Setting goals is easy. Following through is where most women get stuck. In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan explains why motivation and discipline are not the real problem when it comes to fitness and nutrition goals. The real issue is that most women are trying to rely on goals without a system to support them. Joan breaks down a simple but powerful four-part framework that helps close the gap between intention and consistency. It's a four-part process that helps...
1If you feel exhausted, crave sugar at night, and can’t lose belly fat… your breakfast might be part of the problem. Maybe it’s coffee and a couple of eggs. Maybe it’s oatmeal. Maybe it’s yogurt on the way out the door. And in midlife, those attempts at your morning meal may be actually working against you. In this episode, Joan breaks down why breakfast matters more after 40 and how small changes in the morning can dramatically impact your energy, metabolism, hormones, and cravings for the re...
In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan explores a topic that many women struggle with: the belief that they need more motivation to stay consistent with fitness and nutrition. Joan explains why motivation and willpower are unreliable strategies for long-term health habits, especially in midlife when life is busy and energy can fluctuate. Instead, she introduces a more sustainable approach rooted in clarity, identity, and intentional habits. Through personal stories and coaching ...
In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan challenges something many women over 40 don’t even realize they’re doing - waiting for permission. Permission to invest in themselves. Permission to want more. Permission to take up space. Permission to start imperfectly. If you’ve spent years putting everyone else first and telling yourself “I’ll start when things slow down,” this conversation is for you. Joan shares five powerful mindset shifts that can completely change the trajectory of...
If you’ve ever quit after missing one workout… Started over on Monday (again)… Or decided that 7,000 steps “didn’t count” because it wasn’t 10,000… This episode is for you. In this episode, Joan tackles one of the biggest mindset traps midlife women fall into: the all-or-nothing mentality. She explains how perfectionism disguised as “high standards” is actually the thing keeping you stuck in a cycle of starting and stopping. Joan shares: Why diet culture trained us to think in extremesHow per...
If you’ve been listening to this podcast thinking, “I know I need help… I just don’t know where to start,” this episode is for you. In today’s episode, Joan pulls back the curtain on her signature 8-week group coaching program, The Midlife Glow Up - and walks you through: Why she created itWho it’s designed for (and who it’s not)How the Fitness, Nutrition, and Hybrid tracks workWhat kind of support you receiveWhat’s actually possible in 8 weeksThis isn’t a quick-fix program. It’s not about pe...
Many women believe they eat “pretty well” - and in most cases, they are. They’re making an effort, being mindful, and trying to make healthier choices. In this episode, Joan explains why those efforts often stop working in midlife and how habits that once felt effective can backfire after 40. Joan discusses the most common nutrition patterns she sees among midlife women and why eating “pretty well” can still leave them feeling tired, frustrated, and stuck - even when they’re doing their best....
What are you really training for? Not how many workouts you’re doing. Not how many calories you burned. Not what your watch says. In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan challenges a question most women in midlife have never been asked - and explains why answering it changes everything. For years, many of us were taught to “work out” for weight loss, calorie burn, or aesthetics. But after 40, random movement is no longer enough. This season of life calls for intentional training ...
Starting is sexy, but staying when it gets boring, hard, or uncomfortable is the real skill we need to practice. So many women believe they struggle with consistency in their health and fitness because they lack discipline or willpower. In reality, most of us have just never learned how to stay committed when things don’t go as planned. In today’s episode, Joan talks about why starting is the easy part - and why staying, especially in midlife, requires a different skill set altogether. We exp...
Most people assume that if fitness comes easily to you now, it always has. That you’ve always had it figured out. That you’re just “a fitness person.” That motivation must come naturally. But that’s rarely the truth. In this deeply personal episode, Joan pulls back the curtain on her 30-year fitness journey and shares the lessons she’s learned across every season - from childhood asthma and sitting out in PE class, to endurance races, bodybuilding, motherhood, imposter syndrome, and ultimatel...
Somewhere along the way, many women were fed the story that midlife is the beginning of decline. But what if that story is wrong? In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan challenges the outdated narrative around midlife as a crisis, and reframes it as a powerful crossroads instead. Drawing inspiration from cultural shifts, her own life, and her work with women across decades of life, Joan explores why midlife may actually be one of the most meaningful and intentional seasons. Joan...
If you’ve been doing “all the right things” for your health - but consistency still feels hard - this episode speaks directly to you. In Episode 15 of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan explores the real reason so many midlife women struggle to sustain healthy habits, even when they know exactly what to do. Spoiler: it’s not discipline, motivation, or more information. This episode pulls back the curtain on the missing piece that makes habits stick in midlife - and why trying to do everything ...
Most New Year’s resolutions fade - not because women lack motivation, but because the approach itself doesn’t support real life, especially in midlife. In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan invites listeners to pause and rethink how they begin a new year. Instead of chasing rigid resolutions or vague goals, she introduces a more intentional, identity-based approach that focuses on who you are becoming and how you want your life to feel. Listeners will explore why traditional go...
In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan continues her two-part habit series by answering the question so many midlife women ask: “Okay, I get why habits matter - but how do I actually make them stick?” Joan breaks down why most habits don’t fail because of a lack of motivation or discipline, but because they aren’t designed to fit real life in midlife. She introduces a simple, practical framework for building habits that feel doable - even during busy, imperfect seasons. Inside t...
This episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast is Part 1 of a two-part series focused on habits - why they matter and how to implement them. Joan breaks down why habits - not motivation or willpower - are the true foundation for sustainable health in midlife. Drawing from her years of experience coaching women over 40, alongside the proven principles in James Clear’s Atomic Habits, Joan explains why the strategies that worked in earlier decades often fall apart in midlife - and what actual...
If you want 2026 to feel different, it has to begin differently. In this episode, we explore why midlife women don’t need more motivation - we need simple, sustainable habits that fit real life. Joan introduces Your Midlife Reset, a 21-day habit challenge designed to help you build clarity, consistency, and confidence as you step into the new year. You’ll learn why habits matter so much in midlife, why layering small changes works better than trying to overhaul everything at once, and who thi...
In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan invites listeners to take a thoughtful look at their personal story with nutrition - the beliefs they grew up with, the rules they absorbed without realizing it, and the “diet mentality” that often follows women into midlife. She explains why this season of life isn’t the time for shrinking or restricting, but for intentional nourishment that supports hormones, metabolism, energy, and long-term health. Joan then breaks down the five m...
In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan breaks down the truth about gratitude - not as a feeling you wait for, but as a practice you choose, especially in the messy middle of midlife. She explores how intentionally looking for what you’re grateful for shifts the entire way you experience your life. When you train your brain to notice something good, it starts finding even more - changing your perspective, your stress response, and even your health habits. Joan also talks about gr...
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