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If you’re a woman over 40 who is tired of feeling tired, foggy, or stuck in a body that doesn’t feel like yours anymore and are looking for a natural approach that will work for YOU to help you start feeling like yourself again, this podcast is for you.
In The Midlife Vitality Project podcast, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, cancer survivor and fellow perimenopause warrier, Joanne Willis, guides you through a real midlife health and life transformation — not one that relies on pills, weight loss injections, HRT or quick fixes, but through understanding your body’s signals and rebuilding your health from the root - naturally - with the power of nutrition!
In each episode, Joanne will dig deep into the real reason behind midlife weight gain, mood swings, fatigue, and other wacky and worrying symptoms of perimenopause — and teaches you how to rebalance your metabolism, hormones and blood levels to achieve your best health and lasting vitality through menopause and beyond.
Because midlife is not the end my friend — it’s just the beginning of your next chapter - the chapter that's all about you and living your best life!
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Send us your questions & comments For many women, midlife is the first time we start to pay attention to our heart health - not because something is “wrong,” but because the body is changing — hormonally, metabolically, and nutritionally — and symptoms start popping up alerting us to the fact that the body systems that once compensated for nutrition deficiencies so easily, now need more support. In this episode, we continue our February focus on heart health and prevention of cardiovascul...
Send us your questions & comments If you are a woman in midlife and have recently been told you’re prediabetic or haveType 2 diabetes, this episode is for you. That moment can feel heavy and confusing - and often comes with the quiet fear that a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes will now define your future health and will require you to rely on medication for life to manage it. In today’s episode, I am breaking that belief wide open - because the truth is you DO have control over your fu...
Send us your questions & comments Have you ever been told your blood sugar is “normal,” yet your body doesn’t feel right? Or maybe you’ve recently been told you’re prediabetic or have type 2 diabetes, and you’re feeling scared, overwhelmed, or worried about what this means for your future. If either of those situations sounds familiar, this episode is for you. In this conversation, we unpack why blood sugar matters for every woman in midlife — not just those with a diabetes diagnosis — an...
Send us your questions & comments Did you head into 2026 feeling hopeful that this would finally be the year things clicked with your health… only to find that a few weeks in, your motivation has quietly dropped off? If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone — and you’re not failing. For many women, this time of year brings a very real dip in energy, mood, and motivation. For some, it shows up as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). For others, it’s the familiar “winter slump” or “winter bl...
Send us your questions & comments If you’ve been hearing more and more about peptides — especially alongside GLP-1 injections — and feeling unsure about what they actually are, how they work, or whether they’re something you should even be considering… this episode is for you. Peptides are one of the most talked-about topics in the midlife weight-loss and anti-aging space right now — and also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode of The Midlife Vitality Project,...
Send us your questions & comments There comes a moment in midlife when you start asking different questions about your health. You’re not just focused on weight anymore. Chances are you’re thinking about energy, hormones, bloodwork, and how you want to feel as you age. And yet… your body feels harder to manage than it used to. In this first episode of Season 2 in The Midlife Vitality Project, we’re talking about one of the most common — and most misunderstood — questions women ask in thei...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 13, the final episode of my Journey to Metabolic Balance mini-series, I’m reflecting on where I’m at now — 10 weeks into the program — and tying together everything this journey has taught me. At this point, I’m over 24 pounds down, but the most meaningful changes go far beyond the scale. For the first time in years, my body feels stable. My energy is consistent.My sleep is deeper and more restorative.My brain fog has lifted significantly.My mood ...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 12 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into a pivotal turning point in my journey — the transition from the strict Phase 2 into the next phase of The Metabolic Balance® Program, where more freedom is intentionally reintroduced. I’m sharing this episode on New Years Day of 2026, because it’s the exact moment when many women who are contemplating embarking on significant habit changes may also be asking themselves: Can I really do this? Is this goin...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 11 of this mini-series, I’m sharing what it was really like navigating my first social event without alcohol while following The Metabolic Balance® Program during Phase 2, the most structured and important part of the metabolic reset. This episode takes place around Day 12, at a point where I had already lost 10 lbs in less than two weeks and was feeling motivated to protect the progress I was making — even as real life continued to happen. For ma...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 10 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into my experience eating out at a restaurant while following The Metabolic Balance® Program during Phase 2, the most structured part of the metabolic reset. This episode takes place on Day 10, at a point where I had already lost 10 lbs and could clearly see that what I was doing was working. I was motivated but also very aware that eating out can feel like a major hurdle when you’re trying to stay consistent...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 8 of this mini-series, I’m sharing a very real — and very short-lived — experience I had early on in my journey that ended up becoming one of the most empowering moments of all. Around day 6 on my plan (about 4 days into Phase 2), I noticed a brief histamine-type reaction. And instead of feeling worried or discouraged, I felt curious — because by this point, my body was already showing clear signs that something positive was happening. At this sta...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 9 of this mini-series, I’m sharing a very honest look at the emotional side of transformation — the part that often surprises women the most, and the point where many end up quitting. This episode was recorded on Day 9 of my plan — just over halfway through the most structured and challenging phase of the program. Physically, things were going well. But emotionally… I hit a wall. At the same time, my life stress load was higher than usual. And tha...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 7 of this mini-series, I’m sharing what happened when I reached the point in my health and weight loss journey where my body was clearly starting to respond to the positive changes I was making — but in what felt like a negative way. As I transitioned out of Phase 1 and into Phase 2, about 2-3 days into my plan, I began to notice some uncomfortable symptoms that, for a moment, made me pause and wonder if I had done something wrong while following ...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 6 of this mini-series, I’m taking you into the very beginning of my journey — Phase 1, Day 1 — and sharing what the first day on the The Metabolic Balance® Program actually felt like. This episode follows on from the preparation phase, where I talked about how I set myself up to start calmly and intentionally. Here, I share how that preparation translated into real life once I finally began. In this episode, I talk about: what Phase 1 is designed ...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 5 of this mini-series, I’m sharing what it actually looked like to prepare for Phase 1 and the start of Phase 2 of The Metabolic Balance® Program — and why this preparation is the first key to success. In this episode, I walk you through: The purpose and guidelines of Phase 1 and Phase 2, and why they are the most important steps in the metabolic reset process.How I planned my new daily routine in advance — scheduling meals, hydration, and s...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 4 of this mini-series where I walk you through my own midlife health and weight loss journey following The Metabolic Balance® Program, I’m sharing the importance of mindset and how my own mindset almost derailed me before I even started! I talk openly in this episode about my own struggle with all-or-nothing thinking, fear of failure and the pressure I tend to put on myself to do things perfectly. That mindset has held me back more tim...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 3 of this mini-series, I’m walking you through exactly how my personalized nutrition plan was created — step by step — using my own bloodwork as a blueprint. This is the episode where everything moves from information to action. Up until this point, I knew my bloodwork was telling a story. But what I really wanted to understand was how those lab results would translate into something practical… something I could actually follow in real life. In th...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 2 of this mini-series, I’m taking you deeper into my own health and weight loss journey — to the point where I was finally able to stop guessing and started getting real answers. This episode is all about my bloodwork… and what it revealed about what was actually happening inside my body during perimenopause. At this stage of my life, I was doing many of the “right” things — eating well, staying active, trying to manage stress — yet my symptom...
Send us your questions & comments In Part 1 of this mini-series where I take you on my own health and weight loss journey, I’m taking you back to the moment where I decided to follow The Metabolic Balance® Program - the moment when everything finally started to make sense. I take you back to the stage of my life where perimenopausal symptoms were beginning to take over — 30lbs of stubborn weight gain, increasing fatigue, insatiable cravings, achy joints and bloodwork that was ...
Send us your questions & comments If you’ve been feeling torn about HRT — whether to start it, stay on it, or stop it — this episode is going to feel like someone finally turned the lights on. So many women in their 40s and 50s quietly wrestle with the same questions: “Do I really need HRT?” “Why isn't it helping the way I hoped?” “Is it safe for me?” “Why do I still feel exhausted, inflamed, irritable, or stuck in my weight… even though I’m on hormones?” “What a...
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