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Midlife doesn't have to mean slowing down, feeling out of control, or resigning yourself to being frumpy & invisible. On the Total Health in Midlife Podcast, seasoned health coach Elizabeth Sherman cuts through the noise of fad diets and contradictory wellness advice. In warm, relatable chats, you'll discover straightforward strategies for managing hormonal shifts, optimizing nutrition, and prioritizing emotional wellness—so you can experience genuine energy and comfort in your body.Whether you're juggling an empty nest, a changing career, or simply trying to keep up with everyday demands, each episode offers practical insights that fit into your real life. Tune in to hear expert interviews, personal stories, and encouraging tips designed to help you embrace this stage with confidence. It's time to unlock sustainable habits that support your physical health, nurture your mental well-being, and truly bring you peace of mind in your 40s, 50s, and beyond.Visit https://elizabethsherman.com/habits to download the 8 Basic Habits that Healthy People Do Guide & Checklist to start your journey focusing on the basics of good health for your body today!
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When was the last time you ate something just because it was free? A glass of wine at a work event. A dessert “on the house.” That second trip to the buffet—even though you were already full. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, we explore the subtle but powerful pull of free food and drink—why it’s so hard to say no, what it's really costing us, and how midlife women can start reclaiming their health by paying attention to the hidden trade-offs. If you’ve ever found yourself eating or...
If you’re hitting your step goal every day and still dealing with stubborn belly fat, low energy, or burnout, this episode is for you. The advice to “just walk more” sounds simple—but for many women in midlife, it’s not delivering the results they were promised. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth Sherman breaks down the truth about step goals and why obsessing over numbers like 10,000 steps a day can quietly work against your health in midlife. Especially if you’re navigati...
Fear of hunger doesn’t usually look like skipping meals or white-knuckling through starvation. For most midlife women, it shows up much earlier—eating “just in case,” snacking to prevent discomfort, or worrying that if you don’t eat now, you’ll lose control later. Over time, this pattern quietly fuels overeating, weight frustration, and constant mental noise around food. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth Sherman breaks down how dieting trained many women to fear hunger—and...
Divorce and empty nest can feel like an emotional earthquake… and then your body starts acting weird on top of it. Sleep gets choppy. Appetite is all over the place. Your energy tanks. And suddenly your “midlife health issues” feel even more confusing because you can’t tell what’s hormones, what’s stress, and what’s just sheer life overload. In this episode, I’m joined by Julie Steed—certified life coach and National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach—who helps divorced empty nesters...
If you feel like a smart, capable woman who can handle everything in your life except food, this episode is for you. We’re talking about what it actually looks like to trust yourself around food again in perimenopause – without another strict diet, macro plan, or “never eat sugar again” rule. In this conversation, I walk you through the hidden reasons you keep ending up in the Sunday night “last supper,” the Monday morning “I’ll be good,” and the 9 pm pantry raid… even though you swore you wo...
You’ve done the diets. You know the rules. You can list calories and carb counts in your sleep. But somehow, you still find yourself standing in front of the pantry at 10:30 pm, finishing the bag of pretzels and asking, “What is wrong with me? I know better than this.” In this episode we’re talking about what’s really going on when you’re done with dieting… but still overeating. We’ll look at why all the plans, macros, and rules haven’t fixed this pattern, and why your late-night snacks, week...
You’re doing “all the right things” with food… and yet the scale won’t budge, your cravings are loud, and you’re so tired at night that the pantry starts calling your name. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth breaks down why overeating, night snacking, and constant grazing are almost never about willpower—and how they’re tied to real, physical changes in your midlife body. We’ll dig into how low protein, blood sugar swings, poor sleep, and a more sensitive nervous system in ...
You start every January with a new plan: stricter rules, cleaner eating, earlier workouts. By March, the plan has quietly vanished, and you’re left blaming yourself… again. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on why your 2025 diet really failed—and why it has a lot less to do with willpower and a lot more to do with being a midlife woman with an actual life, actual hormones, and actual responsibilities. We unpack the hidden reasons your “perfect” plan fell apart: night snacking on the c...
If you’ve ever felt like your motivation evaporates the moment life gets stressful, this episode will feel like someone finally turned the lights on. In this final part of the Goal Setting Series, we dig into why midlife women struggle to stay consistent with their health habits — and why it has nothing to do with discipline, willpower, or “trying harder.” Instead, I’ll show you why your system is failing you, not the other way around. You’ll learn how midlife emotional load, hormonal shifts,...
Most midlife women think they fail at their goals because they lose motivation, get too stressed, or can’t stay consistent. But what if the real reason has nothing to do with discipline at all? In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, we uncover the hidden forces that derail your habits long before you ever “fall off track.” This conversation is about the obstacles you don’t see coming—the emotional labor, invisible responsibilities, and overloaded schedule that make traditional goal-setti...
If you’ve ever set a goal with the best intentions, only to watch it fall apart a few weeks later, this episode will feel like someone finally turned the lights on. Today, we’re digging into the hidden myths that quietly sabotage midlife women — myths that make you think you’re the problem when, in reality, your model was flawed from the start. In Part 2 of the Goal Setting Series, Elizabeth breaks down why health and habit goals collapse even when you’re committed, smart, disciplined, and do...
Most midlife women don’t struggle with goals because they’re undisciplined. They struggle because they’ve been taught to set goals as if they’re living in their past life—the one with more energy, fewer responsibilities, and a calmer hormonal landscape. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, we’re kicking off a powerful four-day Goal Setting Series designed to help you set goals that finally stick. Today’s episode explores why the traditional goal-setting methods you’ve relied on for yea...
Most women in midlife know what it feels like to hit a wall with their health — the fatigue that won’t go away, the weight that won’t budge, the anxiety that shows up out of nowhere. And when you’re stuck in that place, it’s easy to believe there is no way forward. In this milestone 250th episode of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth shares the single practice that helped her reconnect with her body, soften the harsh self-judgment that midlife often brings, and finally feel hopeful about her ...
Most women in midlife don’t struggle because they’re “not disciplined enough.” They struggle because the wellness world has trained them to focus on details that don’t actually change their health. So they spend time, energy, and money on supplements, special drinks, detox protocols, tracking tools, and wellness trends—while overlooking the simple habits that create real, lasting results. In this episode, I’m talking about the difference between the health “big rocks” that move the dial and t...
In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth Sherman pulls back the curtain on one of the biggest reasons women end the holiday season feeling exhausted, resentful, and disconnected from themselves: the Martyr Myth. If you’ve ever found yourself doing everything for everyone else—wrapping the gifts, cooking the meals, organizing the schedule—while telling yourself, “It’s just easier if I do it,” this episode will hit home. Elizabeth explains why high-achieving women so often fall int...
The holiday season has a way of turning capable, health-conscious women into overextended versions of themselves. Between travel, parties, family expectations, and endless to-do lists, it feels like you either have to be perfect or give up completely. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth Sherman shows you a third option—the Bare Minimum Holiday Plan. She explains how defining your personal "minimums" for movement, food, rest, and emotional care can help you stay consistent w...
Between shopping lists, social calendars, and endless wrapping paper, it can feel like the entire weight of the holidays rests on your shoulders. You're not imagining it — that invisible load is real, and it's costing you more than just sleep. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth unpacks why so many women feel responsible for making the holidays "magical" for everyone else — and why that pressure leaves them exhausted, resentful, and off track with their health by January. ...
Feeling like the holidays undo every bit of progress you've made with your health? You're not alone. Between sugar-filled gatherings, endless to-do lists, and the pressure to "make it magical," midlife women often end up exhausted, bloated, and quietly promising themselves they'll start over in January. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth Sherman breaks down what's really happening beneath the overeating, overdrinking, and overcommitting that show up every December. Spoiler...
You've upgraded everything—your skincare, your wine, your wardrobe. You're not DIYing your hair in the bathroom anymore. You've outgrown fast fashion, bad coffee, and relationships that take more than they give. And yet… when it comes to your health? You're still stuck in the bargain bin. Still trying to "just do it" with free downloads, 30-day resets, or the same rules you learned from your mom's Weight Watchers meetings. In this episode of Total Health in Midlife, I'm pulling back the cur...
What do curly hair and your midlife health journey have in common? More than you'd think. In Episode 247 of Total Health in Midlife, Elizabeth Sherman shares a personal story about ditching the flat iron—and discovering that the path to healthier hair was eerily similar to the path so many midlife women take toward better health. The endless trial-and-error, the frustration, the belief that there must be one perfect product (or plan) out there if you could just find it. This episode is for...
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