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Who said midlife has to be a crisis?
Dr. Sara Poldmae is here with the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast for perimenopausal, menopausal, and postmenopausal women who are ready to heal and set new intentions as they write their next chapter.
Bringing you heart, humanity, and humor, each week Dr. Sara is sharing accessible education, real-world stories, and exclusive interviews for the modern woman. She’s dismantling societal aging norms one myth at a time as she explores new health and wellness approaches, changing relationships, healthcare advocacy, and the many complexities and opportunities of midlife.
Each episode comes straight from the heart to teach you how to live with intention and experience fulfillment in mind, body, and soul as you chart your bold course through life’s transitions.
For more than 20 years as a healer, doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, and functional medicine practitioner, Dr. Sara has bridged the gap between Western and alternative medicine practices for her patients and their physicians and healthcare practitioners. Today, she leverages her unique experiences and perspectives as a speaker, consultant, and fierce advocate committed to challenging the narrative of the invisible, aging woman.
Get ready to make midlife your best life. Find out more at risingwomanproject.com!
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Did you know that it’s possible to reverse diabetes?There’s a lot that we’re not taught about the prevention and even reversal of diabetes, especially as women. That’s why I’ve recruited the help of an expert to take us through it in this episode of Midlife Rise + Thrive. Dr Lara May is here to teach you what your family doctor never did about diabetes. Dr. Lara is a functional medicine clinical specialist, master intuitive healer, and international teacher and speaker. She's on a missio...
What can you do to make your hormones happy during perimenopause?In the last episode of the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast, we talked about what to expect from perimenopause and how to know when you’re in it. In this episode, we’re going one step further to discuss what you can do about the perimenopausal symptoms that are making your life miserable. I’m here to arm you with tools you can master on your own so that you can take action right now to start feeling better. Topics covered in t...
Today on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast is the “What to Expect When You Aren’t Expecting Anything” Perimenopause Edition.No one hands you a guide or even tells you much about what to expect during perimenopause, and it will probably start before you’re expecting it at all. This episode will teach you how to recognize the signs of perimenopause so that you can take your health into your own hands. Topics covered in this episode include:Surprising symptoms that are actually signs of per...
Are you wondering what’s going on with your hormones?In this episode of Midlife Rise + Thrive, Dee Davidson is here to help you find answers to your questions. Whatever symptoms you’re experiencing, your body is communicating something to you, and hormone testing can help you understand what it is. With over two decades of experience in functional health, Dee Davidson has dedicated her career to empowering women to thrive through a holistic approach to well-being. As a seasoned functiona...
If you’re a woman in midlife, you need to hear this episode on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast! I’m talking with Tsgoyna Tanzman all about strokes. Signs and symptoms, what to do if you have one, prevention, and recovery: we’re getting into it all. Women suffer more fatalities from strokes than men, which is why I’m so passionate about having this conversation to educate more women on stroke prevention. Tsgoyna is sharing what you can do to prevent a stroke, what to do in the case of a...
Have you ever had to care for a loved one through an illness or injury? Our guest, Sarah Cart, and I want you to know that you’re not alone. In this episode on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast, I’m sitting down with Sarah to talk about her experience with her husband’s life-threatening health challenges and how she got through it. Sarah Cart was raised and educated in New York and New England and wrote for multiple local publications while she and her husband, Ben, raised four sons...
Do you wish that you could stop emotional eating for good?Sherry Shaban is here to teach you a different approach to health that begins with self-love and listening to your body. Sherry will help you rewire your brain to release self-sabotaging limiting beliefs and fall in love with fitness so that weight loss becomes easy, predictable, and enjoyable. In this episode, we’re discussing what causes emotional eating, how to heal your relationship with your body, and what your gut health has to d...
Did you know that your bone health is a major contributing factor to your overall health as you age?Dr. Neustadt noticed that there were some pretty severe gaps in the healthcare industry when it came to bone health, so he made it his mission to make sure you have all the information you need to maintain healthy bones. In this episode of the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast, our first male guest, Dr. John Neustadt, is sharing some of the statistics on bone health in midlife, why your bones are s...
Can you think your way into a better life? Our guest Anna Marie Frank and I believe that you can, and we’re going to teach you how today on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast. This episode is all about mindset, wellness, and how to improve your life through the power of thought. In this episode, Anna Marie explains how you can control your biology, understand your brain type, and create a plan for the future of your health. Dr. Anna Marie Frank, a doctor of Traditional Naturopat...
Are you ready to rediscover who you are after feeling lost in a marriage?There are a lot of misconceptions about leaving a marriage and it can feel really isolating, but Elizabeth Soto-Baez wants you to know that you’re not alone. She gets it, and she can help. Through breathwork and other techniques, she will help you reconnect to yourself, regulate your nervous system, and release anxiety so that you can become the woman you want to be. Don’t miss this episode of the Midlife Rise + Thr...
How hard do you find it to eat healthily?It can feel like there are a lot of barriers to healthy eating like time, money, and skill, because we seem to have overcomplicated it. What if healthy eating could be super simple?Lynne Bowman is here on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast to prove to you that it can be simple. She’s sharing her best tips for simple healthy eating for the whole family. The best part is, she doesn’t want you to stop eating the foods you love! Her process is all about fin...
Are you familiar with your blood sugar levels?It’s not uncommon to have no idea what your blood sugar levels are, even though they could be at the root of a whole bunch of the mystery symptoms you’re struggling with. Linn Rivers is joining us on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast to talk about why it’s so important to manage your blood sugar levels, what to do about them, and where to find resources to help you.Linn Rivers is a functional health and wellness expert and educator. She teach...
What’s causing you to wake up at the same time in the middle of the night, week after week?Morgan Adams is here on Midlife Rise + Thrive to help you get to the root of your sleep struggles. You might recognize Morgan from one of the earliest episodes of the podcast, and she has so much good stuff to share that I just had to have her back.It’s really common for women in midlife to experience changes in their sleep patterns, including those middle-of-the-night wakeup calls, but why? And what ca...
Do you wish you had a better relationship with money?It’s common for women in midlife to realize that they’ve never been deeply involved in their financial management and now they either want or need to be. You may have been forced to take control of your finances by death, divorce, or other unforeseen circumstances, or you may be feeling like you want to be better prepared and have more control in your life. Whatever your situation, financial coach Patti Handy can help. Patti is here on...
What if you were only one thought away from your dream life?This episode of Midlife Rise + Thrive is all about the power of your thoughts. Kerry Tepedino is here to share the story that led her to create the One Thought Away Project to empower women to change their lives through the power of thought. This episode explores how your thoughts influence your reality, how to shift your mindset when you feel trapped by negative thinking, and how to leverage the power of your mind. Kerry T...
What is shadow work?Shadow work is a type of therapy that’s been gaining attention online recently, so maybe you’ve heard of it before. I have a lot of questions about shadow work and I figured you might too, so I asked Dr. Elizabeth Berrocal to join us on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast to give us a professional breakdown. In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth explains what shadow work is and how it can help you work through trauma and improve your relationship with yourself. She also touche...
Are you considering therapy for the first time as a woman in midlife? You might be wondering if therapy is right for you, how to find a therapist, or what to expect from your therapy sessions, among other things. There are all kinds of different types of therapy and it looks different for everyone, but this episode will help you understand the basics to get started. I figured there’s no one better to teach us about therapy than an actual therapist, so I invited Laura Reagan onto the show...
A lot of the messages we receive about menopause are negative and most of them aren’t even true. If you feel like society puts you in a box as a woman in midlife, you’re not alone. You and I both know that not every 40-year-old woman fits in the same box. We’re all having unique experiences that come with unique needs, so how do we meet those needs in a world that treats us like we’re all the same?In this episode of Midlife Rise + Thrive, special guest Susana Puelles and I are talking about e...
How often do you speak to yourself with kindness? We tend to be much harder on ourselves than we ever would be on our loved ones, and we’re doing ourselves a disservice. Did you know that self-compassion doesn’t only make you feel better, but it also helps you accomplish goals and break bad habits? Brittany Cano is here to teach us more about the benefits of radical self-care and how to implement it as a practice in our lives. We’re talking about how to notice and interrupt neg...
Do you feel trapped in the cycle of dieting, losing weight, and then gaining it all back? Like no matter how committed you are, nothing ever sticks?Laura Folkes is here on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast to teach you a different approach to weight loss and your relationship with food so that you can get to the root of what’s keeping you stuck and break the cycle for good. She’s teaching you how to make a truce with food. Laura is sharing her own experience with weight loss and what all...
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