112. The Midlife Health Mistakes Keeping Women Stuck After 40
Women over 40 often struggle with energy, body composition, and recovery. Discover the practical changes that support metabolism, hormones, and healthy aging in perimenopause.
Women over 40 often struggle with energy, body composition, and recovery. Discover the practical changes that support metabolism, hormones, and healthy aging in perimenopause.
Why does belly fat increase during perimenopause? Discover the real reasons women gain weight after 40, including hormone shifts, stress, thyroid health, metabolism, and muscle loss.
If you feel like you have no motivation to work out, eat healthy, stay consistent, or take care of yourself in perimenopause, this episode is for you. In this conversation conversation, Claudia is breaking down why low motivation in your 40s isn’t a discipline problem - but a physiology problem.
In this episode, we’re cutting through the noise, confusion, and conflicting advice dominating social media. From “it’s all your hormones” to “it’s just aging,” we break down what’s actually happening in your body during perimenopause, why symptoms like weight gain, anxiety, and poor sleep are so common, and how to take a more balanced, realistic approach to your health after 40.
Feeling stuck, exhausted, or like your body is working against you in midlife? This episode is your tough-love wake-up call, because thriving in perimenopause starts with radical ownership. I’m breaking down the patterns that keep women overwhelmed, inflamed, and waiting for “someday”, and offering a powerful invitation to take back your time, energy, and mindset–starting now.
In this episode, we explore what’s really happening to the female brain during the perimenopausal transition, why symptoms often start in the late 30s and intensify in the 40s, and what women can do to protect long-term brain health.
Why I intentionally waited to talk about GLP-1s, how I think about them through a functional and midlife lens, and why tools like peptides or hormones can’t replace foundational health work.
What really happens to sex in midlife - and why do so many women feel like their desire disappears overnight?
If you’re feeling anxious, exhausted, gaining weight, and like nothing is working anymore, this episode is for you. These symptoms aren’t just about hormones; they’re often signs of a dysregulated nervous system. In this episode, Functional Health & Integrative Nutrition Coach Claudia Petrilli, breaks down how your nervous system impacts hormones, metabolism, sleep, mood, and more during perimenopause.
Feeling more tired, anxious, or irritable in your 40s—but still pushing through like you always have? In this episode, Claudia shares why the “hustle mode” that may have worked in your 30s starts to backfire in perimenopause–and what to do instead. She opens up about the personal changes she’s made to her daily and weekly rhythm, and walks you through 5 simple, doable practices to help you preserve energy, regulate your nervous system, and feel more like yourself again.
