Midlife Mommas: A Girlfriends Approach to Life After Menopause

Oct 23 2024 177 ep. 31 mins 13

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Looking for the unfiltered reality of midlife and menopause? Join Cam and Amelia as we uncover the truth about navigating this transformative stage and provide valuable insights to help you overcome common challenges like hot flashes, sleeplessness, brain fog, and that restless feeling. Together, we'll explore a wide range of topics, including relationships, cooking, hormone balance, exercise, and so much more. No stone is left unturned as we delve into every aspect that influences this incredible phase of life. Get ready to embrace midlife with us – the Midlife Mommas!

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Cortisol, Stress, and Midlife: The HPA Axis Explained

Oct 23 2024 30 mins

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It's Over! Breaking up with sugar

Oct 09 2024 29 mins

In this episode, you'll hear: Name That Sugar: Ever wondered just how sneaky sugar can be? Cam and Amelia break down the many aliases sugar hides under. From sucrose to fructose, they cover it all and share why it’s important to be a sugar detective when reading labels.Biofeedback and Personal Well-being: Listen in as they discuss how tuning into your body can reveal hidden issue

When life gets tough: Finding your minimums

Oct 02 2024 32 mins

Let's face it; life gets tough for all of us, and sometimes in midlife, when our warrior-hormone estrogen has tanked, life can feel especially tough.Cam and Amelia have both experienced struggles: aging parents, business travel, loss of pets, parents moving, cancer.....it's all, well, heavy.Joint us for an enlightening and (believe it or not) encouraging episode on how to cope with

Part 3: How to Cardio Without Tanking Your Energy & Hormones

Sep 25 2024 29 mins

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Part 2: Sneaky Stress: Eat less, exercise more is keeping you stuck in menopause

Sep 18 2024 40 mins

Are you a stress-eater? Do you eat less when you're stressed? We see both. In midlife, we have to be careful because we can control 2 things: cortisol response and insulin response. We grew up in an age where we 'ate less and exercised more' to lose weight. That no longer works in midlife. Join us for part 2 of this series. This episode talks about how stress can railroad your weig

Part 1: Are you eating enough and running on fumes?

Sep 11 2024 35 mins

A common misstep for midlife women, especially in the current generation is undereating. Both Cam and Amelia have personal and professional contacts for whom this is true. We grew up in diet culture, so can you really blame us?But there is a better way. Join us for this enlightening episode on calorie intake and expenditure. You might be surprised at what the dial-movers really are

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Sep 04 2024 31 mins

We all try to do it - find balance. Sometimes we may actually achieve it. In this episode of the Midlife Mommas, Cam and Amelia talk about the push and pull of life as it relates to masculine and feminine energy. You may have never thought in these terms before. The masculine - demanding schedules and structure, timelines, accomplishments, working in 24 hour cycles; versus the femi

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Aug 21 2024 26 mins

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