The Midlife Vitality Project: Where Perimenopause Becomes Your Comeback Story Naturally!

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 menopau

The Midlife Vitality Project: Where Perimenopause Becomes Your Comeback Story Naturally! is a health podcast hosted by Joanne Willis, RHN, with 56 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Joanne Willis, RHN hosts The Midlife Vitality Project: Where Perimenopause Becomes Your Comeback Story Naturally!, a health show with 56 episodes published.

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

• 

  Episode #56

  Episode 56: The Real Cause Behind GLP-1 Rebound Weight Gain (Part 3 of 3)

  Aug 16, 202642 minS2

  Send us your questions & comments Discover what the 14% who keep the weight off do long before they stop! In the final episode of her three-part August 2026 series, Joanne Willis tackles the question she believes sits underneath almost every GLP-1 decision, whether people say it out loud or not: what happens when I stop? Joanne walks through two 2026 studies that, on the surface, seem to tell opposite stories; one showing rapid weight regain after stopping and one showing many people avoid it entirely, and why these studies claim different results. Joanne then reveals the single detail buried in the data that makes sense of both of these studies and she shares two real, publicly documented stories of women with very different outcomes after stopping their medication. Joanne also breaks down what the World Health Organization actually says about how to truly benefit from a GLP-1 medication and why this strategy should be a non-negotiable for everyone. Lastly, Joanne answers some of her most frequently asked questions around GLP-1s, specifically from women navigating perimenopause and post-menopause. To learn the exact step-by-step strategy Joanne uses with her clients who are on a GLP-1 medication or who are looking to avoid starting one, register for Joanne's upcoming live online workshop, "Ozempic & GLP-1s: How to Get the Benefits Without the Side Effects" on Wednesday August 19th at 7pm EST. Click this link to save your seat and get access to the replay and special attendee bonuses! Links & Resources mentioned in this episode: BMJ systematic review on weight regain (Jan 2026) : Weight regain after cessation of medication for weight management: systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed Cleveland Clinic real-world regain study (March 2026) , via ScienceDaily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260319044648.htm Pepper Schwartz case study , via TODAY: https://www.today.com/health/diet-fitness/ozempic-before-and-after-rcna99185 Ready to get clarity on what's going on inside your body? Book your Complimentary Health Audit with Joanne Here . We'll look at your unique situation, identify where your key metabolic imbalances might be and create a roadmap for reclaiming your energy and health — naturally and sustainably. No obligation. Just real answers. Want to learn more about The Metabolic Balance Program - the program I use in my practice to get my client real results that last? Discover what everyone is talking about! The world's leading personalized nutrition and hormone-balancing system with the highest global success rate for sustainable weight loss and health transformation without pills, shakes or expensive proprietary foods. One nutrition plan based on YOUR bloodwork. No deprivation. No one-size-fits-all diet. Just real food matched to your own biochemistry for real, lasting results. Watch the information video here.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Episode #55

  Episode 55: The GLP-1 side effects of a suppressed appetite no-one warns you about (Part 2 of 3)

  Aug 9, 202635 minS2

  Send us your questions & comments How to avoid muscle loss, fatigue and nutrient gaps while taking Ozempic or other GLP-1s. In part two of her three-part August series, Joanne Willis digs deeper into what actually happens in your body when a GLP-1 significantly reduces how much you're eating, for months or longer, and how to get the benefits of a suppressed appetite without it having a negative impact on your body's nutrition and fuel needs. Joanne also shares new research presented at the Endocrine Society's 2026 conference on activity levels in GLP-1 users, and connects it to a real account from a practicing physician whose patient lost 50 pounds only to learn a third of it was muscle. She explains exactly what nutrients tend to run low on GLP-1s if nutriion isn't addressed alongside them, why the ripple effects go far beyond the scale, and why generic advice like "just eat more protein" was never going to be enough to close a gap this specific. You are invited to join Joanne live for her upcoming virtual workshop, " Ozempic & GLP-1s: How to Get the Benefits Without the Side Effects " where she will be diving into exactly how to make GLP-1s work for you without the worry of muscle loss, gut issues or rebound weight gain. If you are already taking a GLP-1 or are thinking about it and want to get total clarity on how to do it the right way based on what YOUR body actually needs, this is a workshop you don't want to miss! Register here to get on the guest list for the free virtual event on August 18th at 7pm EST and lock in the replay and your special attendee bonus! Links & Resources: [ Endocrine Society's 2026 research on GLP-1 users and reduced activity ] Ready to get clarity on what's going on inside your body? Book your Complimentary Health Audit with Joanne Here . We'll look at your unique situation, identify where your key metabolic imbalances might be and create a roadmap for reclaiming your energy and health — naturally and sustainably. No obligation. Just real answers. Want to learn more about The Metabolic Balance Program - the program I use in my practice to get my client real results that last? Discover what everyone is talking about! The world's leading personalized nutrition and hormone-balancing system with the highest global success rate for sustainable weight loss and health transformation without pills, shakes or expensive proprietary foods. One nutrition plan based on YOUR bloodwork. No deprivation. No one-size-fits-all diet. Just real food matched to your own biochemistry for real, lasting results. Watch the information video here.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Episode #54

  Episode 54: The GLP-1 Conversation Nobody's Having Yet (Part 1 of 3): New research, new generics, and the truth behind the headlines

  Aug 3, 202643 minS2

  Send us your questions & comments In the first episode of her three-part August series, Joanne Willis opens up an honest, balanced conversation about GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and the new generics coming to market). Joanne walks through a June 2026 Stanford study on "food noise" and highlights something the headlines mostly missed - how to make the most of that food freedom. She shares in simple, plain language, the four remarkable ways these medications work with the body but then goes on to explain why GLP-1s can't do all the work alone, and what is just as important for us to consider for true health and sustainable weight loss for many years to come. Links & Resources: 1. Stanford Center for Digital Health "food noise" study (JAMA Network Open, June 2026): Link: https://medicine.stanford.edu/news/stories/2026/06/GLP1-Experiences.html 2. Register for our live, virtual workshop, " Ozempic & GLP-1s - How to Get the Benefits Without the Side Effects" on August 19th at 7pm EST HERE . Ready to get clarity on what's going on inside your body? Book your Complimentary Health Audit with Joanne Here . We'll look at your unique situation, identify where your key metabolic imbalances might be and create a roadmap for reclaiming your energy and health — naturally and sustainably. No obligation. Just real answers. Want to learn more about The Metabolic Balance Program - the program I use in my practice to get my client real results that last? Discover what everyone is talking about! The world's leading personalized nutrition and hormone-balancing system with the highest global success rate for sustainable weight loss and health transformation without pills, shakes or expensive proprietary foods. One nutrition plan based on YOUR bloodwork. No deprivation. No one-size-fits-all diet. Just real food matched to your own biochemistry for real, lasting results. Watch the information video here.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Episode #52

  Episode 52: Discover the RIPPLE Framework with Beth & Lisa - How one simple tool can help you navigate any challenge midlife throws your way.

  Jul 19, 202657 minS2

  Send us your questions & comments In this episode of The Midlife Vitality Project , Joanne sits down with Lisa Brisindi and Beth Lambert, the founders of Ripple Affect Momentum Coaching , to explore a framework that is quietly changing the way women in midlife navigate life's most challenging seasons. Lisa and Beth are social workers turned retreat and workshop facilitators who have built their business around one powerful belief: that healing happens one belief, one person and one ripple at a time. After years of working with people through some of life's hardest moments, they channeled that experience into something practical and profoundly accessible — the RIPPLE Framework , a six-stage tool designed to help women work through any challenge, whether it is emotional, relational, physical, or professional. In this conversation, Joanne walks through all six stages of the framework alongside Lisa and Beth and reveals how each stage maps directly onto the work she does with her own clients through The Metabolic Balance Program. The parallel is striking: two completely different modalities, guided by the same instinctive path toward lasting, sustainable change. Beth also shares her personal experience as a current Metabolic Balance client and how she has applied the RIPPLE Framework to her own health journey — a candid and moving account that brings everything discussed in this episode to life. This is an episode that goes beyond nutrition. It speaks to the whole woman — the one who is exhausted, overwhelmed, and quietly putting herself last — and reminds her that she is not broken. She simply needs the right tools, the right support, and permission to make herself a priority. Whether you are struggling with your health, your relationships, your confidence or juggling the caregiver role with trying to be your best self while navigating the weight of everything midlife asks of you, this episode will leave you feeling seen, hopeful, and ready to take that first honest step inward. Want to experience Lisa and Beth's work in person? They have a beautiful workshop coming up this Saturday July 25th in Wheatley, Ontario . If you are local to the area, this is an event you definitely want to check out. Details below :) Healing in Gold Workshop Saturday, July 25, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM Village Resource Centre, Wheatley, Ontario $60 per person This workshop is inspired by Kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold. You will get to experience the RIPPLE Framework in action and leave with a power word, a power promise to yourself, and something truly beautiful you have made with your own hands. To learn more and register, visit this link: Healing In Gold Workshop or if you prefer to pay cash on the day, email Beth &Lisa at rippleaffect@mail.com in advance so they can plan supplies for you :) To learn more about Lisa & Beth's upcoming workshops and retreats: Website : rippleaffectmomentumcoaching.org Instagram: @rippleaffectmomemtum Facebook : Ripple Affect Momentum Coaching TikTok: rippleaffectmomentum YouTube: RippleAffectMomentumCoaching Ready to get clarity on what's going on inside you? Book your Complimentary Health Audit with Joanne Here . We'll look at your unique situation, identify where your key metabolic imbalances might be and create a roadmap for reclaiming your energy and health — naturally and sustainably. No obligation. Just real answers. Want to learn more about The Metabolic Balance Program - the program I use in my practice to get my client real results that last? Discover what everyone is talking about! The world's leading personalized nutrition and hormone-balancing system with the highest global success rate for sustainable weight loss and health transformation without pills, shakes or expensive proprietary foods. One nutrition plan based on YOUR bloodwork. No deprivation. No one-size-fits-all diet. Just real food matched to your own biochemistry for real, lasting results. Watch the information video here.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Episode #51

  Episode 51: Food intolerances, histamine sensitivity and fructose malabsorption and why some women need to do deeper gut work

  Jul 10, 202654 minS2

  Send us your questions & comments If you have been working with a personalized nutrition plan and are starting to really see improvements in your health and your weight loss, but something still isn't right in the gut department, this episode is for you! In Episode 51 of The Midlife Vitality Project, Joanne Willis takes the conversation deeper than last week's bloodwork foundation, into the layer that standard blood markers alone cannot always see. Because for some women, the gut has its own story. Its own history. Its own specific imbalances that need their own targeted investigation - and understanding that is the difference between managing gut symptoms forever and actually resolving them. Through two real anonymous client stories — a woman whose gut still reacts to legumes and cruciferous vegetables despite significant progress on the program, and a woman whose two decades of sleep medication left her gut lining compromised in ways that still show up as skin reactions, hives, and joint stiffness after certain foods — Joanne unpacks the most common deeper gut issues affecting women in midlife and explains in plain language exactly what is happening, which foods make it worse, and why some of the healthiest foods on the planet might be working against you specifically. In this episode you will learn: The difference between metabolic gut support — the gut healing that happens naturally as your blood markers improve — and targeted gut intervention, which is a completely different conversation What lactose intolerance actually is, why it so often develops or worsens in perimenopause, and why the form and preparation of dairy matters as much as whether dairy is included at all The histamine bucket analogy — why you can eat the same food fine one day and react to it the next, and why avocado, spinach, fermented foods, strawberries, and aged cheese might be working against you even on an otherwise excellent clean diet How long-term medication use — including sleep medication, NSAIDs, and proton pump inhibitors — suppresses the enzyme responsible for breaking down histamine in the gut, and why this does not resolve overnight when the medication changes Why fructose malabsorption affects approximately 40% of the population and why healthy fruits like apples, pears, mangoes, and stone fruits can be causing your gut symptoms What SIBO actually is, why fermented foods — despite being gut-beneficial for most people — can make it significantly worse, and why this is one of the clearest examples of a universally healthy food being exactly wrong for a specific gut situation Why GutID microbiome testing using patented Titan-1 technology is now available to Metabolic Balance clients — and how the combination of bloodwork and microbiome testing creates a picture of health that has never been available before This is the episode for the woman who has been doing everything right and whose gut is still the missing piece. The answer is not more restriction. It is more precision. Learn more about GutID here: gutid.com Ready to get clarity on what's going on inside you? Book your Complimentary Health Audit with Joanne Here . We'll look at your unique situation, identify where your key metabolic imbalances might be and create a roadmap for reclaiming your energy and health — naturally and sustainably. No obligation. Just real answers. Want to learn more about The Metabolic Balance Program - the program I use in my practice to get my client real results that last? Discover what everyone is talking about! The world's leading personalized nutrition and hormone-balancing system with the highest global success rate for sustainable weight loss and health transformation without pills, shakes or expensive proprietary foods. One nutrition plan based on YOUR bloodwork. No deprivation. No one-size-fits-all diet. Just real food matched to your own biochemistry for real, lasting results. Watch the information video here.

  ListenShow Notes

Based on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:

Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.