023 Why Writing a Book You Might Never Publish Can Heal Your Midlife Story with Julie Ann
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
Release Date: 12/10/2025
031: Why Eating Less Stops Working in Midlife | Eat Like a Woman (Part 1)
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
Why does eating less stop working in midlife and menopause? Many women find that the strategies that once helped them stay lean or in control now leave them tired, foggy, irritable, and unsatisfied. In this episode of Midlife Reset, Diana Devi explores why eating less often backfires for women in midlife and menopause, and what it truly means to eat like a woman. You will learn how stress, hormones, and nervous system overload change appetite and satisfaction, why pleasure and sensory nourishment matter for female metabolism, and how shifting from restriction to satisfaction supports strength,...
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030: Working With Your Body (Instead of Fighting It) in Midlife
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
If midlife sometimes feels like your body has been taken over by aliens, you are not alone. In this episode, Diana explores what it really means to work with your body during and after menopause instead of pushing through stress, fatigue, and shifting hormones. You will learn how nervous system stress shows up in the body and a simple way to let your body catch up with you, something you can do anywhere, even in the car. Your body did not betray you. She just changed the playbook. What You Will Hear In This Episode: Why your body reacts differently to stress in midlife The difference between...
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029: Move for Strength, Mood & Longevity - Why Exercise Feels Different After Menopause
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
If exercise suddenly feels different after menopause, you’re not imagining it. In this episode, Diana explains why movement, strength training, recovery, and nervous-system support matter more than ever in midlife - and how the right kind of exercise can boost mood, energy, brain health, metabolism, and long-term independence for women over 50. You’ll also hear a real-life story of how shifting from “push harder” workouts to supportive, strength-focused movement helped one woman heal from repeated injuries and become stronger than ever - without burning out her body. What You’ll Hear...
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028: Move to the Music: How Dancing Transforms Your Brain, Mood & Midlife Well-Being
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
If you’ve been feeling stressed, foggy, or disconnected from your body in midlife or menopause, this episode will show you how dancing can lift your mood, support brain health, and help you feel at home in your body again. Diana blends science with real-life stories to show how moving to music - in any way - can bring back joy, confidence, and nervous-system calm. In this episode you’ll learn: How dancing supports brain health & neuroplasticity in midlife Why movement + music helps reduce stress and cortisol The surprising connection between dancing and confidence How dancing can...
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027: Small Moves, Big Shifts: Why Pushing Through Stops Working in Midlife
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
Pushing through stress, fatigue, and change stops working in midlife - not because you’re failing, but because your body’s ability to repair has shifted. In this episode, Diana explains what’s really happening and how small, strategic changes restore energy, clarity, and momentum without burnout. What You’ll Hear: Why “powering through” creates real physical symptoms in midlife What changes in your body that makes recovery slower and effort cost more How reduced repair affects energy, pain, sleep, and emotional tolerance Why small, repeatable shifts work better than big...
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026 Starting Again - Gently: Creating Change in Midlife Without Burning Yourself Out
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
You don’t need the calendar’s permission to begin again. In this episode, Diana explores what it looks like to create change gently in midlife - without pressure, burnout, or emotional self-bullying - so your body and nervous system feel safe enough to support real progress. What You’ll Hear: The difference between letting go (Episode 25) and beginning again gently. Why we’ve been taught that change must start on a specific date How midlife shifts our energy, capacity, and tolerance for pushing through Why gentle beginnings work better than big dramatic resets What happens in your...
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025 What to Leave Behind Before the New Year Begins: A Midlife Nervous System Reset
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
As the year ends, many women feel pressure to review, fix, or “wrap up” their lives before January arrives. In this episode, Diana explains why real closure isn’t about forcing resolution — it’s about deciding what you’re done carrying so your body and nervous system can finally exhale. What You’ll Hear: Why traditional year-end reflection often creates more stress instead of clarity What actually needs closure in midlife — and why it’s usually the quiet things How carrying unfinished emotional weight affects your nervous system and energy What happens in your body when you...
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024 Feeling Stuck in Midlife? Start Here When You Don’t Know What You Want Anymore
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
In this episode, we explore why feeling unsure about what you want in midlife isn’t a failure — it’s a signal that your body and priorities are shifting. You’ll learn how to listen more clearly, ease the pressure to “figure it all out,” and begin again with small, honest changes that actually restore energy. What You’ll Hear: Why not knowing what you want is often a sign of alignment changing, not motivation disappearing How midlife and menopause shift the way drive, energy, and clarity show up Why forcing answers or big plans can backfire during transitions A simple “Drains...
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023 Why Writing a Book You Might Never Publish Can Heal Your Midlife Story with Julie Ann
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
There’s a moment in midlife when your story starts tapping you on the shoulder, asking to be heard. Not necessarily published on Amazon, not necessarily written for the world, but written for you. Today I’m joined by Julie Ann—writing mentor, retreat host, and the woman behind the quiet, reflective space where so many come to tell the truth about their lives. We talk about what really happens when you step away, slow down, and finally give voice to the things you’ve lived through. Spoiler: the book you think you’re writing might actually be writing you. What You’ll Hear: why so...
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022 Forget Resolutions: Why Midlife Women Should Start Their Reset Now (Joy, Menopause, and Feeling Better Today)
Midlife Reset: Reverse Aging Naturally, Feel Better in Your Body & Reclaim Energy After Menopause
Why wait for January when your midlife body is asking for support now? In this episode, Diana reveals why joy-not willpower-is the real engine of a Midlife Reset, how menopause affects your motivation and energy, and why starting gently in December (or any holiday season) is one of the smartest moves you can make. What You’ll Hear: Why joy becomes quieter in midlife and menopause-and how to get it back The “lab mouse at the pellet bar” moment that explains midlife motivation perfectly Two real client stories: what waiting costs, and what starting now makes possible How to make...
info_outlineThere’s a moment in midlife when your story starts tapping you on the shoulder, asking to be heard. Not necessarily published on Amazon, not necessarily written for the world, but written for you.
Today I’m joined by Julie Ann—writing mentor, retreat host, and the woman behind the quiet, reflective space where so many come to tell the truth about their lives. We talk about what really happens when you step away, slow down, and finally give voice to the things you’ve lived through.
Spoiler: the book you think you’re writing might actually be writing you.
What You’ll Hear:
- why so many women feel called to write a book in midlife
- how reflection becomes healing (even if you never publish)
- what happens when you step away from your life long enough to hear yourself
- the surprising relief in telling the truth on the page
- how writing can reveal the next chapter you’re meant to live
Featured Guest: Julie Ann
Julie Ann is a publishing oracle and storytelling midwife who helps soul-led leaders birth books that awaken, heal, and transform.
With over 17 years in the publishing industry, she has guided more than 300 authors to write and publish nonfiction works that shift paradigms and reclaim truth. She is the founder of Influence Publishing, now evolved into The House of Story Medicine —her is sacred listening — not just to words, but to what lives beneath them. She perceives the deeper current beneath your story, attuned to the moments where your voice trembles with truth. She is the eye of soul — the one who sees the unseen, holds the unspoken, and midwifes your message into clarity
Julie Ann is the host of the podcast Your Story is Your Portal; a sacred container for storytellers, seekers, and soul-led leaders ready to speak the story they were born to tell.
These are not interviews. These are activations.
Each episode is a portal — a moment of recognition, a mirror of becoming, a reclamation of voice and Soul Purpose.
Her TEDx talk has reached over 100,000 viewers, and she’s been featured on international television, radio, and in major press for her visionary work in authorship, voice activation, and transformational publishing.
She is also the author of Around the World in Seven Years, a bestselling memoir chronicling her global pilgrimage of personal awakening and soul-led leadership.
Connect with Julie:
Website: www.influencepublishing.com/
Facebook: facebook.com/InfluencePublishing
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/julieannpv
Instagram: instagram.com/julieinspires
Connect with the Diana:
Website: http://anagelesslife.com
Facebook (Personal): facebook.com/diana.d.devi
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dianadevi/
Instagram: instagram.com/anagelesslife/
Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UC9RMEbTnK8ZltLQvhUpEsNQ
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@anagelesslife
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