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Weight Loss In Menopause: What You’re Missing To Feel Like Yourself Again with Maraya Brown

EnergyMD Podcast

Release Date: 06/24/2026

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When your labs look normal but you still can't lose weight, the missing piece isn't usually more supplements or another protocol. It's often what's happening in your nervous system and how your body responds to years of accumulated stress.

If you're a woman in your 40s or 50s who has optimized everything (sleep, diet, exercise, stress management) and still feel stuck, perimenopause and menopause can look like the finish line. Instead, for many, it becomes the moment when fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog hit differently than before. What most providers miss is that menopause is often a trigger point for long COVID and ME/CFS, and the standard functional medicine approach doesn't always account for what's actually driving the fatigue at this stage of life.

In this episode, you'll learn:

  • Why menopause becomes a trigger point for long COVID and ME/CFS, and what standard functional medicine misses about this transition
  • How the nervous system's amygdala gets stuck in survival mode after decades of stress, shutting down immunity, digestion, and hormone production simultaneously
  • The testing approach that includes Dutch Plus hormonal panels, GI mapping, and heavy metal screening
  • Two practical "switching" techniques you can do anywhere (collarbone points and lip technique) to reset your nervous system out of fight-or-flight
  • Why releasing the grip on "I have to lose weight" and shifting your identity paradoxically allows the nervous system to relax enough for weight loss to follow

Guest: Maraya Brown is a Yale-trained Certified Nurse Midwife and functional-medicine women's health expert, founder of The Women's Vibrancy Code and host of its globally ranked podcast. She helps ambitious midlife women reclaim their hormones, energy, libido, confidence, and vitality without burning out.

With more than 20 years of clinical experience in federally funded clinics, functional medicine, and international health work in Nicaragua, Ghana, and Haiti, she now supports women worldwide through online programs, courses, retreats, and her podcast. Maraya blends advanced lab testing, personalized nutrition, nervous system regulation, and mindset work to help women restore energy, support hormone health, and feel like themselves again.

Chapters:

00:00 - Menopause as a Long COVID Trigger

03:00 - Maraya’s Background and Professional Journey

08:00 - Programs: Trifecta and Year-Long Code

13:00 - Testing Beyond Standard Labs

18:00 - Primitive Reflexes and Nervous System

28:00 - Switching Techniques and Practical Tools

36:00 - Philosophy, Flow, and Client Selection

45:00 - Personal Story and Identity Work

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