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Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill
Release Date: 10/28/2025
Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill
What if your hormone imbalance has nothing to do with your hormones and everything to do with the light in your house? Health detective and certified quantum biology practitioner Sarah Kleiner joins us to break down one of the most underconversed topics in women's midlife health: how your light environment is directly disrupting your hormones, your metabolism, your thyroid, your gut, and your sleep... and what you can actually do about it today. Sarah shares her deeply personal journey through irregular cycles, two miscarriages, two failed IVF rounds, and eventually a successful pregnancy at...
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Grab Mat's book 'Cracking the Man Code' at where he has loaded up over $300 in bonuses for our listeners. What if the reason you keep losing the spark has nothing to do with your partner and everything to do with an energy you have been running on autopilot for years? In this conversation, relationship expert and author Mat Boggs, talks about something I do not think gets enough airtime: why so many midlife women find themselves feeling disconnected from their partners or stuck in a cycle of crashed relationships, and what is actually going on beneath the surface. Mat's story is one of the...
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What if you did absolutely everything right: the hormones, the biohacking, the exercise, the nutrition…and STILL ended up needing hip replacement surgery at 54? That is exactly what happened to gerontologist Zora Benhamou, founder of the Hack My Age podcast, and her story is one of the most important and relevant bone health conversations we have had on this show to date. In this conversation, Zora breaks down the critical difference between osteoporosis (bone density loss) and osteoarthritis (joint degeneration) that too many women (and even many doctors) get completely wrong. She walks...
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What if the reason time feels like it is speeding up has nothing to do with getting older, and everything to do with how you are living? In this episode of Midlife Conversations, we sit down with world-class event coordinator Jessie Schwartzburg for an energizing and practical conversation about taking time to enjoy your time in midlife. Jessie has spent decades designing unforgettable experiences for high-profile clients, bucket-list travel groups, and corporate powerhouses, and her brain works in a way that will genuinely change how you think about your days. We explore why our brains create...
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What if the reason you still feel off (despite trying every diet, supplement, routine, and hormone protocol) is that nobody has ever treated your body as the energy system it actually is? In this conversation, Allison Maslan, who is a classically trained homeopath, founder of Pinnacle Global Network, and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author dives into a conversation that goes far beyond conventional health advice. Allison spent 20 years running her own homeopathic practice, treated thousands of patients, and founded the first homeopathic college in Southern California. She's also in her...
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What if everything the government told you to eat for 30 years was literally backwards? If you're over 45 and you've been confused by decades of conflicting nutrition advice, this conversation is for you. You've been told to eat fat-free and then full-fat. You've been told carbs are evil and then that you need them. The food pyramid told us to load up on bread, pasta, and rice while keeping fat to a bare minimum. We followed that advice. And we got fatter, sicker, and more inflamed than ever. Now the entire framework has been flipped upside down. This isn't your fault. The...
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Your CANCER Diagnosis Isn't Your Fault (And Why That Matters): A Stage 4 Cancer Survivor's Truth About Energy and Healing with Maria Kang What if everything you think you know about cancer and healing is actually backwards? Maria Kang has lived a life that defies conventional narratives. She's the "No Excuses Mom" who challenged the fitness industry…and then she got stage 4 cancer while doing everything "right." But instead of following the standard playbook, she made a choice that shocked everyone around her and in that, discovered that cancer wasn't her enemy - it was her greatest...
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Get Ari Whitten’s Book here: What if the most effective anti-aging tool isn't some skincare in your cabinet but is something that has been scientifically proven for 30 years, studied across 6,000 peer-reviewed research papers, and yet nobody told you about it? What if the reason you haven't heard about it isn't because it doesn't work, but because the science moved faster than the system? In this episode, I'm sitting down with Ari Whitten, one of the world's leading experts in photobiomodulation and red light therapy. Ari and I have known each other for nearly two decades....
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To work with Dr. Betty and her team go here What if the hormone advice you're following is actually making everything worse? In part two of this conversation, Dr. Betty Murray returns to expose the dangerous myths keeping midlife women stuck in hormone chaos. This conversation goes deep into the truth about estrogen dominance versus estrogen deficiency, why your testosterone dose might be creating more problems than it solves, and the critical difference between total and free hormone levels that most doctors completely miss. We're talking about the three stages of the menopause transition...
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To work with Dr. Betty and her team go here What if the hormone replacement therapy you're taking is recycling in your body and creating the exact problems you're trying to solve? Most doctors test your hormone levels and prescribe accordingly. But here's what they're missing: it's not just about the hormones you make or the hormones you take – it's about how your unique body packages them, processes them, and eliminates them. And when this goes wrong, you can experience fibroids, unexplained weight gain, crushing fatigue, and worsening symptoms even though your blood tests look "normal."...
info_outlineIs everyone around you planning dream retirements while you're wondering if you'll be working forever? If you're lying awake at night worried about finances, feeling like you're the only one who didn't figure out this money thing, you’re not alone, and this episode is your wake-up call + your action plan rolled into one.
I invited my friend, an accomplished investor and financial savvy expert, Bret Johnson to share the exact strategies he used to transform his financial future later in life. From being behind the eight-ball to traveling abundantly and living without money stress, Bret breaks down the no-BS approach to building wealth when you think it's too late.
We dive into the uncomfortable truths about why you're behind (spoiler: you were living life while others were investing), the simple 5-15% rule that changes everything, and why index funds might be your secret weapon for catching up fast. He discusses practical strategies for paying off debt, investing wisely, and building wealth, even if you feel you've started late. From addressing common concerns about feeling financially stuck to providing actionable steps you can take today, Bret's advice is invaluable. Plus, he shares his "stocks are on sale" mindset that transformed market crashes from disasters into opportunities.
Whether you're starting from zero or trying to accelerate what you've already begun, this conversation delivers the practical steps, mindset shifts, and resources you need to stop worrying and start building the retirement you deserve.
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