LLN Episode #303: Terry Tateossian - The Midlife Reset: Boost Energy, Balance Hormones, And Reclaim Vitality
Release Date: 09/15/2025
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info_outlineAbout Terry Tateossian:
Terry Tateossian is the Founder of THOR: The House of Rose, a wellness community for women over 40, and the host of the podcast ‘How Good Can It Get’. Terry is an ISSA certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist, Registered Yoga Teacher, and IIN-Certified Hormone Specialist and Emotional Eating Coach. As the former Co-Founder and CEO of a successful marketing agency, Terry suffered severe health problems while running her agency — enduring multiple hospitalizations and early onset perimenopause at just 37. At 42, Terry embarked on her transformative health journey, successfully shedding over 80 lbs and healing her physical and emotional issues. Today, she has trained hundreds of women and walked in 2025 New York and Paris Fashion Weeks. Her primary focus is helping women over 40 become the healthiest versions of themselves, proving that it’s never too late to build strength, vitality, and self-acceptance.
✨ Show Notes:
Are you ready to take control of your health and thrive through midlife? In this empowering episode of the Living Life Naturally Podcast, Lynne Wadsworth sits down with wellness coach Terry Tatiasin to explore what it really takes to feel strong, energized, and vibrant as a woman over 40.
Lynne shares her own transition back to part-time work, the social benefits of staying connected, and the health challenges she’s been navigating — while Terry opens up about her powerful transformation after gaining 80+ pounds in her 30s, facing early perimenopause, and struggling with anxiety and depression.
Together, they discuss:
✅ Menopause & Perimenopause Awareness – why so many women are dismissed by doctors and how to advocate for yourself in your 30s, 40s, and beyond.
✅ Cellular Regeneration & Anti-Aging – how your nutrition and mindset impact the quality of new cells your body creates every day.
✅ The Truth About Nutrition for Women 40+ – the most common mistakes women make (like under-eating, fearing carbs & fats, or overdoing fasting) and how to fix them.
✅ Protein Made Simple – how much you really need, why it matters for muscle, hormones, and longevity, and easy ways to hit your target.
✅ Strength Training as Pro-Longevity Medicine – why walking, yoga, and Pilates aren’t enough for muscle health and how resistance training can reverse aging at the cellular level.
✅ Mindset & Emotional Wellness – Terry’s journey through anxiety, panic attacks, and burnout, and how mental health ties into physical vitality.
✅ Retreats & Coaching – exciting opportunities to work with Terry in 2025–2026, including her Sedona and South of France retreats.
This is a must-listen for any woman in perimenopause or menopause who is ready to stop feeling exhausted, break free from diet myths, and step into her healthiest, strongest years yet.
🔗 Resources & Links Mentioned in This Episode:
- Terry’s upcoming retreats & programs: https://www.thehouseofrose.com/womens-wellness-retreats/
- Lynne’s free resource: 5 Essential Steps to Flourishing in Midlife: https://holistic-healthandwellness.com/flourish-in-midlife/
Connect With Terry Tateossian:
Website: https://www.thehouseofrose.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thor.retreats/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thorwellness/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/how.good.can.it.get/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/socialfix/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQeBIOP7D74ingRSAogGGAA
How Good Can It Get Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-good-can-it-get/id1735452538
Connect with Lynne:
If you're looking for a community of like-minded women on a journey - just like you are - to improved health and wellness, overall balance, and increased confidence, check out Lynne's private community in The Energized Healthy Women's Club. It's a supportive and collaborative community where the women in this group share tips and solutions for a healthy and holistic lifestyle. (Discussions include things like weight management, eliminating belly bloat, balancing hormones, wrangling sugar gremlins, overcoming fatigue, recipes, strategies, perimenopause & menopause, and much more ... so women can feel energized, healthy, and lighter, with a new sense of purpose.
Website: https://holistic-healthandwellness.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holistichealthandwellnessllc
The Energized Healthy Women’s Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/energized.healthy.women
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnewadsworth
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewadsworth
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