LLN Episode #310: Cheryl Fischer - How Change In Midlife Can Lead To Happiness And New Purpose
Release Date: 11/03/2025
7 Ways to Rebuild Strength and Energy After Menopause With Heike Yates
Living Life Naturally
If the workouts and routines that used to work for you now leave you feeling tired, discouraged, or stuck, you are not alone. In this episode, midlife fitness expert Heike Yates shares 7 realistic ways women can rebuild strength and energy after menopause without guilt, extremes, or feeling like they have to start over. This is an encouraging conversation about listening to your body, adjusting with wisdom, and finding a more supportive path forward in midlife. Many women reach midlife and start to notice that the habits that used to work for their body just do not seem to work the same way...
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Episode 334: How to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom in Midlife
Living Life Naturally
What if your fatigue, tension, overwhelm, or emotional ups and downs aren’t random — but your body trying to get your attention? In this Tea & Truth episode, Lynne shares how midlife women can begin listening to their body’s wisdom with more compassion, more clarity, and a lot less self-criticism. How to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom in Midlife What if your body isn’t betraying you… but trying to guide you? In this Tea & Truth episode, Lynne explores what it really means to listen to your body’s wisdom in midlife. So many women have spent years pushing through exhaustion,...
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Dr. Alicia Newsome: – Midlife Rebalanced: How to Restore Your Hormones and Energy
Living Life Naturally
If you’ve been feeling unlike yourself lately — exhausted, wired, moody, foggy, or like your body is suddenly playing by a whole new set of rules — this episode is for you. In this conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Alicia Newsome, functional medicine practitioner, bestselling author, and founder of the Powerful & Healthy Academy, to talk about natural ways to support hormone balance in midlife. We dig into how stress affects hormones, why testing matters, and simple lifestyle shifts that can support more steady energy, better sleep, and fewer frustrating symptoms. Hormonal changes in...
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From Fatigue to Fired-Up: Boosting Energy Naturally
Living Life Naturally
If you’ve been feeling tired, flat, foggy, or like your energy has quietly disappeared somewhere in the middle of midlife, this episode is for you. In this Tea & Truth conversation, we’re talking about a gentler and more supportive way to think about movement — especially when the idea of exercise feels exhausting before you’ve even begun. Because if you’ve been telling yourself you need more discipline, more willpower, or a harder push, I want to offer something different. You may not need more pressure. You may need more support. In this episode, I’m sharing why energy can...
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Sacred Rest: The Forgotten Wellness Pillar
Living Life Naturally
Are you tired… but not just physically tired? In this episode, we’re talking about a kind of depletion that so many midlife women feel but struggle to explain. You may be sleeping, slowing down, or trying to take better care of yourself, and still feeling drained, foggy, snappy, or emotionally stretched. If that sounds familiar, this conversation is for you. Today we’re talking about sacred rest — the kind of rest that goes deeper than sleep and supports your mind, body, and soul. If you’ve been feeling like you can’t quite catch up with yourself, this may be the missing piece....
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LLN Episode #330: Is Stress Causing Your Perimenopause Symptoms? The Cortisol Truth Nobody Tells You
Living Life Naturally
Midlife can feel confusing enough without adding stress, poor sleep, cravings, mood shifts, and that strange feeling of being tired, wired, and unlike yourself. In this Tea & Truth episode, Lynne dives into the powerful connection between cortisol and hormone balance and explains why chronic stress can make midlife symptoms feel so much more intense. If you’ve been wondering why you’re doing all the “right” things but still feeling exhausted, edgy, foggy, puffy, or out of sync, this conversation is for you. This episode unpacks what cortisol actually is, why it’s not the enemy,...
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LLN Episode 329: The Window of Tolerance: Why Midlife Women Are More Stressed Than Ever | Owen Marcus
Living Life Naturally
Why does stress seem to hit so much harder in midlife? If you’ve ever found yourself feeling anxious, emotionally flat, overwhelmed, reactive, or strangely disconnected from yourself, this conversation may help make sense of what’s going on beneath the surface. In this episode of Living Life Naturally, I’m joined by Owen Marcus, Founder and CEO of MELD, to talk about stress, emotional resilience, and the concept of the window of tolerance — the range in which your nervous system feels safe enough to think clearly, respond calmly, and stay connected to yourself and others. Owen explains...
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LLN Episode #328: Overwhelmed After 40? A Simple Calm Reset That Actually Works
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Overwhelmed after 40 and feeling wired, tense, or easily overstimulated? In this Tea & Truth episode, Lynne shares a simple calm reset that actually works—fast breathwork, gentle herb support, and daily rituals to help your nervous system feel steadier without adding more to your day. Free download: Midlife Calm Toolkit (Mini eGuide) Show Notes: Midlife stress can feel different—less tolerance for overwhelm, more nervous system activation, and that “wired but tired” feeling that affects sleep, mood, cravings, and energy. If you’ve been telling yourself you should be coping...
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LLN Episode #327: Katie Hardie - The “Normal Labs” Trap: What Midlife Women Must Know to Get Better Testing
Living Life Naturally
Have you ever been told your labs are “normal”… but you still feel off? In this episode, Lynne sits down with Katie Hardie, a board-certified holistic nutritionist and FDN practitioner, to unpack what so many midlife women experience: symptoms that don’t always show up clearly on standard bloodwork. Katie explains the difference between standard lab ranges (which are designed to identify dysfunction) and functional optimal ranges (which are designed to support how you actually feel). They discuss why it’s worth advocating for more comprehensive testing, how inflammation can play...
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LLN Episode #326: Why You Wake Up at 3 AM (and How to Stay Asleep)
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It’s 2:47 AM. You are exhausted. But your eyes pop open, and suddenly your brain decides it’s the perfect time to plan dinner for next Tuesday, worry about an email you sent three years ago, or wonder why your hip hurts. If you’re tired of staring at the ceiling while your husband snores peacefully beside you, thinking, “Why can everyone else sleep but me?”—I want you to know: You are not broken. You are not failing. And you are definitely not alone. Today, I’m going to share the exact strategy I use with my private clients called the “Sleep Stack.” We’re going to calm...
info_outlineNavigating Midlife with Grace: Emotions, Renewal & Finding Joy — with Cheryl Fischer
About Cheryl Fischer:
Cheryl Fischer is the host of Mind Your Midlife podcast, created to help midlife women feel confident in their body, their decisions, and their goals - and create a midlife they love.
As a certified Life and Mindset Coach, Cheryl works with clients one-on-one and in group masterclass sessions to shift the narrative that tells us that we are stuck or not enough to one that allows us to move forward towards self-belief and success.
She is a speaker and trainer, presenting and moderating at events and providing corporate training classes around the world.
Cheryl is a wife, a mom, and a grandma, and enjoys reading, golf, happy hours, travel, and mahjong.
What We Discuss In This Episode:
Midlife brings a mix of challenges and opportunities — from shifting family dynamics to physical changes and emotional growth. In this heartfelt episode, Lynne Wadsworth and Cheryl Fischer dive into the realities of midlife transitions, discussing everything from menopause and caregiving to rediscovering joy and self-connection. Together, they explore how nostalgia, mindset, and emotional awareness can shape how we navigate this powerful life stage.
Cheryl shares how to channel nostalgia into positive emotion and use techniques like tapping and deep breathing to calm anxiety and cultivate clarity. Lynne reflects on her recent cruise around the United Kingdom and the deep joy she felt reconnecting with her love of music and the Beatles — a reminder of how simple moments can reignite happiness. They also discuss gratitude, morning affirmations, and the power of noticing “glimmers” — small sparks of joy that bring peace and perspective to daily life.
👉 Listen in to learn practical ways to manage midlife emotions, reduce stress, and nurture your emotional well-being. Discover how music, mindfulness, and gratitude can help you embrace change, reconnect with yourself, and move through midlife with renewed energy and optimism.
Free Resources from Cheryl Fischer:
Do you know how to identify emotions you're feeling? Recognizing them is powerful. Cheryl has a free resource to help women start to recognize their thoughts and emotions and move towards choosing how they want to think and feel. https://www.cherylpfischer.com/storycycle
Connect With Cheryl Fischer:
Website: https://www.cherylpfischer.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherylpfischer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylpfischer
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
Free Resource from Lynne Wadsworth:
5 Essential Steps to Flourishing in Midlife
Ladies, are you ready to thrive through perimenopause and menopause?
- Do you want to stay fit and energized during these transformative years?
- Are you looking to regain your energy, feel more “like yourself,” and embrace each day with enthusiasm and vitality?
I’ve put together my best practical and simple solutions in this exclusive resource, designed just for you—and it’s completely FREE!
Unlock your path to feeling healthier, more in control, and ready to tackle your day with confidence.
Get your free copy here: Flourish in Midlife https://holistic-healthandwellness.com/flourish-in-midlife/
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