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Clutter Free, Lighter Weight, and Better Sleep?

The Flipping 50 Show

Release Date: 09/08/2023

Empower & Energize Yourself with The Colors You Wear show art Empower & Energize Yourself with The Colors You Wear

The Flipping 50 Show

Have you ever wondered why you feel better based on the colors you wear? In this episode, you’ll understand just how your fashion is related to your personality. Know the difference between “image” and “essence". Discover how to use fashion as a tool for self-expression and personal growth! Today’s guest is my personal color expert (in addition to my who helped nail the ultimate Mother of the Groom dress I wore!), and now she can be yours too. My Guest: Jennifer Butler is a master of color and style. Holding degrees in Art history, Sociology and Spiritual Psychology she builds on...

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Building Muscle During Menopause: A Protein and Exercise Review show art Building Muscle During Menopause: A Protein and Exercise Review

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Building muscle during menopause takes a unique stimulus compared to PRE menopause and is also unique during peri and post menopause. Of course there’s more. Are you trying to lose weight, gain muscle, prevent osteoporosis, reduce or avoid medication, do you have adrenal fatigue or long haul? In this episode I’ll discuss the research on protein and call back to a recent episode about exercise volume for building muscle during menopause. Questions I answer in this episode: How have protein recommendations changed over time (then and now)? [00:08:00] What are women’s protein needs during...

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Connection Between the Sex Hormones and Bone Density show art Connection Between the Sex Hormones and Bone Density

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Today’s episode is a refresher course or your introduction if you’re new to Flipping 50 and not quite sure you can make the connection between sex hormones and bone density. Share this with younger women to understand “more than seen and felt symptoms” of perimenopause. Many women aren’t aware of the options, pros and cons of hormone health. The more we know, the more we can make our own informed decisions. Bone density declines at menopause, and postmenopausal increases fracture risks. But do you know the importance of estrogen and testosterone in your bone health? Stay tuned to...

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Exercise for Menopause Brain Fog, Memory, Depression and Anxiety show art Exercise for Menopause Brain Fog, Memory, Depression and Anxiety

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If you deal with menopause brain fog, mild depression or anxiety any time of year, this is for you. It’s also for anyone who wants the latest science on exercise and brain health. The evidence around how movement affects mental well-being is growing, and I want to share some of the most impactful insights with you. Almost all types of exercise seem to show benefits on mental well-being. Activities like resistance training, yoga, other mind-body activities, aerobic exercise, and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) can support brain health to some extent. In this episode I’ll share which...

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Fitness Then and Now: A Look at Fitness Routines as You Age show art Fitness Then and Now: A Look at Fitness Routines as You Age

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Let’s have a quick flashback on fitness then and now, a look at fitness routines as you age. We're going to talk about how we exercised through the years with my guest Linda Malone who is 65. She’s been in the fitness industry as a personal training and fitness expert. She’s doing some marketing and helping fitness and health pros develop their copy. My Guest: Linda Melone is the founder of The Copy Worx, a copywriting business targeting health and fitness businesses. She’s a seasoned copywriter, former personal trainer, and a fitness specialist for women over 50. She once ran an...

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My Morning Routine and How It’s Changed Over Time  show art My Morning Routine and How It’s Changed Over Time

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In my 20s, I would go for a run within an hour of waking. But as the years went by, I would linger over coffee and my studies or work. Even though I still wanted to move in the morning, I realized the best quality creativity and focus were accessible to me in the first hours of the morning. It wasn’t the same later. Eventually, I realized that if I focus on studying or work on a project and delay my workout until later, I could get another boost of focus when I return, refreshed and showered from exercise. Even when I was training for Iron -distance triathlons, 3 to 4-hour long sessions of...

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What You Do and Don’t Know About GLP-1 show art What You Do and Don’t Know About GLP-1

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What you don’t know about GPL-1 drugs may hurt you, or your opportunity to improve your health. Misconceptions could limit your ability to make an informed decision about whether they’re right for you. Whether you’re someone considering these medications for your own health or a fitness professional trying to better understand how they fit into the broader health landscape, this episode will offer valuable insights on what you don’t know about GPL-1. We’re not having a persuasive argument here. Instead, we want to provide a balanced and nuanced discussion, offering you the...

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Menopause Fasted Exercise Pros and Cons show art Menopause Fasted Exercise Pros and Cons

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Our stance: Flipping 50 believes each woman is unique. That said, we favor fed exercise over fasted exercise when it is intense. That is, high intensity interval training, or strength training with the intent of preserving lean muscle mass and avoiding frailty or fragility occur within the eating window and ideally bookended by protein consumption if for muscle or bone mass. We do acknowledge that exercise may “feel hard” when exercise is performed fasted giving the perception of “working hard.” However, we suggest based on research and 4 decades of primary observation, women actually...

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Intermittent Fasting: Solution or Sabotage Emotional Eating? show art Intermittent Fasting: Solution or Sabotage Emotional Eating?

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Intermittent fasting can be very sexy. But does it help or sabotage emotional eating? Some emotional eating experts we’ve hosted have strong feelings about intermittent fasting and those who have emotional eating anchoring their relationship with food have a strong aversion to it. In this episode we tap into, if intermittent fasting, how, and how not to potentially. My Guest: Laurie Lewis, Wellness Coach, shares how to maintain exceptional self-care while dealing with life's complicated and fast-paced circumstances. By using Intermittent Fasting, Laurie encourages the chance to break free...

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My Post Menopause Workout Week Experiment | What I’m Doing show art My Post Menopause Workout Week Experiment | What I’m Doing

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My post menopause workout has been working. Let me say that first. I’m lean, as lean as I comfortably want to be, and my muscle remains high, I’m not losing it. If anything, I’ve gained more in the last 2 years as I bumped intensity and recovery in my routine. By that, I mean more volume in my workouts but also more recovery time between sessions. It’s about being smart with rest as much as it is with pushing through the actual workouts. Recovery time between strength sessions by the way isn’t just a lazy couch potato time. It's an active recovery. I’m doing sprint intervals,...

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I’m everything but clutter free. 

I sit at my desk (aka the dining room table) and can count 5 piles of unique content, just reduced from 6 because I have one sitting behind me on the chair to toss. I’m not proud of this and I know the direct correlation between inability to focus and the mess I see. But it happens in some kind of effort to keep it top-of-mind so I get to it next. 

Thanks for not asking how well this is going. Apparently 55% of us are stressed by the clutter in our homes. Assuming now that this is also work for many of us this includes the office. Yet, over 94% of us (from a survey from organise my house) say a clutter-free home is important to us. 

Clutter also contributes to cortisol, which in turn contributes to weight gain or weight loss resistance. A 2015 study showed 77% of individuals with cluttered homes were also overweight. Other studies have shown sleeping in a messy room isn’t as restful. So, it’s not just a way of being. Cleaning up your environment may actually improve your physical health. 

So which comes first: the clutter or the cortisol, the happy or the organized? 

My Guest:

Tracy McCubbin is a decluttering expert and the author of Making Space, Clutter Free and her latest book Make Space for Happiness. Tracy looks at the root of our clutter to find the real cause and ways to get real solutions. As the CEO of dClutterfly, she has helped thousands of clients clear the clutter in their lives to create space for positive life changes.

Questions We Answer in this Episode:

  • Do you have personal experience with clutter? 
  • What about the correlation between clutter & cortisol levels?
  • How is stress directly affected by your clutter?
  • How does a cluttered kitchen lead to bad eating habits?
  • Can clutter affect a good night’s sleep? 
  • Can you share a few stories? 
  • What if he’s a mess and she’s a neat freak? Does this ever come up? 

Connect with Tracy: https://www.dclutterfly.com/

On Social:

https://www.instagram.com/tracy_mccubbin/

https://www.tiktok.com/@tracymccubbin

Other Episodes You Might Like: 

Getting Lighter Redefined: https://www.flippingfifty.com/decluttering/

Got Clutter? https://www.flippingfifty.com/less-clutter/

Resources: 

Make Space for Happiness 

5 Day Flip (I’ve organized 5 simple, short days for you): https://www.flippingfifty.com/5dayflip