The Midlife Feast
Welcome to The Midlife Feast, the podcast for women who are hungry for more in this season of life. I’m your host, Jenn Salib Huber, dietitian, naturopathic doctor and intuitive eating counsellor. Each episode “brings to the table” a different perspective, conversation, or experience about life after 40, designed to help you find the "missing ingredient" you need to thrive, not just survive.
Episodes
132 episodes
#131 - Story Session: How Early Menopause Led to Food Freedom with Sarah Dosanjh
Ever feel like life throws you a curveball (or three) that changes everything? Tune in as we chat with Sarah Dosanjh, who went from being a police officer to a psychotherapist and binge-eating coach after facing early menopause in her 20s. That...
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Season 1
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Episode 131
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36:09
How Can I Tell if Intuitive Eating Is Right For Me? With Sinéad Crowe
How do you know if you’re finally done with dieting? It’s the million-dollar question, right? You can start by listening to this conversation with Sinéad Crowe, an intuitive eating counselor and perinatal mental health practitioner...
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Season 5
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Episode 130
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39:26
#129 - Breaking the Binge Cycle in Midlife with Stefanie Michele
Get ready to rethink what you know about binge eating and food addiction in this eye-opening conversation with health coach, occupational therapist, body image, and binge eating coach, Stefanie Michele. With her decades-long journey with binge ...
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Season 5
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Episode 129
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33:53
#128 Story Session: Navigating ADHD in Midlife and Menopause
Did you know that October is ADHD awareness month? It is! 🙌🏽In this story session, I invited community member Jenny to share her ADHD story with us, from her childhood diagnosis in 1984 to the challenges she’s faced in perimenopause. She...
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Season 5
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Episode 128
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35:11
#127 - The Truth About Soy in Midlife
Ever wondered if soy is a friend or foe during menopause? You're definitely not alone. There's so much conflicting information that it’s hard to know what to believe. Some people, like me, are big fans of including soy regularly, while others s...
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31:43
#126 - 3 Reasons Why Intuitive Eating Might Feel Hard with Abbie Attwood
Can you imagine a world where food choices are driven by joy, not fear? Today I’m joined by non-diet, weight-inclusive dietitian Abbie Attwood to explore the three most common roadblocks to intuitive eating. We dive into the "messy middle," tha...
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Season 5
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Episode 126
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43:36
#125 - Does Your Vagina Need a Coach? with Kim Vopni
In this episode, we tackle a topic that deserves a heck of a lot more attention than we’re giving it—our pelvic floor. Kim Vopni, the "Vagina Coach," and founder of the “Buff Muff Method” helps us understand what it means to care for your pelvi...
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Season 5
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Episode 125
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35:20
#124 - Looking Forward to Menopause: Life's Second Spring with Kate Codrington
What would it take for you to truly embrace and even get excited about this season of life? In this episode, we’re thrilled to welcome back Kate Codrington—author and midlife coach—who always brings such warmth, joy, and wisdom to these convers...
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Season 1
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Episode 124
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31:57
#123 - You Are More Than What You Eat with Dr. Emma Beckett PhD
Isn’t it refreshing to hear this dieting trope “you are what you eat” turned on its head? In this episode, I had the privilege of chatting with Dr. Emma Beckett, an Australian nutrition scientist and the brilliant mind behind You Are ...
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Season 5
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Episode 123
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42:00
#122 - 3 Reasons It’s Time to Lean Into Menopause
Is it just me, or is the “fight menopause” messaging starting to feel a bit stale? Yes, midlife 100% comes with its challenges (many of which we’ll tackle together in Season 5 with the help of some fantastic experts and guests).But to ki...
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Season 5
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Episode 122
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15:59
#121 - 5 Things My Sister Wants You to Know About Perimenopause
Welcome to this week's episode of the Midlife Feast, our season four finale! 🎉 For this special episode, I invited my sister, Friedel to join me. We didn't grow up together, (those details are in the episode) but by luck, we both ended up livin...
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Season 4
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Episode 121
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47:52
#120 - Breaking the Stigma: Menopause in the Workplace with Lauren Chiren
Juggling menopause and a career is incredibly exhausting when you’re faced with the often unpredictable challenges of sleep issues, brain fog, and “crime-scene” periods as I like to call them. In this episode, I chat with Lauren Ch...
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Season 4
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Episode 120
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25:50
#119 Unfiltered Motherhood in Midlife with Tova Leigh
What happens when the pressures of motherhood push you to the brink? In this episode, I'm excited to welcome Tova Leigh, a hilarious mother of three (and fellow twin Mom) who brilliantly exposes the realities of motherhood in a world where soci...
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Season 4
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Episode 119
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41:37
#118: Is Travel & Adventure Your Missing Ingredient in Midlife? with Natasha Muslih
We're mixing things up and adding some fun to our usual midlife and menopause discussions by talking about travel and adventure. Join me as I chat with Natasha, aka The Voyagiste, the creative force behind the Food Joy and Body Joy ...
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Season 4
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Episode 118
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36:34
#117: How to Decode Your Cravings in Menopause
Today we're diving into emotional eating, cravings, and why everyone experiences them at one time or another. We'll also talk about how wellness and diet culture often blame menopause and hormones for cravings. I'll share what we actually know ...
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Season 4
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Episode 117
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27:13
#116 - Embracing Intuitive Eating As An Athlete in Midlife with Pam Moore
Today we’re diving into a fascinating intersection of midlife: athleticism, high-performance sports, and intuitive eating. My guest today is Pam Moore, an occupational therapist who wears many hats: journalist, stand-up comedian, certified intu...
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Season 4
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Episode 116
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37:23
#115 -Story Session: How to Run Your Life at Any Size with Sandra Mikulic
For this Story Session, I’m joined by one of the most authentic examples of joyful movement. Sandra Mikulic is here to share her inspiring journey from treadmill workouts to outdoor trail races. At 43 Sandra started walking on her treadmill, gr...
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Season 4
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Episode 115
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34:37
#114 - Beyond the Metrics: Getting Intuitive About Bone Health with Rebekah Rotstein
As May comes to a close, we're still chatting about bones, osteoporosis, and overall bone health. So the obvious choice was to welcome back Rebekah Rotstein to help us tackle the common worries many of us have after a bone density or DEXA scan,...
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Season 4
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Episode 114
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38:36
#113 -Clean Eating Pitfalls in Midlife & Menopause with Dr. Morgan Francis, Psy.D, LPC
We're diving into a tricky topic today: orthorexia. While it’s not officially classified as an eating disorder, it shares a lot of similarities and is a form of disordered eating. What most people don’t understand is that perimenopause is a par...
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Season 4
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Episode 113
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33:12
#112- How to Stop the Burnout Train in Midlife with Dr. Leigha Saunders, ND
If you’ve been around for a while, you’ll recognize today’s guest and know you’re in for a real treat. Sleep expert Dr. Leigha Saunders ND is back to help us make the connection between sleep and burnout-a very common experience in midlife.
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Season 4
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Episode 112
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30:09
#111 - It's Time for a Diet-Free Revolution with Dr. Alex Conason, Psy.D.
Welcome to another episode of the Midlife Feast! Today, we're diving into my favorite topic: intuitive eating and breaking free from the dieting cycle. Joining us is the incredible Dr. Alexis Conason, a US-based psychologist and author of Diet-...
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Season 4
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Episode 111
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30:14
#110 - Parenting Without Diet Culture with Oona Hanson
Join me and parent coach Oona Hanson for a compassionate conversation about the tangled relationship between diet culture, body image, and family dynamics. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal journey through eating disorder re...
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Season 4
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Episode 110
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41:46
#109 - The Body Acceptance Mistake That’s Keeping You Stuck in the Suck
If you're ready to hop off the dieting rollercoaster, you might be starting to wonder what body acceptance really means for you. But here's the thing: a lot of folks mix up body acceptance with giving up, and it’s just not the case!So, i...
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Season 4
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Episode 109
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10:44
#108 - Breaking Down Barriers to Fitness in Midlife & Beyond with Michael Ulloa
Building and maintaining new movement habits can feel daunting, especially if you don’t enjoy moving as much as you did in the past, or are learning to navigate changes to your physical abilities in midlife. But as my guest and I both agree, fi...
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Season 4
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Episode 108
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26:42
#107 - Why Diets Don't Work with Dr. Amy Porto, PhD, RD
If dieting has left you flat-out exhausted mentally, physically, and emotionally, I want to assure you that you are not the problem. The problem is that diets and food rules have called the shots for decades of our lives. New diets mean new rul...
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