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
143 episodes
#142 Non-Hormonal Alternatives to HRT with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz
There are many reasons why you might want to learn how to manage menopause without hormones, but it definitely can be a confusing terrain to navigate. In this episode, Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz is here to discuss what the options are if you can’...
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Season 5
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Episode 142
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36:54
#141 - Trusting Your Body: Finding Peace Through Grief with Nina Manolson
Have you ever found an old piece of clothing, slipped it on, and felt a wave of sadness when it no longer fit? That’s body grief—the longing for a past version of yourself and the struggle to accept where you are now. In this episode, I sit dow...
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Season 1
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Episode 141
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28:47
#140 - Navigating Motherhood and Perimenopause: Embracing Identity Shifts with Jessie Harrold
What happens when motherhood and perimenopause collide? In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend and doula, and author of Mothershift, Jessie Harrold, to talk about the big identity shifts that come with these life stages. W...
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36:47
#139 How to Fall in Love with Movement While Rejecting Anti-Fat Bias with Louise Green
Have you ever had the courage to tell a fitness professional that weight loss isn't one of your goals? The confused, blank stares that often follow can make it feel impossible not to just walk right out the door.Weight bias is a major is...
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Season 5
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Episode 139
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32:53
#138 5 Things I Wish I Had Known About Intuitive Eating 10 Years Ago
I'm celebrating a huge personal milestone—10 years of embracing intuitive eating and un-dieting—and I’d love for you to join me as I look back on my journey. In this episode, I’m sharing what it’s really been like to navigate the up...
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Season 5
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Episode 138
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24:20
#137 - 5 Tips for Spotting Nutrition Misinformation with Dr. Emma Beckett
If you’re already drowning in the new year's diet culture and wellness industry noise, I’m here to answer your SOS! Dr. Emma Beckett, an expert food and nutrition scientist and author of You Are More Than What You Eat teaches us what f...
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Season 5
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Episode 137
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48:32
#136 -Health vs. Weight: Debunking the Biggest Wellness Myth with Val Schonberg, RD
If you believe that weight loss is an essential step in improving your health, this episode will explain why that assumption just doesn't hold up. I'm joined by registered dietitian and menopause expert Dr. Val Schonberg who draws on her ...
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Season 5
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Episode 136
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51:15
#135 How to Turn Your Body Image Inside Out in Midlife with Deb Schachter & Whitney Otto
It’s December, which can often mean that the spiral begins: parties to attend, nothing in your closet feels right, and you’re stuck thinking, “I hate how I look, I don’t want to go.” Sound familiar?In this episode, I’m joined ...
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Season 5
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Episode 135
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33:16
#134 - What Every woman Needs to Know About Body Image in Midlife with Summer Innanen
Ever have one of those mornings where nothing feels right? Your clothes don’t fit the way you want, or a glance at an old photo sends you into a spiral of self-criticism? If you’re navigating midlife or perimenopause, you’re not alone.In...
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Season 5
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Episode 134
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35:26
#133 - We Need to Stop Pretending We Don't Have Time For Self-Care with Heather Chauvin
What if self-care wasn’t a luxury, but a lifeline? Heather Chauvin joins us to share how she turned a stage four cancer diagnosis into a powerful mission to help women redefine self-care. Her energetic time management system has transformed liv...
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Season 5
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Episode 133
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32:31
#132 - Why You Need to Put Capacity, Self-Compassion, & Self-Care on the Menu
Navigating your nutrition goals during menopause can be tough any month of the year, and especially around the holidays. But what if you could approach this season with a non-diet mindset focused on balance instead of burnout? Today I want to s...
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Season 5
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Episode 132
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24:37
#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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36:08
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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Season 5
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Episode 127
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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