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
123 episodes since 2021
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...
September 16, 2024
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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...
July 15, 2024
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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...
July 08, 2024
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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...
July 01, 2024
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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 ...
June 24, 2024
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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 ...
June 17, 2024
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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...
June 10, 2024
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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...
June 03, 2024
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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,...
May 27, 2024
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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...
May 20, 2024
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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.
May 13, 2024
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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-...
May 06, 2024
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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...
April 29, 2024
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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...
April 22, 2024
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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...
April 15, 2024
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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...
April 08, 2024
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41:30
#106 The Reason Why Body Image Work Feels So Hard with Steph Dodier
The body acceptance and un-dieting journey is not for the faint of heart. It’s why so many people tell me they will be ready to work with me after they try this “last diet” one more time. Body image work tends to bring up more questions than an...
April 01, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 106
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36:04
#105 -Dear Diet Culture Diary: What the 80s Taught Us About Food
In my work supporting women in midlife and menopause, there are some regular and recurring themes to the questions I get. Whether it’s a client, someone in the community, or DMs, they typically go like this:“I don’t understand wha...
March 25, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 105
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21:00
#104 - Cultivating Body Positivity & Food Neutrality at Home with Tracey Harper
When we begin to heal from all the damage diet culture has had on our growth and development, it can feel very urgent to get it “right” for our kids and learn how to keep diet culture out of our homes. While this deserves to be a top priority, ...
March 18, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 104
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38:39
#103 - Story Session: From Flaws to Features: Embracing Body Acceptance with Christina Testut
In this special story session, Christina Testut—a kindergarten teacher and champion of body acceptance—joins us this week on The Midlife Feast to share her inspiring un-dieting journey and the lessons that quarantine taught her about embracing ...
March 11, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 103
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24:59
#102 - Gut Health & Hormones in Midlife: What You Need to Know with Dr. Kim Bretz ND
Tight pants. Bloating. IBS. Food sensitivities. If you’re one of the many people who have experienced gastrointestinal discomfort in midlife, you know how complex this issue is. Dr. Kim Bretz ND is joining me to answer some of the ...
March 04, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 102
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43:37
#101 - How to Build Habits Without Diets & Food Rules with Heather Sayers Lehman
Diet and wellness culture do a fantastic job “shoulding” all over us, especially when it comes to the habits we put into place. This pressure does not mix well with our already strained capacity in midlife, making it necessary to ask ourselves ...
February 26, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 101
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40:01
#100 - Cheers to 100: Reflecting on the Top 5 Missing Ingredients in Midlife
Celebrate with me as we toast to the 100th episode of the Midlife Feast! As you know, on every episode of the podcast, I ask my guests what they think the missing ingredient in midlife is. After revisiting the answers in 100 episodes, I want to...
February 19, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 100
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24:48
#99 - How to Make Room for Connection in Your Relationship in Midlife with Carrie Cohen
In addition to the emotional and physical changes that can come with midlife, have you ever felt discouraged when you realized that your relationship with your spouse or partner was having its own midlife crisis?If so, you’re not alone, ...
February 12, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 99
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34:55
#98 - High Blood Pressure in Menopause and Midlife: The Estrogen Connection with Dr. Alex Verge, ND
If you have recently been told that you have high blood pressure, (perhaps for the first time ever) there are a couple of things you should know. First, this is not your fault! Second, don’t panic - because Dr. Alex Verge ND is back to help us ...
February 05, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 98
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40:57