Awaken Health

06/23/2026

The question underneath every health goal you have ever abandoned. It is not what you think. This week's Midlife Letter is live.

When a woman finally asks whether she deserves to receive care, everything changes. Not because she found the right plan.

06/04/2026

You may have never said this out loud.
Most women come to me wanting to lose the weight.
Gain the energy back.
Get through menopause without feeling like their body is working against them.
And I hear all of it. I really do.
But there's something underneath all of that. Something most women have never said out loud.
They want to stop fighting their body.
Our bodies have been something to manage, fix, and override our whole lives.
We've been taught to control them, shrink them, push past them, override every signal they send.
And somewhere along the way, we got really tired of that.
What if freedom in your body was actually the goal?
Not a smaller number. Not more discipline. Not more pushing.
Just... freedom.
That's what metabolic agency means to me.
Follow along to learn more.

06/02/2026

Meet The Good Student and The After Hours One.

Two parts of me. Possibly two parts of you.

The Good Student is in 150%. She has a plan, a spreadsheet, and absolutely zero room for doubt. All or nothing. No exceptions.

Her alter ego, The After Hours One, has had enough with the expectations and the structure. She's the one who shows up at 12:05am when everyone else has gone to bed. Done with the rules. Done with being good.

You might be a little ashamed of her.

But here's the thing. She doesn't deserve the shame. She actually deserves some credit.
What she's really doing for you? That's in last week's Midlife Letter. Link in bio if you want to go deeper on her.

This is part of a series on the inner parts that quietly run the show when it comes to food and your body.
It's funny. And it's also kind of deep.

More coming soon. Next up: the part who has opinions about everyone.

So I'm curious. Which one are you today?

05/28/2026

I wish someone had told me this years ago.

Cravings are not moral failures.

They're information.

About what your body needs, what your nervous system is asking for, what patterns are running underneath the surface.

Nothing more, and nothing less.

When we stop treating cravings as something to white-knuckle through, something shifts. We start listening instead of fighting.

That's a different relationship with your body entirely.

Follow along to learn more.

05/27/2026

Cravings are not a moral failure.
They are messages.
Nothing more, nothing less.

We reach for coffee, chocolate, sugar, and refined carbs when we need to rev up.

We reach for heavy, comforting, familiar foods when we need to come down.
This is not weakness.
It is the body being intelligent.
Your body has learned to use food to regulate its internal state because, at some point, that was what was available.

The invitation is not to stop listening to cravings.It’s to become curious about them.

What state am I in when this craving arrives?
What am I actually needing right now?
Is the food I’m reaching for truly giving me that… or just the closest version of it?

05/19/2026

If you are anything like me, your Instagram feed is making you feel even more behind.

And here's the thing. It's not that the tips are wrong. Some of them are actually good.

It's that more information doesn't help a body that's already overwhelmed. It just adds to the pile.

What I've found, both personally and with the women I work with, is that real change starts one step earlier. Not with a new plan. With a genuine question. How did I get here? And what does my body actually need right now?

That's a different starting place. And it changes everything.

04/22/2026

Your metabolism didn’t suddenly break in midlife.

Most of us were simply never taught how it actually works during this phase of life.

In this Metabolic Foundations session, I explain how insulin and cortisol — the body’s two master regulators — influence energy, weight regulation, and even emotional reactivity.

I originally recorded this for the women in the META Reset program, but I decided to share it more broadly because this knowledge is so often missing.

And it’s highly actionable — you can start applying it today.

Full video in the comments if you’d like to go deeper.

03/08/2026

New Saturday morning routine I’m trying out:

What did I do for me this week?

Not what I did for my kids.
Not for my clients.
Not for my work.

Just… what was actually restorative for me.

I’m 51 and honestly this is a brand new practice.

Not about putting myself first.
Just about giving myself the same consideration I give everyone else.

So I’m curious.

What’s one thing you did for yourself this week?

03/04/2026

Halfway through my masterclass last week, I realized I had missed the most important question.

I was explaining what changes in a woman’s body in midlife.
Metabolism. Hormones. Energy. Weight.

All important.

But the deeper question is why do we want that energy back in the first place?

For some women, the body has been whispering for years.
Low energy. Creeping weight gain. Sleep changes.

For others, the whispers have become shouts.
Inflammation. Digestive issues. Burnout.

Either way, midlife gives us an opportunity.

Not just to “fix” our body so we can keep pushing the same way we always have.

But to ask a different question:

If your energy comes back…
what do you want to use it for?

If your body finds balance again…
what kind of life do you want to live inside it?

The replay of the masterclass is available if you’d like to understand the science behind these midlife shifts.

Link in bio.

What would it feel like to finally heal your relationship with your body?

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02/26/2026

Even the healthiest routines can have blind spots. Learn from my journey of uncovering the real factors impacting health. Balance is not just about diet…it’s about managing stress signals.

Learn more:

https://www.awaken.health/masterclassurl-feb-pd

February 26th at 5pm PDT / 8 pm EST
February 27th at 12pm PDT / 3pm EST / 8pm CET