Michele Scarlet’s True Health Podcast

Are you eating healthy, working out consistently, and still struggling with weight loss after 40? You're not alone, and the problem probably isn't your discipline. In this episode, Michele Scarlet breaks down why fat loss after 40 for women works less like a sprint and more like building long-term wealth. Your body keeps score of chronic stress, under-eating, poor sleep, overtraining, and emotional exhaustion. Eventually, your metabolism pays the price. Most women over 40 are unknowingly dealing with hormone imbalance, cortisol overload, gut health issues, and an overworked nervous system that makes fat loss feel impossible no matter how hard they try. In this episode, you'll learn: Why restrictive dieting slows your metabolism and makes hormonal weight gain worse How chronic stress drives belly fat after 40 and what to do about it The connection between sleep, recovery, and a healthy female metabolism Why tracking your nutrition creates clarity, not restriction How movement, detox support, and metabolic stability work together for women's health after 40 The 6 CORE Steps behind Body Freedom and sustainable fat loss If you feel stuck, inflamed, exhausted, or like your body just doesn't respond the way it used to, this episode is for you. Learn what your metabolism actually needs to feel safe enough to change. 🔥 TAKE THE METABOLISM QUIZ Find out exactly what's driving your weight gain and symptoms. 👉 https://michelescarlethealth.com/metabolism-qz ⚠️ This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider before making changes. 🔗 Subscribe to Michele Scarlet on YouTube for more expert episodes on hormones, metabolism, and fat loss after 40. https://www.youtube.com/@michelescarlet_

Discover why weight loss after 40 women struggle with may be caused by stress, metabolism dysfunction, hormone imbalance women experience during perimenopause, and poor recovery not just aging. Learn how estrogen fluctuations, gut health women issues, thyroid weight gain, cortisol, and hormone detox women pathways contribute to belly fat after 40 and hormonal weight gain.

Discover why weight loss after 40 + hormone imbalance may have less to do with calories and more to do with bile flow, liver detoxification, and gut health. Learn how sluggish detox pathways, toxin recirculation, hormonal weight gain, estrogen dominance, and slow metabolism female patterns contribute to stubborn belly fat after 40 and metabolic dysfunction in women over 40.

Vicki Pollack shares her honest experience with GLP1 medications, diet culture, body image struggles, food noise, and weight loss after 40. This episode explores the emotional and psychological side of hormonal weight gain, restrictive eating, entrepreneurship stress, perimenopause conversations online, and the reality of women’s health in the social media era.

<p>If cutting carbs, eating less, and working out harder actually worked…<br>you'd already have your dream body!</p><p>In this episode of the <strong>12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition</strong>, I’m calling out the <em>exact habits</em> women need to leave in 2025 because they are what is keeping you exhausted, inflamed, and unable to lose real fat after 40.</p><p>Low carb.<br>Calorie cutting.<br>Fasting.<br>HIIT 5–7 days a week.</p><p>If those strategies delivered long-term fat loss, confidence, and energy — you’d already have it.</p><p>We’re breaking down:<br>• why these habits work short-term but fail long-term<br>• what’s really happening hormonally and metabolically<br>• why exhaustion is not a badge of honor<br>• and what actually needs to change if you want to lose <strong>15lbs in the next 90 days</strong> without burning out</p><p>This is not about motivation.<br>It’s about strategy.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p></p><p>IMPORTANT LINKS:</p><p>Subscribe to<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@michelescarlet_"> <u>⁠YOUTUBE ⁠</u></a>for more expert episodes on hormones, metabolism, and fat loss after 40.</p><p>Grab your<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18VJb7kaz67MqA1YN6GQPgzQJKHRHUreT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116249980739637405390&rtpof=true&sd=true"><u>⁠ FREE METABOLISM ASSESSMENT⁠</u></a> if you're ready to drop 15lbs in the next 90 days!</p><p>Connect with Michele Scarlet </p><p>Instagram: ⁠@<a href="https://www.instagram.com/michelescarlet_/"><u>⁠michelescarlet_⁠</u></a> </p><p>Website: ⁠ ⁠<a href="about:blank"><u>www.michelescarlet.com⁠</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>Please Note: The contents of this podcast are for educational and informational purposes only. The information is not to be interpreted as, or mistaken for, clinical advice. Please consult a medical professional or healthcare provider for medical advice, diagnoses, or treatment</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):</p><p><a href="https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fmood-maze%2Ftrendsetter/vZub/LnKzAQ/AQ/1ae67a87-86ab-4188-a1b0-cf8fff3d43df/4/df21gEcuak"><u>⁠https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter⁠</u></a></p><p>License code: QMTNUKAZCKTFK5TT</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

<p>In today’s episode of the <strong>12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition</strong>, we’re breaking down the real biological signals women ignore that are directly linked to why your weight loss feels impossible after 40.</p><p>It’s about stress, hormones, nervous system capacity, and why your body might be conserving instead of letting go ( of stubborn belly fat)</p><p>Once you understand these signals, fat loss finally starts to make sense.</p><p></p><p>IMPORTANT LINKS:</p><p>Subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@michelescarlet_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">YOUTUBE </a>for more expert episodes on hormones, metabolism, and fat loss after 40.</p><p>Grab your<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18VJb7kaz67MqA1YN6GQPgzQJKHRHUreT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116249980739637405390&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> FREE METABOLISM ASSESSMENT</a> if you're ready to drop 15lbs in the next 90 days!</p><p>Connect with Michele Scarlet<br>Instagram: ⁠@<a href="https://www.instagram.com/michelescarlet_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">michelescarlet_</a><br>Website: ⁠ <a href="www.michelescarlet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.michelescarlet.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>🎵 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)<br>Track: Trendsetter by Mood Maze<br>License code: QMTNUKAZCKTFK5TT</p><p></p>

<p><strong>On the fourth day of Christmas, fat loss exposed a hard truth: effort and results are not the same thing.</strong></p><p>In this episode of <strong>12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition</strong>, we’re calling out one of the biggest lies women believe about fat loss; that trying hard should automatically produce results.</p><p>It doesn’t.</p><p>Fat loss responds to data, patterns, recovery, and biology — not how hard something <em>felt</em>.</p><p>In this episode, we talk about:<br />• why effort you feel is “enough” often isn’t<br />• the difference between working hard and working in alignment<br />• why your doctor saying “your labs are normal” usually just means “you don’t have a disease”<br />• how metabolic dysfunction hides behind “fine” blood work<br />• the role of belief, nervous system regulation, and radical honesty<br />• why seeking support is accountability, not weakness</p><p>If you’re eating clean, working out, and still stuck, this episode will either piss you off or change your life.</p><p>Possibly both.</p><p></p><p>IMPORTANT LINKS:</p><p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@michelescarlet_" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE</a> for more expert episodes on hormones, metabolism, and fat loss after 40.</p><p>Grab your<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18VJb7kaz67MqA1YN6GQPgzQJKHRHUreT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116249980739637405390&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> FREE METABOLISM ASSESSMENT HERE</a> if you're ready to drop 15lbs in the next 90 days!</p><p>Connect with Michele Scarlet<br />Instagram: ⁠@<a href="https://www.instagram.com/michelescarlet_/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">michelescarlet_</a><br />Website: ⁠ <a href="www.michelescarlet.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.michelescarlet.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>🎵 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)<br />Track: Trendsetter by Mood Maze<br />License code: QMTNUKAZCKTFK5TT</p><p></p>

<p><strong>On this day of Christmas, my body taught me that my gut has its own Ozempic button.</strong></p><p>In this episode of <strong>12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition</strong>, we’re talking about GLP-1, GLP-2, and GLP-3; the gut hormones that control appetite, blood sugar, satiety, and fat loss.</p><p>You’ll learn:</p><ul><li><p>why GLP-1 medications work (and what they’re actually mimicking)</p></li><li><p>how gut health, digestion, and hormones determine whether GLPs fire properly</p></li><li><p>how to naturally support GLP signaling through nutrition and lifestyle anchors</p></li><li><p>why “just eat more protein” doesn’t work if your digestion isn’t doing its job</p></li><li><p>how testing like GI-MAP, DUTCH, and HTMA reveals what’s blocking fat loss</p></li></ul><p>We also talk honestly about peptides.<br>Yes, they work.<br>And no, they will never replace your lifestyle foundation.</p><p>Peptides enhance a healthy system; they don’t fix a broken one.</p><p>If you’re struggling with food noise, cravings, or fat loss that feels harder than it should, this episode will give you clarity.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow the show and come back tomorrow for the next episode of <strong>12 Days of Christmas: Fat Loss Edition</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p></p><p>IMPORTANT LINKS:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@michelescarlet_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Subscribe to ⁠⁠ on YOUTUBE</a> for more expert episodes on hormones, metabolism, and fat loss after 40.</p><p>Grab your <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18VJb7kaz67MqA1YN6GQPgzQJKHRHUreT/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=116249980739637405390&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">FREE ⁠Metabolism Assessment</a> if you're ready to drop 15lbs in the next 90 days!</p><p>Connect with Michele Scarlet<br>Instagram: ⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/michelescarlet_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@michelescarlet_</a><br>Website: ⁠<a href="www.michelescarlet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.michelescarlet.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>🎵 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)<br>Track: Trendsetter by Mood Maze<br>License code: QMTNUKAZCKTFK5TT</p><p></p><p></p>

<p>Let’s talk about what <em>really</em> happens to your sex life after 40.</p><p>In this raw and refreshing episode, Michele sits down with <strong>Jane Hammond</strong>, Sexual Health Educator and intimacy coach, to dismantle the outdated narratives around female pleasure, libido, and what it means to feel <em>turned on</em>—in every sense of the word.</p><p>We cover:</p><ul><li><p>Why low libido is more common than you think (and what’s actually behind it)</p></li><li><p>How hormones, trauma, stress, and metabolism shape your sex drive</p></li><li><p>The difference between <strong>desire vs arousal</strong> (this alone will change how you view “low sex drive”)</p></li><li><p>What’s <em>normal</em> vs what’s <em>treatable</em></p></li><li><p>Why midlife is the <strong>best time</strong> to reclaim your sexual confidence</p></li><li><p>And how to spark intimacy again—whether you're in a long-term relationship or flying solo</p></li></ul><p>This episode is for the woman who’s felt disconnected from her body, her partner, or her passion—and wants to feel ALIVE again.</p><p>⚡Hit play. Your sexual reawakening starts here.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Don't forget to leave a review or a rating so more women like you can find my podcast!</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>IMPORTANT LINKS:</strong><br>Subscribe to ⁠<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@michelescarlet_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Michele Scarlet⁠ on YOUTUBE</a> for more expert episodes on hormones, metabolism, and fat loss after 40.<br>Grab your free ⁠Metabolism Kickstart Guide <a href="https://www.michelescarlethealth.com/metabolismkickstart" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">HERE⁠ </a>if you're ready to drop 15lbs in the next 90 days!</p><p>Watch my <a href="https://www.michelescarlethealth.com/metabolismreset" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">FREE Metabolism Makeover Webinar</a> and learn the exact steps to boosting your metabolism and losing weight without cutting carbs!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Michele Scarlet</strong><br>Instagram: ⁠@<a href="https://www.instagram.com/michelescarlet_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">michelescarlet_⁠</a><br>Website: ⁠<a href="www.michelescarlet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.michelescarlet.com⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Jane Hammond</p><p>Website: <a href="http://janehammondpac.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">http://janehammondpac.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>🎵 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)<br>Track: Trendsetter by Mood Maze<br>License code: QMTNUKAZCKTFK5TT</p><p></p>

<p>What if the missing piece in your healing journey wasn’t another supplement—but a shift in consciousness?</p><p>In this episode, Michele Scarlet sits down with hormone nutritionist Barbara Madimenos to talk about the powerful role of <strong>magic mushrooms (psychedelics)</strong> in emotional and physical healing.</p><p>From recovering from eating disorders to rewiring trauma, Barbara shares her journey with plant medicine and how it’s helped her—and her clients—move beyond symptoms that nothing else could fix.</p><p>This episode is for the woman who’s tried everything… and is ready to go deeper.</p><p>✅ How psychedelic mushrooms support nervous system regulation and emotional release<br>✅ The science of psilocybin and why it's emerging in trauma and depression therapy<br>✅ Why your healing might be stuck without addressing stored trauma<br>✅ How mushrooms can reduce chronic stress, inflammation, and even hormonal imbalances<br>✅ Barbara’s personal story of trauma, eating disorders, and coming back home to herself</p><p>This episode isn’t about trends. It’s about transformation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>IMPORTANT LINKS:</strong><br>Subscribe to ⁠Michele Scarlet⁠ on YOUTUBE for more expert episodes on hormones, metabolism, and fat loss after 40.</p><p>Grab your free <a href="https://www.michelescarlethealth.com/metabolismkickstart" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">⁠Metabolism Kickstart Guide HERE</a>⁠ if you're ready to drop 15lbs in the next 90 days!</p><p><strong>Connect with Michele Scarlet:</strong><br>Instagram: ⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/michelescarlet_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@michelescarlet_⁠</a><br>Website: ⁠<a href="https://www.michelescarlet.com">www.michelescarlet.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>⁠</p><p>🎵 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)<br>Track: Trendsetter by Mood Maze<br>License code: QMTNUKAZCKTFK5TT</p><p>You’ll Learn:📌 <strong>Show Notes</strong></p>

<p></p><p>You’re eating clean. You’re working out.<br>You’re tracking, testing, tweaking…<br>But the weight still won’t move — and you feel <em>exhausted</em> by it all.</p><p>What if the real reason isn’t your macros… but your <em>mind</em>?</p><p>In this powerful episode, we dive into the <strong>science of self-talk</strong> — and how your <strong>thoughts</strong> can trigger the same stress response as actual danger.<br>Yep, your brain doesn’t know the difference between “there’s a bear chasing me” and “I ate too many carbs.”</p><p>🧠 Here’s what you’ll learn:<br>• The hidden ways negative self-talk drives <strong>cortisol</strong> and stalls fat loss<br>• How perfectionism and food guilt keep your body in <strong>fight-or-flight</strong><br>• Why “just eat less” advice fails women over 40<br>• Tools to rewire your mindset for actual metabolic healing</p><p>💡 If you’re doing <em>everything right</em> and still stuck…<br>It’s time to stop blaming your body — and start listening to your thoughts.</p><p><br></p><p><u><strong>IMPORTANT LINKS:</strong></u></p><p>Subscribe to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@michelescarlet_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Michele Scarlet</a> on YOUTUBE for more expert episodes on hormones, metabolism, and fat loss after 40.</p><p><br></p><p>Grab your free <a href="https://www.michelescarlethealth.com/metabolismkickstart" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Metabolism Kickstart Guide HERE</a> if you're ready to drop 15lbs in the next 90 days!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Michele Scarlet</strong><br>Instagram: <a href="" target="_new" rel="noopener">@michelescarlet_</a><br>Website: <a href="https://www.michelescarlet.com" target="_new" rel="noopener">www.michelescarlet.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>🎵 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)<br>Track: Trendsetter by Mood Maze<br>License code: QMTNUKAZCKTFK5TT</p><p></p>

Jennifer Woodward joins Michelle for an honest conversation about GLP1s, peptides, metabolism, hormone imbalance women face after 40, and the growing role of peptide therapy in women over 40 health. They discuss Ozempic vs therapeutic peptide microdosing, food noise, inflammation, gut health women struggle with, perimenopause weight gain, restrictive dieting, bioidentical hormones, and sustainable fat loss women need for long term metabolic health.