About this episode

Jillian Mariani discusses the importance of understanding what is not in supplements and their relationship to women's health issues like burnout and perimenopause.

In this conversation with Jillian Mariani—founder of Niyama Wellness and 20+ year veteran of Canada's vitamin and supplement industry—we're talking about something most women don't connect until it's already cost them: the relationship between burnout, perimenopause, and the supplements we actually need versus the chemistry experiment most of us are doing in our kitchens every morning. Jillian didn't set out to start a business. She set out to survive a season of life that nearly broke her—working 65-hour weeks, not sleeping, drowning in anxiety she didn't yet recognize as perimenopause, and swallowing handfuls of pills she believed in but couldn't sustain. What came out of that season was Niyama: clean, Canadian-made, Health Canada-approved supplements designed for busy women who actually want to feel the difference. I'll walk you through: ✅ Why what's NOT in a supplement matters just as much as what is ✅ The difference between stevia, monk fruit, and why super tasters taste everything differently ✅ How perimenopause quietly looks like anxiety, insomnia, and burnout—before you even know what's happening ✅ Why Jillian left a 23-year corporate career and what it took to start over…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Luella Jonk

Guest: Jillian Mariani

Topics covered

• supplements
• perimenopause
• burnout
• women's health
• nutrition
• anxiety

Keywords

• supplements
• perimenopause
• burnout
• women's health
• Niyama Wellness
• anxiety
• nutrition
• creatine
• protein

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Niyama Wellness, Health Canada

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