About this episode

Alicia Erickson joins Kelly Casperson to discuss midlife reinvention, focusing on strength training, perimenopause, and personal growth.

This week on You Are Not Broken, I’m joined by the strong, grounded, and refreshingly honest Alicia Erickson for a conversation about midlife reinvention — from hormones to heavy lifting. We talk about the real-life impact of perimenopause (and why projects like The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause matter), Alicia’s decision to get sober at 45, and what happens when women stop shrinking and start building — muscle, boundaries, and belief in themselves. Alicia shares her journey into strength training, progressive overload, and even stepping on a bikini competition stage — not for validation, but for growth. We break down body recomposition (yes, you can build muscle and lose fat at the same time), the critical role of sleep, and how hormone replacement therapy can dramatically shift quality of life in midlife. This is a conversation about doing hard things on purpose. About eating enough. About lifting heavy. About community. About deciding your second half will be stronger than your first. You are not broken. You might just need a barbell. Why perimenopause feels chaotic — and what’s actually happening hormonally Alicia’s sobriety journey and the connection between…

People in this episode

Host: Kelly Casperson, MD

Guest: Alicia Erickson

Topics covered

• midlife reinvention
• perimenopause
• strength training
• hormone replacement therapy
• body recomposition
• sobriety
• community

Keywords

• midlife
• fitness
• hormones
• strength training
• body composition
• sobriety
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause

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