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Midlife Wellness In The Mountains

A podcast for women 40+ who want to understand their body, improve how they function and age.Join me, Janel, as I discuss Functional Nutrition and Midlife Wellness topics with some of my favorite health experts, with a mountain twist.This podcast was inspired by time on the trails with other health expert friends and family, discussing, debating, and ultimately working through loads of health topics that impact our day to day wellness and performance. Janel is a board certified nutrition consultant,

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37:44

Is Hormone Therapy Right For You? A Candid Midlife...

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2025/11/22

Send us a text In this deeply clarifying conversation, Functional Nutritionist Janel Anderson sits down with OB-GYN Dr. Howard for the kind of honest, nuanced midlife hormone talk every woman deserves. Together, they unpack what’s really happening in perimenopause and menopause, why symptoms vary so wildly, how medical understanding has changed dramatically in the last decade, and what today’s research actually says about hormone therapy. Dr. Howard breaks down the timing of HRT, ...

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28:14

Set Up Your Pantry For Midlife Health with...

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2025/11/09

Send us a text What if your pantry could become a secret weapon for hormone balance, energy, and feeling incredible in midlife? In this episode, Janel and chef-nutritionist Traci Prendergast open the cupboard and reveal what to keep, what to toss, and how to restock with foods that truly work with your changing body. From healthy fats to hidden sugar swaps, hydration hacks, and even the best proteins to have on hand, this conversation helps you turn your pantry into a foundation for vibrant m...

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37:36

E32- From Wobbly to Steady: Finding Clarity and Calm...

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2025/10/16

Send us a text Midlife can feel wobbly, swirly, and stressful. In this rich and soulful conversation, Janel talks with Dr. Carrie Contey about how to stay centered through it all. Carrie shares powerful frameworks as they explore what it means to be self-full rather than selfish, how to tune in daily to your inner steadiness, and why midlife is actually an opportunity for rebirth and aliveness. Carrie gives us 3 tangible tools to stay grounded and connected to self If you’ve ever felt p...

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E31-Midlife Hormone Changes Impact Our Marriage Too!...

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2025/09/29

Send us a text Today Brooke Davis joins me to discuss hormones and marriage. Hormones impact everything, our marriage and partnerships are no exception. Hormone changes impact us physically, emotionally, and mentally. These changes can expose cracks in our relationship and how we handle that is profound. Not all marriages or partnerships are meant to last, but being hormone informed can help you feel empowered as you move forward with clarity. You can find Brook...

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36:37

The Power Of Narrative Medicine For Improved Health...

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2024/12/12

Send us a textOne of my favorite teachers and mentors, Andrea Nakayama, joined me today to discuss what she believes is missing in traditional healthcare: our personal stories.So many of us are hyper focused on what we can do, what supplement we need, what lab to get done, what protocol to follow, how much protein to eat, etc. We are grasping for a fix. While these can be helpful, we often forget that the individual plays a critical role. Understanding our own narratives—reflecting on our life

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38:47

Yoga To Improve Health And Hormones In Perimenopause...

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2024/12/02

Send us a textJanet Stone has been one of my favorite yoga teachers for the last 10 years and I loved our conversation about hormone changes in Perimenopause and Menopause. This was a wonderful and rich conversation about tangible ways yoga and yoga teachings and yoga rituals can improve how we experience perimenopause and menopause. Janet gives us several of her favorite daily practices to try and it turns out we are quite close in our journey towards menopause. You will love this chat Janet

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44:52

How The Microbiome Impacts Hormones In Perimenopause...

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2024/11/20

Send us a textThere are several ways our microbiome directly impacts our hormones and health. Microbiologist and Microbiome expert, Kiran Krishan, joined me today to break down several of the ways our microbiome affects hormones and symptoms we may experience all over the body.The relationship between the microbiome and hormones is fascinating, particularly in midlife as our hormones are changing.It turns out improving our microbiome is one way to improve how we experience perimenopause and t...

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32:23

Using Herbs To Ease Stress In Midlife with Herbalist...

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2024/11/13

Send us a textHerbs are an incredibly effective tool to support the nervous system and bring ease into the body. I loved this weeks talk with herbalist and apothecary owner Rebecca Luna. Reducing stress and calming the nervous system is critical at midlife as we are more sensitive to stress AND fluctuating hormones create more stress on our body. Reducing stress in midlife is key to feeling better and aging our best. Rebecca gives us her favorite herbs to relieve stress...

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26- Feeling Energetic, Stable, And Calm With Improved...

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2024/11/07

Send us a textMonica Paz MS, FNLP was a practicing dietician who discovered she needed to learn new skills to improve her energy, mood, blood sugar, body pains, sleep, and ultimately take control of her health. She turned to functional nutrition and quickly learned how food, when she ate, her stress, toxins, and other factors were tanking her health. She shares how mood and anxiety can be symptoms of dysregulated blood sugar and steps to improve how your body makes energy. You can find ...

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36:18

Stress, Perimenopause, & Upleveling At Menopause

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2024/10/29

Send us a textToday I sat down with my old river guiding friend, Dr Kaisa Copalla, to discuss the role stress plays in our perimenopause journey and how addressing it helps us uplevel to our fullest capacity in Menopause. When our hormones change in midlife our adrenals BEG for our attention. There are so many real demands on us at midlife but there are a few small things we can do to improve our stress response and Kaisa shares several secrets that I cannot wait to try. Kaisa and...

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36:24

How Food Impacts Our Mood with Camilla Beevor

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2024/10/23

Send us a textFood impacts our mood in various ways including through our microbiome, the gut brain connection, leaky gut, blood sugar swings, and chronic inflammation. Camilla and I discuss foods that disrupt mood and foods that support feeling calm and balanced. With changing hormones in Perimenopause, being mindful of our food choices becomes even more important if we want to feel calm and peaceful and reduce anxiety, fatigue, brain fog, and irritability. You can find Camilla ...

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39:27

Our Hunger For Physical and Spiritual Nourishment...

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2024/10/16

Send us a textJules Blaine Davis "is on a fierce journey to spread permission, freedom, beauty and LOVE like wildfire all over our phenomenal lives, in and out of the kitchen."Jules and I discuss how the kitchen shapes us, she gives us tangible ways to connect with ourselves and to slow life down so we can be present, nourished, and live our fullest life. And if you ask me, this is all more important as we transition in perimenopause to menopause and are called to come into alignment wi...

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31:07

The Evolution And Phases of Perimenopause, And...

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2024/10/09

Send us a textAuthor and Naturopath, Dr. Lara Briden, joined me today to talk about Perimenopause and Menopause. We discussed ways the modern world creates an evolutionary mismatch, which makes hormone transitions more challenging. Lara discuses the phases of Perimenopause (even a new phase she just added), and explains how understanding the science helps us trust our body and find solutions to improve common symptoms like weight gain, sleep problems, mood changes, and more. Lara has written ...

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34:27

Autumn Medicine- Qigong, Ayurveda, & Hormone Cycles

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2024/10/03

Nicole Koch joined me today to discuss ways to lean into fall, why it is important and what Qigong, Ayurveda, and Hormonal Cycle Awareness teaches us about Fall. It is mind blowing how much these things align with one another and how important this is in midlife, as the inner season of Perimenopause is fall. The truth is everything cycles. Do you lean in to the different energies of each season? It can feel incredible and even impacts our health. Nicole Koch has studied, practiced and t...

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35:55

The Midlife Blood Sugar Roller Coaster

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2024/09/26

Kate Smith is back and this time we discuss how blood sugar contributes to so many of our symptoms and most of us have no idea. Our modern world makes it hard to have optimal blood sugar. Things like chronic stress, processed foods, snacking, and lack of sleep contribute to this. Symptoms associated with blood sugar high/lows include headaches, anxiety, brain fog, fatigue, weight gain, hot flashes, insomnia, afternoon bonks, needing caffeine, cravings, and more. Dig in with us! Find Kat...

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32:21

Why Your Microbiome Matters And Why You Should Care

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2024/09/13

Ali Anderson joined me to discuss the microbiome, why it is important for anyone wanting to improve health, why it is so confusing, and our favorite ways to improve it. Ali is a functional nutrition coach who specializes in helping people with autoimmune conditions. We chatted about leaky gut, chronic inflammation, hormones, cravings, and moreI know you are going to love this one as much as I did. Be sure to share it with a pal who cares about optimizing health today a...

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34:44

Gut Health, What’s Normal, Why It Matters, What you...

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2024/09/03

Is gas, bloating, heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, cramping, etc normal? Why is it important to remedy this? What causes these problems? How do I support my digestive system? Erin Harner and I sit down to discuss this important topic.Erin is an Integrative Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), a Functional Nutrition & Lifestyle Practitioner (FNLP), certified health coach, author, and speaker based in upstate NY. Erin guides women to uncover and remedy the root causes of their disrupt...

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30:08

Train Harder Not Smarter In Midlife With Uphill...

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2024/08/28

If you are in midlife and want to keep playing hard in the mountains, you are going to want to listen to this talk as we go over Alexa's formula for training smarter in midlife. Alexa Hasman has her masters in both exercise science and sports psychology and works as a coach for Uphill Athlete. You can find Alexa online at Uphill AthleteYou can find her on instagram at @alexahasmanYou can find Janel online at Mountain Rebalance or on instagram at @mountain.rebalance.janel This podcast is for m...

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50:58

Tools To Support Perimenopause

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2024/08/22

Perimenopause is a wild ride! Kate and I discuss the phases of Perimenopause, tools that worked for us during each phase, common symptoms associated with each phase, and how we feel about hitting Menopause. You can find Kate online here (Essentially Healthy With Kate Smith)and on Instagram here @essentiallyhealthywithkateYou can find Janel online at Mountain Rebalance or on instagram at @mountain.rebalance.janel This podcast is for midlife women who wants to understand their body better and i...

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35:59

Intermittent Fasting. Why, Who, How

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2024/08/14

My colleague Karen Mitchell joined me today to discuss Intermittent Fasting. I love talking with Karen. We dig into what exactly intermittent fasting is, what the researched benefits are, who should avoid intermittent fasting, who might want to consider it, how to do it in a safe and effective way, and why it is still debated as a tool.Intermittent Fasting can help with metabolic flexibility, fat burning, energy, and boosting metabolism in midlife but it is important to go about i...

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