Ever catch yourself thinking… why does work feel so hard lately?

You’re showing up, doing everything “right,” and yet you feel more exhausted, more disconnected, and less motivated than ever. If you’ve been wondering if your job is even right for you anymore—or if you’re dealing with career burnout, overwork, or that nagging sense that something is off—this episode is for you.

Most women assume menopause is a fixed point in time—something dictated by genetics that we just have to ride out. But emerging research around ovarian aging is starting to challenge that idea.

What if creating a calmer home didn’t require a full weekend of organizing?

In this conversation, Jessica talks with organizing coach Tracy Hoth about a surprisingly simple approach: a 15-minute daily decluttering habit that helps busy women make real progress without burnout.

If your midlife marriage feels more like roommates than romance, you’re not alone. In this episode, I’m talking with marriage and family therapist Dr. Becky Whetstone about why so many women reconsider their long-term marriage in midlife and what to do when you start thinking, “I think I want out.”

Feeling stuck at Director level despite years of experience and strong performance? Executive coach Katy McFee explains why high-performing midlife women often get passed over for promotion and the simple shifts that can finally get you seen as VP material.

Is your midlife skin looking OLD? Is your hair shedding more than it used to? In this episode, we explore how peptides may support midlife skin, hair loss, inflammation, and longevity.

Are peptides the missing link for midlife women who are doing all the right things and still feel stuck?

If your nutrition, exercise, and sleep are pretty dialed in but you’re still dealing with low-grade fatigue, slower workout recovery, brain fog or stubborn weight gain in perimenopause, this episode is for you.

Menopause, divorce, and dating don’t always take turns. They hit all at once. Angela Burk explains how surviving all three can become a midlife turning point you didn’t see coming.

If you’re raising a daughter while navigating perimenopause yourself, this episode will help you see puberty and midlife hormone changes in a new, more compassionate light.

If you are self-aware, emotionally intelligent and still finding yourself people-pleasing or walking on eggshells in your relationship, this episode will help you understand why, without blaming yourself.

Trauma-informed coach and somatic therapist Steffi Seefeld joins me to unpack why so many high-achieving women feel confident and successful on the outside, yet anxious, unseen, or unsure in their relationships.

If you start feeling the Sunday Scaries before the weekend is even over, you’re not alone.

In this episode, I sit down with leadership coach and Enneagram expert Ali Dunn to talk about a different way of planning the year ahead—one rooted in self-awareness, motivation, and alignment, not hustle or “shoulds.”

Eating less and exercising more does not help with weight gain in perimenopause. It can actually backfire. Here’s what works instead.

In this episode, I talk with registered dietitian and holistic nutritionist Betsy Markle about why traditional dieting stops working in perimenopause and what actually supports metabolism during midlife.

Did you accomplish a lot this year but still feel oddly unfulfilled? This episode will help you understand why, and what to do next.

In this solo episode, Jessica shares end-of-year reflection prompts for midlife women who want to live more intentionally and feel more aligned as they head into a new year.

And after 50 episodes of talking with doctors, hormone experts, therapists, pelvic floor PTs, coaches, healers, and wildly inspiring midlife women, I’ve noticed the same themes rise to the surface again and again. Today, I’m pulling together the most important lessons from the first 50 episodes to help you feel less alone, more informed, and way more empowered in this chapter of life.

If you’re a midlife woman who’s finally getting your protein, strength training, and sleep dialed in — only to have the holidays show up like a glitter bomb of sugar, cocktails, and family dynamics — this episode is exactly what you need.

Between the gifts, the hosting, the traditions, the cards, the cooking, and the never-ending expectations… December can feel like a full-time job. But what if this year could feel different?

Shira Gill is here to help you create a holiday season that feels joyful, calm, meaningful — and actually aligned with your life right now as a midlife woman. Hallejulah.

In honor of Thanksgiving, I asked listeners to share what they’re feeling most grateful for in midlife. Your answers were honest, hilarious, heartfelt, and full of that signature midlife “F-it” energy we all know and love.

Today’s episode is a crowdsourced roundup of what real women 40+ are grateful for right now — from better relationships with our bodies, to boundaries that finally stick, to friendships that feel like lifelines.

If you’ve hit your 40s and found yourself thinking, “I don’t feel like myself anymore,” you are in extremely good company. This is one of the most common—and most misunderstood—symptoms of perimenopause.

In this episode of the Midlife Advice podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Prudence Hall, a gynecological surgeon turned regenerative medicine practitioner, who helps women decode their symptoms and reclaim their energy, clarity, libido, and spark.

Welcome to the Midlife Advice podcast, where smart, curious, and slightly sassy women over 40 come to figure out all things midlife.

In this short solo episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on why I changed the name of the podcast from Belong Wellness to Midlife Advice — and how this shift reflects exactly what the show has become: a go-to source for real, relatable, expert-backed advice on hormones, health, relationships, and purpose.

At 35, Teyonna Bowman was a young mom who thought she was doing everything right — eating healthy, staying active, raising her kids — until she found a lump in her breast that changed everything. After surviving breast cancer twice, Teyonna entered medically induced menopause at 40.

In this episode, Teyonna shares what it’s really like to navigate early menopause after cancer — the physical symptoms, the emotional whiplash, the loss of connection with her body and her husband — and how she ultimately reclaimed her strength and purpose.