Joyful Menopause

About Joyful Menopause

When you think of menopause, 'joyful' might not be the first word that comes to mind. But no matter what you've heard, you deserve to thrive during this phase of life. On the Joyful Menopause podcast, Lynda Enright draws on her 25+ years of experience in women's health to share practical, science-based tips that you can customize to your body, lifestyle, and goals—because there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to menopause. With her calming, supportive style and deep expertise, Lynda will help you build lasting, sustainable habits, guiding you on your unique journey toward better health.

Publisher

Lynda Enright

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Oct 2024

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 36 episodes have a transcript.

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   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 36: Why the Rules that Used to Work Stopped Working in Midlife

   Lynda Enright, MS, RDN, explains how midlife hormonal shifts disrupt hunger and fat storage, offering insights to break the cycle.

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   1 Oct 2026

   Episode 35: Why Your Brain Feels Different in Menopause

   Lynda Enright, MS, RDN, explains how declining estrogen impacts the brain's stress response, leading to anxiety and mood changes during perimenopause.

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   16 Jul 2026

   Episode 34: Is it perimenopause ... or something else?

   Is it perimenopause or something else? 5 conditions every midlife woman should know about Host Lynda Enright explains that symptoms often blamed on perimenopause - exhaustion, brain fog, weight gain, mood changes, feeling cold, and hair loss - may be caused by other overlooked, treatable conditions. Using a client story, she shows how perimenopause can coexist with hypothyroidism and low ferritin, creating overlapping symptoms and missed diagnoses. The episode covers five look-alike iss...

Inside a recent episode

Episode 36: Why the Rules that Used to Work Stopped Working in Midlife

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] This is eight different problems compounding at the same time in a body that is also sleep-deprived, more stress reactive, and spending more time in lower high stress brain states, brain states three, four, and five. So I call this sort of a double whammy. Chronic stress, the accumulated stress of a life, of unprocessed emotion, of years of stress wiring, is already working against your body's ability to manage weight. And now hormonal decline amplifies every single one of those effects simultaneously. The deck is stacked against you. And this is exactly why the diet that helped you lose weight in your 30s doesn't work now. […]

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YouTube views

611

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

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Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

0

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