Midlife Wellness In The Mountains

About 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, a certified functional nutritionist, a doctor of natural medicine and a lover of the wild. You can find Janel at www.mountainrebalance.com

Publisher

Janel Anderson

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Apr 2024

Latest episode

7 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 56 episodes have a transcript.

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   7 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Your Gut Isn't Healing: The Missing Pieces Most Women Overlook with Erin Harner RDN

   Send us Fan Mail Could your fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, hormone symptoms, or low energy actually be connected to your digestive system? In this episode, I sit down with functional nutritionist Erin Harner RD to explore why so many women get stuck managing digestive symptoms instead of actually healing their gut. We discuss why eliminating foods often provides temporary relief but can reduce microbiome diversity over time, how digestion affects nearly every system in the body, and why healthy...

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   7 Jul 2026

   ADHD, Hormones, & Perimenopause: Understanding the Midlife Brain with Dr Jolene Brighten

   Host Sarah Jane Smith interviews Dr. Jolene Brighten, ND, about how ADHD, hormones, and perimenopause impact the midlife brain, offering insights for women navigating these changes.

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   27 May 2026

   E40- The Gut-Hormone Connection in Midlife with Cynthia Thurlow- How Your Gut Impacts Hormones, Inflammation & Symptoms

   Send us Fan Mail Gut health changes everything in midlife. In this episode, Cynthia Thurlow and I discuss the gut-hormone connection in perimenopause and menopause, including estrogen, leaky gut, inflammation, the microbiome, stress, fiber, bone health, and why working upstream of symptoms can completely change how women experience midlife. A must-listen conversation for women interested in hormones, gut health, and aging well. You can find Cynthia and her new book The Menopause G...

Inside a recent episode

Why Your Gut Isn't Healing: The Missing Pieces Most Women Overlook with Erin Harner RDN

Published 7 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah, so digestion, and so many of us think about digestion and digestive problems being like in the colon or in the small intestine or in the stomach. Like at the end, we forget that digestion starts like in the brain and in the mouth. So when we think about digestion, we have to think about like top to bottom. We can't solve constipation in the colon. The problems happen far further up. So we have to help solve our digestive issues at the top. So really, what mental state are we in when we're eating? Are we in fight or flight? Are we stressed? Are we eating in a car? Are we like running from thing to thing? […]

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