Feel Better. Live Free. | Healthy Weight Loss & Wellness for Midlife Women

Your hair is coming out in the shower. You are hungry an hour after you eat. The scale is going down, but somehow you feel softer, not stronger. And you are tired in a way that a good night's sleep just does not touch.

You have probably been treating those like four different problems. Blaming your age. Blaming your hormones. Quietly wondering what is wrong with you.

What if they are not four problems at all? What if they are one, and it is one of the most fixable things there is?

There...

Your yogurt has more sugar in it than a candy bar.

I am not saying that to be dramatic. Go pull one out of your fridge and turn it around. I will wait.

This is the episode where we find out why you crave sugar every single afternoon even though you swear you barely eat any. And the answer is not willpower, and it is not that something is wrong with you. It is that half the food you have been buying on purpose, because you believed it was the healthy choice, is quietly spiking...

"I can't afford to eat healthy." Have you ever said that? I did, for years. And I want to gently tell you today that it is not true. In fact, it might be costing you far more than you think.

Here is something wild. The most expensive food in your grocery cart is not the meat, and it is not the produce. It is the cheap, processed stuff you grab because it is easy and on sale. The stuff that never actually fills you up, so you keep reaching for more of it, and keep paying for...

What if the reason you cannot lose weight has nothing to do with willpower, and everything to do with the fact that you have been eating too little?

I know how that sounds. For years, I did exactly what we have all been told to do. Eat less, move more. And for a while, it worked. Then it stopped, no matter how hard I tried. And even when I thought I was being so good, eating my yogurt and my oatmeal and all the low calorie foods that are supposed to be the healthy choices, my body...

Your scale is a coach, not a judge. Here's how to read it.

How many mornings has the number on your bathroom scale ruined your whole day? You stepped on it before you had even had your coffee, saw a number you did not want to see, and let it decide whether you were winning or losing, on track or off, worth celebrating or worth being disappointed in. Friend, that is not what the scale is for.

I still weigh myself multiple times a week, eight years into maintaining a hundred pound weight...

Almost every woman I have ever coached has lived through it, but very few of us have ever heard it named out loud. The season your weight went up and stayed up. Or the season you were finally doing everything right and your body just stopped cooperating.

Maybe life got heavy and the scale responded, and no diet or workout would move it. Or maybe you were getting results, feeling like yourself again, and then a season hit and everything ground to a halt. Whichever woman you are, I see you. And I want you to hear...

If you're doing all the right things and still feel tired, wired at night, and stuck with weight that won't budge around your middle, this episode is for you.

Most women think cortisol is just about stress. And friend, that is not the whole story. You can be managing your schedule, saying no when you need to, keeping your life under control, and your cortisol can still be running high all day long without you ever feeling stressed. I lived in that exact state for years and had no idea. I just thought the exhaustion, the belly...

If you're on a GLP-1, thinking about starting one, or quietly wondering how you'll ever get off it without gaining everything back, this episode is for you.

There's a lot your doctor probably didn't tell you when they wrote that prescription. Not because anyone's hiding something, but because the appointment was ten minutes long and nobody actually walked you through what happens to your body, your muscle, and your metabolism while you're on the medication. That gap is exactly why so many women lose weight on a GLP-1 and still feel weak, still feel off, and still...

You weren't failing those diets. Those diets were teaching your body to fail you.

Have you noticed that the diets that used to work in your twenties barely move the needle anymore? That you can eat the exact same way you ate five years ago and the scale just sits there and laughs at you? That's not in your head. And it's not a willpower problem.

After years of dieting, especially during perimenopause and menopause, your body adapts to protect itself. Your metabolism slows down. Your hormones get dysregulated. Insulin resistance sets in...

You're not failing. You've been fooled.

The foods that were keeping me stuck, tired, inflamed, holding onto weight no matter what I did, were not the cookies. They weren't the candy. They weren't the obvious junk.

They were the foods I was eating because I was trying to be healthy.

The yogurt. The smoothie. The protein bar. The granola. The whole-grain everything. The stuff with the little health halo on the front of the package that made me feel good about my choices.

And the whole time, they were spiking my...

If you've been told that the weight gain, the exhaustion, the brain fog, and the joint pain are just "part of having an autoimmune disease" — this episode is for you.

For decades, that's exactly what I was told. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's, Raynaud's, and lupus in my teens and twenties, and I spent most of my adult life feeling sick, exhausted, and in pain. I hit 288 pounds. I tried every diet. I lost weight, gained it back, and blamed myself every single time. And every time I went to the doctor, the script was the same: "I...

Episode Summary

Women have up to 70-80% lower creatine stores than men — and most of us have never been told that. In this episode Lisa digs into what that means for your brain, sleep, mood, muscles, and energy, and why creatine may be one of the most underreported tools in women's health right now.

What You'll Learn

If you've been wondering where we've been — this episode is your answer. And trust us, it was worth the wait.

Today, Ruth Soukup is joined by someone you may already know and love from inside the Thinlicious community: Lisa Joy Thompson. She's been here since day one — literally the very first coach in the TAS program — and today we're making it official. Lisa is now the majority owner of Thinlicious, and this podcast has a new home with her at the helm.

But before we get to the big news, we're taking you back to the be...

Two babies under two. 80 pounds lost. More energy than ever.
And the best part? She’s just getting started.

Today I’m excited to introduce you to one of my incredible clients, Tiffany Greer, and to share her incredible story, because it’s both super relatable and incredibly inspiring.

She’s a young mom of two little girls under the age of two, who joined the TAS program at 28 years old—and has since lost more than 80 pounds, completely transformed her energy, and reclaimed her confidence in a BIG way.

But her journey ha...

If you’ve tried everything—from doctors to diets to detoxes—and still feel exhausted, inflamed, or just off... this episode is for you.

Because what if the real reason you’re not healing isn’t your willpower... it’s that no one’s actually gotten to the root of what’s going on?

In this episode we’re chatting with Carrie Drinkwine, a regenerative health expert, root-cause specialist, and the founder of the Institute of Regenerative Health. After healing herself from multiple autoimmune conditions, chronic illness, and even infertility, Carrie made it her mission to help ot...

If you’ve ever peed a little when you laughed—or if sex has started to feel more painful than pleasurable—you might be dealing with pelvic floor dysfunction… even if no one’s ever told you that.

Pelvic floor issues are way more common than you think, especially for women over 40. So why aren’t we talking about them?

Well, today we are.

We’re going to be chatting with Christina Walsh, a licensed physical therapist and the co-founder of Tighten Your Tinkler, where she specializes in holistic pelvic floor health for women—especial...

In this eye-opening episode of Feel Better, Live Free, Ruth sits down with thyroid expert Dr. Eric Osansky to unpack one of the most misunderstood—but critically important—parts of your health: your thyroid.

Dr. Osansky is a chiropractor, clinical nutritionist, and certified functional medicine practitioner who overcame Graves’ disease using natural therapies. Now, he helps others do the same—specializing in both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, along with autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s.

If you’re a woman over 40 dealing with unexplained fatigue, brain fog, stubborn weight gain, or hormonal chaos, this conversation is a must-listen...

Okay, let’s be honest—when was the last time you really thought about your dental work? Probably never.

But what if I told you that old filling, root canal, or even just skipping floss isn’t just about your teeth—it could actually be what’s messing with your hormones, draining your energy, and keeping you stuck?

Today’s episode is going to blow your mind… and maybe have you calling your dentist.

(Or looking for a new one!)

In this episode we are chatting with Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, a trailblazer in...

Okay, let’s be honest—confidence doesn’t always come easy, especially in midlife.

Between the career pivots, the body changes, and the whirlwind of life, it’s easy to feel like we’ve somehow lost our spark.

But what if confidence isn’t something you're either born with or not… what if it’s something you can actually build—one intentional step at a time?

And what if reinvention isn't just possible at this stage of life—but actually easier because of everything you've already overc...

This summer I spent almost a whole month eating my way through Europe–pasta, pretzels, gelato, french fries–all the things I would normally avoid.

But when I finally came home, I hadn’t actually gained any weight. 

It’s pretty crazy, especially when I realize that five years ago one little cheat meal would leave me three pounds heavier and spiraling with guilt for weeks. 

But the difference isn't willpower—it's metabolic flexibility. 

And once you understand what that actually means, everything about weight loss starts to make sense.

I talk a lo...

If you’re trying to get healthy, lose weight, fix your hormones, or heal your gut—but you’re still buying meat from the grocery store—you might be missing the most important piece of the puzzle.

Because what you eat matters—but what your food ate (and the soil it was grown in)? 

Believe it or not, that matters even more.

Today’s guest is going to explain exactly why—and once you hear it, you’ll never look at your plate the same way again.

----------

Check out Seven Sons...