Emotional Eats Podcast: Real conversations about menopause, hormones, emotional eating, and weight loss for women over 40

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!
Peptides are everywhere right now. GLP-1s, BPC-157, growth hormone-releasing peptides, copper peptides. But what exactly are they, and where do they fit into your health as a woman in midlife? 
Is it real or a new trend?
In this episode, I sit down with Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and peptide-trained practitioner Bria Gadd for a conversation that helped me understand this rapidly growing area of women's health in a completely different way.
Bria breaks down what peptides actually are, why women over 40 are becoming so interested in them, and the potential roles they may play in metabolic health, recovery, muscle, gut health, skin, hair, weight loss, and healthy aging.
But this conversation isn't about chasing the newest quick fix.
Bria explains why nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, metabolic health, and hormone optimization need to come first. We also talk about GLP-1s and food noise, testing before using peptides, cycling, potential risks, sourcing, and why buying peptides from questionable sources can be a very different thing from working with a qualified practitioner and compounding pharmacy.
This is one of my favorite points from Bria. Think of your health like a cake. Your foundations are the cake. Hormone optimization is the icing. Peptides and other biohacking tools are the sprinkles.
You have to bake the cake first.
In this episode, we talk about:
What peptides are and how they work in the body
Why peptides are getting so much attention from midlife women
The health foundations Bria wants in place before considering peptides
GLP-1s, metabolic health, insulin resistance, food noise, and weight loss
BPC-157, growth hormone-releasing peptides, and GHK-Cu copper peptides
Why testing and hormone optimization can matter before starting peptide therapy
Safety, cycling, sourcing, compounding pharmacies, and the peptide gray market
Why peptides may be a powerful tool for some women, but aren't meant to replace the work you're already doing for your health
If you've been hearing about peptides and wondering whether they're something you should explore, this episode will help you understand the conversation, know what questions to ask, and make a more informed decision about what may be right for you.
About Bria Gadd
Bria Gadd is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner, holistic health coach, and certified personal trainer, who specializes in female hormones, helping women with weight release and energy gain in pre and post menopause, and finding clarity in hormonal chaos.
 
After helping thousands of women lose weight in their 20's and 30's, Bria recognized a difficult shift in women's ability to get results in their body during their perimenopause years. With more than 15 years of experience in the fitness and nutrition industry, Bria created a proven strategy to dramatically improve the challenges women are experiencing in weight release and energy.
 
Her podcast The Period Whisperer is a top 1% wellness podcast in the world with an instagram following of over 19,000. Bria has been featured in Fox News, Women's Health and top women's podcasts such as The MidLife Makeover Show to name a few.
Connect With Bria
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/bria_period_whisperer/
 
TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@briagadd
 
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/bria.gadd/
 
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bria-gadd/?skipRedirect=true
 
Website:  https://www.briatheperiodwhisperer.com/
 
Podcast:  https://www.briatheperiodwhisperer.com/the-period-whisperer-podcast
 
If This Episode Resonated With You
Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.
And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.
Website:  https://wellspringcounselingandhealth.com/
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kimhynesmidlife/
TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhynesmidlife
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Kimhynesmidlife
Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep?  Check out Brain.fm.  This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast.  Get 30 days for free here.
 https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth
 
Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:
https://www.organifishop.com/
Use code:  KIMH for 20 % off
This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm.  It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.
 
Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.
LMNT
http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes
Disclaimer:  This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only.  Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits.  This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!
Maybe it's more joy. More fun. More connection. More freedom.
Or maybe you've spent so many years being the mom, the caregiver, the responsible one, the strong one, that somewhere along the way you stopped asking yourself a really important question: What do I actually want?
In this episode, Caroline (Caro) de Posada and I talk about what happens when the life you've built looks good on paper, but something still feels off. We get into the guilt that can come with admitting you're not happy with something you think you should be grateful for, the identities you've carried for years, and the fear that can keep you choosing what's familiar even when you know you want something different.
We also talk about permission. Permission to change your mind. To break some of the rules you've been living by. To stop waiting until you lose the weight, the kids grow up, work slows down, or everything finally falls into place before you let yourself enjoy your life.
And Caro gives us a simple way to start: Notice. Name. Nurture. You don't need to overhaul your life. You need to start paying attention to what's working, what you want, and the next small step that moves you toward it.
In This Episode:
Why you can lose touch with what you actually enjoy and want
How fear, old identities, and people pleasing can keep you stuck
Why waiting for the next goal can keep you from enjoying your life now
Caroline's simple Notice, Name, Nurture approach
How to start noticing and creating more moments of joy and aliveness in your everyday life
If you are looking to get back to yourself, this is the episode for you!
About Caroline de Posada
Caroline de Posada is a bilingual life coach, speaker, and podcast host (Bliss'n Up) who helps high-achievers stop drifting and start choosing a life that sparks joy. As the daughter of renowned motivational speaker Dr. Joachim de Posada, Caroline grew up immersed in the principles of personal development - and became living proof of them. She didn't inherit a philosophy. She built a joyful life on purpose, from a chaotic foundation, and now teaches others to do the same. Her work is not for people in crisis - it's for people with full lives and real success who are quietly going through the motions.
 
Connect With Caroline
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/carolinedeposada/
 
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoJhoKoocIW6FRhZEVJFJwA
 
Website:   https://carolinedeposada.com/
 
Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blissn-up-podcast/id1744617669
If This Episode Resonated With You
Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.
And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.
Connect with Kim:
Website:  https://wellspringcounselingandhealth.com/
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kimhynesmidlife/
TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhynesmidlife
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Kimhynesmidlife
Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep?  Check out Brain.fm.  This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast.  Get 30 days for free here.
 https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth
 
Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:
https://www.organifishop.com/
Use code:  KIMH for 20 % off
This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm.  It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.
 
Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.
LMNT
http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes
Disclaimer:  This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only.  Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits.  This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!
You know you're not always hungry when you are reaching for the food, but you still find yourself digging into the sugar or food especially at night and wondering, why can't I stop doing this?
In this episode, I'm talking with registered dietitian Sherri Clarke, creator of the Four Emotional Eater Types framework, about why emotional eating goes so much deeper than food, discipline, or trying harder.
Sherri also shares her own powerful experience with emotional eating and how food became a source of comfort for her long before she understood what was happening. We talk about the patterns you may have learned years ago, why they can still show up decades later, and how getting curious instead of critical can begin to change your relationship with food.
In this episode, you'll hear:
The four different emotional eater types and how to recognize yourself in them
How childhood experiences can shape the way you use food today
Why high-achieving, disciplined women can still feel completely out of control around food
How IFS can help you understand the "parts" of you that turn to food
A simple CBT tool to help interrupt an emotional eating moment
How mindfulness can help you pause and ask what you actually need
Why willpower may work temporarily but doesn't create lasting change
Why healing emotional eating doesn't necessarily mean never eating emotionally again
This conversation isn't about giving you more food rules. It's about helping you understand why you're reaching for the food in the first place and what might change when you stop fighting yourself and start getting curious.
About Sherri Clarke
Sherri Clarke is a registered dietitian with a master's degree and special training in IFS, CBT, and Mindfulness. She's been in private practice since 2013, working exclusively with adults who want to change their relationship with food. She's also the creator of the 4 Emotional Eater Types framework and the Emotional Eater Quiz at sherriclarkenutrition.com. What makes her unique is that she doesn't just treat emotional eating — she's lived it herself.
 
Connect With Sherri
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sherriclarkenutrition/
 
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@sherriclarkenutrition3550
 
Website:    https://sherriclarkenutrition.com/
 
Facebook: @sherriclarkenutrition
If This Episode Resonated With You
Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.
And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.
 
Connect with Kim:
Website:  https://wellspringcounselingandhealth.com/
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kimhynesmidlife/
TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhynesmidlife
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Kimhynesmidlife
Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep?  Check out Brain.fm.  This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast.  Get 30 days for free here.
 https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth
 
Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:
https://www.organifishop.com/
Use code:  KIMH for 20 % off
This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm.  It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.
 
Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.
LMNT
http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes
Disclaimer:  This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only.  Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits.  This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!
I had been connecting with Maryanna on social media for a while, and somewhere along the way I started listening to her podcast, Take the Turn, with her husband Jay. I really enjoyed their conversations about navigating midlife and all the changes that come with it. So when they asked me to come on and talk about emotional eating, I was extremely honored.
And we had such a great conversation.
We talked about my own history with emotional and secret eating, why you cannot out-diet emotional eating, and why midlife and menopause can make our relationship with food feel even harder. We also get into sugar cravings and dopamine, perfectionism and people pleasing, blood sugar, slowing down when you eat, and why so many capable women can take care of everyone and everything but still feel out of control around food.
Most importantly, we talk about looking beyond what you're eating and getting curious about what is happening before you reach for the food.
If you've ever wondered why you know what to do but still find yourself reaching for sugar, overeating, or using food to comfort yourself, I think you'll really enjoy this conversation.
Check out the Take the Turn Podcast especially if you are in your 40's and 50's and are navigating all the midlife things.
About Take the Turn with Maryanna and Jay
A lifestyle and conversational podcast hosted by Maryanna and Jay for Generation X and anyone navigating midlife transitions, health, marriage, and aging parents.
Find the Take The Turn Podcast on all platforms.
Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-the-turn-with-maryanna-and-jay/id1896888344?l=vi
Connect With Maryanna and Jay
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taketheturnshow/
 
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@TakeTheTurnShow
 
TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@taketheturnshow
 
If This Episode Resonated With You
Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.
And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.
 
Connect with Kim:
Website:  https://wellspringcounselingandhealth.com/
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kimhynesmidlife/
TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhynesmidlife
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Kimhynesmidlife
Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep?  Check out Brain.fm.  This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast.  Get 30 days for free here.
 https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth
 
Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:
https://www.organifishop.com/
Use code:  KIMH for 20 % off
This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm.  It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.
 
Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.
LMNT
http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes
Disclaimer:  This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only.  Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits.  This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast! I'm so glad you're here.
How many times have you said, "I'll start after vacation... after the holidays... when life settles down... when I lose the weight"?
The problem is that life never really settles down.  Are you putting off your health and happiness all the time?
In this episode, I'm challenging one of the biggest beliefs keeping women stuck: that you'll finally take care of yourself, feel confident, or be happy when the timing is perfect.
We talk about:
Why waiting for the "right time" keeps you stuck
The hidden cost of putting your life on hold
How the "I'll be happy when..." mindset steals your joy
Why your health habits need to work in your daily and real life, not some perfect life
Small, sustainable actions you can start today that are easy
How to stop postponing your happiness and start living now because you deserve it
Your body doesn't have to hold your life hostage. You don't have to wait until you lose the weight to enjoy vacations, take the picture, wear the clothes, or fully live.
Your life isn't the dress rehearsal. It's happening right now. Don't miss out!
If This Episode Resonated With You
Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.
And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.
Join the Cool Girl Collective
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Website:  https://wellspringcounselingandhealth.com/
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kimhynesmidlife/
TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhynesmidlife
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@Kimhynesmidlife
Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep?  Check out Brain.fm.  This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast.  Get 30 days for free here.
 https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth
 
Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:
https://www.organifishop.com/
Use code:  KIMH for 20 % off
This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm.  It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.
 
Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.
LMNT
http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes
Disclaimer:  This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only.  Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits.  This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.