The Nourish to Thrive Podcast

Three questions. Three women in very different places. One on HRT and dealing with acne and hair loss she did not sign up for. One who tried MOTS-c and felt absolutely nothing. One whose LDL went up after starting hormones and whose doctor is already talking about a statin.

Tanya answers all three, and each one points toward something the standard conversation is missing.

On the HRT question, she breaks down why acne and hair loss fr...

This final episode in the August cholesterol series is where knowledge meets action, and Tanya covers the specific diet, lifestyle, supplement, and research interventions that are actually worth your attention, and explains which to prioritize based on what your particular pattern is showing.

Tanya covers the dietary shifts that move lipid markers most directly, including why reducing refined carbs and sugar is the primary lever, wh...

Your doctor ran a lipid panel. But several of the markers that would give you the clearest picture of your actual cardiovascular risk were not on it.

In this episode, Tanya covers the distinction between reference ranges and optimal ranges, walks through the markers she actually uses when reading labs for the women she works with, and explains what each one is telling you that a standard lipid panel cannot.

This is the second episode...

Your LDL went up at your last appointment. You eat well, you exercise, nothing in your lifestyle changed, and yet your doctor is already talking about a statin. Before you agree to anything, there is a piece of this conversation that is almost certainly missing.

In this episode, Tanya reframes the cholesterol conversation from the ground up, starting with the fact that your body produces 75 to 80 percent of its own cholesterol and d...

Your LDL went up in perimenopause even though you eat well and exercise. Your blood pressure started creeping up even though nothing changed in your lifestyle. Your workouts are harder to recover from than they used to be. These are three of the most common patterns Tanya hears from women in midlife, and in every case, the answer goes much deeper than what most doctors are offering.

In this episode, Tanya answers three listener ques...

If you have been here all month, this final episode is the one Tanya has been building toward, the honest, bigger-picture conversation that ties the whole series together.

In this series finale, Tanya covers Thymosin Alpha-1, an immune support peptide that works at a completely different level than everything covered in the previous three episodes, and NAD+, NMN, and NR, including why oral NAD+ has poor bioavailability, what NMN and...

If you have been dealing with an injury that won't fully resolve, gut inflammation that doesn't respond to the foundational work, or skin and hair changes that feel like they're accelerating faster than expected, this episode was built for that. These peptides don't suppress appetite or signal your pituitary — they work at the tissue level, amplifying what your body was already trying to do.

In this episode, Tanya breaks down ...

Most conversations about peptides start and end with Ozempic. But there is an entire category of peptides that work completely differently, and if you are a woman in midlife who is doing everything right and still not getting the results you expect from your body, this episode is for you.

In this episode, Tanya covers the growth hormone releasing peptides, what they are, how they work, and why they are a fundamentally different conv...

You have probably watched someone in your life lose significant weight in the last year or two. And when you asked how, the answer was probably a peptide. Then you found yourself asking, "Should I be looking into this for myself?" That question is exactly what this episode is for.

In this episode, Tanya breaks down the GLP-1 class of peptides, what they are, how they work, and what most conversations about them leave out. She covers...

You sent in questions, and the same four kept coming up again and again. Which tells Tanya that for every woman who wrote in, there are many more quietly asking the same things, wondering about the medications flooding their feeds, the fasting approach that might be working against them, and the lab results that say normal when nothing about how they feel is normal.

In this episode, Tanya answers her community's most-asked questions...

Have you ever woken up feeling rested, checked your sleep score, and suddenly felt tired? There is actually a name for that. It's called orthosomnia, and it's more common than you might think.

In this final episode of the June sleep metrics series, Tanya breaks down what consumer wearables actually measure well, where they fall significantly short, and how to use your data as one input among several rather than the final word on you...

Have you heard that a week of camping can completely reset your circadian rhythm? It's not just a wellness myth. There is real research behind it, and what it reveals about how your body was designed to function is worth paying attention to.

In this episode, Tanya breaks down what your circadian rhythm actually is and why it controls far more than just your sleep schedule, including your cortisol, your metabolism, your hormone balan...

Getting seven or eight hours of sleep but still waking up exhausted? The problem might not be how long you're sleeping. It might be what your body is actually doing during those hours.

In this episode, Tanya breaks down the three stages of sleep, light, deep, and REM, what each one is doing for your body, what optimal looks like, and what it means when your data shows you're falling short. She covers the specific reasons women over ...

Most women who are tracking their HRV are reading that number like a grade on a test. High is good, low is bad. But that's not what HRV is actually measuring, and it's not how it was designed to be used.

In this episode, Tanya breaks down what heart rate variability really is, what it reveals about your nervous system, and why a low HRV isn't a punishment. It's a communication. She covers the connection between HRV and the two branc...

One year ago, The Nourish to Thrive Podcast was born…and this episode is a little different today. 

No deep-dive teaching.

Just a real conversation about what this first year of the podcast has taught me, what I’ve learned from you ladies, what’s changed in me through this process, and where I feel we’re heading next as we move into Season 2.

This episode is really a reflection on the bigger conversation ...

If constipation has been part of your story for years…this episode is for you. 

In this final episode of the series “What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You,” we’re unpacking what chronic constipation may actually be communicating beneath the surface.

Because constipation is often connected to much more than digestion alone.

We walk through how the nervous system, thyroid function, gut motility, stomach acid...

If motivation feels harder to access lately…this episode is for you. 

In this part of the series “What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You,” we’re unpacking why so many women in midlife feel like their drive, focus, and follow-through have changed.

Because motivation is not just mental. It’s physiological.

We walk through how hormonal shifts, thyroid function, insulin resistance, stress load, and nervou...

If your body has been feeling more puffy, swollen, stiff, or just generally inflamed lately…this episode is for you. 

In this part of the series “What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You,” we’re unpacking what may actually be happening beneath the surface when inflammation starts showing up more noticeably in midlife.

Because inflammation is a response.

We walk through five common contributors:

• Gut stress an...

If your sleep feels lighter…easier to disrupt…or just not as restorative as it used to, you’re not imagining it. 

In this episode, we continue the series “What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You” and take a step back to look at why sleep changes in midlife.

Because this isn’t about one single issue.

It’s about how the entire system is shifting.

We walk through four key reasons sleep starts ...