Midlife Mojo: Fit and Flourishing In Your 50's
Are you a woman in your fifties struggling with unwanted weight gain? Feeling exhausted from lack of sleep, low energy, and chronic stress? Questioning your confidence or battling negative body image as your appearance changes during midlife? If you're feeling like your mojo has gone missing, the Midlife Mojo podcast, hosted by Lisa DuPree, is here to help you reignite your spark and embrace this phase of life. Join Lisa as she dives into evidence-based strategies for managing menopausal symptoms, boosting confidence, and learning to love and appreciate your body at every stage. From interval training and strength workouts to mindful eating and hormone-balancing nutrition, we'll explore practical fitness and weight loss tips to help you feel your best. You'll also discover effective stress management techniques and self-care routines to optimize your physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. Get ready to reclaim your midlife mojo, rock your fitness goals, and flourish in your fifties!
Episodes
The Midlife Mojo podcast has reached a big milestone - turning 2 years old!
In this short bonus episode, host Lisa DuPree announces exciting changes coming to the show, including a revamped description and new cover art.
The fresh description encapsulates the core mission of the podcast - helping women in their 50s confidently navigate common midlife challenges like weight gain, low energy, stress, poor sleep and...
Pursuing health and fitness goals can be incredibly challenging, especially for women over fifty. Injury, illness, work stress, and family responsibilities can derail progress and shake your confidence, leading to self-doubt and the temptation to give up. The frustration of not seeing results can test your motivation and commitment. Staying consistent can feel overwhelming when obstacles emerge.
This episode provides insig...
Starting to work toward a big goal is exciting, but sustaining effort is tough. Motivation fades, obstacles arise. How can you stay on track over the long haul? In this episode, Lisa talks about her recent experience with this, offering key mindset shifts and practical strategies for consistency, self-compassion, and routine.
In this episode:
The Power of Momentum
- Motivation ebbs and flows naturally when pursuing long-term goals. ...
This is part 3 of 3 in the special "power replay" series "From Holiday Pressure to Purposeful Mindset". This series brings back the best episodes with tips to beat holiday stress, goal setting with the latest science, and ideas for nailing a success mindset when the calendar resets.
In this episode you'll learn about one of the biggest things that tends to get overlooked when setting goals and pl...
This is part 2 of a special "power replay" series "From Holiday Pressure to Purposeful Mindset". This series brings back the best episodes with tips to beat holiday stress, goal setting with the latest science, and ideas for nailing a success mindset when the calendar resets.
You don’t need more discipline, more willpower or a complete overhaul your whole life to become fit and flourishing! In this e...
This is part 1 of a special "power replay" series "From Holiday Pressure to Purposeful Mindset". This series brings back the best episodes with tips to beat holiday stress, goal setting with the latest science, and ideas for nailing a success mindset when the calendar resets.
In this episode, Lisa highlights four evidence-based ways to effectively lessen stress so you fully enjoy the holiday season and "b...
Host Lisa DuPree goes through 5 things she stopped doing in her fifties that changed her life in a big way. She explains several key changes in her routines and behaviors that significantly improved her well-being and overall quality of life in hopes it may inspire you to evaluate what shifts could allow you to thrive in midlife. These 5 things fall into the key areas that she focuses on in her coaching program to help clients be f...
Today on Midlife Mojo, Lisa talks about cultivating body positivity and self-confidence in midlife by exploring practical ways for developing true body acceptance and confidence from within. With all the media ideals and societal pressures about how we “should” look, it’s easy to become hyper-focused on our bodies and have a distorted self-image. You’ll walk away from this informative episode with several ideas and quick tips for ...
You've been working hard to lose extra pounds, eat healthy, and exercise regularly, but the scale just won't budge. Frustrating, right? Stress could be the culprit behind slow or stalled progress for weight loss. Understanding the connection between coping with stress and weight loss is vital for reaching the finish line of your desired weight loss journey.
In this episode, Lisa explores how seemingly effectiv...
In this episode of Midlife Mojo, Lisa explores insights, practical strategies, and inspiration to help you make the most of this life stage. Whether you're in your forties, fifties, or sixties, uncover key aspects of well-being and how to prioritize your physical and mental health. Get ready to embrace your midlife journey and unlock your potential for a flourishing life.
Segment 1: Focusing on Well-being During Midlife
- Exp...
In this episode of Midlife Mojo, host Lisa DuPree delves into the transformative benefits of working with a health coach to unleash your full potential in midlife. Lisa highlights the personalized approach health coaches offer and how they support clients in making sustainable lifestyle behavior changes. She explores three significant benefits of partnering with a health coach on your journey to a healthier and more vibrant you.
Seg...
In this episode, host Lisa DuPree wraps up the 3 part Menopause Mini-series by delving into the relationship between mindset and menopause. Join her as she explores the impact of menopause on mental health and emphasizes the importance of self-compassion and gratitude during this transformative life stage.
By practicing self-compassion, gratitude, and seeking support, navigating menopause becomes easier. Lisa talks about how embrac...
In this episode of Midlife Mojo - Menopause Mini-Series, Part 2, host Lisa DuPree discusses the importance of staying active during your peri-menopause and menopause years, highlighting the physical toll aging takes on the body including weight gain, muscle loss, decreasing bone density, and metabolic rate decline. She shares the best and most effective ways to combat these changes to improve body composition, confidence and overal...
In this episode, Lisa kicks off her Menopause Mini-Series by discussing how menopause affects body composition and metabolism. She explains the difference between perimenopause and menopause, and how hormonal changes during this time can lead to weight gain and the accumulation of visceral fat in the midsection. Lisa also highlights how the body's metabolic rate slows down during menopause, making it harder to burn calories an...
In this episode, Lisa talks about rebellious excitement, your inner rebel and how these things keep you from being consistent, sticking to a plan and making progress on your goals to be fit and flourish in midlife. Rebellious excitement is important to be aware of because it can keep you from being consistent with your goals for eating healthier, being more active, losing weight, or feeling less stressed.
Shared in this episode:
In this episode of Midlife Mojo, Lisa will be talking about slipping up when working toward a goal or changing a habit, the first thing to do when it happens, things to do to learn from it and get back on track quickly.
Shared in this episode:
- How slip-ups are normal, expected and opportunities to level up
- How to work with negative thoughts or self-talk when slip-ups happen
- Options for getting back on track and moving on
In this episode of Midlife Mojo, Lisa talks about ideas and inspiration for you to rekindle and boost motivation if yours has waned or has gone on a full-on hiatus.
Shared in this episode:
- Heart-Centered and Head-Centered Approaches
- Three Why’s Exercise to quickly re-connect your goal to what you desire. - Free Downloadable Goal Worksheet with the steps for this exercise.
- Reframing Tasks and Actions to Boost Intrinsic Motivation
- ...
In this episode of Midlife Mojo, Lisa talks about one of the biggest things that tends to get overlooked when setting goals and planning for the new year that can actually inhibit progress and even end up with just giving up. And nobody wants that!
Shared in this episode:
- How mindset can help or hinder your progress
- Examples of mindsets that come up frequently
- Steps to address mindset to align with your goal
Interested...
In this episode, Lisa highlights four evidence-based ways to effectively lessen stress so you fully enjoy the holiday season and "bonus " - they can be used any time of year! You may be surprised to find that you are already doing most of these in some form or fashion. Lisa hopes to provide some ways to think differently about them to be more focused on relieving stress fast without a lot of extra time, money or effor...
In today’s episode of Midlife Mojo, Lisa gives candid, honest answers to questions she frequently gets asked in her role as a health and wellness coach, health educator, and exercise physiologist.
The two questions she'll be addressing are "What’s the best diet?' and 'How can I eat to be healthier?"
Shared in this episode:
1) Lisa's dietary philosophy
2) Common gaps/opportunities for e...
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