If you’ve been doing “all the right things” for your health - but consistency still feels hard - this episode speaks directly to you.

In Episode 15 of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan explores the real reason so many midlife women struggle to sustain healthy habits, even when they know exactly what to do. Spoiler: it’s not discipline, motivation, or more information.

This episode pulls back the curtain on the missing piece that makes habits stick in midlife - and why trying to do everything alone may be the very thing keeping you stuck.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• The difference between “trying harder” and being truly supported
• How community, accountability, and environment shape consistency
• Why habits feel easier when they’re normalized instead of isolated
• The role support plays in reducing shame - and keeping you in the game

Joan also shares personal stories from her own life, her coaching communities, and the women she works with every day - illustrating why support isn’t optional in this season of life, it’s strategic.

This episode leads directly into Your Midlife Reset, a 21-Day Habit Challenge designed to help women 40+ build simple, sustainable habits with structure, accountability, and community.

🎯 Ready to establish healthy habits you can sustain longterm?
Join the 21 challenge (beginning Monday, January 12), and doors close soon. $21 for 21 days. What are you waiting for?

👉 Learn more and join here: https://www.joandandeneau.com/midlife-reset

Here's how we can stay connected:

Follow @joansfitzone on Instagram → for simple, sustainable fitness and nutrition tips for women in midlife to create lasting change.

Join the The Midlife Glow Up Collective FREE Facebook community → a supportive space for women 40+ who want accountability, encouragement, and realistic ways to stay consistent with health and self-care.

Apply for 1:1 coaching with Joan → Ready to take your fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits to the next level with a customized plan and one-on-one support + accountability? Apply here!

Most New Year’s resolutions fade - not because women lack motivation, but because the approach itself doesn’t support real life, especially in midlife.

In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan invites listeners to pause and rethink how they begin a new year. Instead of chasing rigid resolutions or vague goals, she introduces a more intentional, identity-based approach that focuses on who you are becoming and how you want your life to feel.

Listeners will explore why traditional goal-setting often backfires, what it means to lead with intention instead of pressure, and how clarity - not willpower - creates lasting change. Joan shares how choosing a word of the year and pairing that with a vision board (physical or digital) can create clarity - but lasting change comes from the habits you build in real life.

If you’re ready to move beyond resolutions and create routines that actually stick, Joan invites you to join Your Midlife Reset: the 21-Day Habit Challenge - designed specifically for women 40+ who want better energy, stronger routines, and simple habits that fit real life.

Inside the challenge, you’ll focus on one habit at a time, learn how to make it work even on busy or imperfect days, and build momentum with the support of a like-minded community and coaching guidance every step of the way.

✨ The challenge begins January 12.
👉 Here are all the details and registration link: https://www.joandandeneau.com/midlife-reset

And if you choose a Word of the Year or create a vision board after listening, Joan would love to see it.

Send her a message on Instagram at @joansfitzone and share what you’re stepping into this year.

Here's how we can stay connected:

Follow @joansfitzone on Instagram → for simple, sustainable fitness and nutrition tips for women in midlife to create lasting change.

Join the The Midlife Glow Up Collective FREE Facebook community → a supportive space for women 40+ who want accountability, encouragement, and realistic ways to stay consistent with health and self-care.

Apply for 1:1 coaching with Joan → Ready to take your fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits to the next level with a customized plan and one-on-one support + accountability? Apply here!

In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan continues her two-part habit series by answering the question so many midlife women ask: “Okay, I get why habits matter - but how do I actually make them stick?”

Joan breaks down why most habits don’t fail because of a lack of motivation or discipline, but because they aren’t designed to fit real life in midlife. She introduces a simple, practical framework for building habits that feel doable - even during busy, imperfect seasons.

Inside this episode, Joan touches on:

• Why clarity matters more than willpower
• How starting smaller than you think leads to long-term consistency
• The power of habit stacking and environment design
• Why planning for imperfection is essential in midlife

This episode is about removing guilt, simplifying the process, and helping women move habits from the “should” list into everyday life.

Joan also shares how listeners can take these ideas further inside Your Midlife Reset: The 21-Day Habit Challenge designed specifically for women 40+ who want habits that finally stick.

Join Today - $21 for 21 days! Make 2026 the year it finally sticks!

Here's how we can stay connected:

Follow @joansfitzone on Instagram → for simple, sustainable fitness and nutrition tips for women in midlife to create lasting change.

Join the The Midlife Glow Up Collective FREE Facebook community → a supportive space for women 40+ who want accountability, encouragement, and realistic ways to stay consistent with health and self-care.

Apply for 1:1 coaching with Joan → Ready to take your fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits to the next level with a customized plan and one-on-one support + accountability? Apply here!

This episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast is Part 1 of a two-part series focused on habits - why they matter and how to implement them. Joan breaks down why habits - not motivation or willpower - are the true foundation for sustainable health in midlife.

Drawing from her years of experience coaching women over 40, alongside the proven principles in James Clear’s Atomic Habits, Joan explains why the strategies that worked in earlier decades often fall apart in midlife - and what actually works instead.

You’ll learn:

• Why midlife requires consistency over intensity
• How habits quietly shape identity and self-trust over time
• Why small, repeatable actions matter more than big overhauls
• How the compound effect of habits determines long-term health
• Real-life examples of how simple fitness and nutrition habits create lasting change

Part 1 lays the foundation - the why behind habits - so you can stop spinning your wheels and start building momentum that lasts.

Stay tuned for Part 2, where Joan will walk through practical strategies for implementing habits in real life.

And if you’re ready to start putting this into practice right now, I’d love for you to join Your Midlife Reset: a 21 Day Habit Challenge built for women over 40.

We will take these ideas and turn them into simple, doable action steps with support and accountability. Learn more and join today - $21 for 21 Days! https://www.joandandeneau.com/midlife-reset

Here's how we can stay connected:

Follow @joansfitzone on Instagram → for simple, sustainable fitness and nutrition tips for women in midlife to create lasting change.

Join the The Midlife Glow Up Collective FREE Facebook community → a supportive space for women 40+ who want accountability, encouragement, and realistic ways to stay consistent with health and self-care.

Apply for 1:1 coaching with Joan → Ready to take your fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits to the next level with a customized plan and one-on-one support + accountability? Apply here!

If you want 2026 to feel different, it has to begin differently. In this episode, we explore why midlife women don’t need more motivation - we need simple, sustainable habits that fit real life. Joan introduces Your Midlife Reset, a 21-day habit challenge designed to help you build clarity, consistency, and confidence as you step into the new year.

You’ll learn why habits matter so much in midlife, why layering small changes works better than trying to overhaul everything at once, and who this challenge is perfect for. She also shares two inspiring client stories that show the power of steady, consistent habits over time.

Your Midlife Reset: The 21-Day Habit Challenge for women 40+ who want to take back control of their health in 2026 so that they can have better energy, stronger routines and simple habits they can finally stick to.
The challenge runs January 12–31. Open for enrollment now!
$21 for 21 days

Listen to the full episode to learn all about how it works, who it's for and why it's the perfect way to kick off the new year!

Join TODAY and relax into the holiday season knowing you have a solid PLAN for JAN already!

Snag your spot here: https://www.joandandeneau.com/midlife-reset

Invite a friend, sister, or coworker to join you - this challenge is accessible, affordable, flexible, and designed to help you enter 2026 with momentum.

Here's how we can stay connected:

Follow @joansfitzone on Instagram → for simple, sustainable fitness and nutrition tips for women in midlife to create lasting change.

Join the The Midlife Glow Up Collective FREE Facebook community → a supportive space for women 40+ who want accountability, encouragement, and realistic ways to stay consistent with health and self-care.

Apply for 1:1 coaching with Joan → Ready to take your fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits to the next level with a customized plan and one-on-one support + accountability? Apply here!

In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan invites listeners to take a thoughtful look at their personal story with nutrition - the beliefs they grew up with, the rules they absorbed without realizing it, and the “diet mentality” that often follows women into midlife. She explains why this season of life isn’t the time for shrinking or restricting, but for intentional nourishment that supports hormones, metabolism, energy, and long-term health.

Joan then breaks down the five most impactful things women over 40 can add to their plates to feel, look, and perform their best. Each one is simple, powerful, and rooted in science, and Joan shares both personal stories and client examples to illustrate how small nutrition upgrades can transform daily life.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why midlife is not the time for eating less, but for eating more intentionally
• How your early beliefs about food may still be influencing your choices today
• The connection between nourishment, hormone balance, metabolism, and emotional steadiness
• Five key additions that powerfully support a midlife body (without dieting or perfection)
• How fueling properly leads to better consistency, fewer cravings, and more sustainable habits

If you're ready to solidify healthy habits in the new year, check out Your Midlife Reset: the 21-Day Habit Challenge for women in midlife. It's $21 for 21 days and it's the perfect jumpstart for women 40+ who want simple habits that actually stick.

Here's how we can stay connected:

Follow @joansfitzone on Instagram → for simple, sustainable fitness and nutrition tips for women in midlife to create lasting change.

Join the The Midlife Glow Up Collective FREE Facebook community → a supportive space for women 40+ who want accountability, encouragement, and realistic ways to stay consistent with health and self-care.

Apply for 1:1 coaching with Joan → Ready to take your fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits to the next level with a customized plan and one-on-one support + accountability? Apply here!

In this episode of The Midlife Glow Up Podcast, Joan breaks down the truth about gratitude - not as a feeling you wait for, but as a practice you choose, especially in the messy middle of midlife.

She explores how intentionally looking for what you’re grateful for shifts the entire way you experience your life. When you train your brain to notice something good, it starts finding even more - changing your perspective, your stress response, and even your health habits.

Joan also talks about gratitude for your physical body - your vessel - and how this simple, daily practice can transform the way you care for yourself. When you appreciate your body, even with its imperfections, you naturally want to fuel it better, move it more, and treat it with the respect it deserves.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from your body, or stuck in an all-or-nothing mindset, this episode will help you slow down, re-center, and reconnect with what’s already working in your life.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why gratitude is a practice, not a feeling
• How gratitude shifts your brain’s filter from overwhelm to clarity
• Why appreciating your physical body helps you treat it better
• A simple gratitude rhythm you can begin today

Want personalized support on your journey? Joan has a few spots left in her 1:1 coaching program before prices increase in 2026. If you're ready for structure, accountability, and a plan that fits your life… now is the time.

Here's how we can stay connected:

Follow @joansfitzone on Instagram → for simple, sustainable fitness and nutrition tips for women in midlife to create lasting change.

Join the The Midlife Glow Up Collective FREE Facebook community → a supportive space for women 40+ who want accountability, encouragement, and realistic ways to stay consistent with health and self-care.

Apply for 1:1 coaching with Joan → Ready to take your fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits to the next level with a customized plan and one-on-one support + accountability? Apply here!

If the holidays have ever knocked you off your routine - or you’ve ever thought, “I’ll just start fresh in January,” - Joan wants you to know you’re not alone. But she also wants you to see that it doesn’t have to be that way. The holidays themselves are really only 3 - 4 days spread across 6 - 8 weeks… and that’s far too much time to let go of your momentum or put your health on hold.

In this episode, Joan shares a simple, grounding strategy to help you stay connected to your health goals while still fully enjoying the season. She also opens up about her own experience - how the holidays used to feel overwhelming, pressured, and anything but peaceful… until she learned how to set boundaries, simplify, and build systems that allow her to be present without guilt.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why the holidays don’t have to derail your routine or your progress
• A simple 3-part framework you can use right away: one thing to keep, one thing to add, one thing to let go
• Why connecting with the future version of you (10–20 years from now) helps guide the choices you make today

Joan also invites you to imagine how different things could feel if you had a supportive, realistic fitness and nutrition plan - and a coach in your corner who understands midlife, the mental load you carry, and the life you’re building.

There are a few spots left in Joan’s 1:1 coaching program at the current 2025 rate before prices increase next year.

👉 You can learn more and apply for 1:1 Coaching here: https://www.joandandeneau.com/coaching

Here's how we can stay connected:

Follow @joansfitzone on Instagram → for simple, sustainable fitness and nutrition tips for women in midlife to create lasting change.

Join the The Midlife Glow Up Collective FREE Facebook community → a supportive space for women 40+ who want accountability, encouragement, and realistic ways to stay consistent with health and self-care.

Apply for 1:1 coaching with Joan → Ready to take your fitness, nutrition, and healthy habits to the next level with a customized plan and one-on-one support + accountability? Apply here!