Feeling stretched thin in midlife? Between perimenopause shifts, stress, and the everyday pull of responsibilities, your nervous system may feel like it’s running on overdrive. And here’s the truth: you can’t balance your hormones if your body is stuck in survival mode.

In this episode of Nourishing Her Midlife Rest: Body & Soul, Bethany Thomson (Registered Dietitian & Functional Nutritionist) shares why naming your season is one of the simplest, yet most powerful ways to calm your nervous system, find clarity, and begin restoring balance.

You’ll learn how to identify the dominant theme of your life right now, give it a name that is both honest and hopeful, and let that name shape your expectations, commitments, and self-talk. Because when you carry your season with intention, you create the steady ground your hormones and soul need to heal.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why nervous system regulation is the first step in hormone healing (before supplements or labs)
• How naming your season helps you get your bearings and find peace in the chaos
• Examples of hopeful yet honest names for hard seasons (like The Stretching Season or The Mending Season)
• How shifting the way you name a season changes how you carry it—without toxic positivity
• A simple reflection practice to help you name your season this week

🤍 Share this episode
Maybe you have a friend who’s also walking through midlife shifts—hormones, stress, figuring out her next season. Would you consider sharing this episode with her? Sometimes a simple podcast is the spark for a deeper conversation.

Resources & Next Steps
💌 Get the free Find Your Anchor worksheet this August by joining Ingrained Living Letters

🌿 Work with Bethany 1:1 — personalized nutrition and holistic life coaching for midlife women. Take your first step by scheduling a Welcome Hour at ingrainedliving.com/welcome-hour.

Disclaimer

This content is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

It is not medical, psychological, or nutrition therapy advice and does not establish a client relationship.

Please consult your trusted healthcare provider for personalized care.

Full disclaimer: ingrainedliving.com/disclaimer

© 2025 Ingrained Living. All rights reserved.

All words and resources shared here are crafted with care. Please do not copy or distribute without written permission.

Discover 3 simple self-care habits to balance hormones, reduce stress, and feel more grounded in perimenopause—no matter how full your season feels.

Feeling the pace pick up as we head into a new season? Whether your kids are in school or not, this time of year can stir up stress, hormonal shifts, and a sense of running on fumes—especially in perimenopause.

In this episode, Bethany shares three holistic self-care habits that can help moms in midlife protect their hormone health, lower stress, and feel more grounded when life is full. These aren’t complicated “fixes” or impossible routines—they’re simple, intentional anchors you can weave into your everyday life.

You’ll learn:

• Why naming your season changes the way you move through it
• How a gentle adaptogen (ashwagandha) can support stress resilience & hormone balance (Find my favorite perimenopause supplements here)
• Why “Vitamin L” (laughter) is one of the most overlooked tools for intimacy, stress relief, and nervous system health

If you’re navigating perimenopause, feeling stretched thin, or craving steadier rhythms in your midlife season, these habits can help you feel anchored in body, mind, and spirit.

About the Podcast

Nourishing Her Midlife Rest is a faith-rooted podcast for Christian women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and the stretching seasons of midlife. If you’re weary from chronic symptoms, emotional overload, or the pressure to hold it all together—you’re not alone.

I’m Bethany—a Registered Dietitian, functional nutritionist, and holistic life coach—and I’m here to walk with you, body and soul, through rhythms of rest, healing, and restoration.

In each episode, we explore the deeper story behind your fatigue, untangle confusing symptoms with compassionate insight, and rediscover the sacred invitation to nourish your health and your heart from the inside out.

Because you don’t have to hustle for healing.

You just need a place to return to rest.

Let’s Walk Together

If something in this episode resonated with you—

if you’re tired of navigating this weary season alone—

I’d be honored to walk with you.

My 1:1 coaching offers a sacred space to gently untangle the symptoms and the story,

so you can feel steady again—in your body and your soul with a personalized plan for perimenopause nutrition and hormone health and rhythms that anchor your day in rest not hustle.

Take your first step by scheduling a Welcome Hour at ingrainedliving.com/welcome-hour

Stay Connected

Join my Ingrained Living Letters—weekly emails filled with soulful reflections, nourishing insights, and quiet invitations I don’t share anywhere else.

Sign up at: www.ingrainedliving.com/letters

For more resources and to explore the full rhythm of this work, visit ingrainedliving.com

Supplements for Perimenopause:

I share some of my favorite trusted supplements for perimenopause at ingrainedlving.com/perimenopause-supplements

Share the Grace

If this podcast has been a comfort or encouragement to you,

one of the kindest ways to support it is to subscribe, leave a review,

and share it with a friend who needs rest.

It quietly helps other women find their way here too.

Disclaimer

This content is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

It is not medical, psychological, or nutrition therapy advice and does not establish a client relationship.

Please consult your trusted healthcare provider for personalized care.

Full disclaimer: ingrainedliving.com/disclaimer

© 2025 Ingrained Living. All rights reserved.

All words and resources shared here are crafted with care. Please do not copy or distribute without written permission.

A gentle invitation to reimagine how you care for your body and your soul as a midlife Christian woman.

By the time many Christian women reach midlife—especially in perimenopause or menopause—our relationship with nourishment often feels tangled. Maybe your body no longer responds the way it used to. Maybe you’re weary from years of denying your needs. Or maybe the cravings—for rest, for relief, for comfort—feel louder than ever.

In this episode, Bethany shares a tender story about her son that opens the door to a much deeper conversation:

What if nourishment isn’t about fixing your body, but tending to it?

What if your cravings are signals, not failures?

What if turning toward yourself is actually a sacred form of reparenting your inner child—with God’s gentle presence guiding the way?

We’ll explore nourishment from a functional, emotional, and spiritual lens—including how it relates to emotional eating, midlife fatigue, inner healing, and your body’s God-designed rhythms.

This episode offers hope and grounding for Christian women walking through perimenopause, menopause, chronic fatigue, or just feeling disconnected from their bodies.

Inside this episode:

• Why emotional eating isn’t a failure—but a signal to be tended with compassion
• What Scripture really says about nourishing your body (Ephesians 5:29)
• A new lens for understanding food, fatigue, and self-care in midlife
• How reparenting your inner child can begin through small acts of daily kindness
• Practices that support hormone balance, rest, and spiritual healing

About the Podcast

Nourishing Her Midlife Rest is a faith-rooted podcast for Christian women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and the stretching seasons of midlife. If you’re weary from chronic symptoms, emotional overload, or the pressure to hold it all together—you’re not alone.

I’m Bethany—a Registered Dietitian, functional nutritionist, and holistic life coach—and I’m here to walk with you, body and soul, through rhythms of rest, healing, and restoration.

In each episode, we explore the deeper story behind your fatigue, untangle confusing symptoms with compassionate insight, and rediscover the sacred invitation to nourish your health and your heart from the inside out.

Because you don’t have to hustle for healing.

You just need a place to return to rest.

Let’s Walk Together

If something in this episode resonated with you—

if you’re tired of navigating this weary season alone—

I’d be honored to walk with you.

My 1:1 coaching offers a sacred space to gently untangle the symptoms and the story,

so you can feel steady again—in your body and your soul with a personalized plan for perimenopause nutrition and hormone health and rhythms that anchor your day in rest not hustle.

Take your first step by scheduling a Welcome Hour at ingrainedliving.com/welcome-hour

Stay Connected

Join my Ingrained Living Letters—weekly emails filled with soulful reflections, nourishing insights, and quiet invitations I don’t share anywhere else.

Sign up at: www.ingrainedliving.com/letters

For more resources and to explore the full rhythm of this work, visit ingrainedliving.com

Supplements for Perimenopause:

I share some of my favorite trusted supplements for perimenopause at ingrainedlving.com/perimenopause-supplements

Share the Grace

If this podcast has been a comfort or encouragement to you,

one of the kindest ways to support it is to subscribe, leave a review,

and share it with a friend who needs rest.

It quietly helps other women find their way here too.

Disclaimer

This content is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

It is not medical, psychological, or nutrition therapy advice and does not establish a client relationship.

Please consult your trusted healthcare provider for personalized care.

Full disclaimer: ingrainedliving.com/disclaimer

© 2025 Ingrained Living. All rights reserved.

All words and resources shared here are crafted with care. Please do not copy or distribute without written permission.

If you’ve been doing all the “right things” but still feel weary—body and soul—this episode is for you. Bethany invites you to pause, reflect, and consider that your fatigue may not be a failure… but a sacred signal.

This is a grace-filled conversation about what it means to stop pushing through and begin practicing true rest and stress recovery—especially in the middle seasons of womanhood, where hormones, identity, and expectations are all shifting. Whether your exhaustion feels physical, emotional, or spiritual, this episode offers a gentle reset.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

– What true stress recovery looks like in perimenopause

– Why midlife fatigue is more than just a sleep issue

– How soul exhaustion shows up in the body

– The voice of the inner critic—and how to respond differently

– A fresh invitation to reset as the seasons shift

– Why your worth was never meant to be measured by output

Reflection Invitation

Take time this week to ask:

What does rest mean for me in this season?

And where might God be gently inviting me to pause?

Let it be a conversation—not just with your schedule or your symptoms,

but with the One who restores.

About the Podcast

Nourishing Her Midlife Rest is a faith-rooted podcast for Christian women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and the stretching seasons of midlife. If you’re weary from chronic symptoms, emotional overload, or the pressure to hold it all together—you’re not alone.

I’m Bethany—a Registered Dietitian, functional nutritionist, and holistic life coach—and I’m here to walk with you, body and soul, through rhythms of rest, healing, and restoration.

In each episode, we explore the deeper story behind your fatigue, untangle confusing symptoms with compassionate insight, and rediscover the sacred invitation to nourish your health and your heart from the inside out.

Because you don’t have to hustle for healing.

You just need a place to return to rest.

Let’s Walk Together

If something in this episode resonated with you—

if you’re tired of navigating this weary season alone—

I’d be honored to walk with you.

My 1:1 coaching offers a sacred space to gently untangle the symptoms and the story,

so you can feel steady again—in your body and your soul with a personalized plan for perimenopause nutrition and hormone health and rhythms that anchor your day in rest not hustle.

Take your first step by scheduling a Welcome Hour at ingrainedliving.com/welcome-hour

Stay Connected

Join my Ingrained Living Letters—weekly emails filled with soulful reflections, nourishing insights, and quiet invitations I don’t share anywhere else.

Sign up at: www.ingrainedliving.com/letters

For more resources and to explore the full rhythm of this work, visit ingrainedliving.com

Supplements for Perimenopause:

I share some of my favorite trusted supplements for perimenopause at ingrainedlving.com/perimenopause-supplements

Share the Grace

If this podcast has been a comfort or encouragement to you,

one of the kindest ways to support it is to subscribe, leave a review,

and share it with a friend who needs rest.

It quietly helps other women find their way here too.

Disclaimer

This content is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

It is not medical, psychological, or nutrition therapy advice and does not establish a client relationship.

Please consult your trusted healthcare provider for personalized care.

Full disclaimer: ingrainedliving.com/disclaimer

© 2025 Ingrained Living. All rights reserved.

All words and resources shared here are crafted with care. Please do not copy or distribute without written permission.

Feeling scattered? Discover a simple, soul-aligned rhythm to help anchor your day with peace, purpose, and presence.

If you’ve ever ended your day feeling like you worked non-stop but still didn’t do what mattered—this episode is for you.

In this heartfelt episode, Bethany shares her personal journey from hustle and exhaustion to grounded intention—and the gentle rhythm that helped her get there.

Learn how a simple daily practice called The Planting Trio became the anchor that turned scattered days into steady ones. You’ll discover how to choose three small, faithful actions each day that align with peace, purpose, and presence—without pressure, perfection, or burnout.

Whether you're in the middle of raising a family, building a business, caregiving, or simply navigating a full life, this soul-centered rhythm can help you pause, refocus, and begin again—with grace.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

– Bethany’s personal story of overwhelm, burnout, and post-healing chaos

– Why even good things can drain us when not rooted in rhythm

– The origin and power of The Planting Trio™

– How to gently anchor your day with intention and clarity

– A reminder that rest is not your reward—it’s your beginning

Resources & Invitations:

– Download the free Planting Page

– Explore the Rhythm & Roots Reset

About the Podcast

Nourishing Her Midlife Rest is a faith-rooted podcast for Christian women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and the stretching seasons of midlife. If you’re weary from chronic symptoms, emotional overload, or the pressure to hold it all together—you’re not alone.

I’m Bethany—a Registered Dietitian, functional nutritionist, and holistic life coach—and I’m here to walk with you, body and soul, through rhythms of rest, healing, and restoration.

In each episode, we explore the deeper story behind your fatigue, untangle confusing symptoms with compassionate insight, and rediscover the sacred invitation to nourish your health and your heart from the inside out.

Because you don’t have to hustle for healing.

You just need a place to return to rest.

Let’s Walk Together

If something in this episode resonated with you—

if you’re tired of navigating this weary season alone—

I’d be honored to walk with you.

My 1:1 coaching offers a sacred space to gently untangle the symptoms and the story,

so you can feel steady again—in your body and your soul with a personalized plan for perimenopause nutrition and hormone health and rhythms that anchor your day in rest not hustle.

Take your first step by scheduling a Welcome Hour at ingrainedliving.com/welcome-hour

Stay Connected

Join my Ingrained Living Letters—weekly emails filled with soulful reflections, nourishing insights, and quiet invitations I don’t share anywhere else.

Sign up at: www.ingrainedliving.com/letters

For more resources and to explore the full rhythm of this work, visit ingrainedliving.com

Supplements for Perimenopause:

I share some of my favorite trusted supplements for perimenopause at ingrainedlving.com/perimenopause-supplements

Share the Grace

If this podcast has been a comfort or encouragement to you,

one of the kindest ways to support it is to subscribe, leave a review,

and share it with a friend who needs rest.

It quietly helps other women find their way here too.

Disclaimer

This content is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

It is not medical, psychological, or nutrition therapy advice and does not establish a client relationship.

Please consult your trusted healthcare provider for personalized care.

Full disclaimer: ingrainedliving.com/disclaimer

© 2025 Ingrained Living. All rights reserved.

All words and resources shared here are crafted with care. Please do not copy or distribute without written permission.

A short, honest reflection recorded from the road—on the pressure to do more, the overwhelm that creeps in, and the grace of letting faithfulness—not perfection—be your guide.

A Quiet Invitation to Release the Pressure and Let Faithfulness Be Your Guide

This episode was recorded in the car after a moment of overwhelm—when all my to-dos, ideas, and responsibilities started pressing in. Instead of pushing through, I paused to record this short reflection for the woman who might be feeling the same.

It’s an honest whisper of grace:

A reminder that enoughness isn’t measured by what you finish…

But by what you faithfully carry.

If you’ve ever reached the end of the day and still felt behind—this episode is for you.

You don’t have to do it all to be worthy.

You don’t have to finish everything to be faithful.

You’re allowed to exhale.

Come rest in the quiet reassurance that you’re already held.

Acknowledge the longings.

Celebrate the growth.

Rest in the grace of enough.

About the Podcast

Nourishing Her Midlife Rest is a faith-rooted podcast for Christian women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and the stretching seasons of midlife. If you’re weary from chronic symptoms, emotional overload, or the pressure to hold it all together—you’re not alone.

I’m Bethany—a Registered Dietitian, functional nutritionist, and holistic life coach—and I’m here to walk with you, body and soul, through rhythms of rest, healing, and restoration.

In each episode, we explore the deeper story behind your fatigue, untangle confusing symptoms with compassionate insight, and rediscover the sacred invitation to nourish your health and your heart from the inside out.

Because you don’t have to hustle for healing.

You just need a place to return to rest.

Let’s Walk Together

If something in this episode resonated with you—

if you’re tired of navigating this weary season alone—

I’d be honored to walk with you.

My 1:1 coaching offers a sacred space to gently untangle the symptoms and the story,

so you can feel steady again—in your body and your soul with a personalized plan for perimenopause nutrition and hormone health and rhythms that anchor your day in rest not hustle.

Take your first step by scheduling a Welcome Hour at ingrainedliving.com/welcome-hour

Stay Connected

Join my Ingrained Living Letters—weekly emails filled with soulful reflections, nourishing insights, and quiet invitations I don’t share anywhere else.

Sign up at: www.ingrainedliving.com/letters

For more resources and to explore the full rhythm of this work, visit ingrainedliving.com

Supplements for Perimenopause:

I share some of my favorite trusted supplements for perimenopause at ingrainedlving.com/perimenopause-supplements

Share the Grace

If this podcast has been a comfort or encouragement to you,

one of the kindest ways to support it is to subscribe, leave a review,

and share it with a friend who needs rest.

It quietly helps other women find their way here too.

Disclaimer

This content is intended for educational and informational purposes only.

It is not medical, psychological, or nutrition therapy advice and does not establish a client relationship.

Please consult your trusted healthcare provider for personalized care.

Full disclaimer: ingrainedliving.com/disclaimer

© 2025 Ingrained Living. All rights reserved.

All words and resources shared here are crafted with care. Please do not copy or distribute without written permission.