Perimenopause After 40: What’s Normal, What’s Not & What No One Told Us with Dr. Terri Malcolm

Feeling forgetful, exhausted, emotional, or just not like yourself? Before you call yourself lazy or undisciplined, get curious about what may be changing inside your body.

In part one of our conversation, OB/GYN Dr. Terri Malcolm joins me for The Midlife Advantage to talk about perimenopause, menopause, and women’s health after 40. For Christian women in business balancing faith, family, and leadership, understanding your body is part of caring for the woman carrying the responsibilities.

Download Dr. Terri’s free guide: HERE

In this episode, we explore:

• Perimenopause vs. menopause and symptoms women often overlook.

• Brain fog, sleep changes, mood shifts, and their impact on work and confidence.

• Hormone testing, hormone therapy, and navigating advice online.

• Black women’s midlife health and advocating for yourself when concerns are dismissed.

You don’t have to push through every change without understanding it. Your body deserves your attention and care.

Ready to better understand this season? Download Dr. Terri’s free guide: HERE

What if the biggest thing standing between you and your calling isn’t lack of clarity, talent, or opportunity but your willingness to be seen?

In this 100th episode, I’m sharing three things I know for sure about confidence, calling, visibility, and becoming the woman God created you to be.

We’re talking about why Christian women in business cannot afford to keep hiding, how fear of judgment and perfectionism can disguise themselves as “preparation,” and why confidence is built through action... not by waiting until you feel ready.

You’ll learn why your calling requires visibility, how consistency builds confidence, and why becoming who God created you to be means allowing yourself to be seen while you’re still growing.

If you’ve been struggling with self-doubt, procrastination, fear of showing up online, personal branding, business visibility, consistency, or confidence, this episode is your reminder.

Ready to stop hiding?

Join me for the 365 Visibility Challenge and commit to showing up, using your voice, and building the confidence to be seen for the next 365 days.

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Check out my progress HERE so far on the 365-Day Visibility Challenge.

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Your habits are creating results even when you’re not paying attention to them.

In this episode, I’m breaking down how your daily habits, routines, and personal systems can either move you closer to your goals or quietly keep you stuck. If you’ve been struggling with consistency, procrastination, self-discipline, or following through, the problem may not be your motivation. It may be the habits you’ve built around your life.

We’ll talk about how to identify habits that are helping or hurting you, why better habits create better systems, and how to build routines that support the woman God is calling you to become.

If you’re a Christian woman in business, entrepreneur, leader, or working woman who wants to grow in confidence, consistency, productivity, and personal development, this episode will help you take an honest look at what you repeatedly do and the results those habits are producing.

Because your habits aren’t just something you do. Your habits are a system and your system is shaping your life.

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What happens when overwhelm, self-doubt, and the pressure to perform start pulling you away from who God created you to be?

In this special episode, I’m sharing a conversation from my guest appearance on Dr. Christy Castilian’s podcast. Christy is a licensed clinical social worker with a PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy who helps women pursue greater joy, fulfillment, and emotional wellness.

We talk about moving from overwhelmed to confident, reconnecting with your creativity, trusting yourself again, and learning how to show up fully as yourself in life, leadership, and business.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, mentally overloaded, disconnected from your creativity, or like you’ve lost a little bit of yourself while trying to manage everything else, this conversation is for you.

Because confidence isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about developing the confidence to fully become the woman God created you to be.

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Your body does not determine your worth, but because your body has value, it deserves your stewardship.

In Part 2 of Made in His Image, we're talking about body image after 40, confidence after 40, midlife wellness, weight gain, self-image, identity in Christ, and Christian personal development.

I unpack what it looks like to pursue health without body shame, care for your body without worshipping it, and build confidence before the weight loss, smaller clothing size, or physical results arrive.

For the Christian woman in business, wellness is about more than appearance. It's about whole-person wellness—stewarding your spirit, mind, body, relationships, leadership, and calling so you're equipped to carry what God has called you to.

Your body is a temple, not a trophy. You don't have to hate your body into health or shame yourself into changing.

You were made in His image. You are already God's masterpiece.

Ready to build your confidence? Take the Confidence Level Quiz and discover your level today.

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Body Image, Self-Image & Confidence After 40

Take the ⁠Confidence Level Quiz⁠ to discover your current confidence level, what may be keeping you stuck, and your next move.

What happens when weight gain after 40, body changes, or what you see in the mirror starts changing how you see yourself?

In this episode of Personal Development for Christian Women in Business, I’m talking about the connection between body image and self-image, how to overcome body shame, and why your confidence cannot be built on your weight, clothing size, age, or appearance.

Whether you’re navigating weight gain over 40, changes in your body, or the pressure to look a certain way as a woman in corporate leadership or business, this conversation is your reminder: you can want to change your body without despising the body you have.

You were made in His image before the promotion, the business, the weight gain, or the weight loss.

And remember... confidence isn’t a feeling. It’s a skill.

🔗 Ready to build yours? Take the Confidence Level Quiz to discover your current confidence level, what may be keeping you stuck, and your next move.

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Artificial intelligence can make you more efficient. Authentic intelligence makes you irreplaceable.

In this episode, I break down why the greatest advantage for Christian women in business isn’t just learning how to use AI. It’s developing the wisdom, discernment, emotional intelligence, and spiritual maturity to know how and when to use it.

We’ll explore the difference between information, knowledge, wisdom, and discernment, plus the four parts of authentic intelligence: spiritual, emotional, practical, and personal.

AI can generate content, analyze data, and give you answers. But it cannot develop your character, understand your calling, or become the kind of leader people trust.

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Money does not make you more valuable. Wisdom does.

In this episode, I’m breaking down how to make yourself more valuable by increasing your wisdom, skills, capacity, and ability to solve meaningful problems. Your worth is already settled by God, but your marketplace value can grow.

You’ll learn how to increase your value by asking God for wisdom, sharpening a valuable skill, applying what you already know, and clearly communicating the results you create.

👉🏾 If you have a big dream but struggle to make consistent progress, grab your seat for my masterclass, It’s Not Procrastination: Why Working Women With a Big Dream Stay Stuck and How to Actually Make Progress Before the Year Is Out.

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