You're doing everything “right” with food — and still feel anxious, exhausted, and disconnected from your body. Sound familiar? In this episode, Wendy sits down with somatic educator and USA Today bestselling author Luis Mojica to explore the missing link between what we eat and how we feel.

Luis shares his own journey through trauma and disordered eating, and the breakthrough that became his book Food Therapy: the idea that food is constantly speaking to your nervous system. He explains “food-induced stress,” why certain foods quietly trigger fight-or-flight, how to sort foods into stimulants, depressants, and balancers — and why your cravings are actually messages about your unmet needs. This is not a diet or a list of rules. It's a compassionate, freeing new way to relate to food, your body, and yourself in midlife.

What You'll Learn:

• Why even “healthy” foods can push your nervous system into fight-or-flight

• The surprising glucose–adrenaline connection behind food-induced stress

• How to sort foods into stimulants, depressants, and balancers — and bookend them

• How to read your cravings as a compass for unmet emotional needs

• A simple embodiment practice to find safety in your own body

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In this soul-stirring episode of The Midlife Makeover Show, Wendy Valentine sits down with Katie Farinas — certified yoga teacher, Reiki practitioner, speaker, and Dharma coach — for a conversation that will make you want to pick up your metaphorical chisel and start uncovering who you’ve always been.

Katie shares her deeply personal journey from gaslighting herself into a life that “looked fine” on the outside, to surviving chronic migraine, a dark night of the soul, and ultimately discovering her true calling through yoga philosophy. Together, Wendy and Katie break down the concept of Dharma — your soul’s purpose — and explore why midlife is actually the perfect time to stop checking boxes and start living from the inside out.

What You’ll Learn

• What Dharma really means — and why it’s not a job title, but a way of being in the world

• The powerful “Dharma equation”: Essence + Expression = your soul’s purpose (and why your expression changes, but your essence never does)

• How to recognize the red thread of your Dharma woven through your entire life

• Why your midlife experiences — including the hard ones — are your greatest data for uncovering your purpose

• The “deathbed meditation” practice that will clarify exactly what matters most to you

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In this fascinating episode of The Midlife Makeover Show, Wendy Valentine sits down with Heather Grzych — author, Ayurvedic medicine teacher, past president of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association, and host of the globally ranked Wisdom of the Body podcast. Heather shares how she went from a high-powered corporate career to becoming one of the leading voices in Ayurvedic health and wellness — and how a deeply personal journey with fertility, divorce, and self-discovery led her there. Together, Wendy and Heather explore the ancient science of Ayurveda, how your unique mind-body type (or dosha) shapes everything from your digestion to your relationships, and why learning to truly listen to your body may be the most transformative thing you can do in midlife.

• What Ayurveda is and why it's been called "the mother of all medicines"
• How to identify your mind-body type (dosha) and use it to optimize your health, diet, and relationships
• Why food quality — not just calories — matters far more than most of us realize
• How Ayurveda can help you navigate major life transitions with more resilience and grace
• The power of daily rituals and getting quiet enough to "rest in yourself" and find your true nature
  
  
  

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