In this powerful episode of The Paths We Take, host Jordan Disanjh sits down with Suzanne to unpack what really happens to a woman’s body, mind, and identity during menopause. This isn’t a conversation about “fixing” yourself. It’s about understanding your body, rebuilding trust, and learning how to work with it instead of constantly fighting against it.

So many women reach a point where what once worked for their health and weight no longer does. Diets stop working. Exercise feels harder. Energy shifts. Confidence wavers. And frustration builds. Suzanne explains why this isn’t failure it’s biology, psychology, and stress physiology at play.

This episode dives into:

• Why traditional dieting and “push harder” fitness stops working in menopause

• How stress, cortisol, and the fight-or-flight response block fat loss

• The connection between emotional eating, binge eating, and the nervous system

• Why self-talk and inner criticism are some of the biggest stressors on the body

• How kindness, compassion, and awareness change physiology

• Why the mind-body connection is the missing piece in sustainable health

• How to start making change without overwhelm or “all-or-nothing” thinking

• What movement should really look like in midlife

• How to approach food, protein, and eating timing differently in menopause

• Why slowing down can actually speed up results

Suzanne also shares her deeply personal journey, including how surviving cancer changed her relationship with her body and led her into a career that blends personal training, NLP, eating psychology, and mind-body healing. Her lived experience gives this conversation a level of depth, compassion, and honesty that every woman deserves to hear.

And this episode isn’t just for women. If you’re a man listening, this conversation will help you better understand the women in your life – your partner, your mother, your sister, your friends. More understanding creates more compassion, and compassion changes everything.

If you or someone you love is navigating menopause, emotional eating, weight frustration, burnout, or feeling disconnected from their body, this episode will feel like a deep exhale.

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