I'm turning up the volume with this highly-downloaded series -- the best-of episodes that are filled with everything you need to have more fun, spend less time in the kitchen, and still reach your weight loss goals this summer.

It’s 95 degrees, you're picking up the kids from camp in 20 minutes, and you have no plan for dinner. Welcome to summer. Here’s how to keep eating anti-inflammatory without losing your mind — or your evenings.

In this episode of the Summer Success Series, I’m walking you through exactly how to keep your family eating well when your schedule feels like chaos. Vacations, road trips, hot kitchens, kids signed up for fifteen different activities — summer throws a wrench into your mealtime routine!

I’m giving you the real, practical roadmap: travel snacks that actually hold up, how to stock the hotel fridge, how to make dinner feel fun instead of like a chore, and why “eating healthy” does not mean kale salads and deprivation. You can absolutely have barbecue chicken and popsicles and still stay anti-inflammatory.

I’m also talking about why this even matters in the summer months (hint: you need the energy for everything you’ve got planned!) Plus, the easiest ways to keep your family on board without you being stuck doing all the cooking.

What You’ll Learn

• The travel snack combo that beats airport junk food every time (and goes straight through TSA)
• Why a hotel mini-fridge is the most underrated vacation hack for staying on track
• The two words to say at restaurants that instantly cut the bloat before it starts
• How to turn a regular Tuesday dinner into something your kids actually look forward to
• The $10 grill hack that gets dinner done in under ten minutes
• Why "food on a stick" might be the most powerful parenting tool you'll use this summer

Resources and Ways To Connect

• Learn more about the Supper Club
• Start for FREE with the Perimenopause Weight Loss Guide
• Grab this FREE guide with over 50 snack ideas
• Connect on Instagram

We're turning up the volume with this highly-downloaded series -- the best episodes that are filled with everything you need to have more fun, spend less time in the kitchen, and still reach your weight loss goals this summer.

Summer doesn't have to be the time to slow down and abandon all your health goals. You just need a better plan for this crazy season, so that you can feel confident and happy in all your summer outfits!

Because if you don’t make a plan, it’s really just a wish. In this episode I walk you through my simple 3-part approach to set realistic goals, gather the right resources, and pair it all with nutrition so you can actually drop a few pounds keep that momentum going all the way through the season.

I also get honest about expectations, because the gap between what we want and what’s actually possible in four weeks is where most women quit. Not this time!

What You’ll Learn

• Why examining your expectations is the only smart place to start (and the realistic weekly weight loss number nobody wants to hear)
• How to keep a bigger goal alive without abandoning over the summer
• The reason anti-inflammatory eating shows up on the scale fast (and how to bring it back down again)
• My exact go-to for fast, fun 20-minute workouts
• How to keep results going through vacations, weddings, and the busiest weeks of your year

Resources and Ways To Connect

• Perimenopause Weight Loss Guide for Moms (free 7-day guide + private podcast)
• Get workouts for home and on-the-go here (just $99/year!)
• Ready to Work with Me?
• Connect on Instagram

You're doing all the things to lose weight in perimenopause: eating better, getting your protein in, trying to move more. But the scale? It will not budge. If you've quietly started to wonder "what's the point", this episode is for you.

I keep hearing the same thing from women in my world. They feel like they're trying everything and nothing is working, so they've started to give in at the barbecue and stopped bothering with workouts. Inside this episode I walk you through the bridge between where you are now, and where you want to be, and why the gap in the middle is driven almost entirely by the way you think.

We get into the three pillars that decide whether you lose weight in perimenopause: a true calorie deficit, strength training with heavy enough weights, and consistency. Plus, I show you the sneaky thought hiding underneath each one (that is stopping you from actually losing weight).

If you feel like you're on an island with your health while the rest of your family eats however they want, this episode is for you.

What You'll Learn

• Why a 1,200 calorie diet keeps you stuck, and how much you should be eating instead
• The macro balance that actually protects your muscle and your energy in midlife
• Why 5 and 8 pound dumbbells feel heavy when they really aren't, and how to talk your brain into lifting more
• How more muscle quietly buys you food flexibility through your metabolic rate
• Why the need to belong wrecks your consistency without you ever noticing

Resources and Ways To Connect

• The fitness library I use for safe strength training (use code ASHLEY1SBODI for 15% off!)
• Learn more about the Perimenopause Weight Loss Method and book a call to see if it's the right fit
• Get started with 5 Easy Steps to Lose 1 lb/week in Perimenopause (Free Guide!)
• Come say hi on Instagram

Ever heard the term “lifestyle medicine”? You probably assume (like I did) that it means to eat well, move your body, and get some sleep. But I actually looked into it and realized there was more to it than I thought.

In this episode, I am breaking down the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine, plus the seventh one that nobody else has added before.

Lifestyle medicine is a root-cause approach to your health, built to treat, prevent, and sometimes even reverse chronic conditions, which makes it essential in perimenopause and menopause.

I am walking through all six pillars, why each one hits harder once your estrogen starts to drop, the seventh pillar I refuse to leave off, and exactly where to start so you do not feel overwhelmed.

If you are leaning on HRT or a GLP-1 and quietly wondering whether that is enough on its own, this one is for you.

What You’ll Learn

- What lifestyle medicine actually is, and why it is so much more than eating well and working out
- The six pillars that matter most in perimenopause and menopause, and the real reason each one hits harder once estrogen drops
- The seventh pillar nobody puts on the official list, and why it is the one that makes everything else stick
- Why your HRT, GLP-1, and supplements can help, but were never built to do this job alone
- How to start first, so you stop trying to fix everything at once and actually see results

Resources and Ways To Connect

- Free 21-Day Anti-Inflammatory Guide
- DM me on Instagram and tell me which pillar you struggle with most
- Work with Me

If you'd asked me a year ago whether I'd be recording this episode, I would have said no way. For a long time, I had a pretty firm opinion about GLP-1 peptides — and it wasn't a good one. But six months into my own peptide journey, my entire perspective has shifted.

And today, I'm sharing the whole honest story with you.

If you've struggled with food noise (if you know, you know). If inflammation is constant. If the pounds won't budge no matter what, you need to listen to this episode.

I'm walking you my very personal journey of how I went from being judgmental about peptides, to using them myself. I'm sharing what they did for me, what they absolutely did not do for me, and the four foundational pieces every woman needs in place before she even considers them.

This is a personal, vulnerable, and educational conversation, and I'm glad that you're here to take this journey with me. I hope you'll listen with an open mind, and maybe you'll update your beliefs, too!

What You'll Learn

• Why I used to believe peptides were the easy way out (and what changed my mind)
• What pushed me to research GLP-1s in the first place
• My personal story and journey from the last 6 months with peptides
• Three things peptides will NOT do for you (and why this matters)
• The four non-negotiables every woman needs in place before considering peptides

Resources and Ways To Connect

• If you're peptide curious, join me for this educational seminar to learn more (June 9th at 6 pm MT). It's FREE!
• Build the right mindset to approach your health journey
• Connect with me on Instagram

Ever looked at your colleague, your neighbor, or your sister who is successfully losing weight in midlife and quietly wondered "why can't I?!" It doesn't have anything to do with willpower, hormones, or how disciplined she is.

In this episode, I'm sharing the one thing that quietly drives every health outcome you have — and how to start building it for yourself.

Here's the hard truth: your success (in any area of your life) is directly correlated to your ability to manage risk.

In this episode I walk you through what risk really is when it comes to your body, your health, and your weight (hint: it's not what you think), and why high-achieving women who take risks all day long at work often get stuck the moment it comes to advocating for their own health.

I share three real examples — the gym, a girls' weekend with my student Kathy, and my own New Year's Eve story — to help you see exactly where your relationship with risk might be holding you back. This is the kind of work I do every week with my students inside The Perimenopause Weight Loss Method, and is likely the missing piece you've been looking for.

What You'll Learn
- Why your ability to manage risk is the quiet driver behind every health outcome you've ever had
- The sneaky reason successful career women can't seem to follow through on their own health goals
- What's actually happening in your brain and body the moment you consider doing something new for yourself
- Why the woman next to you who is losing weight isn't smarter or more disciplined than you — she's just doing this one thing differently
- How to start building your risk tolerance the same way you'd build a muscle
- The one question to ask yourself this week to see exactly where you're stuck

Resources and Ways To Connect

- Explore the Perimenopause Weight Loss Method
- FREE 21-Day Anti-Inflammatory Guide
- DM me on Instagram and tell me where you see your relationship with risk
- Learn more about working with me

Feel like you're eating healthy and "clean", but you're still not losing those midlife pounds?

You're eating the salad. You ordered the oat milk latte. You swapped your white bread for whole grain. So why isn't the scale moving?

Believe it or not, you can be eating clean and still triggering inflammation in your body every single day. And when your body is fighting inflammation, you're not going to be able to lose weight, no matter how many salads you ate this week.

In this episode, I'm walking you through the difference between eating clean and eating anti-inflammatory, and why this distinction matters so much in midlife. I'm breaking down what a typical "healthy" breakfast is actually doing to your body, why your estrogen levels are working against you in perimenopause, and how one small shift completely changed everything for my student Kathleen.

If you have been doing all the right things and still not seeing results, this episode is going to clear up so much confusion for you.

What You'll Learn

• Why eating clean and eating anti-inflammatory are not the same thing (and why it matters in midlife)
• How your "healthy" breakfast is triggering inflammation and crashing your blood sugar
• Why your body literally cannot burn fat efficiently when it's fighting inflammation and blood sugar swings at the same time
• The simple shift Kathleen made to her breakfast that gave her all-day energy and crushed her cravings

Resources and Ways To Connect

• Get the Free 21-Day Anti-Inflammatory Guide for Midlife Moms
• Discover how The Method can support your midlife weight loss
• Connect with me on Instagram
• Get more free resources here

You said you’d do it differently this year. You’d lose the weight, feel confident at the pool, finally not need a cover-up. And here you are, a few weeks out from summer, in another fitting room, in another swimsuit you can’t even imagine wearing in public. If that loop sounds familiar, this episode is for you.

In this episode, I’m getting honest about something I’ve skirted around on this podcast for a long time: the very real desire to feel confident in a swimsuit this summer. I see so many of my students (and so many of you!) landing in that exhausted, defeated thought of "it’s too late", "I’ve let myself go", "I’ll just stay in my cover-up".

I’m walking you through exactly why your brain lets this keep happening, what your nervous system is actually doing in those moments, and the both/and approach that finally breaks the loop. Plus, I’m sharing the story of one of my students who lost 4 pounds right before summer, even with a chaotic work trip in the middle of her first few weeks inside the Perimenopause Weight Loss Method.

What You’ll Learn

• Why your brain tells you it’s too late and how that keeps you stuck in the same loop year after year
• The thought-feeling cycle that signals your nervous system it isn’t safe to make changes right now (and what to do instead)
• The both/and approach to summer: how to hold acceptance and the belief that you can change at the same time
• Why high-achieving women resist acceptance the most, and the specific reframe that finally lets it land
• Real, doable changes you can make in the next few weeks that actually move the needle in midlife

Resources and Ways To Connect

• Book a call with me to kick-start your summer weight loss inside the Perimenopause Weight Loss Method
• Eat for summer weight loss with this free meal plan
• Learn more on Instagram
• Listen to more episodes