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What if the reason your old health strategies stopped working isn’t because you’ve failed—but because your body has changed?
I recently joined Noelle Kustas for an honest conversation about hormones, weight loss, emotional eating, and why so many women struggle to navigate perimenopause without the information they truly need.
For years, I believed I simply wasn’t trying hard enough. Like many women, I chased diet after diet, pushed myself harder, and blamed myself when nothing seemed to work. It wasn’t until I understood how perimenopause changes the body that everything began to make sense—and my health finally started to transform.
In this episode, we explore why traditional weight-loss advice often fails women in midlife and what actually supports lasting health during this stage of life.
In this episode, we discuss:
• Why perimenopause changes the way your body responds to diet and exercise
• How I lost more than 80 pounds by working with my body instead of against it
• Why resistance training is one of the most powerful tools for hormone health and longevity
• How emotional eating and self-sabotage can prevent lasting progress
• Why supplements aren’t always the answer—and why a strong foundation matters most
Midlife isn’t about eating less or exercising more—it’s about understanding what your body truly needs today, not what worked twenty years ago.
If you’ve been feeling frustrated because nothing seems to work anymore, I hope this conversation reminds you that lasting transformation is absolutely possible. Sometimes the breakthrough begins when you stop fighting your body and start learning from it.
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Host: Noelle Kustas from The Rise2Shine Podcast with Noelle Kustas
Terry Tateossian is a Menopause Lifestyle Medicine Coach, Certified Personal Trainer & Nutritionist and the Founder of THOR: The House of Rose, a wellness brand serving women over 40 through retreats, coaching, macro-nutrition and community. As 25-year founder and entrepreneur, Terry spent two and a half decades building and running successful start-up businesses, an experience that put her on the front line of founder burnout long before she could name it. After facing serious health challenges, early onset menopause, and emotional eating while running her agency and raising two children, Terry rebuilt her health in her 40s and lost more than 80 pounds through evidence-based nutrition, training, and mindset work. Today, she helps women get strong, improve confidence, support hormone health, and create a stronger second half of life. Terry has been featured in major media outlets and is available for podcasts, expert commentary, brand collaborations, and speaking engagements on midlife health, reinvention, emotional eating, menopause wellness, and strength training for longevity. Get her free macro calculator (her cookbook companion) to start your journey to back to health.
