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In this second part of my conversation with Dr. Alisa Whyte on the Mindset Mastery Moments, we go deeper into what happens when ambition overrides intuition… and how the body keeps score long before we’re ready to listen.
I share my own journey through burnout, hormonal upheaval, and the quiet unraveling that happens when your identity no longer fits the life you’ve built. We explore how perimenopause and menopause — often dismissed or minimized — can actually become a powerful awakening. A disruption. A reclamation.
This episode unpacks the hidden threads between your biology, your energy, and your ability to lead yourself and others:
- The Success Trap: How misaligned identity creates “energetic illness” long before symptoms show up.
- The Balance Lie: Why the pursuit of balance sets women up to fail — and what we should be reaching for instead.
- Hormonal Awakening: Understanding the emotional, physical, and psychological shifts of perimenopause and menopause.
- The Misfit Advantage: Why women who never fully belonged often become the strongest leaders.
- Biological Foundations: How sleep, nutrition, and movement become your highest-ROI business tools.
- The Art of Letting Go: Releasing old identities, roles, and stories so your next chapter can actually begin.
If you’ve been feeling exhausted, misaligned, or quietly questioning the life you’ve worked so hard to build, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.
Your health is not the reward for success.
It’s the foundation of it.
And it’s never too late to reclaim both.
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Host: Alisa Whyte from Mindset Mastery Moments Podcast
Terry Tateossian is a Menopause Lifestyle Medicine Coach 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 build muscle, 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 for her cookbook here.
