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If you've ever bought a tub of collagen, taken it for a few months, and stopped without ever finding out whether it was doing anything, this one's for you. Your skin changes fast once you hit your 40s: drier, thinner, less bouncy than it used to be, and most of us have only ever been taught to fix that from the outside and take some collagen. My guest, Lily Shapiro, is a pharmacist and the founder of ATIKA, a skin longevity brand built around the idea that what you eat matters as much as what you put on your face. She spent years on Wall Street before going back to her clinical training to dig into the actual biology of skin aging, and what she found reshaped how she thinks about collagen, antioxidants, and the supplements sitting on all our bathroom shelves. We get into whether collagen is really worth the money (and what it can't do for you), why oxidative stress matters more than you'd think, what's actually happening to your skin's lipid barrier as you age, and one unexpected bonus a lot of women notice: their hair. We cover: - Why collagen alone isn't enough to protect your skin as you age - What oxidative stress actually is, explained without the science jargon - The four things Lily says your skin needs most: collagen, antioxidants, its lipid barrier, and cellular energy - Why ceramides you ingest do something different than the ones in your moisturizer - The surprising connection between skin supplements and hair thickness Lily Shapiro, PharmD, is the founder of ATIKA, a skin longevity supplement brand built on published clinical research rather than trends. After noticing changes in her own skin in her 40s, she left a career on Wall Street to build a nutrition-first approach to skin aging. atikawellness.com | @atika.wellness I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

People pleasing feels like a personality trait. The over-explaining. The softening. Carrying everyone’s worries like it’s your job. But what if it’s also the thing keeping the patriarchy running? That’s the idea clairvoyant and energy worker Christine Agro brings to this conversation. She has spent almost thirty years helping people clear old patterns, and about a year ago she started seeing a deeper one underneath all the people pleasing.  She calls it patriarchal encodement: the program that tells us everything is our responsibility, and that stepping out of line isn’t safe. Her take is that the patriarchy can’t keep running if we stop running this program inside ourselves. And no, that doesn’t mean any of this is our fault. We get into where it shows up in everyday life (your voice, your mental load, even whether you let yourself sit down), why so many capable women still feel it after years of personal growth work, and why understanding it in your head doesn’t change it.  What we get into: How people pleasing keeps the patriarchy running, and why that isn’t about blameWhat patriarchal encodement is and how it differs from cultural conditioningCarrying other people’s emotions, worries, and lessons, and how to tell what isn’t yoursWhy knowing about a pattern doesn’t change it, and what doesWhy “sitting down is not doing nothing,” according to ChristineWhere to start if you want to stop running the programAbout Christine Agro: Christine Agro is a clairvoyant, master energy worker, and founder of the Intrinsic Energy Institute, where she teaches her method, Intrinsic Energy Work. With a background in naturopathic medicine and master herbalism, she leads De-Encode, a program focused on clearing patriarchal encodement. christineagro.com | @christineagro | christineagro.substack.com Patriarchal Encodement Workbook: christineagro.com/peworkbook I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

If you're great at saving money but nervous about investing it, this episode is for you. How much should you actually keep in savings? Should you pay off debt or invest? And how do you find a financial advisor who's on your side? Financial advisor and wealth manager Lisa Clements spent twenty-four years in corporate at companies like Meta and Accenture before starting Clear Springs Wealth, where she works mostly with women. She sees the same thing over and over: disciplined women with tens of thousands of dollars sitting in savings, earning very little, because investing feels too big and too risky to touch without a finance degree. (You don't need one. Lisa's clear about that.) We get into the simple way Lisa decides how much to keep in savings, why your home equity counts as part of your portfolio, the interest-rate rule she uses for debt, and exactly what to ask before you hire an advisor. Plus the first thing to do this week if you've been avoiding your finances altogether. What we get into: - How much to keep in savings if you're single vs. partnered - Why "near-term" money (a house, a big trip) stays out of the market - How advisors use risk scores, and splitting your money into different risk buckets - Pay off debt or invest? How the interest rate decides it - Where to learn investing basics without feeling lost (Investopedia, brokerage education centers, free consults) - What "fiduciary" and "assets under management" mean, and the fee structures to understand - Why you should ask any advisor about their "why" - The first step: taking inventory of every account you have About Lisa Clements: Lisa Clements is a financial advisor and wealth manager who helps women build financial confidence without the jargon, judgment, or sky-high fees of traditional firms.  clearspringswealth.com | @clearspringswealth This episode is for educational purposes only and isn't personalized financial advice. I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

Ever notice that when things are finally going well, you can't fully enjoy it? You feel good for about five minutes, then you're either moving the goalposts or bracing for something to go wrong. This solo episode is about why your brain does that, and how celebrating small wins trains your nervous system to hold more joy. Celebrating isn't just for weddings, graduations and birthdays. The more you celebrate the small stuff, the more reasons you find to celebrate. I share why this lesson from my mentors felt so counterintuitive to a lifelong goalpost-mover like me, and what's shifted since I started practicing it. Then we practice together. I'm celebrating two big things: Midlife Advice landing in the top 2.5% of all podcasts globally (thank you!!), and the official launch of my new 6-week group breathwork program, the Keep Your Cool Collective.  And before you head off into your day, I'm asking you to find something of your own to celebrate. What we get into: Why your brain resists joy when life is going well, and what "waiting for the other shoe to drop" is really aboutHow moving the goalposts keeps you stuck in hustle, head-down modeWhy celebrating the action you took, not just the outcome, is importantSimple ways to celebrate in five minutes or less How breathwork expands your capacity to handle everyday triggers, like hearing "Mom!" for the 47th timeI want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

You used to be able to handle so much more stress than you can now. Work, kids, travel, hard conversations, not enough sleep, and you kept going. Now your neck is always tight, your digestion is off, you're wired at 11pm and exhausted at 3pm, and you can't figure out what changed. Hormones are part of that. But there's a second thing happening, and almost nobody talks about it: your body may be carrying the physical residue of decades of stress it never got to finish processing. Dr. Carli Axford, a chiropractor with more than 30 years of clinical experience (who has never cracked a back!) and the founder of the Spinal Flow Technique, is here to get specific about what "the body stores stress" actually means. Not metaphorically. Physiologically. Where it goes, what it feels like under a practitioner's hands, and why it tends to surface in your 40s and 50s after years of you managing just fine. Carli explains why women who come in with digestive problems often have stored emotions higher up in the spine, how she can tell the difference between chemical stress and emotional stress by touch, and the one question that tells you whether that knot between your shoulder blades is from your workout or from something you have been carrying for years.  What we get into: What "storing stress" actually means physiologically, and why the spine is where it landsThe three kinds of stress, emotional, physical, and chemical, and how each one feels different in the bodyWhy women who come in with digestive issues often have an older stress pattern sitting higher in the spineWhy your capacity for stress drops in perimenopause, and what fluctuating estrogen and progesterone have to do with your nervous system's resilienceHow to tell whether that knot in your back is a pulled muscle or a pattern you have carried since childhoodWhat you can do at home, in a few minutes, to move your body out of fight or flightDr. Carli Axford is the founder of the Spinal Flow Technique, a healing modality now practiced by thousands of certified practitioners worldwide. She is recognized internationally for her work on stress, trauma, and the body's capacity to heal itself. Her book Awaken Your Spinal Flow is forthcoming from Hay House in May 2027. Connect with Dr. Carli Axford: drcarliaxford.org | @dr.carli.axford I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

Breathwork for anxiety sounds almost too easy. Too obvious. But the mechanism behind it is measurable. This episode explores anxiety as a body problem, not a mind problem, and the way you're breathing all day might be what's keeping it going. Sigmar Berg is the founder of Lovetuner, a breathwork and sound healing tool featured in CNN, the LA Times, and Buzzfeed, and he has spent over a decade studying the intersection of breath, nervous system regulation, and frequency healing. In this conversation, he explains why shallow, fast, chest-level breathing keeps the nervous system locked in fight-or-flight mode, what one conscious extended exhale actually does to your physiology, and how adding sound at 528 Hz amplifies the effect. If anxiety has been creeping in, especially in your 40s and 50s when hormones can make it so much worse, this conversation gives you a framework and a practice you can use the same day. What we get into: - Why anxiety often starts in the body, not the brain, and what's happening physiologically when it does - How shallow, fast breathing sends a danger signal to your nervous system even when you're just sitting at your desk - What makes the extended exhale so effective for calming the nervous system fast - Whether specific breathing patterns like box breathing or 4-7-8 actually matter, or if we're overcomplicating it - What 528 Hz is, why Sigmar built a tool around it, and what the science actually says - How to start a breathwork habit without a 30-minute practice Connect with Sigmar Berg: lovetuner.com | @lovetuner528hz on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube | Book: One Journey I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

If you've caught yourself thinking "I don't feel like myself" and you can't quite put your finger on why, this one's for you. Hormones play a role. Being stretched impossibly thin plays a role. But there's a third factor that I think is fundamental, and it's one I never hear anyone talking about: interoception. Interoception is your ability to sense and interpret what's actually happening inside your body (like hunger, thirst, stress, emotion). When it's working, you catch yourself before you're hangry, before you snap at your kids, before you're running on fumes. When it's not working, and for so many of us in midlife it's not, you don't know you're stressed until you're yelling, or so numb you're running the whole day on autopilot without feeling a single thing. I'm breaking down exactly how chronic stress shuts your interoception down, what that actually looks like in daily life, and the somatic practices, including breathwork, that bring it back online.  Stick around to the end, because I'm inviting you to two free virtual breathwork sessions where you can feel the shift for yourself instead of just hearing me talk about it. What we get into: What interoception is and how it worksThe specific ways chronic stress shuts your body's signals offWhy you might feel completely numb one day and completely overwhelmed the nextThe research on interoception and stress, explained in plain languageHow breathwork helps you tune back in and hear your body againTwo free virtual breathwork sessions happening soon  Resources: PubMed article: Interoception and Stress I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

ADHD in midlife women is the topic my audience requested most in my latest Instagram poll - and now it's here! If you've been wondering whether your scattered, overloaded brain is ADHD, perimenopause, or just life, you are in the right place. Today I’m speaking with Dr. Jennifer Dall, Ed.D., an ADHD specialist with a doctorate in educational psychology, a background in special education, and her own late-in-life ADHD diagnosis, to talk about everything women over 40 actually want to know about ADHD. What you'll hear: How ADHD shows up in high-achieving women, and why it looks nothing like the stereotypeWhy perimenopause doesn't cause ADHD but can turn the volume all the way up on symptoms you've had your whole lifeWhy so many Gen X women went undiagnosed for decades, and what the stories we were told about ourselves have to do with itWhether you need a formal ADHD diagnosis and what that evaluation actually involvesWhat you can start doing today to work with your brain instead of fighting itThe ADHD strengths that high-achieving women carry without ever recognizing them as strengths Connect with Dr. Jennifer Dall:  adhdholistically.com | @adhd.holistically  I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

What if your future self could travel back in time to right now and show you exactly what you're missing? That's the exercise we're playing with in today's episode. I've been using it myself, and it shifts my perspective, changes my energy, and influences the trajectory of my whole day in a really positive way. And it couldn't be easier. I first came across this concept while listening to Dr. Benjamin Hardy's book, Be Your Future Self Now. He shares a story about a completely average evening that tugged at my heart strings. And then a text from my 84-year-old dad gave me the chance to try it in real life. In this episode: The future self visualization exercise you can start using on the most ordinary moments of your dayHow to apply it when you're feeling irritated, impatient, or just doneWhy this one simple shift is a powerful way to change your energy and your whole outlook on a regular TuesdayI can’t wait for you to try this. After you do, click the link below to send me a text and tell me about it! I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

Muscle and joint pain in perimenopause is not just a hormone problem, and it's not just aging. Physical therapist and musculoskeletal specialist Stacey Roberts explains what's really driving pain in midlife women, and what to do about it. Her answers might surprise you. We talk about: Why your hormones were acting as your body's natural anti-inflammatories, and what happens when they drop in perimenopause and menopauseThe non-drug, non-injection options for joint and muscle pain that most women never hear aboutWhy cortisol being too low (not just too high) can cause nighttime inflammation, especially in high-achieving womenHow to tell the difference between normal workout soreness and pain you should actually stop forWhy the place where you feel pain is not always where the problem is (a weak hip causing foot pain, for example)The vicious cycle of hurt, stop moving, get tighter, hurt more, and how to break out of itWhy heavy lifting is not the only way to build strength and protect your jointsWhat to do first if you've stopped working out because something always hurtsStacey Roberts PT, RN, MSN has over 30 years of experience helping patients live pain-free. Stacey owns New You Health and Wellness in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, combining advanced manual therapy, cutting-edge technology, and functional medicine. She is the author of the number one bestselling book The Pain Free Formula and host of The Pain Free Formula podcast. Connect with Stacey NewYouHealthandWellness.com | The Pain Free Formula book | The Pain Free Formula podcast | @newyouhealthandwellness I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

Do your perimenopause symptoms like brain fog, weight gain, and sleep issues feel like they are so much worse than your friend’s? Your DNA might explain why. Today I’m speaking with Kim Ressler, Founder and CEO of SNiP Nutrigenomics, to unpack the growing science of nutrigenomics and what your genetic blueprint reveals about how you experience perimenopause and menopause.  If you've ever wondered why your symptoms feel so much worse than everyone else's, this episode has an answer worth hearing. In this episode we discuss: Why menopause is more genetically influenced than most women realizeHow your DNA shapes specific symptoms like brain fog, weight gain, insomnia, anxiety, hot flashes and moreWhat genetic testing can tell you about your menopause experienceHow to use your DNA to make smarter nutrition and lifestyle decisions without going deep into biohacking Guest: Kim Ressler, Founder and CEO, SNiP Nutrigenomics snipnutrition.com I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

Low libido in midlife is likely not just your hormones. There are other factors at play that are important to know about. Let’s talk about what's actually shutting down desire for midlife women, and what helps bring it back. Brooke Bralove, LCSW-C and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and I talk about what women over 40 actually need to know about low desire, sexual ruts in long-term relationships, and how unresolved trauma can live in the body and affect intimacy for decades. Here’s what we cover: Why familiarity and too much emotional safety can kill eroticism in long-term relationshipsThe myth of spontaneous desire, and what's actually more realisticHow mental overload, exhaustion, and resentment shut down libido faster than any hormone shiftWhy "willingness to try" is more useful than waiting to be in the moodHow trauma, big and small, can show up in the body and affect intimacy years laterWhat Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is, and how it's helping women resolve sexual trauma in as few as one sessionOne thing you can do this week to reconnect with your own desireBrooke Bralove, LCSW-C, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, psychotherapist, and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist with over 20 years in private practice.  brookebralove.com | @BrookeBralovePsychotherapy  Chapters: 00:00 Understanding Low Libido in Midlife Women 03:11 The Role of Familiarity and Newness in Relationships 05:57 The Myth of Spontaneous Desire 08:55 The Importance of Communication and Willingness 11:49 Addressing Resentment and Unmet Needs 14:21 Exploring Root Causes of Low Libido 17:03 Healing from Trauma and Its Impact on Desire 19:49 Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) Explained 22:37 Practical Steps to Reconnect with Desire I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

Feeling stuck in midlife even when life looks successful from the outside? Novelist and coach Ellen Baker says we can reinvent ourselves the same way an author writes a character into existence: by choosing who we need to be before we have proof we're there. Ellen Baker spent a decade navigating divorce, rejection, and reinvention before her novel The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson became HarperCollins' Lead Read for Winter 2024 and was featured in People and Woman's World. Her new novel, Summerland Cove, is out June 2026. She is also the founder of The Next Chapter Studio, where she helps women rewrite the internal beliefs that shape how they show up. She says we can write the next chapter of our own lives the same way an author writes a character into existence: by deciding who that character needs to be before writing a word. You choose the identity first. The outcomes follow. I can’t wait for you to hear this! We talk about: Why the identity that got you here isn't the one that will carry you forwardThe author's approach to identity change: deciding who your character needs to be before the story startsHow to look at yourself from the outside, the way an author looks at a character she's writingThe "I choose to" shift that gives you your agency back right nowWhy we've been conditioned to think achievement has to come before identity (and why that's backwards)How to tell the difference between an identity that's truly yours versus one you're just performingThe "What if?" question that lets you try on a new identity without pressureWhat actually changes first when a woman steps into a new identityHow an identity shift ripples into relationships, and how to navigate thatThe first thing to do if you suspect you've been living from an outdated identity Connect with Ellen Baker: ellenbakernovels.com | The Next Chapter Studio: ellenbakernovels.com/studio I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

Creatine isn't just for bodybuilders. Functional medicine doctor Miranda Naylor explains why women over 40 actually need creatine for muscle, brain, mood, and sleep. Thank you, Dr. Naylor, for clearing up all the confusion around creatine and whether it is helpful and safe for midlife women.  What you'll hear: Why women naturally have lower creatine stores than menHow estrogen affects creatine metabolism and why midlife women may need moreWhat creatine actually does for muscle, brain function, mood, and sleepDosing guidance: loading vs. maintenance, and what to look for in a productDr. Miranda Naylor is a functional medicine doctor in San Diego, CA and the host of the podcast Modern Women's Wellness.  Connect with Dr. Miranda: drmirandanaylor.com | @drmirandanaylor | Modern Women’s Wellness podcast ➡️ My favorite creatine: Be Well By Kelly (https://go.shopmy.us/p-50264235) I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong

The AI tools you're using weren't built for midlife women. But now there’s one that is customized for women over 40 and you’ll learn all about it (including how you can start using it) in this episode. If you've ever asked ChatGPT something deeply personal and gotten back an answer that was technically fine but somehow missed the point, you need to hear about this new AI tool for midlife women. Today I'm talking with Stephanie Georges, a former top-ranked Wall Street analyst, C-suite executive, and Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Senior Fellow who is now building The Meraki Dignity Project: an AI platform trained specifically on women-informed, evidence-based research, with a community layer built in. What you'll hear: - Why the biggest AI tools are under-serving midlife women (the pay gap example will stop you cold) - What "human-centered AI" actually means and why it changes the quality of support we can get - How Sophie, the platform's AI guide, walks you through a conversational onboarding and gets to know you holistically - Why community is the missing layer in almost every AI tool right now - How the platform builds a visual roadmap of your life, not a task list - How to get into the free beta right now More about Meraki Dignity: Website: merakidignity.com Instagram: @merakidignity 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session! https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep I want to hear from you. Send me a text or voicemail! Jessica's freebies and resources: 😴 Sleep better tonight with my free 10-minute audio breathwork session. (https://your.belongwellness.com/sleep) ⚡️Join the Keep Your Cool Collective, my 6-week group breathwork experience for women over 40 who are ready to feel f*cking GREAT. This program launches October 5th. (https://your.belongwellness.com/hnly-beta-sales-page) ✨For more midlife advice on perimenopause, hormone health, nervous system regulation, and living with purpose in your 40s and 50s follow me: @midlifeadvicepodcast | @heyjessicalong