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Calling all unconventional women over 40: Are you ready to face your future with strength and confidence? With twenty years as a health + fitness coach, I feel better at 55 than I did in my thirties.Get my weekly newsletter for tips, insider info, and actionable steps to help you grow stronger, boost your metabolism, and enjoy healthy independence for life—no extreme diets, punishing workouts, or ageist nonsense. Start age-proofing today. Wonderfulness Woman status awaits…

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*How Movement Builds Pain Resilience

Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community How Movement Builds Pain Resilience When I strain a muscle–as I did last December–I’m miserable. But here’s what I know: research says the more consistently I move, the less those everyday aches and twinges should knock me down. Could it be that I’d feel even more pain if I weren’t exercising regularly? Turns out, yes. A study of over 10,000 adults found that people who exercised more frequently...

Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community The Secret Metabolic Engine Powering Your Health True story: I'm 1/4 inch taller now than five years ago. How? I don't know for certain, but I'm hoping it means that I've added to my bone mass and I'm preventing my vertebrae from compressing. The opposite usually happens during aging. Keep this in mind: bones do more than hold you up—they fuel your metabolism. Active bone cells help regulate...

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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community What Your RHR Says About Your Health and Longevity Every time I check my resting heart rate, I feel like I’m sneaking a peek into the future of my vitality and longevity. Because here’s the truth: your resting heart rate (RHR) is one of the simplest, most powerful predictors of your long-term health. And most of us barely give it a second thought. The normal RHR range is generally between 60 - 100...

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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community How Many Steps Do You Actually Need to Live Longer? That 10,000-steps-a-day rule? Dreamed up by marketers in the ’60s—not scientists in lab coats. Since then, researchers have dug into the data and found a range of numbers. Yes, around 12,000 may boost cognitive health (one of my favorite areas to protect), but for overall well-being, the sweet spot is lower—and far more doable. 7,000 steps a day is...

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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Forgetfulness Isn’t Inevitable—It’s a Warning Sign People joke about “senior moments”-- losing your keys, forgetting names, or walking into a room and forgetting why you were there. That’s just part of “getting older,” right? Maybe not. What if they were early whispers—gentle nudges—from your brain asking for better care? The truth is: dementia isn't just a roll-of-the-dice fate. Up to 40% of...

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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Eat Like the Person You Want to Become We tend to think of personality as hardwired: You're either Type A or you're not. You're either chill or neurotic. You always plan or you roll-with-whatever. But what if it’s not that fixed? Emerging research is showing that your personality may be more like a dimmer switch—and food is one of the hands adjusting the light. What you put in your mouth might be...

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Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community GLP-1s Can Help You Lose Weight—But They May Quietly Steal This, Too More women than ever are turning to GLP-1 medications like semaglutide to lose weight. Research is beginning to show that they have other health benefits, too. But research is also revealing a big red flag : 🚩 Up to 40% of the weight lost on semaglutide isn’t fat. It’s muscle. That includes the muscle that keeps your blood sugar...

Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community Why Your Workout Isn’t Boosting Your Mood—Yet (But Could) I’ve had workouts that left me feeling like I could take on the world—and others that made me want to crawl back into bed. Same body, same movement, totally different vibe. What changed? The context. A recent study confirms what many of us have felt but couldn’t quite explain: it’s not just exercise itself that improves your mental...

Build Strength. Reignite Your Spark. Live with Age 36 Energy. Join The Wonderfulness Community You’re Working Out. Eating Better. So Why Don’t You Look or Feel Different Yet? I wish I could say muscle shows up the second you start exercising. It doesn’t. It sneaks in while you’re busy wondering if anything’s happening. And that lag? It messes with your motivation. You’re doing everything “right.”But your arms still look the same.Your pants still fit the same.You’re still tired. So let’s talk...

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