The Flipping 50 Show

The Flipping 50 Show

The podcast for women in menopause and beyond who want to change the way they age. Fitness, wellness, and health science put into practical tips you can use today. You still got it, girl!

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September 12, 2025 53 mins

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Did you know hidden infections may start from your mouth to your gut?

What’s happening in your mouth could be the missing link behind your fatigue, hormone changes, or stubborn gut issues.

 

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Dr. Michelle Jorgensen is a former traditional dentist turned holistic health pioneer, who helps exhausted, health-conscious people ...

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If you’re interested in boosting your cardiovascular fitness, I’ve got three steps for you to do. 

Your cardiovascular fitness - VO2 max - is the most powerful predictor of longevity. Together with your lower body strength, they will tell the story of your future. 

 

What is VO2 max?

  • Oxygen consumed in milliliters per kilogram per minute.
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Perimenopausal weight loss may seem daunting to some. We hear so much more about perimenopausal weight gain and weight loss resistance. 

If you’ve learned diets don’t work the hard way, you’ll identify with my guest. What you may not realize is why the diet isn’t working. A whole food, healthy diet will often work for most. But it won’t work if that isn’t the problem.

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If you’ve ever doubted your ability to make muscle mass and strength gains after menopause, this episode is for you.

It’s not too late to gain strength and lean muscle mass can be gained at any age—even after 85.

 

Based on a 2024 Study on Resistance Training in Older Adults by Int. Journal of Sports Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism, here’s what happened and the results:

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We dive into the true science and strategy behind aging with power.

We’re busting myths about menopause, metabolism, and muscle, bone and talking strategy for women over 40 who want strength without burnout. 

Know how to prevent the physical “outages” that so often follow menopause, injury, or hormonal upheaval. 

Reclaim control without burning out!! 

If you’re ready ...

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There is no escaping stress but cortisol in menopause changes. With that, your stress response to nearly everything may change. 

You don’t feel it at first but then there’s unexplained weight gain or belly fat. There’s less focus or concentration than you used to have. It shows up in different ways for each of us. 

 

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This new menopause therapy is like stand-up comedy for hot flashes. 

My guest in this episode uses humor and truth to bridge the gap between women’s health then, now and the future. Her message is for all women on how to address the gaps in awareness about menopause. 

If you’re a health and wellness pro you’ll want to listen to this, the new menopause therapy.

 

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Fast fat loss in menopause is not really the goal. Let’s be realistic and say this right out of the gate. Fast fat loss is a myth. 

You may, however, drop inflammation fairly quickly with the right type of exercise. 

 

Part 1: The Fat Burning Fundamentals

Let's start with the basics. When we talk about fat burning du...

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A Perimenopause bodybuilder shares her story on how to take up space and the history of women being strong before skinny. 

Book author, Anne Marie Chaker, will surprise you about women’s empowerment and when skinny reared its ugly head. Stay ‘til the end and listen to a very subtle challenge we’ll give you about messages to women. 

 

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From homes to health care, you and I need to advocate for yourself. You have choices and you have power. You can take action and you do have choices. 

 

My Guest:

Karen Mulroy is an attorney who retired at age 62 without regret to spend quality time with her parents until their death at the ages of 97 and 98. They pa...

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Exposure to mold toxicity affects hormonal balance.

You may not have been exposed to mold or you may not know that you’ve been exposed to mold. That mold doesn’t always look like asthma or you getting sick, but it may look like a simple symptom that might be mistaken for menopause.

Stay tuned to this episode and learn what mold exposure can do, what it might feel like and why you might simply ...

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What is sarcopenia and why is this such an important topic for every woman over 40? 

That is the topic of conversation today. 


What is Sarcopoenia?

  • Sarcopenia is to muscle what osteoporosis is to bone. 
  • Significant loss of skeletal muscle mass and or muscle strength.
  • Sarcopenia is tied t...

It’s no secret in 2025 that stronger muscles lead to longer life.

If you’re a woman in perimenopause, postmenopause or anything in between, this is no surprise to you. I think we are very aware of it, but let’s unpack how weight lifting treats and prevents chronic diseases.

Women, at any age, need stronger muscles for a longer life. Not just for aesthetics, but for functionality and independen...

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So many women say they’re tired all the time in menopause. 

Even those who do exercise to improve health, which would include energy levels, will often say, “I’m tired all the time.”

 

Let me share what I would do, and actually did at the end of 2019 when I found myself recovering from a big year of mental and physical stressors.

80% of the population don’t exercise, ...

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We’ve had it wrong! You’re not really bloated!!  

My guest explains what ‘bloated’ is … and isn’t… How your hormones and gut interface happen and why adding protein might NOT be the thing you need to do right now if you’re not really bloated.

 

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Shefaly Ravula, PA-C, IFMCP is the visionary foun...

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If you are exercising but not losing weight or gaining muscle after 50, there are some easy and yet not-so-obvious reasons why. 

This is for all of you exercising but not getting results. 



Whether you or women you work with are interested in gaining muscle after 50, you may like this: 

How to Design Strength Programs that Work PRE, peri and post-menopause is a new workshop I'm o...

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What do you do when your joints hurt?

Do you think this is only temporary because I did too much of something?

What can you do when joints hurt, or at least ache? Are you thinking or told about knee replacement?

If this is you, this is your episode!

 

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Dr. Joshua Schacter, DO, FAAO...

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Short term weight loss sounds great BUT it’s not all fat – it’s muscle!

Muscle will be much harder to regain as we age because of anabolic resistance.. 

Clothes might feel loose and you get weight loss compliments. But short term weight loss is just giving a “false positive” honeymoon period. This might mean you divorced muscle, the love of your life.

 

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The protein rules in menopause change. 

We’ve talked about protein before. But not like this. 

Instead of a complicated, Smart Scale, DEXA scan-based check your numbers hard line obsession, you’re going to get down-to-earth, easy to hear support for your protein rules in menopause. 

 

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