Marisa / Health Coach

You can love your life and still secretly hate how you feel in your body. Both can be true.

You can be grateful for your family, your career and the life you’ve built and still stand in your closet feeling like crap because nothing feels good anymore. You can be confident in almost every area of your life and still hate having your picture taken. You can have a great life and still miss feeling s*xy, strong, energized and really good in your own skin.

And I don’t think that’s shallow.

I’m 54 and I have zero interest in accepting less because I’m getting older. Less energy. Less strength. Less confidence. Less s*xiness. Nope. I actually want MORE at this age.

And that’s what I want for you too.

Yes, we’ll talk muscle, protein, hormones, metabolism and longevity. But we’ll also talk about your identity, your energy and the story you’re telling yourself about getting older.

I don’t want to get you back to who you were at 30. I want you to love who you’re becoming NOW.

That’s going from Midlife Meh to Midlife Glow Up.

Strong. Sexy. Energized. Confident. YOU again.

Ready for yours? Link in bio. ❤️

Such a special night with my girl. 🤍 We went to see Gabby Bernstein tonight and so much of what she spoke about hit home — healing, trust, divine timing, meditation, and learning to stop trying to control every detail of how life is supposed to unfold. Trusting that sometimes things are happening for you, even when you can’t see it yet.

I’ve believed in this work for a long time, but there’s something really special about sitting beside my daughter and experiencing it together. We’re in two completely different chapters of life, but both learning, healing, growing and trusting what’s next.

A beautiful reminder that we can do all the things and still leave a little room for the universe to surprise us. ✨ Such a special night together. 🤍

Regulating your nervous system isn’t just about feeling calmer. It can support better sleep, recovery, digestion, energy and even make it easier to manage your weight — especially when chronic stress has you feeling wired, tired and craving everything.

After 40, I think this matters more than ever.

Here are 3 things I’d focus on:

1. Stop starting your day in reaction mode.
Before the phone, give yourself a few minutes to walk, journal, meditate, breathe or just be.

2. Walk more.
Outside when you can. Not every form of movement needs to be intense. Sometimes your body needs less pushing and more calming.

3. Get comfortable doing nothing.
This is a HUGE one for me and something I’m constantly working on. I love being productive. I love doing. But I’m learning I don’t always need to be achieving, fixing or checking something off a list.

I want to be strong, ambitious and driven.

But I also want a calm nervous system.

We can have both. ✨

That’s part of the Midlife Glow Up too.

If you’re doing all the things and your body still isn’t changing, I wouldn’t tell you to work harder. I’d tweak what you’re already doing.

1. Lift heavier. And I mean heavy enough that those last couple of reps are hard. Aim for 3–4 sets of 6–12 reps and focus on progressive overload — gradually adding weight, reps, range of motion or better control. Please stop doing 25 reps with the same little dumbbells you’ve been using for three years. 😉 Give your body a reason to build muscle.

2. Stop eating all day. Insulin resistance becomes more common through peri/menopause, and constantly grazing isn’t a habit I love. Build a proper meal around 30–40g of protein, then ideally give yourself around 4 hours without food before eating again. Four hours isn’t a magic number, but it’s a structure I find works really well for many women. And no, you don’t need to snack all day to “keep your metabolism going.”

3. Move after you eat. A 10–15 minute walk is my favourite, but if you don’t have time, do some bodyweight squats, take the stairs, tidy the kitchen or just get up and move. Using your muscles after eating can help reduce the post-meal glucose rise. You do not need to put on your Lululemons and make it a workout. 😂 Just move.

This is what I mean when I say you probably don’t need another massive overhaul.

You need the right tweaks.

And after 30 years of working with women, I can tell you — those little tweaks add up.

Save this and follow me for more Midlife Glow Up tweaks you can actually use. ✨

I’ve been playing with the universe lately…and it’s working. ✨

But I think I know why.

I’ve been showing up in the identity of the woman who receives.

Not chasing. Not forcing. Not constantly wondering when it’s going to happen.

Getting really clear on what I want, visualizing it, feeling what it would feel like to already have it…and then going out and living my life as her.

And things have been showing up.

Opportunities. Conversations. People. Little synchronicities that make me laugh and think, okay universe, I see you. 😂

And yes, I’m still me.

I still believe in action. I still do the work. I still love the data, the bloodwork, the heavy weights and the strategy.

But I’m realizing there’s another part of creating the life you want.

Being able to receive it.

Maybe we don’t always need to push harder.

Maybe sometimes the shift is becoming the woman who believes it’s already on its way.

The woman who expects good things.
The woman who knows what she wants.
The woman whose actions match that identity.
The woman who can actually receive it when it arrives.

That’s the energy I’m taking into this next chapter.

A little science. A little strategy. A lot of alignment. And yes…a little woo woo. ✨

If that sounds like your kind of Midlife Glow Up, come join me.

Link in my bio

You’re eating less, working out more… and somehow your jeans are getting tighter.

Welcome to the frustration so many women hit in midlife.

So you cut more food. Add more cardio. Try another diet. And still, your body doesn’t respond the way it used to.

This is exactly why I created The Midlife Glow Up.

You don’t need to punish your body or overhaul your entire life. You need to understand what your body needs now and make the right tweaks.

Because you can absolutely get leaner, stronger, have incredible energy and feel s*xy in your body again.

Midlife is not the time to give up on yourself. It’s time to do things differently. ✨

Ready for your Midlife Glow Up? Link in bio.

The older I get, the more I realize how much the little things matter.

My zen space. My morning coffee. Being outside. Moving my body. Hiking in the forest. Riding a bike somewhere beautiful. Travelling. Laughing. And sometimes just sitting still and taking it all in.

These are the things that ground me and bring me back to myself.

At 54, taking care of my health is a huge priority, but I’ve also learned that health is about so much more than what we eat or how we train.

It’s about our energy. Our environment. The people we spend time with. The things that bring us joy. And making space for more of what makes us feel good.

I’m very intentional about all of it now.

Because my midlife glow up isn’t just about being leaner or stronger. It’s about feeling strong, healthy, grounded, happy and completely at home in my life.

And I think that’s the real glow up.