# Ep 171 The Hidden Health Habit You're Doing 25,000 Times a Day

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Podcast: [Thriving in Midlife](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-in-midlife-6686774)
Published: 2026-07-21T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kellielupsha.com
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## Resource

Welcome to Thriving in Midlife: The Women's Guide to Wellness, Longevity & Hormones After 40 , your trusted space for women over 40 who want better health, more energy, balanced hormones, and practical wellness strategies that actually work. Are you ready to stop pushing through life and start living with intention, energy, and ease? I'm your host, Kellie Lupsha, High-Performance Health Coach, and I'm delighted to be your guide to vitality. In today's solo episode, we're diving into one of the simplest yet most overlooked health habits that impacts nearly every system in your body: how you breathe . We spend so much time focusing on nutrition, exercise, supplements, and hormones, but there is something we do 20,000 to 25,000 times every single day that we rarely think about. Breathing. More importantly, how you're breathing . Kellie explores why your nose was designed specifically for breathing and why nasal breathing plays a powerful role in oxygen delivery, cardiovascular health, nervous system regulation, sleep quality, metabolism, and overall performance. You'll discover why mouth breathing may add unnecessary stress to your body, how it can impact your sleep and hormones, and why training yourself to breathe through your nose may be one of the simplest tools you can use to support your health and longevity. Whether you're struggling with poor sleep, stress, fatigue, hormonal changes, or simply want to optimize your body as you age, this episode will help you understand that sometimes the biggest health improvements come from the smallest daily habits. In This Episode, You'll Learn: ➡️ Why breathing is one of the most important health habits you practice thousands of times every day. ➡️ Why your mouth is designed for eating and your nose is designed for breathi…

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