{"podcast":{"title":"Grace & Grit Podcast","slug":"grace-grit-podcast-991716","podcast_index_feed_id":991716,"rss_url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://graceandgrit.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/4/4/0/f4405a4688bbcbb088c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Grace_and_Grit_Podcast_3000px.png","author":"Courtney Townley","episode_count":608,"summary":"The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T14:20:56.758135+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 527: How Chronic Stress Is Causing Belly Fat in Midlife Women","slug":"episode-527-how-chronic-stress-is-causing-belly-fat-in-midlife-women","published_at":"2026-05-05T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-527-how-chronic-stress-is-causing-belly-fat-in-midlife-women","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716","url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/episode-527-how-chronic-stress-is-causing-belly-fat-in-midlife-women","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/graceandgrit/May_5.mp3?dest-id=329309","summary":"If you've been doing everything right with food and exercise and still gaining weight around your middle — stress is not a footnote in that story. Stress may be the entire story. Stress isn't just a mood — it's a biochemical event that creates a hormonal environment in your body where fat loss becomes nearly impossible, regardless of what you're eating. Courtney explains exactly how chronic cortisol drives abdominal fat storage in midlife women, backed by research, and gives you one concrete daily practice to begin reversing it. Get your free chapter of The Consistency Code at https://theconsistencycode.com/freechapter #CortisolAndBellyFat #ChronicStressWeightGain #StressAndFatStorageWomen #CortisolMidlifeWomen #HowToLoseBellyFatAfter40 #StressHormonesExplained #AdrenalHealthWomen #CortisolReset #WeightLossPlateauMidlife #VisceralFatWomen #StressAndMetabolism #WhyCantILoseWeightMenopause","meta_description":"If you've been doing everything right with food and exercise and still gaining weight around your middle — stress is not a footnote in that story. Stress…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":712,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episodes/episode-527-how-chronic-stress-is-causing-belly-fat-in-midlife-women/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-527-how-chronic-stress-is-causing-belly-fat-in-midlife-women.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}