{"podcast":{"title":"Thriving in Midlife","slug":"thriving-in-midlife-6686774","podcast_index_feed_id":6686774,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/thriving-in-midlife/","website_url":"https://www.kellielupsha.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e3d90072-cec8-4e84-83e9-3deb61b3fdd1/New-1-PODCAST-COVER.png","author":"Kellie Lupsha","episode_count":172,"summary":"Thriving in Midlife is an empowering, no-fluff podcast for health-conscious women over 40 who are navigating hormones, fatigue, weight gain, and the emotional shifts of midlife. Hosted by Kellie Lupsha, a 30-year wellness expert and mom of four now entering menopause, this show delivers clarity, real-life strategies, and functional medicine wisdom so you can feel vibrant, focused, and in control again. If you’re feeling burned out, stuck in shiny-object cycles, or overwhelmed by conflicting health advice, this podcast meets you where you are with expert insights, grounded guidance, and stories that inspire real-life integration. Whether you’re facing hormone changes, low energy, brain fog, or a loss of purpose, each episode is designed to help you simplify your wellness and reconnect to what matters most. With decades of experience helping women heal at the root, Kellie alongside weekly guest Dr. Heidi Iratcabal, a naturopath and certified functional medicine clinician they pulls back the curtain on what really works to help you feel better, live longer, and thrive with ease and flow. What you’ll hear: Weekly deep dives into hormone health, metabolism, energy, and longevity Real c…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T00:17:03.330906+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-in-midlife-6686774"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 162 Why we age faster than we should?","slug":"ep-162-why-we-age-faster-than-we-should","published_at":"2026-06-02T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-in-midlife-6686774/ep-162-why-we-age-faster-than-we-should","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-in-midlife-6686774","url":"https://www.kellielupsha.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/329f4680-a263-4d93-9d5a-32f7f0a3157a.mp3","summary":"Welcome to \" Thriving in Midlife \" The Women’s Guide to Wellness, Longevity & Hormones After 40. This is your trusted space to cut through the noise, ditch the overwhelm, and finally feel extraordinary in your body, mind, and life. Are you who are ready to stop pushing through life and start living it with intention, energy, and ease? Then let's get started. I'm your host, Kellie Lupsha, a high-performance health coach, who is delighted to be your guide to vitality. In this episode of Wellness Wednesday , I sit down as a guest with Merilee Merisic to dive into one of the most important conversations in health today: why we are aging faster than we should and what is actually driving accelerated aging at the cellular level. We explore how modern life has changed the trajectory of human health where chronic stress, environmental toxins, processed foods, and constant mental overload are creating oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction that silently speed up aging long before symptoms appear. Most importantly, we break down why true healing cannot start with symptoms, hormones, or supplements but must begin at the cellular foundation first. Once the cell is supported, everything else begins to work the way it was designed to. Key Highlights: ➡️ Why people today are aging faster than previous generations ➡️ The difference between lifespan and healthspan—and why it matters now more than ever ➡️ How chronic stress, overwhelm, and environmental toxins accelerate cellular aging ➡️ Why aging begins at the cellular level long before wrinkles or hormone shifts appear ➡️ What oxidative stress really is and how it creates “rusting” inside the body ➡️ How oxidative stress impacts energy, metabolism, brain function, and disease risk ➡️ Why mitochondria are the “powerhouse”…","meta_description":"Welcome to \" Thriving in Midlife \" The Women’s Guide to Wellness, Longevity & Hormones After 40. This is your trusted space to cut through the noise,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2485,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thriving-in-midlife-6686774/episodes/ep-162-why-we-age-faster-than-we-should/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-in-midlife-6686774/ep-162-why-we-age-faster-than-we-should.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}