{"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 171 The Hidden Health Habit You're Doing 25,000 Times a Day","slug":"ep-171-the-hidden-health-habit-you-re-doing-25-000-times-a-day","published_at":"2026-07-21T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-in-midlife-6686774/ep-171-the-hidden-health-habit-you-re-doing-25-000-times-a-day","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thriving-in-midlife-6686774","url":"https://www.kellielupsha.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/34b38096-82f6-4d0d-b8d9-7496b6b63ec8.mp3","summary":"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…","meta_description":"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 he…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1204,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thriving-in-midlife-6686774/episodes/ep-171-the-hidden-health-habit-you-re-doing-25-000-times-a-day/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-171-the-hidden-health-habit-you-re-doing-25-000-times-a-day.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}