5 Brain Habits That Matter More Than Supplements

What If the Best Thing You Can Do for Your Brain Costs Nothing? When it comes to protecting your brain, the daily brain habits you practice every single day may be far more powerful than anything you can buy in a bottle. In this episode of The Healthy Life Approach, I get personal about the […]

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Hearing Loss and Brain Health: What Women Need to Know

Episode Summary: Why Hearing Loss and Brain Health Deserve Your Attention Now If you have ever blamed noisy restaurants, mumbling friends, or plain old exhaustion for missing parts of conversations, this episode will stop you in your tracks. The connection between hearing loss and brain health is one of the most important topics in dementia […]

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ADHD or Perimenopause? Why So Many Women Feel Like Their Brain Changed After 40

ADHD or Perimenopause? Why It’s Hard to Tell Is it ADHD or Perimenopause? If you have ever found yourself wondering whether your brain fog, scattered focus, and emotional overwhelm are signs of ADHD vs perimenopause, you are not alone. So many women in midlife are asking this exact question right now, and this episode is […]

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Lewy Body Dementia: A Daughter’s Story, the Warning Signs, and How to Protect Your Family

Episode Summary What would you do if someone you loved started seeing people who were not there, and the medical system called it “just memory problems”? In this deeply personal episode of The Healthy Life Approach, I share my father’s journey with Lewy body dementia, from the first clue that something was wrong to the diagnosis […]

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Dementia Types Explained: What Every Woman in Midlife Needs to Know

Episode Summary If you have ever lost a word mid-sentence or blanked on why you walked into a room, your mind may have jumped straight to the worst-case scenario. You are not alone. For women in perimenopause and postmenopause, those cognitive hiccups can feel alarming, especially when dementia runs in the family. In this episode […]

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5 Brain Changes in Perimenopause You Need to Know

Perimenopause brain fog is one of the most common and most unsettling experiences women face during the hormonal transition, and yet so many of us are told it is “just stress” or “just aging.” In this episode, we dig into the real science behind what is happening in your brain and why these changes are not […]

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When Health Tracking Hurts: A Guide to Taking a Wearable Break

What This Episode Is About You wake up, and before your feet touch the floor, you reach for your tracker. A number on the screen decides how you feel about your day before you have even started living it. Sound familiar? You are not alone, and this episode explores what happens when health tracking hurts […]

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Perimenopause Brain Fog or Early Dementia? How to Tell the Difference

Have you ever walked into a room, stood there completely blank, and quietly wondered if something is wrong with you? You are not alone — and more importantly, you are not imagining it. Perimenopause brain changes are measurable, biological events that show up on brain scans, and science can now explain exactly what is happening […]

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Social Connection and Brain Health in Menopause: Why Relationships Protect Your Mind

Episode Overview: Social Connection and Brain Health in Menopause Welcome back to the Healthy Life Approach podcast! In this episode, Kristen Beasley wraps up the final pillar of her brain health framework in Own Your Outcomes: socialization. If you have ever wondered how social connection and brain health in menopause are related, this episode delivers […]

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