Jessica is not a doctor. She’s not an influencer. She’s not here to offer perfectly packaged wisdom.

She’s a real woman — and a close friend — who walked through something truly awful.

At 41, a routine mammogram led to a stage zero breast cancer diagnosis. She was told it would likely be straightforward. A surgery, some recovery… and then life would move forward.

It didn’t.

What followed were complicated medical decisions, multiple surgeries, a dangerous infection, and moments when she genuinely wondered if she was going to survive.

This is the conversation Jessica wishes someone had sat her down and had with her before any of it began.

The one that levels with you.

The one that tells you what questions to ask.
What decisions deserve more time.
What some surgeons may not fully prepare you for.
And what life can actually look like on the other side.

But this conversation reaches far beyond medicine.

Jessica speaks with disarming honesty about:

• Living in a body that no longer feels like her own

• Regret that can creep in after irreversible decisions

• How quickly identity can unravel when you can't perform like you used to

• Wrestling with faith when the outcome you prayed for doesn’t come

• Grieving the version of herself she cannot return to

There are moments in this conversation that are hard to hear — because they are true.

And yet, what emerges is not a polished story of overcoming.

It’s something far more valuable: clarity, perspective, and the kind of honesty that helps other women walk into hard seasons better informed and less alone.

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Registered dietitian nutritionist Maya Feller joins me for a grounded, practical conversation about what actually matters when it comes to food during the perimenopause and menopause years — and what absolutely does not.

Because by this stage of life, most women are done with extreme rules, cutting out entire food groups, and trying to follow plans that don’t remotely fit their real lives.

Maya brings clarity back to the table.

We talk about the metabolic shifts happening beneath the surface and how everyday eating patterns quietly shape blood sugar, cholesterol, heart health, muscle mass, and long-term wellbeing.

What I loved most about this conversation is Maya’s approach: no shame, no rigidity — just sustainable habits that support the life you’re actually living.

• The small daily habits that impact metabolic health

• Carbs: why they aren’t the enemy

• How much protein women really need (and when more isn’t better)

• The growing importance of fiber for heart health

• Added sugar — why it’s everywhere and how to navigate it

• Cultural and comfort foods — and why they belong on your plate

• Simple ways to reset your eating habits without blowing up your life

And don’t miss the end — Maya walks us through one of the most practical strategies we’ve ever discussed on the show: how to audit your pantry, fridge, and freezer so quick meals become both nourishing and genuinely delicious.

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Welcome to a powerful conversation on Not Young. Better. Today, we’re getting honest about what really changes in your 40s and why weight loss suddenly feels harder, slower, and more confusing than it ever did before.

If you’ve been told to “just eat less and move more” and that advice isn’t working anymore, this episode is for you.

Chelsea is joined by Gina Wynn and Angie Alles, founders of Girl Gang Wellness, two former teachers who have helped thousands of women over 40 rebuild their metabolism, heal their relationship with food, and feel strong again in midlife. Together, they cut through the noise around dieting, hormones, and fitness to explain what’s actually happening in perimenopause—and what really works.

This episode breaks down why under-eating stalls your metabolism, how estrogen and cortisol shifts impact fat storage, and why strength training becomes essential after 40. Gina and Angie also explain why “falling off the wagon” keeps women stuck and how to lose fat without giving up wine, travel, or real life.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
We start by unpacking why the old rules most women grew up with—eat less, do more cardio, push harder—stop working in midlife. Gina explains how hormone changes in perimenopause affect metabolism, sleep, stress, and belly fat, and why women aren’t “doing anything wrong” when progress slows.

Angie shares her personal story of being naturally thin until her body suddenly changed in her 40s, and how chronic under-eating and over-training damaged her health. Together, they explain how fueling your body with enough protein, lifting weights, and supporting hormone balance can completely shift how your body responds.

You’ll also learn how macro-based nutrition actually works, why it’s not about perfection, and how an 80/20 lifestyle makes results sustainable instead of exhausting.

If weight gain feels confusing, frustrating, or unfair right now, this episode will give you clarity, relief, and a realistic path forward.

🔥 This episode will empower you with clear, science-backed steps to optimize your metabolism, balance hormones, and feel your absolute best.

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In this episode, Chelsea sits down with Dr. Diana Joy Ostroff — naturopathic physician, traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and founder of the Center for Natural Healing Hawaii — for a powerful, eye-opening conversation about what’s really happening in women’s bodies during perimenopause and midlife.

Dr. Joy brings over 30 years of clinical experience — and her own deeply personal health journey — into a conversation that covers everything from gut health and hormones to stress, inflammation, joint pain, sugar cravings, detoxification, and weight gain.

This episode explores:

• The importance of a healthy gut

• How stress and cortisol shut down healing

• What’s actually behind midlife weight gain

• Why detoxification matters before fat loss

• How inflammation shows up as joint pain

Dr. Joy offers a compassionate, whole-body view of health — one that honors both the physical and emotional realities of midlife and invites women to stop fighting their bodies and start working with them.

This conversation explores groundbreaking information that has the power to shift your entire perimenopause perspective.

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In this episode of Not Young. Better., Chelsea sits down with Lacy Dollar, a Southern content creator known online for her humor, honesty, and unmistakable voice.

What begins as a light conversation takes a very different turn as Lacy shares her full story — including her history with alcoholism and sobriety, an eight-year infertility journey, her faith, and what it’s really like to parent a child with autism.

Lacy speaks openly about motherhood after recovery, navigating diagnosis and school systems, the isolation that can come with raising a neurodivergent child, and the parts of her life she doesn’t soften or curate for the internet.

She also reflects on suicide, survival, and the role faith has played in carrying her through seasons she never expected.

This is an unfiltered, deeply human conversation — sometimes heavy, sometimes very funny, but always grounded in lived experience.

It’s an episode about telling the truth, even when it’s complicated.

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🎧 Not Young. Better. is the show for women who want real conversations about midlife, motherhood, and everything that hits in between. New episodes weekly.

This conversation is about what happens when the life that once made sense… doesn’t anymore.

Marcella Hill joins me to talk about losing almost everything that defined her — her business, her marriage, her faith, and the version of motherhood she thought she was supposed to have — and what it’s like to rebuild when there’s no clear roadmap.

We talk about walking away from Mormonism and realizing how much of her inner life had been shaped by rules, obedience, and shame. About how disorienting it is to suddenly have to trust your own instincts — especially around the body, desire, and identity — without anyone telling you what’s “right.”

Marcella also shares how midlife can bring questions that were never allowed space before. Not loud declarations or labels — just quiet realizations. Noticing what feels true. Noticing what doesn’t. And sitting with the discomfort of that long enough to let it teach you something.

Perimenopause is part of this conversation too — not as a checklist of symptoms, but as a force that strips away coping mechanisms. When hormones shift, the ability to numb, perform, or push through disappears. And sometimes that’s when the truth finally surfaces.

This episode is thoughtful, honest, very real.
It’s not about fixing your life.
It’s about listening to what’s already trying to get your attention.

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This conversation with somatic pleasure and trauma coach Kat Nantz is one of the most unexpectedly powerful episodes I’ve ever recorded.

When I first invited Kat on the show, I wasn’t totally sure what to expect. Her work sounded intense and deeper than anything we’ve talked about before — and part of me wondered if I was even the right person to hold this conversation.

But once we started talking… everything shifted.

What unfolded was informative, grounding, wholesome, and genuinely transformative.
Not just about sex and pleasure — but about the way so many women move through the world:

• giving everything to everyone else
• living from the neck up
• overriding our needs for years
• disconnecting from our bodies
• forgetting what pleasure even feels like — inside and outside the bedroom

Kat explains why this happens, what it does to our nervous systems, and how pleasure — in the smallest daily moments — can actually bring us back to ourselves in midlife.

We talk about motherhood, resentment, desire, boundaries, shame, perimenopause, and the quiet ways women betray themselves without even realizing it.

It’s validating.
It’s freeing.
It’s perspective-shifting in the best way.

I think you will feel deeply seen in this conversation.

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In this powerful and deeply human episode, I sit down with Lily Crowder—artist, mother of four, grief coach, and author of A Monday in February—to talk about the unimaginable loss of her 15-year-old son, Ezekiel, to suicide.

Lily shares the truth of what those early days looked like, the terrifying stillness of grief, and the moments that slowly stitched her back together. She opens up about marriage after loss, parenting surviving children, rebuilding faith, and the radical idea that grief is simply love in another form.

Together, we explore the stigma around suicide, how to start honest conversations with teens, and the practical steps every parent should know.

This is an episode for anyone who has walked through grief, loves someone who is grieving, or wants to understand how to show up with compassion and courage.

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