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Dr. Mindy Pelz

We were taught that doing anything "like a girl" was a weakness. Dr. Mindy Pelz is here to prove it's your greatest strength.

A renowned advocate for women's health, Dr. Mindy is passionately committed to helping women embrace and trust their body's natural healing processes. Drawing on an extensive background in women's health, she's developed groundbreaking, science-backed approaches that help women work with their hormones, not against them, through every stage of life, from cycling to perimenopause to the wisdom of the years beyond.

On Live Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy helps you come home to your own body. Every Monday, she sits down with some of the brightest minds in health and wellness for honest, meaningful conversations that hand you the knowledge, tools, and science to do health your way. No more pushing through, gaslighting yourself, or shrinking to fit. Just permission to live in rhythm with the body you were designed to have and to finally feel at home in it.

Press play, and let's live like a girl.

The Resetter Podcast with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Why can changing the way you eat feel so emotional, even when you know exactly what you want to change?

In this conversation, I sit down with therapist and Mother Hunger author Kelly McDaniel to explore the deeper emotional and relational layers that can become intertwined with food.

Through Kelly’s Mother Hunger framework, we look at how early experiences with nurturing, safety, attachment, and caregiving may influence the way some of us relate to food later in life—and why food can sometimes become connected with comfort, connection, routine, and relief.

We also talk about emotional eating, body image, nervous system regulation, fasting, food noise, GLP-1 medications, and the messages about our bodies that can be passed from one generation to the next.

This conversation gave me an entirely new way to think about some of the struggles I’ve seen women experience when changing how they eat, because sometimes there may be more happening beneath the surface than what’s on the plate.

In this episode:

 • Kelly’s Mother Hunger framework
 • Why food can become emotionally significant
 • What Kelly means by “surrogate comfort”
 • Why changing eating patterns can bring up difficult emotions
 • Food and nervous system regulation
 • What mothers can unintentionally teach daughters about their bodies
 • Kelly’s perspective on food noise and GLP-1 medications
 • How support and connection can help us create new patterns

MORE ON KELLY MCDANIEL

Instagram: @kellymcdanieltherapyMother Hunger, Revised Edition
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep369

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

Why You Can’t Stop Using Food for Comfort with Kelly McDaniel

You’re exercising more, fasting more, changing what you eat, and trying everything you know to support your weight, and yet the scale still doesn’t seem to move.

In this solo episode, Dr. Mindy breaks down five foundational habits she wants you to look at before assuming your body simply isn’t responding. She explores how fibre-rich foods can support satiety and your gut microbiome, why walking after meals can benefit blood sugar, how meal timing interacts with your circadian rhythm, and why sleep and consistency deserve a much bigger place in the weight-loss conversation.

She also explores GLP-1, food noise, nervous system state, and what research tells us about maintaining weight loss after stopping GLP-1 medications.

The takeaway is refreshingly practical: instead of chasing another complicated strategy, start by looking at the everyday rhythms you can actually repeat.

Resources Mentioned

FREE Nervous System QuestionnaireTime & Light: Missing Pieces of a Healthy Lifestyle with Dr. Satchin PandaThe Cancer Conversation Women Aren't Having Yet with Dr. Leigh Erin ConnealyReset AcademyEat Like a GirlAge Like a Girl
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep368

Connect with Dr. Mindy:

Join Reset AcademyWatch the episodes on YouTubeFollow Dr. Mindy on InstagramSubscribe to Dr. Mindy’s newsletter

Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

Trying Everything to Lose Weight? These 5 Things Matter More Than You Think

Women spend so much time trying to change their bodies, but how often are we taught how to actually experience and enjoy them?

In this conversation, I sit down with Emma-Louise Boynton to explore what happens when we begin reconnecting with our bodies through pleasure, presence, and curiosity rather than constant criticism. We talk about body image, intimacy, sex therapy, self-pleasure, mindfulness, and the small everyday practices that can help you feel more at home in your body.

Because your relationship with your body affects far more than how you see yourself, it shapes how you experience your life.

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MORE ON EMMA-LOUISE BOYNTON

Pleasure: The Reclamation of my Body by Emma-Louise Boynton • Instagram: 
@emmalouiseboynton • LinkedIn: 
Emma-Louise Boynton • Substack: 
@emmalouiseboynton • Pleasure: The Reclamation of my Body Audiobook: 
Spotify • Website: 
emma-louseboynton.com
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep367

Connect with Dr. Mindy:

Join Reset AcademyWatch the episodes on YouTubeFollow Dr. Mindy on InstagramSubscribe to Dr. Mindy’s newsletter

Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

Why So Many Women Feel Disconnected From Their Bodies with Emma-Louise Boynton

If you’re constantly thinking about food, battling afternoon cravings, or struggling to feel satisfied after eating, your fullness hormones may be an important part of the conversation.

In this solo episode, Dr. Mindy breaks down the foods that can support your body’s natural GLP-1 production and explains how fiber, protein, resistant starch, fermented foods, and omega-3-rich foods influence satiety. You’ll learn practical ways to build meals that help you feel fuller longer, support your gut microbiome, and work with your body’s natural appetite signals.

Resources Mentioned

Qualia Magnesium+, use code MINDY for 15% offReset AcademyWise Goat Organics Fermented Foods, use code MINDY for 20% offEat Like a Girl
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep366

Connect with Dr. Mindy:

Join Reset AcademyWatch the episodes on YouTubeFollow Dr. Mindy on InstagramSubscribe to Dr. Mindy’s newsletter

Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

10 Foods That Naturally Boost GLP-1 & Quiet Food Noise

What if a healthier relationship with food started with enjoying it more?

In this episode of Live Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy sits down with acclaimed chef and Next Level Chef mentor Nyesha Arrington for a conversation about food that goes far beyond calories, macros, or following the “perfect” diet.

Nyesha shares how cooking with her grandmother shaped her relationship with food from childhood, why recipes can carry memories and identity across generations, and how years in professional kitchens taught her to see food as art, connection, and eventually, fuel.

They also get practical: cooking oils, salt, spices, kitchen tools, meal prep, fasting, strength training, hydration, and the small upgrades Nyesha has made that helped her feel dramatically better in her body.

Plus, Nyesha opens up about leadership in high-pressure kitchens, working alongside Gordon Ramsay, earning the title of “Chef,” and why she refuses to fit into anyone else’s definition of what a woman should look like.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

 • How childhood experiences can shape your relationship with food 
 • Why food is closely tied to memory and identity 
 • How Nyesha shifted from cooking purely for taste to thinking about food as fuel 
 • Which cooking oils she keeps in her own kitchen 
 • Why salt and spices can completely change a meal 
 • The kitchen tools every home cook actually needs 
 • How meal prep helps Nyesha make better choices when life gets busy 
 • Why she uses fasting during periods when she needs deep focus 
 • How strength training and sleep became part of her wellness routine 
 • What working in elite restaurant kitchens taught her about leadership 
 • Why she refuses to make herself more “digestible” for anyone else

Resources Mentioned

Olive OilBone Broth • , use code MINDY10

More on Chef Nyesha Arrington

Nyesha Arrington is an acclaimed chef, television personality, and co-star of FOX’s Next Level Chef. Trained in Michelin-starred kitchens, she has become known for her creative approach to food, mentorship, and commitment to thoughtfully sourced ingredients. She also hosts and produces Eater’s Plateworthy and is passionate about wellness, functional fitness, and using food to bring people together.

 • Instagram: 
@nyeshajoyceNative by Nyesha
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep365 

Connect with Dr. Mindy:

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

How to Make Healthy Food Actually Taste Good with Chef Nyesha Arrington

What if the changes you’re experiencing after 40 are asking you to look at more than your hormones?

In this solo episode of Live Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy walks through how she believes women can use the menopausal transition to better understand their nervous systems, reconnect with parts of themselves they may have lost, and begin building the next chapter of life more intentionally.

She explores why so many women arrive in midlife already overwhelmed, why learning to regulate your nervous system may need to come before another health protocol, and how years of putting everyone else first can shape the way women experience this transition.

Later in the episode, LeAnn Rimes joins Dr. Mindy for a candid conversation about overwhelm, perfectionism, boundaries, HRT, nutrition, self-care, and what it looks like to listen to your body while living a very full life.

And for a limited time, you can get Age Like a Girl for $7 with free shipping in the U.S. and Canada only, while supplies last.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

 • Why nervous system regulation matters so much after 40
 • How years of over-functioning can catch up with women in midlife
 • Why play, curiosity, creativity, and speaking your truth matter
 • How to build your own lifestyle toolbox for menopause
 • Why women need community as they age
 • Why saying no can become an important form of self-care
 • What it means to create the next chapter of your life on your terms

Resources Mentioned

FREE Nervous System QuestionnaireAge Like a Girl (Get your copy for $7 & FREE shipping, limited-time offer)Reset AcademyQualia Senolytic, use code MINDY for 15% off
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep364
Connect with Dr. Mindy:

Join Reset AcademyWatch the episodes on YouTubeFollow Dr. Mindy on InstagramSubscribe to Dr. Mindy’s newsletter

Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

Why Everything Feels Harder After 40: Nervous System, Burnout & Letting Go

Women are far more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, and Dr. David Perlmutter believes one of the most important pieces of that story is metabolic health.

In this episode of Live Like a Girl, Dr. Perlmutter joins Dr. Mindy to explain what happens when the brain’s immune cells shift from protective to destructive, why menopause may increase vulnerability, and how blood sugar, insulin resistance, visceral fat, inflammation, mitochondrial health, and lifestyle all influence brain aging.

They also discuss HRT, GLP-1 medications, ketones, fasting, fiber, exercise, BNDF, sleep, and what women can begin doing in their 30s, 40s, and 50s to support long-term cognitive health.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

 • Why women face a higher risk of Alzheimer’s
 • How menopause may affect brain metabolism
 • Why belly fat and insulin resistance matter for brain health
 • The blood markers Dr. Perlmutter watches most closely
 • What emerging research says about GLP-1 drugs and the brain
 • The lifestyle habits Dr. Perlmutter prioritizes for prevention

Resources Mentioned

Brain DefendersTanzi StudyCochrane Review
More on Dr. David Perlmutter

https://drperlmutter.com/http://braindefenders.com/https://www.instagram.com/davidperlmutter/https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidPerlmutterMDhttps://x.com/davidperlmutterlinkedin.com/in/david-perlmutter-md
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: https://www.drmindypelz.com/ep363/

Connect with Dr. Mindy:

Join Reset AcademyWatch the episodes on YouTubeFollow Dr. Mindy on InstagramSubscribe to Dr. Mindy’s newsletter
Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

Dr. David Perlmutter on Menopause, Metabolism & Protecting Your Brain

If you’re eating less, exercising more, and fasting harder but still struggling to lose weight after 40, Dr. Mindy wants you to approach fat loss differently. This solo episode of Live Like a Girl is a special compilation of two of Dr. Mindy’s teachings on fat burning and metabolic health after 40.

In the first half, she breaks down why fat loss can become more challenging as estrogen changes and shares five strategies for training your body to become more metabolically flexible, from strength training and walking to fasting, protein pacing, and sleep.

Then she turns to dietary fat and explains why the type of fat you eat matters. She walks through visceral fat, omega fatty acids, and five foods she uses to support a healthier metabolic environment. 

The common thread throughout both conversations: fat loss after 40 requires a strategy that works with your changing metabolism.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

 • Why fat loss can become harder after 40
 • How estrogen influences metabolism and body-fat distribution
 • What protein pacing means and how Mindy uses it
 • Why walking is an underrated metabolic tool
 • The difference between visceral and subcutaneous fat
 • Why Mindy pays attention to the types of dietary fats she eats
 • Five foods she recommends adding to a fat-loss strategy

Resources Mentioned:

Fresh Pressed Olive OilMCT Oil
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep362

Connect with Dr. Mindy:

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

How to Train Your Body to Burn Fat After 40

Laila Ali spent years training to win. As an undefeated professional boxer, her body was her career. She knew exactly how to train harder, eat less, and make weight when she needed to. Then perimenopause changed the rules.

In this episode of Live Like a Girl, Laila joins Dr. Mindy for an honest conversation about what happened when her old strategies stopped working, why she eventually stopped trying to outwork her hormones, and how fasting helped her build a completely different relationship with her body.

They talk about long fasts, exercising while fasting, food noise, refeeding, sugar cravings, body image, the scale, stress, and what it means to train for health instead of performance.

Laila also shares how she talks to her teenage daughter about fasting, why she refuses to make healthy eating feel like punishment, and the lesson she learned from becoming a boxer against Muhammad Ali’s wishes: sometimes the most important thing you can do is listen to the spark inside you.

In this episode, you'll learn:

 • Why Laila stopped trying to outwork her hormones
 • How fasting changed her relationship with food and control
 • What she learned from doing longer fasts
 • How she exercises during a fast
 • Why refeeding matters after an extended fast
 • How she thinks about weight, muscle, and body image now
 • Why stress can derail even strong health routines
 • How she talks to her daughter about fasting
 • Why she no longer counts macros
 • What Muhammad Ali taught her about following your own path

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Resources & Supplements Mentioned

A Spark of Greatness by Laila AliLaila's Organic Spice BlendsZero Fasting AppFast Like a GirlQualia Creatine+ • (use code MINDY for 15% off)
Infrared SaunaRed Light TherapyElectrolytes • 
Bone Broth • (use code MINDY10 for 10% off)

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More on Laila Ali

A Spark of Greatness by Laila AliLaila's Organic Spice BlendsFood for Life by Laila Ali • Website: 
lailaali.com • Instagram: 
@thereallailaali • Facebook:
 @LailaAli
For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep361

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

Laila Ali: Why I Stopped Trying to Outwork My Hormones

Healing your nervous system does not always feel peaceful at first.

In this solo episode of Live Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy explains why fatigue, crying, irritability, digestive changes, and even discomfort with stillness can sometimes show up as your nervous system begins moving out of a chronically activated state.

She breaks down the relationship between heart rate variability, vagal tone, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and why learning to move more easily between stress and recovery may be one of the most important skills you can build for your health.

Resources Mentioned

FREE Nervous System QuestionnaireQualia MagnesiumReset AcademyFind a Fast Like a Girl Coach

In this episode you'll learn:

 • Why increased fatigue may appear when your body finally begins resting
 • Why crying and irritability can surface during nervous system healing
 • How your digestion reflects your nervous system state
 • Why stillness can feel unsafe when your body is accustomed to constant activation
 • How 4-7-8 breathing can support the parasympathetic nervous system
 • Why nature can be one of the simplest nervous system tools
 • How magnesium and sleep routines may help
 • Why humming, gargling, and chanting can support vagal tone
 • When getting support from a practitioner or community may be helpful

For more resources related to today’s episode, visit the podcast episode page: drmindypelz.com/ep360

Connect with Dr. Mindy:

Join Reset AcademyWatch the episodes on YouTubeFollow Dr. Mindy on InstagramSubscribe to Dr. Mindy’s newsletter

Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

5 Signs Your Nervous System Is Healing, Even If You Feel Worse First

Dr. Mindy dives into the many changes that happen in your brain after the age of 40. She stressed the importance of community & support but also touches on the benefits of massage, chiropractic, breathwork, yoga, relaxation & sleep. Please enjoy this special solo episode that is filled with love & encouragement to all women on this journey.
 
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Brain Changes in Women Over 40 (and how to navigate them)

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