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Midlife isn’t a crisis — it’s a critical window for transformation.
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🎙️ New Episode Drop: Metabolic Wellbeing Without the BS
Featuring the incredible Dr. Olga Morton – GP, PhD, Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, mother of 3, and fearless advocate for women’s health in midlife and beyond.
Midlife isn’t a crisis — it’s a critical window for transformation.
👩⚕️ In this episode, Dr. Morton shares her refreshingly honest journey:
➡️ From fixing broken toys as a child to earning two medical degrees across Estonia, the USA, and the UK
➡️ From traditional medicine to embracing lifestyle change as the frontline treatment — especially for chronic conditions like Type 2 Diabetes
➡️ From facing the gaps in medical education around nutrition and menopause, to now walking the walk of metabolic wellbeing as a practicing clinician
🔍 Highlights you don’t want to miss:
🕑 Why midlife health — especially for women — needs a total rethink
👩💼 How even a “double doctor” received almost no training in lifestyle and nutrition
💡 The “I’ve always done it this way” mindset that holds us back
💤 Why sleep, alcohol, and movement matter more in midlife
🔥 Her mission: helping women thrive through menopause — with or without HRT — by taking back control of their health story
Whether you're a woman navigating midlife, a partner wanting to understand more, or a business leader interested in how metabolic health affects performance — this episode delivers real talk, real science, and real solutions.
🎧 Listen now and rethink what thriving looks like at midlife — without the sugar-coating.
Dr. Olga Morton has been practising medicine in the UK for over 15 years.
Curious to know if there was an alternative way to treat chronic ailments of her patients, other than giving more pills, she trained as a Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner.
She discovered that often small lifestyle changes could indeed be more powerful and longer lasting than pills. Today she offers her patients a more holistic approach to wellness.
More recently, Olga has been using her expertise in treatment of menopausal symptoms.
Her mission it to empower women with effective lifestyle changes, so they can thriv
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Chapters
1. Midlife isn’t a crisis — it’s a critical window for transformation. (00:00:00)
2. Olga is a woman, mid life, a mother of 3, a GP, wife, and more (00:00:30)
3. Why mid life health matters - to all, especially women (00:02:00)
4. Why I wanted to become a DR as I loved fixing my toys (00:02:43)
5. Curiosity - the medical profession is idiopathic as we do not know (00:03:33)
6. Have a PhD and a medical doctor degree (00:04:35)
7. The current approach to medic, especially T2D (00:05:30)
8. Things evolve so quickly in medicine (00:06:20)
9. I was educated in Estonia, USA and UK - Yes I am a double DR (00:06:50)
10. The art of being humble - even a double doctor received very little if any training on nutrition (00:07:50)
11. Do I have enough knowledge in the world of medicine (00:08:50)
12. We have to change the minds when it comes to health (00:09:20)
13. Menopause - so much information available especially on social media, women are feeling 'lost' (00:11:35)
14. More time required with patients, more accountability (00:12:25)
15. Men need to learn more about menopause (00:14:10)
16. Alcohol and one's health, especially for women (00:15:40)
17. The mindset of 'I've done this all my life - why is it important now?' (00:16:20)
18. The impact of alcohol and mid life health (00:16:50)
19. The role of sleep and type 2 diabetes (00:18:40)
20. Change the program, change the health (00:20:40)
21. Start at school level as people are hungry to learn more (00:21:20)
22. The benefits of real nuggets of knowledge (00:22:00)
23. I must walk the walk of metabolic health as a medic (00:23:40)
24. Is HRT the panacea for women? What about risks? (00:24:30)
25. The choices for women's health (00:25:25)
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