94: Menopause Is Not the End: How to Prepare Your Body to Thrive in Midlife with Lisa Jedan

What if menopause wasn’t something to fear or simply endure, but a transition you could actively prepare for?

In this episode of Modern Thyroid and Wellness, McCall McPherson sits down with Lisa Jedan, creator and host of MenoPositive, to challenge the long-standing narrative that menopause automatically means decline. After a successful career in PR and marketing, where she helped build brands and shape stories, Lisa turned those same skills toward changing the conversation around women’s health and aging.

Lisa shares what she has learned from interviewing experts across conventional medicine, Chinese medicine, longevity, breathwork, nutrition, and women’s health. The message she hears repeatedly is clear: hormones do not operate in isolation, and the earlier women invest in their health, the more options they may have as they age.

Together, McCall and Lisa explore strength training, nutrition, metabolism, thyroid health, Hashimoto’s, mindset, digestion, protein, fiber, sustainable lifestyle changes, and why midlife may become one of the healthiest and most fulfilling chapters of a woman’s life.

Key Topics Covered

Why Lisa created MenoPositiveChanging the narrative around menopause and agingWhy menopause preparation should begin before symptoms become overwhelmingHow thyroid health and reproductive hormones overlapLisa’s personal experience with Hashimoto’sWhy women often put themselves lastMoving from perfection toward small, sustainable health changesWhy strength training becomes increasingly important during midlifeBuilding and preserving muscle for healthy agingProtein, fiber, metabolism, and digestive healthWhy regular bowel movements matterSimple ways Lisa adds flaxseed and sprouts to her dietHow mindset may influence the menopause experienceBuilding trust with yourself through consistent habitsMoving beyond biohacking toward “bioharmony”Why wellness optimization can become exhaustingThe importance of sleep, movement, and nutrition before advanced optimizationWhy your best years do not have to be behind you

Changing the Menopause Narrative

Lisa began her career as a dancer and performer before moving into PR and marketing, where she built a career around storytelling and changing narratives.

When she entered perimenopause and menopause herself, she noticed that the cultural story surrounding this stage of life did not match her experience.

So much of the messaging centered on loss, decline, and everything women should expect to go wrong.

Lisa wanted a different conversation.

That desire became MenoPositive, a platform and philosophy built around educating women about hormone changes while showing them what they can actively do to support their health.