Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz
byDr. Mindy Pelz
HealthFitnessAlternativeScience
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...
Episodes(40 episodes)
Season 7 - Episode 368
Trying Everything to Lose Weight? These 5 Things Matter More Than You Think
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.S...
Published: Sep 9, 2026Duration: 22m 4s
Season 7 - Episode 367
Why So Many Women Feel Disconnected From Their Bodies with Emma-Louise Boynton
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...
Published: Sep 7, 2026Duration: 1h 18m 32s
Season 7 - Episode 366
10 Foods That Naturally Boost GLP-1 & Quiet Food Noise
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 MentionedQualia M...
Published: Sep 2, 2026Duration: 29m 56s
Season 7 - Episode 365
How to Make Healthy Food Actually Taste Good with Chef Nyesha Arrington
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 prac...
Published: Aug 31, 2026Duration: 1h 10m 29s
Season 7 - Episode 364
Why Everything Feels Harder After 40: Nervous System, Burnout & Letting Go
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...
Published: Aug 26, 2026Duration: 1h 21m 14s
Season 7 - Episode 363
Dr. David Perlmutter on Menopause, Metabolism & Protecting Your Brain
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 wome...
Published: Aug 24, 2026Duration: 1h 5m 46s
Season 7 - Episode 362
How to Train Your Body to Burn Fat After 40
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 turn...
Published: Aug 19, 2026Duration: 39m 51s
Season 7 - Episode 361
Laila Ali: Why I Stopped Trying to Outwork My Hormones
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...
Published: Aug 17, 2026Duration: 1h 13m 24s
Season 7 - Episode 360
5 Signs Your Nervous System Is Healing, Even If You Feel Worse First
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...
Published: Aug 12, 2026Duration: 25m 21s
Season 7 - Episode 359
How My Opinion of Fasting Changed After Talking to Dr. Jason Fung
I’ve been teaching fasting for years, but this conversation with Dr. Jason Fung made me rethink a few things.Dr. Fung joins me to share how his thinking has evolved since publishing The Obesity Code, including what newer research suggests about longer fasts and why modified fasting may be more useful than many people realize.We talk about whether a strict water-only fast is always necessary, how fasting aids such as bone broth, avocado, or olives may help someone continue longer, and why using a little support during a fast is not automatically “chea...
Published: Aug 10, 2026Duration: 1h 17m 32s
Season 7 - Episode 358
The 5 Weight-Loss Lies Keeping Women Stuck
For decades, women have been taught to lose weight by eating less, doing more cardio, and watching the number on the scale.But losing weight is not always the same as becoming healthier.In this solo episode, Dr. Mindy breaks down a recent meta-analysis showing that adults between 60 and 75 years old were able to lose body fat, gain lean muscle, improve blood pressure, and build functional strength through resistance training.She also challenges five of the most persistent weight-loss myths women have been taught, including the idea that cardio is the best way...
Published: Aug 5, 2026Duration: 24m 43s
Season 7 - Episode 357
Why Creativity Belongs in Your Health Routine with Dr. Daisy Fancourt
Most women know they should move their bodies, eat well, and protect their sleep. But creativity rarely makes the list.In this conversation, Dr. Mindy sits down with Dr. Daisy Fancourt to explore the growing body of research showing that art is far more than entertainment or decoration. Music, reading, dancing, crafting, storytelling, and even spending time with a painting can affect stress, mood, cognition, connection, and the nervous system.Daisy explains why creative activities can help the brain enter a state of flow, how music can slow the heart rate, and why reading fiction...
Published: Aug 3, 2026Duration: 1h 5m 35s
Season 7 - Episode 356
40% of Us are Constantly Hungry & Exhausted – What Your Body is Trying to Tell You
If you are hungry all the time, exhausted after meals, craving sugar, or suddenly gaining weight around your middle, your body may be signaling something deeper than a need to eat less.In this solo episode, Dr. Mindy explains why nearly four in ten American adults now meet the criteria for metabolic syndrome—a collection of warning signs that can include elevated blood sugar, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, increased waist circumference, and changes in liver health.She breaks down four common drivers that can quietly push the body toward metabolic dysfunction: unstable blood sugar, ch...
Published: Jul 29, 2026Duration: 28m 57s
Season 7 - Episode 355
LeAnn Rimes on Perimenopause, Rage, Grief, and Starting Over
LeAnn Rimes joins Dr. Mindy for a deeply honest conversation about what perimenopause has brought to the surface in her life.She opens up about the unpredictability of her hormones, the exhaustion of trying to maintain the same pace she has carried for decades, and the difference between anxious thoughts and anxiety that lives in the body. Together, LeAnn and Dr. Mindy explore why perimenopause can make old wounds feel louder, why hormone therapy can help without solving everything, and what it looks like to slow down when your identity has always been t...
Published: Jul 27, 2026Duration: 1h 17m 26s
Season 7 - Episode 354
Why Your Nervous System Is Blocking Weight Loss with Dr. Mindy Pelz
Why are so many women doing everything "right" and still struggling to lose weight?In this solo episode, Dr. Mindy explains why the missing piece may not be your diet or workout routine, it may be your nervous system. When your body is stuck in chronic fight-or-flight, it prioritizes survival over fat burning, making weight loss feel impossible despite your best efforts.You'll learn how chronic stress impacts cortisol, cravings, digestion, sleep, and metabolism, the five signs your nervous system may be keeping you stuck, and practical ways to help your body shift...
Published: Jul 22, 2026Duration: 26m 6s
Season 7 - Episode 353
Why PCOS Was Just Renamed (And What It Means for Women’s Health Globally)
Millions of women have been told they have PCOS. Millions more have been told nothing is wrong at all.Now, one of the most common hormonal conditions affecting women has a new name: PMOS, Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. The change reflects what experts have long understood, this condition is about far more than the ovaries. It's deeply connected to metabolism, insulin resistance, inflammation, and hormone balance.In this episode, Dr. Mindy is joined by Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, renowned OB-GYN and co-host of the She MD podcast, along with entrepreneur and women's health advocate Mary A...
Published: Jul 20, 2026Duration: 1h 5m 37s
Season 7 - Episode 352
The Truth About Keeping Weight Off (No One Talks About This)
Losing weight is one challenge. Keeping it off is another.Research shows that most people regain the weight they've lost within a few years, not because they lack willpower, but because they were never taught what comes after weight loss.In this episode, Dr. Mindy breaks down the science behind weight regain and shares the eight most common reasons people struggle to maintain their results. From metabolic flexibility and hormone balance to muscle, stress, and sleep, she explains why lasting success requires a different approach than simply losing weight.You'll also learn five...
Published: Jul 15, 2026Duration: 20m 47s
Season 7 - Episode 351
Perfectionism is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss (Why You Can't Keep It Off) with Dr. Nicole LePera
What if the biggest thing standing between you and better health isn't your diet, your workout routine, or your hormones?What if it's the relationship you've built with yourself?In this conversation, I sit down with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Nicole LePera to explore how our earliest experiences shape the way we move through adulthood. From emotional eating and food noise to perfectionism, people pleasing, burnout, and the struggle to trust ourselves, so many of the habits we think are personality traits are actually learned survival strategies.We...
Published: Jul 13, 2026Duration: 1h 23m 38s
Season 7 - Episode 350
Fasting Isn't Always the Answer. Here's How to Know When It Is.
For years we've been told that if fasting is good, then fasting longer must be better.That simply isn't true.Fasting is one of the most powerful healing tools we have, but it's also a stressor. Like exercise, the benefits don't come from the stress itself. They come from how well your body recovers afterward.In this solo episode, Dr. Mindy explains how to tell whether fasting is supporting your metabolism or pushing your nervous system beyond its limits. You'll learn the five green lights that signal your body is adapting...
Published: Jul 8, 2026Duration: 31m 15s
Season 7 - Episode 349
The Scale is LYING to You (& Destroying Your Self-Worth) with Dr. Rachel Goldman
What if the biggest obstacle to better health isn't your diet and instead it's the relationship you've built with your body?In this conversation, I sit down with psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldman to unpack why so many women struggle with body image, emotional eating, food noise, and self-worth, especially during midlife.We explore why lasting health isn't built through shame or punishment. It's built through curiosity, compassion, and learning to work with your body instead of constantly fighting against it.We also discuss the psychology behind food noise, body neutrality...
Published: Jul 6, 2026Duration: 1h 18m 41s