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The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori Doddy
Welcome to the Grit & Grace podcast! I'm Dr. Lori Doddy and we're going to talk about topics that help you live life with a powerful combination of perseverance and resilience with a heavy dose of grace. Join me each week and expect straight from the heart, real talk that will leave you feeling more balanced, inspired, and empowered to live your best life possible. But make no mistake, I'm no woo woo guru so you won't find fluff here. I'm all about applicable advice. Please subscribe and enjoy!
Episodes
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 181 [MOST viewed!] When Staying Silent Starts to Feel Like Self-Betrayal
Are you feeling emotionally heavier, more exhausted, or on edge lately — even if you can't fully explain why? In this episode, I talk about something I don't…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 180 [Most Popular] Caring for Elderly Parents: The Toll It Takes on Your Health & Tips to Help
A struggle more and more of us are dealing with as we get older is caring for our elderly parents. Whether it's with part-time or full-time care, many women…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori Doddy[Most popular] Struggling to keep the Weight off Even IF Your Food & Fitness Plan Is On Point
Talking with you about a couple of reason's you're struggling to lose weight and keep it off... even IF you have the right nutrition and exercise strategies in…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 178 You're Never Going to Find 30 Perfect Days
You're probably never going to find 30 consecutive days when life agrees to make weight loss easy. There will be dinners out, stressful days, disrupted sleep…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 177 What Your Body Can Tell You in 5 Days
What can you actually learn about your body in five days? I'm currently doing a simple five-day metabolic protocol alongside nearly 100 women, and in this…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 176 What Do You Do When You Can Finally Choose?
What happens when the life you built is good, the work still matters to you, and you're still really damn good at it, but you finally have enough freedom to…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 175 What If Your Body Isn't as Stuck as You Think It Is?
After enough failed attempts to lose weight, something starts to change. "I haven't figured out what works for me" becomes: "My body just doesn't respond…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 174 Why Knowing How to Lose Weight Isn't Helping You Lose It After 50
You probably already know protein matters. You know you should move your body, drink water, strength train, sleep better - and maybe stop raiding the kitchen…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 173 I'll Never Tell You Your Weight Doesn't Matter
The conversation around weight has become increasingly polarized. Some voices tell women their weight shouldn't matter at all. Others insist they simply need…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 172 The First Explanation Isn't Always the Truth
How quickly do you decide what something means? A number on the scale. A season of exhaustion. A body that doesn't respond the way it used to. Most of us don't…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 171 The Brain LOVES A Closed Case
Your brain is constantly trying to make sense of the world. That's a good thing... until it starts confusing observations with conclusions. In this episode, I…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 170 The Quiet Ways We Leave Ourselves: Why hard seasons don't require you to disappear from your own life
We often think of self-abandonment as something dramatic. I don't think it usually is. I think it happens quietly. Life gets heavy. Someone needs us. Work gets…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 169 Things Success Taught Me That I Eventually Outgrew
We spend so much of our lives trying to learn more. Another book. Another course. Another degree. But what if wisdom isn't just about what we learn? What if…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 168 The Lie That Keeps Smart Women Stuck: Why Simple Is Not the Same as Easy
Somewhere along the way, we've been sold the idea that transformation should eventually feel easy. Just find the right supplement. The right hormone expert…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 167 You Finally Made Sense to Me
A woman told me recently, "You finally made sense to me." That comment stopped me in my tracks because it made me realize something important: Most women in…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 166 The Women Who Never Fully Power Down
A lot of women walk around exhausted, but they don't fully realize their nervous system has never actually learned how to power down anymore. Their brain wakes…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 165 What Is Social Media Doing To Us?
Lately I've been thinking a lot about the way people speak to each other online. Not just trolls and "haters." But ordinary people saying things behind screens…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 164 When Everything Changed After "That Thing"
A lot of women can pinpoint a season of life where their body seemed to suddenly change. After the divorce. After caregiving. After burnout. After the surgery…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 163 Part 3 of a 3-part series: The Midlife Transition Nobody Prepared Women For
In the final episode of this series, we zoom out and explore the larger cultural and emotional context surrounding menopause and midlife. Because many women…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 162 part 2 of 3 episodes: Why So Many Women Thought They Just Needed More Discipline
Part 2 of a 3-part series. In Part 1, I talked about losing the body's familiar warning signs and communication systems during the menopausal transition. In…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 161 The Women Who Lost the Warning Signs
This is part 1 of a 3 episode series. In this episode, I'm talking about something I've noticed more and more over the years working with women in midlife and…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 160 You Understand It… So Why Are You Still Doing It?
You can fully understand why you do something… and still be the reason it's not changing. In this episode, I'm breaking down a pattern I see in almost every…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 159 The Pattern No One Thinks Is a Problem
Most women don't have a priority problem. They know their health matters. They know their energy matters. They know they don't feel like themselves. So why…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 158 This Isn't About Weight Anymore: What's Actually Breaking Down When You're Trying to Build Something
Lately, I've been having a different kind of conversation with women. On the surface, it starts the same - questions about weight, energy, consistency, and…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 157 Two Versions of You Are Running Your Day (And They Don't Agree)
You can know exactly what to do and still not follow through. Not because you're inconsistent or lack discipline, but because different versions of you keep…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 156 It's Not That You "Fall Off Track…" It's That You Quietly Change the Rules
It usually doesn't look like "falling off" track. It looks like small adjustments. Quick decisions. Thoughts that feel completely reasonable in the moment. But…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 155 You Keep "Getting Back On Track" And That's the Problem
If you feel like you're constantly trying to "get back on track" with your health, your weight, or your routine… This episode is going to hit close to home…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 154 When Life Expands… But You Don't
This isn't a "busy week." This is what midlife actually looks like. Aging parents. Unexpected responsibility. A life that doesn't slow down just because things…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 153 Trying Vs. Deciding: Why This Wouldn't Fly Anywhere Else in Your Life
If you approached your career the way you've been approaching your body, it would NOT work. Not because you're incapable. But because the approach itself is…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 152 The Midlife Intervention Trap: Why Smart Women Keep Trying the "Next Thing"… and Why It Keeps Failing.
Women in midlife are trying a lot of things. Keto. Macros. Intermittent fasting. Weight training. Supplements. Hormone therapy. GLP-1 medications. Peptides…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 151 GLP-1 in Midlife: What It Does - and What It Doesn't
GLP-1 medications are not magic. They are not evil. And they are not shortcuts. They are powerful metabolic levers. And levers change systems. In this episode…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 150 Why Smart Women Stall: I Tell You In Under 5 Minutes
The women I work with aren't confused. They aren't lazy. They aren't lacking information. They aren't "off track." They're stalling. In this episode, I break…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 149 Why Doing Everything "Right" Still Isn't Working in Midlife
There's a moment in midlife where a woman realizes something unsettling: She's doing the work… and her body still isn't responding. She's consistent. She…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 148 Why Smart Women Still Hesitate to Change
Most women don't lack awareness about their health. They know the stakes. They've watched the patterns in their families. They feel the consequences in their…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 147 When You're Ready… But You're Not Willing to Do It the Old Way Anymore
A lot of women feel cautious. They're ready for change, but they're no longer willing to repeat approaches that required pressure, discipline, or overriding…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 146 When Staying Silent Starts to Feel Like Self-Betrayal
In this episode, I'm talking about something I don't usually address directly: the emotional and physical toll of living in heavy, uncertain times, and what it…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 145 The 9pm Fridge Moment: Why It's NOT About Food & What to Do
Ever notice that the urge to snack hits hardest at night, even when you're not truly hungry? In this episode, I break down why the "9pm fridge moment" isn't a…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 144 Why I Keep Rebuilding My Own Coaching
In today's episode, I'm sharing why I'm always refining and rebuilding how I coach — and why that's not about chasing trends, but about how real change…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 143 The Difference Between Wanting Change and Deciding
Real change doesn't announce itself. It doesn't come with motivation, confidence, or a rush of certainty. Most of the time, it's quiet… so quiet that many…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 142 Hope in a Bottle: Products We Wasted Money On & What They Were Really Trying to Solve
In today's episode, I'm getting honest about something most women over 50 won't say out loud. We've all bought something hoping it would be the thing. The…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 141 When Everyone Has an Opinion, No One Has Authority
In this episode, I unpack a subtle but powerful pattern that's quietly undermining women's confidence in midlife: crowdsourced authority. What starts as a…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 140 The Magazine Generation: Why I'm Writing on Substack (and Why It Matters for Your Midlife Transformation)
If you're a Gen X woman who grew up flipping through Glamour, Cosmo, Self, or O Magazine in the checkout line… this episode is for you. Today, I pull back the…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 139 The Evenings Reveal Everything: Why Midlife Women Break Down at Night
In this episode, I break down one of the most misunderstood experiences for women over 50: Why evenings feel like everything falls apart… even when mornings…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 138 Why You're So Tired (and How to Get Back Your Spark)
Ever feel like your body's running on 3% battery — and no amount of coffee fixes it? You're not imagining it. In this episode, I break down why midlife…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 137 Protecting Your Peace When Life Gets Loud
When life feels like chaos on steroids, peace isn't something you find. It's something you filter. In this episode, I talk about why midlife women tend to…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 136 Why We Don't Trust Our Own Progress
You're showing up, changing habits, sleeping better… and still telling yourself "it's not working." In this short, honest episode, I unpack progress blindness…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 135 When There Are Too Many Voices in Your Head (and How It's Keeping You Effed Up)
So many smart, capable women in midlife feel like they know what to do… but still can't seem to stay consistent. And it's not because of willpower. It's…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 134 The Hidden Cost of Holding It All Together
If you've ever said "I'm fine" when you weren't, this one's for you. In this episode, I break down the invisible pressure women over 40 carry — the mental…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 133 The Advice We Take Without Question (and Why It's Quietly Wrecking Us)
You've done everything "right." Ate clean. Tracked macros. Worked out. Cut carbs. Stayed positive. And yet… your body still isn't responding. In this episode…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 132 When Lab Numbers Become the Latest Trend
Lately, everyone seems to be posting their lab results online - hormone panels, iron levels, and prescriptions that promise energy and focus. But here's a…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 131 My Tolerance for Nonsense Evaporated
Just wake up one day and realize your tolerance for nonsense just evaporated? Like… poof, gone. Suddenly, things you used to tolerate make your eye twitch…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 130 When Your Body Stops Cooperating — What It's Really Trying to Tell You
Ever feel like your body's just stopped listening to you? You're eating clean, getting your steps in, trying to "do all the right things" and somehow, it's…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 129 Menopause, Sex, and the Truth About Dryness No One Talks About
Menopause isn't just about hot flashes or mood swings. it can change your sex life in ways nobody warned you about. In this episode, I break the silence around…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 128 Is Your Scale a Bully?
Let's be honest: Women have a complicated relationship with the bathroom scale. We say that number is "just data," but the truth is this… When that number goes…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 127 When You Don't Show Up for Yourself
Have you ever noticed how you'd never miss a work meeting or a hair appointment… but when it comes to your own health, it's suddenly "not the right time?" In…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 126 Is Coaching a Scam? Let's Talk About It
The health and fitness industry is full of noise - from influencers manufacturing chaos for clicks - to coaches selling gimmicks and trendy angles. No wonder…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 125 Perimenopause Unfiltered: What's Real, What's Not
Perimenopause Unfiltered: What's Real, What's Not If you believed Instagram, you'd think perimenopause was nothing but a decade-long horror story of hot…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 124 GLP-1 at Midlife: Tool or Trend?
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are everywhere right now — but are they really the solution for women over 40, or just another shiny…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 123 Why Your Brain Doesn't Give a Sh*t About Your Goals (And What to Do About It)
You've set the goals. You've made the intentions. But somehow… you still find yourself back in the pantry at 9 pm, skipping your workout, or saying "I'll start…
The Grit & Grace Podcast with Dr. Lori DoddyEp 122 When Mom Gets Complicated: Boundaries, Love, and Letting Go of Old Baggage
If you're in your 50s and lucky enough to still have your mom, you know the mix of gratitude and… complexity. There's love, there's history, and there might be…