You’re Not Failing — Force Just Stopped Working

If you’re in midlife and feeling frustrated with your body, your energy, or your weight — this episode is for you.

So many women hit their 40s and think they’ve lost motivation, discipline, or willpower… when the truth is much simpler and much kinder:

You’re not failing.
Force just stopped working.

In this episode, Victoria breaks down why the strategies that worked in your 20s and 30s often stop working in perimenopause and menopause — and why this has nothing to do with laziness or lack of effort.

This is a conversation about:

• Why midlife weight gain isn’t a personal failure

• How chronic stress and hormonal shifts affect the nervous system

• Why restriction, pushing harder, and “discipline” backfire in midlife

• What your body is actually asking for now: safety, support, and steadiness

• How to rebuild trust with your body instead of fighting it

Victoria also shares her own personal experience of realizing that her body wasn’t broken — it was protecting her — and how shifting from force to support changed everything.

This episode sets the tone for the month ahead and introduces a gentler, more sustainable approach to becoming light in midlife — physically, emotionally, and mentally.

If you’ve ever thought:

• “Why isn’t this working anymore?”

• “I know what to do… so why do I feel stuck?”

• “What’s wrong with me?”

This episode will help you reframe the question entirely.

• Why midlife is a nervous system conversation, not a motivation problem

• How emotional and physical stress accumulate in the body over time

• What “safety before release” actually means

• Why support works better than pressure in perimenopause and menopause

• How to begin shifting your relationship with your body without force

• 🧠 Join the free Let’s Talk Supplements webinar (menopause & midlife support): https://linktr.ee/victorialstrategist

  🌿 Learn about menopause-specific support and tools discussed in this episode: https://www.arbonne.com/ca/en/arb/VictoriaLefebre