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The Transformation Show

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Systems-based healing for midlife body signals.

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The Transformation Show treats fatigue, weight resistance, poor sleep, mood swings, and hormone shifts as signals inside a connected system. Its episodes favor clear physiology, shame-free language, and practical reflection over quick fixes.

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About The Transformation Show

The Transformation Show is a functional-health and nervous-system-focused wellness podcast centered on the question of why the body starts to feel unfamiliar. Its recent episodes focus on midlife symptoms that can be easy to dismiss or overgeneralize: fatigue, disrupted sleep, mood swings, weight loss resistance, blood sugar crashes, hormone shifts, and the feeling that everything is off at once. The show’s core move is to connect those symptoms to systems. Gut health, hormones, cortisol rhythms, leptin, thyroid function, adrenals, liver and detox pathways, blood sugar, and the nervous system are treated as interdependent rather than separate complaints. That gives the series a clear editorial shape. It is educational, but not cold. It is personal, but not casual diary audio. Janelle Yule often begins with a familiar frustration, then reframes it as physiology rather than failure. Discipline, willpower, and self-blame are frequent targets of correction. The episodes argue that pushing harder can sometimes worsen the very patterns a listener is trying to fix. There is a strong midlife focus, especially around women who are high-achieving and used to overriding hunger, fatigue, emotion, or rest cues. Perimenopause appears often, but the show resists making it the entire explanation. Hormone therapy is discussed with nuance, including the idea that hormones work within the terrain of the body. Nervous-system regulation is presented less as a set of polished practices and more as the ability to meet real moments differently. The pacing is gentle and explanatory, with repetition used to make complex body patterns feel less mysterious. The show also makes room for identity work, including self-abandonment, attachment, authenticity, and the emotional cost of constant striving. Its best episodes feel like a bridge between functional health and a grounded conversation about living in a changing body. It suits listeners who want a compassionate but specific framework for symptoms that have been brushed off, minimized, or treated as isolated problems.

Made for: For women in midlife who feel exhausted, reactive, wired, inflamed, or disconnected from their bodies and want functional-health explanations without shame. It especially fits listeners interested in how hormones, gut health, stress, sleep, and metabolism interact.

What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its systems lens: symptoms are connected across cortisol, blood sugar, leptin, gut, thyroid, adrenals, and nervous-system patterns instead of being reduced to willpower or perimenopause alone. It pairs physiology with emotional patterning, including self-abandonment and the habit of pushing through.

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Welcome to The Transformation Show, hosted by Functional Healing & Somatic Integration Coach Janell Yule. If you’re a high-achieving woman who feels exhausted, inflamed, anxious, or disconnected from your body, this is where real healing begins. Here, we explore gut health, hormone balance, nervous system regulation, and somatic healing so you can stop pushing, start listening, and create sustainable change from the inside out. Each episode offers grounded, science-backed education paired with compassionate guidance to help you: - support your gut - balance your hormones - regulate your nervous system - rebuild trust with your body - create consistency without pressure No extremes. No perfec…

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · August 2026

The Transformation Show connects midlife symptoms, hormones, gut health, and stress without reducing the body to a discipline problem.

The Transformation Show belongs in Health & Fitness, but its interest is less in quick body fixes than in the point where symptoms, stress, and self-trust start to overlap.

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Janelle Yule treats "my body betrayed me" as a systems question, not a character flaw.

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  • a shame-free explanation for why more discipline can backfire when weight will not budge
  • hormones considered alongside gut health, blood sugar, thyroid function, and nervous-system patterns
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    Episode 11: The Cortisol Pattern Behind Mood Swings & Irritability

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    Episode 10: The Blood Sugar Pattern Keeping You Exhausted (And Why It’s Not a Willpower Problem)

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    Episode 9: What I Shed at 44 (And What I’m Becoming Now)

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    Episode 8: Why Hormone Therapy Isn’t Fixing Everything (And What’s Missing)

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    Episode 7: Not Everything Is Perimenopause: What Else Might Be Going On

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    Episode 6: Your Metabolism Isn’t Broken — It’s Responding to Stress

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    Episode 5: Why Doing More Is Keeping Your Body Stuck (Especially After 40)

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    Episode 4: How to Create Momentum Without Burning Out

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    Episode 2: Sugar Cravings Explained: Gut, Hormones, or Nervous System?

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    Episode 1: Feeling Behind After the Holidays? Here’s How to Reset Safely

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    Episode 0: Welcome Back to The Transformation Show | Healing from the Inside Out

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    Ozempic Part 2 - How to Get the Weight Loss Benefits Naturally

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    245: The Biggest Mindset Mistake People Make

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    243: Perimenopause Masterclass: What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You

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    242: Love Your Liver - The Surprising Connection to Your Hormones & Health

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    240 - 4 Powerful Decisions to Transform Your Health From The Inside Out - Part 2

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    How to Thrive in a Food Desert

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    239: 4 Powerful Decisions to Transform Your Health From The Inside Out - Part 1

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    Emotional Eating - Food Is NOT the Problem

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    4 Reasons (You Can Fix) You're Not Achieving Your Transformation Goals

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    233: 3 Ways to Feel Enough

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    A Powerful Story of Decision & Manifestation

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    221: Redefining Health - Beyond the Scale

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    220: How to Support Your Body During Times of High Stress

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    219: A Mindset Shift To Help You With Holiday Eating

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    Why You're So Tired... Even When You Get Enough Sleep

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    The Best Present You Can Give Yourself

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    My 12-Hour Walk - Part 2

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    My 12-Hour Walk - Part 1

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    Where Your Attention Goes...

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    Why You Keep Getting Results That You Don't Want

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    207: Healing from the Inside Out: A Deep Dive into Leaky Gut Syndrome

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    206: The Root of All Disease - Part 2

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    205: The Root of All Disease - Part 1

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    204: Reflections on 29029: Trusting the Process, Community Power, and Living in the Tens and Ones

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    Training the Most Important Part of Your Body

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    The 3 Characters In Your Head You Need to Know for Transformation Success

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    199: Make Difficult Normal: Embracing Challenges for Lifelong Transformation

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    195: Trust the Process: A Climb to Transformation

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    193: Nutrition Strategies for Healthy Summer Eating - Part 1

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    180: Healthy Hormones, Part 2 - Estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone Explained

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    179: Healthy Hormones, Part 1 - Understanding Stress, Cortisol, and DHEA

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    Change Your Perception to Change Your Results

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    175: Knowing Your Nervous System, Part 2 - How to Regulate Your Nervous System for Optimal Health

    Hidden gem

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    Episode 3: How to Reset Your Hormones Naturally (Without Dieting)

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    Episode 14: Why Everything Feels Off: Understanding Full-System Overload

    Hidden gem

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    Episode 13: Leptin Resistance: Why Your Body Won’t Respond

    Hidden gem

    Janelle Yule, host of The Transformation Show and a functional health practitioner, explains leptin resistance as a possible reason disciplined eating and exercise may not produce weight loss.

    Mar 30, 2026·30m·2 clips
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    Episode 12: Wired and Tired? The Sleep Pattern No One Talks About (And Why You Can’t Stay Asleep)

    Functional health practitioner Janelle Ewell explains the cortisol rhythm pattern behind feeling tired but wired, and how to support better sleep.

    Mar 23, 2026·25m
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    Episode 11: The Cortisol Pattern Behind Mood Swings & Irritability

    Functional health practitioner Janelle Ewell explains how cortisol patterns drive mood swings and irritability, emphasizing that these reactions are about physiological load, not personality.

    Mar 16, 2026·27m
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    Episode 10: The Blood Sugar Pattern Keeping You Exhausted (And Why It’s Not a Willpower Problem)

    Functional health practitioner Janelle Yule explains how blood sugar instability causes fatigue and hormone issues in midlife women, emphasizing it's not just about diet but also lifestyle factors.

    Mar 9, 2026·32m
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    Episode 9: What I Shed at 44 (And What I’m Becoming Now)

    Hidden gem

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    Mar 2, 2026·36m·2 clips
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    Episode 8: Why Hormone Therapy Isn’t Fixing Everything (And What’s Missing)

    Hidden gem

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    Episode 7: Not Everything Is Perimenopause: What Else Might Be Going On

    Hidden gem

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    Jan 12, 2026·16m
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    Jan 5, 2026·23m
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    Jun 22, 2023·29m
  121. 121

    245: The Biggest Mindset Mistake People Make

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    Unlocking Emotional Freedom

    Jun 8, 2023·31m
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    240 - 4 Powerful Decisions to Transform Your Health From The Inside Out - Part 2

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    239: 4 Powerful Decisions to Transform Your Health From The Inside Out - Part 1

    May 4, 2023·30m
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    Health is a Way of BEing

    Apr 27, 2023·26m
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    Apr 20, 2023·30m
  130. 130

    Emotional Eating - Food Is NOT the Problem

    Apr 13, 2023·30m
  131. 131

    Your Health vs Healthcare

    Apr 6, 2023·37m
  132. 132

    4 Reasons (You Can Fix) You're Not Achieving Your Transformation Goals

    Mar 30, 2023·32m
  133. 133

    233: 3 Ways to Feel Enough

    Mar 23, 2023·33m
  134. 134

    Life Transformation with Jackie Cullen

    Mar 16, 2023·56m
  135. 135

    A Powerful Story of Decision & Manifestation

    Mar 9, 2023·48m
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    Why Variety Is Impeding Your Transformation

    Mar 2, 2023·31m
  137. 137

    The Key to Manifesting

    Feb 23, 2023·35m
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    How to Thrive in a Food Desert

    Feb 16, 2023·30m
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    How to Get Out of a Funk

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    Jan 26, 2023·26m
  142. 142

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    Jan 19, 2023·36m
  143. 143

    223: Rethinking Goals - How to Set Intentions That Actually Work

    Janelle and Justin Yule discuss rethinking goal setting by focusing on intentions and positive energy to create desired experiences.

    Jan 12, 2023·30m
  144. 144

    The Most Important Things We've Done For Our Health

    Jan 5, 2023·31m
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    221: Redefining Health - Beyond the Scale

    Dec 29, 2022·41m
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    220: How to Support Your Body During Times of High Stress

    Justin and Janelle discuss how to support your body during high stress by replenishing key nutrients like magnesium, B12, and vitamin C through whole foods.

    Dec 22, 2022·33m
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    219: A Mindset Shift To Help You With Holiday Eating

    Janelle and Justin Yule discuss a mindset shift to help with holiday eating by separating food from memories and celebrations.

    Dec 15, 2022·29m
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    Why You're So Tired... Even When You Get Enough Sleep

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    The Best Present You Can Give Yourself

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