This blog post features a few key takeaways from Dr. Megan’s Wellness Your Way podcast interview with Dr. Denise Brown about her simple but powerful health philosophy, particularly when it comes to her experience with midlife wellness: there is no perfect formula for health, and trying to force one often backfires. Find the full episode here and be sure to subscribe to Wellness Your Way so you don’t miss future episodes!
Guest Bio: Dr. Denise Brown
With over three decades of experience in healthcare as a physician, CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, Denise S. Brown, MD is a transformative leader who helps women in business learn how to prioritize and avoid maternal overwhelm. A thought leader in self-care activities for women, she brings her expertise to books for successful women.
Top Insights from Dr. Denise Brown’s Interview
- Traditional healthcare is designed to manage problems, not to help people feel well long-term. Most treatments focus on fixing symptoms rather than supporting overall wellness and prevention.
- The body doesn’t operate in silos, even though medicine often treats it that way. Every system in your body is connected, and small changes in one area can ripple through others.
- Feeling “off” can matter more than having labs that look technically normal. Personal experience and symptoms can give insights that tests alone often miss.
- Hormonal shifts in midlife are highly individual — there is no universal timeline or protocol. What works for one person may not work at all for another, even with the same symptoms.
- More data isn’t always more helpful unless it’s tracked over time and interpreted thoughtfully. Spot-check labs can be misleading; patterns over weeks or months tell a much clearer story about our midlife wellness.
- GLP-1 medications may be influencing inflammation and overall health in ways we don’t fully understand yet. Their effects go beyond weight loss and may impact energy, mood, and chronic conditions.
- Coming off weight-loss medications without a plan can create physical and psychological fallout. Rapid rebound, fear of food, and lost confidence are common if there’s no transition strategy.
- Wellness trends often thrive because meaningful change is genuinely hard. Quick fixes are appealing, but lasting health requires curiosity, experimentation, and patience.
- Mental health and physical health aren’t separate systems — they’re the same conversation. Stress, sleep, and mindset directly affect physical symptoms like weight, inflammation, and fatigue.
- Sustainable health comes from curiosity and self-trust, not from chasing perfection. Small, consistent actions that work for you matter more than following every trending protocol.
Want to hear the full episode, including why symptoms like weight changes, hormone shifts, low energy, mood changes, and metabolic issues are rarely isolated problems, how they’re connected, and so much more?
Check out the podcast episode here!


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