Carmen Shawn Midlife Wellness & Lifestyle Coach

Carmen Shawn Midlife Wellness & Lifestyle Coach Helping women in midlife rebuild their health with clarity, confidence, consistency and realistic support. No quick fixes. No shame.

I’m a WELLNESS & LIFESTYLE COACH that specializes in helping women through Perimenopause and Menopause, after advising your doctor or Holistic Practitioner. I’ve always been a body-positive advocate and self-love junkie! Attempting to prove to women that when you feel better you do better! I really want women to be proactive and support their bodies in a way that helps them get through “the chang

e” in life. Allowing them to avoid or lessen the symptoms that come along with Perimenopause and Menopause. I figure out what your personal health and wellness issues are, how they intersect and how that may be diminishing your personal power & HORMONAL HEALTH. I have very unique credentials, such as being a NLP Practitioner, Transformation Specialist and Hormone Health Specialist, giving me the ability to help get clients through the changes we experience as women as well as help ditch limiting beliefs and create healthy habits that stick. I'm not void of body issues; physically, mentally and emotionally. After 31 years in the Health & Fitness industry, that’s what helped me and encouraged me to evolve to health coaching.

09/08/2026

Does this sound familiar? 😂

There were days during perimenopause when I genuinely felt like my brain had stopped braining. 🧠😵‍💫

Losing words mid-sentence. Walking into a room and forgetting why I was there. Starting something and completely forgetting what I was doing.

Funny in a Reel. Not always so funny when you're living it.

There is a biological reason for it, but there is also more to it. 🤔

Menopause isn't just a reproductive transition. It's a neurological one too. Estrogen plays important roles throughout the brain, so as estrogen fluctuates and eventually declines, the brain has to adapt.

But that's not the end of the story. ⬇️

There is some positive research that I've been reading. One study used both cross-sectional and longitudinal brain imaging. Researchers compared women at different stages of menopause and then followed a smaller group of 17 postmenopausal women for another 2.2 years.

They found evidence that the brain continues to adapt after menopause, including recovery of gray-matter volume in one region associated with cognitive function. 🧐

Is 17 women a large sample? No. Do we need larger and longer studies? Absolutely.

But it's positive. And I think that's important too. 💯

Because now that I'm on the other side, the difference in my own mental clarity is incredible.

Is my brain perfect? Of course not. I'm still human. 😂

But I'm clearer. More grounded. And there is something incredibly empowering about coming through a stage of life that can feel so freaking confusing and realizing that how you feel in the middle of it isn't necessarily how you're going to feel forever.

There can be a whole lot of clarity waiting for you on the other side. ❤️

Want to read the research for yourself? Comment BRAIN below ⬇️ and I'll send you the study.

08/24/2026

𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 💯

For years, I trained for a look. And for a long time, I loved it. I had goals, I worked hard for them, and I'm proud of what I accomplished.

But eventually, chasing that look stopped being healthy for me, physically, emotionally and mentally. 😖

I knew health and fitness were still an important part of who I was. I just needed to figure out what I wanted from them now.

Somewhere along the way, that journey led me to sprinting.

I'm not the best runner in the world. I'm still learning. I'm still working on my technique, getting stronger, getting faster and seeing where this new goal can take me.💫

But something has completely shifted.

My workouts now revolve around becoming faster and more powerful. I train to perform better. I eat to support performance instead of constantly thinking about what the scale says.

The goal changed. 🎯

Not because this goal is better than my old one.

It's simply better for me now.🙌🏻

And I think this is such a big part of aging and growing that we don't talk about enough.

We don't have to keep wanting something simply because we once wanted it.

It's okay to let go of something that was once a huge part of who you were. It's okay for your goals to change. It's okay to evolve.

Because letting go doesn't always mean losing something.

Sometimes we're simply making room for what's next. 😍

Becoming Her isn't about arriving at one final version of ourselves. We're always evolving. It's allowing ourselves to change, to want something different, and to keep discovering who we're becoming. ❤️

08/18/2026

A little clip from my conversation with Shawna Darou, ND on Unstoppable at Any Age.

So many women reach midlife wondering what happened to the version of themselves they used to know. After years of putting other people, responsibilities and expectations first, it can feel like something has gone wrong.

It hasn’t. 💯

This stage can be an opportunity to start asking: 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙬?

🎧 Check out the full conversation on Unstoppable at Any Age, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

“Time and good friends are two things that become more valuable the older you get.” 💓I’ve really noticed this as I’ve mo...
08/16/2026

“Time and good friends are two things that become more valuable the older you get.” 💓

I’ve really noticed this as I’ve moved into midlife. As life has changed, so have some of my friendships, and the ones I have now feel more meaningful than ever.

There’s something about getting older that makes you appreciate the people you can laugh with, be completely yourself with, and simply enjoy life with.

Time feels more valuable now, and so does who I choose to spend it with. ❤️

08/12/2026

Every year that spinning wheel gets a little longer. 😂

It's one of those funny little reminders that yes... we're getting older.

But what if every spin wasn't just counting years?

What if it represented every lesson you've learned, every challenge you've overcome, every experience that shaped you, and every version of yourself you've grown through along the way?

We spend so much time focusing on what aging is taking away that sometimes we forget everything it's given us.

We can't stop time, and we certainly can't stop that damn wheel from getting longer. 😂

But we can change how we see the years it's counting.

And honestly? I wouldn't trade everything those years have taught me just to make the scroll shorter.

❤️ What's the funniest thing that's reminded you you're getting older?

There's something we don't talk about enough as women. 🤔The grief that can come with getting older.Not because we're wea...
08/10/2026

There's something we don't talk about enough as women. 🤔

The grief that can come with getting older.

Not because we're weak.

Because change asks us to let go.

➡️We miss the body we once had. ➡️The confidence we thought we lost.
➡️The version of ourselves that felt limitless.

So we spend years trying to become her again.

I've realized something that has changed the way I see aging.

MAYBE WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO GO BACK! 🙌🏻

Maybe every challenge, every disappointment, every lesson, and every season has been preparing us to become someone our younger selves couldn't have imagined.

Hormones matter. Nutrition matters. Exercise matters.

But none of them can change the story we tell ourselves. 👈🏻

If we believe aging is the beginning of the end, we'll experience it that way.

If we choose to see it as another chapter of growth, purpose, wisdom, and possibility, we'll start showing up differently. 💓

We can't change that we're aging.

But we can change how we experience it.

Maybe becoming her begins the moment we stop chasing who we used to be... and start embracing who we're becoming.

❤️ I'd love to know... What's one way you've grown that your younger self couldn't have imagined? 👇🏻

08/03/2026

Bronze medal in my age group! 🥉

This race actually felt really good, and for the first time in a while I could really feel the improvements. While I didn't hit the exact time I was aiming for because of a strained hip flexor, I'm proud that I got to the start line, gave it everything I had, and came away feeling like I accomplished exactly what I needed to.

Every race teaches you something, and I learned a lot this weekend.

Now it's time for a short break until September to let my body recover and focus on strengthening my hip flexor, adductors, core, lower legs, and my end-range strength coming out of the blocks. Sometimes the biggest improvements happen when you step back, rebuild, and come back stronger.

I couldn't ask for better teammates or a better track community. Thank you to everyone who made the Canadian Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Laval, Quebec such an amazing experience.

I can't wait for the new season and to see what more improvement is ahead! 💙🏃‍♀️

07/23/2026

I recently had the opportunity to join Dr. Shawna Darou, ND, on her podcast, Unstoppable at Any Age... and honestly, she had me at the title. 😬 Shawna Darou, ND

I'm so grateful she gave me the space to share my story. We talked about my journey, from starting in the health and fitness industry at a young age to navigating the different decades of life, competition, setbacks, and everything I've learned along the way. It was such a meaningful conversation, and one I'm really proud to share.

One of my favourite takeaways from our conversation was this:

"If your plan only works on your best days, it probably won't work long term."

So many people think they have to be perfect. They think they have to eat perfectly, work out the same way every day, and never miss a beat. But life happens. We get sick, plans change, work gets busy, and sometimes we just don't have it in us.

That doesn't mean we throw the whole day away.

Instead of saying, "Screw it, I'll start again in a few days," ask yourself, "What's one thing I can still do for myself today?"

Maybe it's having a healthy breakfast. Maybe it's going for a short walk. Maybe it's drinking more water.

It doesn't have to be everything. It just has to be something.🙏🏻

Those small actions are what build consistency, and consistency is what leads to lasting change.

Thank you again, Dr. Shawna Darou, for such a thoughtful conversation and for inviting me to be part of Unstoppable at Any Age. ❤️

Your timeline. Your pace. 🌿So many of us stay stuck because we think everything has to be perfect before we begin."I'm n...
07/14/2026

Your timeline. Your pace. 🌿

So many of us stay stuck because we think everything has to be perfect before we begin.

"I'm not fit enough to join a gym."
Which is exactly why you'd join one.

"I missed a week, so I failed."
No... you had a week where life happened.

"This plan isn't working."
Maybe. Or maybe you just haven't given it enough time.

We put ourselves in boxes based on how we look, what we've done in the past, or how many times we've "failed."

The truth is, life isn't one straight line. We all stop. We all get off track. We all have setbacks.

The people who succeed aren't the ones who never stop.

They're the ones who keep starting again.

Not because they're more motivated. Not because they have more discipline.

Because they stopped believing that one setback meant the end of the story.

Start late. Start unsure. Start after a bad week. Start after a bad month.

Just... start again.

❤️ Progress isn't built by being perfect. It's built by refusing to let all-or-nothing thinking decide your future.

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Happy Canada Day!! 🇨🇦❤️
07/01/2026

Happy Canada Day!! 🇨🇦❤️

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