Your body is changing. Ours are too. And honestly? What the actual fuck.
In this Just Us episode of Women Around a Table Eating Food, Jen and Nic talk candidly—and hilariously—about the messy realities of midlife bodies. Hot flashes. Achy joints. Softness in new places. And yes, we say the word labia. Out loud. Like grown women who are done pretending this stuff isn’t happening.
(And in the middle of it all, like any good WTF ep, we dish on some the best TV we watched in 2025. Links below. 👇🏻)
The convo feels like a voice text between best friends that accidentally became medicine for other women. It’s funny, a little bawdy, deeply reassuring, and grounded in the kind of friendship that makes you say, “Ohhh, THAT’S happening to you too?” and mean it with love.
So if you’ve ever wondered whether your body is broken (it’s not), or felt alone in the weirdness (you’re not), pull up a chair. This episode is about aging honestly and wants you to laugh first, and then quietly hand a friend a mirror and a hug.
The Micro-Chapters
00:00 – Midlife has entered the chat (and did not knock)
02:05 – When your body starts doing… new things
06:00 – The ‘wait, that’s happening to you too?’ moment
12:18 – Hot flashes + temperature chaos
19:04 – Body changes with zero explanation
27:52 – Alcohol and midlife: a breakup story
34:15 – Sleeping hot, cold, and everything in between
41:06 – Styes, CHAZ, and perimenopause surprises
46:02 – Let’s talk labia (yes, really)
50:07 – Commando days vs. underwear reality
54:20 – Vaginal estrogen: things we’re learning late
01:09:50 – Midlife bodies, WTF (the thesis)
The Stuff We Love
🌹Mountain Rose Herbs
📺 Famous Last Words
📺 Mare of Easttown
📺 The Girlfriend
🩺 Function Health
🩺 Gliss Wellness
🩺 East West Integrative Health Clinic (Dr. Lisa Rosenberger)
🪷CGM - Continuous Glucose Monitor
⚡️Vaginal estrogen: costdrugsplus.com
💪🏻Lisa Maximus: lisamaximus.com