A mindset + method for reclaiming midlife

Take back control from everything that’s shaped you up to this point.

You’ve been formed by life.

By joy and heartbreak.
By caregiving and career.
By wine o’clock, wellness trends, and the quiet belief that you should come last.

Now menopause rolls around—and it feels like yet another burden to carry. Another thing to manage. Another season where you’re expected to hold it all together while quietly falling apart.

But what if this chapter didn’t have to be so hard?

What if, instead of breaking down, this was
the moment you came back to life?

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Cat and her young daughter in embrace

Hi, I’m Cat

I’m a corporate exec and 48-year-old mom to a kindergartener. Like so many women, I gained weight slowly but steadily throughout my 40s as perimenopause—and then menopause—crept in.

Now, with more than 50 pounds to lose, I’m still in the middle of my own transformation. But I’ve finally found something that works—and it’s not a pill, a cleanse, or a bootcamp. It’s a mindset shift. A lifestyle reset. One that helps your body heal instead of fight against itself.

I spent my career in Big Pharma, trained in clinical trial design, data interpretation, and behavior change. For years, I studied which medicines help the body heal from chronic conditions. But it wasn’t until I lived through menopause that I discovered the power of one simple shift:

Intermittent fasting.



Not as a fad. Not as deprivation. But as a powerful, science-backed return to how the body is designed to function and heal.

That’s why I founded Formed Body™.

It’s not a diet. It’s not a reset. It’s a lifestyle built around five simple, flexible daily habits:

Fast. Sleep. Drink. Boost. Move.
These are the Formed Five™.

These habits support your body’s natural healing through intermittent fasting, enabling you to:

  • Burn visceral fat – that deep belly fat that makes you look pregnant when you’re not.
  • Balance hormones – like insulin and cortisol, to reduce bloat, cravings, and mood swings.
  • Calm inflammation – to ease pain, clear brain fog, and fight fatigue.
  • Reclaim energy – by fueling more efficiently—no sugar crashes, no afternoon slumps.

No calorie counting. No overcomplicated routines. No shame. Just a clear path forward.

stars

Count stars, not calories.

We track five natural habits a day—not to restrict ourselves, but to celebrate the micro-wins.

The Form Forward Tracker™ makes it easy: earn a star each time you complete a habit that supports your healing.

One star = one small victory.

Day by day, week by week, these stars ignite momentum. And before you know it, you’re not just tracking progress—you’re living a lifestyle that feels effortless, energizing, and entirely your own.

women in pain

“I used to be able to take weight off quickly… now it feels impossible.”

woman in concern

“Shopping used to be fun. Now I dread finding out what size I’ll hit next.”

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“I’m smart. I’m successful. Why do I feel so out of control?”

If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

You’re not broken. You’re just in a chapter that no one taught us how to navigate.
Formed Body™ is the roadmap—for making menopause your renaissance.

Always Forward, Never Back

From the Blog

Real-time reflections on healing, habit change and forming forward in midlife.

Well I Guess I Better Rare Back and Hit It Then

When things don't go our way, there are fundamentally two choices: tuck your tail and wallow in self-pity, or decide to just rare back and hit it.

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Sometimes You Just Want to Watch Virgin River

If you think exercise is the key to weight loss, you’ve been sold the wrong story.

a heart that hurts is a heart that works

A Heart That Hurts Is a Heart That Works

If your heart hurts when you look at your life or your body, it means something in you is still fighting.

The Tenemy

What looked like slipping wasn’t failure at all; it was proof of strength, clarity, and growth.

Changed for Good

It took an agonizing loss to finally see, with gut-wrenching clarity, what had been quietly holding me back all along.

Goodbye Yesterday

Transformation begins where regret ends. Say goodbye to yesterday—and hello to who you’re becoming.

Just Do It

Fasting works—but not by itself. Real transformation happens when you rebuild your whole lifestyle—body, mind, and habits.

Under Pressure: Rewriting the Weight of Expectations

I’ve spent years trying to be the after picture before showing the during. This fall, I’m done hiding. Real progress isn’t always dramatic.

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Seeing Dana Sue in the Mirror

Feel like you’re looking at a stranger in the mirror? You can want change without self-hate. Take a step forward, repeat.

I Did, I Did Let Myself Go

Admitting it isn’t failure. Saying it out loud is freedom.

Free Form Forward Tracker

Track your stars. Build momentum.
Reclaim your form.

Formed Favorites

My curated list of IF-friendly wellness tools that I actually use (and love).

Form Forward.

You’ve spent a lifetime being shaped by everything around you. Now you get to form forward. On your terms. In your time. And with a method that meets you exactly where you are.

Join me.

I’m not on the other side of transformation—I’m in it. And I’m bringing everything I’ve learned (and continue to learn) to help you make this your strongest chapter yet.

We’ve been formed by life. Now let’s form forward.

-Cat