I Was the Last to Know

Midlife Metabolic Truth with Jacinda Shapiro, Part 2: The Practical

In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Jacinda Shapiro steps back from the science and gets into what it actually looks like to live a metabolically healthy life. From the myth of moderation to what your CGM is really telling you, to how she moved through menopause in six months, this is where the conversation gets actionable. In this episode, we talk about: * Why "moderation" does not work when the foods in question are drivers of chronic disease * The truth about CGMs: why your oatmeal is not the problem when blood sugar spikes after eating it * How to navigate health change when your household is not on board * What Lifestyle Medicine actually looks like in practice and why community matters * How Jacinda moved through menopause in six months using a plant-based diet and daily soy * Why high fat intake, including from nuts and seeds, can drive menopausal symptoms * Her simple framework: fiber up, fat down Missed Part 1? Start with Episode 26, where we cover insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, the gut microbiome, statins, and why more medications have not flattened the curve on metabolic disease. About Jacinda Shapiro Jacinda Shapiro, RN, CDCES, DipACLM is the owner of EmpowerMe Diabetes Health in St. Petersburg, Florida. With over 27 years of nursing experience, she uses plant-predominant nutrition, gut health restoration, and lifestyle medicine to help people with diabetes, autoimmune conditions, and complex metabolic disease get to the root cause, not just manage symptoms. She also works with Mastering Diabetes and contributes to the Moving Medicine Forward initiative. Connect with Jacinda Shapiro EmpowerMe Diabetes Health [https://empowermediabetes.com] Instagram @empower_me_diabetes_health [https://www.instagram.com/empower_me_diabetes_health/] Listen on Podcast Page [https://www.slant2plants.com/podcasts/sexy-in-your-60s] Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sexy-in-your-60s/id1855753795] Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5cE66aZ3FKrisz1VuUTSp2] Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5bf3c726-bcc4-41a5-a674-cb3b8dcfecdf/sexy-in-your-60s] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2sG5q0V95PJnkQaQ5nFG4U2WY0uFkbxS] Connect with Dvora / Slant2Plants slant2plants.com [https://www.slant2plants.com] Blog [https://www.slant2plants.com/blog] Instagram @slant2plants [https://www.instagram.com/slant2plants/] Sexy in Your 60s Coaching Experience [https://www.slant2plants.com/sexy-in-your-60s]

Midlife Metabolic Truth with Jacinda Shapiro, Part 1: The Science

Insulin resistance is not a sugar problem. It is a fat problem. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Dvora sits down with Nurse Jacinda Shapiro to get into the science behind what is driving metabolic disease in midlife women, and why most conventional medicine is still missing the mark. In this episode, we talk about: * Why insulin resistance is caused by dietary fat accumulating in the liver, muscle, and pancreas, not by sugar * Why pre-diabetes is far more serious than most people are told, including loss of up to 50% of beta cell function * Why 80% of people living with pre-diabetes have no idea they have it * How your gut microbiome regulates blood sugar, blood pressure, and neurotransmitters through the fiber you eat * Why more medications have not flattened the curve on diabetes or heart disease * How pharmaceutical companies use relative vs. absolute risk reduction to make drugs appear more effective than they are Part 2 drops May 19: Lifestyle Medicine, navigating an unsupportive household, what your CGM is really telling you, and how Jacinda moved through menopause in six months. About Jacinda Shapiro: Jacinda Shapiro, RN, CDCES, DipACLM is the owner of EmpowerMe Diabetes Health in St. Petersburg, Florida. With over 27 years of nursing experience, she uses plant-predominant nutrition, gut health restoration, and lifestyle medicine to help people with diabetes, autoimmune conditions, and complex metabolic disease get to the root cause, not just manage symptoms. Connect with Jacinda Shapiro: EmpowerMe Diabetes Health [https://empowermediabetes.com] Instagram @empower_me_diabetes_health [https://www.instagram.com/empower_me_diabetes_health/] Listen on: Podcast Page [https://www.slant2plants.com/podcasts/sexy-in-your-60s] Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sexy-in-your-60s/id1855753795] Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5cE66aZ3FKrisz1VuUTSp2] Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5bf3c726-bcc4-41a5-a674-cb3b8dcfecdf/sexy-in-your-60s] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2sG5q0V95PJnkQaQ5nFG4U2WY0uFkbxS] Connect with Dvora / Slant2Plants: slant2plants.com [https://www.slant2plants.com] Blog [https://www.slant2plants.com/blog] Instagram @slant2plants [https://www.instagram.com/slant2plants/] Sexy in Your 60s Coaching Experience [https://www.slant2plants.com/sexy-in-your-60s]

The Invitation

This is where the bridge lands. In the final episode of her four-part solo series, Dvora names the feeling she has been building toward, speaks directly to the woman in midlife who has been listening, and opens the doors to the Sexy in Your 60s Coaching Experience. If you have recognized yourself anywhere in these four weeks, this episode is the invitation. In this episode, we talk about: * The feeling at the center of this work: grounded, steady, at home in your life -- and at the same time, having wings * A precise, honest description of the woman this work is for -- not in crisis, but not quite grounded either * What the Sexy in Your 60s Coaching Experience actually is -- and what it is not * What you walk away with: not fixed, not perfect, but at home in your own life * Why Dvora guides this work from inside the same midlife terrain, not from a distance * The invitation: open now at slant2plants.com/sexy-in-your-60s (cohort starts June 1, 2026) The Sexy in Your 60s Coaching Experience is open now. Enroll at slant2plants.com/sexy-in-your-60s [https://www.slant2plants.com/sexy-in-your-60s] About Dvora Citron: Dvora Citron is a Registered Nurse, National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner. After twenty-five years as a school nurse, she now helps women in midlife create the health, confidence, and vitality they want -- through science, story, support, and soul. Listen on: slant2plants Podcast Page [https://www.slant2plants.com/podcasts/sexy-in-your-60s] Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sexy-in-your-60s/id1855753795] Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5cE66aZ3FKrisz1VuUTSp2] Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5bf3c726-bcc4-41a5-a674-cb3b8dcfecdf/sexy-in-your-60s] Watch on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2sG5q0V95PJnkQaQ5nFG4U2WY0uFkbxS] Connect with Dvora / slant2plants: slant2plants.com [https://www.slant2plants.com] slant2plants.com/blog [https://www.slant2plants.com/blog] @slant2plants [https://www.instagram.com/slant2plants/] Dvora Citron on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvoracitronslant2plants/] slant2plants on Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/slant2plants] Starter Guide [https://www.slant2plants.com/starter-guide]

I've Been Taking Care of You All Along

Dvora didn't choose her audience through market research. She followed a thread for forty years without knowing she was following it -- from GYN nursing to the NICU to twenty-five years as a School Nurse -- and one day looked back and could see the whole line. In Part 3 of A Bridge, she traces the career arc that led her to women in midlife, the community post that made this work feel true, and what she learned by finally leaning into the territory she almost skipped. In this episode, we talk about: * The forty-year thread Dvora followed without knowing -- from GYN to antepartum to NICU to school nursing to women 50+ * Why being told to "choose a niche" felt like shrinking -- and what changed her mind * The Facebook post she wrote to her Lamorinda community that made this work feel true, not strategic * Why she almost skipped menopause entirely -- and the doctor's line that stopped her * "Menopause is not just one day. It's forever. The rest of your life." * Nothing was wasted. Not one year of it. About Dvora Citron: Dvora Citron is a Registered Nurse, National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner. After twenty-five years as a school nurse, she now helps women in midlife create the health, confidence, and vitality they want -- through science, story, support, and soul. Listen on: slant2plants Podcast Page [https://www.slant2plants.com/podcasts/sexy-in-your-60s] Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sexy-in-your-60s/id1855753795] Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5cE66aZ3FKrisz1VuUTSp2] Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5bf3c726-bcc4-41a5-a674-cb3b8dcfecdf/sexy-in-your-60s] Watch on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2sG5q0V95PJnkQaQ5nFG4U2WY0uFkbxS] Connect with Dvora / slant2plants: slant2plants.com [https://www.slant2plants.com/] slant2plants.com/blog [https://www.slant2plants.com/blog] @slant2plants [https://www.instagram.com/slant2plants/] Dvora Citron on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvoracitronslant2plants/] slant2plants on Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/slant2plants] Sexy in Your 60s Coaching Experience [https://www.slant2plants.com/sexy-in-your-60s] Starter Guide [https://www.slant2plants.com/starter-guide]

I Was the Last to Know

Episode 23: I Was the Last One to Know (A Bridge, Part 2) In 2012, recovering from back surgery on her therapist's couch, Dvora was asked a question she wasn't prepared for -- and her answer told her everything about what had been getting in her way. In this solo episode, she traces the story from that couch to a seventeen-course sushi dinner, and asks the question she wants every woman in midlife to sit with: what is the story you've been living inside for so long you stopped noticing it was a story? In this episode, we talk about: * The question Dvora's therapist asked in 2012 -- and the answer that came out before she could think about it * The Yiddish word balabusta, and what it means to confuse a role with an identity * Why clinging to a blueprint keeps you from being present in the actual experience * The sushi dinner where Dvora didn't get her own way -- and got something better * How what's getting in the way is almost never the circumstances or other people * The only first step: seeing the story About Dvora Citron: Dvora Citron is a Registered Nurse, National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner. After twenty-five years as a school nurse (40 years in nursing), she now helps women in midlife create the health, confidence, and vitality they want -- through science, story, support, and soul. Listen on: slant2plants Podcast Page [https://www.slant2plants.com/podcasts/sexy-in-your-60s] Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sexy-in-your-60s/id1855753795] Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5cE66aZ3FKrisz1VuUTSp2] Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5bf3c726-bcc4-41a5-a674-cb3b8dcfecdf/sexy-in-your-60s] Watch on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2sG5q0V95PJnkQaQ5nFG4U2WY0uFkbxS] Connect with Dvora / slant2plants: slant2plants.com [https://www.slant2plants.com] slant2plants.com/blog [https://www.slant2plants.com/blog] @slant2plants [https://www.instagram.com/slant2plants/] Dvora Citron on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvoracitronslant2plants/] slant2plants on Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/slant2plants] Sexy in Your 60s Coaching Experience [https://www.slant2plants.com/sexy-in-your-60s] Free Reality Check Workshop [https://www.slant2plants.com/realitycheck] Starter Guide [https://www.slant2plants.com/starter-guide]