Simply Midlife Dietitian
Protect your edge!
Sustainable food and behavioural strategies for high-performing, midlife women who want to protect their edge.
Midlife is different, and so are you
You are capable, organised, calm under pressure and trusted with responsibility. You may be leading teams, managing budgets, delivering outcomes, serving communities, raising children or supporting ageing parents. Your friends praise your diligence, capability and confidence.
And yet, you worry you are losing your edge - professionally or personally.
Your energy feels less reliable
Stress hits differently
Sleep is more fragile
Brain fog knocks your confidence
Cognitive bandwidth shrinks
Food and nutrition are inconsistent - what you once ate no longer seems to be working for you
Midlife has become a major disruptor.
What’s happening in midlife?
For many women, midlife is a time of hormonal shifts, cognitive load, work demands, family responsibilities, sleep disruption and changing health risks all colliding at the same time.
Some women try to solve this with more discipline - stricter diets, more supplements, more optimisation.
While this may help things initially, relying on discipline alone is designed to fail.
If you want to feel like you again and protect your edge, you don’t need generic advice, you need tailored, evidence-based guidance that’s sustainable and will support you now and into the future. You need strategies that are designed around you.
That’s exactly what the Midlife Systems Approach gives you.
What is the Midlife Systems Appraoch?
The Midlife Systems Approach uses a whole-of-person framework to understand the systems that influence your health in midlife and identify a range of targeted changes that may deliver meaningful health improvements.
The systems around you
Work demands, culture, cognitive load, stress, sleep disruption, family responsibilities and your broader environment
The systems within you
Your physiology, hormones, muscle mass, bone health, nutrient intake, metabolic health and genetic risk
The systems you build
Your routines, food environment, meal structures, activity patterns and behavioural systems
Why a systems model?
Concerns in midlife do not occur in isolation - they stem from and impact your entire ecosystem. At the heart of every effective strategy is consideration for the systems you are operating within: the interrelationships between your health, environment and lifestyle.
So strategies (like changes to diet or lifestyle) need to be designed with all-of-you in mind.
Together we build strategies that are designed around you, grounded through supportive relationships, clear feedback loops and we discuss how to engineer your environment to support improved outcomes.
Strategies will always outperform motivation.
What does the Midlife Systems Approach offer you?
This is not a one-size fits all approach. The Midlife Systems Approach allows us to step back and see the bigger picture - the relationship between your health, lifestyle and environment.
Importantly you choose which changes to focus on and then we work together to build better strategies - to support your health, energy and long-term wellbeing.
Your journey starts here:
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The Midlife Systems Audit is the cornerstone of the Midlife Systems Approach. This structured assessment is designed to understand the full picture of your health, lifestyle and responsibilities across five domains:
Nutrition Foundations
Muscle & Movement
Lifestyle, Stress and Support Systems
Hormonal Transition
All About You
The Audit allows us to identify protective factors and areas where targeted changes could meaningfully improve your energy, resilience and long-term health.
This is what allows our consultations to be highly personalised and strategically focused.
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The Midlife Systems Snapshot - your audit results - you receive in your first consultation.
We use your Snapshot to guide our planning and identify a list of priorities- the targeted areas which may deliver meaningful health improvements - to protect your edge!
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Your strategy sessions are the one-on-one consultations with Simply Midlife Dietitian, to help you plan and implement changes.
You can choose from:
the Midlife Systems Intensive
the Protect Your Edge Program
or a bespoke option, that we tailor to your needs
Choose your path
If you are ready for a clearer, more strategic approach to nutrition in midlife, choose the option that works best for you.
Midlife Systems Intensive
What it is: A one-time consultation to review your midlife Systems Snapshot (Audit results) and develop a personalised plan.
Includes:
Midlife Systems Audit
Midlife Systems Snapshot
1 hour consultation
Personalised strategy, priority focus areas and practical recommendations you can implement immediately
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $250
Next steps: Book in for your 1-hour consultation using the button below.
Protect Your Edge Program
What it is: Our most comprehensive, 12- week program.
Includes:
Midlife Systems Audit
Midlife Systems Snapshot
3.5 hours of one-on-one consultation time across 12 weeks
Personalised strategy, priority focus areas and practical recommendations
Ongoing guidance to support you to implement changes
Length: 1-hour initial consultation plus 2.5 hours of consultation time across 12 weeks
Cost: $650
Next steps: Book in for your 1-hour initial consult in the Protect Your Edge Program using the button below.
Bespoke Program
What it is: A program designed around your needs. We will work together to create a package that works for you.
Includes:
Midlife Systems Audit
Midlife Systems Snapshot
Personalised strategy
A free, 15-minute intro chat to determine your exact package
Length: 60-minute initial consultation plus ongoing support.
Cost: TBD
Next steps: Book in for a free, 15 minute intro chat to discuss your needs and design a bespoke program, just for you. The intro chat is not a consultation and is designed to determine the best package option for you.
Medicare rebate: As an Accredited Practising Dietitian with a Medicare Provider Number, services may be eligible for a Medicare rebate if you meet the eligibility requirements for a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan (previously a GP Management Plan and Team Care Arrangements) and have a referral from your GP. It is best to discuss your needs and requirements with your GP to determine eligibility.
Private health cover: Services may be eligible for a health fund rebate, depending on your level and type of private health fund cover. Check with your health fund to determine eligibility.
Meet Kate, founder of Simply Midlife Dietitian
As a passionate dietitian, diabetes educator and health coach with over 18 years of experience, I have seen first-hand the power of building better systems.
When I hit midlife, I realised I had something that could truly help women with this phase of their lives.
As a dietitian and nutrition scientist with close to two decades of experience, I am able to interpret and translate the science of midlife into personalised nutrition and health action plans for women.
As someone who has designed and built health programs at scale, I have the skills to build a unique approach, customised for women in midlife and grounded in evidence and better systems design.
As an experienced health coach, I am able to support women to identify what is important to them, what changes they are ready, willing and able to implement and then providing the support to make those changes.
I also have strong opinions about the flaws in our current system, and how we can and should be doing better for women, and especially women in midlife.
FAQs
How are consultations delivered?
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Consultations are delivered via telehealth through Google Meet.
Book your consultation. You will receive detailed instructions in your confirmation email.
Receive an email with a link to Google Meet
Join the consultation at your scheduled time using the Google Meet link.
How do I get started?
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Select your preferred package option and a time and date that works for you on my booking page.
Check your inbox for the booking confirmation email and pay your deposit to hold your preferred consult time.
Once the deposit is paid, you will receive your Midlife Systems Audit by email, which you should complete prior to your consult.
We will review your Audit (Midlife Systems Snapshot) during your consult and develop a tailored plan, to support you.
You can reach Simply Midlife Dietitian, anytime:
Contact via email
Let’s Work Together form
Book an intro chat if we haven’t met before.
We aim to respond quickly—usually within two business days.
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How can I contact you?
Do I have to be located in Australia?
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We can and do work with women all over the world, with the exception of the United States and Canada. If you live outside of Australia, there are some important Terms and Conditions to be aware of before we begin.
What is the Midlife Systems Audit?
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The Midlife Systems Audit reviews the key systems known to influence women’s health during midlife, perimenopause and the transition to menopause.
As a dietitian, I can support you with nutrition and health behaviour change and I can recommend resources and support outside of these areas. The Audit is an educational tool to guide our consultations and is not a diagnostic tool nor does it replace the advice of your doctor or medical team.
For more information, please see our Terms and Conditions.
