The Working-Mom Health Plan Nobody Talks About: How I'm Preparing My Body for My 40s, Menopause, and the Long Game
Episode Summary:
Kinia shares the exact health framework she's built over six years as a working mom of three... covering the three pillars she coaches inside the MoMBA program: Mindset, Identity, and Operations. This episode is personal, practical, and research-backed.
What You'll Hear:
The wake-up call that changed everything... her father's cancer diagnosis while she was mid-career pivot
Why she started with genetic and epigenetic testing, and what it actually told her
The iron deficiency piece most women never get properly diagnosed... and why supplementation alone wasn't enough for her
How she reverse-engineered her health from age 80 backwards
The identity shift that moved her weight set point without obsessing over food
Why she put sleep on her vision board... and how she finally protected it with her third baby
Her four-move weightlifting routine built with her physiotherapist... done in 20 minutes, at home or the gym
The nutrition systems she set up so healthy food shows up on her plate without thinking
Why walking is her non-negotiable... 10,000 steps, natural morning light, good boots for the ice, zero excuses
How her MoMBA community tackles none of this alone... from hormone protocols to food systems to expert resources
Resources + Tools Mentioned:
Expert help received and epigenetic / genetic testing (200-page personalized health report)
Iron infusion clinics... both public and private options
Blue light blocking glasses for melatonin protection
Walking pad for indoor winter days
Spiralized and pre-cooked vegetables as a weekly system
Hormone baseline testing in your 40s before symptoms appear
Kinia's Go-To Nutrition Anchors:
Protein + greens, front-loaded in the morning
Micronized protein shakes for sugar craving control
Weekly legume and seed salads on rotation
Increased fish, bok choy, seaweed, dandelion root tea
Reduced inflammatory foods... less meat, more plants
The Three Pillars:
Mindset ... deciding what health means for you, long-game vision, making it a calendar priority
Identity ... who you say you are after "I am"... the woman who lifts, who rests, who receives
Operations ... stacking one habit at a time, in the right sequence, with systems that make it easy to show up even on the hard days
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About the Show:
Engineer Your Success, Leadership and Life Harmony Like a Mother is hosted by Kinia Romanowska, CEO of Pros & Babes, mom of three, and coach to high-performing women in STEM and energy. Since 2017, she's helped women reclaim 5 to 25 hours a week for what matters most... health, family, career growth, and wealth.
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