Midlife Metamorphosis
The Journey From Diet Culture to Radical Acceptance
By Mindy Gorman-Plutzer CHC, CEPC, AADP
From Diet Culture to Deep Nourishment:
Midlife Metamorphosis
What if midlife could be the beginning of your freedom, not the end of your story?
In Midlife Metamorphosis: The Journey From Diet Culture to Food Freedom, Mindy Gorman-Plutzer blends personal experience with professional insight to challenge everything you thought you knew about food, body image, and healing.
Midlife Metamorphosis takes readers on a transformative journey from diet culture and disordered eating to a place of food freedom through nourishment, self-trust, and radical acceptance.
With honesty and vulnerability, Mindy shares her decades-long struggle with food obsession and perfectionism, showcasing how she found her way back to herself through functional nutrition, emotional resilience, and a new understanding of what it means to accept where you are in all stages of life.
You’ll discover:
Why disordered eating often resurfaces (or begins) in midlife
How to honor your hunger, your emotions, and your story
What “radical acceptance” really means and how to embrace it
The connection between your body, your beliefs, and your biology
Practical tools, journal prompts, and reflective exercises for lasting change
Whether you're seeking guidance from a nutrition specialist or simply a healthier, more compassionate relationship with your body, Midlife Metamorphosis offers guidance, hope, and the reminder that you are not alone.