I have a real problem with the fitness industry...and I'm in it!

FRESH!  Menopause Whist Black Season Eight, episode SIX is with Samantah Montpetit-Huynh

"I have a real problem with the fitness industry...and I'm in it!"

Menopause Whist Black Season Eight, episode SIX is with Canadian born and raised fitness coach and media expert, Samantha Montpetit-Huynh.

Samantha  is the founder of SamCoreTrainer.com where she coaches women 40 and above with the most comprehensive online health management program for women during menopause and midlife. Samantha is a serial entrepreneur, media expert, speaker, teacher, mentor, course creator, author and international retreat host.

Samantha has been featured on multiple media outlets from TV, magazines and online, sharing her expertise in fitness and health.

Samantha has been a recognized expert in her field for over 2 decades and was  awarded The Abundance 2019 Personal Trainer of the Year and CanfitPro’s 2021, Speciality Presenter of the Year.

We discuss:

> her terrifying resonse to histamine  

> her thoughts on the 'predatiry' menopause space. 

> Her reason for pivoting her fitness business

> Why we should 'lifts heavy sh*t'

and much more.

NOTES:

Article about menopause and eating disorders 

Raised histamine levels. Causes and cures 

Black Girls Guide to Surviving Menopause 

@Esilovesfitness training for functionality 

Dr Lisa Mosconi The Menopause Brain book 

Article: Inside the Big business of Menopause

Website https://www.samcoretrainer.com/ 

Instagram  @samcoretrainer 

Sam's podcast: Menopause, Melanin & Aging Like a Queen:  

Facebook community  

Always remember that each guest is one human having their own unique menopause experience, opinions are their  own and no two journeys will be exactly the same. Please use these epsiodes to do your own research.

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Keep talking about menopause with your family, friends and work colleagues of all genders. Together we are gradually breaking this taboo to ensure that every person in menopause gets the care that they need. 

Love the guest dance picks? Listen to  Season 8 Spotify playlist. compilation.

The Joy Retreat Barbados 2025 for Black women in any stage of menopause, is now closed. Sign up to be the first to hear news of our 2026 trip by emailing 'YES PLEASE' to hello@menopausewhilstblack.com 

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Karen Arthur is a broadcaster, artist, author and menopause activist.  She is also host of bi-weekly weekend radio show on Golddust radio 'Can We Talk' now halfway through it's second year.

'Grandmas Locs', celebrating the diversity of Afro hair, is Karens debut childrens book. Out now in the UK with Tate publishing. US release date June 10th 2025.

Thank you Team MWB  @beyongolia and @yaa___studio . You are bloody amazing. 

*we recognise that inclusive language is important in ensuring that ALL who experience menopause are seen and heard. The term women is used whilst mindful of this.