If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and wondered, “Why do I feel so puffy?” — welcome to the club, my friend. I’ve been there. Puffy face. Puffy eyes. Puffy everything. At one point, people even thought I had overdone my fillers… but it wasn’t cosmetic work at all. It was my lymphatic system screaming for attention.
In this episode of Party’s Over, my beautiful co-host Vita and our brilliant medical expert Dr. Nadia joined me to talk honestly about something so many women are dealing with but rarely understand: the lymphatic system — what it is, why it matters, and how supporting it can change everything from your skin to your mood to the way your body feels in clothes.
And here’s the very not-sexy truth:
Your lymph doesn’t move unless you move. There’s no natural pump. That means hydration, breath, gentle massage, and even simple daily habits like dry brushing matter more than any miracle cream or Instagram before-and-after hype reel.
✨ Some key takeaways from our conversation:
• Hydration is non-negotiable — aim for roughly half your body weight in ounces
• Dry brushing + gua sha + microcurrent tools can make a real difference
• Movement, breath, and rebounding help your lymph flow
• If lymphatic massage dramatically changes your body in one session, it may be a sign your system really needs support
• Scar tissue, surgery, IV drips, and anesthesia can slow lymphatic movement (ask me how I know…)
And yes — it feels amazing, but it’s not just beauty… it’s health.
Then the episode takes a completely different — but deeply emotional — turn.
We welcome the luminous Dawn Olivieri, who many of you know from Yellowstone and Lioness. What you may not know is that she is also an animal rescuer, builder of dreams, and creator of Moon Mountain Sanctuary, a breathtaking horse rescue oasis in Arkansas.
Listening to Dawn talk about purpose, land, healing, wild horses, and choosing a life of meaning over a life of noise was… powerful. There is something deeply feminine, deeply spiritual, deeply alive in what she is doing.
And honestly, I believe that’s beauty too.
Not Botox. Not filters.
But living in alignment with your heart.
And of course, we end with Spill It, where life gets messy, funny, embarrassing, real, and human — because midlife womanhood isn’t neat, filtered, or staged. It’s bold. It’s brilliant. It’s alive.
This episode is about:
✔ Feeling better in your body
✔ Understanding your health
✔ Letting your beauty be natural, emotional, radiant, and real
✔ Saying yes to purpose
✔ And remembering it is NEVER too late to reinvent your life
If this speaks to you, please subscribe to Party’s Over, share it with another woman who needs encouragement, and join us in this extraordinary movement of truth, glamour, humor, and unapologetic reinvention.
And if you really want to go deeper, my book From BS to Botox is waiting for you. Because your next chapter deserves honesty, beauty, and power.
Until next time…
The party may be over, but your life is just getting good.
