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Dk wellness Daphne Kostova, holistic nutritionist, helping midlife women lose weight naturally & increase energy

11/21/2025

I see it all the time 😀

It’s absolutely magical ✨

When we care for ourselves inside out, everything changes.

My advice: start today and watch it unfold.

👉🏼Book your free discovery call and learn what’s possible for you - link in comments ✨

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11/20/2025

What did you think?

I’m asking because I find there’s fear around this…🥺🙇🏻‍♀️

What if life gets harder? 😔

What if I can’t manage? 😔

😎 Did you know?…. Balancing your hormones and improving your metabolism doesn’t add more to your plate…

it actually gives you your life back 💃🏻✨

So many women tell me they’re scared to “start the work” because they think it will be complicated, restrictive, or exhausting.

But you know what’s truly exhausting?

🔥 Fighting cravings

🔥 Losing sleep

🔥 Feeling inflamed and uncomfortable in your body

🔥 Carrying anxiety you can’t explain

🔥 Feeling like you’re doing “everything right” but still gaining weight

🔥 Pushing through each day with low energy and frustration

🔥 Executive function being compromised because of symptoms

🔥 Considering an anti- depressant because (peri)menopausal symptoms can be so overwhelming

THAT is hard.

THAT is overwhelming.

Supporting your hormones isn’t about perfection, willpower, or turning your life upside down.

It’s about learning what your body has been trying to tell you… and finally listening.

It’s about:
✨ Eating in a way that calms your system
✨ Feeling steady instead of chaotic
✨ Sleeping without effort
✨ Watching weight loss happen naturally — not from restriction, but from regulation
✨ Making fewer decisions because your body isn’t in crisis anymore
✨ Feeling emotionally stable, clear, grounded, and confident again

Hormone balance doesn’t complicate your life —
it simplifies it. 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

It brings ease.

It brings clarity.

It brings you back home to yourself.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed just thinking about improving your hormones…

That’s not a sign you’re not ready.

It’s a sign you’re tired of carrying it all alone.

You don’t need more pressure.

You just need a roadmap.

And support that feels like exhaling.

👉🏼If you’re ready to explore what ease could feel like in your body… Book your free discovery call and learn what’s possible for you - link in comments ✨

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Susana’s story is a great reminder of what’s possible when you stop fighting your body — and start supporting it.She cam...
11/19/2025

Susana’s story is a great reminder of what’s possible when you stop fighting your body — and start supporting it.

She came to me exhausted, anxious, overwhelmed, 30 lbs overweight, unable to sleep, and struggling with heavy periods, low iron, hot flashes, night sweats, forgetfulness, and emotional eating.

By addressing the root causes of her hormonal and metabolic imbalances — not dieting, not restricting, not over-exercising — Susana:
✨ Lost 32 lbs
✨ Reversed anxiety
✨ Sleeps deeply
✨ Has stable energy all day
✨ Feels calm and emotionally grounded
✨ Has no more forgetfulness
✨ Is metabolically younger (according to her scale reading)
✨ Shares clothes with her teenage daughter
✨ Has a peaceful relationship with food

These results are typical when women in (peri)menopause finally give their bodies the nourishment and balance they’ve been missing.

You don’t have to feel overwhelmed.
You don’t have to guess.
And you don’t have to be hungry or depleted to lose weight. On the contrary. Healthy weight loss = feeling satiated.

If you’re ready to understand what results you can expect by supporting your root causes…
👇🏼
Book your complimentary discovery call - link is in the comments 👍🏼

11/18/2025

My client Lana is sharing what women in peri- and menopause experience on the Hormone Balance Solution:

🌿 Weight loss without restriction

🌿 More energy + fewer crashes

🌿 Balanced moods

🌿 Reduced cravings

🌿 Better sleep

🌿 Feeling themselves again

These aren’t “lucky” results — they’re the natural consequences of addressing the root causes of metabolic and hormonal imbalances.

Yes, even if your doctor told you “it’s normal and that’s how it is”.

And here’s what I want you to remember:

✨ You never need to be hungry to lose weight.
✨ Restriction is not required for results.
✨ And those symptoms you’ve been calling “normal for my age”?
They’re common — but not normal.

When you nourish your metabolism, support your hormones, and work with your body, everything starts to shift.

💛 Comment or DM me “ME” and I’ll tell you exactly what YOU can expect when you address the root causes of your hormonal and metabolic symptoms.


11/17/2025

✨ You become the woman who gets results… long before the results show up.

This is how real, lasting transformation happens after 40.

Inside the Hormone Balance Solution, we recently had a powerful coaching call on identity-based habits, and I want to share 3 of the biggest takeaways with you:

1️⃣ Become the Woman You’re Becoming — NOW

Real change starts with identity, not intensity.

Try this each morning:

👉 “Today, I am the woman who…”
…and finish the sentence with one small action aligned with your goals.

Examples:
• nourishes her body with balanced meals
• moves her body with intention
• doesn’t apologize for taking care of herself

2️⃣ Anchor ONE Small Action Per Day

Not a full overhaul. Not perfection.

Just one daily micro-habit your 2.0 self would do:

• protein at each meal
• a 10-minute post-meal walk
• close the kitchen at 8 PM
• 5 minutes of deep breathing
• drink water before coffee

Small actions → consistency → results that last.

3️⃣ Rehearse Success the Night Before

Your future self thrives on preparation.

Before bed, ask yourself:

👉 “How would my future self set me up for tomorrow?”

Then:
• prep breakfast
• lay out walking/workout clothes
• put your water bottle out
• set a reminder to drink your water

When preparation becomes automatic, consistency becomes natural.

This is the work we do inside the HBS:

✔ regulate blood sugar
✔ support hormones
✔ reverse symptoms
✔ build metabolic health
✔ create effortless consistency
✔ trust your body again
✔ live like the woman you want to become — with ease

Not perfectly…

But sustainably. Calmly. Confidently.

🌟 Ready to understand WHY your body is changing after 40 — and how to support it naturally?

👉 Watch the free masterclass - Link in Comments!

This is where I break down:
✨ The real reason women gain weight after 40
✨ How to support hormones + metabolism the right way
✨ Why nothing has worked before — and what actually does

11/15/2025

Results do not come from intensity. 🚫

They come from identity. 😀

Over age 40 you don’t become the woman who has balanced hormones, steady energy, and a great metabolism by hustling harder, eating less and exercising more, counting calories or forcing discipline.

You become her by stepping into the identity of the woman who already lives those results.

Because when you BE her…

You naturally DO what she does.

And you eventually HAVE what she has. ✨

It is all in YOU. ☺️😎

In our Success call this week, I reminded my clients, instead of trying to fix, to ask:

“What would the 2.0 version of me choose today?”

That one question changes everything.

Your plate. Your energy. Your boundaries. Your habits.
All of it.

So today, choose one action your future self would be proud of — even if it’s tiny.

That’s how identity shifts begin. 💛

✨ Want to understand how to support your hormones and metabolism after 40 — naturally and sustainably?

👉🏼 Watch the free masterclass. Link in comments.

11/14/2025

⬇️TYPE 2 Diabetes is reversible⬇️

And women over 40 need to hear this.

Today, on World Diabetes Day, I want to shine a light on something that too many women are never told:

👉 Hormone-balancing nutrition is one of the most powerful tools for reversing Type 2 Diabetes — naturally.

Every week inside my program, I watch women who feel stuck, tired, inflamed, craving sugar daily, or overwhelmed by “diabetes rules”… completely transform their metabolic health.

Here’s the truth no one teaches us:

✨ Insulin is a hormone.

✨ Blood sugar is controlled by hormones.

✨ Cravings are hormonally driven.

✨ Belly fat, fatigue, brain fog, stubborn weight — all hormonally influenced.

So when we balance hormones → we balance blood sugar.

When blood sugar stabilizes → metabolic health improves.

And when metabolic health improves → T2 can fully disappear.

This is the root-cause, balanced, nourishing approach I teach women over 40 — and it works.

🌿 5 Holistic Tools That You Can Start Practicing To Help Reverse T2 (Naturally):

• Eat low-glycemic whole foods (make sure you eat enough and don’t skip food groups!)

• Prioritize healthy fats

• Stop skipping meals

• Move your body gently (not intensely)

• Support sleep + manage stress

Women in my program lower their A1C, lose weight that hasn’t budged in years, reduce medication needs, and reclaim their energy — without restriction, without carb fear, without exhaustion.

✨ I’m sharing here one client’s bio impedance scale reading - she went from 108 kg to 98 kg in just 2 months — reversing diabetes and her menopausal symptoms.

This is what happens when you support your hormones the right way.

💛 If you’re ready to understand how to balance hormones, reduce insulin resistance, reverse T2 naturally, and feel steady again…

👉 Book your free discovery call — link in comments.

🎁 BONUS for the first 5 women who book this month:
• 1 extra private 1:1 session with me
• My Hormone-Friendly Holiday Recipe Book (blood-sugar balancing & delicious!)

Your story can change — and you deserve to feel vibrant, nourished, and in control of your health again.

11/13/2025

Proving my point that self-care can happen even when…. 💃🏻🙌🏼✨

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11/10/2025

POV: You think your sluggish metabolism and hormonal symptoms are genetic… 🚫😩🚫

You may also be dreading that first snow every winter (I used to!) because of slow metabolism and feeling cold overall.

🎯But the truth?

You simply haven’t done the work others have.

You don’t know what you don’t know 🤷🏻‍♀️💯 (And it’s NOT your fault. I didn’t used to know either.)

You’re not broken.

You’re not unlucky.

You’re not the “one odd woman out.”

Isn’t it INCREDIBLE to know you CAN change that?..

What you’re experiencing — fatigue, weight gain, cravings, feeling cold, perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms — isn’t a life sentence.

It’s your body asking for support.

Once you learn how to nourish your hormones, balance your metabolism, and truly work with your body — everything changes.

✨ Energy returns.

✨ Cravings fade.

✨ Weight releases naturally.

✨ You finally feel like you again. (And winters are so much more pleasant - I promise!)

Nothing is wrong with you — you just haven’t been given the right roadmap yet.

Where to start?

➡️ Watch the free masterclass on Hormone & Metabolic Balance Over 40 — link in comments.

The holidays don’t have to mean stress, bloating, or exhaustion.You can enjoy the season, feel amazing in your body, and...
11/08/2025

The holidays don’t have to mean stress, bloating, or exhaustion.

You can enjoy the season, feel amazing in your body, and stay in hormonal balance — without restriction or guilt.

🌿 In this post, I’m sharing 9 simple ways to protect your energy, metabolism, and mood during the holidays.

✨ NOVEMBER BONUS 🎁 - for the first 5 women who book a free discovery call this month — you’ll receive:

💛 A private 1:1 session with me

💛 My Hormone-Friendly Holiday Recipe Book

Ready to feel energized, calm, confident, and in control this holiday season?

👉 Tap the link in comments to book your free call today.

11/05/2025

✨ How To Plan the Holidays Without Burning Out (or experiencing hormonal symptoms!) 🙌🏼💃🏻

The holidays can be magical — but they can also be a metabolic and hormonal storm if we don’t approach them mindfully.

Between sugar-filled gatherings, late nights, and stress, it’s easy for our hormones to get out of balance… especially after 40.

Here’s the truth: your body doesn’t thrive on “push through” energy anymore. ✨

It thrives on rhythm, rest, and nourishment. 💛

This season, try planning with your nervous system and metabolism in mind:

🌿 Build in rest before your body forces it.
Take 15–20 minutes for stillness or deep breathing each day — it keeps cortisol in check and restores balance.

🍲 Eat for calm energy, not control.
Skip the restriction mindset. Build your plate with protein, good fats, and colorful veggies to keep blood sugar steady and cravings low.

💧 Hydrate, move, and breathe. Keep it on the schedule!
Gentle movement — like walking, yoga, or dancing — supports circulation, mood, and digestion.

💛 Protect your peace.
Say no to the things that drain you, and yes to moments that nourish you. Boundaries are hormonal self-care.

✨ Focus on connection over perfection.
The people around your table matter more than the menu.
(Isn’t that what the holidays are all about?!✨)

When you care for your hormones, your body gives back with calm energy, stable moods, and that grounded glow that no quick fix can replicate.

➡️ Ready to learn how to support your hormones and metabolism after 40 — naturally? Watch my free masterclass — link in comments. 👍🏼

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