Research shows that women over 40 face unique challenges that can leave them feeling stuck, invisible, and questioning who they are today.
Sound familiar?
The StrongHer FAB Method was born from years of working with high-achieving women in business who were still delivering, still showing up, but quietly running on empty.
It isn't a quick fix, nor is it another thing to add to your already overflowing list. It's a complete, evidence-informed method built specifically for women in business over 40 who are ready to stop managing their depletion and start rebuilding from the inside out.
FAB stands for Foundation, Alignment and Breakthrough, and each pillar builds on the last. Because lasting change doesn't come from willpower. It comes from understanding what your body actually needs at this stage of life and finally giving it what it needs.
🔅The StrongHer FAB Method🔅
F — FOUNDATION 🔅
Your energy starts here
Most of the women I work with have been ignoring the basics for years, not because they don't know better, but because they've been too busy taking care of everything and everyone else. Foundation is where we change that.
This pillar is about rebuilding the physical foundation on which your energy, focus, and resilience are built, working with your hormones rather than against them. Because once you understand how your body works at this stage of life, everything becomes clearer. And a lot less of a fight.
Foundation covers the SMART pillars:
S — Sleep: The non-negotiable foundation of everything. Quality, not just quantity.
M — Macros & Micronutrients: Fuelling yourself like a high-performing woman, not an afterthought.
A — Absorption: Because it's not just what you eat, it's what your body can use.
R — Replenishment: Strategic “Supplement” support for where your body needs it most right now.
T — Threshold: Understanding where you are hormonally and making sure everything else in your Foundation works with that, not against it.
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A — ALIGNMENT 🔅
Move in sync with your body, not against it
For years, you were probably told that more cardio, less food and pushing through the pain was the answer. It isn't. Not anymore, and honestly, it probably never was.
Alignment is about training and moving in ways that are designed for your body at this stage of life. Strength training isn't optional for women over 40; it's essential. This pillar is where you learn to love what your body can do and give it exactly what it needs to thrive.
Alignment covers the LIFT pillars:
L — Load: Strength Training and building the muscle that protects your bones, metabolism and long-term vitality.
I — Intention: Recovery and rest aren't laziness; for this woman, they're a strategy.
F — Flexibility: The work that keeps you mobile, moving freely and feeling good in your body for decades to come.
T — Train: Refocus your thinking and let go of punishment-based exercise and move from a place of strength, not guilt.
B — BREAKTHROUGH 🔅
This is where she comes home to herself
Breakthrough isn't something that happens to you. It's something you step into when the Foundation is solid, and the Alignment is right, and when you finally release the stories that have been keeping you smaller than you are.
This pillar is about the inner work. The beliefs you've been carrying about what you have to earn before you're allowed to rest, to want more, to take up space.
Breakthrough is where all that starts to shift, and where the woman you've always been underneath all the doing begins to emerge.
Breakthrough covers the SOAR pillars:
S — Stillness: Regulating your nervous system so calm becomes your baseline, not a luxury.
O — Ownership: Reclaiming your confidence and trusting yourself again, fully.
A — Audacity: Releasing the old stories and stepping into your true, authentic self without apology.
R — Rise: Moving forward with boldness, from a place of strength rather than fear.
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Why Joanne Pagett?
Joanne doesn’t coach from the sidelines. When she entered surgical menopause in her mid-thirties, she faced exactly what so many of her clients face today, and it changed everything. That experience, combined with 25 years of championing women’s wellness in the corporate world, is what led her to create the StrongHer F
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