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Welcome 1.32Adelle shares her menopause journey at 40, how hard it was to explain what was going on until she felt overwhelmed and took 3 months off work 3.50Why developing resilience is getting yourself back on track and taking responsibility to understand why our body is changing rather than becoming a victim 12.52The importance of educating your team, your coworkers and your stakeholders about menopause if you are a woman leader 16.40The importance of self-care especially as you go through this pandemic - put a sign on the door, and just say to your family, can you just give mom five minutes, please? 26.22The importance of a daily check in- food move and snooze, what are you eating? Are you moving? And how are you sleeping? 28.41We discuss the importance of reconciling where you are in terms of your hormonal journey and symptoms, are you accepting where you are? 31.52The importance of looking out for the clues of perimenopause, getting prepared and building an understanding of the changes your body is going through 35.55Connect with Adelle on https://executivemidlife.coach/

Welcome 1.32How lifestyle medicine is evidenced based elements you can apply to stay healthy. 5.36Why a lifestyle medicine approach can significantly improve menopausal symptoms. 11.42Change is hard and 50% of people don’t stick with new habits.  Coaching is the key to making healthy habits last. 12.39Changing the health model delivery towards more telemedicine, and how it can facilitate easier conversations for perimenopausal women than having to resort to surgery. 25.40The potential of telemedicine to create opportunities for women to gain support and advice as a group. 31.40Discuss HRT, the low risks and the importance of assisting women in making informed choices. 33.30Connect with Elizabeth https://www.letsleadllc.com/ 

Welcome 1.32Inspiring client success stories of  how hypnosis helped them overcome underlying fears 13.01Stephanie takes me through a square breathing technique that helps to reduce stress and anxiety 17.40If you are suffering hot flashes tune in to a technique that turns down the inner thermostat 24.06We discuss anticipatory anxiety and how we can swap that feeling for anticipatory calm 27.19Stephanie shares her top tips to help you say goodbye to anxiety 39.24 Start today don't wait to take action to manage your anxiety Once an hour, stop and breathe for 10 seconds. That's enough to press the resetEmbrace all of you as you do that you're extending compassion to yourself and life is a lot better.To begin this journey get 5 free techniques from her book Goodbye Anxiety Hello Freedom go to the website 40.35https://stephaniedalfonzo.com/

Welcome 1.32Paula shares her own story of living with 10 years of lower back and neck pain and how her interest in alignment, yoga and Feldenkrais training started a journey to help others 2.35Paula shares how she helps people find greater ease and a sense of belonging in their own physical selves. Helping them improve their posture so that they generate less tension in their activities.  4.34If you have never been able to do a split or deep squats Paul explains why and why striving for this can cause damage whatever your yoga instructor might say. 10.12How can you move more comfortably in the world? Just moment to moment. Paula talks about the importance of making people feel confident and balanced in their own physical self, so they move with a little more ease and grace. 12.15Paula’s tips to sitting comfortably for a long period are relevant to all of us who are sitting all day at a laptop in your home office.12.51Paula discusses muscle tone and pelvic floor muscles and why what we need to strengthen is not the muscles themselves but the communication loop. Does the brain know how to call on them? This applies equally to men as to women. 23.51‘What is the quality of your own internal experience? And part of that is, is this a pleasure for you? Because if you are just enduring this activity, then that's a problem. And why are you bringing more of that quality into your life? 33.06Paula shares how important her work is in helping older people retain a sense of self authority, and sovereignty, ‘I'm the one in charge of this’ mindset. How this can help with trips and falls as we age. 40.12paula@artofmovingwell.com

Welcome 1.32A lot of a lot is asked of us. And it's more what we do with those questions, do we honor them? Or do we choose something else?4.33Block time in your calendar for important personal activities and honor that time 8.33To help others is to take care of yourself first, because only if you are feeling good, you can do good to others. 11.11Set boundaries and communicate them. It can be tough at first, but make it a habit. 13.18If you are procrastinating then don't open social media, don't open email or whatever else. Just start with that one thing you need to do, and then promise yourself that you can't do anything else until it's done..15.30Yvonne’s best tip that I implemented personally is to set the 3 most impactful actions I can do each day that will move me closer to my goals and do this consistently. Works better than any to-do list! 19.47If you are busy with everything you never get enough done.  If you really break it down into simple steps. If you run your own business it easier to make the money and it's indeed possible to double your turnover 24.19Why is it so hard to run your life this way? It's ingrained in our culture, in our upbringing and education that we really have to work hard, we have to hustle. And then you know, we'll get the results, we'll get more impact, we'll get more money. So the difficulty lies in that we actually have to shift our mindset. 26.40Yvonne’s top 3 tips: Make yourself a priority.  Focus like a proper CEO, on what you want to bring it into reality and work with the most impactful actions,  Bring back the fun and the joy in life, because that's what really is going to help you to make this sustainable. https://amaze-yourself.com/

Welcome 1.32We tend to procrastinate when our schedules are limited and we really have infinite stores of energy or time to devote to the things that we're even interested in, let alone the things we have to do. 2.29In order to transition from a stuck, frozen place to a flowing energetic space, we need to deal with our feelings, address them, face them, talk about them. And we need to recognize them too.  4.56We have a constant store of energy that is inside a kind of spiritual life energy. That is always available to you, even if you're feeling anxious, even if you're feeling overwhelmed, even if you're feeling really tired. 7.04Christine shares how although she is not a naturally organized person her planner has become one of her best friends in overcoming chronic procrastination allowing her to show up 11.32She talks about how going swimming every other day has been a very powerful lesson in repetition, in accepting that things may not be just hunky dory, but that they can be really beautiful. And that you can get stronger and better with each day and it doesn't have to be an effortful push.14.21We discuss how during menopause we have to be the master of our energy, space, and our time and keep ourselves really close to our peak of awareness, and use insight and gut intuition as we can so that we can make sense of the facts 16.14Christine shares in detail concrete steps for overcoming procrastination in her S.M.A.C.K approach - simplicity, mindfulness, anxiety reduction, communication and kindness 24.19Our symptoms are our bodies messaging that we have crossed a line. We should give gratitude to every symptom that our body sends ushttps://www.procrastinationcoach.com/

Welcome 1.32Amicietta shares how her own story of being diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disease which causes grave muscle weakness throughout the body, 2.46What clean living is and the importance of becoming aware of clean living is not just what we're eating. But about changing your cleaning products and your body care products 11.57Use sources of information like https://www.ewg.org/ that can help the listener to be aware of the toxins commonly found in our food, water, body and cleaning products.16.19AmiCietta shares how stress impacts an autoimmune condition and can increase the inflammatory response 27.11The power of EFT to help manage stress, pain and anxiety 30.57Amicietta shares her key steps for starting to live clean 41.171. Moving to a plant-based diet with more fresh and organic produce2. Start educating ourselves on what is in our products and reading the back labelshttps://www.cleanbodyliving.com/https://www.facebook.com/cleanbodylivinghttps://www.instagram.com/cleanbodyliving/

Welcome 1.32Dri shares how her own story of a disordered relationship with food started from a sense of shame about her curvy body 2.46How disordered eating shows up. Counting calories, weighing food and weighing yourself twice a day, compulsive overeating, binge eating and restricting over-exercising under-exercising.  5.37What is intuitive eating? 9.00The importance of having a respectful relationship to your body around recognizing your hunger, do you know your hunger? Do you know what it feels like? Do you know what it's like to feel satisfied?  13.27Why mindfulness is one of the key steps to becoming curious about your relationship to food, your body signals and your habits.14.40Eating archetypes and the ‘dilettante’ who is always on the go and unaware of what she’s eating: the quantity or the quality.23.06The trickle effect of negative comments and how they internalize the shame and until you just feel like it's a part of you! 30.28Life will change our bodies, through illness or age, and the importance of showing your body respect through these changes 34.29How our obsession with thinness drives size and age discrimination for women in the job market 36.08Dri shares her key steps for starting a different relationship with food and your body image 41.001. Put weight loss on the back burner and turn with curiosity to what is happening right now in your relationship with food2. Start seeing your body as a HER not an IT!3. Start viewing your food and body habits as relationship and recognize it's going to take gentle, consistent effort, you know, to transform those relationshipshttps://www.thebodyjoyacademy.com/https://www.instagram.com/thebodyjoyacademy/https://www.facebook.com/bodyjoyacademy

Welcome 1.32Delayna shares how her nursing experiences propelled her into working with menopausal women 2.12When we shine a bright light on menopause then we reduce women’s suffering 6.48HRT is a hot topic where many women feel confused but don’t know where to turn 9.24‘Oh, it's the menopause.And likely, it could very well be. But, you know, is there something else going on as well?’ 13.31‘It’s the Ozone where you feel overworked everything is just kind of overrated, you're over it, over everything’ 15.12Why losing control is the one of the hardest aspect of going through menopause 17.01The importance of not having a cookie cutter approach to menopause but a tailored one 25.50Sugar - why it is important to cut back on it, especially hidden sugar in foods 28.36Delayna shares her 3 tips: Be OK be with menopause. Identify your experiences. And thrive! 34.28https://www.instagram.com/delaynawatkins/https://www.facebook.com/WomensWellnessLoungehttps://www.delaynawatkins.com/

Welcome 1.32The anxiety of not being able to access information, services and affordable treatment 2.43Why it is so important to accept and face that you have cancer 8.59‘ I get high on talking about mental health, because I think that's what has kept me here to this time’ 12.45The power of affirmations about who you are, and where you want to be and where you want to go 16.29The importance of looking inwards and telling yourself, okay, this has happened to me. Then taking steps to find a community to support you 18.37‘I watched, a close friend of mine go, and all that, that gave gave me a sense of urgency to become my own best advocate’ 22.52‘Don't allow any doctor to brush you off as a statistic. You know, go there, tell them exactly what you feel, mentally and physically and insist that they listen’ 23.15We can be our own best advocate by asking the right questions by noting down what is going on, everything, the medicines, your relationships, everything because we suffer sometimes from chemo brain 28.30As soon as the doctor starts talking, you also hit record. Because there's so much going on. When you get home, in your quiet moments on your bed, then, go back to what the doctor said 29.12Patients deserve a seat at the table. Big pharma or oncologists are to be to be talking about us, but invite us to be there in order to have the best of outcomes. Without us the equation is not equal 29.59 Grace shares about the work she does as a cancer patient advocate with the American Cancer Society, Wego and Immerman Angels 32.20Grace talks about her newly published book Impossicant which is what her daughter said in African slang on hearing her mothers diagnosis 42.37https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoicS9_zeq5owu7nluE1HjQ/featurehttps://www.instagram.com/cancerconvos.graceb/https://www.facebook.com/cancerconvoswithgracebhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-charrier-021b03143/https://www.amazon.com/IMPOSSICANT-QUIRKY-INSPIRATIONAL-CANCER-SURVIVOR-ebook/dp/B089VM74R7

Welcome 1.32‘The lack of intrinsic information is what has astounded me the most over the years,’ 5.15‘The symptom that caused me the most challenge to my confidence was being so edgy. And some people would say, bitchy, um, that I couldn't predict how I would react’.7.59And if you're naturally a control freak, then losing control. Having that control just you wake up and realize it's gone, is very unsettling 12.36‘I finally understood why women end up in the emergency room looking panicked. Because I had to catch myself from not being panicky that not only had I bled so heavily that I soiled my clothes that as I'm in the bathroom, I am pouring blood out of my body uncontrollably’ 13.20And I have plenty of former patients that work for Walmart, we could have a whole discussion about what it's like, as an hourly worker in an evening or night shift at a supplier. And the lack of breaks the type of hard work, we don't appreciate how much physically hard work how many women are in physically demanding jobs, 22.58‘We are where we are as women for three different reasons. Blood banking, antibiotics, and pap smears’. 29.56‘We also have to be willing to acknowledge that hormonal changes are real. They're not a sign of weakness’ 35.16Not everybody will find menopause a difficult transition. It's not a disease, I emphasize that I tell all my patients that it's not a disease, it's a timeframe of change in our lives, from a high hormone environment, back down to a low hormone environment 36.57‘That's the anti-aging push. that pushes the notion of just get your hormone levels up, and it'll be fine’.39.49‘And then we're like, okay, here, here's a script and you walk out the door. 10-minute visit, we're failing, our healthcare system is failing us. And we've got to do better’.44.43Dr. Donna’s 3 takeaways for you:57.221. This is a life stage is not a disease, you're not broken. It's very common. So don't be afraid of it. But don't ignore it as though you're too weak or you're not doing the right things. 2. Get information, get help. And a lot of times you're going to be rebuffed. That's probably the hardest part. Keep going to the next person. So you get somebody that's listening.3. It's a stage in life. It's a developmental stage. And it will not last forever. And there are definite things you can do to feel better soon.

🙋‍♀️Welcome 1.32😲Deb shares her shock of finding her high school sweetheart was a violent abuse man on the wedding night 2.33😮We talk about her meeting and settling down at 33 with her second husband only to find herself in a coercive controlling relationship 4.55⚖️How after experiencing bankruptcy and leaving her husband and child she fought a 10-year custody battle for her son. 12.42😵Deb shares her planned suicide and what stopped her from going all the way 14.17✌️Why she decided to become a high-end escort 15.53😏How working in the sex industry gave her the basis for a great business model that she uses today 19.35💜How a chance encounter at a theatre led to reconnecting with the love of her life 22.36😓‘Yes, people can put up with behavior that's not acceptable for a long time’ 27.38☝️So we then get very resentful and say no more. 'I'm going out that I'm living my life now' that's a term I often hear 'it's time for me, it's time for my life' 27.58👉Understanding that men also go through menopause 31.42👠How interviewing her client when working as an escort was the trigger to studying psychology 34.15🗣️All of the nuances of life get in the way, and we forget how to talk to each other 37.08🧱Deb shares why the first steps in rebuilding your relationships to take an interest in your partners interest 40.45🌹‘Just be yourself. Because remember, the person they fell in love with was yourself, the very core of who you are’ 44.22https://www.notarehearsal.co.uk/https://open.spotify.com/show/18tLImS6Z8j0mAkN1aUz8shttps://www.facebook.com/NotARehearsal/https://www.instagram.com/lifesnotarehearsal/

Welcome 1.32Why 2020 has forced us to slow down and pay attention to what’s most important 2.36What is brain fog? And why does it happen in menopause? 6.32Should women be concerned that they have early dementia or Alzheimers? 7:22The importance of approaching menopause and symptoms calmly 14.20Why therapy is an important consideration for anxiety or other mental health issues  19.56Training the brain with Neurotherapy to help with menopausal anxiety and brain fog 23.00Mindfulness and why when you\re calmer you can think more clearly 27.51‘ As women, we leave ourselves for last, we put ourselves on the back burner’28.22‘And any activity can be made into a mindful activity, as long as you're fully engaged in it, and your focus on just that thing’ 33.10With meditation, it just takes the consistency that is what is most important 34.12So having a positive mindset will take you so far in life, but especially during menopause. 35.23

Welcome 1.32Why mental health has the biggest impact on our menopause experience 2.41My anxiety and the full-blown anxiety attack that took me not to rock bottom but to my rock foundations 4.39Why mindfulness was the key to helping me to learn to accept and live with anxiety 5.82The role estrogen deficiency on our mental health 6.69Exercise helps and the different types of exercise that help to manage anxiety 7.69Learning to look at our thoughts, mindfulness as the bedrock of acceptance and compassion 12.39How CEO and leaders can better support women to go through menopause at work and remain in their roles 14.46Open communication with your partner so they can support you 15.40Struggling? Then reconsider HRT and other medical interventions including psychotherapy 16.40‘I need your support’ 18.12Menopause can be messy, sometimes the only thing you can be is still, just be you 19.02

Welcome 1.32Working from was always seen as something very positive 2.51Many of us have not set ourselves up to be able to work successfully from home 4.14The fall out of Covid is that many women feel they have no option but to downsize their careers or burnout 6.16In the UK 30% of women are reporting an increase in their menopause symptoms 6.46Many women are avoiding or opting not to seek help from their doctors 7.56Greater awareness of our symptoms is the first step to putting ourselves back in control 8.35Being more aware of our symptoms helps us to facilitate better conversations with our doctors especially if we have to use telehealth10.37Where are you on your to-do list? 11.40Stop being a people pleaser and establish better boundaries 12.50‘I need your support’ 14.46Stop writing your body cheques it can’t cash 15.07Transitions are like living in no man’s land but give us an opportunity to pause reflect and change 17.40

Welcome 1.32‘My whole life I had been a people pleaser and it took until I was 51 to change’ 3:56‘Patting myself on the back has resulted in tremendous growth’ 8:35Lynda shares her menopause experiences that started at 48 12:43How it feels to lose your sex drive when you and partner have always enjoyed sex 15:02‘The pain could be so strong but I didn’t say anything because I was still a people pleaser at that time’ 15:58We have spent 9 years trying different natural remedies, herbs, creams, and foods and we’re still trying because nothing has worked yet 17:00How our sex life became a cycle of anticipation, trying, no trying and it felt a mental battle 20:25Learning to communicate has been the key and not asking him to fix it but instead saying ‘I just want you to hear me’ 22:05Recognizing that most men are with us because they wanted a partnership and they want us to happy 23:44Men and women need to teach others how to speak about things that are embarrassing, how to explain them, and find empathy 25:15There is a lot of shame and a lack of understanding about menopause that stands in the way of good communication 26:49The 3 tips to take away - communicate, open dialogue about what you are experiencing, and don’t let their lack of understanding stop you 29:56https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndasunshinewest/

In this welcome, Clarissa Kristjansson shares her move to the She Leads Podcast Network and introduces season 2 of Thriving Thru Menopause. This season features deep dives into relationships and menopause at work as well continuing our focus on health and wellbeing.

My guest this week is Dr. Julie Moltke a medical doctor whose focus is stress reduction, medicinal cannabis, and mental health. She shares why she felt a holistic route was a better way to help her patients.Now she spends part of her time working in a pain management clinic in Copenhagen, Denmark. She also owns and runs a retreat center in southern Sweden that focuses on mindfulness, yoga, and wellbeing.Julie is the editor of a holistic health and cannabis blog and author of “A quick guide to CBD”.We talk about   Why should we look holistically at menopause  Why stress reduction is the first step to helping women with menopause and perimenopause symptoms An understanding of CBD and how it works How to use CBD and how it can help with menopause symptoms 3 Best tips to managing menopause holistically To learn more about Dr. Julie Moltke and her work connect with her here at https://www.drjuliemoltke.com/

This week I am joined by Andrea Warren of Level up Your Life, a holistic health coach who has made her life about learning the facts, gaining experience, and practicing the secrets of essential oils for over 15 years.We talk about the importance of cultivating wellness and how essential oils can play a role in managing our menopause symptoms and mindset.Specifically, we talk about The role of essential oils in emotional wellbeing How to use oils to manage hot flashes The importance of purity and buying oils that ethically produced The 4 oils you must-have in your menopause 'menopause toolkit' Key recommendations for women to seeing help us see menopause as a gift To learn more about Andrea and her work you can connect with her  https://www.thewellnessuniverse.com/world-changers/andreawarren/

Sleep is can be elusive at any age. My guest this week is Samuël Hoekstra a passionate advocate for better sleep. He wants to help us break through the exhaustion of poor sleep.The idea of helping people to sleep better came when he working as being a shift worker and experienced feeling exhausted a lot of the times after my nightshifts. A friend of mine introduced him to CBD and a new direction for his life.In the talk we discuss What are Cannabinoids and how do they influence you?  What is the endocannabinoid system and why should we care? Is CBD legal? How does CBD make you feel?  How could you improve your sleep quality with CBD? To learn about CBD and sleep you can connect with Samuel via email sam@sleepbdofficial.com