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September 11, 2024 26 mins

The perimenopause/menopause transition can sap your confidence and leave you feeling scared and helpless. I know, because I've been there.  I call this the 'Messy Middle'. 

But thankfully there are things you can do to help and in this episode of the Generation Exceptional Podcast I'm sharing 3 things you can do immediately to help yourself.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:40 - Why Listen to Me? My Menopause Story

02:58 - What is the Messy Middle

05:22 - Accepting and Acknowledging What's Going On in Perimenopause

13:23 - Forewarned is Forearmed - Arming Up for The Big Changes

18:10 - Self Advocacy As You Go through the Messy Middle

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