Menopodcast - Menopause For The 21st Century
Menopause for the 21st Century. Two modern women chatting about The Change...This Is Not Your Mother’s Menopause!
Episodes
Welcome to Menopodcast!
This is our intro episode and we spend a little time talking about who we are, our menopause, and where we got the name for the podcast. We spend time wondering if anything like Menopause happens to Men? Or is it just for us Ladies?
We also chat about getting answers to the things happening to our ...
More in depth about the why:
- Age before blonde: Sarah talks about turning 55 and apparently being in Menopause - talks about the wine- and sugar-induced hot flashes, the heart palpitations that came on suddenly and could be part of menopause, but have been told her hormone levels were those of an ovulating woman
- We wond...
- We discuss an article called “Menopausal Women are the New Black” and that we’re being called the Perennials, which leads to chatting about Julia’s Mom, and fashion trends that work for women of many ages - like the crossover of shopping at the same stores: Old Navy, Hollister, H&M etc.
- We get in...
- Julia talks about a man who pulled over to tell her she looked good and what that meant to her - nice, but a little strange! Especially now, weeks later, with all the news.
- Bible Study: chapter 10 - Brain Health - Sarah was very interested in the part of the chapter about sleeping, because who does...
- Julia had a busy week with International travel, meeting a wonderful Concierge, and her daughter ending Preschool.
- Sarah’s youngest is starting High School, even though it feels like Summer. And she’s slept so well after last week’s episode’s tip from Dr. Northrup.
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We chit chat about our week and our kids’ Summer Camps as school is about to start. And Sarah has turned 55, with an 18-year old son now - a big birthday week for her family.
- We chat about Menopause fashion - and a thing called MenoCore, which is based on something called NormCore, and resembles the wardrobe from the movie Anni...
Feeling the disconnect between what menopause is “supposed to be like” and what it is really like for us. It's not a time of free time for us since we’re not retired or with an empty nest - we have children and we’re still working. We are not the oldest parents we know, which is interesting.
Bible study - chapter 12 - Building Healthy Bones from the Wisdom of Me...
Both Sarah and Julia avoided drinking wine this week and found great results, especially in sleeping. And they both got up at 5am every day.
Shout-out to the podcast Julia loves called “You must remember this”.
It was the first week of school for Julia’s daughter and Sarah’s youngest son, and we chat about how it went. And ...
End of the season review and a look ahead to Season 2.
Season 1 was June 17 through November 2017
BIG END OF THE SEASON REVEAL: SARAH IS STILL NOT IN MENOPAUSE AT 55!
Julia has failed at the reducing coffee and wine. Butter luck next year!
Looking...
The first episode with 2 mics! Yay for us!
Catch-up: Sarah’s eldest son has been delivered to college. It’s been a transition from knowing everything about his every move as a tiny child to knowing almost nothing about his life now. Julia has been adjusting to her daughter going to Kindergarten and not knowing everything about her day-to-day life.
The ladies had good night’s sleep and it makes all the difference. They are both in a good place! Julia’s not happy with the fact that she’s been coming home from work too late to see her daughter before bedtime, but hopefully that won’t last. Sarah’s college son has now started classes and has touched base via Facetime. She had a nightmare that her son had been stolen from her by aliens - literally ...
Angry Podcast today since we had to reconfigure Garage Band again! Ugh! Should we take the need to reconfigure our tech settings as a metaphor for the reconfiguring of our lives??? Um, we’d rather not.
How Hot Was Your Flash? Julia had several hot flashes this week and realized it was because she had not changed her hormone patch when she was supposed to, but o...
Chattin’ about the Change!
It has been a challenge to learn how to podcast and new ways to Google things! Julia’s been finishing up the movie project she’s been working on and remarks upon the young people she’s working with and the things they DON’T UNDERSTAND because of the age difference. We talk about the radio we used to listen to back in the 70s on Maui. W...
Sarah feels it’s a real time of reckoning for her. She feels real clarity about things in her life that she needs to do more of or less of - and she’s ready to get on with it. Julia had a similar thing happen at work - a reckoning. It’s been a busy time for both of them. Podcast empire, anyone?
Bible Study - Chapter 1 - Menopause Puts Your Life Under a Microscope - from the Wisdom of Menopause...
Julia was very emotional this past week, and she did in fact forget to change her patch one day this week, and the two may be related. Sarah went to an event about women’s health, with a cardiologist and a brain scientist - and they were asked about hormone replacement therapy effects on brain and heart. Turns out affects are much lower/smaller with patch or topicals than with ingestibles.
“Too old for snapchat, too young for life alert.”
Welcome to Season Two! Recap of the Season One shocker ending, but wait - is Sarah actually in Menopause now?? Let's find out!
Preview of the new season - we’re having guests! And we picked a new bible - The Silent Passage by Gail Sheehy.
Do some chit chat to catch up - Julia is feeling good, still on HRT, no hot flashes.
Since it was recorded in February 2018, we talked about new y...
Episode 2: First guest! Jenette Goldstein
We introduce her and she tells her story of starting as an actress with Jim Cameron on Aliens in London.
We ask the big important question - when is menopause actually OVER? She’s 58, btw.
She tells us about her Bra store empire - Jenette Bras...
“Good Menopuase to You!”
“45 is the old age of youth and 50 is the youth of old age.”
We announce that we’re on iHeart Radio & TuneIn
((((Sarah’s audio is low))))
Sarah’s in the midst of a busy time, as is Julia, who’s about to leave the country f...
Julia continues to prep for London. Sarah has a new tip: moisturize more. Just more.
Bible Study: The Silent Passage and how we’re not being Silent about it. Chapter: Menopause in the Workplace. Most people we know are working, whether in corporate world or not. Noting how difficult it is to work and concentrate without sle...
We have a guest! Betty Goldberg. We discuss the coincidence that Sarah and Betty were both Script Supervisors in the movie and TV shows. Small world! Betty worked on movies like Beverly Hills Cop and TV shows like The White Shadow.
Betty became a writer after having a child because she didn’t want to be on a set for 10-14 hours per day. She sold her first script...
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