May 28, 2025 • 31 mins
Diva Tonight with special guest Amita Sharma!
The silent struggle of perimenopause affects millions of women all over the world, often beginning as early as age 35 and lasting up to a decade before menopause officially starts. Yet many of us don't recognize the signs until we're deep in the throes of hormonal chaos.
In this eye-opening conversation with holistic wellness champion Amita Sharma, we dive into the realities of perimenopause that's the elephant in the room: the 48+ symptoms beyond hot flashes, the cultural factors that influence when menopause begins, and why women across cultures feel pressured to suffer in silence. Amita shares her personal journey of battling perimenopause without support, which ultimately inspired her to create Nourish Doc, a groundbreaking digital wellness platform designed to make holistic health support accessible to women everywhere.
What makes this discussion particularly valuable is how we bridge the gap between conventional medical approaches and holistic therapies. From naturopathy and Ayurvedic practices to cognitive behavioral therapy and nutritional interventions, Amita outlines practical, affordable steps women can take to navigate this transition. Most importantly, she emphasizes that preparation should begin in your 30s and 40s, not when you're already experiencing the full impact of hormonal fluctuations.
Whether you're personally experiencing perimenopausal symptoms, supporting someone who is, or simply want to prepare for what's ahead, this conversation offers compassionate guidance without judgment or clinical jargon. The $5/month platform launching between Mother's Day and Father's Day represents a new era in women's health support - one where expertise is affordable and suffering in silence is no longer the norm. Check out nourishdoc.com or follow @nourish_doc on Instagram to learn more about this revolutionary approach to women's midlife wellness.
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
Hi, I'm Carlene and this is Diva Tonight, and I am
doing something a littledifferent with the series here,
talking to women who haveexpertise in various areas.
And tonight is interestingbecause I have with me on Zoom
(00:30):
Amita Sharma.
She is a holistic wellnesschampion and advocate.
She also has a program that shedoes to help women who are
dealing with perimenopause,menopause and various other
health concerns.
Like you know, our health isvery important and she's also
(00:51):
the co-founder of Nourish Doc, aholistic wellness platform
dedicated to empowering womenand advocating for women in
various channels.
I guess, Hi, Amita.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Hi, Hi, how are you, Carlene?
I really appreciate the workthat you're doing and appreciate
that you know we are going totalk to not menopausal women,
which are necessarily generallyin 50s, but younger women, so
that they are prepared right.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, I think it's important to be prepared because
you have no idea what your bodyis going to do, how it's going
to change.
Like me personally, I mean 40has been great, but I've seen my
doctor more than I want to say.
You know, I've had so manyvisits, right, you know what I
mean my diet and it.
It is a change and there arecertain things that you can do
(01:45):
with your diet and yourlifestyle, but I think there's
other things that are hereditarythat you can't control.
But I think the one thingthat's amazing that you do is
that I guess you have a wellnessprogram and you help other
individuals that are maybesuffering Right.
So, to start things off, whatis perimenopause and menopause?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Yeah, you know a lot of us are confused about these
two terms, right?
Because as women we don'tunderstand.
And the perimenopause are theyears transitioning into
menopause.
Menopause is when our menstrualcycle is done.
You are technically inmenopause if you haven't had
your periods for 12 consecutivemonths that's the definition of
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menopause.
And then rest of your lifeyou're in menopause Now.
The perimenopause startstypically age 40 or even earlier
, 35 plus.
It can last up to 10 years,believe it or not, and there are
over 48 symptoms associatedwith this whole thing.
Can you imagine?
So no wonder you're feeling.
You know whatever you'refeeling because more than likely
(02:49):
, your hormones have startedfluctuating.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yeah, definitely, and I have.
I'm anemic, so that doesn'thelp.
Anemia is really bad when youhave your, your periods too.
You know what I mean, and soit's just been always trying to
balance everything out when Ialready have what do you call it
An autoimmune deficiency orwhatever they say in medical
(03:14):
terms right, which doesn't helpmy situation, but, like you said
, 10 years and so what are thesymptoms?
I know a lot of symptoms aresimilar, but are there different
symptoms in perimenopause?
You mean from menopause?
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Some are similar, for sure.
But menopausal woman is a bitolder, right, she's in her 50s
and perimenopausal, like I saidearlier, could be 35 plus or
typically 40 something.
But that's when your body isgoing to start changing, your
hormone fluctuations startchanging, so you're going to
have, like heart flashes,anxiety.
You know some of the commonsymptoms brain fog, you can't
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remember, suddenly things thatsaid, oh, what did I say?
And then suddenly your memoryfeel like your memory laps a
little bit and sleep at nightcould be a problem.
You know you start gettingbloating all the most of the
time.
So these kind of things starthappening.
And there are so many other.
Now menopausal women havesomething else to worry about,
(04:13):
because 80 percent of the womenin the united states over the
age of 55 which are obviouslymenopausal most of, I'm assuming
, with because of the age theyhave one chronic condition so
they have to worry more about.
Oh, they don't get into anychronic conditions like diabetes
, like osteoporosis, like hearthealth, right, like even cancer,
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even dementia.
It becomes more of thinning andskin and weight, all those
things, anxiety, all thosethings.
And relationships, even loss oflibido.
You know that's another one ofthe symptoms.
So I don't know when whathappens when you know it's
different for every moment.
But, like you were saying, alot of things you can do with
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dietary and lifestylemodifications.
But the way our genes are, theway the culture we are coming
from, it depends a lot on thelifestyle we've had, even the
lifestyle our moms have led.
All that can contribute to thejourney of how we are going to
go through the perimenopause aswell with other than
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perimenopause.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
There's other ailments that women deal with on
top of it, like fibroids,endometriosis that can make
menopause even more painful.
So what is it exactly that youdo as a holistic practitioner
for someone who does not knowwhat that is?
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Yeah, so our app platform is all about, first,
self-care using holistictherapies, meaning naturopathic,
nature-driven right.
So what we are trying to do iswe are trying to help you
through the journey of goingthrough this midlife whatever
using dietary lifestyle and someholistic therapies, for example
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, like naturopathy, like CBT,like hypnotherapy, like
aromatherapy, like Ayurvedictherapy, like massage therapy,
like acupuncture, acupressure,yoga, breath work, meditation,
diet right, food as medicine,herbs and supplements right.
so I'm counting there are over15 yeah, right, 15 or 20
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different therapies, that wehave incorporated all these
things into simple self-careprogram that women can take as a
first step right Now.
If some women, let's sayhypothetically is suffering from
fibroids or endometriosis, thenour program alone is probably
not sufficient, is what I'mtrying to say.
(06:54):
You need an expert interventionalong with that, right?
This program is for generallywomen who doesn't have these
conditions and she started theseperimenopausal hormonal
fluctuations and having allthese symptoms and doesn't know
what to do.
Then, okay, the first step isokay.
Let me just try to understandwhat is.
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How can I change my diet?
How can I change my lifestyle?
How can I do that?
So?
But as soon as you put, hey, Ihave fibroids or whatever, then
we have vetted and curatedexperts who can help you based
on your personal needs, right?
So that's kind of how it'sstructured, because the reason
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is we wanted to make it veryaffordable for every single
woman in the world.
That was the way we have doneit.
This was the only way we couldhave done it.
So the self-care is going to bepriced like $5.
So it's going to be super,super cheap.
And then, of course, we knowhow much a naturopathic doctor
charges, or you know, that's notour, we don't control that.
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That's how much they charge.
That's kind of the one-on-oneconsultation or a group coaching
, right.
So that's kind of how thiswhole thing is structured I
understand that.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
So I guess it's it's your company, what you're doing
is going in the digital era,because we are in a digital era,
a time of transformation, andpretty much what your program
does is it helps women who arelooking to change the way that
they eat.
You know what I mean.
(08:31):
Maybe the diet, like I mean,because even though you see a
doctor like I mean once youfigure out what's wrong from
your doctor, then you can lookat other ways in which you can
help yourself.
If you're dealing withperimenopause because it's it's
not something that's fun youknow what I mean having the hot
flashes, always being hot,having problems sleeping like
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you know what I mean, sleep isthe most important thing in in
daily life and and I can say formyself, like you know, when I
have problems sleeping, it's notfun.
So I'm Based on your background.
You mentioned that you're inSan Francisco and you know,
obviously the weather's a lotwarmer there than here in Canada
.
So I guess what I'm trying tosay is you offer a service for
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anyone anywhere.
It's not limited because it'snot an office, it's all online
and and so what pushed you tocreate this platform?
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Well, you know my, my journey.
I would say that you know Iwent through the entire
perimenopause journey in silence.
I never, you know, kind ofexpressed that I'm having these
problems.
I never reached out for help.
I was so kind of scared is theword at workplace that I would
be judged as maybe agediscrimination?
(09:55):
Maybe I can't do my workproperly if I express that I'm
going through all these symptoms.
I mean, I'm talking about adecade back.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Look right, I'm, you know I am you know what a decade
ago, amita.
It's a struggle now for womenlike we.
We can't, you know, taking timeoff work.
We have to be so mindful ofthat, so even now it's the same
thing.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
It's like, you know, I'm a Gen X, you know and, and,
and.
You know, about a decade back,nobody even had heard of the
word perimenopause, menopause,and, and, and.
Can you imagine going into HRand saying, oh, by the way, I
was lucky, we were lucky in ourgeneration that we were getting
some time off when we had babiesor kids, and even that was
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considered like oh, are youtaking six weeks off?
You know so it was verydifferent a decade back, 10
years back.
So I just kept suffering andsuffering.
So I just kept suffering andsuffering.
And suddenly in the last two,three years, you know, somehow I
got an opportunity after COVIDto.
(10:58):
I wanted to always createsomething that has a meaningful
impact for younger women who arecoming behind me, and this is
something I felt very passionateabout, you know, and I felt
like I never spoke up and thisis the opportunity for me.
I'm wiser, you know, I can helpso many other women who are
behind me, who are going toenter this space, and why not go
deeper into it and starttalking about it?
(11:20):
Right, and that's kind of howit started, and I personally had
a lot of issues and I honestly,didn't even know that this is
all perimenopause, because eventhe doctors are not taught about
perimenopause.
Obgyn told me and they nevertold me that you're going
through this hormonalfluctuation.
I wish I had known about it.
I just started experimenting onmyself research, experiment,
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research, experiment, fail,success, you know going through
this whole roller coaster andfinally I figured out a way that
I'm able to maintain mymetabolism and maintain my
whatever mental mind, mind, mind, body connection and balance,
so to speak.
Yeah, there's a lot of trialand error.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
It is, and you know, you know how you said.
You're suffering in silence.
A lot of people, a lot of women, suffer in silence and we
ignore the warning signs, weignore certain things that our
bodies are changing.
And even for me, like I think Ican relate to you, not with
perimenopause, not withmenopause, but with my own issue
when I ended up in the hospitaltoo, and like you're speaking
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for other women and that's whatpushes you, and I think that's
what pushes me too, because Iwant other women to advocate for
themselves, because sometimes,even if you're not silent, your
family doesn't educate you.
My mom didn't tell me aboutcertain things because she's
part of your generation, shemade me what's it called.
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Your parents always make youeat certain foods and I never
understood why am I eating?
Why do I have to eat spinach?
Why do I have to do all this?
You know what I mean, andobviously it's to help my anemia
.
You know what I mean, but, likewhen I had my own health scare,
I had no idea that this wassomething that was hereditary
until after, when it's like youknow.
(13:08):
So you creating something likethis for other women, especially
women all over, like anyone whohas access to the internet, can
go online on the website andlook at courses or find a mentor
or something, right?
So basically tell me you saidthat it's 3000, you have 3000
experts along those lines, likeyou were saying earlier, right?
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah, I interviewed over 3,000 plus holistic experts
from all over the world andwent deep into this topic to
understand this topic.
Research and everything and theprograms we have are simple,
digestible information that wewant to give which is pretty
interactive for the women, and Iwant, and I specifically wanted
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, to include younger women.
The reason is, as I said, Ithink but by the time you are 50
years old, like me, it's too,too late.
It's that you know, if you'reover 50, it's too late.
What you need to do is youreally need to come here when
the woman is about 35 plus, andthat's what I really wanted to
capture those women, because weknow almost everyone is working,
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they're all digitally savvy andthey're the ones who are going
to suffer until they hit, youknow, the 5-0 button, right?
So that was where we went backand said we want to create
something for women who areentering perimenopause or going
to enter perimenopause.
The menopause part, like I said, it gets too late, because now
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you're worried about hopefully Idon't have a chronic condition,
right, it's a different phaseof life.
Diva Tonight Glamour for yourears.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
This is 40, a female, female perspective so you
brought that up, which is reallyimportant.
So if you catch it early on,like I mean, okay, so how do you
prepare for menopause?
Or like what you say to someonelike me who's in their early
40s like to prepare yourself sothat it doesn't hit you like a
(15:11):
ton of bricks, you know exactly40.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
40 is when I I got my perimenopause, you know, for if
you're in your early 40s,you're definitely going to start
entering or maybe you haven'thad perimenopause already
because menopause is 51 52,that's what menopause age is
very normal I'm talking aboutthe normal, but menopause is
also different.
As for the culture, a lot of uswe don't understand that, you
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know.
As for the cultural and theethnic backgrounds, also, at the
journey of a penny for youmight be different than, uh,
another woman who's from adifferent culture, is what I'm
saying.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Right.
So yeah, I'm from Grenadaoriginally but I've been, I've
been living here in Canada forover 30 years and I guess when
you say ethnic background, itmeans like how, I guess how did
my aunt feel when she was goingthrough it?
Because she said she alreadywent through all that, but her
symptoms may be similar to whatI get, because I mean, it's all
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in your family history too insome cases, right?
Or you said cultural ethnicbackground yeah, cultural.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
What I mean is by latino american women.
I mean, this is north american,close canada as well yeah even
black american women.
They generally get menopause atan earlier age, like 47, 48,
and caucasian women are gettingaround normal 51, 52 and then
indian women.
I originally come from indiabut I I didn't get menopause at
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46, but most of them in indiaare getting in the mid 40s,
which is pretty scary, which isnot good.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
That's what you think it's the climate or the food.
I mean you say cultural, so isit the food that they're eating?
What is life different, I think?
Speaker 3 (16:59):
it's a lot of things.
So Latino American and AfricanAmerican women have a majority
of the time not that I'm puttingeveryone in the stereotype I'm
having more processed food,right, more processed food.
So if you're not eating on timeor having more processed food,
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all those things and the obesityfactors are higher, more
prevalent in these twocommunities.
So those are some of thefactors.
Now in indian women is thelifestyle, the very sedentary
lifestyle.
Typically typically this agewomen 40 something, 50 something
don't work, they quit working,they are generally home, they're
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taking care of the kids.
Even in today's day and age,majority of them and they repeat
, they lead a very sedentarylifestyle, not very active
lifestyle, and also the cultureof generally women being
subservient.
Now the things have changed, ofcourse, all over the world, but
I'm talking about a decade back,10 years back, right, my
generation of 50-something womenare not working in a lot of
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places in the world is what I'msaying.
So it's a lot of cultural beingsubservient, being not active,
physically sedentary lifestyle,not eating properly at the right
times.
All those things contribute.
It's not just one thing.
And, of course, environmentaltoo.
There's more pollution andtoxins in the environment sorry,
that could be endocrinedisruptors and that are not good
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for women's bodies as well.
Right, so there's a multitude.
It's very complicated, it'svery difficult to understand,
but, overall, what the researchhas been done, that's what the
research I'm sharing, theresearch, that which is
important, which is important,they've taken a subset of not
everyone in those countries.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Yeah, like you said, I mean I went, went on, I did a
little bit of my research too,and in canada they say the
average age for menopause is,like you said, 52, but that's
average, right.
And so you were talking aboutafrican-american women, latino
women, which is a culture where,even here in North America, a
lot of highly processed foods,but also in the Caribbean, we
eat a lot of, like curry,chicken, rice, all these foods
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that are high in carbohydrates.
You know what I mean and like,and not a lot of leafy greens,
like in the main dishes, so thatthose things.
But I think the one thing thatyou address in the beginning
that's really important is thetimeline that I think a lot of
us are not aware of.
That perimenopause starts like12 months before you even miss
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your period.
So you know what I mean, likeleading up to that too, and like
your body's changing andnoticing those things, right.
So, as someone like myself,who's, I guess, african-american
or, you know, a black femalewith a lifestyle of my own,
where do you start?
Because you said you have it'sa lot of things, it's not just
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one.
But I guess what are thestepping stones to change, you
know?
Speaker 3 (20:09):
yeah, I mean, the caribbean has natural resources.
So you know it's actually right.
I think you just have to cleanup your diet.
You start with the diet firstand then you need to have
movement.
I mean those are the firststeps.
Typically, look, it doesn'thappen in monday, or you know
it's not right, it's gonna it.
It's a process.
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So so where do you start Right?
That's why we've created thiswhole self-care thing, helping
women.
To where do you?
Where do they start?
But just to give you an idea,start with simple making small
changes every single day.
Start with adding some more,like getting rid of red meat.
Maybe you know I don't know ifyou eat red meat as an example.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
I had to start eating more red meat.
I was only eating chicken andfish, and that doesn't have a
lot of iron in it.
And because I'm going to bequite honest with you, I have
fibroids.
And so, yeah, I don't talkabout it a lot, but I think like
that too.
When that, when I got thatdiagnosis, I'm like really you
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know that's a tough one.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
See, look, you have a medical condition at which
needs medical intervention, butlet's say, hypothetically, if
you didn't have fibroids and youwere like a good health going
through perimenopause, the firststep is to cleaning up your
diet.
You need to clean up your dietright Even with the fibroids.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
I mean I could do medical intervention, which is
what I've looked into.
Obviously, that's how I know.
But even with that, I have toclean up my diet too.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Yeah, that's so.
That's very, very important.
And then adding some exercise,movement, some kind of movement,
right Type of movement, isimportant.
Fibroidsids, you know.
Maybe consulting a naturopathicdoctor, maybe they you know a
lot of naturopathic doctor thatI have interviewed.
You know they also do fibroids,so I don't know what the system
is in canada, but consultingsomeone who can help you, uh,
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you know, putting together aholistic plan is what I'm saying
.
It's not just one thing rightand sticking to it.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Yeah, making it a routine and that's the thing.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
The problem is sticking to a plan.
You know, I've made all kind ofplans for sticking to the plan
because after two months I losemy weight, I'm perfectly fine.
Then after two months, I don'tknow what happens.
I'm picking up on some strangethings like that are sweet and
I'm again bloated and I'm like,oh, wasn't it looking perfectly
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fine?
And now what the heck happened,you know.
So I think all of us have gonethrough this problem.
It's having to do what we canmaintain and sustain.
That is the hard part for allof us.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
And you know what?
I think we're talking moreabout the health part of it, but
I think there's the personbehind the company, and your
company is called Nourish Doc,which is a great website, by the
way.
I looked at some of it and I'mlike, wow, we have a specialist
in many different areas, like achiropractor, a naturopath, like
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it's.
It's really you really have putin the work, which is amazing.
You know what I mean,especially now more than ever,
it's not just physical health,it's mental health too.
That are struggling um more innorth america, across the world,
you know.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
And 50% of women have anxiety or depression or even
suicidal thoughts.
You know, earlier it used to bea taboo to even talk about
mental health, but we'venormalized the mental health
topic now, more or less all overthe world, for that matter, and
I think now it's time tonormalize the perimenopause
menopause you know all thesethings.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yeah, and hopefully you know, get like, allow women
to have time off and not feelguilty because they're
struggling, Right.
But I want to know from you, assomeone who has done the
research and has struggled, whenyou look back to your own
personal experience, what areyour thoughts with this journey?
Speaker 3 (24:09):
it actually impacted my entire, not only my physical
health, my mental health, forsure, I was definitely depressed
.
I had different anxiety issuesI'm not sure if I had suicidal
thoughts, but but a borderlineof you know, a lot of time
depression, serious depression,dark thoughts, right.
So how do you, how do youhandle all this?
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How do you come out of right?
That's the problem.
You have to be opencommunication and that was what
I never did.
I like I said I told you I washolding on to everything inside
my, my little thing.
I'm like, I'm never going totalk about it, and that's the
problem.
It's not just me.
A lot of women around the world,they want to project themselves
as being almost perfect.
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That is how we've been broughtup right Stereotypical.
Oh, you have to look a certainway or you have to behave a
certain way.
You cannot show weakness.
You are the caregiver.
You know all those things arekind of fed into our brains when
we are little girls.
You know, I'll tell you,irrespective of the culture I
literally didn't matter whichculture women are coming from
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most of the women feel like that.
So that is the problem.
We women have to keep shed ouryou know those kind of masks.
You know the, the superficialmasks that we put on and let
people see our loved ones or thefamily and the people who are.
We are with that.
We are going through someproblems and we need help.
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We need to seek help.
We need to be open communicationand that is the only thing I
would say and and not feel, ohmy god, I what if I say this and
that person's going to feel bad, it doesn't matter, you need to
take care of that, and that'sthe fundamental issue I have
with myself, and I decided to dothat after 10 years of when I
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went through the journey.
I never said a word.
I kept going silent, silent,silent.
That's not the right thing todo.
Is what I'm saying?
You need to speak up, open up.
It's a natural phase of awoman's life.
There's nothing bad about it.
There's nothing wrong about it.
That is just all women aregoing to go through.
All women are not going to getpregnant, but all women are
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going to go through this,whether they like it or not,
right?
Speaker 2 (26:21):
yeah, even even the periods.
You know, like, we all gothrough the menstrual cycle as
part of being a woman, right andso.
But you know what?
I think I appreciate what yousaid there, because that hits
home for me, because it's, likeyou said, whatever you're going
through, like when you suffer insilence, the only person
suffering is you, and it's hard.
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Like you said, we have in manycultures, and I think not just
in your culture you'reoriginally from India, right so
in many cultures, even in theCaribbean, like you said, many
women.
We are always.
We always have to be strong, wealways have to put our fist up
you know what I mean and put onthis mask, as you said.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
So it's very, I think , when we wear our makeup.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Yeah, right, you put on like you don't.
You're not supposed to cry,you're not supposed to show
emotions, like, if you like it's, it's a sign of weakness, right
?
I think, like that with afriend during covid, where she's
like I've never seen you cry,you're not an emotional person,
and it's true.
So when you have those moments,you're like, oh my gosh, I
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can't believe I did that.
But getting back to thisamazing website, you said
there's an app coming, so tellme more.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Yeah, so people can find us at wwwnourishtalkcom and
the app is coming next month,hopefully between the Mother's
Day and the Father's Day.
That's the intention.
The Mother's Day is in mid-Mayand the Father's Day that's the
intention.
The Mother's Day is in mid-Mayand the Father's Day is in
mid-June.
So somewhere over there we'regoing to launch the app and the
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web portion as well, when womenwill be able to log in and spend
only like $5 a month.
That's it to start on theself-care journey.
And then, if they need anyintervention and most of them
are all holistic experts we'llhave medical doctors as well.
Then they can get consultationor get a personalized meal plan
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or personalized holistic plan,even group coaching, if they
want to do it.
Initially affordable, all thosethings are going to be offered
through the app.
That's the intention to startwith, super affordable, really
cheap, so that everybody can getaccess to that.
And then, as you progress, youknow, of course, whatever the
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doctors, whatever the expertscharge, we just facilitate that
as a plan.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Wow, it's going to be great.
So next month, I mean and eventhe price $5 a month, that is
for what you get on on nourishdoccom.
I mean, it's amazing.
Like to see a specialistindividually is so much.
But to have an, a digitalplatform where you can go online
and get expert help, not to sayyou still can't yeah, I mean
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you.
Speaker 3 (29:09):
It's not all in one, you still have to see your
doctor, but at least you haveother experts too that can help
you you get some, you know, evenif you go to your doctor, but
you have, you have somewherelike your helper, right you to
go, you can go access, you cansee what other people are doing.
Maybe there's a community ofwomen who have fibers as well.
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You know things like that right.
It's not just you don't feelalone and and you have some
somewhere to go and forreference and for checking or
what you know, all those thingsright.
So that's really the intentionyeah, well, you know what?
Speaker 2 (29:44):
I'm really happy that you made the time to talk about
this important topic ofperimenopause and menopause.
Amita sharma, and the websiteis nourishdoccom right, and
you're on social media.
What's your instagram?
Speaker 3 (30:01):
yeah, it's.
Uh, we are everywhere.
The instagram is nourish.
Underscore d-o-c.
N-o-c.
N-o-u-r-i-s-h underscore D-O-C.
So, like I said, we are on allthe social media platforms, so
check us out everywhere Facebook, insta, linkedin.
We're very active on thesethree platforms.
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Not so active on the Twitter somuch, but these three we are
posting regularly.
When the app comes out out, wewill be announcing it as well.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
We haven't announced it yet yeah, I actually saw one
of your posts on instagram, so Ithink you're on your way.
I think one day at a time, onestep at a time, you're helping
women, all this with this simplethings.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
yeah, we're posting simple things and then we bring
in, you know, expertise likesimple tidbits that people can
follow.
That's really the intention,and then when you start small,
slowly, slowly, you start makingthe difference.
So that's the well.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah, thank you, Amita.
I think I will definitely haveto have you back on the show
about some other things.
You have to have you back onthe show to talk about some
other things.
You know I'm Carlene and thisis Diva Tonight with Amita
Sharm,a and send us a text.
You can text the show if youfound this topic interesting or
if you want more informationfrom Amita.
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That'd be great.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
Diva Tonight with Carlene will be back.
Send us a message on Instagramat diva underscore tonight.
Hi, I'm Carlene and this is Diva Tonight, and I am
doing something a littledifferent with the series here,
talking to women who haveexpertise in various areas.
And tonight is interestingbecause I have with me on Zoom
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Amita Sharma.
She is a holistic wellnesschampion and advocate.
She also has a program that shedoes to help women who are
dealing with perimenopause,menopause and various other
health concerns.
Like you know, our health isvery important and she's also
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the co-founder of Nourish Doc, aholistic wellness platform
dedicated to empowering womenand advocating for women in
various channels.
I guess, Hi, Amita.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Hi, Hi, how are you, Carlene?
I really appreciate the workthat you're doing and appreciate
that you know we are going totalk to not menopausal women,
which are necessarily generallyin 50s, but younger women, so
that they are prepared right.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, I think it's important to be prepared because
you have no idea what your bodyis going to do, how it's going
to change.
Like me personally, I mean 40has been great, but I've seen my
doctor more than I want to say.
You know, I've had so manyvisits, right, you know what I
mean my diet and it.
It is a change and there arecertain things that you can do
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with your diet and yourlifestyle, but I think there's
other things that are hereditarythat you can't control.
But I think the one thingthat's amazing that you do is
that I guess you have a wellnessprogram and you help other
individuals that are maybesuffering Right.
So, to start things off, whatis perimenopause and menopause?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Yeah, you know a lot of us are confused about these
two terms, right?
Because as women we don'tunderstand.
And the perimenopause are theyears transitioning into
menopause.
Menopause is when our menstrualcycle is done.
You are technically inmenopause if you haven't had
your periods for 12 consecutivemonths that's the definition of
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menopause.
And then rest of your lifeyou're in menopause Now.
The perimenopause startstypically age 40 or even earlier
, 35 plus.
It can last up to 10 years,believe it or not, and there are
over 48 symptoms associatedwith this whole thing.
Can you imagine?
So no wonder you're feeling.
You know whatever you'refeeling because more than likely
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, your hormones have startedfluctuating.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Yeah, definitely, and I have.
I'm anemic, so that doesn'thelp.
Anemia is really bad when youhave your, your periods too.
You know what I mean, and soit's just been always trying to
balance everything out when Ialready have what do you call it
An autoimmune deficiency orwhatever they say in medical
(03:14):
terms right, which doesn't helpmy situation, but, like you said
, 10 years and so what are thesymptoms?
I know a lot of symptoms aresimilar, but are there different
symptoms in perimenopause?
You mean from menopause?
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Some are similar, for sure.
But menopausal woman is a bitolder, right, she's in her 50s
and perimenopausal, like I saidearlier, could be 35 plus or
typically 40 something.
But that's when your body isgoing to start changing, your
hormone fluctuations startchanging, so you're going to
have, like heart flashes,anxiety.
You know some of the commonsymptoms brain fog, you can't
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remember, suddenly things thatsaid, oh, what did I say?
And then suddenly your memoryfeel like your memory laps a
little bit and sleep at nightcould be a problem.
You know you start gettingbloating all the most of the
time.
So these kind of things starthappening.
And there are so many other.
Now menopausal women havesomething else to worry about,
(04:13):
because 80 percent of the womenin the united states over the
age of 55 which are obviouslymenopausal most of, I'm assuming
, with because of the age theyhave one chronic condition so
they have to worry more about.
Oh, they don't get into anychronic conditions like diabetes
, like osteoporosis, like hearthealth, right, like even cancer,
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even dementia.
It becomes more of thinning andskin and weight, all those
things, anxiety, all thosethings.
And relationships, even loss oflibido.
You know that's another one ofthe symptoms.
So I don't know when whathappens when you know it's
different for every moment.
But, like you were saying, alot of things you can do with
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dietary and lifestylemodifications.
But the way our genes are, theway the culture we are coming
from, it depends a lot on thelifestyle we've had, even the
lifestyle our moms have led.
All that can contribute to thejourney of how we are going to
go through the perimenopause aswell with other than
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perimenopause.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
There's other ailments that women deal with on
top of it, like fibroids,endometriosis that can make
menopause even more painful.
So what is it exactly that youdo as a holistic practitioner
for someone who does not knowwhat that is?
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Yeah, so our app platform is all about, first,
self-care using holistictherapies, meaning naturopathic,
nature-driven right.
So what we are trying to do iswe are trying to help you
through the journey of goingthrough this midlife whatever
using dietary lifestyle and someholistic therapies, for example
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, like naturopathy, like CBT,like hypnotherapy, like
aromatherapy, like Ayurvedictherapy, like massage therapy,
like acupuncture, acupressure,yoga, breath work, meditation,
diet right, food as medicine,herbs and supplements right.
so I'm counting there are over15 yeah, right, 15 or 20
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different therapies, that wehave incorporated all these
things into simple self-careprogram that women can take as a
first step right Now.
If some women, let's sayhypothetically is suffering from
fibroids or endometriosis, thenour program alone is probably
not sufficient, is what I'mtrying to say.
(06:54):
You need an expert interventionalong with that, right?
This program is for generallywomen who doesn't have these
conditions and she started theseperimenopausal hormonal
fluctuations and having allthese symptoms and doesn't know
what to do.
Then, okay, the first step isokay.
Let me just try to understandwhat is.
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How can I change my diet?
How can I change my lifestyle?
How can I do that?
So?
But as soon as you put, hey, Ihave fibroids or whatever, then
we have vetted and curatedexperts who can help you based
on your personal needs, right?
So that's kind of how it'sstructured, because the reason
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is we wanted to make it veryaffordable for every single
woman in the world.
That was the way we have doneit.
This was the only way we couldhave done it.
So the self-care is going to bepriced like $5.
So it's going to be super,super cheap.
And then, of course, we knowhow much a naturopathic doctor
charges, or you know, that's notour, we don't control that.
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That's how much they charge.
That's kind of the one-on-oneconsultation or a group coaching
, right.
So that's kind of how thiswhole thing is structured I
understand that.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
So I guess it's it's your company, what you're doing
is going in the digital era,because we are in a digital era,
a time of transformation, andpretty much what your program
does is it helps women who arelooking to change the way that
they eat.
You know what I mean.
(08:31):
Maybe the diet, like I mean,because even though you see a
doctor like I mean once youfigure out what's wrong from
your doctor, then you can lookat other ways in which you can
help yourself.
If you're dealing withperimenopause because it's it's
not something that's fun youknow what I mean having the hot
flashes, always being hot,having problems sleeping like
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you know what I mean, sleep isthe most important thing in in
daily life and and I can say formyself, like you know, when I
have problems sleeping, it's notfun.
So I'm Based on your background.
You mentioned that you're inSan Francisco and you know,
obviously the weather's a lotwarmer there than here in Canada
.
So I guess what I'm trying tosay is you offer a service for
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anyone anywhere.
It's not limited because it'snot an office, it's all online
and and so what pushed you tocreate this platform?
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Well, you know my, my journey.
I would say that you know Iwent through the entire
perimenopause journey in silence.
I never, you know, kind ofexpressed that I'm having these
problems.
I never reached out for help.
I was so kind of scared is theword at workplace that I would
be judged as maybe agediscrimination?
(09:55):
Maybe I can't do my workproperly if I express that I'm
going through all these symptoms.
I mean, I'm talking about adecade back.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Look right, I'm, you know I am you know what a decade
ago, amita.
It's a struggle now for womenlike we.
We can't, you know, taking timeoff work.
We have to be so mindful ofthat, so even now it's the same
thing.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
It's like, you know, I'm a Gen X, you know and, and,
and.
You know, about a decade back,nobody even had heard of the
word perimenopause, menopause,and, and, and.
Can you imagine going into HRand saying, oh, by the way, I
was lucky, we were lucky in ourgeneration that we were getting
some time off when we had babiesor kids, and even that was
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considered like oh, are youtaking six weeks off?
You know so it was verydifferent a decade back, 10
years back.
So I just kept suffering andsuffering.
So I just kept suffering andsuffering.
And suddenly in the last two,three years, you know, somehow I
got an opportunity after COVIDto.
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I wanted to always createsomething that has a meaningful
impact for younger women who arecoming behind me, and this is
something I felt very passionateabout, you know, and I felt
like I never spoke up and thisis the opportunity for me.
I'm wiser, you know, I can helpso many other women who are
behind me, who are going toenter this space, and why not go
deeper into it and starttalking about it?
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Right, and that's kind of howit started, and I personally had
a lot of issues and I honestly,didn't even know that this is
all perimenopause, because eventhe doctors are not taught about
perimenopause.
Obgyn told me and they nevertold me that you're going
through this hormonalfluctuation.
I wish I had known about it.
I just started experimenting onmyself research, experiment,
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research, experiment, fail,success, you know going through
this whole roller coaster andfinally I figured out a way that
I'm able to maintain mymetabolism and maintain my
whatever mental mind, mind, mind, body connection and balance,
so to speak.
Yeah, there's a lot of trialand error.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
It is, and you know, you know how you said.
You're suffering in silence.
A lot of people, a lot of women, suffer in silence and we
ignore the warning signs, weignore certain things that our
bodies are changing.
And even for me, like I think Ican relate to you, not with
perimenopause, not withmenopause, but with my own issue
when I ended up in the hospitaltoo, and like you're speaking
(12:26):
for other women and that's whatpushes you, and I think that's
what pushes me too, because Iwant other women to advocate for
themselves, because sometimes,even if you're not silent, your
family doesn't educate you.
My mom didn't tell me aboutcertain things because she's
part of your generation, shemade me what's it called.
(12:47):
Your parents always make youeat certain foods and I never
understood why am I eating?
Why do I have to eat spinach?
Why do I have to do all this?
You know what I mean, andobviously it's to help my anemia
.
You know what I mean, but, likewhen I had my own health scare,
I had no idea that this wassomething that was hereditary
until after, when it's like youknow.
(13:08):
So you creating something likethis for other women, especially
women all over, like anyone whohas access to the internet, can
go online on the website andlook at courses or find a mentor
or something, right?
So basically tell me you saidthat it's 3000, you have 3000
experts along those lines, likeyou were saying earlier, right?
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah, I interviewed over 3,000 plus holistic experts
from all over the world andwent deep into this topic to
understand this topic.
Research and everything and theprograms we have are simple,
digestible information that wewant to give which is pretty
interactive for the women, and Iwant, and I specifically wanted
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, to include younger women.
The reason is, as I said, Ithink but by the time you are 50
years old, like me, it's too,too late.
It's that you know, if you'reover 50, it's too late.
What you need to do is youreally need to come here when
the woman is about 35 plus, andthat's what I really wanted to
capture those women, because weknow almost everyone is working,
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they're all digitally savvy andthey're the ones who are going
to suffer until they hit, youknow, the 5-0 button, right?
So that was where we went backand said we want to create
something for women who areentering perimenopause or going
to enter perimenopause.
The menopause part, like I said, it gets too late, because now
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you're worried about hopefully Idon't have a chronic condition,
right, it's a different phaseof life.
Diva Tonight Glamour for yourears.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
This is 40, a female, female perspective so you
brought that up, which is reallyimportant.
So if you catch it early on,like I mean, okay, so how do you
prepare for menopause?
Or like what you say to someonelike me who's in their early
40s like to prepare yourself sothat it doesn't hit you like a
(15:11):
ton of bricks, you know exactly40.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
40 is when I I got my perimenopause, you know, for if
you're in your early 40s,you're definitely going to start
entering or maybe you haven'thad perimenopause already
because menopause is 51 52,that's what menopause age is
very normal I'm talking aboutthe normal, but menopause is
also different.
As for the culture, a lot of uswe don't understand that, you
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know.
As for the cultural and theethnic backgrounds, also, at the
journey of a penny for youmight be different than, uh,
another woman who's from adifferent culture, is what I'm
saying.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Right.
So yeah, I'm from Grenadaoriginally but I've been, I've
been living here in Canada forover 30 years and I guess when
you say ethnic background, itmeans like how, I guess how did
my aunt feel when she was goingthrough it?
Because she said she alreadywent through all that, but her
symptoms may be similar to whatI get, because I mean, it's all
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in your family history too insome cases, right?
Or you said cultural ethnicbackground yeah, cultural.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
What I mean is by latino american women.
I mean, this is north american,close canada as well yeah even
black american women.
They generally get menopause atan earlier age, like 47, 48,
and caucasian women are gettingaround normal 51, 52 and then
indian women.
I originally come from indiabut I I didn't get menopause at
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46, but most of them in indiaare getting in the mid 40s,
which is pretty scary, which isnot good.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
That's what you think it's the climate or the food.
I mean you say cultural, so isit the food that they're eating?
What is life different, I think?
Speaker 3 (16:59):
it's a lot of things.
So Latino American and AfricanAmerican women have a majority
of the time not that I'm puttingeveryone in the stereotype I'm
having more processed food,right, more processed food.
So if you're not eating on timeor having more processed food,
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all those things and the obesityfactors are higher, more
prevalent in these twocommunities.
So those are some of thefactors.
Now in indian women is thelifestyle, the very sedentary
lifestyle.
Typically typically this agewomen 40 something, 50 something
don't work, they quit working,they are generally home, they're
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taking care of the kids.
Even in today's day and age,majority of them and they repeat
, they lead a very sedentarylifestyle, not very active
lifestyle, and also the cultureof generally women being
subservient.
Now the things have changed, ofcourse, all over the world, but
I'm talking about a decade back,10 years back, right, my
generation of 50-something womenare not working in a lot of
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places in the world is what I'msaying.
So it's a lot of cultural beingsubservient, being not active,
physically sedentary lifestyle,not eating properly at the right
times.
All those things contribute.
It's not just one thing.
And, of course, environmentaltoo.
There's more pollution andtoxins in the environment sorry,
that could be endocrinedisruptors and that are not good
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for women's bodies as well.
Right, so there's a multitude.
It's very complicated, it'svery difficult to understand,
but, overall, what the researchhas been done, that's what the
research I'm sharing, theresearch, that which is
important, which is important,they've taken a subset of not
everyone in those countries.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Yeah, like you said, I mean I went, went on, I did a
little bit of my research too,and in canada they say the
average age for menopause is,like you said, 52, but that's
average, right.
And so you were talking aboutafrican-american women, latino
women, which is a culture where,even here in North America, a
lot of highly processed foods,but also in the Caribbean, we
eat a lot of, like curry,chicken, rice, all these foods
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that are high in carbohydrates.
You know what I mean and like,and not a lot of leafy greens,
like in the main dishes, so thatthose things.
But I think the one thing thatyou address in the beginning
that's really important is thetimeline that I think a lot of
us are not aware of.
That perimenopause starts like12 months before you even miss
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your period.
So you know what I mean, likeleading up to that too, and like
your body's changing andnoticing those things, right.
So, as someone like myself,who's, I guess, african-american
or, you know, a black femalewith a lifestyle of my own,
where do you start?
Because you said you have it'sa lot of things, it's not just
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one.
But I guess what are thestepping stones to change, you
know?
Speaker 3 (20:09):
yeah, I mean, the caribbean has natural resources.
So you know it's actually right.
I think you just have to cleanup your diet.
You start with the diet firstand then you need to have
movement.
I mean those are the firststeps.
Typically, look, it doesn'thappen in monday, or you know
it's not right, it's gonna it.
It's a process.
(20:29):
So so where do you start Right?
That's why we've created thiswhole self-care thing, helping
women.
To where do you?
Where do they start?
But just to give you an idea,start with simple making small
changes every single day.
Start with adding some more,like getting rid of red meat.
Maybe you know I don't know ifyou eat red meat as an example.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
I had to start eating more red meat.
I was only eating chicken andfish, and that doesn't have a
lot of iron in it.
And because I'm going to bequite honest with you, I have
fibroids.
And so, yeah, I don't talkabout it a lot, but I think like
that too.
When that, when I got thatdiagnosis, I'm like really you
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know that's a tough one.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
See, look, you have a medical condition at which
needs medical intervention, butlet's say, hypothetically, if
you didn't have fibroids and youwere like a good health going
through perimenopause, the firststep is to cleaning up your
diet.
You need to clean up your dietright Even with the fibroids.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
I mean I could do medical intervention, which is
what I've looked into.
Obviously, that's how I know.
But even with that, I have toclean up my diet too.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Yeah, that's so.
That's very, very important.
And then adding some exercise,movement, some kind of movement,
right Type of movement, isimportant.
Fibroidsids, you know.
Maybe consulting a naturopathicdoctor, maybe they you know a
lot of naturopathic doctor thatI have interviewed.
You know they also do fibroids,so I don't know what the system
is in canada, but consultingsomeone who can help you, uh,
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you know, putting together aholistic plan is what I'm saying
.
It's not just one thing rightand sticking to it.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
Yeah, making it a routine and that's the thing.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
The problem is sticking to a plan.
You know, I've made all kind ofplans for sticking to the plan
because after two months I losemy weight, I'm perfectly fine.
Then after two months, I don'tknow what happens.
I'm picking up on some strangethings like that are sweet and
I'm again bloated and I'm like,oh, wasn't it looking perfectly
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fine?
And now what the heck happened,you know.
So I think all of us have gonethrough this problem.
It's having to do what we canmaintain and sustain.
That is the hard part for allof us.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
And you know what?
I think we're talking moreabout the health part of it, but
I think there's the personbehind the company, and your
company is called Nourish Doc,which is a great website, by the
way.
I looked at some of it and I'mlike, wow, we have a specialist
in many different areas, like achiropractor, a naturopath, like
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it's.
It's really you really have putin the work, which is amazing.
You know what I mean,especially now more than ever,
it's not just physical health,it's mental health too.
That are struggling um more innorth america, across the world,
you know.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
And 50% of women have anxiety or depression or even
suicidal thoughts.
You know, earlier it used to bea taboo to even talk about
mental health, but we'venormalized the mental health
topic now, more or less all overthe world, for that matter, and
I think now it's time tonormalize the perimenopause
menopause you know all thesethings.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yeah, and hopefully you know, get like, allow women
to have time off and not feelguilty because they're
struggling, Right.
But I want to know from you, assomeone who has done the
research and has struggled, whenyou look back to your own
personal experience, what areyour thoughts with this journey?
Speaker 3 (24:09):
it actually impacted my entire, not only my physical
health, my mental health, forsure, I was definitely depressed
.
I had different anxiety issuesI'm not sure if I had suicidal
thoughts, but but a borderlineof you know, a lot of time
depression, serious depression,dark thoughts, right.
So how do you, how do youhandle all this?
(24:31):
How do you come out of right?
That's the problem.
You have to be opencommunication and that was what
I never did.
I like I said I told you I washolding on to everything inside
my, my little thing.
I'm like, I'm never going totalk about it, and that's the
problem.
It's not just me.
A lot of women around the world,they want to project themselves
as being almost perfect.
(24:52):
That is how we've been broughtup right Stereotypical.
Oh, you have to look a certainway or you have to behave a
certain way.
You cannot show weakness.
You are the caregiver.
You know all those things arekind of fed into our brains when
we are little girls.
You know, I'll tell you,irrespective of the culture I
literally didn't matter whichculture women are coming from
(25:15):
most of the women feel like that.
So that is the problem.
We women have to keep shed ouryou know those kind of masks.
You know the, the superficialmasks that we put on and let
people see our loved ones or thefamily and the people who are.
We are with that.
We are going through someproblems and we need help.
(25:36):
We need to seek help.
We need to be open communicationand that is the only thing I
would say and and not feel, ohmy god, I what if I say this and
that person's going to feel bad, it doesn't matter, you need to
take care of that, and that'sthe fundamental issue I have
with myself, and I decided to dothat after 10 years of when I
(25:57):
went through the journey.
I never said a word.
I kept going silent, silent,silent.
That's not the right thing todo.
Is what I'm saying?
You need to speak up, open up.
It's a natural phase of awoman's life.
There's nothing bad about it.
There's nothing wrong about it.
That is just all women aregoing to go through.
All women are not going to getpregnant, but all women are
(26:18):
going to go through this,whether they like it or not,
right?
Speaker 2 (26:21):
yeah, even even the periods.
You know, like, we all gothrough the menstrual cycle as
part of being a woman, right andso.
But you know what?
I think I appreciate what yousaid there, because that hits
home for me, because it's, likeyou said, whatever you're going
through, like when you suffer insilence, the only person
suffering is you, and it's hard.
(26:42):
Like you said, we have in manycultures, and I think not just
in your culture you'reoriginally from India, right so
in many cultures, even in theCaribbean, like you said, many
women.
We are always.
We always have to be strong, wealways have to put our fist up
you know what I mean and put onthis mask, as you said.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
So it's very, I think , when we wear our makeup.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Yeah, right, you put on like you don't.
You're not supposed to cry,you're not supposed to show
emotions, like, if you like it's, it's a sign of weakness, right
?
I think, like that with afriend during covid, where she's
like I've never seen you cry,you're not an emotional person,
and it's true.
So when you have those moments,you're like, oh my gosh, I
(27:25):
can't believe I did that.
But getting back to thisamazing website, you said
there's an app coming, so tellme more.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Yeah, so people can find us at wwwnourishtalkcom and
the app is coming next month,hopefully between the Mother's
Day and the Father's Day.
That's the intention.
The Mother's Day is in mid-Mayand the Father's Day that's the
intention.
The Mother's Day is in mid-Mayand the Father's Day is in
mid-June.
So somewhere over there we'regoing to launch the app and the
(27:56):
web portion as well, when womenwill be able to log in and spend
only like $5 a month.
That's it to start on theself-care journey.
And then, if they need anyintervention and most of them
are all holistic experts we'llhave medical doctors as well.
Then they can get consultationor get a personalized meal plan
(28:21):
or personalized holistic plan,even group coaching, if they
want to do it.
Initially affordable, all thosethings are going to be offered
through the app.
That's the intention to startwith, super affordable, really
cheap, so that everybody can getaccess to that.
And then, as you progress, youknow, of course, whatever the
(28:42):
doctors, whatever the expertscharge, we just facilitate that
as a plan.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
Wow, it's going to be great.
So next month, I mean and eventhe price $5 a month, that is
for what you get on on nourishdoccom.
I mean, it's amazing.
Like to see a specialistindividually is so much.
But to have an, a digitalplatform where you can go online
and get expert help, not to sayyou still can't yeah, I mean
(29:09):
you.
Speaker 3 (29:09):
It's not all in one, you still have to see your
doctor, but at least you haveother experts too that can help
you you get some, you know, evenif you go to your doctor, but
you have, you have somewherelike your helper, right you to
go, you can go access, you cansee what other people are doing.
Maybe there's a community ofwomen who have fibers as well.
(29:29):
You know things like that right.
It's not just you don't feelalone and and you have some
somewhere to go and forreference and for checking or
what you know, all those thingsright.
So that's really the intentionyeah, well, you know what?
Speaker 2 (29:44):
I'm really happy that you made the time to talk about
this important topic ofperimenopause and menopause.
Amita sharma, and the websiteis nourishdoccom right, and
you're on social media.
What's your instagram?
Speaker 3 (30:01):
yeah, it's.
Uh, we are everywhere.
The instagram is nourish.
Underscore d-o-c.
N-o-c.
N-o-u-r-i-s-h underscore D-O-C.
So, like I said, we are on allthe social media platforms, so
check us out everywhere Facebook, insta, linkedin.
We're very active on thesethree platforms.
(30:23):
Not so active on the Twitter somuch, but these three we are
posting regularly.
When the app comes out out, wewill be announcing it as well.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
We haven't announced it yet yeah, I actually saw one
of your posts on instagram, so Ithink you're on your way.
I think one day at a time, onestep at a time, you're helping
women, all this with this simplethings.
Speaker 3 (30:46):
yeah, we're posting simple things and then we bring
in, you know, expertise likesimple tidbits that people can
follow.
That's really the intention,and then when you start small,
slowly, slowly, you start makingthe difference.
So that's the well.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (31:01):
Yeah, thank you, Amita.
I think I will definitely haveto have you back on the show
about some other things.
You have to have you back onthe show to talk about some
other things.
You know I'm Carlene and thisis Diva Tonight with Amita
Sharm,a and send us a text.
You can text the show if youfound this topic interesting or
if you want more informationfrom Amita.
(31:22):
That'd be great.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
Diva Tonight with Carlene will be back.
Send us a message on Instagramat diva underscore tonight.
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