Making Space For Menopause

Menopause is a time to focus on strength, balance, bone health and bone density. Minerals play a role in our bone health, along with moving, diet, hormone balance, risk factors and genetics. Join me today as i discuss 4 minerals tha help to build and maintain bone! Bone is a living, ever-changing organism. As we age, maintaining bone density is one thing that can keep us active and away from frailty and hospitalization!

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I never thought I'd have chronic pain later in life. I thought I did all the "right" things, but now I worry that my fate may be just like my mothers. Immobility and frailty. I'm sharing how I am coping emotionally and why this experience had brought me down. There's so much we need to talk about as we age, isn't there?

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The idea of “surface self-care” versus “true self-care” is powerful. So often we see self-care presented as a quick fix: a spa day, some skincare, or a cup of tea. But those are just the surface layers, and true self-care is about the deeper, ongoing practices that nourish your mind, body, and soul.

I think the idea of self-worth is key here too—if we don’t build it from within, those surface-level acts may not fulfill us in the lo...

I don't make hard and fast new year's resolutions. I do make goals, set intentions and try live my days dong things that take me closer to how I want to feel, or toward how I see my future. It's not easy. One of the ways I do this is to have a monthly intention. 

I talk about that on my YouTube Channel HERE

Small goals and intentions can go a long way towards higher self esteem, less stress, and feeling more yourself in midlife. V...

There are many things that trigger a midlife crisis. I'm sharing these and normalizing my 3rd midlife crisis and the things I am do to move through it, and be more centred in my life. We can enter a midlife crisis through loss, change, chronic pain, and the changes in menopause can certainly magnify the hard parts of midlife. I'm also giving you a few journalling prompts that I used - which will come in handy if we both go through ...

This episode is all about making space for yourself! How do you want to feel at this time in yoru life? What about starting with this month?

I've set many goals throughout my life. Some I actually met. Many I have not. As November rolled around I started thinking about the upcoming stress of the holidays and how I needed to relax a little bit more. How could I do that?

I set to work making a monthly goal planning and reset sheet fo...

Do the things you watch on social media affect your mental health? Do you realize it? After 8 months off my personal social media account, I feel less stressed, more present and can get back to accepting myself as an aging woman. Am I overly sensitive and emotional? Maybe. There were just some things on social media I needed to break away from. I'd love to hear from you! Leave a comment on the linked YouTube video and let me know h...

How are you transitioning into your midlife years? Are you past the "mid" part of life and working towards your 60's or more? Bravo, you, by the way. As I ask your help in renaming my podcast, I want you to think about how you are making space for one of the biggest transitions women go through, if we are lucky to do so. Yes, lucky. We all have an expiry date, as my friend pointed out to me.

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Its a sign of growth when you can take a good look at yourself and laugh. When you can forgive yourself for making mistakes and just be you. In this episode I talk about change. Change in this podcast, my body, my thoughts about nutrition + non diet (a bit - more to come).

While I love to talk about nutrition and midlife, I realize how much SPACE we need to transition into this age and stage. We need to give ourselves this space. ...

If you need a little sleep hygiene review, this episode goes back to basics and gives some tips on the basics of sleep hygiene.

Sleep and rest become SO disrupted in perimenopause and menopause.

This can be due to increased stress, hormonal disruptions and the increased use of stimulamts. It can also be due to changes in the body we just can't contol.

if you struggle with sleep, and stay up for some "me time" you might want to r...

Do we actually need MORE protein in perimenopause and menopause? As we age, we lose muscle mass, which can affect strength, and our activities of daily living. Can more protein support your muscle mass? Perhaps! Started with the basics, and check in to see if you are meeting the minim...

This back to basics episode will take you on a short walk through the digestive system, with 6 EASY tips to support your gut in menopause and beyond. Each part of your digestion, including your brain, has a role to play. Each part depends on all the other parts to work in harmony. 

Change will not stop coming. Are we ready? Let's make space for menopause. 

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Staying hydrated in menopause means more than just drinking water. It means understanding how your body changes in midlife when medications, hormones and even body cue changes are involved. 

And yes, we will even talk about all that peeing that happens when we try to hydrate!

Tuesday November 21, 7 pm EST, Sherry Jibb and I will be talking about our partnership in Mindful Eating, Living and Moving for January 2024!

We think midli...

Do you move through the holidays feeling stressed out? Does January come round and you feel like you ate too much, drank too much and your digestion isn't the same?

Sherry Jibb and I talk about the importance of having calming practices, in ten minute bites, through the day, much like movement snack! These short bursts of calm will support digestion, help with your relationship to food through the holidays, and leave you feeling mo...

Do you have routines that nourish you? We all have routines, like brushing our teeth, or shopping Saturday morning. What about the routines that calm us, make us feel balanced? Routines set us up for a calmer nervous system, which means we may have less hot flashes, more energy, and our hormones will signal differently. 

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 Warning: swearing ... Have you had a free for all with food? If so, you might be a rebellious eater! This phase of eating can happen on the way to food freedom. 

But it does not always equal freedom. It can kind of feel like it sometimes, can't it? Until it doesn't. This episode shares a bit of my own experience with rebellious eating, aka a boundary-less experience with food.

If you think yo...

As I double down on my nutrition, with a mindful and intentional focus, I share 5 things that I focused on while away on a fall vacation. Some of these tips will carry you through the holiday season and beyond. Now, I am not a huge planner, not in my mind. However, prepping food, planning enjoyable food, and tuning in to body cues doesn't have to be perfect.

And all this can happen ANY time of the year. 

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What does the word NOURISH mean? Is it just nutrition? Join me in this episode as I explain my September Intention of nourishing my whole self, and what the word nourish can mean in a holistic way. 

As we slide into fall, with another year under our belt, how will we create fullness and satisfaction for ourselves? Month by month, slowly, and intentionally.

Start with nourishing your whole self.

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