September 30, 2025 • 21 mins
Hormones, stress, and sleep collide in midlife, shifting mood in ways that feel sudden and personal but are rooted in biology. We share science-backed tools, faith practices, and daily habits that bring calm back into reach.
• why mood swings, irritability, and aggression rise in perimenopause and menopause
• how estrogen, progesterone, serotonin, and dopamine affect mood
• the role of sleep loss, stress, and brain connectivity changes
• key statistics that validate your experience
• food strategies to steady blood sugar and feelings
• exercise choices, with strength training at the center
• simple sleep hygiene that improves next‑day mood
• journaling, breathwork, humor, and awareness cues
• medical options, HRT adjustments, and supplements
• prayer, reframing, and practical faith for patience
• how to apologize, reset, and ask for support
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SPEAKER_00 (00:01):
Welcome to the Midlife Madness podcast where we
get real about menopause, bothwellness and faith.
Midlife can be mental.
Let's make it magical.
Welcome back to Midlife Madness,where we talk about crazy
menopause, faith, and wellness.
(00:25):
And today's topic is somethingthat is not fun, but it does
happen.
We just have to be honest withourselves.
Mood swings, aggression, beingedgy.
So I had this conversation withmy best friend yesterday that
triggered me to talk about thistoday.
(00:48):
We're talking about how probablyI am the most stable friend that
she has because we're all in our50s and we all have a little
crazy in us.
And why is this happening?
Like, why are do we all have alittle crazy in us?
And so we're talking about it'smenopause, you know.
(01:12):
Some of us are still inperimenopause, some of us are in
full-blown menopause, but thereshe has a friend that is making
like these really crazy uhdecisions and like really off,
like decisions that like alogical person wouldn't do.
(01:34):
And and she's like, I've knownthis lady for since high school,
so you can imagine how long it'sbeen, and it just it doesn't
make sense of like why she'sacting this way, and I'm like,
it's it's her hormones, like sheher hormones are out of whack,
most likely, and she's goingthrough menopause, and it is a
(01:56):
thing, like edgy, uh erraticbehavior, um, aggression, moody,
and I don't know how many timesin the last several months my
husband has told me that I'maggressive, and I'm like, I'm
not aggressive, like I don'tunderstand where this is coming
(02:17):
from because I don't feel likeI'm being aggressive, but am I
really being aggressive?
It's so crazy, guys.
Like, it's so crazy because youstart asking yourself, like, am
I really being aggressive?
And sometimes, like, I don'treally notice it that I'm
operating that way, but othertimes I feel like I'm edgy, like
(02:44):
for example, my husband driving.
Like, if I was a pat like apassenger seat driver or a back
seat driver ever in my life, nowI'm like the worst.
It's like 50 times worse than itwas it used to be.
(03:05):
And I find myself like I'm likelike you know, being a little
nagging, which I've never beenlike that before.
That tells me that I need to goback to the doctor and adjust my
HRT because um, if you're doinghormone replacement therapy,
there is uh times where you haveto adjust the dosing.
(03:27):
So when all these little kind oflittle side effects or symptoms
are or like outputs ofperimenopause, because that's
where I'm at, I'm in I'm in thatstage, um starts showing up
again.
That's like a little sign thatyou need to go back and adjust
your medication.
So, anyways, just a reminder,I'm not a doctor, I'm a
(03:49):
certified or master certifiedhealth coach, and I do share
life experiences, I share stuffthat has helped me, has helped
my clients, has helped friendsand family members.
And there's I'm not trying todiagnose or treat anything, uh,
but I am just trying to shareour stories, so hopefully, it
(04:09):
can help you.
All right, so let's talk aboutwhy this happens.
Why does this happen?
So, there's a couple of reasonswhy.
Let's talk about the science andthe causes.
So, hormonal shifts, obviously,always it's a hormonal shift.
So, when estrogen drops, itaffects your serotonin and
(04:31):
dopamine.
So, dopamine is our happy brainchemicals.
So, like when your serotonin andyour dopamine um is being
affected, then obviously yourmood changes.
So, that's one reason why.
The second reason isprogesterone declines, and when
your progesterone declines, thenthere's like a less calming
(04:52):
effect.
So, again, the culprits ishormones, right?
Also, like sleep disruption.
So the last podcast we talkedabout sleep, super important.
But when your sleep isdisrupted, then you have less
quality of sleep, you have morehot flashes, insomnia can
happen, and then you'reirritable.
(05:14):
And so the next day you'refeeling like crap, and you're
you're you know, can even be alittle angry, irrelevant
irritable, can't say that word,moody, edgy, all the things all
together.
So then what happens is stressamplifies like midlife
pressures, aging parents, kids,careers, hormone, roller
(05:37):
coaster.
A lot of people my age in their50s, um, and older, we're
experiencing having to take careof our parents.
Our parents are getting older,our kids might be um in high
school, which like like hardage, you know, when when they're
having like a bunch of stuffgoing on, so um stress
(05:59):
amplifies, and when stressstress amplifies, then your mood
changes too.
There's brain rewiring.
So research shows estrogen playsa role in brain connectivity.
It's like loss can feel likeemotional turbulence, so there's
(06:23):
like a disconnect can be alittle bit in your brain when
when estrogen plays a role thatit there's a dip, and so there's
actually something that canhappen in your brain that that
causes you to operate a certainway.
So this is legit real, guys.
Let me share some numbers withyou.
(06:45):
You guys know I'm a numbers girland I like to share statistics.
So this is per the CDC (06:49):
25% of perimenopausal women and 27% of
postmenopausal women reportfrequent trouble falling asleep,
which strongly affects moodchanges.
So we know that.
Studies also suggest 40 to 50percent of women experience
(07:12):
noticeable mood swings,irritability, or increased
aggression during perimenopause.
So that's 40 to 50 percent.
And watch this, guys.
This is super important.
We gotta keep an eye on thisbecause we do not want to fall
for this.
Depression and anxiety riskdoubles in the perimenopausal
(07:35):
years, and this is per the NorthAmerican Menopause Society.
So we gotta keep an eye onourselves and make sure that
we're not falling into thedepression and anxiety because
um that is something that canreally, really affect us,
obviously, and it can alsoaffect our family members, our
(07:56):
our job, you know, our careers,I mean, all the things, and it
sometimes can be hard to pullourselves out of that.
So make sure you're not fallinginto that, guys.
So, bottom line, you're notalone, you're not the crazy one.
There are common physiologicalshifts that happen that causes
(08:17):
this to happen, guys.
So, have any of you guys like,can you comment and let me know
if you're going through this?
Um, you're not alone, and Igotta tell you, like, I find
myself having a little bit ofyou know, mood roller coasters,
(08:38):
and I have to keep myself incheck.
Thank god I have an amazinghusband that is patient with me.
Okay, so what can we do to helpit?
Let's talk about what we can do.
So, obviously, there's lifestyleand wellness adjustments that
you can do.
We always talk about wellness,right?
(09:00):
Everything comes down to bloodsugar.
Like, what are you feeding yourbody body?
So, balance your blood sugar,avoid spikes that worsen being
irritable.
What does that mean?
That means that if you're not ifyou don't eat, and then all of a
sudden you eat something that'shigh in sugar or high in carbs,
(09:22):
you're gonna spike your insulinlevels, and that's going to
affect your mood.
Make sure that you eat abalanced diet, um, lots of
protein, lots of lots ofvegetables, lots of um good low
glycemic, low-sugar fruits, andtry to stay away from sugar,
(09:42):
period, and then also try tostay away from simple carbs that
have no nutritional um uhbenefit.
So, like you know, white slicedbread and white flour pastas and
white rice.
Try to go for carbs that arecomplex carbs, like like your
(10:03):
veggie complex carbs, and thenalso like um carbs that have a
lot of fiber and goodnutritional um panel for you.
So, like for example, brownrice, sweet potato, no white
potato, but sweet potato.
Um, you can also do likequinoa's, um, any breads that
(10:25):
are made out of good seeds andand good uh fiber content in
there.
So switch it up, switch it up.
Stay away from anything whiteflour, okay?
That everything that you put inyour mouth and you eat affects
you in one way or the other, andso that's like number one thing
(10:46):
that you can do.
Adjust your diet, guys.
Exercise is proven to improvemood and regulate hormone.
People ask me all the time, whatexercise should I do?
And I say, the one that you'regonna stay consistent.
If you try to go do an exercisethat you hate, the chances of
you continuing to do it andstaying consistent is zero.
(11:11):
So do exercise that you're goingto stay consistent.
Now, there is a particularexercise that's the best for us
women and men too.
That uh over during menopause isthe best, which is strength
training, uh, resistance bands,you know, muscle production
exercise.
(11:31):
Yes, that is number one for us.
However, if you're not that girland you're not gonna stay
consistent with that, then findsomething that you're going to
stay consistent with, okay?
It improves your mood so much,and it does help regulate
hormones.
That's why if I eat anythingthat has um high glycemic
(11:55):
content, like um maybe I decidedto eat some pasta that day, or
you know, something that it'scarbs and sugar that I normally
don't eat, but maybe we went outand I just decided to eat that.
Afterwards, I go out for a walkbecause that all that helps
regulate your your levels, andso um the the your glycemic
(12:19):
level comes down, and so that isa trick.
If you eat anything carby orsugary, go for a walk afterwards
and help your body burn that,okay.
All right, sleep hygiene.
We talked about that lastpodcast.
So cool room, magnesium, uhprayer before bed.
So obviously, like having goodnight's sleep is gonna help you
(12:42):
with your moods, okay?
All right, let's talk about somestress and mindset tools.
Um, journaling, doing a braindump before bed, and getting
your emotions out, gettingwhatever is in your mind,
getting it out of your systeminto a book, journal.
Go buy a really cute book andwrite it up in there, or you can
(13:06):
use your phone, whatever youwant.
I'd rather you do a book becausethe blue light from the phone is
gonna simulate your brain, andthen it's not gonna allow you to
go to sleep.
So do a book, okay.
Breathing exercises before bedalso helps, and breathing
exercises during the day helpsyou calm down.
(13:29):
So if you feel like anyirritation is coming your way,
then do some breathingexercises.
It's okay to do this, it's notweird.
It's not weird to like giveyourself a minute, time out, and
do some breathing exercises.
Also, like let's try not to takeeverything so serious, right?
(13:51):
Like, humor and joy is somethingthat we need to have in our
lives.
Try not to take everything soserious, so get an awareness.
Like, are there any likeaggression points?
Is there anything in particularthat making you feel aggressive?
And see if you can figure thatout because then it can help you
(14:12):
um try to stay away from that ifyou can, right?
All right, so here's somemedical and nutritional support
tips.
Again, I'm not a doctor, buthere's some things that do work
for people hormone replacementtherapy or bio-identical
options.
I do the bio-identical hormones,change my life.
(14:32):
It changed my life from one dayto the other.
It literally did, guys.
Omega-3 fatty acids and vitaminB are great for brain and mood
support.
Herbal supplements likeashroganda, black kohosh.
Okay, black kohash has changedmy sister-in-law's life.
Check it out, look into it.
(14:54):
Black kohosh, okay.
Um, also, also, let's talk aboutfaith, like praying before
reacting.
Do an intervention on yourselfand bring in prayer.
There's a scripture on peace,it's really about the fruit of
the spirit.
Galatians 5, 22 to 23 says, butthe fruit of the spirit is love,
(15:17):
joy, peace, forbearance,kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, andself-control.
Wow.
All right.
So, like when you're goingthrough perimetopause,
menopause, all the pauses, andyou're moody, edgy, and
(15:38):
irritable, and all of thesethings, it's like the very
opposite of low love, joy,peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control.
Holy moly, it cannot be the veryopposite.
So what do you do?
(15:59):
Pray, Lord, help me.
Help me with my mood swings,help me with being aggressive,
help me have an awareness ofwhen this is happening.
Lord, help me walk in the fruitof the spirit with all of these
(16:19):
things.
Help me be um lovable and joyfuland peaceful and patient and
kind and faithful, um, gentle,and help me have self-control.
God can help you do that.
Okay, so add that to your prayerlist um and and ask God for help
(16:41):
with these things, it does help.
Even when our hormones betrayus, God will not betray us.
God does not leave us or forsakeus.
That is the truth.
Also, encourage yourself or umreframe, do reframing in your
head.
(17:01):
So, like when you have momentsof being irritable, and I have a
really hard time saying thatword, is the Rs.
It's my Spanish tongue,irritable, can become reminders
to pause and reconnect with him.
So, like, in the moment thatyou're feeling moody,
aggressive, aggressive, or anyof these things, pause and just
(17:26):
reframe what's think you'rethinking in your head and um
look towards God.
So I hope this is helpful foryou.
You're not alone, you're notgoing crazy.
There's things that you can doabout it.
Hormones plus stress plus sleepand equal a mood roller coaster.
(17:52):
We need to implement the tools,implement hope, implement your
faith, implement your wellnesstips so you can get off of this
crazy midlife madness rollercoaster that it's literally
happens to 40 to 50 percent ofus.
(18:12):
So you're not broken, you're intransition, and God is still
writing your story.
So it's okay to be in transitionand it's okay to feel these
things, but it's not okay tostay there because you don't
have to.
So just make sure that you aredoing the things that it's
required for you to live a lifeof peace and joy and love with
(18:40):
your family, your friends, yourco-workers, because I'm sure
they're all feeling it andseeing it.
So share this with somebody.
If you have a sister, a friend,somebody that is also going
through the same thing, thenshare this with them because
again, I was just having aconversation with my best friend
(19:02):
yesterday, and she goes throughit, her friends are going
through it, my friends are goingthrough it, and you don't have
to go through it alone, and youdon't have to go, you don't have
to stay there, go through it,get off the roller coaster, do
the things, go check yourhormones, go balance your
(19:23):
hormones, um do the sleep, yourwhole sleep routine, stress
reducers, eat well, guys,exercise, like all of these
things matter.
Okay, so and you can say, I'msorry.
I've told my husband I'm sorry.
Sorry, I'm so sorry.
(19:45):
Now, since I've been taking mybiodential hormone, that is not
um a thing right now, but like Isaid, if you I started feeling
like maybe there's a shift, sothat means that I need to go
adjust my hormones.
But, anyways, I hope this washelpful.
Um, we're gonna continue talkingabout these topics, guys.
Midlife madness has to do withmenopause, perimenopause,
(20:10):
postmenopause, all the pause.
I call them all the pauses, alsowellness and also faith because
your faith, no matter what yourbelief belief is, cling to your
faith because your faith canhelp you go through these
things.
Again, I hope this helped.
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So like
Welcome to the Midlife Madness podcast where we
get real about menopause, bothwellness and faith.
Midlife can be mental.
Let's make it magical.
Welcome back to Midlife Madness,where we talk about crazy
menopause, faith, and wellness.
(00:25):
And today's topic is somethingthat is not fun, but it does
happen.
We just have to be honest withourselves.
Mood swings, aggression, beingedgy.
So I had this conversation withmy best friend yesterday that
triggered me to talk about thistoday.
(00:48):
We're talking about how probablyI am the most stable friend that
she has because we're all in our50s and we all have a little
crazy in us.
And why is this happening?
Like, why are do we all have alittle crazy in us?
And so we're talking about it'smenopause, you know.
(01:12):
Some of us are still inperimenopause, some of us are in
full-blown menopause, but thereshe has a friend that is making
like these really crazy uhdecisions and like really off,
like decisions that like alogical person wouldn't do.
(01:34):
And and she's like, I've knownthis lady for since high school,
so you can imagine how long it'sbeen, and it just it doesn't
make sense of like why she'sacting this way, and I'm like,
it's it's her hormones, like sheher hormones are out of whack,
most likely, and she's goingthrough menopause, and it is a
(01:56):
thing, like edgy, uh erraticbehavior, um, aggression, moody,
and I don't know how many timesin the last several months my
husband has told me that I'maggressive, and I'm like, I'm
not aggressive, like I don'tunderstand where this is coming
(02:17):
from because I don't feel likeI'm being aggressive, but am I
really being aggressive?
It's so crazy, guys.
Like, it's so crazy because youstart asking yourself, like, am
I really being aggressive?
And sometimes, like, I don'treally notice it that I'm
operating that way, but othertimes I feel like I'm edgy, like
(02:44):
for example, my husband driving.
Like, if I was a pat like apassenger seat driver or a back
seat driver ever in my life, nowI'm like the worst.
It's like 50 times worse than itwas it used to be.
(03:05):
And I find myself like I'm likelike you know, being a little
nagging, which I've never beenlike that before.
That tells me that I need to goback to the doctor and adjust my
HRT because um, if you're doinghormone replacement therapy,
there is uh times where you haveto adjust the dosing.
(03:27):
So when all these little kind oflittle side effects or symptoms
are or like outputs ofperimenopause, because that's
where I'm at, I'm in I'm in thatstage, um starts showing up
again.
That's like a little sign thatyou need to go back and adjust
your medication.
So, anyways, just a reminder,I'm not a doctor, I'm a
(03:49):
certified or master certifiedhealth coach, and I do share
life experiences, I share stuffthat has helped me, has helped
my clients, has helped friendsand family members.
And there's I'm not trying todiagnose or treat anything, uh,
but I am just trying to shareour stories, so hopefully, it
(04:09):
can help you.
All right, so let's talk aboutwhy this happens.
Why does this happen?
So, there's a couple of reasonswhy.
Let's talk about the science andthe causes.
So, hormonal shifts, obviously,always it's a hormonal shift.
So, when estrogen drops, itaffects your serotonin and
(04:31):
dopamine.
So, dopamine is our happy brainchemicals.
So, like when your serotonin andyour dopamine um is being
affected, then obviously yourmood changes.
So, that's one reason why.
The second reason isprogesterone declines, and when
your progesterone declines, thenthere's like a less calming
(04:52):
effect.
So, again, the culprits ishormones, right?
Also, like sleep disruption.
So the last podcast we talkedabout sleep, super important.
But when your sleep isdisrupted, then you have less
quality of sleep, you have morehot flashes, insomnia can
happen, and then you'reirritable.
(05:14):
And so the next day you'refeeling like crap, and you're
you're you know, can even be alittle angry, irrelevant
irritable, can't say that word,moody, edgy, all the things all
together.
So then what happens is stressamplifies like midlife
pressures, aging parents, kids,careers, hormone, roller
(05:37):
coaster.
A lot of people my age in their50s, um, and older, we're
experiencing having to take careof our parents.
Our parents are getting older,our kids might be um in high
school, which like like hardage, you know, when when they're
having like a bunch of stuffgoing on, so um stress
(05:59):
amplifies, and when stressstress amplifies, then your mood
changes too.
There's brain rewiring.
So research shows estrogen playsa role in brain connectivity.
It's like loss can feel likeemotional turbulence, so there's
(06:23):
like a disconnect can be alittle bit in your brain when
when estrogen plays a role thatit there's a dip, and so there's
actually something that canhappen in your brain that that
causes you to operate a certainway.
So this is legit real, guys.
Let me share some numbers withyou.
(06:45):
You guys know I'm a numbers girland I like to share statistics.
So this is per the CDC (06:49):
25% of perimenopausal women and 27% of
postmenopausal women reportfrequent trouble falling asleep,
which strongly affects moodchanges.
So we know that.
Studies also suggest 40 to 50percent of women experience
(07:12):
noticeable mood swings,irritability, or increased
aggression during perimenopause.
So that's 40 to 50 percent.
And watch this, guys.
This is super important.
We gotta keep an eye on thisbecause we do not want to fall
for this.
Depression and anxiety riskdoubles in the perimenopausal
(07:35):
years, and this is per the NorthAmerican Menopause Society.
So we gotta keep an eye onourselves and make sure that
we're not falling into thedepression and anxiety because
um that is something that canreally, really affect us,
obviously, and it can alsoaffect our family members, our
(07:56):
our job, you know, our careers,I mean, all the things, and it
sometimes can be hard to pullourselves out of that.
So make sure you're not fallinginto that, guys.
So, bottom line, you're notalone, you're not the crazy one.
There are common physiologicalshifts that happen that causes
(08:17):
this to happen, guys.
So, have any of you guys like,can you comment and let me know
if you're going through this?
Um, you're not alone, and Igotta tell you, like, I find
myself having a little bit ofyou know, mood roller coasters,
(08:38):
and I have to keep myself incheck.
Thank god I have an amazinghusband that is patient with me.
Okay, so what can we do to helpit?
Let's talk about what we can do.
So, obviously, there's lifestyleand wellness adjustments that
you can do.
We always talk about wellness,right?
(09:00):
Everything comes down to bloodsugar.
Like, what are you feeding yourbody body?
So, balance your blood sugar,avoid spikes that worsen being
irritable.
What does that mean?
That means that if you're not ifyou don't eat, and then all of a
sudden you eat something that'shigh in sugar or high in carbs,
(09:22):
you're gonna spike your insulinlevels, and that's going to
affect your mood.
Make sure that you eat abalanced diet, um, lots of
protein, lots of lots ofvegetables, lots of um good low
glycemic, low-sugar fruits, andtry to stay away from sugar,
(09:42):
period, and then also try tostay away from simple carbs that
have no nutritional um uhbenefit.
So, like you know, white slicedbread and white flour pastas and
white rice.
Try to go for carbs that arecomplex carbs, like like your
(10:03):
veggie complex carbs, and thenalso like um carbs that have a
lot of fiber and goodnutritional um panel for you.
So, like for example, brownrice, sweet potato, no white
potato, but sweet potato.
Um, you can also do likequinoa's, um, any breads that
(10:25):
are made out of good seeds andand good uh fiber content in
there.
So switch it up, switch it up.
Stay away from anything whiteflour, okay?
That everything that you put inyour mouth and you eat affects
you in one way or the other, andso that's like number one thing
(10:46):
that you can do.
Adjust your diet, guys.
Exercise is proven to improvemood and regulate hormone.
People ask me all the time, whatexercise should I do?
And I say, the one that you'regonna stay consistent.
If you try to go do an exercisethat you hate, the chances of
you continuing to do it andstaying consistent is zero.
(11:11):
So do exercise that you're goingto stay consistent.
Now, there is a particularexercise that's the best for us
women and men too.
That uh over during menopause isthe best, which is strength
training, uh, resistance bands,you know, muscle production
exercise.
(11:31):
Yes, that is number one for us.
However, if you're not that girland you're not gonna stay
consistent with that, then findsomething that you're going to
stay consistent with, okay?
It improves your mood so much,and it does help regulate
hormones.
That's why if I eat anythingthat has um high glycemic
(11:55):
content, like um maybe I decidedto eat some pasta that day, or
you know, something that it'scarbs and sugar that I normally
don't eat, but maybe we went outand I just decided to eat that.
Afterwards, I go out for a walkbecause that all that helps
regulate your your levels, andso um the the your glycemic
(12:19):
level comes down, and so that isa trick.
If you eat anything carby orsugary, go for a walk afterwards
and help your body burn that,okay.
All right, sleep hygiene.
We talked about that lastpodcast.
So cool room, magnesium, uhprayer before bed.
So obviously, like having goodnight's sleep is gonna help you
(12:42):
with your moods, okay?
All right, let's talk about somestress and mindset tools.
Um, journaling, doing a braindump before bed, and getting
your emotions out, gettingwhatever is in your mind,
getting it out of your systeminto a book, journal.
Go buy a really cute book andwrite it up in there, or you can
(13:06):
use your phone, whatever youwant.
I'd rather you do a book becausethe blue light from the phone is
gonna simulate your brain, andthen it's not gonna allow you to
go to sleep.
So do a book, okay.
Breathing exercises before bedalso helps, and breathing
exercises during the day helpsyou calm down.
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So if you feel like anyirritation is coming your way,
then do some breathingexercises.
It's okay to do this, it's notweird.
It's not weird to like giveyourself a minute, time out, and
do some breathing exercises.
Also, like let's try not to takeeverything so serious, right?
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Like, humor and joy is somethingthat we need to have in our
lives.
Try not to take everything soserious, so get an awareness.
Like, are there any likeaggression points?
Is there anything in particularthat making you feel aggressive?
And see if you can figure thatout because then it can help you
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um try to stay away from that ifyou can, right?
All right, so here's somemedical and nutritional support
tips.
Again, I'm not a doctor, buthere's some things that do work
for people hormone replacementtherapy or bio-identical
options.
I do the bio-identical hormones,change my life.
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It changed my life from one dayto the other.
It literally did, guys.
Omega-3 fatty acids and vitaminB are great for brain and mood
support.
Herbal supplements likeashroganda, black kohosh.
Okay, black kohash has changedmy sister-in-law's life.
Check it out, look into it.
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Black kohosh, okay.
Um, also, also, let's talk aboutfaith, like praying before
reacting.
Do an intervention on yourselfand bring in prayer.
There's a scripture on peace,it's really about the fruit of
the spirit.
Galatians 5, 22 to 23 says, butthe fruit of the spirit is love,
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joy, peace, forbearance,kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, andself-control.
Wow.
All right.
So, like when you're goingthrough perimetopause,
menopause, all the pauses, andyou're moody, edgy, and
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irritable, and all of thesethings, it's like the very
opposite of low love, joy,peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control.
Holy moly, it cannot be the veryopposite.
So what do you do?
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Pray, Lord, help me.
Help me with my mood swings,help me with being aggressive,
help me have an awareness ofwhen this is happening.
Lord, help me walk in the fruitof the spirit with all of these
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things.
Help me be um lovable and joyfuland peaceful and patient and
kind and faithful, um, gentle,and help me have self-control.
God can help you do that.
Okay, so add that to your prayerlist um and and ask God for help
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with these things, it does help.
Even when our hormones betrayus, God will not betray us.
God does not leave us or forsakeus.
That is the truth.
Also, encourage yourself or umreframe, do reframing in your
head.
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So, like when you have momentsof being irritable, and I have a
really hard time saying thatword, is the Rs.
It's my Spanish tongue,irritable, can become reminders
to pause and reconnect with him.
So, like, in the moment thatyou're feeling moody,
aggressive, aggressive, or anyof these things, pause and just
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reframe what's think you'rethinking in your head and um
look towards God.
So I hope this is helpful foryou.
You're not alone, you're notgoing crazy.
There's things that you can doabout it.
Hormones plus stress plus sleepand equal a mood roller coaster.
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We need to implement the tools,implement hope, implement your
faith, implement your wellnesstips so you can get off of this
crazy midlife madness rollercoaster that it's literally
happens to 40 to 50 percent ofus.
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So you're not broken, you're intransition, and God is still
writing your story.
So it's okay to be in transitionand it's okay to feel these
things, but it's not okay tostay there because you don't
have to.
So just make sure that you aredoing the things that it's
required for you to live a lifeof peace and joy and love with
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your family, your friends, yourco-workers, because I'm sure
they're all feeling it andseeing it.
So share this with somebody.
If you have a sister, a friend,somebody that is also going
through the same thing, thenshare this with them because
again, I was just having aconversation with my best friend
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yesterday, and she goes throughit, her friends are going
through it, my friends are goingthrough it, and you don't have
to go through it alone, and youdon't have to go, you don't have
to stay there, go through it,get off the roller coaster, do
the things, go check yourhormones, go balance your
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hormones, um do the sleep, yourwhole sleep routine, stress
reducers, eat well, guys,exercise, like all of these
things matter.
Okay, so and you can say, I'msorry.
I've told my husband I'm sorry.
Sorry, I'm so sorry.
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Now, since I've been taking mybiodential hormone, that is not
um a thing right now, but like Isaid, if you I started feeling
like maybe there's a shift, sothat means that I need to go
adjust my hormones.
But, anyways, I hope this washelpful.
Um, we're gonna continue talkingabout these topics, guys.
Midlife madness has to do withmenopause, perimenopause,
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postmenopause, all the pause.
I call them all the pauses, alsowellness and also faith because
your faith, no matter what yourbelief belief is, cling to your
faith because your faith canhelp you go through these
things.
Again, I hope this helped.
Subscribe to the channel, watchout.
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Every week we're gonna post anew podcast on different topics.
I'm a true believer providingtips so it can be life
application.
And my hope is that your lifeis.
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