Menopause and Pelvic Pain

Did you know that the average person will spend a third of their life in the menopause transition?

We invite Certified Sex Therapist Nicole Schroeder this time to talk about ways to get comfortable with this stage of our life; How Generation X is pushing forward the conversation about menopause more than any other generation and, where to go for help when you are struggling with symptoms of perimenopause?

 

Show notes:

00:35 Our Guest Nicole Schroeder – Introduction

02:10 Everyone that has ovaries will go through menopause

06:40 How do you know when you are experiencing perimenopause?

09:20 Generation X are handling menopause differently compared to other generations

15:04 Menopause became a joke in western pop culture 

21:53 Stop treating menopause as a mid-life crisis

31:53 Some symptoms can be treated under different methodologies

35:06 Pelvic pain is not all in your head

49:00 Expecting to always have an orgasm at the same time as your partner is similar to expecting to have a Michelin Star style meal every time you cook 

54:00 Let’s talk about pelvic floor physiotherapy treatment next time 

57:00 Where to find Nicole Schroeder?

 

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Nicole Schroeder is a Registered Social Worker with the College of Social Workers in Ontario (OCSWSSW). She is a certified member of BESTCO (Board of Examiners in Sex Therapy and Counselling in Ontario).  She currently works in an outpatient gynecology clinic at a downtown Toronto hospital and in private practice, with a focus on individual, relationship, and sex therapy. Nicole also facilitates virtual groups on menopause, a variety of pelvic pain conditions and sexual wellbeing.  She runs virtual groups at Bria, a virtual mental health clinic that provides support and treatment for cis-women, non-binary folks, and transgender women experiencing mental health challenges across their reproductive lifecycles.

 

                     

Nicole Schroeder http://www.nicoleschroeder.ca/about.html

Instagram: @nicoleschroedertherapy

Menopause Support Groups: https://betterbria.janeapp.com/

Book: The Menopause Manifesto

https://www.menopause.org/for-women/book-reviews/i-the-menopause-manifesto-own-your-health-with-facts-and-feminism-i

 

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