THE PERIOD WHISPERER PODCAST - Perimenopause, Menopause, Weight Loss, Holistic Nutrition, Healthy Hormones, Gut Health, Stress

THE PERIOD WHISPERER PODCAST - Perimenopause, Menopause, Weight Loss, Holistic Nutrition, Healthy Hormones, Gut Health, Stress

In the 35-55 age box and starting to wonder if you will ever feel like you again? Weight gain, night wakings, brain fog, hot flashes, headaches, cravings, bloating, joint pain, mood swings, anxiety are all on the rise and no matter what you try, nothing moves the needle. Ever wish you had a guide who understood these hormonal shifts to whisper the answers to you? That’s exactly what you’ll get when you tune in twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays, to the top-ranked Period Whisperer Podcast. Your host, Bria Gadd is an integrative nutritionist, holistic health coach, and certified personal trainer, who specializes in female hormones. After helping thousands of women lose weight in their 20’s and 30’s, Bria recognized a difficult shift in women’s ability to get results in their body during their perimenopause years. Including her own frustrating 15lb weight gain amidst daily intense workouts and the demands of midlife. Tune in, get inspired, learn how to decode the whispers of your body and get ready to discover why thousands of women turn to Bria in midlife to help them understand their body, heal their hormones and thrive again. Whether you’re just starting to question if perimenopause is behind how you are feeling, are in the depths of hormonal chaos, or just want to learn how to feel your best through menopause and beyond, each episode through solo and interview with real life women and industry experts, is designed to help you understand the truth about perimenopause, take immediate action on the most important strategies for reducing inflammation and optimizing hormones, and get you in a body that releases weight easily.

Episodes

November 27, 2023 26 mins

Do you know you want MORE? You are unfulfilled or frustrated or stuck in your life and you aren’t ready to wave the white flag and you are sick of focusing on weight loss or how to sleep better….you want the WHOLE package.

 

This is the episode for you sister.

 

Tune in to learn:

 

  1. The 5 P’s of perimenopause
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Do you ever pee yourself when you don’t mean to?

 

Maybe during a workout, a run, jumping on the trampoline with your kids, at night in bed when you are sleeping or just when you sneeze?

 

No need to feel embarrassed, I am raising my hand right next to you. This used to be a REAL issue for me and although it is NOT uncommon - there is a reason it happens more and...

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Has anyone ever told you that you can’t lose weight in perimenopause or menopause?

 

Whether a health care practitioner has told you this, friends, family, or just the voices in your head. I am here to debunk this myth for you and give you the 2 questions you MUST ask yourself to kickstart your weight loss in perimenopause.

 

Tune in to learn:

 

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Do you feel like you are gaining weight overnight? Or maybe your perimenopause symptoms are keeping you stuck because you don’t have enough energy to go after the weight loss goals or life goals that you want.

 

Stress plays a HUGE roll in how our hormones can make us feel, as well as our ability to achieve our weight loss or muscle gain goals in perimenopause.

 

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Have you ever asked yourself this question?

If you are wanting to release weight in perimenopause and no matter what you try, nothing seems to be working, you have likely googled something along the lines of 'how many calories should I eat to lose weight?' It is super frustrating when you just want to feel better and you feel like you have to starve yourself to get anywhere.

This is the episode for you! Tune in to learn:

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Are you doing all of the things I talk about and STILL not feeling like yourself or feel like you SHOULD feel better?

 

This episode is going to be very interesting for you so listen up…If you have been following the show for a while you likely know that there are 3 phases of healing to thrive in perimenopause…the first being inflammation reduction, the second being healing and repair and t...

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Do you ever wonder what you are missing? Like you are doing something wrong and if you could just find the answer, the secret, the medication, the perfect supplement, that you would finally feel better? Or maybe that it is JUST YOU. That feeling you can start to have when you have felt badly for so long, that hopelessness feeling where you wonder if this is just going to be how you feel for the rest of your life.

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Are you aware of any self sabotage cycles that you may have? Before I lost myself deep in the hormonal chaos of my own perimenopause, I used to have this cycle where I would mentally commit to myself on a Sunday night or at the beginning of a month or even New Year where I would make all of these plans to go all in on a fitness program and nutrition plan, AND work goals and life goals all surrounding the amazing human...

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Whether you have a regular period, an irregular period or NO period, if you are noticing a little undeserved weight gain, or you are not getting results from your fitness, or hormonal symptoms are starting to creep in or you are just feeling a little ‘meh’ overall in your body and life, this episode is for you.

Tune in to learn:

  1. How to plan for your health so you feel grea...
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How is your libido? How is your connection with your sexuality in your body? Maybe you are feeling completely disinterested? Maybe you are always feeling too tired or too bloated or too frustrated to indulge this side of yourself?

Maybe you wonder if you just aren’t a very sexual person or if something is wrong with you, or maybe you you say something to yourself that I used to say all of the time which ...

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There are 34 known symptoms of Perimenopause and they can feel as debilitating as insomnia and brain fog and hot flashes or as mild as just an overall ‘meh’ feeling with many in-between.

No matter where you are, understanding which phase you are in matters in the steps you take to heal and thrive during this phase of life.

 

Tune in to learn:

  1. Th...
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Have you ever felt stuck in the same self sabotage cycle? You WANT to create a healthy habit, you commit to it, you even do some mindset work around it, and yet somehow, something always gets in the way? Beneath mindset are our core beliefs and for many women, these core beliefs are what get in the way of the lasting change we truly deserve. Tune in to this juice conversation to learn min this is something that can he...

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Whether you are feeling frustrated and stuck overall with your sleep, periods, belly, body, energy etc. in perimenopause OR you are trying different strategies and tips and not able to get anything to stick or work and see results, you are likely making one of these 5 mistakes and this episode is for you.

 

Tune in to learn:

 

  1. The 5 biggest Horm...
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Are you suffering with PMS symptoms in perimenopause? Are you sure you need to be? If you find yourself feeling on top of the world half of the month and like you want to HIDE from the world the other half, this episode is for you!

Tune in to learn:

  1. How to learn from your PMS symptoms
  2. How Acupressure can help
  3. The Menstrual Movement Summit Yo...
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If you are struggling with energy throughout the day, heavy, irregular or frustrating periods, if you feel crazy impatient, anxious or really low in your mood throughout the month this episode is going to create a LOT of clarity and first steps for you to get results.

 

Tune in to learn:

 

  1. How your cycle impacts your energy levels
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It is one of THE MOST common questions I get asked: “Should I or shouldn’t I be on birth control and how is it impacting my perimenopause symptoms?”

 

If you have been wondering sister, then this is the episode for YOU.

 

Tune in to learn:

 

  1. How birth control impacts our body in perimenopause
  2. Should yo...
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Can we all agree that putting in efforts to sleep better, have more energy, better periods and release weight is SUPER frustrating when we aren't seeing results?

If this is where you are at, then this is the episode for you.

 

Tune in to learn:

1. The 5 Reasons Your Efforts Aren't Getting Results In Perimenopause

2. How to Turn It Around

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If you ever wanted to learn more about the importance of Menstrual Health Education & WHY it matters now more than ever, this is the episode for you.

Catch this powerful conversation with an amazing Menstrual Health Advocate - Celeste Mergens - and learn:

1. The impact of poor menstrual health education all over the world

2. Why this impacts us in perimenopause

3. How we can be apart of the change 

4. How to improve your gratit...

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If energy (and lack of it) is one of your biggest frustrations in perimenopause, then you wont want to miss this episode.

 

Tune in to learn:

1. Why you are struggling so hard with energy during this phase of life

2. The 4 things you can do TODAY to have more energy in perimenopause  

 

Start shifting into fat burning NOW:

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Do you struggle with overeating and know that it is keeping you from feeling like your best self in midlife?

 

Tune in to this episode to catch this amazing interview with Dina Merhbi.

Dina Merhbi is a Health & Mindset Coach, NLP practitioner, and a yoga & mindfulness teacher. Over the past 20 years, Dina utilized science-based proven strategies to coach & mentor t...

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