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June 9, 2025 40 mins
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  • Why we can forget the pause part of menopause and why this can mean much more than just the pause or end of the menstrual cycle
  • This is a physiological process and also an important emotional and spiritual inflection point
  • Why she suggests women write their eulogies at this age as a way to recenter 
  • How to reverse engineer the life we want to have as we go through menopause
  • The different ways that other cultures approach menopause and how this even impacts the physical experience of aging and menopause 
  • Menopause is not a disease but a natural (and beautiful) transition
  • The story of the adrenal glands picking up the slack to produce hormones and why this isn’t the full story
  • How to support the body, mind, and spirit through perimenopause and menopause
  • Some tactical and practical things we can do to support our bodies as we age and what to know about hormones and when they're helpful
  • Big misunderstandings about hormone replacement for women
  • Estrogen should never be taken orally but transmucosally 
  • How to check metabolites and how this is important to know for hormone replacement
  • Ways to support the adrenals, especially as we age, and why cortisol isn’t actually usually the problem
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