Grown Up Girl Talk – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Wondering where I’ve been over the past 6 weeks? 

In this short episode, I share a little life update (it’s actually a big one), the 3 things I’ve learned and encourage you to take away as well. 

Are you someone who falls asleep fine but wakes up in the night? Take the Break Up With The Wake Up Quiz here: www.leighasaundersnd.com/quiz

They might seem totally unrelated, but your digestion and ability to get deep sleep are connected!

In this episode, I’m joined by my colleague, Dr. Vanessa, who focuses on digestive health. We also share a passion for helping patients understand how their sleep is a fundamental pillar of health and chatted about how sleep, stress and yes, stools (!) are all connected. 

This conversation is for you if… 

• You’re frustrated with your digestive symptoms 
• No one’s helped you understand how your gut + nervous system is connected
• You have digestive + sleep issues

Connect with Dr. Vanessa online here: www.drvanessarugeles.com and on Instagram: @dr.vanessarugeles

Dr. Vanessa is a naturopathic doctor & licensed acupuncturist based in New Jersey. Dr. Vanessa helps women with digestive challenges and hormone imbalances experience relief and freedom so they can get their joy back. She uses a combination of western and eastern practices to support her patients and uses functional foods and lifestyle modifications to help her patients make sustainable, long-lasting changes to their health.

Are you tired of feeling tired?

The obvious might be that you’re not sleeping enough… but what if there’s something else going on? 

Something that’s preventing you from having optimal energy, no matter how much sleep you get?

In this episode of The Word on The Sleep, I’m going through the top 5 tests I run in my practice to help women identify and understand why they’re feeling so tired and what they can do about it.

You’ll learn:

• What tests should be at the top of your list when you want to understand why you’re so tired
• What the optimal level of your results should be - not just what’s “normal”
• How you can do 2 of these tests at home (start now!)

If you want to start figuring out your fatigue and run these tests, let’s do it!

If you’re not yet a patient but want to get started, book your complimentary call here: www.leighasaundersnd.com/call

If you’re already patient and it’s been a while - and we need to re-do that bloodwork - you can book your next appointment here: www.leighasaundersnd.com/appointment

The obvious question - are you stressed? 

Have you ever been told you have “adrenal fatigue”? 

Or, are you a practitioner who diagnoses your patients with adrenal fatigue? 

In this solo episode, I’m challenging the diagnosis of adrenal fatigue (but not your stress levels) and highlighting the importance of ruling out sleep apnea.

Now, before you roll your eyes or scroll past - you need to know that we are missing sleep apnea in a lot of women and under- or misdiagnosing it.

We typically think of it as a condition that affects mostly males, but that’s simply not true. Sleep apnea also presents very differently in women and when left untreated or unmanaged, it can have a detrimental impact on your health. 

So, if you’re tired of feeling tired and want to know if you or your patients fit the “non-classical” picture of sleep apnea, listen up! 

If after listening to this episode, you want to investigate these things further, , I invite you to book an appointment so we can do just that. 

If you are yet to become a patient, book a discovery call here - www.leighasaundersnd.com/call

If you are already a patient, you can book your next appointment online here. - www.leighasaundersnd.com/appointment

Get ready to crack open the conversation with Shirley Weir, Women’s Health & Menopause Advocate and Creator and Founder of Menopause Chicks, an online community that connects and empowers women on their menopausal journey.  

In this podcast episode, we talked about:

• Signs you might be suffering, unnecessarily 

• How you can change the trajectory of your own menopausal experience - regardless of your age or current life stage

• And fun stuff, like vaginal dryness (and how to treat it!), sleep and sex!

Shirley also shared her own experience of navigating peri-menopause and menopause, including how she went from dismissed and sleepless to empowered and well rested!

If this episode resonates with you, I invite you to connect with Shirley and her incredible community [HERE]

Shirley Weir is on a mission to empower women to navigate perimenopause-to-menopause (& beyond!) with confidence and ease. She is the founder of Menopause Chicks & its popular  online community focused on helping you learn, build your health team....and reminding you that you are not alone!

@MenopauseChicks [https://www.instagram.com/menopausechicks/] on Instagram & Twitter

Follow Shirley on Facebook here = Facebook.com/MenopauseChicks or request to join her Private Facebook Community of over 40,000 women here:  MenopauseChicksCommunity.com

Hormones, hormones, hormones. 

Regardless of where you are in your hormone journey - whatever age or life stage you are in - this episode is for you!

I’m joined by my friend and colleague, Dr. Keila Roesner who, like me, LOVES talking hormones. 

In this episode, we: 

• Break down a lot of hormone myths you’ve probably heard
• Share what we wish you knew about your hormones and cycle 10-20 years before you typically know it
• And how to reframe your relationship with hormones when you think they hate you

Dr. Keila is hosting a free MC on April 7th and you can join that for free here: 

[https://www.roesnerwellnesssolutions.com/registration1647371480293]

Bio: 

Dr. Keila LOVES talking hormones (PMS? Hot flashes driving you crazy? What about your libido?), funny digestive noises and how to sleep like a champ.

She believes in being self-sufficient, growing my own food, playing music, and spending time outside so that we can learn how to do just about anything.

As a health geek, descended from a line of Cherokee medicine women, her passion is working with women on a mission to improve their energy, hormones and life so they can set the world on fire.

Resources Mentioned: 

The Period Repair Manual - Lara Briden

Dr. Keila’s Masterclass - [https://www.roesnerwellnesssolutions.com/registration1647371480293]

In this episode I share: 

• How sleep is more than just “sleep” - learn how much of each stage you need to feel rested and refreshed
• How the Oura ring measures how your body is dealing with stress and how that impacts your sleep and daily functioning
• How the Oura ring can give you specific suggestions on the behavioural changes you can make for better sleep and more energy

I regularly post my Oura scores and insights over on Instagram @drleighasaundersnd

If after you listen to this episode, you’re interested in getting an Oura ring - reach out! I have a limited number of discount codes available.

What do you get when you put a pharmacist and a naturopathic doctor together? 

I might be biased, but I think a pretty incredible conversation and the beginnings of meaningful, impactful change for women’s health and healthcare.

My guest on this episode is Pharmacist Miranda Tawfik - she is the owner of two state-of-the-art compounding pharmacies here in Ontario that serve the whole province.

In this conversation, Miranda shares her experience and expertise on: 

• The truths and myths of prescription sleep aids - you’ll be particularly surprised at how long patients should be on them compared to how long they sometimes stay on them
• How hormone replacement therapy, particularly progesterone, plays a role in helping women address sleep concerns
• Why and how working with your pharmacist can change your whole healthcare experience

I work closely with Miranda and her team in my practice and am excited to let you in on our conversation.

If after listening to this episode, you want to connect about managing your current treatment plan and health goals, I invite you to book an appointment so we can do just that. (Linked up in show notes, along with how you can connect directly with Miranda and her team)

If you are yet to become a patient, book a discovery call here - www.leighasaundersnd.com/call

If you are already a patient, you can book your next appointment online here. - www.leighasaundersnd.com/appointment

Miranda Tawfik is a pharmacist & deeply committed patient advocate and owner of Origins Compounding Pharmacies, the outpatient pharmacies at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and Milton District Hospital. 

The pharmacies boast state-of-the-art compounding labs to serve the communities and hospitals to focus on compounding medications that are not commercially available. They focus all of their efforts on bridging gaps in health care delivery for patients in their communities. 

Connect with Miranda and her team at OriginsPharmacy.ca

This episode was pretty special to record - I had the chance to sit down and actually have a real, in-person conversation with both Sarah and Michelle about storytelling as medicine and what we’ve learned in “The Wild”.

Michelle is the creator of the Wild Collective, a transformative women’s health program that Sarah and I both facilitate. 

Through being Wild Collective Facilitators, we have watched women step into their most authentic selves, reclaim their voices, share their dreams and go after them. 

And we’ve also seen how many women stay stuck (and struggle with sleep at night!) because they don’t give themselves permission to listen and challenge the stories they tell themselves. 

So in this episode, we share some personal stories and share how you can get started on reclaiming your “wild”, too. 

My next Wild Collective starts Tuesday, March 22nd - if you want a spot (spaces are limited), you can read more about the program and register here: www.thewildcollectiveuxbridge.com