Menopause Conversations – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This year has marked a significant shift in how menopause is perceived and discussed, both globally and in our region. We've witnessed a great move towards openness and support.

In Australia we have seen a Senate inquiry into perimenopause and menopause, resulting in 25 recommendations aimed at better supporting women. In New Zealand, we’ve seen organisations like Gender at Work being instrumental in promoting menopause awareness and celebrating World Menopause Day on October 18, 2024, with resources designed to smash stigma and highlight support options.

Globally, high-profile women like Michelle Obama, Naomi Watts, Halle Berry & more, have been candid about their menopause journeys, further normalising the conversation and advocating for increased research and education on menopause.

In addition to this, we talk through some other key highlights including:

• Menopause-inclusive workplace initiatives in New Zealand and beyond.
• Breakthrough research on hormone therapy and its impact on health.
• Lifestyle Implications and the role of active lifestyles in managing menopause symptoms.
• Personal wins, challenges, and reflections from our host, including the success of the embrace Program.
• The M Factor Movie.
• A couple of great books to explore to support your menopause transition & symptoms.

As we wrap up the year, I encourage you to reflect on your wins and lessons learned. We tend to focus on what we didn’t achieve or what went wrong, but let’s focus on what you did do really well, what lessons you learned even if through challenging times and what has this led you to do differently?

What are you ready to leave behind in 2024, and what are your goals for 2025?

Join our community in the Menopause Conversations Facebook group. Here's to thriving in 2025 with even more progress in the Menopause transition space.

🎧 Listen now and celebrate the journey with us.

Want to learn more? Join our upcoming FREE 4 Day workshop on the Secret to Thriving in Menopause without HRT.

Register at bit.ly/thrivemenopause

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Were you aware of Australia's Senate inquiry into Menopause over the past few months?

If not, you're not alone.

In today’s episode of Menopause Conversations, I’m joined by Sonya Lovell, an advocate for challenging societal stigmas and taboos, and for promoting better education and resources for all people as they transition through menopause.

Sonya’s journey began at 47 when she experienced induced menopause due to breast cancer treatment. Feeling overwhelmed, unsupported, and under-educated about menopause, Sonya struggled to understand what was happening to her rapidly changing health.

Experiencing anxiety, mild depression, and a host of other physical symptoms, Sonya set off on a mission to understand everything she could about peri-menopause and menopause.

This has led her to recently presenting at the Senate inquiry into Peri-Menopause and Menopause, and she’s here to discuss:

• What a Senate inquiry is and why it was necessary
• What unfolded during the inquiry
• Who participated, including people with lived experiences, health professionals, government bodies, University Representatives
• The key recommendations and next steps

We also explore how every one of us can contribute to ensuring these recommendations are implemented—whether by writing to local and federal representatives or initiating conversations at schools, workplaces, and in our personal lives.

Menopause impacts everyone: over 50% of the population will directly experience the transition, and 100% will feel its ripple effects. By starting conversations and advocating for change, we can make a significant difference for the generations to come.

This inspiring & encouraging episode highlights the power of advocacy, education, and conversation in creating real change.

I encourage you to learn more about Sonya Lovell and what you can do to advocate for change by taking a look at these resources:

• Menopause After Cancer: Sonya Lovell’s Personal Journey
• Dear Menopause Podcast

Want to take action? Download a template to write to your local member and join the movement for better peri-menopause and menopause support: Demand Action on Peri & Menopause! - WellFemme

Be a part of the change you want to see!

Want to learn more about the menopause transition? Join our upcoming FREE 4 Day workshop on the Secret to Thriving in Menopause without HRT.

Register at bit.ly/thrivemenopause

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The Secret to Thriving in Menopause Without HRT Workshop

Join our FREE 4 Day Secret to Thriving in Menopause without HRT Workshop in March 2025. Register at bit.ly/thrivemenopause

The Secret to Thriving in Menopause Without HRT Workshop

Join our upcoming FREE 4 Day Secret to Thriving in Menopause without HRT Workshop in March 2025. Register at bit.ly/thrivemenopause

In this week's episode of Menopause Conversations, I sit down with Lynda Dyer, an accomplished coach, speaker, and author of 11 best-selling books, as well as an NLP Master Trainer, to explore the mindset around aging. We live in a society that often glorifies youth, leaving many older women feeling invisible or unworthy. But is it solely society’s influence, or do our personal and family beliefs about aging play a role too?

Lynda, the author of Age is an Attitude, shares insights on how we can reshape our experience of growing older by changing our perspective on aging. She also dives into fascinating research by Dr. Mario Martinez, a clinical neuropsychologist, who examines how cultural beliefs impact our health and longevity.

Lynda's key takeaway? Let go of anything that no longer serves you as you embrace the journey of aging. For Lynda, 70 is the new 50.

To learn more about Lynda’s work or explore her books, visit https://lynda-dyer.com

Share your biggest takeaway from this conversation on Instagram or Facebook and feel free to tag me @angelacounsel. I’d love to hear how you're planning to shift your mindset around aging!

Want to learn more about the menopause transition? Join our upcoming FREE 4 Day workshop on the Secret to Thriving in Menopause without HRT.

Register at bit.ly/thrivemenopause

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The Secret to Thriving in Menopause Without HRT Workshop

Join our upcoming FREE 4 Day Secret to Thriving in Menopause without HRT Workshop in March 2025. Register at bit.ly/thrivemenopause

The Secret to Thriving in Menopause Without HRT Workshop

Join our FREE 4 Day Secret to Thriving in Menopause without HRT Workshop in March 2025. Register at bit.ly/thrivemenopause

Many women think that menopause is a single event that happens when in fact it is a time of transition. This transition can take up to 12 years (maybe even longer) to occur and for most women this transition generally starts in their early 40s. This is when hormones gradually start to shift, and some symptoms might start to occur. It is important to note that every woman’s transition is different, so ages and symptoms could vary.

If you have had a full hysterectomy or some cancer treatments then you will likely skip all four stages and go straight to post-menopause.

The 4 phases are as follows:

Phase 1 – Very early peri-menopause

• Can start in late 30 to early 40s
• Generally last between 2-5 years
• Cycles can shorten to 21-26 days
• Less progesterone
• More oestrogen which can lead to heavier periods, increased period pain, migraines and sleep problems

Phase 2 – peri-menopause

• Starts around mid 40s
• Can last up to 5 years
• Your cycle can start to become more irregular
• Progesterone is lower, due to missed ovulation
• Oestrogen is fluctuating up and down, and when it drops it goes lower than before this can trigger worse hot flushes

Phase 3 – late peri-menopause transition

• This phase can last for up to 4 years
• This is when you start to miss periods and have cycles that can last over 60 days (note – cycle is time between bleed)
• Hot flushes and night sweats could get worse
• Breast pain should ease
• you might still have a couple of very heavy periods

Phase 4 – menopause transition

• This is the time when you are waiting to see if your last period was really your last
• This period is 12 months
• Symptoms should start to ease as oestrogen levels stabilise at a lower level

Once you haven’t had a period for 12 months you are now post-menopausal for the rest of your life.

In future episodes, I will share with you more about what happens with each of your specific hormones in each of these phases, starting with Progesterone.

If you are struggling with your weight since you started your menopause transition (regardless of which stage you are in) why not grab your free copy of the Secret to Getting Rid of Your Meno-Belly ebook (https://angelacounsel.com/understanding_menopause_ebook/) and get a Bonus Invitation to an upcoming Menopause Workshop.

Join me as I chat with Fiona Keary from Style Liberation as she shares with us how you can find your own style personality so that you not only look good but you also feel comfortable in the clothes you are wearing.  Fiona recently chatted with my embrace Inner Circle members and she said that I could share this presentation with my wider community.  

In this presentation Fiona shares

• what is a style personality
• the 8 different personalities 
• how you might be a combination of more than one style personality
• once you know your personality what is the next step

Fiona has also shared her presentation slides with me if you are a visual person and need to see the different styles photos, here is the link where you can download the slides - https://angelacounsel.com/Style-Personality-Slides.pdf

If you are not sure about which Style Personality you are, you can do the Style Personality Quiz at https://www.styleliberation.com.au/style-personality-quiz

Fiona is also running some free webinars on March 16th and 17th, 2022 called The Wardrobe Revamp if you would like to register for either of these visit https://thewardroberevamp.com

I am back after 12 months break with a re-vamped podcast.  New name and new content.  As I re-launch this podcast it is International Women's Day and the theme for this year is #breakthebias and I thought that I would talk about the bias that happens in healthcare and medical research.  For too long women have been dismissed when it comes to what is considered complicated health problems.  The terms hysteria, attention seeking and emotional are words that are often used when women speak to their Drs about the way that they feel especially when standard testing doesn't reveal anything significant.  Unfortunately many Drs simply don't understand enough about women's hormones and particularly the changes that happen as women move through menopause.  It is time for this bias to stop!

I am passionate about educating women about how their hormones work because I believe with knowledge comes power and when women have a better understanding of the changes that are happening in their body they can make more informed choices rather than relying on the limited knowledge of someone else.  

If you want to continue this conversation why not join me in the Menopause Conversations facebook group where I share more information that will help you to navigate your menopause transition with ease.

What do you do when you reach your mid-stage of life and you look in the mirror and don't really know who you are anymore. Anne McKeown is my guest on this week's episode of Wise Women Conversations and she shares what happened when she went through this. Anne is now a Life Coach who helps other women to find themselves and create successful lives, in ways that are meaningful to them.

We discuss discovering who you are beyond your label as a mother, wife, daughter etc and the endless possibilities that are available to you. Anne shares a simple exercise that you can do to discover who you really are.

Anne is so passionate about the work that she does with women particularly when it comes to finding your purpose in life. If you would like to learn more about the work that Anne does you can visit her website http://annemckeown.com/ or on social media

https://www.facebook.com/2Mpower.co/

https://www.instagram.com/anne_mckeown_coach/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/2mpower/

https://twitter.com/2Mpower_