The Vegan Menopause Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this episode, I share how I gained 20 pounds -- it was a slow transition to less activity and unhealthy habits during perimenopause.  I also share how I realized it was time to lose the weight and made some shifts in my mindset and habits to lose the weight again without going to the gym or dieting.

The mindest training I did was through Yes Supply Method (affiliate link).

One-on-one coaching:  https://blissfulmenopause.com/coaching

My free Vegan Menopause 3-Day Meal Plan is packed with plant protein to help you feel full longer, stabilize your blood sugar, protect your bones, boost your mood, and feel better overall during perimenopause!

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast’s information is general in nature and for informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice and is not intended to substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

For this episode, I interviewed Linda Tyler, a plant-based cooking instructor, cookbook author, and writer. Linda’s book, the Plant-Based Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook, highlights the foods that are anti-inflammatory superstars in her 80 delicious plant-based recipes. Linda teaches cooking classes for the Portland Community College in Oregon and offers one-on-one plant-based lifestyle coaching. 

You will learn:

• What is chronic inflammation

• How does inflammation affect us as we get older (inflammaging)

• How to reduce inflammation through diet

• What foods Linda recommends for menopause

Linda’s website:  https://www.graciousvegan.com/
Follow Linda on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/gracious_vegan/ 

Get my free Vegan Menopause 3-Day Meal Plan!

DISCLAIMER: This website's information is general in nature and for informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice and is not intended to substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

As we age, our skin becomes more dry.  Estrogen keeps our skin and tissues more supple and when that declines, the skin can become more delicate and fragile.  In this episode, I share skin care tips and my routine.

I mentioned in my episode about hydration that water helps to keep you skin plump, which can reduce wrinkles.   

Here is a link to a short Instagram video I did on drinking water as a meditative experience.

Products mentioned in this episode (if you use the following links, I will receive a small percentage which supports the podcast):

Rosewater Face Mist  

Aroma Glow Face Complex for Dry/Sensitive Ageless Skin

Aroma Glow Face Therapy for Dry/Sensitive Ageless Skin

Whether you want to try the products from this store or another aromatherapy store, I highly, highly recommend using natural, organic, handmade, plant-based products. I feel that they are amazing for a skin, a luxurious treat, and they are also not tested on animals. I hope these skin tips are beneficial to you!

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms

If you're struggling with menopause symptoms, a Menopause Wellness Check will help! You will get a custom video with feedback and tips based on the information you provide.

DISCLAIMER: This information on this podcast is general in nature and for informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Why would you want to eat mindfully?  One reason is that as estrogen drops, we have a tendency toward more eating and getting less movement, which would lead to weight gain.

We also have another hormone called leptin that signals that we are full.  When estrogen decreases in menopause, we can become resistant to leptin and may not recognize the signals that we are full.  So you may feel more hungry during perimenopause.

Another reason for mindful eating is if you eat when you are stressed, that could lead to eating more food.

In this episode, you will learn:

-Why you may have stopped eating according to your own needs

-How to recognize whether you are actually hungry

-What to do if you want to eat for an emotional reason

-What a mindful eating practice could look like and how to scale it to your lifestyle.

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms

If you're struggling with menopause symptoms, a Menopause Wellness Check will help! You will get a custom video with feedback and tips based on the information you provide.

Your body and mind interpret emotions from our physiology, like heart rate, or breathing rate, and perceptions, like safety or danger, sights, sounds, and beliefs.  

In peri-menopause, women may notice changes in mood: mood swings, more sadness, irritability, or anger.  And these feelings can become bigger and more overwhelming.  So something that might have been a slight annoyance before might now make you absolutely furious!  Or sadness can turn into full on depression.

In this episode, you will learn:

-Some of the neurotransmitters that affect mood and how they are impacted in midlife

-Which foods can help and which to avoid

-Lifestyle strategies that help with mood

-A mindset tip called reframing to help shift your beliefs.

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms

If you're struggling with menopause symptoms, a Menopause Wellness Check will help! You will get a custom video with feedback and tips based on the information you provide.

You have probably heard people talking about inflammation, but may be wondering what exactly is it?  Reducing chronic inflammation can have huge results on menopause because it can bring about more energy and less fatigue, more mental clarity, slow down the aging process, and lead to better overall health and longevity, and better weight management.

Inflammation is a function of your body trying to heal itself. It's a common, natural, response to injury, pain, illness, and stress.  Acute inflammation can manifest as redness, heat, swelling and pain. Without inflammation, injuries would never heal, so this type of inflammation is useful to the body.

However, the other type of inflammation, chronic low grade inflammation continues to last and does not have a purpose in health.  It damages the body and can be the cause of premature aging, aches and pains, and illnesses including heart disease, cancer, strokes, and Alzheimer's.

In this episode, you will learn:

-how chronic inflammation affects the bodily systems

-lifestyle tips to reduce chronic inflammation

-some of the best foods and supplements to add to your diet to help with inflammation.

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms

If you're struggling with menopause symptoms, a Menopause Wellness Check will help! You will get a custom video with feedback and tips based on the information you provide.

Do you find that since perimenopause started, it’s become increasingly more difficult to sleep?  Not only can falling asleep take longer, you may wake up too early, or be awake for a couple of hours in the middle of your sleep.

In this episode you will learn:

-Why sleep can be more difficult menopause

-Effects of sleep deprivation

-Four things that always affect my sleep

-Other sleep strategies

-The mineral that can help with sleep.

Check out my 8-minute guided beach meditation available on Youtube.  

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms

If you're struggling with menopause symptoms, a Menopause Wellness Check will help! You will get a custom video with feedback and tips based on the information you provide.

In this episode you will learn:

-how veganism helps with certain health risks in menopause

-benefits of fiber

-fiber and weight loss

-benefits of vegan protein

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms

If you're struggling with menopause symptoms, a Menopause Wellness Check will help! You will get a custom video with feedback and tips based on the information you provide.

Dehydration could certainly be making your experience of menopause worse and I have some ideas for you to help, beyond drinking water.

The Standard American Diet, consisting of high amounts of salty processed foods or fast foods, sugary drinks, and low amounts of fresh vegetables, is very dehydrating, and most North Americans are probably mildly dehydrated.

In this episode, you will learn:

-How dehydration affects your body and makes symptoms of menopause worse.

-How to increase your hydration.

-Which drinks increase hot flashes.

-How much water is appropriate to drink.

-How a vegan diet can help.

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms

If you're struggling with menopause symptoms, a Menopause Wellness Check will help! You will get a custom video with feedback and tips based on the information you provide.

In this episode, I discuss my experience with trying to find stock photos depicting menopausal women for an article in Global Vegan Magazine.  I also discuss North America's youth based culture versus views of other cultures around menopause, my transition from exercise obsession to now doing exercise that is enjoyable, and some thoughts on opening up the discussion around menopause.

In my free guide, Five Action Steps to Elevate Your Vegan Menopause Experience, I share five simple steps you can implement immediately, to feel more calm, more positive, and less affected by menopausal symptoms

If you're struggling with menopause symptoms, a Menopause Wellness Check will help! You will get a custom video with feedback and tips based on the information you provide.