We're bringing back another great episode for our special Menopause Matters Season – this time with the brilliant Angela Counsel.

Angela is a naturopath, kinesiologist, and mindset coach working with women in midlife. Like me, she's on a mission to spread the word that menopause doesn't have to be a struggle. It can be a time of stepping into your wisdom and falling in love with yourself and your life.

This conversation was recorded at a time when Covid-19 was very much part of our everyday lives, so we talk a lot about how to support both our hormonal balance and our immune systems in that context. Angela shares deep knowledge and practical tips, all grounded in her belief that midlife is a time of empowerment, not decline. This conversation is very much grounded in Lifestyle Medicine.

Here's what we cover:

-How our jobs can impact our health

-How a miscarriage led Angela to study naturopathy

-The impact of stress on women's bodies and how it can cause early menopause

-The importance of hormonal balance at all stages of our lives

-How it's not normal to experience lots of symptoms around the time of menopause, if we do that means there are issues that need to be dealt with

-The many unnatural products in our lives that can impact our health

-The impact of stress on our immune systems and immune -related health issues

-If you struggle to get over a minor illness such as a cold then your immune system isn't working properly

-Never getting sick is not necessarily a good thing either

-The body's natural response to viral illness and how we can get in the way of that

-Our over reliance on taking a pill to get better

-Eating better, cleaner food to avoid pesticides

-Vinegar can help to remove waxy coatings on fruit and pesticides

-Eating organic if you can, especially if soft like broccoli and berries

-Stress, fear and toilet paper

-Alcohol, stress and the impact on menopause

-The impact of vitamin D levels on people's Covid response

-Why Australia has coped comparatively well with the pandemic

And lots more!

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Order Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond, recommended in The New York Times as one of seven top books about menopause at magnificentmidlife.com/book

The paperback can also be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers:

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/

You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast.

Podcast recommended by the Sunday Times.

Feedspot #9 in 40 Best Midlife Podcasts and #7 in 60 Best Women Over 50 Podcasts

You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com.

Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.