What if menopause isn’t something to manage…
What if it’s something to participate in?

In this deeply reflective solo episode, I return after time away with a radical reframe of what “mindset” actually means in menopause, and why the phrase has become so triggering, misunderstood, and frankly, unhelpful.

Fresh from turning 50 and beginning my Clinical Hypnotherapy diploma, I share what it’s like to be in the middle of a personal and professional unlearning. Long-held beliefs are being questioned. Identities are softening. Certainty is giving way to curiosity.

This isn’t a how-to episode.
It’s a fireside conversation for women who feel something deeper is happening beneath the surface.

In this episode, I explore:

🧠 Why “just change your mindset” can feel dismissive and where that conversation breaks down
🔍 What mindset actually means (and why it’s not positive thinking)
🫀 How perception, nervous system safety, and hormones are in constant dialogue
🌡️ Why you can’t think your way into more estrogen — but can influence how symptoms land in the body
🔥 The biology behind hot flushes, stress, adrenaline, and the feedback loops that intensify symptoms
🌀 What hypnotherapy really is (and no, it’s not stage hypnosis or mind control)
🪞 Why menopause is a transition of identity, not just hormones
🧳 How stress can exist even when life looks “fine” on paper
🧩 Why perfectionism is often a trauma response — and why menopause dismantles it
🌱 Menopause as compost: decay and renewal happening at the same time
🤝 Why this stage of life asks for collaboration, not control

This episode is for you if:

😮‍💨 You’re tired of oversimplified menopause advice
😬 You bristle at mindset talk but still feel drawn to something deeper
🐢 You sense menopause is asking you to slow down, not push harder
🤍 You want compassion, nuance, and honesty — not fixes
🧬 You’re curious about the mind–body relationship without bypassing biology

A quiet announcement

I introduce Becoming, a new membership space I’m creating, not to fix or optimize women in menopause, but to offer somewhere to be while identity, nervous system, and meaning are reorganizing.

This is not a course.
This is not a program.
It’s a space for women who feel the shift and don’t want to rush through it.

The waitlist is now open. No urgency. No pressure. Just an invitation.

👉 Join the Becoming waitlist:
https://www.sallygarozzo.com/becoming

If this episode felt like relief rather than effort… if something in your body quietly said yes… trust that.

Menopause isn’t a problem to solve.
It’s a process you’re allowed to be in.

You’re not broken.
You’re becoming.

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📲 Connect with Sally:

Email: [email protected] 

[On-Demand Masterclass] How To Heal The Trauma Underlying Your Menopause Symptom Severity [£17]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/healingtrauma 

[Online Practitioners Diploma - Self Paced] Menopause Wellbeing Practitioner [£127]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/meno

[One to One] Bespoke Transformational Hypnotherapy & Coaching: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/rapid-tran

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