How to feel better about changing your life during the change and getting rid of the stigma and things that do not work for you anymore.  There is no stigma to dealing with mental health issues during menopause, it is a natural part of life.  The endocrine system impacts our emotions and that in turn affects our mental stability and well being.  That is why it is so important to educate yourself about our hormones that are driving the crazy train.

This podcast has education value in that explains the connection of stress creating havoc on women during menopause.  The stress creates the hormone cortisol to flood our body and many of the symptoms are the same as in menopause so we get hit doubly hard.  Menopause can be so much  easier to handle if we can get the stress under control.  Here is how you do just that.

Over 1.5 million women enter an emergency room every single year in America alone, suffering from menopausal symptoms including insomnia.  Instead of getting help they are suffered the indignity of being sent to a psychiatric ward and told they have a mental illness for which they need anti-depressants and medication.  This billion dollar industry is cashing in on the vulnerable and it has to stop.  Menopause is NOT a mental illness.  Let's talk, we do not have to suffer in silence.

I recorded this podcast to inspire and motivate women to stop taking on so much and get better at practicing self care.

Enjoy.

ML

I have loved creating this gift for you of knowledge and solutions to the issues that menopause creates.

In under an hour you will have learned some amazing tools to handle stress, self care and your symptoms.

For more information on the course launch date go to:  www.anniecardone.co.uk

Today is a rant about psychiatry and the big pharma companies who make billions of dollars dishing our anti-depressants to women who are suffering from a hormone imbalance.  In America you cannot turn on the TV without seeing commercials spouting the virtues of these pills and telling you that if you have anxiety, nervousness or depression then you need these drugs!  Shame on any doctor who prescribes this medication to women at an already vulnerable stage of their lives. 

Do join me to ride in the Ring of Kerry 2021 on Saturday 3rd July 2021 (covid willing of course).  I will be raising money for the Kerry Hospice who were amazing looking after my sister Kay O'Connor at the end of her life in 2019 and as a way to thank them.

If you would like to join me go to my website www.anniecardone.co.uk and email through the contact page and let me know you would like to be a part of the team.

Registration:

https://ringofkerrycycle.ie/

Some of us, me included grew up thinking that putting yourself first was in some way selfish.  When I started to become overwhelmed in my life I had no idea how to put myself first without feeling guilty and therefore ran myself into the ground helping others and abandoning myself completely.

Times have changed for me since then as I had to learn the hard way when I  hit rock bottom so hard I had no choice but to change my life.  I finally learned that putting myself first was the healthy and appropriate thing to do and that I was more important than anyone else in terms of  my own survival.

Self care comes in many forms and is different for everyone but the basic concept is the same.  Taking time to repair and recharge yourself physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually is paramount to feeling content and happy in life.

Self care for some it is a workout, or getting your nails done and a massage, for others it is a day off, going shopping, exercising or educating ones self.  Whatever it looks like make sure you add to your list of self care tools to widen your options and stop you getting bored of doing the same thing.

However self care looks to you make sure you participate it in every day.  There is only one you and regardless of anything else you are important and valuable so look after numero uno and the rewards will be worth it.

Oh and don't forget the more we take care of ourselves the more the people we love will thank us for it, as they are the ones we take it out on when we become unbalanced.  The grumpy, tired, stressed, overwhelmed person we morph into really is no fun to be around for anyone.  So take time for you and start being the person you really are!  Good luck x

Annie Cardone

This is the Overview from The 10 Day Self Help Course For Women in Menopause, created by Annie Cardone

Give your life an overhaul, get off the crazy hormone train and get rid of stress.

This is my story of IVF and what happened to me after it failed.  Suffering from hormone depletion after the daily injections stopped send me into the hands of psychiatrists who believe medication was the only answer.  I was one of the lucky one as my husband at the time prevented this from happening.  Not all women are so fortunate.  Compassionate care for couples going through this process and education on what happens afterwards needs to be in place to prevent this from happening others.

We do not have to suffer in silence.