Launch Your Life Podcast

Do you still remember your mom’s ancient typewriter that your dad used to fix whenever the keys get stuck? What about your brother’s collection of David Bowie mixtapes that he was so eager to hide from you when you were younger? As our loved ones pass on to the next life, we inherit a mountain of stuff that holds a lot of memories. For some of us, we tend to hold on to these treasures as mementos. For others, letting them go is the best way to cope and move on. But, when the time comes, are you confident enough to say you are ready to handle these matters?

The truth is no one ever knows when anyone will pass on, or even want to talk about it. But when the time does come, it’s hard to know what is right, or even what to do at all. That's why Nate Morrissey from Blue Sky Estate Services joins us in this week's episode to teach us how we can manage our family's state of affairs after the loss of a loved one. 

If you're someone who worries about what the future holds, this episode will give you an insight on how to prepare for that inevitability. Tune in now!

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. Nate’s story from being a pilot to owning an estate management business [2:54]
2. Dealing with stuff paralysis [4:45]
3. How to deal with stuff left by a loved one [5:39]
• Don’t get rid of anything yet and identify what the family wants [6:34]
• Give your family members time to grieve [8:49]
• It’s okay to take time, but don’t let it sit for too long [9:54]
• Seek help from estate sale experts in selling what you don’t need [11:37]
4. What is an estate sale? [12:24]
• Why you should never do an estate sale on your own [13:02]
• Why furniture are hardest to sell [17:05]
5. Buyout vs clear-out [19:07]
• If you can’t sell everything, donate [20:49]
6. Nate’s tip for non-US residents on making estate sales [22:48]
• Ask for recommendations from estate sale companies [24:32]
• Why you should never try doing it yourself [25:03]
7. Should you meet with a real estate professional first? Or an estate sale expert? [26:09]
• Remove everything easy to sell, then donate [27:28]
8. Accessibility is a crucial factor to consider in estate sale [29:33]
9. Never use a storage unit for items that don’t have value anymore  [31:18]
• Donating keepsakes creates a win-win for you and the charity [32:57]
10. Don‘t fall into the DIY trap [34:28]
• Have everything lined up before meeting with the professionals [36:52]
11. Selling keepsakes over the internet [37:48]
• Never let real estate agents keep the furniture for home staging [38:57]
12. What you can do to make things easier for the ones you will be leaving behind [40:38]
• Spell out what may happen and who inherits what [41:58]
• How to declutter [43:30]
13. Always keep your paperwork in a safe place [44:13]

About the Guest:

In 2005, Nate Morrissey—then pilot—experienced a tragedy that completely changed his life: his closest friend and mentor lost his life at sea while flying an airplane. Realizing how difficult the entire ordeal was with helping the ones left behind while managing the estate, that led Nate to start his own company called the Blue Sky Estate Services. Now an estate liquidation expert in Orange County, CA for more than 13 years, he helps families with estate sales, dispersal, and content removal and better cope with the loss of life.

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait)  
• Visit the Estate Sales Website (https://www.estatesales.net/)
• Check out The Estate Lady Website (https://www.theestatelady.com/)
• Visit the Blue Sky Estate Services Website (https://www.blueskyestateservices.com/)

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Boomer Burden by Julie Hall (https://amzn.to/2HpLnFv)
• How to Clean Your Parents’ Estate in 30 Days or Less by Julie Hall (https://amzn.to/332hLXf)

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Alcohol can give people a temporary state of bliss and euphoria. That’s mainly why some have a hard time breaking free from it. However, letting go of alcohol can have a profound effect on your lifestyle and overall health and wellbeing. With the right mindset and proper diet, you can achieve that freedom from alcohol that you’ve always wanted.

In this week’s podcast episode, I chat with Cassandra Cotoia, a professional chef and a health coach. We discuss her journey into cooking and health coaching, how she and I experimented on different recipes that would be healthy for everyone, and the emotional aspects of alcoholism and how she overcame them.

We also chat about cooking and how it brings families together. We also covered how she enjoyed teaching and working with kids in the kitchen.

Make healthier choices by tuning in to this episode now!

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. A little background on Chef Cassandra [2:59]
1. Cooking for Dr. G [5:20]
2. Experimenting on the healthiest diet [6:42]
3. Exploring business opportunities [9:44]
4. Being a chef and a health coach [11:18]
1. Working with kids [12:09]
5. The big ripple effect of cooking as a group [15:22]
1. Food connects to memory [16:27]
2. Food unites families [18:18]
6. Being alcohol-free [20:25]
1. Experiencing the side-effects of alcohol-intake [21:25]
2. It’s hard to be in a world of distractions and not be distracted [22:56]
3. Trying alcohol cessation [23:24]
4. Examining your beliefs to free yourself from alcohol [25:06]
5. Having the right support system to get you through alcohol cessation [26:41]
7. To be good at food, you should be good at playing with food [27:58]
1. Having wine is a culturally-accepted belief system [30:17]
8. It’s okay to feel your emotions [32:20]
1. Alcohol only temporarily pushes your emotions away [34:53]
9. At the end of the day, things are just things [36:34]
10. Answering alcohol recommendation questions from clients [38:51]
11. How to be a health coach with Chef Cassandra [40:35]

About the Guest:

Cassandra Cotoia is a professional chef and health coach from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. With over 20 years of culinary experience, she has transitioned from being an executive chef, working for a private home, to having her own business called Empowered Foodie. In her free time, she enjoys being with her husband Jim and their dog, Roy, and two cats, Minna and Merlin.

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait) 
• Check out the One Year No Beer Website (https://www.oneyearnobeer.com/)
• Visit the Empowered Foodie Website (https://www.empoweredfoodie.com/)
• Follow Chef Cassandra on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cassandra.cotoia)
• Join the Empowered Foodie Facebook group (https://ww.facebook.com/groups/1956420097951826)

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Menopause Movement: Recipes for Living by Dr. Michelle Gordon and Chef Cassandra Cotoia (https://amzn.to/3miiawi)
• The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (https://amzn.to/2E0KZfn)

Connect with me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon) and Instagram (@drmichellegordon). For more podcast episodes, you may also visit my website. Tune in and subscribe to The Menopause Movement Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.

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One irony of life is that when inopportune times happen, they don’t seem to stop until you finally hit rock bottom. When we reach the darkest moment of our lives, we start self-destructing until everyone and everything around us gets affected. However, when you reach an all-time low, there’s no other way but up. With the help of the MENO system and the MENO-mates, you’ll be able to get back on track and live a life of happiness.

In this episode, Ann Martin, a dance and fitness instructor and a MENO-mate shares with us her story of how the MENO system has saved and changed her life and her marriage. We talk about what her life was like before enrolling in the Beta program, how her marriage was saved from the verge of divorce, and how it can positively change your life in a way that has never been just as it did hers.

If you feel like you’re in a dark place and need that one piece of inspiration to get out of it, then tune in to this episode and learn how you can live life the MENO-mate way.

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. A brief background about Ann [01:42]
2. Why Ann joined the Beta program [02:29]
• Her life before joining the Beta [03:15]
• How menopause deeply affected her relationship with her husband [05:19]
3. The MENO system served as her life raft during her darkest times [08:32]
4. What she felt when she found out the Beta was closing [09:29]
5. How Ann’s life completely changed after enrolling in the program [13:31]
6. The Beta program is a safe haven for women to talk about menopause and life [16:10]
7. Reigniting her relationship with her husband through the MENO system [17:28]
8. Coming out of the program more confident about herself than ever [20:20]
9. Ann’s advice to women who have doubts about enrolling in the Beta program [21:42]
10. Coming back to the right path and going on a journey to self-rediscovery [23:23]
11. There is no deadline when it comes to taking life lessons [25:24]

About the Guest:

Ann Martin is one of the most special people in The MENO System. She is a friend to most and is always striving towards a better world. A mum to 4, she currently teaches dance and fitness. She is also a spiritualist and a medium with a burning desire to learn.

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait)  

Connect with me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon) and Instagram (@drmichellegordon). For more podcast episodes, you may also visit my website. Tune in and subscribe to The Menopause Movement Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.

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In the world that we live in today, most of us get to have free education, live in comfortable homes, or work without having to bare our backs all day. But the sad reality is, not everyone gets to enjoy the same things. Not everyone can afford an education nor choose what they want to be in the future. However, by planting one little seed of goodness in humanity, it can grow and foster into something beautiful that can make the world a better place.

This week, we have a special guest, Tamara Horton, the founder of Studio Samuel, who has made great strides in changing the world one girl at a time. Today, we get to hear the incredible story of Studio Samuel and how it has changed the lives of the girls in Ethiopia. We talk about the country’s current situation and the positive impact and changes they have made. 

We also talk about what led Tamara to found Studio Samuel and how it has changed her, personally, in terms of leadership and global awareness.

Be a force for change and goodness. Tune in to this episode.

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. Tamara Horton and Studio Samuel [6:27]
• Adopting their son from Ethiopia [6:47]
• Knowing more about the situation in Ethiopia [7:13]
• The sad reality of extreme poverty [7:55]
2. How Studio Samuel helps Ethiopian girls [12:30]
• Teaching young girls the most basic of life skills [13:08]
• To help a community, you need to be familiar with the culture first [16:33]
3. The positive impact that is Studio Samuel [17:49]
• Escaping child marriage and joining the organization [21:00]
• What education does to Ethiopian girls [24:29]
• What makes Studio Samuel different from other charities [26:40]
• Struggling to get girls onto the organization [30:37]
4. Making a change in the community through embroidered menstrual kits [33:07]
5. Fostering leadership and girl empowerment at a young age [34:21]
• Children in Ethiopia get their voices to be heard in the community [37:15]
6. From 3 girls to 22k: Changing lives one at a time [38:47]
7. The history of Studio Samuel [42:33]
• Inspirational stories to draw strength from [43:13]
8. Tamara before and during the creation of Studio Samuel [46:07]
• It’s essential for leaders to be able to adapt to the environment [49:34]
• Looking for the right executive takes patience [51:03]
9. If you want to be someone, start acting like that someone [54:21]
10. Tamara’s favorite Ethiopian dish [58:58]
11. Celebrating the National Day for Girls on October 11th [1:01:17]
12. Donating to Studio Samuel [1:02:31]

About the Guest:

Before founding Studio Samuel, Tamara Horton was the Operations and Events Director at Sony Music Entertainment, overseeing US offices for over 13 years. However, as soon as she and her husband adopted their son, Samuel, who’s of Ethiopian descent, her life has turned a complete 180 degrees. She left her post at Sony Music Entertainment and went on to help change lives as the Founder and Executive Director of Studio Samuel, an organization that helps Ethiopian girls learn basic life skills and be able to afford free education through scholarships.

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait)
• Donate to Studio Samuel and help change lives (https://studiosamuel.org)
• Shop at Studio Samuel (https://studiosamuel.org/shop)

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Ask by Ryan Levesque (https://amzn.to/2R1cmJg)
• A Course in Miracles by Foundation of Inner Peace (https://amzn.to/3id9uVq)
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (https://amzn.to/3ib5sgi)

Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram. For more podcast episodes, you may also visit my website. Tune in and subscribe to The Menopause Movement Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.

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Imagine if you can make big changes in your life just by thinking about it. The mind is more powerful than what most people think. By harnessing the power of the mind and moving in the same frequency as that thought, you can get exactly what you want. All it takes is to make a shift in your mindset.

This week’s podcast episode is the fourth and final “The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast” series. Today we re-release our 22nd episode featuring Lindsay Durant, an expert in transformation mindset shifts. She shares with us her thoughts on the law of attraction and vibration, how you can use lucid dreaming to help solve your problems, and what techniques you can use to make positive changes in your behavior.

By the end of the episode, we’ll also have the privilege of learning how to create visualizations through her visualization exercise so stay tuned.

Get the results that you want through the power of thought by tuning in to this episode.

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. How Lindsay got into the personal development space [3:45]
2. Painless births [5:04]
3. The law of attraction and the law of vibrations [6:47]
4. How physics proves that everything consists of vibrations [7:34]
5. The material and mystical worlds [12:19]
6. How vibrations are selective [13:23]
7. Tuning to the frequency of our desires [14:39]
8. Focusing on the higher frequency emotions of joy and gratitude [15:17]
9. How emotions affect your DNA [16:13]
10. Lindsay talks about how visualizations allowed her to escape to her dream destination [18:02]
11. The law of attraction functions regardless of your beliefs [22:39]
12. Getting in touch with your emotions [27:12]
13. Lucid dreaming for problem-solving [28:14]
14. The importance of recognizing the beliefs handed down to us [34:14]
15. Ingrained thoughts make it hard to change behaviors [37:53]
16. We are responsible for our reactions to other people’s behaviors [41:50]
17. The difficulty of leaving abusive relationships [42:56]
18. Techniques to change behavior [45:49]
19. Constant spaced repetition [46:16]
20. Hitting the deepest parts of the brain when changing habits [48:03]
21. Fighting self-defeating thoughts [54:06]
22. Visualization exercise [55:27]
23. Keeping a gratitude journal [1:01:06]

About the Guest:

Lindsay Durant is a success and mindset coach specializing in the law of attraction, helping other coaches, entrepreneurs and companies achieve their goals by assisting them in making quantum leaps in performance. She is mentored by Bob Proctor, a world-class teacher in human potential. 

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait)
• Follow Lindsay on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/lindsaydonnparks)
• Join her at Move Into Results (https://www.facebook.com/moveintoresults/)

Books mentioned in this episode:

• The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (https://amzn.to/3acANfD)

Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram. For more podcast episodes, you may also visit my website. Tune in and subscribe to The Menopause Movement Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.

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We all want to make positive changes in our lives. In order to do that, we need to reexamine ourselves, be aware of the things that we do unconsciously, and recalibrate our psyche to achieve the things that we want to achieve through the enneagram. But what is an enneagram and how does it fit in our journey to self-discovery?

That’s what we’re here to find out in our third episode of “The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast” series. Today, we’ll take a deep dive into what makes us tick as we re-release our 19th episode featuring Stephanie Davis, an enneagram expert and a trainer educated in business, psychology, and systems theory.

Today, we have another truly informative and fascinating episode as we learn more about the enneagram, the nine different types and their general characteristics, and what your type might be.

Learn more about self-discovery through the enneagram today by tuning in to this episode!

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. The enneagram is a deep dive into what makes you tick. Unlike other personality systems, it goes deeper than behaviors [2:28]
2. Oscar Ichazo came up with the enneagram of Personality in the 70s, taking psychology and ego development and mapping it on the symbol [4:23]
3. What you can get from learning the enneagram is a perpetual self-busting machine. You start to see things about yourself that you never realized [8:39]
4. In the enneagram, what makes you your type is how “messed up” you are when it comes to your heart/passion (emotional distortion), head/fixation (mental distortion), and gut/subtype (instinct) [12:02]
5. There is a key emotion for each triad. Within each triad are three types: one type tends to overdo the key emotion, the other is the opposite, and the last has a weird relationship with it [16:42]
6. An example of the gut triad. Gut triad: it’s all about the boundaries, and their key emotion is anger [18:06]
7. There are no accurate enneagram tests. We pick up our behaviors from our parents and social expectations. This wiring is not something you can include in a test, and the most it can do is give you a starting point of where to look [25:27]
8. The gut triad (1, 8, 9), what makes them tick, their ego, and how they react [26:56]
1. Type 1 [26:01]
2. Type 8 [26:56]
3. Type 9 [29:33]
9. The heart triad (2, 3 4): what makes them tick, their ego, and how they react. This type focuses on social relationship dynamics. Their overarching issue is shame [32:20]
1. Type 2 [33:33]
2. Type 3 [37:26]
3. Type 4 [42:25]
10. The goal is to loosen the illusions of your type, not change your type. Your strengths are still there, but your weaknesses will be a lot easier to deal with [46:16]
11. We’re all going to have certain characteristics of nine types to some degree. Each has an interesting relationship with the two types beside them. Meanwhile, the two types that connect to yours in the diagram are your opposites. [51:43]
12. The head triad (5, 6, 7): what makes them tick, their ego, and how they react [57:23]
1. Type 5 [57:45]
2. Type 6 [1:00:58]
3. Type 7 [1:07:46]
13. Other theories from Katherine Fauvre and Claudio Naranjo, and the continuous evolution of the field [1:13:37]
14. Resources for your growth [1:21:52]
15. Going through the nine enneagram types and drawing a caricature for each [1:24:13]

About the Guest:

Stephanie Davis is a certified Enneagram Teacher accredited by the International Enneagram Association with 30 years of experience teaching the Enneagram to big businesses and organizations. An international trainer educated in Business, Psychology, and Systems Theory, she has trained thousands of people worldwide. 

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Join the Menopause Movement with Dr. Michelle Gordon Online Community 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait)  

Books mentioned in this episode:

• The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (https://amzn.to/30ytjjK)
• The Complete Enneagram by Beatrice Chestnut (https://amzn.to/33XWo7C)
• The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile (https://amzn.to/2NY7KD0)
• The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Riso and Russ Hudson (https://amzn.to/35dOG9n)

Connect with me on Facebook and follow me on Instagram. For more podcast episodes, you may also visit my website. Tune in and subscribe to The Menopause Movement Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.

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Feminine pleasure. It’s not a topic we are comfortable talking about nor is it something we can easily discuss at the dinner table. It’s one of the things that we put way below our laundry list of day-to-day activities. However, by putting the female orgasm as one of your priorities, you can transform your life in a way that’s never been, whether you are going through menopause or not.

This week’s podcast episode is the second of “The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast” mini-series. Today, we are re-releasing episode 35 featuring Julia Lally, the Pleasure Witch. We talk about how women can use pleasure to empower themselves, how to make pleasure a priority, and we’ll also learn more about orgasmic meditation. Together, we’ll take a deep dive into the world of feminine pleasure.

If you are someone who thinks that you have put your self-happiness aside and want to take your life back, then this episode is perfect for you!

Embrace your inner queen by tuning in now!

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. How did the Pleasure Witch come to be? [4:00]
2. Why did she pick the monicker witch? [8:11]
3. Why does rage play a big role in this? [17:07]
4. What is normal sex life? [25:09]
5. Are we really supposed to be monogamous? [31:42]
6. How will this help women through menopause? [36:59]
7. How does this help women who are victims of rape? [43:39]
8. How do you reconcile spirituality as part of the practice? [45:41]
9. What is the most practical tip to help other women increase pleasure? [56:31]

About the Guest:

Julia Lally, The Pleasure Witch, is a renowned sex coach who is based in London. Julia started out as many women do, taking care of her family. After several years of doing the same thing, she felt empty inside and out. As she was struggling to find a way to her true happiness she realized that she had placed sex at the bottom of her list of priorities. 

 

She was then introduced to Orgasmic Meditation, a 15-minute practice with a partner that has no goal but to feel. This opened her eyes to so many opportunities. After years of study and practice, Julia Lally now teaches what she has learned and is now known as The Pleasure Witch.

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Join the Menopause Movement with Dr. Michelle Gordon Online Community 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait)  
• Check out Julia Lally’s website to get your 8-days to ORGASM guide http://julialally.co.uk/

Books mentioned in this episode:

• The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain (https://amzn.to/30JyNIn)
• The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (https://amzn.to/3acANfD)
• Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly (https://amzn.to/31CcxQ0)
• Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan (https://amzn.to/30LilHV)

Connect with me on Facebook and follow me on Instagram. For more podcast episodes, you may also visit my website. Tune in and subscribe to The Menopause Movement Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.

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The term cannabis carries a lot of negative connotations. When we talk of hemp, it’s not unnatural for some people to show skepticism even to this day. However, clinical studies have proved how cannabidiol or CBD works wonders for patients suffering from anxiety, insomnia, cognition, and movement disorders.

This week will be the start of “The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast” series. For the next three weeks, we’ll be featuring some of the best podcast episodes since 2019.

Join me today as I re-release the 24th episode featuring Tina Williams, co-founder of Simple Optimum Health. We talk about how CBD prevented her from having another stroke, about how hemp can be a lifestyle product, and how it can help relieve pain and improve sleep. We also talk about how CBD can help with menopause.

Sleep better, live better. Let’s demystify CBD together by tuning in to this show now!

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. Tina talks about suffering from a stroke and how she got into CBD [2:40]
2. Why you should know the origins and extraction methods used on an organic product [5:58]
3. Ayurveda medicine [8:44]
4. Anxiety and the endocannabinoid system [10:05]
5. Homeostasis [11:23]
6. What is a terpene? [13:26]
7. Hemp is an easy plant to grow [16:48]
8. The importance of knowing where the products you use come from [18:17]
9. Studies showing that CBD can decrease inflammation [22:14]
10. Pharmaceutical companies are a little more open about CBD [23:41]
11. Hemp plant as a lifestyle product [24:49]
12. The benefits of CBD in sleep and pain [26:20]
13. What is sundowning? [28:40]
14. Microdosing guidelines [30:19]
15. Menopause teas and honey sticks [31:15]
16. The only drawback to using CBD [34:12]
17. You have to invest in your health [34:41]
18. Supplements are not covered by insurance [35:09]
19. CBD and menopause [39:33]

About the Guest:

Tina Williams is the co-founder of Simple Optimum Health, a health and wellness company that helps people suffering from anxiety, pain, movement disorders, and insomnia. She is a mom of four daughters, a serial entrepreneur, and a multi-passionate individual whose goal is to help others see and be their best selves.

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Join the Menopause Movement with Dr. Michelle Gordon Online Community 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait)  
• Go to the Simple Optimum Health Website (https://simpleoptimumhealth.com/)

Books mentioned in this episode:

• You Are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza (https://amzn.to/30LfoGZ)

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Do you sometimes feel as if your relationship feels way too suffocating? Ever had those moments where you start to doubt your own sanity? Well, there's no need for you to keep it to yourself anymore because you are not alone. And we are here to help you out. Today, we'll help you step out of your shell and into a MENO-mate life full of joy and happiness.

In this week’s podcast episode, I talk with Amy Perras, a high school teacher, and life coach. We talk about narcissistic relationships and how they can affect the way you live your life. We also talk about how by having negative thoughts and beliefs, we create our own demons that we have a hard time grappling with.

In our discussion, we also talk about the definition of gaslighting and how narcissistic behavior can lead to stress and infertility.

Start living the life that you want by listening to this episode now.

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. Why Amy took the path she chose [3:27]
• Living with narcissists [4:21]
• Craving for motherly love [5:26]
• Unraveling that metaphorical cage [7:32]
2. How subconscious programming affects your decisions [10:09]
3. What is ‘situation-ship’? [12:23]
• How Amy’s childhood affected how she perceived relationships [12:56]
4. Christian views on sexual relationships [14:34]
5. We separate ourselves from God by creating our own hell [17:21]
• Miracles happen from a change in our brain [18:49]
6. The very first spirituality was yoga [20:04]
7. The Holy Spirit is the embodiment of the higher self [22:40]
• Spiritual practice is whatever you make of it [24:22]
8. Narcissism is putting yourself in the middle of everything [25:16]
9. What is gaslighting? [29:39]
• How to deal with narcissists [33:19]
• A healthy relationship has to do with listening and boundaries [35:38]
• Our thoughts become our reality [38:37]
10. Ain’t gonna be no stupid woman [41:30]
11. Over-functioning defined [42:47]
• Patriarchy has everything to do with over-functioning [44:12]
• The Word of God has been filtered through the imperfect mind of men [49:09]
• The Big Bang Theory and the Word of God [51:34]
12. How to get out of a narcissistic relationship [53:25]
• The link between stress and infertility [55:33]
• The key to recovering from a narcissistic relationship is to forgive [56:20]
• When a relationship doesn’t feel healthy, breathe [57:33]

About the Guest:

Amy Perras is the author of the bestselling book ‘Ain’t Gonna Be No Stupid Woman.’ She is a certified life coach who helps women get out of narcissistic relationships. During the day, she is an English & Speech Teacher. 

She believes in women empowerment and is dedicated to helping people find their purpose in life.

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We often see science and spirituality as two parallel dimensions that can never intersect with each other. However, through the intimate study of spirituality, the universe, and human DNA, we begin to understand that there is a lot about science that can be further explained and experienced in spirituality. And in today’s global crisis, there’s no other way to interpret what’s happening around us other than it is the world’s own way of rebalancing and harmonizing with its natural order.

In this week’s podcast episode, I talk once more with Shaman Makhosi Pitts about the shamanic perspective of things and how these current events create an opportunity for us to realign with our true nature as one big entity that has broken off into thousands of different beings.

In our conversation, we talked about the ancestral DNA and how it shapes our future, about quantum entanglement, and how we can better change the world by changing ourselves. By the end of the podcast episode, we’ll also be having the privilege of learning more about regular cleansing, its value, and how it’s done.

If you are someone aiming to become the best version of yourself and wanting to seek a better understanding of your true nature, then this podcast episode is for you. Unlock the doors to spirituality and tune in to this podcast.

What’s Discussed in This Episode:

1. Dr. G’s life experience through spirituality [4:47]
2. Shaman Makhosi Pitts’ spiritual journey [9:34]
3. The rebellious phase: Memorization vs critical thinking [11:47]
4. Shaman Makhosi Pitt’s turning point in life [14:07]
• Going through pregnancy in college [16:27]
• Discovering the pathway to the spiritual doors [19:22]
5. What is a shaman? [20:53]
• The shamanic perspective of current events [22:37]
6. The true meaning of alignment [27:02]
• Each of us is an energetic expression [29:47]
• Spirituality is an incredible paradox [32:39]
7. Event plus response equals outcome [34:33]
• Having life happening to you [36:15]
8. The essence of reincarnation [38:27]
• Rebalancing the feminine and masculine energy [40:42]
• The Native American history with masculinity and femininity [42:18]
• The link between reincarnation and population boom [45:35]
• The process of reincarnation [49:22]
• The human transformer: A shepherd to the younger souls [53:19]
9. The beginning of transcendence: Birth of a new species [57:59]
10. Population control occurs naturally [1:00:08]
11. The ancestral DNA and its role in constantly creating the future [1:01:48]
• We can affect genetics by our thoughts alone [1:04:02]
• Meditation boosts your immune system [1:07:02]
• Ancestor reverence means having reverence for oneself [1:09:35]
12. How we change the world by becoming the change [1:13:57]
• All of us are one [1:14:45]
• Overcoming institutional racism [1:16:15]
13. The value of understanding quantum entanglement [1:19:33]
14. How to become the best version of yourself [1:22:42]
• What makes energetic cleansing in today’s situation [1:25:08]
• How to do regular cleansing [1:26:00]

About the Guest:

Shaman Makhosi Candiss Pitts graduated with degrees in business and marketing. While she was preparing for medical school, she was at the top 1% of consultations in a direct sales company before realizing that she did not feel any sense of fulfillment. This situation led her to her spiritual journey toward shamanism.

Resources:

• Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.drmichellegordon.com/podcasts/) 
• Join the Menopause Movement with Dr. Michelle Gordon Online Community 
• Connect with me on Instagram (@drmichellegordon)
• Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DrMichelleGordon)
• Join in on the next beta group (https://bit.ly/betawait)  

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda Narrated by Ben Kingsley (https://amzn.to/2OzZhWa) 
• The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer (https://amzn.to/2OxVLLQ) 
• The Success Principles by Jack Canfield (https://amzn.to/3jeenyn) 
• Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke (https://amzn.to/32s21Na) 
• Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza (https://amzn.to/30i1s6a) 
• Becoming Supernatural by Joe Dispenza (https://amzn.to/397bWsM) 

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