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Laura Applewhite | Menopause and The Working Women, Life as a Woman After Hysterectomy


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Our guest today is on a mission to help as many women as possible who have had a hysterectomy and/or would like to master their menopause. Laura Applewhite is the founder of hysterectomy healing and joins Dawn and Tracy on Real Women to talk about her programme that puts women at the heart of their own healing journey that helps women listen to their intuition, use their voice and connect to their whole being.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Most of the women who Laura helps have had a hysterectomy, they're several months down the line and they often have hit a bit of a wall. They're a little bit surprised that they haven't just been able to bounce back and are wondering “why don't I have all my energy back?”
  • Laura had her hysterectomy when she was 42, so relatively young, but she talks to people every day who are in their 20’s and going through the same thing. She had her hysterectomy because she had fibroids and was having horrendous periods. It was getting to the stage where Laura was not able to leave the house on the worst days of her cycle.
  • If you’re finding that you pee a little when you sneeze or run then Laura would recommend that you get an appointment with a pelvic health therapist. 
  • We shouldn't feel gross if we're having heavy periods and we are having problems. Just as Tracy shouldn't feel like a fraud because she had an easier time of it. 
  • Laura’s wish is that women should be aware a lot earlier of what to look out for when it comes to menopausal symptoms because you are getting women even without a hysterectomy sometimes now going through early menopause.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I pushed my periods back so that I had the worst days of my cycle on the weekends, so I could just, stay in’

‘Women are at the stage where they have to utilise the pill to push their period back so it fits round work. How crazy is that’ 

‘We call it problems, but we learn to live with them’

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ABOUT THE GUEST 

Laura Applewhite, founder of hysterectomy healing, is on a mission to help as many women as possible, who have had a hysterectomy, and/or would like to master their menopause. Laura created a programme that puts women at the heart of their own healing journey that helps women listen to their intuition, use their voice and connect to their whole being.

ABOUT THE HOSTS

Dawn and Tracy are real women who are fed up with all the “noise” out there in the real world. Life isn’t simply rainbows and unicorns, it's broken relationships, hard work, hot sweats and never ending laundry baskets.  But life as a real woman is also about being honest, having good gossip and speaking our truths. Whether it’s peeling yourself into your spandex for a night out, or running a business meeting barefoot because the heel has fallen off your stilettos, there is always something to laugh about in life.  

Dawn is mid 50’s mid menopause straight talking business maverick.  Four kids, three grandchildren, two businesses, one husband and a self proclaimed “hottie”.

Tracy is a mid 50’s awesome mum, business and property mentor. Proud of her raw, honest nature, “bonkers” sense of humour and good old fashioned northern humility.

PODCAST DESCRIPTION

The business of being a real woman juggling life, love and work for many of us is pure sweat, grit & hustle. This podcast is for those of you who are tired of the “noise” and just want real down to earth gossip with no filters or fluff.  Dawn and Tracy bring heart felt humour, raw honesty, spandex, stilettos and intelligent conversion on being a real woman in today's world.

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