First of all, I encourage you to check the episode titled Cycle and Fertility Masterclass. Today, I am sharing another masterclass which is the Perimenopause-Menopause Project. The reason I decided to share this information with you is that in the last few years of my practice, I was faced with the reality that most women know very little about their bodies. The problems arising during perimenopause and menopause usually show up and catch us unaware, since we were never truly taught what is actually going on in our cycling years, leading us to burn out after not treating or listening to our bodies properly.

 

I am sharing all my knowledge and experience so we can start to put some context around the emotions that you are feeling, this is not just in your head, this is a physical, physiological, biological and chemistry response happening in your body, and it is showing up in how you feel, look, move, sleep and be in your life.

 

Here are the main topics of this amazing masterclass:

 

• ● Perimenopause, Menopause and Postmenopausal stages.
• ● Do not become attached to certain ages.
• ● Your epigenetics will determine the age span for different stages.
• ● Hormone fluctuation when transitioning to Menopause.
• ● Perimenopause and menopause is puberty in reverse
• ● Perimenopause isn’t just a physical event!
• ● Three types of Perimenopause: artificial, premature and natural.
• ● The gradual process of Perimenopause.
• ● Bioidentical hormones.
• ● What you eat feeds your cells.
• ● Changes in Perimenopausal years.
• ● Typical symptoms of Perimenopause.
• ● Symptoms of estrogen decline.
• ● Importance to check your gut.
• ● Menopause does not create health problems, our lifestyle does.
• ● Choosing your food wisely to help your hormone functions.
• ● Movement and exercising during Perimenopause.
• ● Focus on the food that will support your bone health.
• ● The right supplementation is not the same for everyone.
• ● What to do with carbohydrates.
• ● Taking care of the vaginal microbiome.
• ● Support your liver.
• ● Look at your lifestyle as a whole.
• Hoping this masterclass helps you to know more about what goes on in your body through the stages of Perimenopause and Menopause, as well as assisting you in building more resources to take better care of your health as a whole. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!
• You can connect to this episode on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher by searching The Simplicity Sessions, or by visiting jennpike.com/episode37.
• Online working with Jenn:
• To register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones and more, please join the waitlist at jennpike.com/thehormoneproject
• Learn more about our amazing sponsors 
• These are two products that I always use with women coming in my practice who are transitioning into Perimenopause and Menopause.
• The first is Advanced Gut Health Probiotics women’s UTI by Genuine Health. It is formulated with 15 different strains and is a really balanced formula to help to promote women’s gut, vaginal, immune, skin health and helps to accelerate healing from urinary tract infections as well as preventing them.
• Order any product at Genuine Health use the promo code JENNPIKE, and save 10% off all of your purchases.
• The second product that I want you to try is the Vitex Combo by Saint Francis Herb Farm. It offers proven to relief for a lot of the symptoms associated with Menopause, PMS and menstrual and joint pain. The Vitex Combo is meant to bring equilibrium into your body, to assist you in the passage through this challenging phase of life. The Vitex Combo is a safe, naturopathic alternative to hormone replacement therapy. You can order this product through Pure Feast and by entering the code SAINTFRANCIS10 you can save 10%. Create a more simple life with Saint Francis Herb Farm products.
• Learn more about Jenn’s work:
• Jenn Pike
• Ignite your Life with Jenn Pike
• The Hormone Project 
• The Simplicity Project Shop for books, DVDs, programs and much more!
• http://www.jennpike.com/
• Simplicity TV on Youtube
• Quotes: 
• “Where there is an intention, there is energy.”
• “Perimenopause and Menopause is puberty in reverse.”
• “The adrenals become the secondary ovaries during Perimenopause, helping to produce some of the hormones that your body still requires.” 
• “Our society is overfed but starving.”
• “The quality of everything in your body comes from your cells.”
• “During Menopause, unfinished business from the past come back for resolution.”
• “Menopause does not create health problems, they are about the lifestyle we are living.”
• “We have a microbiome in our guts, in our skin and in our vaginal areas, and they require different types of balance.”
• Additional Information About Jenn:
• Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium and Juice Plus.
• Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.