Laura Shuckburgh, just upped sticks and left a very nice life (right in the middle of Covid) to go a live in a different country, because she needed to answer that call.  Although she was happy, that nagging voice inside her wouldn't let her settle.   I know what she means.   There's something about the comfort zone which just squeezes every ounce of life out of you.  Laura is the founder of Marvellous Midlife.  She’s a life coach and a certified NLP practitioner and she helps people through their midlife transition.  She is committed to raising awareness of the once taboo subject of menopause and this is why she now educates people about how peri menopause can affect women on a personal level and in the workplace.  In today's episode of The Menopause Mindset Podcast, we touch on: 🌞Menopause:  The invisible symptoms 🌞Become a different person - The metamorphosis 🌞Walking away from the status quo to live a life on purpose 🌞Breaking the stereo type of what it means to be a mid lifer and beyond 🌞Doing the things that frighten you and being as brave as hell 🌞How to trust the universe to avoid overwhelm 🌞Removing the pseudo smile 🌞People pleasing as a trauma response 🌞Meditation 🌞The happiness curve of midlife.  So if you're currently looking for inspiration to prize you out of pickle, this might be the very thing that helps you.

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Lorraine Miano is an integrative holistic health coach certified in hormone health and author of the bestselling book “The Magic of Menopause.”  She is passionate about working with women in all phases of menopause who have weight, metabolism and ageing concerns so that they can have more energy, less stress and feel comfortable in their own skin.  In this episode we dive into:  Grandmothers and their influence; Gratitude and how to stay positive during difficult times; Sugar, hunger and appetite; Life after menopause; The choice NOT to go on HRT.  Lorraine has a beautiful, kind, sweet energy which will brighten the darkest of moods. So if you've ever been in a black cloud around menopause and need some uplifting, I really think you're gonna LOVE this episode of The Menopause Mindset Podcast.

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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/themagicofmenopause/
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Website - https://themagicofmenopause.com/
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Remember that scene in Friends …. it’s a flashback where Monica is about 17 and she’s trying to seduce Chandler in her mum’s kitchen and Rachel is coaching her on how to be sexy?  Rachel says ‘just act like everything around you turns you on’  To be honest, Rachel could make a bin bag look sexy, but Monica had to try a little harder.  But that’s the thing about ‘turn on’ - it’s a practice.  When it comes to menopause, pleasure is the last thing we think about when it comes to symptom help.   Diet, exercise, meditation, HRT and the like usually spring to mind first.  But pleasure is super powerful because of one teeny tiny chemical.   I won’t spoil the surprise yet, but if you listen to this episode, you'll find out.  This episode is for you if:  You feel that pleasure and the menopause just don’t mix.  You like the idea of pleasure but you keep bumping it for other things.  You keep looking outside of yourself for pleasure (food, sex, work, socials, projects) but at the end of the day you still feel empty.   Inside this episode I’ll reveal my 3 suggestions for helping you create more pleasure in your life without anything external. 

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Today I speak to Jane Dancey who is an Embodiment Coach, a Somatic Yoga Teacher, A Rites of Passage Facilitator and a Female Pelvis Educator.  She says when we’re going through menopause the body can become a scary place to inhabit so no wonder we disconnect.   It’s changing, we’re losing the male gaze, it feels pained, awkward and exhausted.   Jane is a person who helps us rebuild a relationship with our bodies signals so that we can start to have a relationship with ourselves again.   In today's episode of The Menopause Mindset Podcast here are some of the topics we cover:

What’s a 50 year old woman supposed to look like anyway
The many layers of menopause
The body as a scary place to be at menopause
Menopause as an opportunity to let go of being a certain way
Learning to accept the shape of our bodies as we go through menopause
All rites of passage involve some suffering
Living cyclically
The hidden messages of fatigue
How the body copes with coming out of lockdown

So if you're feeling that there's more to menopause than just an oestrogen deficiency, you might like this episode.

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"It’s all in your mind".  That’s what was previously thought about the placebo effect, but according to much research, we know that’s not true.  There are real molecular changes that happen in the brain and body when someone is given a placebo.   What we’re really talking about here is the power of 'expectation', and the chemical changes that happen in the body as a result of a positive or negative expectation that we have about a drug or a complementary therapy.    It's actually flipping amazing.  The question is then, can we tap into expectation, belief and conditioning to help us have a better menopause experience?   I think we can.  I don’t have all the answers, but I do have some thoughts.    If you’re curious like me and believe that the power to positively affect our health is in our hands, you might like this episode.
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I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that I believe your mind has the power to affect your experience of your menopause (including your symptom severity).    Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last few years (and I wouldn’t blame you if you had) you’ve probably heard about the power of the imagination.  When it comes to our immune system, our nervous system and our endocrine system (ok, ALL our systems actually) the imagination can have an impact(directly and indirectly).   Remember nothing happens in isolation in the body.  Don’t take my word for it, look at the science.  In a study done in 2004 by scientists at The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Lerner Research Institute in Cleveland they found that by simply imagining repeating an exercise over and over again, you can an increase in muscle strength by 35% Ref: Pg: 77 ‘How Your Mind Heals Your Body’ by David R Hamilton. My instinct tells me that we can affect our menopause symptom severity too by tapping into the power of the sub conscious mind aka the imagination.   This episode is for you is you’re interested in learning more about how your mind can affect the success of your menopause.
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You  are NOT going crazy.  In fact you are doing brilliantly given the fact that you live in a world that doesn’t seem to understand what you’re going through.  There are real chemical changes going on in the brain from peri to post menopause which cause us to forget words,  feel more anxious and lose confidence.   You might FEEL crazy, but you are not GOING crazy, and you’re definitely not to blame for the way you feel.  In today's episode, I explain why.  But, here’s a clue.   The effect of declining sex hormones actually starts in the BRAIN, and as a result, many people can start to feel the onset of menopause mentally first, not physically, as previously thought. Your prescription for Citalopram might be well meaning from your 30 year old male GP, but it might not be getting to the root.  So if you want more clarity and understanding about what’s actually going on (I’m going to go into some detail here) then this episode is for you.  And if you’re ready to get some advice about what to do next, this episode is for you.   As a Gen X person, I know you feel like you are doing all the work right now, but hang in there because knowledge is power.

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[Free] Relaxation Hypnosis Recording:  https://bit.ly/relaxationwithsally
[Free] How to Make Sleep Your Super Power https://www.sallygarozzo.com/optinsleepwebinar
[Free] Sleep Hypnosis Recording: https://bit.ly/sleephypnosisrecording

How to Create Phenomenal Self Esteem [£47]:  https://www.sallygarozzo.com/selfesteem
Rapid Transformational Therapy [£447]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/rtt
Menopause Solution Sessions [£147]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/mentoring

Menopause Holistic and Wellbeing Practitioner [£111]:  https://bit.ly/menocourse
Cold Water Therapy Practitioner [£111] https://bit/ly/coldwatertherapy  

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At menopause many women and people start to feel the stirrings of anger bubbling up, how it’s dealt with is down to your personality type and your childhood programming.  Is it implosive or explosive?   Either way, it’s screaming at you and wants to be heard.   In today’s episode of The Menopause Mindset Podcast, I’m going to reveal my thoughts on the medicinal message of anger at menopause.   Get ready for some choice words like ‘patriarchy’, ‘boundaries’ and ‘f**k’ In this episode we’re going to talk about: How does anger present itself?  Why is it there (taking a biopsychosocial approach)?  What can we do about it?   So if you’re ready to take a wider perspective to understanding anger, then this episode is for you.

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How to Create Phenomenal Self Esteem [£47]:  https://www.sallygarozzo.com/selfesteem
Rapid Transformational Therapy [£447]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/rtt
Menopause Solution Sessions [£147]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/mentoring

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Cold Water Therapy Practitioner [£111] https://bit/ly/coldwatertherapy  

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In this episode learn some of my tips and tricks on how to manage overwhelm and anxiety.  We talk about priorities, values, time outs, batching, short term anxiety, long term anxiety, why anxiety is lying to you, the root cause of anxiety, your nervous system and how your perception can help with anxiety.

Sally's Links
[Free] Relaxation Hypnosis Recording:  https://bit.ly/relaxationwithsally
[Free] How to Make Sleep Your Super Power https://www.sallygarozzo.com/optinsleepwebinar
[Free] Sleep Hypnosis Recording: https://bit.ly/sleephypnosisrecording

How to Create Phenomenal Self Esteem [£47]:  https://www.sallygarozzo.com/selfesteem
Rapid Transformational Therapy [£447]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/rtt
Menopause Solution Sessions [£147]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/mentoring

Menopause Holistic and Wellbeing Practitioner [£111]:  https://bit.ly/menocourse
Cold Water Therapy Practitioner [£111] https://bit/ly/coldwatertherapy  

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Many don't see the link between PTSD and menopause symptom severity and that's why I wanted to create this episode.  In this episode we talk about:  What is PTSD?  Why is it linked to menopause?  What you need to know about Poly Vagal Theory (in the simplest way possible), What you can do to ease PTSD and therefore help your menopause.    This is for you if you have unpleasant peri/menopause symptoms and you've tried everything (or even if you haven't).  You have experienced something traumatic in your life (even if it's just mild trauma), you want to gain the knowledge about what to do next.  Can't wait to have you with me for this one. 


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[Free] Relaxation Hypnosis Recording:  https://bit.ly/relaxationwithsally
[Free] How to Make Sleep Your Super Power https://www.sallygarozzo.com/optinsleepwebinar
[Free] Sleep Hypnosis Recording: https://bit.ly/sleephypnosisrecording

How to Create Phenomenal Self Esteem [£47]:  https://www.sallygarozzo.com/selfesteem
Rapid Transformational Therapy [£447]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/rtt
Menopause Solution Sessions [£147]: https://www.sallygarozzo.com/mentoring

Menopause Holistic and Wellbeing Practitioner [£111]:  https://bit.ly/menocourse
Cold Water Therapy Practitioner [£111] https://bit/ly/coldwatertherapy  

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