Episode 113: "Ain’t Gonna Suffer Through Menopause" with Dr. Michelle Gordon - a podcast by Amy Perras

1:00 Hollywood’s View of Women

1:28 The Meno System

2:07 Beta Course Link https://beta.menopausemovement.com/sf/f825fb62?pid=ai496HDq

2:50 Menopause is Not a Medical Condition

3:40 Let’s Break the Silence Around Menopause

3:55 “An Alien Has Come Down and Taken Control of My Body”

5:35 Intermittent Fasting for Today’s Aging Woman

7:12 There is No One Size Fits All

8:50 Make Peace With Our Bodies

9:02 Where Our Attention Goes, Our Energy Flows

9:16 Disrupt Thought Processes

9:28 Pick One Thing

10:28 Stop the Self Loathing

11:22 Don’t Loathe the Food You Eat

13:41 Advice for Child Bearing Women-Take a Parenting Class

14:32 Whole Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel

15:10 Hot Flashes - Menopause is treated by symptoms. 15:23 It’s not a medical condition but a phase of our lives.

16:16 Shame

16:46 Losing Our Libido

18:10 Hot Flashes-SSRI Recommended

19:05 Mental Health Stigma

21:43 The First Covid Wave in New York and Treatments...Please, Where a Mask!

24:24 Brain Fog and Insomnia

24:35 Diet and Meals

26:50 Sleep Tips:

27:27 4-7-8 Breath

27:57 The Pause-10 Slow Deep Breaths Then Speak 

Proverbs 15:1 Respond gently when you are confronted and you'll defuse the rage of another. Responding with sharp, cutting words will only make it worse.

31:30 Weighted Blankets

32:07 Lacking Human Connection? Do Havening to Release Oxytocin

33:06 Hormones 

33:48 Mood Swings is more of an Existential Crisis ( Who Am I? Why Am I Here? What Do I Do?)

35:05 Put a Finger Down (Never Have I Ever)

37:34 Three Habits to Adopt

38:20 1. A Spiritual Practice with Visualization-Three Year Increments

41:06 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. (Revelation 3:20)

41:18  2. Reading one hour a day

41:55 3. Move Your Body (Cognitive decline is directly related to lack of movement)

Bonus: Get off vegetable oil!!!!—poison (fast food) Use Coconut or Olive-pure oil.

43:37 Two Books to Read

43:40 1. Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda

44:30 2. Success Principles by Jack Canfield

45:00 One T.V. Show to Watch 1. Gaia - Becoming Supernatural

One Final Thought: To Always Examine, Who Am I Being in this Moment? Is it the person that I idealize myself to be? If it is the person I idealize, would she make that choice?

Where Can We Find Dr. Michelle Gordon?

The Menopause Movement Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-menopause-movement-podcast/id1471592943

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