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Here to Be Human: A Multidimensional Soul is a weekly podcast for mystics, seekers, and sensitives learning to anchor their spiritual knowing in everyday life.
Blending cosmic consciousness with nervous system wisdom, each episode follows a four-part structure: soul-stirring insight, energetic deepening, embodied reflection, and integration rituals including Spirit-channeled messages and practical prompts.
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Speaker 1:Hey everybody and welcome back to Here To Be Human a multi dimensional soul podcast which I'm so excited to be presenting to you. In today's episode it's slightly different just because if you saw my Instagram reel I did maybe it like two weeks ago now it was talking about my post menopause and that obviously it's happened at a really young age and I've got a lot of people ask asking me to, share kind of like the journey that I went through because it it is slightly different to what I have seen like all over social media and stuff like that. And I guess I just wanted to offer a different perspective. You know obviously there's there was a little bit of resistance in me talking about it but one of my BFFs she said to me like look it's important that people kind of see different angles like, as to, like, what help support practices can help navigate people, and it's not doesn't always have to be doom and gloom. And I feel like, you know, she runs her own wellness company, so she sees a lot of this stuff that's going on, and she kind of talks to a lot of women from the wellness space and the healing space.
Speaker 1:So I kind of took on her advice and thought, right. I will share some of my insights. I'll create a podcast. And it may not just be a podcast, you know, for those who are going through it, but it might even be for people who know someone who's going through it and maybe whatever I say today, might, you know, get give you clarity. There might be stuff in there that you can utilize or, you know, allow yourself to look at it from a different perspective and then, you know, let that path unfold for you and your loved ones.
Speaker 1:So before I kinda talk about, like, oh, the the journey and stuff like that, I'll just give you some, a few pointers, and then I'll take you not to the beginning, but some of the turning points as to kind of how my journey unfolded with this. So, I am two in August of this year I'll be two years post menopause so that means when I and I'll be 48 this year so that means when I turned 46 I was post menopause already or kind of like no I would say hang on I'm trying to like I don't want to be medical but I'm trying to kind of give as much information as I can from what I've been I've also been told. I would say 46 I hit menopause yes and so now it's been two years it'll be August that it'll be two years that I'm post menopause. So it started when I was 36 so I started perimenopause symptoms at 36 and my symptoms were predominantly, more to do with like not being able to sleep a lot or well in the evenings, because I'd have a lot of night sweats and things of that nature And I had known that my grandma on my mom's side of the family and I and since posting that reel there's been some other family members who've also said that you know, they went through menopause early so I'm not saying it has to be genetic but on my side it seems like there are a number of women on my mom's lineage that have gone through menopause earlier than what the quote unquote normal age might be or what we see the norm to be.
Speaker 1:So, so yes at 36 started that perimenopause symptoms, and even back then it was it's kind of interesting because around that time frame I was, embarked on making my spiritual business more professional if that makes sense. So I've always been in this space. I I started my business technically my ABN started in 2004, so that's like over twenty years ago. And that's kind of when I was doing like, you know, phone line work, some in person stuff, but that's kind of where it started. But I had decided like around that 36 years of age, I was like, no.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna this is gonna be a profession for me. I'm gonna you know, left my corporate career, all that type of stuff. And while I was building my business, I, worked in hospitality, in retail. I worked at a crystal shop, I did readings there, I worked the phone lines, and then I just built my personal brand over the years, which is what it is today, modern day medium. So I like I said, didn't have a lot of symptoms outside of the fact that I had the night sweats a little bit kind of my sleep patterns were a little bit off and I kind of put down any issues related to, say, like, my mental health or my physical health, more to do with the fact that, I was working, like, literally four four to five different jobs, all around the same time in order to you know?
Speaker 1:Because when you're building something, you still have still gotta put food on the table. You still gotta pay your mortgage. You got bills, all that type of stuff. And for me, I was because I was fully immersed in my spiritual business, I worked a lot on my personal, well-being at the same time. And unbeknownst to me, like, you know, back then so like I said, I'll I'll be 48 in September.
Speaker 1:All the way back then, it wasn't like perimenopause or menopause was so widely spoken about as how it is today. So I just kinda was like, yep. I'm I'm immersing myself in my spiritual practices. I worked with mentors, and I kinda really just put the symptoms to the side. I didn't really give it any, like headspace if that makes sense.
Speaker 1:It was like it was what it was. I kind of negate like you know worked with those symptoms as much as much as possible but really my focus was on my business and my and the spiritual practices that I had. Funnily enough, I was also really immersed in my health routines at the same time. So because when you're working, you know, all different jobs, I had to make sure that, you know, my training was, you know, up to speed, where I could. Was doing a lot of I did a little bit of weight training during that time frame, but I would say that I was doing a lot more Pilates, yoga, walking a lot.
Speaker 1:It was more that that kind of kept my physical body going. Also, I did, like, you know, some boxing at the same time. So it was kinda like I was moving my body in a different manner than than how I'm moving it now or how I have been moving it since the, menopause stage. But, you know, I always kind of had my protein powder. I had my, you know, supplements and, you know, right nutrition, food, all that type of stuff.
Speaker 1:I don't really remember, too much as to, like, what I took back then. I would say, you know, it's it tends to be fairly similar. I always gravitate to a really good quality protein powder that's that's more vegan. Like, I don't really my body can't digest a lot of the animal based protein powders that are out there. And my supplements would have been things like vitamin d because I tend to stick to things like that, my omega threes and anything to do with greens so whether that's greens powder, green juices, and things like that.
Speaker 1:So and I would always cycle a lot of those things. It wouldn't like, in other words, what I mean is, like, I won't stay on a supplement for
Speaker 2:a super,
Speaker 1:super long period of time. It would be things like I would do it for say three or six months depending on intuitively how my body felt, and then I would take a pause from that supplement for maybe like a month or two or something along those lines, and I would introduce a more, concentrated, supplement, not as a replacement, but just something different for my body to kind of have a little bit of you know, because the body gets used to things. To kind of, shake it up a little bit and add some different styles of nutrients in, but it would it would be more of a concentrated style, whether that was a protein powder, whether that was an actual supplement like a tablet or liquid form. And then I'd go back to kind of, like, the the basic things that I knew worked for me. So that's kind of what the perimenopause space was.
Speaker 1:I've talked a lot about my journey. I've written a chapter in a book called Becoming You, How Women Reclaim Their Power. So you can always you can buy that. And that kind of, there's elements of my journey in there, and what was kinda transpiring. You know, there was, a really toxic relationship that I was in, and it was and it happened predominantly, like, it was fine at the beginning, and then it kind of just tapered into narcissistic kind of behavior, and then it turned quite toxic.
Speaker 1:So, again, without going into too much detail, like, the the book is there, and I've posted a little bit about it on my Instagram page as well. You know, all those things were also happening, and it was interesting. Like, it got me to really reflect again on myself, like I did when I first opened, like, when I say opened, like, when I first decided I'm gonna go all in in my business. I spent a lot of those years where, you know, if you knew about Melbourne, Australia, we were locked in predominantly for most of the time. So those those couple of years, like, I really delved into online training with professionals, everything that helped me release, trauma.
Speaker 1:Even if I didn't know what my trauma was, I'm just like, well, I must have it somewhere because I mean, I know there's certain things, yes, that I've gone through, but I'm talking about just kind of the incidental trauma that we get if someone's projecting their own shit onto us or if, you know, the environment or what we see in the news and and all that type of stuff. So I kinda delved into somatic practices. I really kind of did a lot of work on archetypal energy. You know, I got certified in somatic practices in, like, women's circles, in archetypal therapy. So you know, and also did what else did I I've got so much.
Speaker 1:It's all on my website, but during that time frame, I know I kind of like really delved into it. I even delved into like tantric meditation. This is very different to tantric, when it comes to sexuality and things of that. This was more about, the energy of of the tantra in your physical body and how you can utilize it to not just regulate your nervous system but to create to manifest that powerhouse. So there was a lot of those things that I was naturally being drawn to, and I don't know if this is something that other people have experienced when when you feel like you're stuck in a situation and they're really you you can't see a way out.
Speaker 1:For me, what what I tend to do is I delve really deep into, one, how did I get myself here? Two, what have I contributed to have the current environment that I'm in? And then three, while I can't physically exit this environment, what can I do to make it better for myself? And that's that tends to be how I operate in general, just with, like, in hindsight. Right?
Speaker 1:You know, I'm getting older, so I kind of I can see what my patterns tend to be. So with all of that, I feel like all of this kind of negated any of the the perimenopause symptoms that I feel like a lot of women are experiencing more so now I'm seeing or maybe, there's more, you know, like I said, there's more of a spotlight on it so more people are sharing how they're feeling. But, again, my experience was different and I feel like the only thing that I can say that might possibly make it different for someone, or different for me in comparison to someone else is that I really kind of made my mental health, my physical health, and an a deeper understanding of my psyche a priority. And I wasn't even thinking about the night sweats and all that type of stuff. I do remember doing a lot of acupuncture as well in more in my early 40s and I did that for a couple years and I did the acupuncture I did was more the acupuncturist wanted to regulate my periods at that time just make sure everything was flowing.
Speaker 1:I didn't really care about them to be honest. I was like, okay. If this is what needs to happen, then so be it. But for me, I utilized a lot of the acupuncture from a spiritual perspective. So once I kind of, understood that there was something called esoteric acupuncture, which this particular practitioner also did, I was like, okay, let's just, like, move away from normal acupuncture and focus in on the esoteric one.
Speaker 1:What ended up happening is I unfortunately, I had to do both. I was just like, yeah. I just wanna do esoteric. But the practitioner who's beautiful and absolutely a wonderful soul, she was like, let's just kind of let's do a little bit on your body and a little bit on your spiritual body. And that actually worked out really, really well for me.
Speaker 1:So, again, you can kind of see I was more focused not on the symptoms or trying to understand the the phase of life I was in so much so. I literally intuitively was like you need to work out. You need to eat healthy. You need to kind of have the right supplements. You need to kind of really hone in on your spiritual journey, your path, what you're here to do, and learn whatever you need to learn wherever you're guided.
Speaker 1:That that's pretty much what I feel, that perimenopause stage was for me. Now just on the towards the end of the perimenopause stage moving into menopause, it was about it was August, and August seems to be a significant month. And I find for me in general, it's kinda like the month that I get, like, a resurgence of, energy where I change things up a little bit, in my well-being routine is what I find. And I also have found even from a spiritual perspective, something shifts. It's kinda like you you get, like, these incremental things happening.
Speaker 1:That's that's kind of how, again, hindsight is great, how I'm seeing everything unfold and I'm not sure if you know I'm sure astrologers might be can tell me this more than anything else but maybe it's got something to do with you know that my birthday's at the end of September like I'm not sure if something is transpiring you know six to eight weeks before you enter a new birthday cycle. I have heard that there's there's things that transpire like six to eight weeks after your like your birthday hits or like there's it's almost like an integration period before a transformation hits so I'm going to I'm not astrologer but I'm going to assume for me anyway something it's like a integration phase is happening before my birthday and then you know like the new things are integrating of what I'm trying to like either launch or move into or shift. So I did have a breast cancer scare and this was in August 2024 and it's not the first one I've had, I had one a couple years beforehand so this was the second one I had And, literally, it was just it was more of, like, a a routine check to like, I've I've felt the lump then.
Speaker 1:I was like, oh, yeah. It's probably just a cyst. And then someone else mentioned to me, like, you know, you should really get that checked out. And I was like, okay. I will.
Speaker 1:Like, I it was always in the back of my mind. And I was in my head, was just like, I know I'm I know I'm fine. Like, I'm not feeling anything. Because for me, I felt like I'm super super in tuned with my body. I think the perimenopause I must admit, I'd have to say the perimenopause phase probably got me the most in tune with my body.
Speaker 1:I'm still a big believer in you get things checked out, but also be in tune with your body so you feel more connected to the experience or, you know what someone is like sharing with you like a doctor or a specialist or therapist. So I had the scare and it was completely fine but I still had to go through you know the ultrasounds, the biopsies, the mammograms like that dye that they run through your system to check you know cancer and all that type of stuff so still kind of went through the whole rigmarole And it does it does fuck with your mind a little bit. Like, you know, there there were times I was like, I feel like I'm gonna be okay, but then you you can't help yourself but kinda sit in the space of being like, but what if I'm not okay? So what does that look like? And, you know, what would be my treatment plan?
Speaker 1:Like, what am I willing to kind of do? Do I want to go down this particular therapy route or do I wanna do this? So it does kind of, you know, those scares make you look at the situation differently regardless whether or not you feel that you're going to be okay at the end of it. So thank god it was all good. Everything is fine.
Speaker 1:No problems whatsoever. But it was interesting. That kind of started, my periods to just completely stop. So before then, my periods were beginning to become irregular. So I'd say probably at the end of twenty twenty three, start of 2024, they kind of weren't as regular as they used to be.
Speaker 1:So I was kinda feeling like, oh, something's going on here. Maybe I am transitioning because I my mind, like, I knew I'd started perimenopause at 36, and lots of people said, like, it's like a ten year cycle. So I was like, okay. I must be getting to this stage. So fast forwarding a little bit, had the scare.
Speaker 1:Everything's fine. No problem. And then coming into that August, September time frame, it's almost like as if my periods had completely ceased. Now interestingly enough, I would still have certain, like, not symptoms, but kind of like the body doing things. Like, you know, I'd have cramps, but then there'd be no period.
Speaker 1:There was no tenderness. Like, I like, my normal symptoms of getting a period were always I'd get super, super cold. I'd get emotional, and everything only happened for twenty four hours. I was I was quite emotional, not angry emotional, but just things made me sad. My body temperature, I just couldn't get it up.
Speaker 1:It was super cold. And my period would be heavy for the first day, and then after that, it's like everything's gone. And, yeah, I'd had the breast tenderness, lots of cramping, and really, like, a lot of pressure headaches. That's kinda what would happen during, like, the like, literally like a couple hours before the period and then for the day of the period. But I noticed in that August time frame, August, September, and as we're moving throughout that year of and I'm talking about 2024, I noticed that I didn't have those symptoms anymore.
Speaker 1:I didn't have the pressure headaches. I didn't have like any breast tenderness. I didn't have cramping. And like I wasn't really getting a period. Like I would go months without anything and then, you know, there'd be not even spotting it'd be kind of like there's a little bit, of kind of like discharge and then it would disappear again.
Speaker 1:And I was like okay I must be going through the menopause stage but because still at that time there were were there was stuff talked about symptoms but not in real detail about, like the discharge and what happens to, like, the inside and outside of, like, the uterus and the vulva and all that type of stuff. And so it was just more intuitive for me to kind of explore what was going on. So I ended up going to a doctor and the interesting thing is when you start saying like, you know, oh, look, I'm not really getting my period. I've been perimenopause for, like, ten years now. It was kinda like there was an automatic thing of, like, well, I'll send you to a gynecologist, and you can go on HRT.
Speaker 1:And I was like, absolutely not. It's just not for me. Like, I'm not someone who tends to take a lot of medication unless I really, really need to only because I'm super sensitive to a lot of, medications, if that makes sense. I don't know if it's just because of my constitution. I'm spiritual.
Speaker 1:I don't know. I'm not sure what's going on, but I would have to say some of it might be due to spirituality, other things just might be due to my biology. And it's interesting like my mom is very much the same. She'll like, she hardly ever gets sick, touch wood, and she will not take any medication unless it's required. She just powers through.
Speaker 1:So, again, I'm not sure if, I've the biology is similar. There would be some biological traits, but also just her strong kind of constitution. She was always I'm gonna she's still alive. I shouldn't talk like in the past tense. She's pretty much someone who's like, it's all about mindset.
Speaker 1:She doesn't say it like that, but she's just like, if I if I think I'm sick and I act like I'm sick, I'm gonna be sick. And she's like, I don't have time for that shit. And she'll just go and but, you know, she does know when to stop when it's not right. But she'll just be like, no. I'm just gonna, like, power through.
Speaker 1:My mind is like I'm gonna shift my mindset. And, again it works for her. So I'm not sure if growing up with that, has also made me go oh I don't really want that like I feel like it's gonna interfere with my biology in a way that I don't really need right now. I have had bad reactions to certain supplements and medicine, so I'm a that's why there's a I feel like there's also, like, a little bit of sensitivity there. Anyway, so when the lady said to me the doctor HRT I was like absolutely not and I had done my own research on progesterone so I had just said to her is it possible for you to prescribe me a low dose of progesterone because I know how my body works.
Speaker 1:I know that my progesterone like when I was having a period and all those symptoms of like feeling really cold and emotional that was my progesterone dropping so quickly and that my estrogen became more dominant and because of my body composition I knew that I had an excess amount of estrogen running through my system or I'm more likely to say I was probably more estrogen dominant for a lot of my years and being in menopause I've seen how my body composition has completely changed, with the fact that it's the estrogen is super super low which is what happens when you go through menopause. Because And I did my research I knew that progesterone is like that happy hormone and I was always I felt I was always low in progesterone so having a low dose of progesterone kind of like allowed me to like navigate more so like some of the night sweats. So the night sweats would come on and off. They weren't like a major issue but they would happen every now and again. And so being on the progesterone again just a low dose from the GP it's like it's a different my understanding it's a different progesterone if you go on HRT it's a different medicine it's a different dosage So I was just like on a low dose and that really kind of helped a lot of stuff.
Speaker 1:Anyway so through those two years and roughly I'm going say from August 2024 until where we are now but in August of this year it'll be two years post menopause and I feel great. You know I think what I what happened when I went into the perimenopause at the start coinciding with my business, it's actually quite interesting because also during these two years, I've really kind of elevated, like, my brand and my business, and my offerings. And I and I did switch my business up. So, yes, the readings are always there. My spiritual advisory sessions, they've never changed.
Speaker 1:I've always offered those. But during this two year period where I focused again back on my spiritual practices I kind of did a lot of like study I wanted to kind of understand what I could offer more to my clients what I could offer more to like the collective and a lot of it was education and it's funny when I was a little girl I always wanted to be a teacher and so I kind of am now but in obviously it's a different format. So during that again for those two years when technically I'm in that menopause state I went into my practices I like studied different ways of not just not just accessing spirituality, but what other people do in that spiritual realm. So, like, healing modalities, sacred geometry, remote viewing, trance work, and I'd been studying this for quite some time but I kind of really delved into it a lot more and hence then what ended up happening was I was able to create all these classes and programs which I'm super proud of and my students are loving. So I know I've done the right thing.
Speaker 1:So one of the ways that I feel that this journey for me or what's helped me on this journey that that it does sound different to what is out there on social media or what people are talking about. And I know they have to talk about all, not the the negative side of menopause, but I think it's important that we don't just sweep it under the rug that every like, every voice is heard. But I also kind of want to share that it doesn't always have to be negative and, you know, some people symptoms it's really difficult to navigate through like I said everyone's different. You know, I don't have an underlining condition or illness or autoimmune situation so I feel like if there's underlining conditions that might exacerbate or create more havoc on the hormones. So I'm gonna preface that.
Speaker 1:I don't have an underlying condition, so maybe that also has helped or supported me with this particular journey. But, again, number one, my spirituality kicked back into gear. Number two, I really focused again on my business. Where do I wanna drive it? What direction do I I want it to go in?
Speaker 1:And I was really, really creative. I remember the energy that was surging through me was I just had idea after idea, and I kind of followed all the ideas until, I would only stop, like, an idea or a download that came through if I was just like, oh, this doesn't actually feel right. And I just think because I was so open, from a spiritual perspective, I think the universe was like, boom boom boom boom, have a look at these things. But also, like, know, they're also like lessons, like, you know, you can do this or you can do that. And for me, it was I it was quite obvious that I wanted to maintain, like, my sessions with people one on one.
Speaker 1:I wanted to kind of make them more in-depth, and try and gain as much insights for them as I possibly could and so I do feel that my sessions have kind of advanced from maybe where I was ten years ago, twenty years ago, which is normal like we always are advancing, but I was really kind of adamant about the teaching and the education and what could I share to help others connect, but not in a traditional typical way because I found for me in my journey, I never did it in the traditional way. Like, I never just, wanted to focus on angels or spirit guides. Like, I I I'm someone who likes to bend my mind a lot. And if you ask my students, they're like, yes. Julie messes with our head as well in a positive way.
Speaker 1:Like I just I get people to see all the different angles and to kind of not necessarily just focus on what's in front of them that there's there's so many layers to what you see and what you can't see and then what you feel And so that's kind of all that creative energy pushed me into all these different classes that you're seeing popping up on my insta channel. So I've got my case files club, I've got my Cosmic Mastery which is an advanced development circle only for students who come to my yearly program which is called TriSense Method which is we kind of look at everything to do with trance, like mediumship, trance healing, all that type of stuff, remote viewing, and everything related to cosmic intelligence, whether that's psychogrammetry, astrology, astral travel, you know, beings from the other dimensions, all that type of stuff. And once you've done that program, you automatically get invited to the private cosmic mastery, which is the advanced class. And then I've got the art of desire, which, there's lots of information on that on my Instagram, and that's a women's circle. So I'm bringing all of my experience, my teachings, like everything seems to be, coming together to streamline what I'm doing here.
Speaker 1:There's another class that I'm going to talk about at a later stage. So there's one more class that I'm kind that I'm in the middle of creating, but, again, I will talk about that closer to the date that'll be launching in October of this year, still on the spiritual side of things. So as you can and then I wrote, like, a book, and I was part of a book collaboration, and I've done, like, you know, self paced programs and meditations and all, you know, all these other little things. So I just was in this creative space and kind of really honored the energy that was moving through me. That's the spiritual side of things.
Speaker 1:The other thing is all of a sudden, I got this surge of, like, I need to really get back into my health routines. The things that worked, when, like, my I started my perimenopause, things that worked when I was in that toxic relationship during COVID and being locked in. So I was like, I need to employ that structure back into my life, not because I, I was like, oh, I'm going through menopause, and I don't want all these symptoms that everyone's talking about. It was just more of an intuitive kind of push to move into this way. So I've spoken to the spiritual stuff, and so then from a health routine, I started weight training again.
Speaker 1:Just at home, I bought myself a couple of weights. I started off, like, small, and I must credit there's a lady that I religiously follow her programs. Her name is Kaylee Cohen. She's on YouTube. I absolutely love her.
Speaker 1:And her style have tray of her style of training has really transformed my body composition to the point where, you know, I probably look better now than I did in my twenties and my thirties, and I've trained my whole life on and off. I've done power lifting. I've done bodybuilding. Not none of this is competition. This is just training like a power lifter or a bodybuilder and eating like them and blah blah blah.
Speaker 1:But I never got, the physique. Like, I like, I lost weight, but I never had that kind of tone or definition or, like, strength in my body the way I have it now. Now that could be years of just building, building, building, and so now it's kinda like with with Kaylee's program and how she trains. There's lots of functional training. There's lots of, like super sets, giant set like it's just it's awesome like it she's always making sure that the exercises and the program and the training that she's providing you it's not one on one it's just on YouTube which anyone can go and watch her stuff, and you can join her membership.
Speaker 1:It's like it it just worked for me. And so I train depending on my energy levels, depending what's going on in my life. I tend to train anywhere from, you know, three to five days a week, and they're all, like, you know, half an hour sessions. Like, I don't do hour sessions. I don't go to a gym.
Speaker 1:Everything's at home. And I just as my, strength has increased, I just have bought more, you know, dumbbells and stuff like that. So, again, my health routine really ramped up and so did my strength, and I was more consistent. I'm probably the most consistent in these last couple years with my training than I ever was my whole life. And I don't know about you guys, but, you know, I'd I'd go to the gym and I'd, like, train for, like, a couple of months, and I'd be like, oh, life got in the way, and then I haven't gone back again.
Speaker 1:And and then, you know, you pick it back up, like, a year later. So even though I trained on and off, again, I didn't I didn't really see a lot of results, but maybe that's because I wasn't as consistent as I am or have been in the last couple years because, I don't miss training at all. I haven't missed a week where I haven't trained. Like, I've always trained, and that's been like that for two years now. So there I would say that probably has helped.
Speaker 1:And so that's really great for my physical body. I feel like it's great for my mental health. And then the other thing that I can say that I've that I've done is my nutrition, like what I put in my body, is a lot more healthier, in these last couple years than it ever has before. Not that I I ate badly in the past, like, I have always been fairly, like, healthy, but the last, you know, couple years, it's everything that I bought from a supplementation was all about supporting my nervous system. That was my one key driver for the last couple years.
Speaker 1:It was like if I if I took something, it would be like say for example, if it was like a greens powder, I would go there's a there's a brand that I love and anyone who I'm mentioning now I'm they're not like paying for this they're not supporting the channel it's not nothing about that I'm just sharing with you what kind of I did. I went with a company called my my brain cove so I use their protein powder, I've used their nootropic greens powder in the past, I've done their like creatine So I really value them and kind of their brand. So their vegan protein powder is the only protein powder that I will use, and I've used it for the last couple years. Like I mentioned at the beginning, I cycle my supplementation. So I would do the nootropic greens for, like, say, six months, and then I'll pause it for six months.
Speaker 1:So they're the main things that I do. So without like, protein a 100% every single day whether I train or not and also creatine they're the two things that I have religiously every single day, and I've just recently started putting in this powder it's called like 10 mushrooms so it's got all the stuff that helps your nervous system, your immunity, your energy levels. So again I like, having some really strong concentrating supplements for a couple of months and then I you know once they're done I move them to the side and I kind of go back into something that I know works but ultimately for me my main focus is anything related to my nervous system so you guys can kind of you know do do what works for you whatever brand you like and all that type of stuff but, I feel like for me the key thing that has helped negate any major menopause symptoms which again I'm not to me it feels like the night sweats they're not really there anymore but I would say probably people's mental health is mostly affected with things like perimenopause and menopause and for me because I my main thing was my nervous system, my mental health, my supplementation supports that, my workouts support that, my spiritual practices support that and because I've been building like this business and kind of moving things into a way that I feel like are more in alignment with what I'm trying to offer, I've had lots of personal development I've spoken to you know a handful of spiritual advisors themselves because I for me the way my brain operates is I need to look at things from a whole bunch of different angles and so when I'm working with someone it's really about like you know what am I not seeing that I need to see, what is the lesson behind this, is there a lesson behind it or is it just that I'm trying to explore something more deeper for for whatever reason that I'm trying to gain that insight or information on?
Speaker 1:So I feel like for me, they were the that was the key factor in everything that I did. That doesn't mean there weren't times that I I wasn't sad or anxious or angry like I had all the normal human experiences but I never put them down towards menopause because to me what was making me anxious I could see in front of me what it was. Does that make sense? So in other words a situation made me anxious, you know a person made me angry or that scenario made me sad. There was always, there was always a reaction to something and so that's why I don't feel like I put things down to the menopause stage, but I intuitively really focused in on my health, and it was funny like you know I felt like I'm in menopause and I you know you go to doctors and I'd always I always have bloods every year, I check everything out, I see where I'm at, and literally, like, my health and my bloods have improved year on year, which again, I think it's got just got to do with the routine that I've I've created for myself and, you know, and I love my job.
Speaker 1:It's not even a job. Like, I love what I do. I love being there for people. I love sharing as much of the knowledge and insights that I've accumulated over a year and new things that are coming through. So I'm in a really I feel like I'm in a really good place in my life where I have a lot to offer, I have a lot I like I offer a lot with my family, my friends, my clients and I still have time for me and I think that's really important it's about knowing your worth, knowing your value, what is it that you want to offer but also having boundaries to make sure that you're not overdoing it.
Speaker 1:So I feel like for me going down that process really supported and negated any kind of I guess symptoms or scenarios or things that people have said this is what you go through and look and I've got friends and family members who are going through it and their you know their experience is different to mine but again I can only put down my experience to all the things that I've like just mentioned throughout this podcast about like you know what what I did, how I did it and what my main driver and focus was and again even though there were parts of me they're like I feel like I'm in menopause and I would go to the doctors like I said to you know check things on a regular basis like you do your women's health you do your bloods and I would say these things I would be like oh I think I'm in menopause and like oh no you're too young it's you know it's fine I'm like yeah but I haven't really had my period or it's probably just stress and like no I actually feel quite good it was almost like people didn't want to believe because I wasn't showing symptoms of menopause if that makes sense or kind of what people looking out for when they say like oh you're menopausal you're not menopausal so that was that and I kind of then was like you know what nah we're with two years almost two years in now I haven't had a period technically for you know eighteen months over eighteen months and I was like something's got to give here so I went to a different doctor and he was really really good I just said to him like this is where I'm at this is what I feel where I'm at and he was
Speaker 2:like okay cool we'll just do all that we'll do all
Speaker 1:the tests we'll just make sure and he did all the bloods he did the ultrasounds he did everything that he knew that could determine where I was either what stage of the menopause and when all the test results came back he just was like oh wow he's like he goes no he goes you're you've been in post menopause for a while like my uterus lining was really really thin, my, my fallopian tubes like they had shrunk quite significantly, my blood showed that my estrogen level was like at post menopause stage so it was kind of like what I was sensing intuitively about where I'm at on the journey, he was able to confirm to me and he was like this is where you're at and he's just like you know if you need anything, if you want something he's like come back, can go through it, we can discuss it, we can do more tests, he's like whatever you need for this next phase of your life he's like you know we're here for you, which is really really lovely and like he didn't shove HRT down my throat he didn't shove anything he was just like is this working like is this progesterone level working for you still and I'm like yep he's like great you can take that until you're 50 no problem whatsoever, and he just kind of gave me control over my health, laid out the options, suggested what would be good and what might not work for me and he was like if everything is if you're feeling good and it's all working then really he's like these tests are just confirming what you already know so he goes unless something changes for you he's like keep doing what you're doing because it seems to be working for you and I think that that was more it didn't feel like a consult where someone was telling me that I'm wrong or I'm right it's all in my head which I hear a lot of those stories when people like when especially like women go, to the GP and they're like oh no that's just anxiousness it's just stress and like I copped it from fun enough I copped it from a lot of the female doctors not any of the male doctors which is why when I was like nah I just want to I just need to answer now like I this is where I feel like I'm at like I know what my body's doing I went to a male doctor and again not saying anything against male and women but it felt like the women doctors were just like let's get HRT into you and this male doctor was like let's just do all the tests let's just see where you are at let's look at your baseline then we can go from there and if you've got any concerns we will will tweak things along the way and I think that's what made me feel more in control of the situation and more in control of my body and it kind of then confirmed to me, like, how much a strong practice and doesn't have to be spiritual.
Speaker 1:You don't have you don't have to be spiritual. I'm not saying that. But all I can say is that that my spirituality, the things that I do in that space, I feel like has saved me a 1%. My health, like having a really strong health routine, the right supplements for my body, not like what is prescribed out there about like, we'll take this and take that and da da da da. It was just kinda like me intuitively going to the things that I knew worked for me.
Speaker 1:I feel like all and just having great people around me I was really really lucky in this time like in this time that, I did. I had and I still do have wonderful people in my close knit circle of family and friends that light me up, that I have a great time when I'm with them, there's lots of lot of laughter, you know and I think that's that's also really important like you know you are you are the company that you keep I think is what people say so if you surround yourself with negative people who are always doubting you always kind of like trying to put you down then you're going to eventually believe in that but if you're around people who light you up, support you, ground you, are real then you know you will also be those things to yourself and you'll also be those things to others as well. So with all that said it's this is a very long podcast so I do apologize, I wish you all the best on your journey whether you're listening to this because you are in perimenopause or in menopause, or if you know someone who is going through that.
Speaker 1:Again, this is just my journey. This is my narrative. It doesn't have to be yours or anybody else's. It was just, a different approach to something I intuitively knew I was in, but lots of people telling me that I wasn't because of age. So, like I'm super super excited and super open, for this next chapter of my life.
Speaker 1:On that note, I wish you all the best on your journey and I will see you all next time whether it's on a podcast, it's in one of my classes or on in a session or on Instagram, wherever you may find me. So until then, have a great day. If anything that came through in this episode resonated with you, I would love to hear about it. And if you have a question that you've been sitting with, something you keep coming back to, or something you have never quite known how to put into words, send it through. It might just become the next episode.
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