How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships

Every woman goes through menopause in their lives, but how can it affect your relationships? How can you combat the negative symptoms that come with it? And what can you do as a partner to be more aware of what she’s going through? Alison Bladh, who specializes in menopausal women’s health, joins Seth and Pete to discuss this important topic.

Show Notes

When Your Hormone Levels May Be Impacting Your Marriage
Today we’re talking about menopause. Sure, it’s a natural biological process and eventually, every woman goes through it. But the experience is unique for each, and how hormone levels impact your marriage might just accelerate you on the road toward divorce. Alison Bladh is a registered nutritional therapist and esthetician living in the wilds of Sweden. She’s worked in the health and wellness industry for over 30 years specializing in menopausal women’s health and she now runs her own online clinic helping women worldwide manage the negative symptoms of menopause. She’s here to talk with Seth and Pete about how the menopause and hormones can affect relationships as well as things to pay attention to in order to help manage the negative symptoms.

Plus, we answer some listener questions!

Links & Notes
  • (00:00) - Welcome to How to Split a Toaster
  • (00:26) - Meet Alison Bladh
  • (02:00) - What Is Menopause
  • (07:58) - Learning to Live With It
  • (08:58) - Impact of Hysterectomy
  • (10:27) - Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • (13:17) - Other Stressors
  • (16:16) - Transitioning Into Emotional Responses
  • (17:40) - Sponsor: Soberlink
  • (19:36) - Message for the Partners
  • (21:09) - Struggles in Relationships
  • (29:31) - Support
  • (32:32) - Looking After Yourself
  • (36:59) - Wrapping Up
  • (38:05) - Listener Question

Creators & Guests

Host
Pete Wright
Podcaster and co-host, Pete Wright brings years of marriage and a spirit of curiosity to the divorce process. He's spent the last two decades interviewing experts and thinkers in emotional healing and brings that with him to the law, divorce, and saving relationships in the process.
Host
Seth R. Nelson
Seth Nelson is the founding attorney and managing partner at NLG Divorce & Family Law. He is a Tampa-based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems.
Producer
Andy Nelson
Hailing from nearly 25 years in the world of film, television, and commercial production, Andy has always had a passion for storytelling, no matter the size of the package.

What is How to Split a Toaster: A Divorce Podcast About Saving Your Relationships?

Seth Nelson is a Tampa based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems. In How to Split a Toaster, Nelson and co-host Pete Wright take on the challenge of divorce with a central objective — saving your most important relationships with your family, your former spouse, and yourself.