Peri Menopause Power

Welcome to this week's episode and to the second installment of our Symptoms Series which is about Osteoporosis.  In this week's episode, we talk about bone density, osteoporosis and how women need to be aware of and mindful of their bone health.  Lisa shares some key information and stats about bone density and why this is a critical piece of learning for women coming in and going through Menopau...

Welcome to this week's episode of Peri Menopause Power. This episode kicks off a mini series where we take a deep dive into some of the key symptoms that women really struggle with as well as those that we think women need to know more about.  In this episode we talk about weight gain - the most common troublesome symptom we hear from women we work with and talk too.  Lisa gives a brief insight in...

In this episode, Natalie brings to light some of her own greatest personal learnings about Peri Menopause particularly from the perspective of a woman who is not there yet.  Lisa and Nat's mission is to educate women well before they come into Peri Menopause about what it is, why we go through it and of course about the importance of a healthy lifestyle (which goes without saying across our lifeti...

In this week's episode we have a wonderfully beautiful conversation with HR expert Renee Barnes. Mum of two and founder of The People Paradox, Renee works with small to medium sized organisations to build their people strategy, foundations and programs that enable sustainable growth, engagement, and performance. She founded her business because at the time she needed more flexibility in how she co...

In this week's episode, Lisa and Nat have a candid conversation about giving ourselves permission to make the decisions you need to make to support your health, wellbeing overall life particularly during pivotal life phases.  One key decision that many women grapple with is whether to take MHT or not. Unfortunately, the decision fatigue over this is really contribute to women's angst at a time whe...

"Be where your feet are" - Therese ONeill. In this week's episode, we chat with coach, mentor and keynote speaker Therese ONeill. Therese started her first Business, Alphabroker Mentoring back in 2008, where she mentored over 200 start-up Business Owners over 10 years, culminating in her Winning the prestigious Finance Brokers Association of Australia’s Mentor of the Year Award in 2018. She succes...

"Life is happening through me and I need to allow space" - Kath Roberts In this week's episode, we are sure you are going to love listening to the beautiful and inspiring wisdom of our guest Kath Roberts.  Kath Roberts is a trained colour therapist and systems coach, an author and international teacher of colour therapy who uses colour to balance energy, restore harmony and ignite new ways of bein...

In this weeks episode, we have the absolute pleasure of speaking with journalist, advocate, mentor and trauma trainer Karen Percy.  Karen has been reporting for more than three and a half decades and has travelled the world – living in Toronto, Bangkok and Russia – as a broadcaster and writer. She’s skilled in  audio, video and web media as well as social media. Based in Melbourne, she is a champi...

In this week's episode we are joined by menstrual educator and author Jane Bennett.  With a background in social work and clinical hypnotherapy Jane has worked with Natural Fertility Management since 1990. In 2000 Jane created Celebration Day for Girls , a program for 10-12 year-old girls with their mothers, and later Fathers Celebrating Daughters for dads . In 2012 she began to train facilitators...

In this episode, we welcome Lou Lugsdin to our podcast. A qualified teacher with over 20 years of experience, Lou has held many roles in the education sector. This broad career experience has provided Lou with the wisdom and expertise to be able to help people who are feeling frazzled, stressed out, overwhelmed, stuck, facing challenges and turmoil or who just want to raise the bar to achieve grea...

In this week's episode, Lisa and Nat share some key snippets from their Masterclass The Female Advantage. This masterclass was recorded last week as a webinar for their online community Women Thriving Together.  The Female Advantage is a signature workshop of Own Your Health Collective . Some of the key takeaways from this episode include a discussion about "The Female Advantage", the benefits of...

"We give away our power by not knowing"  In this episode we have a beautiful raw and honest conversation with Grace Zielinski - an award-winning IT Executive. She is the Founder of ‘Menopause with Grace’ an online site and community designed to empower women to take an active role in their mid-life hormonal change. During our conversation Grace shares with us how at 45 she felt like "something was...

Welcome to this week's episode, where Lisa and Nat take you on a journey through the decades, from the roaring 20s right through to the super 60s.  There's been a common theme over our decades and that has been the unspoken words about our cycles, our physiology and our phases.  Lisa and Nat share with you their own stories and experiences across the decades and how they have learnt and grown thro...

In this episode we excitedly bring you our wonderful conversation with Meno Doctor Dr Linda Dear MBBS, FRNZCGP, BA (Hons) Psychology, DRCOG, NCMP. Dr Linda is a UK trained doctor and certified menopause practitioner with the North American Menopause Society. She is the director of Menodoctor - a private menopause clinic based in New Zealand ( www.menodoctor.com ) She holds a post-graduate diploma...

In light of International Women's Day this coming week, Lisa and Natalie talk about the power of themed days to invoke inspiration, education and change.  IWD represents an opportunity to celebrate women from all walks of life. Having just hosted their own IWD event, Lisa and Natalie recap some of the key themes from their event and how you could use some of what they share within your own life fo...

Welcome to our new series of episodes where we share the very personal story from an "everyday woman" who is navigating her way through Peri Menopause.  Today we interview Corrie Stathis, Scottish born Melbourne mum. Mum of 3 girls (20,18 and 16), wife and lover of all things health / wellness as well as the odd tipple of G ‘n T or a good rosé. She bravely shares the ups and downs from her last 6...

In this week's episode Lisa and Nat have a candid chat about the the things they are seeing and hearing with women they speak to. Am I going through Peri Menopause is one of the most unanswered questions that women have. They seek advise from medical professionals to often be turned away multiple times before getting any answers.  Lisa and Nat talk about the role having a medical professional who...

Maryon Stewart joins us this week to talk about embracing the second half of your life. Maryon Stewart is the author of Manage Your Menopause Naturally and 27 other books. A world-renowned healthcare expert, she has helped tens of thousands of women around the world overcome PMS and menopause symptoms without using drugs or hormones. In 2018 she was awarded the British Empire Medal and was recogni...

In this episode, we excitedly speak with Courage and Transformation Coach Jean Jing Yin Sum. Jean is a beautiful divine woman who guides and supports women and men to embody their courage and manifest their deepest desires through life transformations.  Throughout our chat with Jean we talk about the power of connecting to our courage and using it to support our transformations. Jean talks through...

Welcome to Part 4 of our Creating Thriving Health Mini Series. This is the last episode in this series but by no means least important.  In today's episode we talk through Emotional Health and in particular the importance of our relationships and connections that support us, serve us and contribute to our whole health and wellbeing.  Surrounding ourselves with positive friendships, supportive peop...

Welcome to Part 3 of our mini series Creating Thriving Health.  The focus of this mini series is to give you some practical information and insights into how you can support and nurture your whole health. The start of the year brings with it the usual messages of setting new years resolutions or losing weight fast, which drives us a little crazy because real supportive thriving health takes real b...

We welcome you to Part 2 of our Creating Thriving Health Mini Series.  In this episode we talk about Physical Health and how there are a multitude of ways that you can support your physical health. We also talk about the incidence of stress - both good and bad stress and the role stress plays on our physical and our whole health.  We refer to a past episode about Nutrition for Menopause which you...

Happy New Year listeners! We hope the holiday season and the start of the year has been a beautiful time and will continue to be into 2023.  As you would know, the beginning of a new year always brings focus around new years resolutions. We despise the thought process around new years resolutions and believe more deeply in tuning into yourself and what you need from a whole health perspective and...

Welcome to our final episode for 2022! In this episode we take a moment to reflect on the year that saw an increase in Menopause awareness and conversation, fabulous interviews with amazing women who all have story to share and there was a touch of personal challenge together with some lessons for you.  We are super proud of this podcast and what we have achieved in bringing this important topic a...

In this episode, we are talking all things survival tips for the festive season. Of course Peri Menopause doesn't stop in the midst of the silly and crazy (and joyful and loving) season so we wanted to share some simple things that you can do to support your greatest health and wellbeing, not just now but for the future.  We offer some tips around stress, nutrition, mindset and movement but most o...