Menopause Moguls™ Podcast with Dr. Joy'El: Strategies to Promote Perimenopause/Menopause Health, Wellness & Entrepreneurship

Fear of failure or the fear of what other people think can propel us to stay complacent or comfortable. Those fears are powerful forces that can produce limiting beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that inhibit our potential and our happiness. In this episode, I discuss an article in Forbes Women called 5 Danger Signs that Complacency Will Derail Your Career and my interpretation of how thi...

Over the years,  I got lost....I was doing all the things for all the people around me, my husband, my children, my patients, my colleagues.... just trying to be the best that I can be. Leaning on my own strengths and my own understanding.  And I think over time that was just really weighing down on me. Like just more pressure. It's just started to become heavier and heavier and heavier.  The...

Hey Hey!! Y'all it's been a journey and I have so much to share with y'all. I want to start with sharing my experience with COVID then post-COVID,  how I feel like perimenopause is like a cousin to COVID  but how perimenopause actually helped me through this whole post COVID experience.  But, I have to give all the glory to GOD who has brought me through this experience. If you are...

You health during the menopausal transition is a business expense you cannot ignore or leave unpaid. In this episode, I discuss:  -how physical symptoms of menopause and physical symptoms of illness can be a manifestation of something you're doing or NOT doing when it comes to your well-being. -acknowledging the state of your health should take priority when trying to build then launch a busi...

Midlife challenges can certainly draw our attention away from our dreams....but we can change that.  Menopause can be an opportunity for us uncover our why,...our purpose and create the life we truly want. In this episode, I discuss how we can choose to uncover our WHY and figure out the HOW to bring your WHY to life. If you have a burning desire to start your service-based business but need energ...

Breaking glass ceilings requires you to raise your floor. As Black women in the menopausal transition, there are barriers seen and unseen that makes menopause more challenging. As Black women aspiring to be successful entrepreneurs, there are barriers seen and unseen that makes building a business more challenging and overwhelming. Some barriers we simply can’t control but let’s talk about those b...

Sometimes we feel stuck and that we can't follow our dreams. I remember feeling stuck and still feel stuck at times and I realized these periods of feeling stuck was related to my focus on the things I don't like about myself. I've talked about building a business when you Know, Like and Trust yourself but what if you don't like ALL parts of yourself? In this episode, I discuss...

Sometimes talking yourself out of smaller things can put you at risk of missing the bigger thing that was meant for you to have. Your menopausal transition can be your springboard to your NEXT level. In this episode, I discuss how to avoid talking ourselves out of our next level by changing the relationship we have with ourselves and being satisfied with our decisions. Are you a black professional...

Society programs us to think that we cannot be taken seriously once we get to a certain age and we age out of everything like starting a business.  The uncertainty and fear gets us stuck in spaces that no longer brings us joy. In this episode, I discuss how we can change the narrative and use age and menopause as an advantage to our next level. Are you a black professional woman 40 and over who wa...

Many coaches focus on increasing your visibility by doing live videos, post 2-3 times a day on social media, consider buying adds, get more followers, build a pretty website. They say people buy from or seek services from businesses that they Know, Like and Trust but I say you need to Know, Like and Trust YOURSELF to attract people to your business. If you're like me, you may not recognize yo...

You may think investing time into building your own business will be too hard especially during the menopausal transition You may feel more secure in your 9-5 because you know that check or direct deposit is coming every 2 weeks.  I remember thinking and feeling the same way. But, I realized I was holding on to a false sense of security.  And holding on to it was really me resisting my NEXT level,...

I remember resisting symptoms-feeling less confident, feeling crazy, didn't want to acknowledge them. Then, I realized I had to acknowledge them and embrace it and it made me figure out what I needed for my mind, body and spirit to feel better, to feel whole. I remember resisting making the move into entrepreneurship because it felt safer staying in clinical practice...I know how to see and m...

What if feeling unsure and lost is part of the process? As a black women, we are conditioned not to feel or show emotion.  As high-achieving women, we are conditioned to always be DOING to be seen and heard, get acknowledged for our accomplishments. So, as a black woman entrepreneur, I’ve been doing many things and at the same time, avoiding feelings so that I can just keep going because that is w...

Just like the menopausal transition being a roller coaster, Entreprenuership can have highs and lows...and I'm currently in a low point. This episode is me owning my truth. I've shared my perimenopause journey so I need to share my entrepreneurial journey with you too, the highs and the lows. In this episode, I discuss how I've been avoiding negative emotions and also been caught up...

I talked about how YOU are the business and I wanted to dive deeper on how you process your feelings can make an impact on how you show up. You may think Dr. Joy'El is always positive. and I have it ALL together. NOPE, I don't. So, I wanted to share my truth with you. I am not immune to feeling negative but I've been avoiding this feeling for years. Being a high achieving woman, esp...

" You cannot wait for things to get better…You get better." You think you have to wait for things to get better…surrounding circumstances…at home or at work, then you can do this "other" thing. You think you have to wait for things to get better before you can start doing things that you want to do. In this episode, I discuss how waiting is actually us avoiding guilt. Guilt abo...

When you know better, you do better. But some of us know better but still won’t do better.  You know to eat healthy. You know to exercise. You know that you need to start your business to get off the hamster wheel of struggle in your current situation. But you don’t or you try to do it but fall short. I told myself that I’m addicted to bread. You tell yourself that you’re addicted to sugar. You te...

You may think you can’t launch a business because it’s too late or you've been doing this one thing for so long that you can’t start over….or the vision looks cloudy...or you need to brainstorm more ideas first. Most say building then launching a business is only 20% skills and 80% mindset.....I say it's more like 90% MINDSET! Your next level requires a different version of your mind. Th...

As I was starting my menopausal transition, I realized that I was "casually dating" myself and then left me, my wants, my needs in the dark...ignored.  And I didn't even have healthy conversations with myself...I wasn't kind. When I decided to start a new relationship with myself, a committed relationship, there was a shift.  I shifted out of struggle into transformation.  I st...

There may be mental and physical changes that feel out of your control during the menopausal transition.  There may be circumstances happening around you that are beyond control when you're trying to build a business.  But you can still control your response to these changes and circumstances. These transitions don't have to keep you on the struggle bus when you learn to change your resp...

It's New Year so that means it's time for change! Yes, another change. This season of our lives is all about evolution....how we continue to evolve over time.  So, I'm evolving and so is this podcast. This podcast is getting a new name, a new look and a new vibe! I want to build something that empowers women, especially black women, to RECLAIM their POWER, JOY and TIME during menopa...

"Energy flows where our intention goes." This quote spoke to me because I believes it applies to our journey through menopause as well as entrepreneurship.  As we embark on a new year, I want all of us to be intentional about our choices...intentional about food choices....intentional about moving our bodies...intentional about taking steps toward building our empires.  I realized that w...

Are you chasing the next "quick fix" as we embark on another year? A "quick fix" to manage weight, to get rid of symptoms ASAP or quick tips to build a business. I realized when I was chasing the "quick fix," I was actually running away from the next version of me. I was avoiding her and not noticing what she really needs to go to the next level. When I stopped chasin...

Dr. Laryssa Creswell will share her journey in becoming a Menopause Mogul! She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Board-Certified Music Therapist with 20 years experience in the mental health field. She is also an adjunct professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology with research focused on developing creative art therapies treatment for women with co-occurring disorde...

Becoming a Menopause Mogul requires 3 main pillars: 1. Versatility 2. Movement 3. Prioritization of YOU In this episode, I'll discuss how I learned how to implement these pillars in my life so that I can thrive, instead of barely surviving, in my perimenopause journey AND start a business that is transforming women's lives. Are you a black professional woman 40 and over who wants to star...