The Menopause Mindset

Join me with Rob Birkhead, co-founder of Trinity Transformation, as he shares his journey of becoming an expert in menopause weight loss. We talk about how the body changes during menopause and why traditional weight loss techniques become less effective. We talk about the importance of low impact strength training vs cardio and the role of nutrition, including the need for a high protein breakfas...

Join me and Jess May, an award-winning celebrant, as we talk about all things ceremony and ritual. We talk about why ceremony is so powerful especially during the different phases of a woman’s life. We talk about what symbolism is and why it can be healing. We also talk about the beauty of having a living wake, which are celebrations of life held before death. This is a very different and highly i...

Join me in my conversation today with Holly Bertone. Holly shares her incredible journey from being Chief of Staff at the FBI (!)  to becoming a holistic health coach. She talks about her experience with breast cancer, autoimmune disease, and chronic fatigue, and how she used mindset and holistic health practices to heal herself.    In this conversation, she introduces us to her powerful Rocky fra...

Join me and Jamie Vollmoeller, a clinical therapist living in recovery from PTSD, as she shares her trauma story and the impact of trauma on her life.  Together we chat about the importance of ‘resourcing’ and the EMDR therapy in trauma recovery.  Our conversation also delves into the correlation between trauma and menopause, highlighting the challenges women face in seeking medical help and advoc...

In this beautiful conversation Veronica Rottman and I discuss the impact of trauma on the body especially at menopause.  Veronica is a trauma-informed, womb healing, and holistic pelvic care practitioner who is deeply passionate about the subject of how trauma and boundary ruptures affect our sacral and pelvic area.   We discuss:  the power of slowing down; we challenge the misconception around fe...

Gill McKay, founder of Inquisitive Coaching, discusses the societal relationship with alcohol and her personal journey to sobriety. The conversation explores the cultural and social influence of alcohol, and the changing dynamics of alcohol consumption in the modern world.  Together Sally and Gill touch on the misconceptions of sobriety and the joy of finding pleasure in ordinary moments.  If your...

Karen DeLoach, is an artist and art mentor and in this episode she shares her wisdom around how and why art can be a form of self-therapy.   She discusses her experience of menopause and the challenges she faced and how she used the healing power of art to overcome difficulties and find fulfilment.    This is a powerful episode that will help to revitalise that connection between your left brain a...

Danica Apolline Matić is a pioneering homeopath and founder of Blueprint Essences and in this episode we discuss homeopathy as energy medicine and its application in menopause.    We get clarity on homeopathy dosages and what all those strange numbers are about.  We talk about common remedies for menopause and how, during this time in our lives, our energy is transitioning through our chakra syste...

In this conversation, Sally interviews Steph Harland, a somatic trauma practitioner, about the power of somatic work in healing unresolved trauma and regulating the nervous system especially in the context of menopause.    If you're finding that some of of the mental and emotional issues are still pressing even though you're on HRT and your diet and lifestyle is bang on (or even if it&ap...

Jessica Green, an integrative health practitioner, discusses the symptoms and challenges of perimenopause and menopause. She explains how menopausal changes can impact the gut microbiome and offers nutrition strategies to manage symptoms. Jessica emphasizes the importance of blood sugar balance and the benefits of fasting and listening to your body. She also addresses habits and behaviors that can...

Camille Pearson shares her journey to wellness and how she optimized her hormones after experiencing health challenges. She emphasizes the importance of living a cyclical lifestyle and understanding the natural fluctuations of hormones. Camille also discusses the thrill of endurance sports and the euphoria of finishing a race. She provides practical tips for starting a fitness journey and optimizi...

Dr. Barton, a menopause specialist, discusses the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the importance of taking a whole-body approach to menopause. She emphasizes the need for longer consultations to address the complex symptoms experienced by women during perimenopause and menopause. Dr. Barton also explains the benefits of private menopause consultations and the difference...

Victoria Hardy shares her journey with endometriosis, surgical menopause, and mental health challenges. She discusses the lack of support and understanding she faced, as well as the impact on her physical and mental well-being. Victoria emphasizes the importance of sitting with and acknowledging the messiness of life, finding joy, and embracing one's true self. She also highlights the need fo...

In this conversation, Eileen McKusick discusses the electric perspective on health and wellness. She explains the concept of plasma and ether as additional states of matter and their connection to our bodies and the environment. Eileen emphasizes the importance of understanding our connection to nature and the impact of thoughts and emotions on our well-being. She also shares her journey into soun...

The world is deeply interconnected via an etheric web and if you think you’re exempt from menopause just because you don’t experience it first hand, think again.  This is not me taking the moral high ground, this is physics as you’ll learn about in this episode.  My guest today is Sal Jeffries and he’s a human performance and behaviour coach who has experienced menopause by proxy alongside his par...

My guest today is Tracey Field.  Her and her husband Kev run Confident Drivers and they help people who struggle with driving anxiety to understand and overcome their fears and transform how they feel about driving.   You might be thinking what is an episode about driving anxiety doing on a podcast about menopause? Well you might be surprised to know that driving anxiety can actually come about as...

If you’re worried about menopause, don’t be.  It’s a great time to be alive for menopausal women.  Why?  "There has never been so many of us.   We need not feel invisible or marginalised.  Never before have so many women reached this stage in their lives so independent, educated, professional and in leadership position.  And because of this we have an opportunity to be part of shaping a monum...

Have you ever wondered if your perspective of menopause might be negatively impacting your experience of it?   In this episode we'll be taking a look into the content of the fascinating book The Expectation Effect by David Robson and how some of the concepts within it can be mapped over to menopause.  We take a look at: The brain as a prediction machine - how what you see and hear is only 2%...

It wouldn't surprise me if at some point in your life you've been dissatisfied with the way your body looks and feels.  Maybe you've been on the diet rollercoaster, even under the guise of a reset or a reboot.  Maybe you find that you're always thinking about food - what's healthy and what's not.  If you are, you're not alone.  Shame around the way our body looks...

In today's wellness world, do you ever find that you’re blaming yourself for not being 'in control' of your hot flashes, your insomnia, your mood or your anxiety?   Well, honey, your body's gonna do what your body's gonna do.   What if the healing were to stop fighting it and start exploring it a different way? My guest today is LL Kirchner, an award winning screenwriter a...

Up until now the kit that women had to get them through the menopause was wine, biscuits, hearsay and synthetic HRT.  These days things are a bit different.   My guest today is Sarah Williamson, the founder of Women Wise an online company that has produced a brilliant, easy, home testing kit for women to understand what's REALLY going on in their biology and genetics that might be making thei...

Reset room anyone?  Ever wished you had the space or ability to take a 20 minute reset nap in the middle of the day?  We're all for it.  My guest today is Trudi Rosccoet, a menopause coach, trainer and educator with a background in the financial sector who won Inspirational Woman of the Year in 2023 from Soroptimist International Jersey. In today's conversation we talk about... What happ...

If you want an answer to your night sweats, we might just have one for you inside today's episode of the The Menopause Mindset Podcast.  Join me in my conversation with fabric technician Steve Rawlings founder of Cool Embrace and learn about this marvellous new invention that dissipates heat away from the body in the middle of night. According to The Sleep Foundation around 41% of people expe...

Leonie has been supporting women through life changing transitions since 2006.  She is Co author of Yoga Therapy for digestive health and Yoga & Somatics for Immune & Respiratory Health and is currently writing an accessible yoga book for Thames & Hudson. Here's what we talk about... ✨ Yoga & menopause as the framework for leaving the matrix. ✨ The paradigm of individualism...

Menopause is a time of deep inner and outer flux and like all flux states (even in nature), it can often be turbulent.  It requires grounding, anchoring and safety so that we can strap ourselves in whilst being thrown around.  Yoga is a tool that can offer us a constant during those winds of change.   In my conversation today with yoga therapist and studio owner Bryony Hamerton, we talk about... H...