The Pause

In our last episode for the series, we speak with Gabrielle Mentz from Womens Health Loddon Mallee. While we've spent much of the episodes learning about how we can support ourselves through perimenopause and menopause, we also recognise that the systems that we are currently living with are not often conducive to women and AFAB moving through this transition and Gabrielle shines a light on th...

In this week’s episode of The Pause, somatic psychotherapist Fran Woodruff unpacks why midlife stirs up old survival strategies, how unmet needs show up as rage or burnout, and why menopause can be a powerful rite of passage rather than an ending. Fran’s message: This is hard, but it can also be the richest, most authentic season of your life.  Chinese medicine practitioner Rima Truchanis also sha...

We sit down with sex educator and therapist Dr Linda Kirkman to talk about menopause and intimacy and Jasper Peach a trans, non binary and disabled writer who shares their experience navigating the medical system.

This week’s episode is a double whammy! We’ll hear from Naturopaths Susan Lintott and Lisa Eastley. They’re a complementary team with both offering wisdom from different elements of their professions. Susan talks us through the variety of herbs that provide specific support at different stages of the transition that is menopause and Lisa talks to us about how light affects our hormones and how sto...

Jane Bennett is a force of nature! As a menstrual educator and creator of the Chalice Foundation, she draws on years of research in this space to expose menstrual shame and explains how silence leaves women unprepared for perimenopause and menopause.  Her work also shows how early celebratory menstrual education positively transforms school culture.  Jane makes the case that cycle awareness is a s...

We had the pleasure of speaking with Jesse Curran, local Pelvic Health and Continence Physiotherapist. We learnt so much about the impact that menopause can have on the pelvic area and how this can impact every aspect of people’s lives. Jesse breaks down the power of exercise: not just for physical strength, but for easing menopause symptoms and supporting mental wellbeing. She explains why the ty...

So many topics are explored in this episode with Clinical Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner, Nikki Valentini.  Nikki explains how estrogen and progesterone natural exist in ratio to each other and how things in our environment like xenoestrogens can really mess with our menopause. We also hear about phytoestrogens and how they can counter the impacts of this imbalance.  You’ll have...

Jane has been teaching Yoga for decades. Her own experience of menopause spurred her on to develop a specific style of yoga to better support people in peri M and menopause.  She speaks passionately about the benefits of following the lunar (moon) cycle when our own cycle starts doing its own thing.  She also speaks candidly about her experience of menopause whilst in a leadership position and how...

In this episode of The Pause, we sit down with Dr. Louisa Hope, a local Castlemaine GP who’s been supporting people through every stage of life for over 30 years. Louisa brings warmth, wisdom, and a whole lot of honesty to the conversation about perimenopause and menopause. She takes us through the steps of how a GP should be responding to patients in perimenopause and what support options she thi...

In our first episode of The Pause, Bron, our local community health nurse, gives us the lowdown on hormones – specifically those involved in our menstrual cycles and what’s going on with them when we enter perimenopause. We’re going back to basics so everyone is on board! Bron also shares her journey into menopause education, sparked by the needs of theCastlemaine community. With over seven years...

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