024: What you need to know about stress and menopause

Soulful Menopause Podcast

February 6, 2020 ∙ 29 mins
Episode 24

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You can be more prone to the negative effects of stress during menopause (peri-menopause through to post menopause) and it can be very damaging to your health and wellbeing. So I invite you to join me in this week's episode to discover all the different types of stress, how they can affect you, and what you can do to invite some peace into your life, and improve your health and wellbeing, naturally.

Here's a link to the EWG website I mention during the show where you can check how toxic your make-up and body products are! https://www.ewg.org/skindeep

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Soulful Menopause Podcast

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24

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February 6, 2020

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29 mins
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  • 116 – Bioidentical HRT has good safety data, so why do so few women take it?

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