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In this special bonus episode, Dr. Fiona Lovely shares a personal story that changed the entire direction of her career and introduces a framework she believes every woman deserves to know about. She recounts a moment from her very first month of practice, when a woman in her forties came in for low back pain but left having been truly heard for the first time. That patient was exhausted, sleep-deprived, experiencing hot flashes, and felt like a stranger in her own body. Her doctor had dismissed it all as lingering postpartum and breastfeeding changes—case closed. Dr. Fiona recognized what was actually happening: this woman's hormones were beginning to shift on the way toward menopause. She validated her, educated her, and told her she was going to be okay.
That encounter set Dr. Lovely on a mission to ensure no woman would go unheard again, and it ultimately led to the creation of the Menopause Doula Matrix—a comprehensive framework built around eight essential pillars of midlife health. This episode explores why perimenopause is not a brief hormonal hiccup but a brain and body renovation that can stretch across two decades, and why the conventional medical system still leaves so many women without proper guidance.
Dr. Fiona also celebrates the graduation of her first cohort of certified menopause doulas and invites listeners to consider whether this path of service might be calling to them.
Because no woman should have to navigate this transition alone.
To learn more and register for our free 2-part Masterclass series go to menopausedoulacouncil.com/webinar
Dr. Fiona Lovely is a longevity, health and wellness expert with specialties in menopause medicine, functional neurology and functional medicine. She is speaking to the topics of women's health around perimenopause and menopause.
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