Mindful Eating Can Increase Your Gratitude For Food and for Life

Making Space For Menopause

December 13, 2021 ∙ 9 mins
Episode 52

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Being grateful in menopause can be a hard go. Or it can be easy for some. We are all differnt and we all have experienced loss, setbacks, and struggles. Mindful Eating can spill over into other areas of life, and truly increase your life satisfaction. How? With gratefulness.

How are they connected? Gratefulness is part of a Mindful Eating practice. It can create new feelings and pave new pathways in the brain, that increase joy and contentedness beyond food.

Gratefulness is a practice that can change your relationship to food, and your relationship to yourself, in menopause. 

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Making Space For Menopause

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52

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December 13, 2021

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    Listener Q & A: Can You Learn Self Love in Midlife? Can self compassion help you learn to love yourself in your 50’s, in Menopause? Self compassion is an element of Mindful Eating, and a Non Diet Approach to menopause health. Why is Self Love important when talking about Menopause and Health? When you start […]

  • Understanding Diet Culture in Menopause

    What does diet culture have to do with health in menopause? Menopause is full of body changes, and no end of diets to target these changes. If you have been dieting for years, then you have been around diet culture for most of your life. You don’t need to be dieting to be part of […]

  • Dieting for your dream body. Will a dream body make your life better?

    Do you visualize yourself in a smaller body?Do you dream of a smaller body as a way to happiness, or making your life better? Diet culture keeps us dreaming and striving for this “dream body”, in a world that values the thin ideal. Diet culture influences our expectatins of aging, where we still have an […]

  • Plan Your Health in Menopause

    What does a healthy menopause look like? We think menopause is hot flashes, wrinkles and weight gain. It can be, but there is so much more to menopause than that! Why tune in today? To create trust in yourself, instead of trusting another diet for health. Our health changes, and our life changes. Why keep […]

  • Discovering the Roots of Toxic Food Shame: A Personal Story

    Food shame can begin in childhood. Using food to cope with stress creates patterns around eating, that can feel shameful. Feeling shameful about what we eat can amplify in perimenopause, when our bodies are changing. Tanya shares one experience of tuning in to the roots of food shame, using EFT, moving through the feelings.  TW: […]

  • Ditching Dieting in Menopause: Why I Chose the Non Diet Approach to Health

    Menopause can be a difficult transition. Our bodies are changing, and they feel like they misbehave. Body shape and body image issues re-emerge, just like our teens. Most women look to dieting to solve their menopausal weight issues, and symptoms, only to find rebound weight gain and frustration. Many do not find better “health”. Hear […]

  • How to Cope With Cravings, and Feel Good About Chocolate

    Trying to cope with frustrating cravings? Craving chocolate? Tired of feel negative about yourself for craving food? This episode shares how I learned from my cravings, and I review how I saw the underlying triggers to my mindless eating, using Mindful Eating. Mindful Eating can help you “cope” with cravings, and even body image thoughts, […]

  • The Heaviest Weight, with Author Mariana Den Hollander

    The Heaviest Weight, by author Mariana den Hollander describes her journey to self love through Intuitive Eating, and Body Positivity. She is a writer, advocating body diversity and personal growth. Mariana has experienced life in a visibly fat body as well as in thin privilege, and uses her life experiences to create awareness. Mariana is […]

  • 5 Questions to Ask About Your Food Relationship

    What do we mean when we talk about our Food Relationship? Do you wonder if you have a bad relationship to food?  What is a food relationship? I give my own explanation about that term “Food Relationsihp”. I also have 5 questions you can ask yourself, about your own food relationship,  Women in menopause rarely […]

  • Over The Hill? Transitioning Purpose in Midlife

    Over the hill typically refers to someone who turns 40 or 50. It also implies that there is only one direction: down. Aging well means a shift in this attitude! Even though we are moving to an end point as humans, we can also look at this peak on the hill as a time to […]

  • Mindful Eating and Weight Loss

    Will Mindful Eating help me lose weight? Some health programs equate mindful eating with weight loss promises. It’s important to realize that size depends on so many factors, one of which is your relationship to food and your body. Mindful Eating can help you with your food RELATIONSHIP, your food habits and desires, behaviour and […]

  • Healing Energy and Feeling Enough

    What does it mean to be ENOUGH? Do you feel like you’re enough? As women, at ANY age, we seem to be trained into being enough for EVERYONE ELSE. But what about being enough for ourselves? Join this conversation with Ashley Rainsbarger, a Quantum Healer and Subconscious Growth Coach for Women and Service Driven Entrepreneurs, […]

  • Gut Health Series: Bone Broth. Wisdom, Trend or Both

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Did you like this episode? Have a topic that would support your midlife health? Leave me a voicenote! Overwhelmed in midlife? Need a reset? Grab My Toolkit and Balance Your Life! https://bit.ly/unpackoverwhelm Need more Energy in Midlife? Take my Free 5 Day Mini Course! https://bit.ly/revvedupandready Cravings Got You Down? Preview my Mindful Eating Course […]

  • Gut Health Series: Stress Mindfulness and the Microbiome

    Stress, Mindfulness and the Gut Microbiome. How do these connect? Gut health is something we can talk about for ages isn’t it? We can talk about how what we eat, household mold, candida and even exercise affect the gut! When we stress about food and body, we impact the bacteria in our gut, and this […]

  • The Pros and CONS of Drinking Lemon Water!

    Are you drinking lemon water in menopause, and hoping it will boost your digestion? Are there pros and cons to drinking lemon water every day? Yes, there are.  Many a holistic nutritionist has loved recommending these things to clients. But, is this good for everybody in midlife? Not always. I have seen SO many clients […]

  • Does Menopause Affect Digestion and Gut Health?

    As we age, does our digestion change? If you are in Menopause, are you saying yes? Explore poor digestion and how it shows up in peri-menopause, and menopause. Learn some of the causes of poor digestion and let’s talk about soe of the common solutions that come from friends or professionals! Sources and show notes […]

  • The Only New Years Resolution for 2021: Explore Possibility

    Not sure if you want a New Year’s Resolution for 2021? Are you: Feeling less hopeful in 2021? Afraid to dream, AND PLAN LIFE, with all the uncertainty in the world?  Seeing the inequities in life with new eyes? If the same old New Year’s resolutions are leaving you feeling a little lacklustre, tune in […]

  • The Storyline of Dieting and Aging

    Dr. Jillian Murphy joins Tanya in a conversation about coming to terms with our aging bodies, in a culture that would have us work AGAINST these bodies.   Stop blaming yourself for your body and tying to “fix” something you can’t avoid. Aging. Understand that our bodies do some things that relate to aging, not because […]

  • Making Space For: The Storyline of Dieting and Aging

    Dr. Jillian Murphy joins Tanya in a conversation about coming to terms with our aging bodies, in a culture that would have us work AGAINST these bodies.   Stop blaming yourself for your body and tying to “fix” something you can’t avoid. Aging. Understand that our bodies do some things that relate to aging, not because […]

  • End the Food and Body Blame Game

    Struggling with guilt and shame, around food, eating and your body? Maybe you are blaming yourself for gaining weight and gearing up to start another diet. If so, that’s ok, that’s what you feel you need to do. Allow the process, while allowing in different ways of looking at health, like this podcast. Maybe you are […]

  • Making Space For: Ending the Food and Body Blame Game

    Struggling with guilt and shame, around food, eating and your body? Maybe you are blaming yourself for gaining weight and gearing up to start another diet. If so, that’s ok, that’s what you feel you need to do. Allow the process, while allowing in different ways of looking at health, like this podcast. Maybe you are […]

  • Fullness and Satisfaction with Food

    How do we decide we are full? How do we stop eating before we hit the bottom of an empty chip bag, and wonder where the chips went? How does the body decide when it is full? You can be full, but NOT satisfied with your meal. Feel your fullness, and feel fulfilled.   

  • Making Spaace For: The Fullness and Satisfaction with Food

    How do we decide we are full? How do we stop eating before we hit the bottom of an empty chip bag, and wonder where the chips went? How does the body decide when it is full? You can be full, but NOT satisfied with your meal. Feel your fullness, and feel fulfilled.  _______________________________________________________________ Subscribe […]

  • Mindful Eating: Tasting Food

    Building on the last episodes of the Mindful Mini’s: Mindful Eating sessions, Tanya explores taste. Mindful Eating will help you focus on the taste of your food. When you focus on the taste, you can decide if you are SATISFIED.  Satisfaction is one component in deciding when to put the fork down, OR pick it […]

  • Making Space For: The Taste Of Food

    Building on the last episodes of the Mindful Mini’s: Mindful Eating sessions, I explore explore taste. Mindful Eating will help you focus on the taste of your food. When you focus on the taste, you can decide if you are SATISFIED.  Satisfaction is one component in deciding when to put the fork down, OR pick […]

  • Mindful Eating: Pause, Choose to Eat Mindfully

    What happens between the decision to eat, and feeling full? So much! We are in a season of holidays, yes, but also amplified stress this year. The New Year is approaching, and many women will be fighting their bodies, and wanting to get back on the diet bandwagon. Will a diet connect you to your […]

  • Making Space For: The Pause & Choosing to Eat Mindfully

    What happens between the decision to eat, and feeling full? So much! We are in a season of holidays, yes, but also amplified stress this year. The New Year is approaching, and many women will be fighting their bodies, and wanting to get back on the diet bandwagon. Will a diet connect you to your body […]

  • Emotional Eating & Mindful Eating: 3 Tyoes of Hunger

    Did you know there are different types of hunger? There are. They can fall in categories of emotional hunger.  This episode reframes the meaning of nourishment, touches on 3 different types of emotional hunger, and uses awareness as a springboard to understanding your food relationship and your body.  Heart hunger is one of the types […]

  • Making Space For: Emotional Eating & 3 Types of Hunger

    Did you know there are different types of hunger? There are. They can fall in categories of emotional hunger.  This episode reframes the meaning of nourishment, touches on 3 different types of emotional hunger, and uses awareness as a springboard to understanding your food relationship and your body.  Heart hunger is one of the types […]

  • How to Understand Hunger and Use the Hunger Scale with Mindful Eating

    We get hungrier in menopause with hormone changes. There are many degrees of hunger. Using the Hunger Scale as part of a Mindful Eating practice can help you with cravings and hunger, without a diet! Diets ignore body signals. Mindful Eating connects you to your unique AND emotional needs. No calorie counting necessary. Check out […]

  • Making Space For: Understanding Hunger With The Hunger Scale

    We get hungrier in menopause with hormone changes. There are many degrees of hunger. Using the Hunger Scale as part of a Mindful Eating practice can help you with cravings and hunger, without a diet! Diets ignore body signals. Mindful Eating connects you to your unique AND emotional needs. No calorie counting necessary. Check out […]

  • Notice Your Eating Habits With Mindful Eating

    Do you struggle with food? Do you have trouble noticing your food habits and patterns? Mindful Eating can help you understand how noticing, or becoming aware, of food patterns, will all the difference in changing your relationship to food.  All you have to do is start to notice at first, how you approach food.  Cravings? […]

  • Making Space For: Noticing Your Eating Habits With Mindful Eating

    Do you struggle with food? Do you have trouble noticing your food habits and patterns? Mindful Eating can help you understand how noticing, or becoming aware, of food patterns, will all the difference in changing your relationship to food.  All you have to do is start to notice at first, how you approach food.  _______________________________________________________________ […]

  • Menopause Body Image: Mindful eating Can Improve Body Image

    Menopause, and perimenopause, is a time when the body changes, isn’t it? Weight gain is a common change, and so many of us find ourselves hating the way we look. Have you had body image issues start, or return, with perimenopause or menopause? Body Image thoughts can be helped with Mindful Eating practices. Body changes […]

  • Making Space For: Mindful Eating & Body Image in Menopause

    Menopause, and perimenopause, is a time when the body changes, isn’t it? Weight gain is a common change, and so many of us find ourselves hating the way we look. Have you had body image issues start, or return, with perimenopause or menopause? Body Image thoughts can be helped with Mindful Eating practices. Body changes […]

  • How Human Design Enhances Midlife

    Midlife brings so many changes. Whether Perimenopause, or Menopause, we see changes in our careers, our bodies, and our relationships. We see changes in our relationship with our midlife self! Sarah Machlachlan is definitely THE woman to bring into your midlife decision making process. She has unique Superpowers that give her vast energy to hold […]

  • Making Space For: Your Human Design Chart

    Midlife brings so many changes. Whether Perimenopause, or Menopause, we see changes in our careers, our bodies, and our relationships. We see changes in our relationship with our midlife self! Sarah Machlachlan AKA The Kindness Warrior is definitely THE woman to bring into your midlife decision making process. She has unique Superpowers that give her […]

  • Midlife Transitions: The Holidays

    Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend has just passed, and this episode talks about the shifts that happen as we age, in duties, family hierarchy, and in basic things like preparing a holiday meal. This shift ushered in feelings of loss, jealousy and the deep realization of Tanya’s season of life. It also renewed commitment to presence with […]

  • Making Space For: Holiday Transitions & Passing the Torch

    Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend has just passed, and this episode talks about the shifts that happen as we age, in duties, family hierarchy, and in basic things like preparing a holiday meal. This shift ushered in feelings of loss, jealousy and the deep realization in this season of life. It also renewed commitment to presence with […]

  • Empty Nest Emotions & Self Care: Reiki

    Addressing midlife emotions when dealing with Empty Nest Syndrome, is part of the transition into midlife. Tanya talks to Kyla Schmidt, about Reiki, spirit, mindfulness and essential oils to shift your mindset. She also shares her experience doing distance Reiki with Kyla, and what she felt during her session.

  • Making Space For: Energy Work and Self Care

    Addressing midlife emotions when dealing with Empty Nest Syndrome, is part of the transition into midlife. Here I talk to friend and copywriting colleague Kyla Schmidt, about Reiki, spirit, mindfulness and essential oils to shift your mindset.  I share my experience in doing distance Reiki with Kyla, and what she felt during her session. _______________________________________________________________ […]

  • Is your Aging Body Image Perception in Menopause Feeling Better?

    Body Image Perception changes in Menopause. What do you tell yourself about your aging body, in menopause? I speak candidly about being naked in our 50’s, about dating, and about our experience with younger women, who may get “chosen” over younger women. Have you seen the movie It’s Complicated with Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep? […]

  • Making Space For: Your Aging Body Image in Menopause

    Body Image Perception changes in menopause. What do you tell yourself about your aging body, in menopause? I speak candidly about being naked in our 50’s, about dating, and about our experience with younger women, who may get “chosen” over younger women. Have you seen the movie It’s Complicated with Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep? […]

  • 204 Menopause: The Portal to Your Power with Carla Wainwright

    This conversation is not about ‘surviving’ menopause.It’s about claiming power, pleasure, and potency on the other side of it. Sally sits down with Carla Wainwright, holistic wellness coach, sexual awakening facilitator, and self-described midlife alchemist, for a deeply grounding, myth-shattering conversation about what really happens when women cross the threshold of midlife. With a background […]

  • Cholesterol, SPF and fighting inflammation: Liz's 2025 highlights

    Liz reflects on the conversations that have stayed with her throughout 2025 – and shares her own thoughts on the topics that hit a nerve with listeners. She revisits why we’ve been getting SPF advice wrong, the nuanced truth about cholesterol that goes beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and why your gums might be more important to […]

  • Ep 374: The Blood Work Every Woman Should Ask For In Perimenopause

    If you’ve been told your bloodwork is “normal” but you still feel exhausted, foggy, inflamed, anxious, or stuck in your weight… this episode will be a game changer. In Episode 374 of The Period Whisperer Podcast, we break down the exact blood chemistry markers women in perimenopause should request, why they matter, and what they […]

  • Thursday Thoughts – Enthusiasm

    On today’s Thursday Thoughts, Lucy and I are talking about one of my favourite topics…enthusiasm! Enthusiasm is one of the highest vibration emotions there is; and if we’re not feeling enthusiastic about anything in our life, that’s a sign that something needs to change. But just like joy and gratitude, enthusiasm is something that we […]

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    The Fasting Doctor: 5 Science-Backed Tools to Support Your Brain in Menopause

    Menopause doesn’t just change your body. It changes how you think, how you feel, and how you see yourself. For so many women, that shift shows up as brain fog, exhaustion, lost motivation, or a quiet fear that something is “wrong,” even when nothing is. In this episode, Tamsen is joined by Dr. Mindy Pelz, […]

  • Marlo Thomas Talks Hope, Healing, and St. Jude

    At this time of year, we could think of no better guest to join us than Marlo Thomas. Marlo is an actress, producer, author and perhaps, she is best know as the National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Founded in 1962 by her Dad, Danny Thomas, St. Jude continues to be on […]

  • Aflevering 55 ~ Kerst zonder gezin: rouw, schuld en groei na de scheiding

    Kerst is het feest van samenzijn, zeggen we. Van warmte, gezelligheid en familie. Maar als je gezin ooit is uiteengevallen – door scheiding, sterfte, conflict of verbroken banden – wordt juist in deze dagen pijnlijk zichtbaar wat er níét meer is. In deze kerstaflevering praat Suzanne Rethans met Eva Tjooitink, eigenaar van Mindgrow Coaching & […]

  • Episode 197 – Reflections, Laughter & Gratitude: Our Christmas Eve Special

    This Christmas Eve, we’re doing something a little different. Instead of our usual expert interview, today I’m bringing you some of our Menopause and Cancer team — the powerhouses of women behind the clinic, workshops, research, retreats, fundraising, and support you receive throughout the year. It’s a warm, honest, hopeful conversation about what it really […]

  • Leaving Her Dream Job for Menopause Advocacy: Tamsen Fadal on HRT & Purpose After 50

    What happens when a news anchor loses her words on live television and discovers it’s not stress, but menopause? Emmy Award-winning journalist Tamsen Fadal joins Dr. Mary Claire Haver to share why she walked away from her dream job in pursuit of changing the conversation around women’s health, the powerful story behind her New York […]

  • Ep. 507: The Holiday Gift That Keeps on Giving – Faith, Joy, and the Strawberry

    I’m sharing my favorite Pema Chodron parable and the truth about why faith and worry are the same thing—but only one gets you what you want. Get the full show notes and information here: https://drdebbutler.com/507  

  • #151: Why do I Keep Doing this with Kati Morton

    Let’s talk about the patterns we know aren’t helping… but keep falling back into anyway. People-pleasing. Perfectionism. Overfunctioning. Ever wondered why you keep doing the things you don’t want to do? This week, I’m joined by the incredible Kati Morton — licensed therapist, bestselling author, and one of the very first mental health professionals to […]

  • Why I Don't Believe Losing Just 1 lb a Week Is The Best Approach For Women In Their 50s

    For years, women in their 50s have been told that losing one pound a week is the “smart” and “sustainable” way to lose weight. I believed that too until I started seeing what actually happens in real life. I explain why slow fat loss often kills momentum, how easy it is to unintentionally erase a […]

  • Ep 373: The HTMA Test Explained — The Mineral Blueprint Your Body Has Been Begging For In Perimenopause

    If you’ve been struggling with low energy, poor sleep, anxiety, brain fog, weight resistance, or feeling exhausted for no reason, this episode is about to blow your mind. In today’s episode of The Period Whisperer Podcast, we’re unpacking the HTMA Test (Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis) — one of the most underutilized but powerful tools for […]

  • Is it safe to stack supplements? – with Liz Earle

    Creatine, collagen, vitamins, greens powders and magnesium – can you really mix them all together, or are you doing more harm than good? Liz tackles your most pressing wellbeing concerns, from supplement stacking to winter SPF myths, essential midlife health scans and HPV.  In this episode: Can you mix supplements together? Red light therapy for […]

  • Take My Advice! Getting Through Christmas With Menopause

    Does Christmas feel overwhelming instead of joyful during menopause? In this festive solo episode, Dr Naomi Potter talks honestly about why Christmas can feel especially hard during perimenopause and menopause. We're breaking down how you can protect your energy, mood, and wellbeing during the most pressured time of year. From navigating family dynamics and emotional […]

Making Space For Menopause

Menopause is a time for us to make space. Space for things like joy, and the things that make our life full. It’s about our health, yes, but also about nourishing ourselves in whatever way we see fit. When we move into the fall of our lives, it’s time to accept who we are, by […]

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