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A Certified Women's Health Coach, Pamela Windle, talks about all things menopause.
In today’s episode, Pamela Ann Windle A Certified Women’s Health Coach, Pamela Windle, talks about all things menopause. She advises forward-thinking organisations to support their employees to thrive in menstruation and menopause in the workplace/BSI Advisor/ certificate from IMS & IWHI/ Helping stressed-out women to reset hormonally. Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the […]
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Belinda explains why she had to leave her job, rethink her life and value selfcare
In today’s episode, Belinda Ajayi, a 55-year-old post-menopausal woman, explains why she left her job and had to rethink her life and the need for self-care. Belinda has worked as an educator for many years, and she recently decided to give up her daytime full-time job and work in the evenings because she struggled in the […]
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Allyship in the Menopause space talking to Lucinda part 3
Part 3 of 4. Part 4 will follow in a few weeks. Today’s episode discusses ‘Allyship in the Menopause Space’. Anita Interviews Lucinda, Lucinder is a Menopause Awareness Advocate who has been delivering menopause awareness sessions since 2017. Lucinda works independently at the local/community level and also works as an Associate Trainer with the industry-leading menopause awareness provider, where […]
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Allyship in the Menopause space talking to Lucinda part 2
Allyship Part 2 of 4. Today’s episode discusses ‘Allyship in the Menopause Space’. Anita Interviews Lucinda, Lucinder is a Menopause Awareness Advocate who has been delivering menopause awareness sessions since 2017. Lucinda works independently at the local/community level and also works as an Associate Trainer with the industry-leading menopause awareness provider, where she delivers sessions in a wide […]
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Allyship in the Menopause Space with Lucinda
Anita interviews Lucinda, a Menopause Awareness Advocate who delivers sessions independently and with a leading provider. She recognizes the importance of cultural competence in allyship and seeks to learn from women of all backgrounds. Lucinda is not very active on social media but can be found on Instagram under the tag @peri_meno_mentor or via her […]
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What is Black Menopause and we need to talk about classism too
Within health, we use token black faces to represent Black menopause without black stories; within the episode, Anita reflects on what she thinks influences black menopause, plus the need to talk class when talking about black inequalities. Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her […]
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Menopause and Emotional intelligence with Jacqueline A Hinds.
In today’s podcast, we explore Emotional, Cultural Intelligence, emotional resilience plus looking at menopause through the eyes of a black woman – Jacqueline A Hind. Interviewee Jacqueline A. Hinds is Founder of Wilson Hinds Consulting Ltd, Founder and CEO of the Society of Emotional Intelligence International UK & Europe, as well as International Liaison for the […]
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We talk Fibroids and Menopause with Veronica Ebanks #S2 E2
In today’s podcast, we discuss fibroids. Uterine fibroids are a common condition, especially among Black women. About half of Black women have them by the age of 35, and 80 percent have them by the age of 50, compared to 70 percent of white women. Fibroid growth is also more common in black women than […]
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Anita is back after time off, talking reintroduction to you all, health concerns around cancer and the importance of adding the word black to our healthcare narrative.
Anita returns and reintroduces herself, she also highlighting the importance of adding the word black when talking about healthcare for black people, and explains how health concerns around cancer has affected her for the past few months. Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her […]
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Menopause Christmas Wishes #26
ANITA wishes you all a Merry Christmas, Christmas is a time for joy, but for some, it’s stressful. Within this short podcast, Anita gives out Christmas suggestions. Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of […]
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What happened when Men attended the menopause support group #25
ANITA returns after a break, Anita has a few topics she wants to talk about, so she has decided to produce several podcasts exploring these topics. Within this podcast, she talks about what happened when men were invited to attend a menopause group, the group she runs in her home town. https://www.facebook.com/MenopauseAllianceBedfordshire Black Menopause and Beyond […]
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#24 Jenny Stoute explains why she is no longer on HRT (re-Release )
Two-time Olympian winner, ex tv Gladiator, busy owner and model Jenny Stoute experienced abnormalities found in her routine cervical smear test; she tells Anita why in response, she has decided to come off HRT and go Menopause Natural. Jenny Instagram: gorgeousfifties Black Menopause and Beyond work with the Peer Group Black Women in Menopause Insta/Twitter/Facebook BlackwomeninMenopause. https://www.instagram.com/blackwomeninmenopause/ […]
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#23 Anita interviews Des Dennis a holistic Personal Trainer helping women through the Menopause
Des is a holistic personal trainer who helps his clients ‘from the inside out” he helps women work through what is stopping them from being who they want to be and helps them be who they once were through exercise, diet, massage and meditation. He also encourages women to use their body weight when exercising […]
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Anita talks to Shell about her menopause journey, wild water swimming, camping, and wellbeing.
Anita talks to Shell Robshaw-Bryan, 47 and perimenopausal. A full-time marketing director and side hustles as an outdoor, camping and wellbeing writer, writing for various publications and her own successful outdoors blog, Camping with Style. Shell loves to travel, and the outdoors and is a nature-loving, comfy-camping girl and cool water swimmer. She used the […]
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Anita talks pre diabetes, cost of living, plus explains Jenny Stoute on why she has come off HRT
Within this episode, the host, Anita, reflects on her Menopause week and thoughts. Anita was diagnosed with Prediabetes in 2022. In this episode, she talks about her pre- diabetes Experience and Menopause and Diabetes. Anita wonders if the rising cost of living impacts menopausal women. Two-time Olympian winner Jenny Stoute is interviewed; she tells Anita […]
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Mental Health and the Black Menopause
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#20 Anita reflects on her week and and the menopause conversations she has had
Black Menopause and Beyond podcast looks at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause. Are you fed up with not being included in the discussion of Menopause? If you are, this is the podcast for you. Anita Powell, the […]
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Bonus Show 19, Anita reflects on Menopause training day offered to NHS professional
Bonus Episode. Within this episode, the host, Anita, reflects on a training event she project coordinated with Menopause Experts. Were Gyneogolists offered a full day of Menopause training to NHS Health Professionals? Within this episode, Anita expresses concern about the lack of male attendance but is impressed with the black representation of health professionals. Black […]
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Black Menopause Questions and Answers with Nina Kuypers
Black Menopause and Beyond podcast look at Menopause from the eyes of a Black woman. Anita expresses her views and also interviews individuals and experts discussing the conversation of Menopause. Are you fed up with not being included in the discussion of Menopause? If you are, this is the podcast for you. Anita Powell, the […]
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#17 Menopausal Loose Women – How to Feel good through the menopause
Menopausal Loose Women – How to Feel good through the menopause With Jolinda, Jenny, Nina and The host Anita Within this episode, we explore the topic of how to feel good through menopause. Bio’s of interviewees Jolinda Johnson Jolinda Johnson (M.S.Ed., CHHC) is an award-winning Certified Life Coach and Holistic Health Coach who specializes in burnout […]
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#16 Mental Health and Black Menopause experience
Within this podcast, Anita explores with Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Marlene Daley the topic of Black Menopause and Mental Health. Topics discussed in the podcast. Racial Weathering, No longer feeling sexy A loss of self and identity Work struggles and menopause Being single while going through menopause, The childless menopause The feeling that no one wants me […]
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#15 Interview With Anita Elawure – Premature Ovarian Failure
Anita Elawure entered early menopause entered menopause at the age at 15 years. This is called Premature Ovarian Failure – Menopause before the age of 40. She was told she had premature ovarian failure and told she will never be able to have children when she was only 19. She was all alone when she was […]
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Menopausal Loose Women, talking Menopause and Beyond
Menopausal Loose women Within today’s episode, Anita talks about black menopause and beyond with 3 women. #MenopausalLooseWomen will be a regular slot within the podcast. Stars of the Podcast: Jennifer – perimenopause, on the Merina coil, poet, and author. Nina – Post menopause, on HRT and Testosterone, background in health and nutrition, Founder of […]
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My Menopause struggle: A fear of joining a Gym gymphobia
Menopause and over a year dealing with Long Covid has left me feeling very tired and unfit. I have decided to join a gym, however the whole experience of looking for gym has created anxiety and I realise I might have slight Gymphobia – the fear of joining a gym. Within the show I explore […]
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#12 Leesh's Story : The Childless Menopause
Leesh presumed that one day she would have a child. At 18, she fell pregnant, but unfortunately, a stressful incident resulted in a miscarriage. Decades later, after years of wanting a child, she was diagnosed with a non-cancerous tumour and told that her pregnancy that ended in a miscarriage in 1998 had triggered her […]
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#11 Menopausal Strong Black Woman
Anita explores being a menopausal strong black women and how it hinders seeking help from others; strong women struggle to let go; asking for help is not a weakness, how always giving and not receiving can lead to tiredness and resentment; the need to sometimes let go and not be strong and independent is part […]
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Anita Talks Menopause for the first time with her daughter-
Anita sits with her teenage daughter for the first time to talk about menopause. Anita is very comfortable talking to adults about menopause but has never sat down with her children to have this discussion. So today, in this podcast, she talks about menopause with her teenage daughter. Anita has never had a sit-down conversation with […]
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What is good about Menopause, talking positive things.
Exploring all things positive when entering the menopause. Copyright Music LUMA Sounds Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Menopause Rant – Stop glamourising Menopause, focus on everyday women.
A bitesize podcast. Anita is fed up with the media over glamourising Menopause. The media needs to stop focusing on celebrities who are part of the dialogue because they are women. We need realism, and images used to reflect real everyday women, women of different classes, colours, sizes etc. Every day women are working hard […]
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Una's Menopause Journey – Hot Flushes and More….
In today’s episode Anita interviews Una Alexis, Una is the cofounder of ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ a CIC (Community Interest Company). Within today’s episode Una tells us about her experience, we explore hot flushes, libido, HRT, black cohosh, men and menopause, Testosterone, National Health Service plus we talk about Menopause in the Caribbean and Africa. Support […]
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Fat Forty and can not be bothered to get Naughty – Libido.
Within today’s podcast, Anita will be exploring low libido, low libido and being single, menopausal dating, menopausal cougars/panthers, testosterone and menopause and men marrying a younger woman once existing wife enters menopause. Links: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9525265/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Anita explores the need for representation, impact of health inequalities and more
In this podcast, Anita, the host, explores the need to represent women of colour within menopause media. Menopause affects most women of a certain age; however, the media image of menopause lacks diversity and is often shown as an affluent middle class, slim caucasian woman. Within the podcast, Anita explores how and why the lack […]
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Jennifers Menopause Poem – from last Podcast
Jennifer, in my last interview, talks about her infertility and menopause journey. Here she has written a poem for the podcast all about menopause Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-menopause-and-beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jennifer's Story: Infertility struggles, Menopause and mothers need to talk menopause with daughters.
Jennifer’s story. Jennifer struggled with infertility and now struggles with Menopause. Little to no advice was offered to her, doctors told her nothing, and her mother never spoke to her about her struggles or offered Jennifer guidance. Years on, she realised that Infertility and Menopause problems were inherited. Jennifer explores her diet and physical activity […]
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Meet Anita the host of this Podcast, learn about her and why she started this podcast.
This podcast is a get to know Anita podcast; I am the presenter of Black Menopause and Beyond Podcast; I talk about my Health (including how covid impacted) Menopause and Menopause conversation journey and how I got here. In 2018 I realised the Menopause lasted for years; I was shocked and horrified that it […]
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World Arthritis Day Special: Stories of Resilience and Hope
On this special World Arthritis Day episode of Joint Action, we are bringing together some of the most moving moments from our patient stories series, where real people share what it is like to live with osteoarthritis, and more importantly, what they did about it. Whether you are newly diagnosed, have been living with osteoarthritis […]
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Women’s Health Issues Doctors Too Often Miss with CNN’s Pamela Brown
In this episode of unPAUSED, Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Pamela Brown, CNN anchor and chief investigative correspondent, and host of the network’s new women’s health streaming series Body Language by CNN — born from an experience Pamela nearly kept hidden. In the same year she lost her mother, while covering the White […]
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Episode 48: SHUTTING DOWN THE HORMONE POLICE TO EMPOWER A GENDER EXPANSIVE WORLD with MISS PEPPERMIN
⚡️This week we get the absolute gift of talking with brilliant entertainer/activist and the ACLU'S first-ever Artist Ambassador for Transgender Justice MISS PEPPERMINT ! ⚡️ ⚡️Pepp & Alicia get into the overlap between trans rights, peri/menopause care, reproductive access, and bodily autonomy. Pepp makes the case that attacks on trans people are really attacks on […]
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How to build muscle & stay strong at any age: The surprising links between your gut health, strength training and healthy ageing | Prof Claire Steves & Prof Tim Spector
How do you build muscle and stay strong as you age? For most of us, muscle loss starts in our 30s. It’s easy to think that you can combat this and stay strong into old age by strength training and eating plenty of protein. Exercise and macros matter, but scientists are uncovering another important piece […]
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239 | Started HRT and Gained Weight? What You Need to Know
If you’re already fighting belly fat and weight gain in midlife, the last thing you want is to start hormone therapy and watch the scale climb even higher. So does HRT actually cause weight gain? In this episode of The Menopause Makeover, we’re digging into what the research really says about hormone replacement therapy, perimenopause […]
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Special: Mijn nieuwe ik – Afl. 6: De omgeving herstelt mee
Je partner, je kinderen en je beste vriendin waren niet ziek, en toch zijn ook zij aan het herstellen. Veerle Willems kijkt terug op wat het met haar gezin deed en klinisch psychologe Sara Cornelis vertelt hoe je het evenwicht thuis weer rechttrekt, en waarom je omgeving daar zelf ook mee geholpen mag worden.Mijn nieuwe […]
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Special: Mijn nieuwe ik – Afl. 5: Antihormonale therapie
Dagelijks slik je een pilletje dat je beschermt tegen herval, maar dat kan jou ook doet zweten, kraken en verloren doen lopen in je eigen hoofd. Tweelingzus Marjolein Colpaert deelt haar ervaring en dr. Nynke Willers vertelt wat de impact is van antihormonale therapie. Mijn nieuwe ik is een 6-delige Gezond Geluk Special over het […]
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Special: Mijn nieuwe ik – Afl. 4: De vermoeidheid die blijft
Je hoofd kan trager werken dan vroeger en de vermoeidheid na een kankerbehandeling kan van die aard dat die niet zomaar weggaat na een nachtje goed slapen. Charlotte Schrooten vertelt hoe dat er bij haar uitziet, oncoloog dr. Christel Fontaine legt uit waar dat vandaan komt en hoe je er een nieuw normaal mee opbouwt. […]
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Special: Mijn nieuwe ik – Afl 3: Terug naar het werk
Wanneer ben je klaar om weer te beginnen, en wie beslist dat eigenlijk? Bondgenoten Nancy Lelubre en Leen Goossens begeleiden vrouwen bij hun terugkeer naar het werk en duiden wat er daarbij fout maar ook goed kan lopen. Mijn nieuwe ik is een 6-delige Gezond Geluk Special over het leven na borstkanker, gehost door Marieke […]
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Special: Mijn nieuwe ik – Afl 2: Je lichaam en je relatie
Vrijen kan pijn doen, je libido is verdwenen en je partner durft je misschien niet meer aan te raken. Seksuologe Marlies Meersman en gynaecologe dr. Nynke Willers leggen uit wat er lichamelijk verandert en wat daar wel of niet aan te doen is. NS ID XL-6640-Revision date 09/2026-LB Local code 1959 Mijn nieuwe ik is […]
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How To Manage Perimenopause – Willpower vs. Consistency | 305
You have tried the plan. Maybe three plans. You made it eleven days and then a hard week ended with a candy bar you ate in the car before you pulled out of the parking lot. And the thought that followed was not “that plan did not fit my body.” It was, “I just do […]
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Why Women Are Taught to Doubt What They Know with Psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora
HELP US WIN A SIGNAL AWARD – VOTE FOR THE TAMSEN SHOW HERE Women learn early which parts of themselves make other people comfortable. After enough years, that performance can begin to feel like our identity, and the intuition underneath it goes quiet. Dr. Ellen Vora spent much of her life inside that worldview. A […]
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Special: Mijn nieuwe ik – Afl 1: Wie ben ik nu?
Mijn nieuwe ik is een 6-delige Gezond Geluk Special over het leven na borstkanker, gehost door Marieke Colpaert. Elke donderdag verschijnt er een nieuwe aflevering. Het zijn gesprekken over wat is geweest, maar vooral over wat nog komt, wat wél helpt en waarbij ook de omgeving wordt aangesproken, want kanker treft iedereen. Marieke kreeg de […]
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Breast Cancer Beyond the Pink: Understanding Risk, Screening, Treatment & Life After Diagnosis
What happens after a breast cancer diagnosis and how can patients make informed decisions about screening, treatment, menopause, and life beyond cancer? This week, Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky author of Beyond the Pink: Navigating Life, Health, and Breast Cancer, breaks down the complex realities of breast cancer and offers practical guidance for patients, survivors, previvors, and […]
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Episode 238 – Creatine After Cancer: Could It Help Us Get Stronger?
Everyone’s Talking About Creatine. But Should Cancer Survivors Take It? Creatine seems to be everywhere right now. But what actually is it, what can it do for our strength and muscle, and the big question for this community: is it safe to take after cancer, and can it help with symptoms of menopause? Today I […]
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Most replayed moment: How to stop fighting your body clock | Prof. Debra Skene
Every one of us runs on a biological rhythm – a finely tuned system that controls when we feel alert, when we feel tired, and even how we process food. But here’s the problem: modern life doesn’t always respect this rhythm. Late nights, early alarms, and irregular meals put many of us out of sync […]
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238 | Want to Lose Weight? Stop Measuring Your Workout by Calories
What if the workouts you’re doing to lose weight are actually missing the thing your midlife body needs most? For years, women were told that weight loss meant more cardio, more calories burned, lighter weights, and maybe a little less food. So when the scale stopped moving, we naturally assumed we needed to work harder. […]
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Ep 548: How Debra Stopped Emotional Eating and Lost Weight in Menopause
Have you spent years thinking about food, your weight, and what you should or shouldn’t be eating? Maybe you’ve tried diet after diet, but the constant food thoughts and emotional eating never really went away. That’s where my client Debra found herself. She had been thinking about food, weight, and her body since she was […]
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How Menopause Changes Your Gut Health with a Leading Gastroenterologist
In this episode of unPAUSED, recorded on location at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Dr. Trisha Pasricha, neurogastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and author of the new book You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong. Women in perimenopause and menopause who […]
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Over rouw, troost en verlies met psychiater Uus Knops
In deze aflevering hebben Libelle-journalistes Herte en Birte het met psychiater en rouwdeskundige Uus Knopsover verlies. Uus’ broer Casper vertrok meer dan 20 jaar geleden op reis naar Venezuala en keerde nooit meer terug. Wat doet zo’n verlies met een mens? Hoe geef je het een plaats (als dat al kan)? En wat is Uus’ […]
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236: Heart Brain Axis – Your Heart and Brain Are Toxic Besties, and Science Has Receipts
(00:00:00) 236: Heart Brain Axis – Your Heart and Brain Are Toxic Besties, and Science Has Receipts (00:00:05) Welcome to Itchy and Bitchy Podcast (00:00:48) Doc Itchy Medical Pet Supplements (00:01:24) Heart-Brain Axis: A Complex Connection (00:04:46) The Three Pathways of Heart-Brain Communication (00:16:00) Stroke-Heart Syndrome: A Deadly Connection (00:27:13) Therapeutic Targets and Prevention Strategies […]
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Is Your Menopause Care Covered? What Insurance Companies Don’t Tell You
HELP US WIN A SIGNAL AWARD – VOTE FOR THE TAMSEN SHOW HERE What do women need to know about menopause care, menopause treatment, insurance coverage and their rights in the workplace? Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, attorney, women’s health advocate and author of When in Menopause, joins me to talk about the systems surrounding perimenopause and menopause […]
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Weight Loss in Menopause: Labs to Run Besides Your Hormones
Everyone wants to talk about estrogen and progesterone, but when you can't lose weight in menopause, the answer is often hiding in other labs. I just got back from Raleigh, where I spent time with my mentors and fellow coaches from the Functional Nutrition Metabolism School, the program where I learned how to read labs […]
Black Menopause & Beyond
My name is Anita Powell. I’m a 50-year-old black female born in the UK I am suffering from the symptoms of perimenopause. A few years ago, I noticed that my body was responding different to how it used to be. Conversations with my peers and they too were noticing changes. I felt my overall health was deteriorating. […]