The Menopause Mindset

Alternative Health Education Health & Fitness Mental Health Self-Improvement

This is the place to be to get some answers and to feel supported along this often bumpy journey. It’s my mission to help peri to post menopausal women go from feeling anxious, alone and confused to feeling positive, informed and connected. Here you'll learn about lifestyle interventions and mindset shifts that can make this happen. Join me and my guests on a journey that will educate, empower and motivate you to make menopause a positive force in your life. I'm Sally Garozzo, an award winning Clinical Hypnotherapist with a special interest in how complex trauma affects our menopause symptom severity. See you inside.

Episodes (215)

March 21, 2026 ∙ 31 mins

215 Why We Resist The Inner Work And How To Make It Feel Less Overwhelming

Often times, clients will see me for an assessment, they'll read their treatment plan and then quietly disappear. It's like their mind convinces them that this is going to open up a whole world of trouble. Of course your mind does that! It's standard. It's doing exactly what it’s designed to do. Protect you. It […]

March 13, 2026 ∙ 29 mins

214 Beyond Hormonal Determinism: Hormones Influence the System, They Don't Build It

Most menopause conversations focus almost entirely on hormones. But what if that’s only part of the story? In this episode, Sally Garozzo explores emerging neuroscience on estradiol, fear circuitry, and trauma exposure, including a 2025 study suggesting that estrogen interacts differently with the brain’s threat regulation system depending on prior stress and trauma history. We […]

March 6, 2026 ∙ 35 mins

213 The Trauma of Emotional Invalidation

In this episode we explore what it's like when your 'felt sense' isn't believed especially in childhood and how this impacts our health and our menopause. We look at how subtle, repeated invalidation shapes the quality of our attachments, why women often become the emotional regulators of their families, how functional freeze develops, and why […]

February 27, 2026 ∙ 24 mins

212 Menopause as Art: Trusting The Design

I currently have six paint samples on my living room wall. They are all technically blue. None of them are the same. Which feels… symbolic. In this episode, I’m thinking about menopause not as art and refinement. As the shift from fluorescent to tonal. From performance to composition. There’s a turtle. There’s London. There’s a […]

February 20, 2026 ∙ 30 mins

211 The Dutch Test vs The Medical Model: Why They Disagree

The DUTCH test has become one of the most talked-about hormone assessments in the menopause space. Some women describe it as illuminating and empowering. Some medical professionals describe it as unnecessary, over-interpreted, or a waste of money. So why the disagreement? In this episode, I step back from the noise and explore what’s actually being […]