Month: March 2022

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Why Yoga leads to a better perimenopause experience

Your hormones may be a little chaotic these days.

I know mine are.

For me, I notice it in my cycle which has been unpredictable over the past few months.

I get heart palpitations every so often.

I get bloated more easily.

I’m more prone to gaining belly fat.

I feel more aches and pains in my joints.

And I had a few months of acid reflux.

Stress is definitely something that makes these things appear or get worse for me.

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Your brain in perimenopause

Brain fog.

Forgetting words.

Recently I’ve been enthusiastic about (addicted to) the online game Wordle.

I’ve always been drawn to word puzzles, and what I like about this one is it’s simple and there’s only one a day (thank God!)

But what this game has also made me notice is how sometimes my brain isn’t working as quickly as it used to.

Words that I know, easy words, get stuck on the tip of my tongue.

And at first, I was a little worried.

Was I losing it?

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How to get it done when you don’t feel like it

Here’s a post from a few years ago.

It’s a subject that’s always relevant, and that I coach on regularly.

So I hope you get what you need from it.

This morning I woke up at 5:30.

Last night, before going to bed, I planned to get up this morning, bright and early, to do my work-out. 

I knew what I wanted to get done (I wrote it down), why I was doing it (Spartan race this Saturday!), where I was going (the park across the street),  and what I was going to wear (I took out my shorts, tank top, and socks last night).

But despite good planning, the truth was I didn’t “feel like” working out this morning.

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How to reinvent yourself in mid-life

So many women I meet are feeling a sort of unease, unhappiness, or general anxiety.

And they know, deep inside, that something needs to change.

But what?

Maybe you’re familiar with this feeling.

And maybe you think you already know the change you want to make…

You want to change your career.

Or start a business.

Or leave a relationship.

Or start new relationships.

Or transform your body.

Or just become a more authentic version of you.

And maybe you don’t know.

So, it would seem like the best place to start is by asking yourself a question:

“What do I want?”

It’s only four words, but it can be the hardest question to answer.

It feels overwhelming.

I think it’s because it’s so wide open.

And it’s something so many of us have never really asked ourselves, at least not recently.

Then, if you attempt to answer it, you may be bombarded with self-doubt and self-judgment, making it really hard to come up with what you truly want.

So, I think a much better question to start with is:

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