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Welcome to Season #2 of the podcast with a new title "Menopause Conversations Podcast". This is the place where we openly discuss the issues that impact women as they move through peri-menopause and beyond.

Many women start to notice changes to their body and their hormones as they reach their mid-forties and they struggle to find someone who understands and can support them. This is why the Menopause Conversations Podcast was created.

This podcast is not just about how to treat hot flushes (though we will cover this topic and many more) it is also about the emotional, social and spiritual changes that can occur at this time of life.

My name is Angela Counsel, I am a Naturopath & Kinesioogist and I am your host for this podcast. Each week I will bring you experts on different topics, as well as speak to women who are open to sharing their personal stories about how they transitioned through menopause. If you have topics you would like covered please email me - angela@angelacounsel.com.

I hope you enjoy the podcast.

If you would like to be a guest on the Menopause Conversations Podcast, click HERE to complete an application form.

#1 Breaking the Gender Bias
with Angela Counsel

We are back with a brand new look and some more fantastic guests. As I re-launch this podcast it is International Women's Day and the theme for the year is "Breaking the Bias" so I thought that it was timely to talk about the bias that occurs in the medical and scientific communities when it comes to women's health concerns.

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#2 Discovering your Style Personality with Fiona Keogh

Join me as I chat with leading Stylist, Fiona Keary. Have you bought an outfit that looked absolutely looked fabulous on someone else or the "store dummy" but when you got home the outfit looked completely different on you. Fiona shares how you can discover your own Style Personality so that you not only look good but feel comfortable at the same time.

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#3 The 4 Stages of Menopause with Angela Counsel

Menopause is not a single event it is a transition that starts a lot earlier than most women realise. For the majority of women their hormones start to shift in their early 40s and the transition through menopause can take 12-13 years. In this episode I explain the different phases of peri-menopause and menopause and what is happening at each stage.

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#4 Finding Your Fabulosity with
Jai Harvey-Yin

This is a fun episode with Jai Harvey-Yin, where she shares with us her tips for living a “fabulosity” life. First a little bit about Jai...

Jai has qualifications in business, beauty therapy, teaching, disability and so on one hand, she quite traditional. She also has a huge passion and empathy for the human spirit, in particular women. She has this drive to see women step into their own confidence, beauty and take control of their destinies.

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#5 Understanding Progesterone with Angela Counsel

Over the next few episodes, I am going to be sharing a series of presentations that I created which cover each of the different hormones and how they impact the way that you look and feel as you move through your menopause transition. Today you will discover more about progesterone, it’s role each month and what happens as your progesterone levels start to decline.

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#6 My Menopause Story with
Angela Counsel

While my primary message is that you can navigate your menopause transition with ease, this wasn’t always my story when it comes to menopause. I have had those dark days when I had no idea what was happening to me, feeling frustrated because my body seemed to be breaking down and there was nothing, I could do to stop it.

My menopause transition wasn’t always easy, in fact it was often far from it.

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#7 Understanding Oestrogen

with Angela Counsel

The second hormone that I will be discussing in this Understanding Hormone series is Oestrogen. Oestrogen is often also known as the nurturing hormone and the sense of “not giving a damn” about certain things as women age is often attributed to a woman’s decline in oestrogen.

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#8 Stronger Core, Stronger Body
with Peta Green

Do you experience low back pain or the inability to stand for extended periods of time? These are 2 of the signs of a weak core. In this week’s episode of Menopause Conversations, I am chatting with Peta Green who is a fitness expert who specialises in keeping women healthy and mobile as they age.

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#9 Oestrogen Dominance
with Angela Counsel

A lot of the focus when it comes to menopause and changing hormones is around the decline in oestrogen levels, but for many women this is not the real issue. Many of the common symptoms that are associated with menopause are due to excess oestrogen levels in relation to progesterone.

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#10 Moving your Body with Self-Kindness with Erica Webb

In this week’s episode I am chatting with Erica Webb from the Self-Kind Hub. Erica is a mindful movement coach who uses Somatic Exercise, Yoga and Mat Pilates to support women to shift tension and reconnect with their body through a lens of self-kindness and curiosity.

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#11 Other Hormones to be Considered with Angela Counsel

In this episode of the Menopause Conversations Podcast I discuss some of the other hormones that are important to consider as you move through your menopause transition. It is not only oestrogen and progesterone that are impacting the way that you look and feel there are also other hormones at play. These hormones include...

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#12 Your gut and Your Hormones with Ange Sinclair

In this week’s episode of Menopause Conversations, I am chatting with Ange Sinclair the Digestive Detective all about gut health and hormones. Ange had lifelong issues with her gut but it wasn’t until she started to change the food that she was eating that she started to get improvements.

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