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Welcome to the Why Not Today podcast where we celebrate courage, termination, and the

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power of saying why not today.

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On your host, Leslie Cain, in each episode we dive into inspiring stories of individuals

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who have taken bold steps, faced their fears, and embraced the possibilities of today.

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From entrepreneurs to artists, dreamers to doers, we explore the moments when they set

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enough waiting why not today.

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Bring me as we uncover the heartwarming, the audacious, and the transformative.

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Whether it's pursuing a lifelong passion, overcoming obstacles, or simply choosing joy.

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Our guests share their journeys and inspire us all.

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I started this podcast in honor of my father, Patrick Cain, who often said why not today.

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Remember, you're just one decision away from changing your life.

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And I've got another repeat guest on to the podcast today, Laura Moro.

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And Laura and I met years ago through our Mary Kaye business and journey, and then reconnected

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recently.

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She's got a new business.

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I've got a new business.

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And Laura was on, gosh, sometime this year.

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This summer.

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Talking about your journey and how you created a business.

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And part of my mission is educating, giving women tools, or people, and especially women

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tools, and the subject of menopause and perimenopause is coming up a lot.

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And I do host a monthly lunch called why not today KX.

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And so Laura's going to be our guest speaker in January.

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And we thought this might be a good opportunity to share on the podcast a little bit more

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about what she's going to talk about because everybody can't come to lunch.

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So we're going to give a deeper dive.

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We're going to hear and then off also at the luncheon and just give some help, some

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tidbits, some tips, some directions, some resources.

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So Laura, if you want to introduce yourself, just a little who Laura is, and then not your

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whole career, but just who Laura is.

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And then we will get on to courage and menopause and perimenopause.

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Laura Moro, Viana, Virginia, married with two kids.

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And all my health issues started after I started having kids.

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And so that's why I switched my career from Mary Kay, like I used to do with Leslie to

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focusing on women's health.

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And I absolutely love doing that and helping other women, especially when they feel like

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there is nothing else that they can do or no one else is helping them.

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That's when I come in.

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And we're going to talk about that in a minute too.

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But before we go into all that, what does courage mean to you?

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See if it's different than it was the last episode.

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You know what?

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I don't even go back and listen to what I said, but courage to me is feeling the fear

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and doing it anyway, just pushing through and just going for the things that you really

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want in life.

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Right.

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And our definitions change and it can change daily.

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And depending on what our day looks like.

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And yeah, sometimes in that today moment, why not today messages are just getting up

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in the morning sometimes.

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It's just making those fears.

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So you have health issues after having your second child.

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And if you want a deeper dive into that, you can listen to the previous episode.

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And maybe I can take that in the show notes too.

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I don't remember the number, but so you went from just to kind of summarize went from super

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unhealthy like couldn't get out of bed.

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Like I'm out.

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It was diet and what you're eating.

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And so why don't you share a little about that and then how you can support women and

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let's start digging into menopause and paramount pause.

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Yes, I got to the point where I was having trouble like walking like zero energy headaches

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every day.

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Couldn't lose the baby way to one day.

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I literally couldn't get out of bed because I had so much pain and I had tingling in my

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arms and legs, which is what really scared me.

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And yeah, if you listen to the other episode, you'll hear that I completely changed my diet.

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A lot of lifestyle factors and within a matter of weeks felt so much better.

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The pain started going away, more energy headaches went away and started losing the way.

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It was amazing.

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What kind of diet did you have to go to?

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Anti-inflammatory.

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Anti-inflammatory diet.

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So that is a focus on and this is very relevant for hormone issues too.

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Taking my diet to focus on like whole foods, real foods, getting rid of all the process

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things, but it was further than that.

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I added a lot of things back in again and really figured out my personal diet, which

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is what I help my clients with.

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I don't believe in a one size fits all for everyone, which is, and I'll get into this,

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which is why I do testing and really figure out what's right for each person.

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And so that is, but really focusing on eating real food is, it will go a long way.

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So how do you know if you're having issues and what, like we all hear anti-inflammatory

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and inflammation, how do you know if you have it?

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Or you know, I'm 60, have those aches and pains and soreness here, but how do you know

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if it's an issue and how do you, yeah, how do you know?

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And I've heard people once they stop or they change their diet, they're like, oh, I had

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no idea that I was feeling this wasn't normal.

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Yes, that's the thing.

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We think that, oh, well, we're just getting older.

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So we're supposed to have these aches and pains, right?

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If you're feeling those things when you're younger, you probably have inflammation and

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inflammation is just when your body, your immune system has gone into overdrive.

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And that can be because you never got over an illness like long COVID is inflammation

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or it can be because of stress, it can be because of hormones.

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So many different factors will cause your immune system to be on overdrive all the time.

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And what happens is when there's not an actual like virus or bacteria to attack, it starts

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attacking your own body system.

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So if you're having aches and pains, like it's attacking your joints.

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If you're having things like tingling and headaches and a lot of times muscle issues,

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it's attacking your nervous system or like brain issues.

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If you're having digestive issues, it's attacking your digestive system.

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So if you're just having a lot of these issues over time, then that's inflammation.

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is going on in your body.

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disease.

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So I know you do testing.

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Do you test just for inflammation or do you test?

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I know you test for a lot of other things.

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So my tests are a lot more specific than that.

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And in all of these tests, when it shows certain numbers, it does show that you have inflammation,

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but I don't do a test just for inflammation.

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It's more detailed than that.

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So the main test that I focus on is a Dutch test, which is testing your hormones.

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And it tests your reproductive hormones and your stress hormones, which is when you go

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to the doctor, blood tests aren't going to test your stress hormones.

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So most entrepreneurs, women who are like, want to be a why not today person, a lot of

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them are high achieving, right?

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And are dealing with a lot of stress, even though they're doing it anyway, that's still

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stressful.

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So most women like that are having issues with their cortisol, their stress hormones.

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I also test your gut and really see what's going on there.

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It does tell if there's inflammation or not, and also if there's any bacteria, viruses,

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parasites, things like that, that is causing these digestive issues and also looks at the

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health of your intestines and your digestive tract.

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I also do food sensitivity testing, which is really popular because a lot of people are

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just like, oh, I'll go gluten free.

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I'll go dairy free.

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And they might see little changes, but not huge changes and they think, oh, well, it's

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not diet.

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That's not going to help me.

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But when we do the food sensitivity testing, it tests 176 different foods and ingredients,

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and we can get very exact of what your body needs rather than just a one size fits all

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that you might Google or hear about on social media.

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So we're really getting down to what is causing your body issues.

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And then I also do hair testing where we can test minerals in your body like iron, calcium,

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magnesium, those kind of things and also heavy metals because those things grow out in your

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hair.

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That's what your hair is made out of.

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So the lab can see what is growing out in your hair and what you have maybe too much

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of or not enough of, which is a lot of people's problems.

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I'm curious.

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So I know I want to do a deeper dive today, talk about para menopause and menopause.

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And I know it's all news and all over social media and everybody's talking about it.

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And it's so confusing.

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So first, what's the difference between para menopause and menopause?

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Yeah, that's a great question.

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There is.

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So menopause, unlike all of the myths and things that you see everywhere, menopause is

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literally one day of your entire life, one day.

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So the, yeah, right?

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Menopause is the day that when you have gone 12 months without a period, without bleeding,

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on that anniversary of that 12th month is the day of menopause.

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So it's your menses has paused.

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So that's the one day.

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So the time before that, when you're experiencing the symptoms before that is called para menopause.

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So it's before menopause.

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And the time after that is actually called post menopause.

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So para menopause, the time leading up to that 12 months is where that can last for

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And so I have clients who are even in their 30s that have started having these symptoms.

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And it's so funny too, because even if you have gone 11 months and 28 days, if you start

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your period, that has to start the whole year all over again.

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I haven't really heard it, but that probably in the world that a lot of people listening

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in the pot, a lot of my audience is in that age group.

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So a lot of people think like once your cycle stops, then there's nothing else you can do.

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Like you just deal with it.

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But that's when we know that your hormones are rock bottom.

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And so that's when we really need to do things to help you get out of that so that you're

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honestly not feeling like an old lady all the time, right?

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Like nobody wants that.

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We have goals and we have dreams and we have things we want to do.

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We don't have time to just feel old.

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So I can help alleviate the symptoms before and then afterwards help you get back up to

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balance.

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So you're feeling a lot better for that.

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Or did you just do you need to do tests for that?

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So I do testing.

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So we look at your, your cycle first of all.

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But then we can also be a lot more exact than that and see actually where your hormones

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So your, if you've heard of the words like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and

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we can see exactly where those things are.

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And so we can get those things back into the proper balance of each other.

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So it's not always just bringing everything up when you're in perimenopause.

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When you're in menopause, it's everything's rock bottom.

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So like things, things are just stopping.

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Because it's not just like your hormones up here and they go in and dive.

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It's more like a roller coaster.

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Like some days they're high, some days they're low.

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Even within the day, it can cycle and change, which is why, you know, you've probably heard

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the stereotypes of women like feeling crazy and moody and, you know, all these things.

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That was my reality of my mother.

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She was like mean during, you know, seemed like, well, and at that point too, and who

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knows how much of it was really menopause, post menopause.

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She had six kids.

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The youngest had a major disability.

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So, you know, I remember her crying or leaving the house or just like done with us.

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There was a lot of factors and everybody just said menopause.

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So, add that.

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Add it all together.

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And here's the thing.

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Like so, for instance, I had a client who was experiencing that a lot of moodiness.

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Like she and her husband, she was like, I love my husband, but we're like, I feel like I'm

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snapping at him.

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I don't want to be that way.

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And her energy was in the tank.

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She was gaining weight.

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Her digestion wasn't great.

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She went to the doctor and the doctor was like, you have all the symptoms of perimenopause,

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but with the blood work, we, the blood work isn't showing it.

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So there's nothing we can do except put you on two antidepressants.

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And so maybe that'll help your mood.

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And she was like, listen, there's a place for antidepressants.

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I've been on them before.

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I know what that felt like.

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That's not what this is.

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I can tell a difference.

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I know I need something more.

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So the thing is when you go and get a blood test from the doctor, first of all, it is

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only what your hormones are doing right that second that you give the blood.

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When my testing is a urine test and it's over 24 hours, you take several samples and you

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take it at a particular time during the month so that they know what your hormones are supposed

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to be at in that part of your cycle.

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And so they can tell a lot more exactly what your hormones really are instead of just that

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one point of time.

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They can get a lot bigger picture.

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Plus, we looked at her stress hormones too.

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We were able to tell that from the test.

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And from that, we were able to get her back in balance from like changing some things

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with her food, changing her lifestyle, changing like her movement, her stress management,

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helping her sleep better, and I help her with some vitamins and minerals that she was deficient

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in.

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And in just a few months, she was like losing weight.

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Like everybody likes to see that.

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But her relationship with her husband was better.

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She wasn't snapping.

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She felt better.

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She had energy to do all the physical because she's a pretty physical active person.

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She had the energy to do all the things that she wanted to do.

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And it was life changing.

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And she was like, I knew there was something more, but my doctors couldn't help me.

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So that's the kind of thing that the difference makes.

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The doctors and the tests, I had a physical.

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And I was like, do I need to fast?

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They're like, no, we do tests after you leave.

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You don't need to fast based on the test.

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And with the insurance I have, I asked like how much are all these tests going to cost?

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And it took like two days to figure out anybody to give me the answer.

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And then I reached back to the doctor and I'm like, do I really need all these tests?

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She's like, no, you probably don't.

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So they took half of them off.

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And it showed nothing because I don't think they really tested anything.

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Yeah.

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So, but yeah.

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All right.

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So, paraminopause, menopause, postmenopause, what are some of the myths?

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What are some of the things people are talking about that aren't true?

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Because there's so much of them.

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And I noticed there's a lot out there.

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And before we go into those myths, there's a book that people have been quoting and talking

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about.

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Have you read it?

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Something menopause?

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The new menopause?

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Yeah.

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The liable.

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Dr. Mary Slayer, Haver.

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Yes.

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And it is like I actually have the book, I think, right here on my desk.

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Right here.

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Yeah.

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That's the book everybody's talking about.

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And yeah, she is amazing.

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And what I love about her is she is bringing a lot of awareness to this issue.

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And she is really working to make changes in the health industry, which is so amazing.

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And she's very personable too.

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So follow her on social media.

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She's really great.

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She gets a lot of great tips.

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And at the same time, it's still general information, right?

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It's still just a one size fits all.

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And we are all so unique that what one person needs is very different than what somebody

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else needs.

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And so what I do is really help you get down to the root causes of what's going on.

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Is it your, you know, is it your, that your progesterone is low?

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Is it that your stress hormones are high?

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Is it your like inflammation in your gut that's actually causing a lot of these issues?

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Like I really get down to it and give you very precise.

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So this is a good place to like, you know, like read and like become aware and really

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understand what's going on in your body.

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But if you're really having these issues and especially if you've tried to make changes

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before and it hasn't really like given you the results that you want, that's when people

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come to me.

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So some of the issues and I've heard lots of about these these days and then we'll get

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to math.

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It's like, what are the some of the signs or symptoms that people don't necessarily

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talk about?

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And my sister had frozen shoulder and went to yes, or physical therapist for a year and

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all these things.

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And then found out that it may not be a physical, it was more could been related to menopause.

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Yeah.

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What are the symptoms that we're just ignoring or going to a doctor for other things that

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could be caused by the hormones?

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Mm hmm.

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Yeah.

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And that's one of the, I actually had the frozen shoulder too.

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I know exactly.

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So that is one of the big myths is that if I'm not having hot flashes or night sweats,

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then I must not be dealing with hormonal things because that's that's like some of the big

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things that everybody hears, right?

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But there's so many and I'm just going to read some of the and these aren't even all

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of them.

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These are just probably the most most popular, but there's like dozens.

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So one is like overwhelming fatigue, brain fog and difficulty concentrating the weight

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gain and stubborn belly fat, bloating and digestive issues, trouble sleeping, waking

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up in the middle of the night, mood swings, anxiety and depression.

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Of course, the hot flashes and night sweats changes in your breasts, acne and skin issues,

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hair loss or thinning, loss of sex drive, joint pain, the frozen shoulder, irregular

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periods and easily emotional.

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So that's a lot of.

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And any of the stages from pre menopause to menopause to postmenopause.

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Mm hmm.

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Yep.

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Yep.

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Exactly.

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Exactly.

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And so depending on where your hormones are, like what balance they are kind of depends

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on which symptoms that you're having.

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So it's just so much more and so many women are just like, you know, I'm, I'm an honest

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entrepreneur.

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I have a bunch of kids.

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I'm, you know, dealing with this and that and you just excuse it for so long that we

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just, we just push through, right?

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Like we're just like, okay, I can deal with it.

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I can deal with it.

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And then usually when people come to me, it's when they've hit some sort of rock bottom,

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you know, some sort of point of like, I can't do this anymore.

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Well, I was going to say it's interesting.

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I think this is, I've noticed post COVID that pre COVID everybody, when he asked anybody

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how they were, they were busy.

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And I think all the answer I get to that question more often than not, and I kind of tested an

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event one night is everybody's overwhelmed.

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And so how much that could be again, the circle we swim in the women over certain age and just,

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you know, there's so much on our plate, but we're not handling it as well because of the

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hormone issue and we're not addressing.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And I will tell you, so one of the questions that I asked my clients when, when they're

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brand new is when was the last time you felt good?

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And I will tell you a hundred percent of my clients, the date is sometime before COVID.

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100%.

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Wow.

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And here's the scary thing.

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What is feeling good?

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Yeah.

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Well, it's different for everybody, but I just asked that question for you.

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When was the last time you really felt good?

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And it's before COVID and COVID this right now was five years ago.

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Yeah.

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And so if it's been five years or more since you felt good, you need to like ask for help,

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right, because it's not just going to magically get better on its own if it's been that long.

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Does that make sense?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Oh, that's scary.

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So, all right.

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So let's go to mess and what do we miss?

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Yes.

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Yes.

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So, yes, that one, there's a lot more, you know, like we just talked about a lot more

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symptoms than people think.

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One is, you know, I'm only in my thirties or forties.

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I'm too young for menopause, right?

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And we kind of talked about that.

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Perimenopause can last for years, especially if you've done things like taken hormonal birth

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control.

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I have a brand new client who's 28 years old and who is already experiencing a lot of these

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things.

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And so we're going to really work down to get down to the root causes of what's happening,

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but she's taken...

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Is there any difference if whether you've had kids or not had kids?

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You've had a kid you've had, how it affects you?

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I almost wondered.

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Yes.

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Yes, that is a good question.

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Yes.

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So, every time that you're pregnant, whether you actually had the baby or not, your hormones

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do change.

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And that is when a lot of women start experiencing more inflammation is, you know, after a hormone

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change and autoimmune disease.

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And so, yes, like pregnancies and every single pregnancy, like I said, whether it came to

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term or not, changes your hormonal makeup in your body.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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So, that makes a big difference.

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Yeah.

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And also, like I said, like some people think, oh, well, I'm too old to worry about that.

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I went through menopause years ago.

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This isn't relevant to me.

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Like I said, then at that point, we know your hormones are rock bottom.

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We know that there's things we can do to bring those up and help your body feel better.

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And also, your stress hormones.

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Everybody has those stress hormones.

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And so, there's a lot we can do to balance those as well.

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And another myth is that, you know, my doctor said my labs are fine and there's...

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So, there's nothing that I can do.

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But there's so many things that, A, they're...

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Like you said, they're probably not testing enough things or testing the right things or

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testing it at the right time of month or the right time of day or all those things.

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But then also, there's so many more things you can do.

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It's not just, oh, here's a, you know, hormone pill to balance things.

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There's a lot more resources and tools in the toolbox to help.

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And that's what I was going to ask too.

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So what are some of the things as women over a certain age going through these things?

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What are some of the things we can do ourselves?

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I've heard weightlifting is important.

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We're protein.

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So what are some of the things that we can do, you know, if we're not going to invest

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in somebody helping us or do all the tests, some of the things as we're getting older

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that's got to help us.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I mean, first of all, focusing on food, what you're eating, what goes into your body.

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I've, you know, like, there are myths that, you know, like eat wherever you want.

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It doesn't matter.

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But it does just like a car.

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If you're not putting gasoline into the car, if you're putting sugar in the gas tank, like

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it's not, it's not going to run, right?

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And the same thing with our body.

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Our food is what gives us energy or doesn't give us energy.

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And so it's what we're eating.

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So many people think, you know, when they're talking to somebody in nutrition, it's going

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to be somebody who tells them all the things that they shouldn't be eating.

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But a lot of my clients aren't eating enough of the good things that should support their

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body.

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So you mentioned protein.

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A lot of women don't eat enough protein.

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But also talking to a trainer one time, she was tracking my calories.

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She's like, you're not eating enough.

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Yes.

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And that's what I was going to say.

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And what I found too is since COVID, a lot of women already didn't eat breakfast.

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A lot of women are skipping lunch now because with the zoo, when people went into the office,

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there was that culture of the lunch break in the middle of the day, right?

487
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Now that people are working at home, they are just being scheduled for meeting after

488
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,720
meeting after meeting all day long.

489
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Lunch.

490
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,000
I've worked pre-COVID for myself and lunch has always been my struggle.

491
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,880
I'll eat breakfast and eat dinner, but lunch.

492
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,800
And it's not, I just keep, start working and then I just don't take time.

493
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:11,800
Yeah.

494
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,800
Yeah.

495
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:17,760
And that's what I'm seeing from almost everybody who's working on, working at home or doing

496
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,840
a lot of Zoom and conference calls if it's in the office or not, because they're just

497
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:30,320
being scheduled and they're not setting the boundary of like, this is my time to eat lunch.

498
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:35,680
And they're looking at it as an afterthought as a, you know, I'll do this if I have time.

499
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,360
But if you don't schedule it, you're not going to have time because other people are scheduling

500
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:40,720
you.

501
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,680
And here's the thing.

502
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Eating is a necessity of life.

503
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,000
It's like breathing.

504
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:52,960
If you're not eating, then, you know, and then you wonder why you're like crashing in

505
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:58,720
the afternoon and you're exhausted and you have to drink more coffee or eat sugar to

506
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:06,360
keep going because you haven't given your body the energy, the fuel to keep going.

507
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:13,120
And so adding in lunch or even an afternoon snack is one of the biggest things that I

508
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:17,160
help my clients with to really see why that's so important.

509
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,480
You have resources available on your website?

510
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:20,480
Just what are the resources?

511
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,480
I do.

512
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,480
Yeah.

513
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:23,480
Yeah.

514
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:30,400
If you go to lauramoro.com and you go to my resources section, I have resources on

515
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:31,400
there.

516
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:37,400
And also, it's not on my website, but maybe you can link it to the show notes.

517
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:45,040
The best resource for anybody interested in this is I have a guide called a hormone balancing

518
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,160
nutrition guide.

519
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:56,800
And it really talks about the foods to eat to support your body, like what vitamins and

520
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,120
minerals that are really good for you.

521
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:08,520
So like eating things with B vitamins, vitamins, B, things like that that are going to be really

522
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:09,720
helpful.

523
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:15,600
And then it also talks about some lifestyle things that you can do to also help because

524
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:22,320
it's not just about food, but things that you can do to help you get more sleep because

525
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,280
sleep is the only time our body heals.

526
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:31,680
And so if you're not feeling your best and you're not sleeping, your body doesn't get

527
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:36,000
a chance to ever catch up and feel good, if that makes sense.

528
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:41,880
So you can be doing all the right things during the day, but if you're not sleeping well,

529
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:46,960
then you're not really going to end up feeling better.

530
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:51,280
So that's one of the first things that I help my clients with is to sleep better.

531
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,920
And that's even just, first of all, making it a priority, right?

532
00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:00,400
I mean, all the things you've talked about are so simple, but we get so busy, we don't

533
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:01,400
do those things.

534
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,520
And isn't this a perfect time of the year?

535
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,400
We're recording this on January 2nd.

536
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,720
It'll come out, but like, let's pay attention to those.

537
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,120
So we've already gone past the time I usually try to go.

538
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,800
So yeah, lots of good info.

539
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:22,480
So we're going to have you as a guest at the lunch in January, which is Thursday, January

540
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:28,920
23rd in North Virginia, if anybody wants to come and get a deeper dive with Laura.

541
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:35,120
I will link in the show notes, if you send me a link to that guy, would be great.

542
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,840
And I'll obviously contact information.

543
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,040
Oh my, so this has been mind blowing, so much good information.

544
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:45,600
And I'm going to order that book, I think, and just start there and go to your website.

545
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:50,600
And all the things we need to be more educated, and I think that's the thing.

546
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:57,400
Take some time to do things, to help us instead of amazing how much time we waste, look in

547
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,320
other people's life on a phone.

548
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:00,320
Yes, yes.

549
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,320
Instead of taking care of our life.

550
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:03,320
Yes.

551
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,040
And I do free consultations.

552
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:12,880
So, you know, I can talk to you and tell you like what tests could be helpful for you,

553
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:17,920
you know, some some basic things that you can be doing, you know, does this look like

554
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,320
formals or not.

555
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:24,360
So you know, I can just have a chat with you and I hope you sort of figure out the right

556
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:25,360
direction.

557
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:30,280
Even if it's not something that you're ready to get started with right now, I can, I can

558
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:35,560
kind of like guide you in the right direction and share my thoughts and what is probably

559
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:36,560
going on.

560
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,080
Maybe what we need to do is schedule one for me before the luncheon and I can share that.

561
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,080
Perfect.

562
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,080
There you go.

563
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:48,440
So, how would you encourage somebody to say why not today and take care of their own health?

564
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,280
I guess is a big question.

565
00:33:51,280 --> 00:34:00,320
I think that's the biggest thing is to to make the decision to be committed to your

566
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:01,320
help.

567
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:08,240
I heard this on a podcast one time that the difference between consistency and being committed

568
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:13,160
to your goal is consistently you feel like, oh, if I'm going to be consistent, I have

569
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,800
to exercise every day and eat healthy every day.

570
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:21,160
And but the problem is if you hit a roadblock, you like you get sick or you get really busy

571
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,800
at work and then you miss a couple of days and you feel like, oh, well, that's it.

572
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:29,200
Just go back to eating, whatever, go back to just sitting on the couch.

573
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:35,640
But if you are committed to the goal, it doesn't matter if you miss or you have roadblocks.

574
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:42,680
If you have a bigger commitment to it, then you are going to keep prioritizing yourself.

575
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:47,840
So just really, I think that's one of the biggest things is especially we as women,

576
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,480
I hate that we do this, but we just don't commit to ourselves.

577
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,440
We'll commit to everybody else.

578
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,880
We'll commit to our business.

579
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,560
You know, we'll do all these things, but we have a hard time committing to ourselves.

580
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:04,600
So just making that first step, that first commitment that like, okay, I am going to

581
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:11,720
make the commitment to feel better and to start making some small steps.

582
00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,640
I think is really the biggest hurdle.

583
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,880
And it goes back to that, put your oxygen mask on yourself first.

584
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,360
Yes, exactly.

585
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:21,360
Exactly.

586
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:22,360
Yeah.

587
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:23,360
All right.

588
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,520
So you've inspired me to go make some healthier choices and I'll definitely schedule something

589
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:27,520
like that.

590
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:28,520
Awesome.

591
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,720
I'm excited to have you as our guest at the luncheon.

592
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:33,160
And I will share all these links in the show notes.

593
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:36,640
So thank you, Laura, for all your insight and information.

594
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,360
And I think we could have gone for hours and hours and hours.

595
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,360
Yeah.

596
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:42,360
Exactly.

597
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:43,360
I love it.

598
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:44,360
I love it.

599
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:50,160
Thank you for sharing or having me share and helping hopefully inspire lots of women

600
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,320
to commit to themselves this year.

601
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,320
I love it.

602
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:54,320
Absolutely.

603
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:58,920
So thank you for everybody for listening or watching and sharing, learning this inspiring

604
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,800
journey and how we can take care of ourselves.

605
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,240
And the why not today is more than just a podcast.

606
00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:10,960
It is movement to help people to live their life, to pursue their dreams and live it with

607
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:11,960
courage.

608
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,280
And so I encourage you to say why not today daily.

609
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:19,000
And you can see everything you want about the why not day podcast at why not today podcast

610
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,000
dot com.

611
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:25,920
We're on all the channels subscribe, especially at YouTube, comment, invite some friends and

612
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:31,520
let's start a movement together and help each other be courageous together and make a difference.

613
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:35,600
So remember every day is an opportunity to take an action, chase your dreams and make

614
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:36,600
a difference.

615
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:37,600
So why not today?

616
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:38,600
Thanks again, Laura.

617
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,600
And happy New Year to everybody.

618
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:41,600
Bye.

619
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:42,600
Bye.

620
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Bye.