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Ep. 89 | The Symptoms You've Been Told to Shrug Off - And Why You Shouldn't

It's Not JUST Menopause

Release Date: 06/30/2025

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🎙️ Episode 89 – The Symptoms You’ve Been Told to Shrug Off—And Why You Shouldn’t

You’ve been told your brain fog is normal.
Your anxiety is just “part of aging.”
Your exhaustion? Welcome to menopause.

Let’s get one thing straight:
Just because something is common doesn’t mean it’s normal.

In this episode of It’s Not Just Menopause, Cindi Stickle, Functional Nutrition Practitioner and Certified Menopause Specialist, breaks down the most ignored symptoms women face in perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause—and explains what they’re really telling you.

She goes beyond surface-level advice, unpacking how stress, hormones, and nervous system dysregulation fuel issues like anxiety, bloating, brain fog, mood swings, and more.

If your body feels off and no one’s giving you real answers, this conversation will help you feel seen—and give you a clear next step forward.

What You’ll Learn

⚠️ Why “normal” menopause symptoms are anything but
🌿 The connection between stress, hormones, and survival mode
🧠 Root-cause reasons for anxiety, bloating, brain fog, and feeling disconnected
🔍 What your symptoms are actually trying to tell you
✨ How to start healing when traditional advice keeps failing you

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