Replay - Menopause & Sleep - What’s really happening and what to do about it with Dr. Kara Dionisio, ND.
Release Date: 06/07/2022
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info_outlineIf you are a woman or a person with ovaries, this episode is a must-listen.
Peri-menopause and menopause often leave women feeling that they’re in unchartered territory. But my guest today, Dr. Kara Dionisio, Naturopathic Doctor, is here to guide you on your way.
At least 40-60% of women will report sleep disturbances across their lifetime, with a particular increase in incidence around menopause. We’re here to tell you, you don’t have to just live with it.
Dr. Kara walks us through what’s really happening in peri-menopause and menopause, how your hormones impact almost every aspect of your health, and why sleep - both getting it and making sure you’re not losing it - is crucial to thriving, not just surviving, through this life stage.
Dr. Kara drops the following:
- What’s really happening with your hormones in peri-menopause and menopause
- How hormone changes in this life stage impact your sleep
- How to advocate for a full and complete workup in menopause
- Why we need to stop settling for dismissal of concerns, particularly sleep, in menopause
Dr. Kara is an absolutely incredible naturopathic doctor with a busy clinical practice focused on women’s health and has additional training and certification in treating menopause.
Whether you’re post-partum or already through menopause, this is a conversation you will find so informing and empowering.
With that, I bring you, Dr. Kara...
Episode Resources:
- Book Series - Sarah Mass - A Court of Thorns and Roses
- Connect with Dr.Kara on Facebook and Instagram @drkarand
- Website: www.drkarand.com
Dr. Kara Dionisio, B.Sc, M.Sc, ND, NCMP is a sparkly-geeky-lady-doctor-in-heels with a clinical focus in women’s health and hormones. Equipped with expert hormone detective skills, she helps women understand (and even fall in love with) their hormones. She has particular street cred in hormones, period problems, vaginal issues, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy.
After owning a large and successful integrative health clinic in Owen Sound, Health Squad, she gave it up to focus solely on her clinical practice and to forge new directions in women’s health. She sees patients in person and virtually all over Ontario.
Dr. Kara is one of only a few Naturopathic Doctors in North America accredited as a North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Certified Practitioner (NCMP).
She is a mom to two adorable feisty kids and wife to her sexy red-bearded Irish dude.