Essential Oils for Menopause Hormones | Essential How-to for Essential Oils
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In this episode of essential oils for menopause hormones, I asked all the questions you ask. The purpose? To find beyond exercise and food, what can you do with essential oils to support your symptoms or simply elevate your health. I ask about essential oils for menopause hormones – adrenal fatigue, sleep, libido, cravings and more. Don’t miss this one! My Guest: Jodi Sternoff Cohen is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist, functional practitioner and founder of Vibrant Blue Oils, where she has combined her training in nutritional therapy and aromatherapy...
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What Stem Cell Therapy Taught Me About Recovery, Mindset, and Reinventing Downtime
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In today’s episode, I share my personal experience with stem cell therapy—and the unexpected lessons that came from being forced to slow down. Whether you’re choosing a procedure like stem cell therapy or suddenly dealing with an injury or illness, time off from your normal routine isn’t just inconvenient — it’s a major mental and physical shift. But it doesn’t have to be a setback. In this episode, I unpack the power of reframing your downtime with three key focus areas: Mindset, Movement, and Meaningful redirection. Why I opted for Stem Cell Therapy...
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Bladder Issues in Menopause - The Hidden Bacteria You Need to Know
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If bladder issues in menopause are keeping you from jumping for bone density or for jumping for joy. Or if laughing and sneezing or a need to consider hydration needs against access to a bathroom are real life and every day concerns you… we’ve got you today. Bladder issues in menopause don’t need to keep you from activities, and they may come with signs and symptoms that aren’t the obvious urgency, burning or leakage. The information here about testing beyond traditional options just might make you want to re-listen and share this one. My Guest: Dr Kelly McCann is a...
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Solving Sleep Issues with CBD and Other Perimenopause Symptom Solutions
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Women's Wellness Adventure Travel After 50
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What do you get when you combine wellness with adventure travel? In Stacy Funt’s case, you get a new business. My guest today began her new business combining a love for travel and adventure with the need to fill a gap between empty nesting and grief and her new business was born. In this episode, we unpack what her business looks like, what her brand of wellness adventure travel is, and how taking risk coming from a safe, secure paycheck looks and feels like. No matter which part of this first attracts you, you may feel inspired after this episode. My Guest: Stacey...
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What’s Best Total Body or Split Routine in Menopause
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Autoimmune Disease in Menopause and Changing Treatment Status Quo
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Why I Take These Supplements in Menopause
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If you’ve wondered what supplements I take and why I take these supplements in menopause, this episode if you backstage pass inside my pantry! I'm talking through everything I'm using for energy, muscle, metabolism, and aging optimally — and why. This isn’t about hormone therapy; this is about all the “extras” that make a powerful difference in daily vitality, sleep, and workouts. Know the WHY I take these supplements in menopause. Magnesium ~300 enzyme actions in body many of them related to metabolism Stress depletes magnesium Responsible for all the...
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Save Your Knees and Shoulders Without Surgery
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info_outlineIf you are considering BHRT, this is for you. Even if you’re currently on BHRT, you’ll learn or confirm something here.
If you’ve got daughters or DIL, in my case, there’s something here for you on that front too. If you’ve wondered why does cholesterol go up for so many women or why do autoimmune numbers increase in midlife? There’s a reason to be considering BHRT, and our guest explains why.
My Guest:
Dr. Shilpa Sayana, MD is a Triple Board Certified in Internal, Obesity Medicine and Functional Medicine. She is recognized by her peers by receiving the “Most Humanistic Intern and Resident” award in all three years of her Internal Medicine Residency and celebrated by her patients by being presented the Best Doctors Women’s Choice Award.
She treats women in perimenopause and menopause, optimising their hormones, energy and weight, especially if they have been previously told that their labs are normal.
Questions We Answer in This Episode:
- [00:07:54] What are natural ways to improve your hormones above 45?
- [00:14:27] What tests do you recommend to a woman considering hormones?
- [00:22:30] Do you have a unique opinion on starting both progesterone and estrogen at the same time or layer in one?
- [00:26:06] Do you advocate for women taking testosterone and what are the benefits and side effects of using TRT?
- [00:30:21] Why do autoimmune markers increase in perimenopause and menopause? and what to do about it?
- [00:32:04] What can help cholesterol and blood sugar levels?
#1 Longevity Hormone Panel
Purpose: To get a baseline of all key hormone levels
Includes:
- Morning cortisol (before 10am)
- DHEAS (hormone that makes cortisol)
- TSH (thyroid)
- Free T4
- Autoimmune Reverse
- T4 (Hashimoto’s)
- Reverse T3
- Estrogen, Progesteron, Testosterone
- Total Testosterone
- Free Testosterone
- Sex Binding Hormone Globulin
- ANA (antinuclear antibody or autoimmune antibody)
- ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate to check inflammation rate for autoimmune)
- CRP (C-reactive protein)
- Ferritin
- Genetics
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin D
More Tests to Truly Know If You’re Ready Before Considering BHRT
#2 Gut Test
Purpose: To assess inflammation, microbiome health, and how well your body can process and eliminate hormones
#3 Toxin/Environmental Load Testing
Purpose: To detect environmental toxins that may be disrupting hormone production or metabolism
Track Your Hormones
Functional vs. Conventional medicine’s approach to lab results:
- Functional Medicine
- Focuses on what’s optimal, not just normal.
- Listens to the whole person (hormone networks), not just the labs.
- Conventional Medicine
- Labs are often labeled "normal" if they fall within the wide reference range.
- No action is taken unless results are severely out of range.
Connect with Shilpa:
- Website - Sayana Medical
- Instagram - @sayanamedical
- YouTube - @SayanaMedical
Other Episodes You Might Like:
- Previous Episode - Smart Movement for Aging Better with Lara Heimann
- Next Episode - Can We Just Stop the Self Sabotage to Feel Your Best Ever
- More Like This - Restore Hormones to Factory Settings? More Science for bHRT
- More Like This - How to Have and Still Thrive with Autoimmunity in Menopause
Resources:
- Don’t know where to start? Book your Discovery Call with Debra.
- Join the Flipping50 Insiders Facebook Group and connect with Debra and the community.