Solving Sleep Issues with CBD and Other Perimenopause Symptom Solutions
Release Date: 06/20/2025
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info_outlineSolving sleep issues may have just gotten easier with today’s guest sharing her personal experience with CBD to help with Perimenopause Symptoms.
My guest today is a Flipping 50 community member who listened to a podcast and decided herself to try CBD when nothing she had been doing was working.
My Guest:
Laura Scott is a former banker and corporate trainer who left the business world and dedicated her time raising her children. Over the past four years she cared for her parents as they rapidly declined at the same time perimenopause came knocking at her door. As her symptoms increased, she was deeply saddened and angered by the hopeless messaging around here that aging is a curse.
Laura researched, overhauled her diet and healed many of her symptoms through nutrition. She knew she needed sleep to take her healing further and discovered Blue Sky CBD through the Flipping 50 podcast. She combined Blue Sky CBD with the sleep strategies to restore her sleep and live her days well.
Questions We Answer in This Episode:
- [00:16:49] What have you used in the Blue Sky product line? How did it help?
- [00:19:09] Curious about how you chose the CBD products to match symptoms?
- [00:21:04] How soon did you see results from using CBD?
- [00:24:40] Solving sleep issues with CBD, did anything else happen as a result?
Blue Sky CBD Products Used
- Sleep Gel
- Bath Bombs
- Topical Balms
Advice to women who can’t sleep
- Clean up your diet.
- Drink your water.
- Eat your protein.
- Try hot baths and morning light.
- Get your circadian rhythm down.
- Try Blue Sky CBD
What “Cleaning Up Your Diet” Means
- Elimination diet: gluten, soy, dairy, peanuts, corn, sugar, eggs
- Reintroduction process
- Targeting 150g protein daily
Key Takeaways in Solving Sleep Issues
- Sleep is foundational. Without it, everything else suffers, from memory to motivation.
- CBD can be life-changing. Blue Sky CBD helped Laura improve sleep, manage stress, and support recovery.
- You are not alone. Many midlife women are quietly struggling. Sharing stories in Flipping50 Insiders Facebook Group can help others feel seen and supported.
- Information overload can be paralyzing. Go back to science.
Connect with Dr. Eric Dorninger, ND of Blue Sky CBD:
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Get your Blue Sky CBD here for 20% off
Link: https://www.flippingfifty.com/blueskycbd
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Resources:
- Short & Easy Exercise videos in this 5 Day Flip Challenge.
- Book a Discovery Call with Debra to talk about your own menopause or becoming a coach.