High Sensitivity, Hormonal Changes, and Your Aging Body
Episode 14 season 6: Betsy Greenleaf on Menopause
Whether you’re perimenopausal, menopausal or postmenopausal, listen in on this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast. as host Elizabeth Cush and Dr. Betsy Greenleaf, a premier women’s health expert, talk about high sensitivity, hormones and pelvic health at mid-life.
“I do believe that the women who tend to be highly sensitive tend to also feel things a lot more. I’ve seen this not just with hormone changes, but also with aches and pains.”
Show Notes:
Are hot flashes burning you up? Do frequent bladder leaks leave you too embarrassed to leave the house? Oh, and how’s your sex life? For too long, women didn’t talk about menopause and other issues they experience at mid-life. Instead, we suffered in silence. Fortunately, we don’t have to. In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Elizabeth “Biz” Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Maryland and Delaware, and soul-support for highly sensitive women, welcomes Dr. Betsy A.B. Greenleaf, founder of the International Pause Institute and CEO of the Pelvic Floor Store. They talk about pelvic health, perimenopause and menopause, hormones and other therapies, vaginal prolapse, incontinence, and other health and wellness issues of importance to mid-life women.
Listen and learn:
Why your nervous system might be in survival mode and what happens when it is
Why we tend to get stuck in the “always on” position
What somatic experiencing is, the theory behind it, and two ways that it can help us function better in the world
How a trained practitioner can help guide you gently and safely through the process
The role of movement in somatic experiencing
How to do a stabilization or grounding exercise that you can use any time, no matter where you are—and why it works
What pendulation is and how you can use it to come back into balance
What might cause you to dissociate and a simple orienting exercise can help bring you back to the present
Why being curious about your experience in the moment supports your nervous system
Suggest topics for Biz’s podcast and newsletter
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Learn More:
The Pelvic Floor Store website
Pelvic Floor Store AWAKEN 10% discount link
The Pelvic Floor Store WISE 10% discount link
Dr. Betsy Greenleaf Speaks on Instagram
Biz’s Guided meditations on Insight Timer
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