As women age, distracted with life’s responsibilities and too busy to pay attention, their Self-Care can easily slide to the bottom of their priority list. Struggling during peri-menopause and menopause to accept our “new body”, our confidence and our self esteem often take a hit as our body shape changes and begins to gain weight differently. The passage through peri-menopause and menopause is rarely a smooth journey. As our hormones shift, weight release can become an uphill battle, plagued with frustration and setbacks. After months of disappointment, we may finally recognize that whatever worked in the past is no longer relevant to our new body chemistry. In addition, women are often overwhelmed with multiple symptoms such as night sweats, hot flashes, low energy, brain fog, lack of clarity, non-existent libido and more.
Self-care during these transitions should incorporate a program to balance hormones naturally in combination with the creation of a sustainable lifestyle, as individual as each woman!
If one of the 4 pillars of women’s health is hormone balance, marrying it with lifestyle changes creates a strong foundation of support to optimize health. Plus, the opportunity to resolve the overwhelming symptoms associated with each women’s peri-menopausal or menopausal journey.
So, what does Self-Care look like:
1. Creating a sustainable lifestyle with proper nutrition and movement/exercise.
2. Finding a weight release system specific to peri-menopause, and menopause to shift our metabolism that seems to have come to a halt.
3. Accurate hormone testing and adjusting our new chemistry by balancing our hormones with natural supplements.
4. Creating a structure morning for stress management and a positive mind-set.
Part of self-care is embracing our journey with the understanding that there are answers. Those answers, however, need to be customized to fit each woman’s unique chemistry, medical history and current challenges to fulfill the 4 Pillars of Health: Stress Management, Hormone Balance, Movement/Exercise, and Lifestyle/Nutrition.
The rewards for prioritizing our self-care are limitless:
• shift in energy and improved sleep
• less anxiety, mood swings and irritability
• a better quality and enjoyment of life,
• improvement and transition to optimal health,
• improved self-esteem and self-image.
Self-care is a huge commitment with many far-reaching benefits, yet it also takes patience, accountability, commitment, and learning. Managing day-to-day life often leaves women unprepared for peri-menopause and menopause, too depleted to take on its unpredictable adventures; however, there is a clear path to resolving our worst symptoms. A path of hope and renewed self-esteem.
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