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2 episodes with Louann Brizendine
2 episodes with Louann Brizendine
2 episodes with Louann Brizendine
7 episodes with Louann Brizendine
2 episodes with Louann Brizendine
I was happy to connect with Dr. Louann Brizendine today! She is the founder of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. She completed her degree in Neurobiology at the University of California, Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and completed her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She also served on the faculty of Harvard University and the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Brizendine founded the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. Her New York Times bestseller, The Female Brain, and its follow-up, The Male Brain, continue to be read worldwide. Today, we dive deeply into her new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, which was released in April 2022. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: The transition and the upgrade stage of life explained Celebrating the transitional time of life and not fearing it How hormones help guide behavior Transition Stages 1,2,3 and what they mean Then onward to the 3 stages of "The Upgrade" Estrogen fluctuations that affect sleep Be aware of caffeine in your food and drinks and how it may affect your sleep. If you are having a problem staying asleep, you may want to cut back on alcohol or drink it earlier in the day. The Women's Health Initiative - (almost 20 years ago) disastrous misinterpretations and negative implications it caused by instilling fear in women to not use Estrogen - including osteoporosis, brain fog, anxiety, and sleep disruptions Hormone Replacement Therapy - now viewed as a positive and much-needed step in women's health Women between the ages of 40-50 should get a bone density scan as one of the determining factors of whether or not to begin hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Brizendine suggests that women should not be fearful of using therapies today to help balance hormones. Cynthia discusses the loss of cognition later in life as another correlative symptom of not receiving needed hormones. Dr. Brizendine advocates doing your own research regarding HRT and not depending only on information from major pharmaceutical companies. Cynthia and Dr. Brizendine discuss the importance of keeping an open mind when it comes to synthetic hormones because of the good they can do. If you are not well and do not feel like you can go on, please, immediately, seek out a doctor who can prescribe medications or hormones to help your particular and unique situation. Be your best and do not suffer in silence any longer. Cynthia says the transitional time of life should and can be a very good time in your life. Consider reading Dr. Brizendine's book(s) to learn more and to keep it as a valuable resource. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on X, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia's website Connect with Dr. Brizendine Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Dr. Louann Brizendine's Books The Upgrade (newest book) The Female Brain The Male Brain Resource Mentioned NAMS - North American Menopause Website
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Motherhood changes you because it literally alters a woman's brain—structurally, functionally, and in many ways, irreversibly. - Louann Brizendine, The Female Brain Summary Women are gifted in a way that men are not. Women can hold many different tasks in their mind at the same time, see the needs of others, and know the needs of the household and balance them all. Sometimes this can feel empowering, but sometimes it's overwhelming, especially in times of great stress. In some circles, there is a call for men to share the “mental load”, but is that even possible? What is the appropriate role of fathers and husbands and how can they support their wives in this burden that they carry? Listen in as we tackle this tricky topic giving both perspective and advice on rejoicing in our differences. Key Takeaways Women are gifted in a way that men are not. Embrace it and appreciate that. Reject a spirit of comparison and envy. Live a balanced life - you are not a victim and you always have a choice. Appreciate your husband's mental load Create space for him to be needed. Couple Discussion Questions How does the mental load affect each of us? Have we fallen into a pattern of comparison or envy? How can we learn to be more grateful for our spouse and their contributions? Resources Download For-Women-Only-Survey Download FMO-Survey-Results
In this episode of The Common Sense MD, Dr. Rogers takes you on a captivating journey into the intricacies of the female brain, inspired by Dr. Louann Brizendine's groundbreaking book, "The Female Brain." Explore the profound differences in how male and female brains function, and learn about the critical role hormones play in influencing women's behavior, mood, and overall neurological health. Dr. Rogers sheds light on the transformative effects of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), the misconceptions from the Women's Health Initiative study, and the importance of timely BHRT intervention as women approach menopause. This episode is essential listening for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of the neuroendocrine dynamics that shape women's lives. Tune in to gain valuable insights into female brain behavior and enhance your appreciation for the complex hormonal symphony that defines women's health. What did you think of this episode of the podcast? Let us know by leaving a review! Connect with Performance Medicine! Check out our new online vitamin store: https://performancemedicine.net/shop/ Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://performancemedicine.net/doctors-note-sign-up/ Facebook: @PMedicine Instagram: @PerformancemedicineTN YouTube: Performance Medicine
Page One, produced and hosted by author Holly Lynn Payne, celebrates the craft that goes into writing the first sentence, first paragraph and first page of your favorite books. The first page is often the most rewritten page of any book because it has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. We interview master storytellers on the struggles and stories behind the first page of their books.About the guest author:Rachel Lehmann-Haupt, is an award winning science writer and one of the nation's premier experts on the future of family life. Her first book, In Her Own Sweet Time: Egg Freezing and The New Frontiers of Family is a pioneering work and deeply engaging memoir on how she harnessed advances in reproductive technologies to have more control over when she chose to become a mother—something she coined as becoming a “DIY parent.” She is also the ghostwriter of the New York Times Bestselling book, The Female Brain by Dr. Louann Brizendine, which has been translated into more than thirty languages, and sold nearly a million copies.Lehmann-Haupt has been profiled by the Chicago Tribune for her practical and brave choice to freeze her eggs when she was thirty-seven and has been quoted on the front page of the New York Times. She has appeared on ABC's Good Morning America, NPR's Talk of the Nation,and the Wall Street Journal's Lunch Break. In her writing and public speaking, shel offers life strategies for the most relevant social trends that intimately affect women's lives. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, New York Magazine, O Magazine, Self, Vogue, Outside, Wired, Business Week, and Neo.Life. She is the founder of StoryMade Studio a boutique storytelling and editing studio and lives in the Bay Area with her son.About the host:Holly Lynn Payne is an award-winning novelist and writing coach, and the former CEO and founder of Booxby, a startup built to help authors succeed. She is an internationally published author of four historical fiction novels. Her debut, The Virgin's Knot, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers book. She recently finished her first YA crossover novel inspired by her nephew with Down syndrome. She lives in Marin County with her daughter and enjoys mountain biking, surfing and hiking with her dog. To learn more about her books and private writing coaching services, please visit hollylynnpayne.com or find her at Instagram and Twitter @hollylynnpayne.If you have a first page you'd like to submit to the Page One Podcast, please do so here.As an author and writing coach, I know that the first page of any book has to work so hard to do so much—hook the reader. So I thought to ask your favorite master storytellers how they do their magic to hook YOU. After the first few episodes, it occurred to me that maybe someone listening might be curious how their first page sits with an audience, so I'm opening up Page One to any writer who wants to submit the first page of a book they're currently writing. If your page is chosen, you'll be invited onto the show to read it and get live feedback from one of Page One's master storytellers. Page One exists to inspire, celebrate and promote the work of both well-known and unknown creative talent. You can listen to Page One on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher and all your favorite podcast players. Hear past episodes.If you're interested in getting writing tips and the latest podcast episode updates with the world's beloved master storytellers, please sign up for my very short monthly newsletter at hollylynnpayne.com and follow me @hollylynnpayne on Instagram, Twitter, Goodreads, and Facebook. Your email address is always private and you can always unsubscribe anytime. The Page One Podcast is created at the foot of a mountain in Marin County, California, and is a labor of love in service to writers and book lovers. My intention is to inspire, educate and celebrate. Thank you for being a part of my creative community! Be well and keep reading.~Holly~ Thank you for listening to the Page One Podcast, where master storytellers discuss the stories and struggles behind the critical first page of their books. If you liked this episode, please share it on social, leave a review on your favorite podcast players and tell your friends! I hope you enjoy this labor of love as much as I love hosting, producing, and editing it. Please keep in touch by signing up to receive my newsletter at www.hollylynnpayne.com with the latest episodes each month. Delivered to your inbox with a smile. For the love of books and writers,Holly Lynn Payne@hollylynnpaynewww.hollylynnpayne.com
Send us a textFULL DISCLOSURE: Jen and I recorded this interview last year. Almost a year ago. It was and is so important to me that I am sharing it with you now, with Jen's blessing. (It fell into the “I took a short break to build my business and then my dad died suddenly” gap. You know the one ;)Anyway, Jen is a very hardworking, accomplished entrepreneur and champion of midlife women. She runs the Jen Marples Agency and her goal is to help women over 40 get seen, heard, paid and to make an impact. She's also the host of The Jen Marples Show: You're Not too F***ing Old (soon to be called just You're Not Too F***ing Old). We talk about it all: why you need to find supportive groups and new tribes (and what to do when yours isn't working), ending friendships, dealing with ageism and the profound beauty and peace that comes with middle age and menopause. Jen believes you have to be a strong advocate for your own health. And she shares her own challenging journey, with endometriosis, IVF, perimenopause/massive burnout and ultimately reclaiming her vitality through rest, reinvention and getting her sleep back through the power of hormone therapy (thanks for delaying your nightly progesterone wind-down for us, Jen! The episode also touches on the essential book The Upgrade by neuroscientist Dr Louann Brizendine and offers advice on how and why you need to prioritize health care, making investments even when it's not covered by insurance. 01:42 The power of language03:00 Challenging ageism05:41 Embracing midlife10:06 Financial impacts of ageism12:15 Navigating negative programming26:15 Dealing with friendship loss28:46 Navigating toxic relationships29:44 Embracing new friendships32:08 Perimenopause and Burnout35:42 Hormone therapy journey39:29 Advocating for women's health49:59 Starting over at midlifeThank you to our sponsor, Midi Health. They provide holistic, insurance-covered care by perimenopause and menopause specialists. Check out JoinMidi.comJoin the Hotflash Inc perimenoposse: Web: hotflashinc.comTikTok: @hotflashincInstagram: @hotflashincX: @hotflashinc Episode website: Hotflashinc See hotflashinc.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
*Aslında her insan hayatına kadın beyniyle başlar. Dişi, doğanın başlangıç halidir…Instagram: www.instagram.com/oradanburadanbilgi/Youtube: youtube.com/oradanburadanbilgiTwitter: https://x.com/oradanburadanb*Reklam ve İş birlikleri için: oradanburadan7@gmail.comKAYNAKLAR*Dr. Louann Brizendine, Kadın Beyni
If you understand this, your marriage will automatically become so much easier…The differences between males and females in relationship starts with the brain - and it starts before we're even born.In this episode, we're digging into the science behind our natural differences, plus how our different brain development impacts our male/female relationships as adults - based on Dr. Louann Brizendine's research, laid out in her book: The Female Brain.You'll discover the neurological reasons behind our distinct ways of communication and emotional processing, plus how this shapes our marriage relationships and male/female interactions.What You'll Learn In This Episode:3:37 - Our differences begin before we're even born7:58 - Baby girls are born knowing how to “read the room”10:55 - The physiological differences in male/female communication13:23 - Why women are the 1st to notice disharmony in relationships 18:40 - Why your marriage *feels* different to you… than to your husbandMentioned In This EpisodeTruth & Clarity Session with SharonThe Female Brain by Dr. Louann Brizendine
In this riveting episode, Sam Wanderinglove, an intimacy expert, unveils how our relationship triggers stem not only from our youth but also from our DNA. She sheds light on the differences between the male and female brain, fostering compassion across genders. Plus, she fearlessly delves into the impact of "daddy issues" on our adult relationships. Prepare to be enlightened and revolutionize your approach to intimacy!Sisterhood woundsDaddy issuesJealousyFriendshipsValidation in relationshipsSam wanderinglovehttps://www.wanderinglove.com.au/thereclaimedwoman https://www.wanderinglove.com.au/daddyissuesebookMentions:Brendan Burchard - growth, maintenance & delete friendshttps://highperformanceinstitute.mykajabi.com/Books: Beyond mars and venus - John GrayThe queen's codes - Alison ArmstrongThe female brain - Dr. Louann BrizendineThe male brain - Dr. Louann Brizendine
[Original air date: April 13, 2018]. Join Lisa and I as we discuss the differences between loving your partner and being in love with your partner. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE Unbreakable Movie: https://imdb.to/2EBtJHY The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine: https://amzn.to/2EAf8fZ FOLLOW LISA: Lisa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/ Women of Impact Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenofimpact/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisabilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpact Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=en FOLLOW TOM: Tom's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Impact Theory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impacttheory/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu Impact Theory Twitter: https://twitter.com/impact_theory?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu SPONSORS: Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://bit.ly/AG1Impact. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://bit.ly/ShopifyImpact and supercharge your business! Get FREE GROUND BEEF FOR LIFE plus $20 off your first box at https://bit.ly/ButcherBoxImpact. Get 55% off at https://bit.ly/BabbelImpact and learn a new language today! 20% off your entire order when you head to https://bit.ly/RhoneImpact and use code IMPACT. It's time to find your corner office comfort. Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact? If you're ready to find true fulfillment, strengthen your focus, and ignite your true potential, the Impact Theory subscription was created just for you. Want to transform your health, sharpen your mindset, improve your relationship, or conquer the business world? This is your epicenter of greatness. This is not for the faint of heart. This is for those who dare to learn obsessively, every day, day after day. Subscription Benefits: Unlock the gates to a treasure trove of wisdom from inspiring guests like Andrew Huberman, Mel Robbins, Hal Elrod, Matthew McConaughey, and many, many, more New episodes delivered ad-free Exclusive access to Tom's AMAs, keynote speeches, and suggestions from his personal reading list You'll also get access to an 5 additional podcasts with hundreds of archived Impact Theory episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists covering health, mindset, business, relationships, and more: Legendary Mindset: Mindset & Self-Improvement Money Mindset: Business & Finance Relationship Theory: Relationships Health Theory: Mental & Physical Health Power Ups: Weekly Doses of Short Motivational Quotes Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3PCvJaz Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
[Original Air Date: April 13, 2018] Lisa and Tom discuss the differences between loving your partner and being in love with your partner. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Unbreakable Movie: https://imdb.to/2EBtJHY The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine: https://amzn.to/2EAf8fZ FOLLOW TOM BILYEU: TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2iyjY5P INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2j7vqX8 FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2hPStWo YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/2iPFwc2 FOLLOW LISA BILYEU: INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2tMtCUX FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2rTysON SHOP: http://bit.ly/2rtRN8T Sponsors: Women of Impact Podcast is sponsored by Growthday Network: https://growthday.com/podcasts Go to https://bit.ly/GreenChefWOI and use code 60lisa to get 60% off plus free shipping. Are You Ready for EXTRA Impact? Calling all Badasses!! If you really want to level up your confidence game, check out the WOMEN OF IMPACT SUBSCRIPTION, specially designed to turn you into the badass you were born to be! Women of EXTRA Impact Subscription Benefits: New episodes delivered ad-free Exclusive access to listen to Women of Impact round table discussions, weekly motivation, previously unreleased episodes, and more! Subscriber-only access to an additional 4 podcasts with hundreds of archived Women of Impact episodes, meticulously curated into themed playlists, and updated weekly. Looking to boost your confidence? Check out the Get Confident playlist. Want to repair and heal your relationships? Start with Love Lab. Curious about your health? We've got you covered in Health Hub. And of course, weekly boosts of mini-motivation from Lisa herself that'll have you strutting through life with your head held high on the Badass Boosts playlist Don't settle for mediocrity when you can be extraordinary! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/457ebrP Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/
Entering midlife can feel like a huge adjustment. But amidst the physical, emotional, and hormonal changes happening once we hit our 40s and beyond, it's essential for you to remember how much life you have left to live. Integrative medicine practitioner Dr. Tasneem Bhatia joins me today for a deep dive into the always-changing hormones that come with perimenopause and menopause. But with her guidance, she'll help you harness the power of your hormones to help you live your best life. With her years of experience in integrative, functional, and holistic medicine, she's on a mission to empower one million women to uncover their innate superpowers, and to restore their health and wellbeing. And with the knowledge she shares with you in this podcast, you'll be eager to take charge of your hormones. So you can enhance longevity and create a life you love. So join Dr. Taz and me here for insight into the midlife hormone shift and what you can do to feel great at any age! Dr. Tasneem Bhatia Dr. Tasneem Bhatia is a board-certified practitioner in Integrative Medicine, Holistic Medicine, and Pediatrics. She's also a Licensed Acupuncturist and Certified Nutritionist. She opened CentreSpring MD, a nationally recognized medical and wellness practice dedicated to guiding patients through health transformations. Dr. Taz and her team prescribe lifestyle, diet, exercise, self-care, and relationship strategies to help women uncover their own “superpowers” using integrative, functional, Chinese, and holistic medicine. She has practiced at Center Spring, MD over the last 15 years. IN THIS EPISODE Honoring your natural hormone shifts Metabolic components of hormonal changes like perimenopause The importance of sleep for your hormones and health Recognizing how much life comes after perimenopause How hormones are protective over so many body systems Lab work and hormone level check-ins Reclaiming vitality at any age Mindfulness and emotional tools to optimize hormone function All about Dr. Taz's book: The Hormone Shift RESOURCES MENTIONED Get the Book: The Hormone Shift Dr. Taz Integrative Medicine Website | Dr. Taz's Instagram | Check out Dr. Taz on Youtube Visit nutrisense.io/mariza and use my code MARIZA for $30 off & 1 month of free dietitian support. RELATED EPISODES #374: How The Female Brain Gets Stronger And Better In Midlife And Beyond With Dr. Louann Brizendine #539: Everything You Need To Know About Navigating Hormone Changes In Perimenopause #476: How To Pivot In Perimenopause To Increase Energy, Metabolism And Brain Power #255: What Every Woman Needs To Know About Perimenopause And Menopause
Show Notes Are you married to a problem solver? Does your husband like to fix things? Do you get perturbed when you look to him for sympathy, and he insists on offering answers instead? What's a wife to do in such a situation? That's what we're discussing today on The Loving Life at Home Podcast. Want to read the original post on which this episode is based? It's reprinted in its entirety below the show notes. RELATED SCRIPTURES: - "A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels..." - Proverbs 1:5 - "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel." - Proverbs 12:15 - “Pride leads to conflict; those who take advice are wise.” - Proverbs 13:10 - "Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end." - Proverbs 19:20 RELATED LINKS: - The Male Brain - book by Louann Brizendine, MD - It's Not about the Nail - Jason Headly video - Are You Married to a Problem Solver? - my original blog post STAY CONNECTED: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flanders_family/ - Marriage Blog: Loving Life at Home - Family Blog: Flanders Family Home Life (lots of printables!) - Subscribe: Flanders Family Freebies (weekly newsletter)
Join Signe for Part One of a Three Part Series on menopause. To start off in Part One, Signe Talks to a doctor who specializes in the brain, and who is always on the cutting edge of scientific research into the female experience, Dr. Louann Brizendine. Dr. Brizedine navigates the stages of menopause, cuts through the controversy around Hormone Therapy, and give us steps for preserving brain health for the second half of our lives. Dr. Brizendine completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She also served on both the faculties of Harvard University and University of California at San Francisco. She founded the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF, and her New York Times bestseller, The Female Brain, and its follow-up, The Male Brain, continue to be read around the world. She recently released her new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond. To learn more about Dr. Brizendine visit https://www.louannbrizendine.com
How critical is it to present the best version of yourself? What impact can you make in business when you do? Growing up not projecting confidence, Susan Heaton-Wright learned to survive difficult circumstances by reframing. Now, as a multi-award winning impact, communications and speaking expert for emerging leaders, Susan has built a business with the purpose of empowering talented individuals and teams to present the best version of themselves in all business conversations with confidence, clarity, credibility and impact. When you do this, you become a Superstar Communicator. KEY TAKEAWAY “If I can do it, that nervous seven year old that didn't use to speak out, you definitely can. So be a superstar communicator!” BOOK RECOMMENDATION* The Upgrade by Dr Louann Brizendine - https://amzn.to/3SRwwV7 ABOUT SUSAN HEATON-WRIGHT Susan Heaton-Wright is the creator of the Superstar Communicator™ methodology. She is an international speaker; MD of award winning Viva Live Music, podcaster and a former prize-winning international opera singer. Susan has delivered speeches, masterclasses, seminars, workshops, virtual workshops and coaching for many multi-nationals including Astra Zeneca, Hewlett Packard, GSK, Shell, Microsoft, AXA, Deloitte, RBS, Invesco, and J & J. Her audiences have been from more than 100 countries and six continents. She awaits an invitation to deliver work in Antarctica! Susan is honoured to be a fellow of the Professional Speaking Association. In 2020, she was named as an #ialso 100 Top Inspirational Female Entrepreneur in the UK. She leads a project of musicians in Greece annually, delivering music workshops to refugees in Athens as part of the ‘Love without Borders' charity. CONNECT WITH SUSAN https://linkedin.com/in/susanheatonwright https://twitter.com/superstarcomms https://instagram.com/susanheatonwright1 https://facebook.com/superstarcommunicator https://youtube.com/@superstarcommunicator https://podfollow.com/superstar-communicator-podcast/view ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker and Mastermind Host. Amy works with individuals to improve productivity, engagement and fulfilment, to banish overwhelm, underwhelm and frustration and to welcome clarity, achievement and purpose. WORK WITH AMY Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would to focus on your WHY or launch a purposeful podcast, then please book a free 20 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter CONNECT WITH AMY https://linktr.ee/AmyRowlinson HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson DISCLAIMER The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence. *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Struggling with hot flashes, mood swings, anxiety and other perimenopausal symptoms? Medications are NOT the only answer! Cognitive behavioral therapy can bring significant relief.Join Jennifer Reid, MD as she interviews Sheryl Green, PhD, C.Psych, a health psychologist and the author of the Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Menopause. We discuss:1) Why Dr. Green and her coauthors believe CBT can bring relief in perimenopause2) Strategies for targeting distressing hot flashes and other physical symptoms3) The elevated risk of depression and anxiety in the menopausal transition4) Why Dr. Green thinks women should embrace this transition and look forward to the future.References from Episode:Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Menopause: A Step-By-Step Program For Overcoming Hot Flashes, Mood Swings, Insomnia, Anxiety, Depression and other SymptomsThe Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond by Louann Brizendine, MDNorth American Menopause Society (NAMS)Dr. Sheryl Green is a Clinical and Health Psychologist within the Women's Health Concerns Clinic and Sleep Medicine Clinic at St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario. She is also the author of The cognitive behavioral workbook for menopause: A step by step program for overcoming hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, depression, anxiety, and other symptoms.______________________Seeking a mental health provider? Try Psychology TodayNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255SAMHSA's National Helpline - 1-800-662-HELP (4357)Dial 988 for Mental Health EmergencyThank you to Brendan Callahan for the original music featured on the podcast.Disclaimer:The information and other content provided on this podcast or in any linked materials, are not intended and should not be construed as medical advice, nor is the information a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this website is for general information purposes only.If you or any other person has a medical concern, you should consult with your health care provider or seek other professional medical treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something that have read on this website, blog or in any linked materials. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or emergency services (911) immediately. You can also access the National Suicide Help Line at 1-800-273-8255The Reflective DocWebsite - Instagram - Facebook - Linked In - Twitter - Think Like a Shrink Blog on Psychology Today
We met with Dr. Louann Brizendine to dive into the under-appreciated "forces within" that drive our behavior, our relationships, and so much of our lives. The founder of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF, Brizendine wrote several definitive books on the subject, including The Female Brain, The Male Brain, and The Upgrade - How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, where she reframes the post-menopausal experience as an opportunity to reclaim one's authentic self. Nobel Prize winner Issac Bashevis Singer summarized the paradox we all experience best when asked if he believed in free will by responding, "I have no choice." To what degree are we driven by our hormones? How much do they define our sexuality and our gender? What role does sleep, exercise, nutrition and even pollution play? How do we reclaim the driver's seat while at the same time accepting ourselves and the infinite diversity of those around us? Join us as we uncover real subterranean forces actively at work to varying degrees in all of us.
This week on Lead With Story, Stephanie speaks with Sarah Gobbs-Hill, CEO of Listening Forward Consulting. Stephanie and Sarah dive into the top leadership traits coveted by so many and discuss the rollercoaster that is entrepreneurship. Whether it's commanding a boardroom or pitching new clients, Sarah offers insightful advice from her journey in leadership. You can connect with Sarah on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-gobbs-hill/ *The book Stephanie refers to at the end of the show, The Female Brain, is written by Dr. Louann Brizendine and is available at most major booksellers.
Join us for part 2 of a 2 part series of the discussion with Elam B King and guest Dr. Louann Brizendine as we discuss strategies to reduce arguments during the holidays. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/elam-king0/support
Health coach and mindfulness practitioner, Clarissa Kristjansson, takes us on a journey to learn how women can holistically take control of menopause and its phases. Clarissa walks us through the what, the why, to the how-tos of understanding menopause. Tune into this episode to learn what you can do as you enter the stages of perimenopause and menopause!Key takeaways to listen for Perimenopause vs. menopause How can women navigate through misinformation, and where can they go for reliable resources? What can organizations do with their systems and structures to support women going through menopause? Effective ways to overcome the challenges during perimenopause and menopause Are emotion changes related to menopause permanent?Resources mentioned in this episode Thriving Thru Menopause Se3: EP 14 The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond with Louann Brizendine, MD | Apple & Spotify Nichola Sturgeon FlushFest2000 – Menopause Cafe Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD The Upgrade by Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD Audiobook & HardcoverAbout Clarissa KristjanssonClarissa Kristjansson is an internationally recognized Menopause Mentor, a neuroscientist, and a former corporate leader. Clarissa suffered burnout during her perimenopause which set her on a different path. She is passionate about raising awareness around menopause, ensuring that the conversation is inclusive and that people in this transition can better advocate for themselves. Beyond the challenges, there is also room to see menopause as a positive stage of life that prepares us for our Second Spring. She is the host of the Thriving Thru Menopause podcast, a keynote speaker, and an international best-selling author of The Mindful Menopause. She is releasing three new co-authored books in 2022.She lives with her husband and rescue dog in a small rural community on the West Coast of Sweden.Connect with Clarissa Website: Thriving Thru Menopause Books: The Mindful Menopause: The Secret to Balance, Vitality, and Clarity Through The Change | The Potent Power of Menopause Podcast: Thriving Thru Menopause Apple & Spotify LinkedIn: Clarissa KristjanssonSupport the show! Want to learn more about us? Visit our website at www.periodtopause.com or send an email to amanda@periodtopause.comFollow us on Instagram: @periodtopauseFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/periodtopause
Join us for part 1 of a 2 part series of the discussion with Elam B King and guest Dr. Louann Brizendine as we discuss strategies to reduce arguments during the holidays. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/elam-king0/support
The fogginess, the forgetfulness, the memory loss...what if it all gets better? Our guest today is renowned clinician, professor, neuropsychiatrist, and NYT Best Selling Author, Dr. Louann Brizendine. She says that the female brain gets an upgrade after menopause. WOW, you must hear about her findings. Her new book "The Upgrade" is filled with factual information about perimenopause and menopause. You will learn what is really happening to your body and your brain, and get armed with the questions to consider and to ask your healthcare providers. Get out your highlighters, this is a resource book! While you are at it, pick up her other books, "The Female Brain", and "The Male Brain". Louann Brizendine is an American scientist, a neuropsychiatrist who is both a researcher and a clinician and professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Find more from her at https://www.louannbrizendine.com/ This episode was sponsored by: VIOME https://www.viome.com/ $50 off Full body intelligence test with promo code moxie50. $30 off of any other test with promo code moxie. SANDBAR HANDCARE https://www.sandbarhandcare.com/ Use code MOXIE15 to save on any purchase MOJO WELLBEING (Save with code MOXIE15OFF) https://theuncovery.com/discount/MOXIE15OFF LIVI RAE LINGERIE, The Official Bra Fitter of Midlife Moxie! https://liviraelingerie.com/ Mention MIDLIFE MOXIE at your fitting or on your order to save 10% on any purchase Connect with us: midlifemoxiepodcast@gmail.com Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1069587806782730/ Read the blog/sign up for newsletter/find all of our discount codes: www.midlifemoxie.net Follow us on IG: @gailsscott, @1sassymassey Audio Editing by: Dan Collins at www.goconfidentallycoaching.com Thanks for listening, and go and GET YOUR MOXIE ON!
In this week's episode, Billy talks to Purdeep Sangha. Purdeep is the world's leader in complete strategic advising and is the author of Amazon international best-seller The Complete Man. He is an internationally acclaimed business strategist and performance advisor to high-performing CEO's, executives, and entrepreneurs. He's also a top rated men's leadership coach who teaches men how to become The Complete Man; meaning a man who achieves ultimate performance, fulfillment, and victory in every area of his life. He shows men how to live at their highest potential and be the best possible business leader, husband, father, and man they can be, and he's here today to share with us what goes into that process. Billy and Purdeep discuss:--How he came up with a strategic firm that helps men at any point in their lives--What lessons he learned as a manager at age 16--What led him to his current work ethic--How his team uses neuroscience to cater to their clients--What it means to be a “mindful alpha male"--Why “toxic masculinity” is BS--The core concepts of being a father--The value of being emotionally, spiritually, emotionally, and cognitively present as a fatherWant more from Purdeep Sangha? Check out: The Complete Man BookThe Complete Man Audiobook (Promo code: victory75)The Complete Man PodcastIf you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy: –Episode 10: Top 20 Strategies for a Happier Life and Episode 35: Rebalanced Thinking, Rebalanced Living with Tom Cody–Episode 41: The Midlife Male with Greg Scheinman –Episode 7: Billy and Brian Discuss the Daddy Brain, the Little Boy Brain, and the Teenage Boy Brain, based on the book The Male Brain by Dr. Louann Brizendine. –Episode 13: Billy, Brian, and SuperMom Judie Goslin Discuss the Mommy Brain, the Little Girl Brain, and the Teenage Girl Brain, based on Dr. Brizendine's book The Female Brain. Get a free week of Newsly! (Promo code: MindfulMidlife)All of our episodes are available at www.mindfulmidlifecrisis.comThank you for listening to The Mindful Midlife Crisis!We hope you enjoy this week's episode!If this episode resonates with you, please share it with your family and friends.Sign up for our newsletter!Support the show
I was happy to connect with Dr. Louann Brizendine today! Todd is the founder of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. She completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She also served on both the faculties of Harvard University and the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Brizendine founded the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. Her New York Times bestseller, The Female Brain, and its follow-up, The Male Brain, continue to be read around the world. Today, we dive deeply into her new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, which was released in April 2022. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: The transition and the upgrade stage of life explained Celebrating the transitional time of life and not fearing it How hormones help guide behavior Transition Stages 1,2,3 and what they mean Then onward to the 3 stages of "The Upgrade" Estrogen fluctuations that affect sleep Be aware of caffeine in your food and drinks and how it may affect your sleep. If you are having a problem staying asleep, you may want to cut back on alcohol or drink it earlier in the day. The Women's Health Initiative - (almost 20 years ago) disastrous misinterpretations and negative implications it caused by instilling fear in women to not use Estrogen - including osteoporosis, brain fog, anxiety, and sleep disruptions Hormone Replacement Therapy - now viewed as a positive and much-needed step in women's health Women between the ages of 40-50 should get a bone density scan as one of the determining factors of whether or not to begin hormone replacement therapy. Dr. Brizendine suggests that women should not be fearful of using therapies today to help balance hormones. Cynthia discusses the loss of cognition later in life as another correlative symptom of not receiving needed hormones. Dr. Brizendine advocates doing your own research regarding HRT and not depending only on information from major pharmaceutical companies. Cynthia and Dr. Brizendine discuss the importance of keeping an open mind when it comes to synthetic hormones because of the good they can do. If you are not well and do not feel like you can go on, please, immediately, seek out a doctor who can prescribe medications or hormones to help your particular and unique situation. Be your best and do not suffer in silence any longer. Cynthia says the transitional time of life should and can be a very good time in your life. Consider reading Dr. Brizendine's book(s) to learn more and to keep it as a valuable resource. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia's website Connect with Dr. Brizendine Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Dr. Louann Brizendine's Book The Upgrade (newest book) The Female Brain The Male Brain Resource Mentioned NAMS - North American Menopause Website
Do you feel like your brain has been on a downhill spiral since you turned 40? You're not alone. The mid-life crisis is real, and it's affecting more women than ever before. But there's hope! In this episode of The Hormone Prescription Podcast, we chat with Dr. Louann Brizendine about how to upgrade your brain at midlife and thrive. Dr. Brizendine is a leading expert on the female brain, and she shares her insights on what's going on inside our heads during this time of transition. She also gives us practical tips on how to improve our cognitive function and protect our mental health as we age. Louann Brizendine, M.D. completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She has also served on both the faculties of Harvard University and University of California at San Francisco. She founded the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. Her New York Times bestseller, The Female Brain, and its follow-up, The Male Brain, continue to be read around the world. Her eagerly anticipated book, THE UPGRADE: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, is out in April 2022. Now, as the Lynne and Marc Benioff endowed professor of clinical psychiatry at UCSF, Dr. Brizendine continues to speak, write, research, and consult. In this episode, you'll learn: What's going on inside our brains during the mid-life transition How to improve your cognitive function as you age Tips for protecting your mental health in midlife and beyond The latest research on the female brain and how it changes in midlife And more! If you're ready to learn how to upgrade your brain in midlife and thrive, this episode is for you! (00:00): In this episode, find out why the upgrade previously known as the transition is the gateway to the best years of your life. (00:09): So the big question is how do women over 40, like us keep weight off, have great energy balance. Our hormones in our moods feel sexy and confident and master midlife. If you're like most of us, you are not getting the answers you need and remain confused and pretty hopeless to ever feel like yourself. Again. As an OB GYN, I had to discover for myself the truth about what creates a rock, solid metabolism, lasting weight loss, and supercharged energy. After 40 in order to lose a hundred pounds and fix my fatigue. Now I'm on a mission. This podcast is designed to share the natural tools you need for impactful results. And to give you clarity on the answers to your midlife metabolism challenges, join me for tangible natural strategies to crush the hormone imbalances you are facing and help you get unstuck from the sidelines of life. My name is Dr. Kyrin Dunston welcome to the hormone prescription podcast. (01:03): Hey everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the hormone prescription with Dr. Kyrin. Thank you for joining me today. You're gonna love my guest today. Dr. Louann Brizendine, I'm gonna tell you a little bit about her and then we'll get started. But first let me say, she's talking about the upgrade. What is the upgrade for women? Well, it used to be called the transition, which meant all kinds of bad things, bad outcomes, things you don't want for women, but she is reframing this time of life as being the upgrade. And I love that because it's really true. You are getting an upgrade, not a downgrade, despite what you might have been told or you've been led to believe. And she's gonna tell you how to maximize that so that this can be the best time of your life. Dr. Louann has some amazing credentials. She completed her degree in neurobiology at UC Berkeley. (01:57): She graduated from Yale school of medicine and she did her internship in residency at Harvard medical school. You can't get much better credentials than that. She served on the faculty at Harvard and university, the E of California at San Francisco. She founded the women's mood and hormone clinic at USCF. Her New York times bestseller the female brain and its follow up. The male brain continued to be read around the world. Her eagerly anticipated book, the upgrade, how the female brain gets stronger and better and midlife and beyond is now out and available. She is the Lynn and mark Benioff and do professor of clinical psychiatry at UC S F. She continues to speak right research and consult. Please help me to welcome the brilliant I'm Dr. Louann Brizendine. Welcome Dr. Louann to the podcast. (02:50): Thank you, Dr. Kyrin, nice to meet you and see you. And I'm just delighted to be here with your audience because you know, your people are my people (02:59): Yes, our people are the same. we (03:05): Treat the, we treat the same group of patients. I do my medical center. They say Louann treats above the neck and we treat below the waist. (03:12): Yes. I love that. But most people think that they're such a dichotomy there. Well, above the neck and below the waist, there's no relationship, but that's exactly what you talk about in your books is how connected our female hormones are to our brain function. (03:32): Absolutely. I don't think people know that. I think, you know, once you hear it and you understand you go like the light bulb on your head goes, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course the brain, the pituitary control all the other hormones in the entire body. (03:46): It's so true. And the hormones in the brain and just all the intermixing, which I'm sure we'll get into how vital sex hormones are for cognitive function for brain function. But I wanna start just talking about your book, the upgrade, because I think this is really radical and I'm hoping you can explain to everybody, we always talk about the menopause transition. I actually talk about the menopause spectrum and how it's not a point in time, and you go through this spectrum of change, but talk about what the upgrade is and how it differs from the transition. (04:24): You know, you and I speak the same language actually, because that's why I, with all my patients, I hated those words. Like the perimenopause menopause is cuz it's like, it's, those are medical diagnoses in a way. And they're just a little slice of what actually is happening. It's not the whole woman, this transition that we're going through from like about age, you know, 38 to 48 that we kind of call in the big brackets kind of AKA the perimenopause. Yeah. That's something that's happening just to kind of the, the ovaries and the follicles are, you know, starting to not be as healthy and they're starting to like die off and we lose them, but that's just, that's the medical diagnosis of that transition. So, but I called it the transition because it's, there's so much more that's going on for us women. There's all kinds of relationship, things, emotional things, things in terms of our work life things in terms of our children, that's like, there's all kinds of layers of stuff that's going on in our brain. (05:14): So the transition, and then once you hit finish the transition, you go into what I call the upgrade and the upgrade, AKA menopause it's as you. And I know the definition of menopause actually lasts for one day, right? It's the day, 12 months after your last period is called menopause. It lasts for one day and then the next day you're in post-menopause. So, you know, it doesn't really, these words don't really kind of work for what we experience as women. And so certainly not what our women patients are experiencing. And it's so cool. I mean, once you hit the upgrade, they, after the rock and roll of the hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual cycle, the perimenopause, all of your fertility years, your brain circuits are and your body you're free of that, those waves that crash over you every month. And people don't realize that the hormones are changing, not just stuff in your ovary and your uterus, but they're changing all kinds of stuff in your brain circuits for your memory. (06:12): Remember like three or four days before ovulation, it's a huge estrogen Sur just making you be, you wanna be kind of, you sway your hips a little more. You put a little makeup, it a little sexier. You know what you're doing is mother NA under the hood mother, nature's got you all wired hormonally to go out there looking for the best sperm. You know, those couple of days before ovulation, our sex drive goes up. We're all, you know, we're ready to rock and roll. I've got UA, our hips, actually our voice goes higher, all that stuff. We talk faster, et cetera. And then of course the PMs time comes, you're crashing. You know, you're having all of those irritability and those spurts of anger and tearfulness and my clinic, we call it the crying over dog food commercials sign, you know, we can Boohoo over anything. (06:55): So the cool thing is, is that once you hit the upgrade, baby, that's gone and you've got all of this circuitry in there. That's working really well to just your dance card is open to add new things. You're not gonna have to struggle with your hormones being jerked around. You're not gonna be dealing with fertility hormones. You're not gonna be dealing with being pushed out there, looking for the best firm, whatever it is. You know, you've got all of this incredible space and brain power that comes and is able to like take on new project, new purpose women, lots of women, you know, in America, the biggest number of new businesses are started by women over 50. (07:33): Yes. I always tell women that I work with that. I'm kind of sneaky. Cuz do I wanna help you with your health? Yes, but I'm really sneaky cuz I know you're sitting on gifts that you aren't using and you aren't delivering to the world cause you don't feel good. So if I can help you feel better, then you will get off your assets and give your gifts. And so I think it really aligns with what you're talking about. The upgrade so many women see this as downgrade TBA, oh, (08:08): That's wrong, wrong, wrong. That's no, that is so wrong. And this that's because society is still looking at it that way too. And where as these things start inside us, as soon as we start looking at ourselves as an upgrade, then society starts to follow along behind us. We have to take that for ourselves. We have to claim that territory, claim that for ourselves mm-hmm and it is an upgrade. And once women realize that and start seeing it as like, yes, your fertility years are over, but 50 women that are 50. Now many, a chunk of us will live to be a hundred plus you know, those women that are just starting in the early Perry, you know, a lot of those women will live to be, you know, 110, you know, there's, you've got more than half your life there. So you gotta, wow, you got this whole new chapter. I, I have a chapter in the book book that's called finding new purpose as well. I go through all the rock and roll of the, for women that are younger. I've had women in their thirties, they read this book and they go, oh God, Dr. Luann, thank you. I feel so much better. I thought it was all over when I was 40, you know, there's feeling so hopeful that there is more to it than just like things being, being over when you're 40 or 50. (09:17): Yeah. And so what are the gifts? Why do you call it an upgrade? I get it. But I think there are a lot of women and men out there who aren't gonna get it. So what is new, better, special about this time. (09:32): Okay. So let's go back to that jagged up and down of your hormones all during your fertility cycle, remember your brain circuits. So part of your brain circus was one of the little areas called the hippocampus, not the hippopotamus, but the hippocampus. You know, it's a really important area in your brain. If you stuck your fingers right in above your ears, by about an inch into your brain on both sides, that's where they live a little guys, the size of your, you know, your fingertips. But they're really important cuz it's the way you form all your memories. You attach your memories and it's a big memory cognition center in your brain. And every month the estrogen goes up and it sprouts like 25% different connections in that area. And then it gets all born down during the last two weeks when a progesterone comes and pours like weed, killer her on all those connections. (10:17): So it's like building up, taking down, building up, taking down. So that's just one little area of the brain it's happening in other areas too. We don't know that we don't teach that or talk about it yet because the new technology is just being able to show that. So women need to know that that buildup tear down, build up, tear down. It's not letting you stand firmly on the shore. You stand more firmly and see further when you're able to just count on a more stable brain power every day of the month. You're not being jerked around by your hormones anymore. (10:47): Yes . And so you talk about all the benefits that occur. Like we're more relaxed. Our brain is more even chilled. Our moods are more even keeled. Now I know a lot of my people who listen to this podcast are wondering, well, Louann under Louann, are you talking about this is with hormone therapy or without cause they know me. They're listening to me all the time. And I always talk about why doing menopause naturally is a bad idea, the increased risk for disease and what I call midlife metabolic mayhem. And so help them understand, is this something that I'm gonna experience just naturally? Or is this something that I need hormone therapy to help me experience? How do I experience the upgrade? (11:42): Okay. So I wrote this book and I had to stop tiptoeing through the tulips on this issue, right? Cause I was part of the generation where when women's health initiative came out in 2002 women's health initiative, you know, to stopped the hormones for all the women in the country. And I know you and I are seeing all these women now that have had these women that unfortunately went through this transition before we were back to being able to give women their hormones back, we see all kinds of problems. You know, they're getting osteoporosis and the Alzheimer's situation in terms of the actual evidence based medicine on that is being looked at right now. So we don't know some of that piece about the dementia, but a lot of the evidence is pointing to the fact that the brain needs estrogen too on going remember men, men don't fall off a cliff. (12:26): Like we do hormones at that stage. They go on in a 60 year old man and a 60 year old woman. If she's not taking hormone replacement, guess what? Dr. K they have four times more estrogen in their brain than we do at age six. And, and that's why they have increases for prostate cancer. Yes, exactly. And that's what osteoporosis as much as women too, right? I mean, it's just basic biology. And once, you know, listen, biology is destiny, unless you know what it's doing to you. Yes. And once know, once you know what it's doing to you, then you can take appropriate action for yourself. So I tell women, they go, oh, why don't I get breast cancer? If I take hormones, blah, blah, blah, whatever the answer is, no women, the evidence shows that women in the five to 10 year of taking hormone replacement therapy after the change don't have any increased risk of breast cancer, unless you have the breast cancer gene. (13:21): So I basically just test my patients, all their genes. I just test them to see if they have any of the breast cancer genes. And then you're in a different category. But if you're not in that category, then yes, you may safely take hormones after that period of time, that will help you get through that. Now, if you've had a hysterectomy, you're in the, you're in the lucky group, right? You're in the lucky group because you only have to take estrogen. You don't have to take progesterone because you don't have a uterus anymore. So those women in my practice are the happiest actually that they don't have any have to take any progesterones. So the mixing and I talk about that in chapter three and four of the book, kind of the mixing and matching of the estrogen and the progesterone and different aspects of that. (14:00): So yes, I really feel that that women should have the opportunity and doctors should not hesitate to, you know, women that are having difficulty sleeping. Remember the three pillars, right? The three pillars of your brain function, the three pillars of that little stool, three cord stool stool is only stable with three little legs. So one of the big legs is sleep for your brain, cuz remember, and that's why I bring this up in the context of pour my replacement there. Because if you're not sleeping, cuz you're sweating all night, you're up all night long and you're just like, your brain is erect. Now remember what happens in your brain? It's sleep is that all the little cells you've been talking to each other and your brain all day long, chat, chat, chat, chat, they're making all this garbage Gar they're called garbage proteins. They're just like, there's spewing trash around all over your brain. (14:43): At night, those little neurons, they shrink down. They shrink back and they leave these little channels in between the cells where the whole body gets to flush out. They just come out with the hose and it flushes out all the garbage at night when you're sleeping. But if you're not sleeping those cells don't shrink back and you're not flushing out the garbage outta your brain every night. So that's one of the big deals about making sure you're getting good sleep during this transition. And lots of times, as you know, and I know it's like, gosh, a patient who's not sleeping. You put them on estrogen sometimes within a week, they're sleeping well again and their brain is clearing up from that brain fog that the other two little parts of the stool are of course having that Mediterranean type diet. So you keep your inflammation down. (15:26): You keep your nutritional level up while your vitamins up and that extra corner of the stool. And of course the other one is muscles. Remember muscles, the big study on women at age 80, those 80 year old women who had the best cognition had the best muscle function, strongest leg strength, the strongest leg strength, and basically that leg strength and the muscles communicate with the brain. I tell women cuz one of the biggest muscles in our body is the butt muscle, your glute muscle. So I say one of the things I gave this little tip on TikTok and Instagram, that one of the best things for your brain is to do, but squeezes. So ladies, when you're sitting down at your computer, when you're standing, brushing your teeth or in the grocery line or driving somewhere, do your butt squeezes. If you aim for a thousand a day, that's good. I figure if I can do, if you can do a hundred a day, that's good. Keep the muscles going. Cuz the muscles release things into your bloodstream called Mykines that stimulate the brain as well as the whole nervous system that stimulates the brain. So that talk back and forth study just came out last week in the new England general showing people's muscle strength is really a big prevention of dimension. So those are the three, three little stool. Just the little legs on the stool is the sleep, the diet and the muscles. (16:37): Okay. Super important. And that's one of the reasons why I think testosterone is so important to maintain that muscle mass, because like you said, it's related directly to brain health (16:47): Cuz I think that's come up a lot with women and you know, of course all of us, it's not FDA approved in the United States, but the European women have had it for 20 years. European women have a, a compound that just comes in a little like little pump that you pump out one pumpy you run it on your wrists and that's your testosterone supply for the day, but we don't have it here. (17:04): Well we have bioidentical compounded hormones and I'm a big believer in test don't guess. So test the levels and optimize to optimal physiologic levels using a custom compound prescription. (17:19): Absolutely. (17:21): Yeah, but we talk a lot about with men that they lose muscle mass, their dopamine goes down, they feel like they've lost their edge when they go through cuz their testosterones going down. But the same things happen for women too. And really in America we only talk about testosterone as it relates to women's sex drive, but it's about so much more it's about brain health and neurotransmitter balance and muscle mass. So it's, I think it's super important. (17:49): Yeah. I think that it has to be individually tailored made to each woman because I have, I've had a lot of women that you know, that the downside is that you get a little bit, you get more irritable, it's easier to have it's even for women to have road rage road rage on testosterone. (18:04): I think, yeah. If it's too high, you can definitely have that. But if you get that sweet spot, I mean we, women have testosterone throughout our lives and most of us don't have a problem with it. So if we can get it at that sweet spot that's right for each woman, then I think she doesn't have an overabundance of aggressive tendencies or anything like (18:24): That. The DHA can sometimes be okay for some women as long as they don't get acne from it, you know? (18:30): Yes. Okay. So those three pillars I know in the book, boy, you go through so many things. I don't know which to ask you about first let's talk about dementia. So I recently did a, a Ted talk and I, I talked about my mom who has all advanced Alzheimer's and really the only risk factor she had was she had been menopausal without hormone therapy for three decades. And so that's probably her biggest risk. And so hormones are a part of that, but what are other ways that people can fend off dementia, increase longevity and wellbeing. (19:07): So those studies are really being done. And I think that the estrogen replacement, one of the things we look at that why women have more than men is first of all, of course, women live longer, but you know, not that much longer, like, you know, we're at three or four years longer and that's about it. So, but women, for some reason do have more dementia. I have some of my colleagues who are specialists in Alzheimer's and they really think that that women at the transition should definitely be taking estrogen replacement during this transition to help keep their brain active and functioning. So there's just so many receptors in the brain that for estrogen estrogen receptors, like if you just looked at your, you took a picture of my brain right now with like a special filter that just showed you the estrogen receptors all over men, it would look like the United States with a massive COVID outbreak. (19:55): You know, they'd be like if they little dots everywhere, you know, cause estrogen receptors throughout our brain and obviously our body too. So that is one thing I suggest for women, the dementia also inflammation. So we think of that inflammation. I talk about this in the book I talk about in the, I have a chapter that's called, you know, the neuroscience of self care and that chapter chapter six and also chapter 14 specifically talks about keeping your brain healthy and avoiding dementia. And besides the estrogen replacement, there's all kinds of things about inflammation and inflammation does not just mean an infection. We always kind of think of it as meaning an infection, but there's a lot that we're learning about. What's called it's a really little technical turn it's called sterile inflammation. It basically means inflammation without an infection. And that happens in our body all day long all the time. (20:43): And we need to clear out that inflammation all the time. So things like the Mediterranean diet and things like just basically trying to keep all of your vitamin levels at the right level is really very helpful to keeping inflammation down. So anything that you can do, keeping your microbiome and your gut healthy, which is basically comes from eating really healthy fibers. I mean, you do not need to take a handful of probiotics every day. I mean, some people like to take those, but sometimes, sometimes those cause a lot of trouble for people who have small intestine problems and larger intestine problems taking too many probiotics can be a disaster, but some people it can be okay for others. But keeping your microbiome healthy basically comes from eating healthy fibers in your diet, you know, both the soluble and the insoluble fibers. So really paying attention to feeding the wonderful, healthy bacteria down in your colon, cuz they then release compounds that go into your bloodstream right through your gut. So you can help decrease inflammation by feeding your microbiome, the healthy bacteria. I think it kind of like my special little garden down there in my colon that I'm, you know, I just wanna make sure it has the right fertilizer and I right water every day. Just think about it as something you're trying to take good care of and grow to be its most beautiful. (21:56): I remember this book, maybe you do two called my secret garden. Do you remember that book? That's learned about sex? It was at my friend's house and I found this book, my secret God, but now to me, my secret garden is my gut garden. (22:12): Yes. True. I know, I know. I think of my little babies down there that I'm just trying to like keep healthy and keep feeding them the right stuff and et cetera, et cetera. So yeah, you're absolutely right. That's one of the important things about this secret and microbiome. So that's something else that really can help keep the inflammation in your body down. And we do know that things like alcohol, alcohol really amps up your inflammation in your body and your brain. And it does all kinds of things to basically well increases your risk of breast cancer. It increases your risk of dementia. It's really, I know that's such a part of our culture, but you know, women, we do everything. We women do everything just to try to look healthy and stay healthy at this stage. That's one of the things not in eating like handful of, you know, sweets, like, you know, you don't go through a whole, a box of bond bonds anymore. Do we? (23:01): no, we don't. And I love that you talk about in the book, really the dangers of alcohol, I think a lot of practitioners skirt over it because they don't wanna be the bad guy, but I was just talking with a client this morning and she's like, really? I can't have any alcohol. I said, no, you can do what you want. I'm just gonna educate you about the consequences of the choices you're making. And then actually one of my health coaches who works with me in my program said, everybody's asking me about switching out their alcohol for cannabis. Is that better? I'm wondering what your thoughts are on that. (23:37): I think that the cannabis question is really interesting and I mean just in terms of, in terms of its harmfulness to you versus alcohol, I do agree with that first one. I agree that it's probably less, much less harmful than alcohol to your health and your brain actually. However, there's all kinds of things with it that we don't entirely understand right now. I mean, for one thing, it can give you the munch she's really bad. It can make you put on weight, you know? So all of our efforts are trying to keep that the belly fat down, it doesn't help with that cuz it just makes you wanna eat carbs. So, you know, it's like everything in moderation. I mean the best healthiest thing is to switch alcohol to water. (24:17): Yeah. But I used to think I would get the same effects like I could drinking 12 years ago and I would do a yin yoga class after work. And I would feel like I had a glass of wine and you really invoke that parasympathetic nervous system. So I think there are a lot of ways to get around the wine o'clock routine. (24:37): I think once people become meditators are doing yoga or doing, you know, things that are, that are much more stimulating your bagel nerve and your parasympathetic nervous system. When I talk about in the book, the alternate nostril, the nine round NOST thing and also the nurturing moment meditations that I talk about in the book too. There's there are ways that just really calm your nervous system and increase your bagel, nervous system, your parasympathetic nervous system. And actually in Atlanta at Emory university, they have a whole division that basically is researching and teaching the compassionate meditation practices. (25:11): Oh, I love that. And you have so many resources in the book, so I can't everybody listening or highly recommend it and some great stories. You're gonna see yourself in these stories. And I'm wondering if you can share a little bit Dr. Elaine, about what inspired you to write this book? (25:30): I wrote the book, the female brain, and it came out, you know, in 2006. And it was really about from the moment of conception up until the transition until the upgrade, you know, it was at that stage. And the last chapter in that book is called the mature female brain in chapter seven. So it's basically that book sort of stopped about the time to take off on all the things about the upgrade. And I wrote that at a time when I hadn't experienced those parts of life into the upgrade yet. And so when I started going through those years and things myself, I realized, oh my gosh, there's so much more to tell that I hadn't told that so important that has to do with our brains and our hormones and just our entire life and the stories of our life as they basically, you know, chapter eight is also on mothering adult children, you know, mothering adult, you know, teens and adult children and a whole nother thing. (26:21): You know? So the, you know, the female brain book, I have a chapter, chapter five is on, it's called the mommy brain, but that was from pregnancy. You know, it was a whole different look and I hadn't experienced what it's like to try to mother an adult son. You know, I was like, are you kidding? You have to, there's all kinds of landmines you have to learn to avoid. So, so that's the reason I decided to write is there's just so much more that I felt needed to be said. And also the end of the book also goes through what we go through in terms of decisions that we make either with our parents as they're aging. And I'm sure you've had to do a lot of that, which is really painful and very difficult, but it's stuff that we need to talk about. We need to be aware of that stage of our lives. (27:03): It is it's so important and you know, we are the sandwich generation. So I know a lot of women who are between children who maybe haven't left the nest quite yet, and parents who need their time and attention and care. And you talk about the importance of community connection, the epidemic of loneliness, how that's affecting us, what advice do you have for a woman who's navigating the sandwich, ears, getting her upgrade. And you talk about the wisdom phase and she's thinking Dr. Luanne, how do I bring my wisdom? Like I'm just overrun with all these responsibilities. How can you help her navigate this (27:45): Again? You're juggling as fast as you can. When you like with, when you used to have really young children and infants saying you're having a job and trying to juggle, I know what that's like. That's like a little it's really you look back at and like, God, I've got PTSD from doing that (28:01): Too. Oh, my (28:03): Being a doctor being in the early part of your career where you're basically, I was at a university, I was in the shark tank and I was really in the shark tank cuz I was one of the only women. There are all these guy professors and they don't, they don't even know what to do with you. They just think that you're weird. But anyway, , and now you're in a different stage where you've got, like you say some probably mid-teens or teens at home. And then you're also trying to sandwich generation trying to care for. So, and then you're having all this experience of finally being released from all the hormonal pushes and pulls. And you may have some more brain power and some more, you know, you may have some more slots on your dance card that you get to fill, but all they may be being filled up with the needs and care taking of others. And I think there's a time that I have three words to say to women it's called self care, self care, self care, because you can only take care of others really, truly on an ongoing basis from your overflow of being filled up yourself with what you need. So you gotta put your own oxygen mask on first, before you can help others. (29:06): I know it's so true. And I, we say it, but I still see women struggling with that. But I think we can both give you all, if you're listening permission, permission to love yourself first, right? You have a prescription. (29:22): Not the reason it's not selfish is because you've gotta keep your gas tank filled up in order to help others and to help yourself. So you gotta track whatever practice you find. That's good. That's working for you. If you're doing compassionate meditation, you're learning that you nurturing moment meditation that I talk about or you're joining other women. I mean, I think that's women. We get a lot of love and care from our women friends. You know, we end from our, from some of our social engagements and we need to keep the channels open with our girlfriends. Actually, there's the study that, that I talk about in the book about where if you go out twice a week with at least three to four of your girlfriends, you live 15 years longer. (30:02): Oh, I love that (30:04): Shocking number, a shocking number. So it don't feel like it's a selfish thing. If you're, you know, we women, we feel like we need to keep ourselves alive and healthy cuz we feel that we're helping these other people with their lives. And we can't just bail on our life. Cuz we have other people that we love that we wanna care for. And yet we have to learn that it's not selfish at all on the contrary to take really good care of yourself and fill up your own gas tank so that you can put your own oxygen mask on and be able to help others. You must help yourself first and only be able to give to others from your overflow. The only thing you've got to give us on a constant basis is from your over. So ladies fill up your gas tank first. (30:46): Yeah. And you share in the book, I wasn't aware of this, that there's the greatest increase in suicides among women over 60 and it's not being studied or really discussed. I wasn't aware of that (30:57): Really shocking. Nobody's talking, you know, we are all talking about teen suicide, right? I mean, that's the thing that gets everybody's mind cuz it's like it happens at schools and et cetera, et cetera. But, and the alcoholism alcoholism level in women over 60 is skyrocketing. Especially since COVID, it's really, I mean it's a real listen, those women, women 60 plus are in a health crisis right now. (31:20): It is so true. And I think w H I, the women's health and issue study has a lot to do with that. Cuz there's so many women, I think what is the statistic? Less than 5% of women are using hormone therapy and all the consequences that that brings. Right? (31:37): Remember it went from 40% almost being on it to, and when that came out within the next two years, it struck to eight to 5%. And you know, a lot of the women that were seeing that are 60 plus they didn't. And a lot of my girlfriends didn't get it. I mean I did cause I'm a doctor. I had a hysterectomy when I was 53, my girlfriend was my surgeon. She put the patch on me in the recovery room and she says, Laurie, you're gonna do this patch and you're gonna keep it. So, you know, I had the advantage of like having medical care at that time, even though we think about it 2005 was only three years after the w H I or two years after the w H I came out. (32:11): Right. (32:11): And so osteoporosis, I mean, I have so many girlfriends whose bones are just falling to bits. There are osteoporotic, you know? So I just feel like at any rate, it's a crisis and we doctors, you know, you and I we're in this. And I mean, we feel it for our patients, you know, doesn't it make you mad sometimes. I mean, just makes me really mad that this was allowed to go on for so long. This was allowed to go on for 20 years and it's still going on. I have so many patients come to me. I'm sure you do too. That they can't find anybody to give them hormones. (32:42): Yeah. I mean, that's one of the reasons I created her hormone club, a telemedicine membership nationwide. So women could access, testing and treatment with natural hormones because there are so many doctors still who won't prescribe it and advise against (33:00): It. Why it's not because they don't care for their patients. It's cuz they're scared. And remember for 20 years, the OB GYN profession has not been teaching in residencies. Some of them come out of there with less than one lecture in their whole residency on hormone therapy. They don't even know they they're, they're basically uneducated (33:22): So true. And when I was researching for my Ted talk, I came across articles. You know, it wasn't just us, me saying it, new England journal of medicine, journal of women's health and Mayo clinic proceedings all had articles on the fact that doctors are not trained in the management of women's hormones at midlife and beyond and are unprepared to treat women at this stage of life. I said, it's not me saying it it's documented incredible journals. So I think, you know, in any woman listening, you're probably not gonna get the whole story at your regular doctors. It's not their fault. They're good people. It's just that they're not taught that (34:00): They're not. And so we did have some mega you and I have a megaphone out there and I feel, I don't know about you, but you, we both, you and I can tell, we feel as part of our mission to let women that's. Part of the reason I wrote this book is part of my mission to let give women permission, to do many, many things with their life at this transition, but also give them permission to seek out and get the hormones. They need to protect their bones, protect their brain, to protect their sleep, et cetera, et cetera, and not have brain fog and be going down the rabbit hole of depression and anxiety. I'm sure you see the depression and anxiety that this stage of life causes. And it's like, of course, estrogen replacement doesn't treat a, a full on full blown clinical depression, but it can stop a lot of women from a slippery slope of sliding down there. I'm sure you've seen that in your practice all the time. (34:48): Oh my gosh. If I didn't have my hormones, when this started for me, the spectrum in my forties, I wanted to die. So , I know when women tell me that they're miserable and they're in their forties or beyond usually sex hormones are a part of that, you know, but they're going to their doctors and getting SSRIs or antidepressants, which isn't the whole story. And I've never found a woman who came in from an SSRI and said, oh my gosh, I feel amazing. (35:17): Hi, absolutely not. As a matter of fact, they feel they can't have an orgasm cuz SSRI block their orgasms. And a lot of women don't even know that and they're not actually told that that much. And then, and then they also, they, they put on the drug Paxil, the one that's called peroxetine it's also called BI. You know, it's given for hot flashes too. It is the number. One of all the SSRI that causes on average 18 pounds of weight gain per year. (35:40): Yeah. I'm not signing up for that. (35:42): no, I know. I just that's that's you know, it's just not a, so the reality is, is that SSRI are really fabulous to help people over a, a, a glitch difficult spot. They can be very helpful. Then what happens though, is people get stuck on them because the withdrawal syndrome of trying to get off of them makes women feel temporarily while they're trying to taper off slowly. That's why take people down on really tiny, tiny taper to, I take them off from over two months. Most, some doctors will take them off over two weeks and then they crash and burn, but you get rebound depression from it unless you do it slowly. And so they think that underneath it all, they're really still that depressed. They need those meds for the rest of their life. And they're told by some doctors, they need them for the rest of their life. (36:27): Well, they don't. I mean, so anyway that you gotta get me, that's one of my hobby heart. I swear. I mean, I've used those drugs for my entire career, cuz they're very helpful. And of course I treat a lot more, you know, anxiety and depression than you do. Cause that's, you know, that's where a lot of people come to me for, but they're women that are on glitches of their hormones. I don't wanna see them go down that rabbit hole. I wanna see them have their hormones balanced correctly before they go down that rabbit hole. (36:51): Yes. Oh my gosh. So much to talk about. I'm gonna encourage everyone to get the book and read it. It is, there's a plethora of information, inspiration, wisdom. I'm wondering if you can share, we will have a, a link in the show notes where you can go download the first chapter of the book for free Dr. Louann's website. So we'll have that link in the show notes, but what are you planning to do with the rest of your upgrade and this wisdom phase in life? (37:20): Well, you know, I'm, by now I'm doing the book tour and I'm doing lots of podcasts. I'm wanting to, you know, speak to as many women as I possibly can over this next year. And there's so much more than I'm starting to work on a PBS series on this topic. So stay tuned. I think that may come out next to March, but if it happens, I'll, I'll keep you posted fingers crossed the, all the editors and the producers wanna do this. Cause I think women really need like women. You see women all the time. Women are desperate and there's really, I feel that there's a failure on the medical professions part to help women at this stage of life. They just bail on them. They don't help them. So I'm so glad that you're out there doing this and we need to multiply you times a hundred thousand. (38:01): Oh, I mean, we need you in every city, whatever I know, thank God for the thank out for the internet, cuz you can do it all over now. But you see that all the time. Don't you feel the same. It's just like, I feel that women are they're suffering needlessly. I want, I know listen. Life is full of suffering. Life is the truth of the matter is look, life is full of suffering. We're only human. All of us have suffering in our life, but there's a level at which you don't have to have suffering because of your hormones. Like leaving your body during the state of life. You know, we have a fix for that. Now it can help you. So I just want women to feel, don't (38:34): Feel, feel guilty or bad about it just because your doctor doesn't know about it. Go find another doctor. Yeah, stop going to the hardware store for milk. They don't have it. They won't have it. Not gonna have it. So just go to the milk store and you know, so the hormones, thank you so much for joining me, Dr. Louann, this has been wonderful. Everybody go get the book. I can't recommend it highly enough. We will look for your PBS special, super excited about that. We will have the link in the show notes to go, go to Dr. Louann's website and download the first chapter four free on her website. And thank you so much for joining us today. Oh, it's my deep deep honor and pleasure to get to speak with your audience and to get to meet you as well. So anyway, best of wishes to all of you and your audience. Thank you for having me and thank you all for joining me for another episode of the hormone prescription with Dr. Kirin. I want you to take action with the information you have heard. Dr. Louann has a wealth of information. She cite all the studies. She's got the data in her book. You wanna get this book for sure. And then I want you to take action and follow me on social. And let's talk about what you're doing. I will see you again next week until then peace, love and hormones. Y'all (39:51): Thank you so much for listening. I know that incredible vitality occurs for women over 40. When we learn to speak hormone and balance these vital regulators to create the health and the life that we deserve. If you're enjoying this podcast, I'd love it. If you give me a review and subscribe, it really does help this podcast out so much. You can visit the hormone prescription.com or we have some free gifts for you and you can sign up to have a hormone evaluation with me on the podcast to gain clarity into your personal situation until next time, remember, take small steps each day to balance your hormones and watch the wonderful changes in your health that begin to unfold for you. 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Health coach and mindfulness practitioner, Clarissa Kristjansson, takes us on a journey to learn how women can holistically take control of menopause and its phases. Clarissa walks us through the what, the why, to the how-tos of understanding menopause. Tune into this episode to learn what you can do as you enter the stages of perimenopause and menopause!Key takeaways to listen for Perimenopause vs. menopause How can women navigate through misinformation, and where can they go for reliable resources? What can organizations do with their systems and structures to support women going through menopause? Effective ways to overcome the challenges during perimenopause and menopause Are emotion changes related to menopause permanent?Resources mentioned in this episode Thriving Thru Menopause Se3: EP 14 The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond with Louann Brizendine, MD | Apple & Spotify Nichola Sturgeon FlushFest2000 – Menopause Cafe Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD The Upgrade by Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD Audiobook & HardcoverAbout Clarissa KristjanssonClarissa Kristjansson is an internationally recognized Menopause Mentor, a neuroscientist, and a former corporate leader. Clarissa suffered burnout during her perimenopause which set her on a different path. She is passionate about raising awareness around menopause, ensuring that the conversation is inclusive and that people in this transition can better advocate for themselves. Beyond the challenges, there is also room to see menopause as a positive stage of life that prepares us for our Second Spring. She is the host of the Thriving Thru Menopause podcast, a keynote speaker, and an international best-selling author of The Mindful Menopause. She is releasing three new co-authored books in 2022.She lives with her husband and rescue dog in a small rural community on the West Coast of Sweden.Connect with Clarissa Website: Thriving Thru Menopause Books: The Mindful Menopause: The Secret to Balance, Vitality, and Clarity Through The Change | The Potent Power of Menopause Podcast: Thriving Thru Menopause Apple & Spotify LinkedIn: Clarissa KristjanssonSupport the show! Want to learn more about us? Visit our website at www.periodtopause.com or send an email to amanda@periodtopause.com.Follow us on Instagram: @periodtopauseJoin our Facebook Group: Period to Pause
This episode is an exciting interview with the author of The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, Dr. Louann Brizendine. She and I talk about the neurobiology of female hormones, challenging the stigma of menopause, and much more! To learn more about me and my reproductive psychiatry clinic helping patients across California, please visit - AnnaGlezerMD.comLink: Purchase The Upgrade directly from the publisher here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591607/the-upgrade-by-louann-brizendine-md/
The Upgrade is a gateway for the best years of our livesFor years, women have been told by society to dread the second half of life, with no support available beyond expensive ointments and procedures promising to reverse the signs of aging. But thanks to Dr. Louann Brizendine's latest book: The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, that's all about to change. Dr. Brizendine, bestselling author of The Female Brain and The Male Brain, Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and founder of UCSF's Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic. delivers actionable, science-backed steps for preserving brain health. A Stanford Study affirms that people get happier with each decade of their lives up until their 90s. With compassionate and ongoing self-care we become more available to ourselves and others who need us. Diet, exercise, sleep and mindset all aid cognitive health. Dr. Brizendine shares intimate stories in a lively and upbeat way that emphasizes there is nothing selfish about paying attention to our bodies in order to be the best we can be. The Upgrade is a gateway for the best years of our lives - Dr Louann BrizendineThe Upgrade is the time of life where things get better. As your hormones change, the fluctuations that make things feel stressful float away and a new clarity takes hold. The hormone swings that helped you through childbearing and rearing are no longer needed. Your body chemistry adjusts to bring you calm, directness, and focus. You have time to focus on yourself again.
On this week's podcast, we have good news for women: you improve with age. Dr. Louann Brizendine's new book The Upgrade details how the female brain improves in the time of life typically known as menopause. We delve into how hormonal changes can actually help our productivity and why you can look forward to your 30s, 40s, […]
On this week's podcast, we have good news for women: you improve with age. Dr. Louann Brizendine's new book The Upgrade details how the female brain improves in the time of life typically known as menopause. We delve into how hormonal changes can actually help our productivity and why you can look forward to your 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond. That's right, ladies: your best days are ahead. Dr. Louann Brizendine is a neuropsychiatrist and author of the new book The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond. She's the Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco; founder of UCSF's Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic; and bestselling author of The Female Brain and The Male Brain.--She Thinks is a podcast for women (and men) who are sick of the spin in today's news cycle and are seeking the truth. Once a week, every week, She Thinks host Beverly Hallberg is joined by guests who cut through the clutter and bring you the facts. You don't have to keep up with policy and politics to understand how issues will impact you and the people you care about most. You just have to keep up with us. We make sure you have the information you need to come to your own conclusions. Because, let's face it, you're in control of your own life and can think for yourself. You can listen to the latest She Thinks episode(s) here or wherever you get your podcasts. Then subscribe, rate, and share with your friends. If you are already caught up and want more, join our online community. Be sure to subscribe to our emails to ensure you're equipped with the facts on the issues you care about most: https://iwf.org/connect. Independent Women's Forum (IWF) believes all issues are women's issues. IWF promotes policies that aren't just well-intended, but actually enhance people's freedoms, opportunities, and choices. IWF doesn't just talk about problems. We identify solutions and take them straight to the playmakers and policy creators. And, as a 501(c)3, IWF educates the public about the most important topics of the day. Check out the Independent Women's Forum website for more information on how policies impact you, your loved ones, and your community: www.iwf.org. Subscribe to IWF's YouTube channel. Follow IWF on social media: - on Twitter- on Facebook- on Instagram#IWF #SheThinks #AllIssuesAreWomensIssues See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Our podcast guest, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Louann Brizendine, joins us on the Switch4Good podcast to talk about why males and females communicate and process emotions differently. In this episode, Dr. Louann talks to Dotsie and Alexandra about her books, The Male Brain and The Female Brain, and how they have helped readers navigate relationships with their partners, spouses, friends, and family members around the world. Dr. Brizendine founded the Woman's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF, and then went on to write another book called The Upgrade, which explains how the female brain gets “upgraded” in midlife. She believes that this time in a female's life brings more clarity and a laser-like sense of purpose if you know how to tap into it. Join us today to discuss how to harness that new “upgraded” brain power, and navigate relationships with life-long partners, hormones, depression, menopause, and more. “There is a 2:1 ratio when it comes to depression in women over men. And I felt like, that is not fair. What is up with that? Then I realized, that in childhood, the depression ratio is only 1:1, male to female. At age 13 or 14, it goes up in females. The menstrual cycle starts, and the hormones start.” - Dr. Louann Brizendine What we discuss in this episode: - Dotsie reads an excerpt from her book about falling in love with her husband - The main differences in male and female brains - How hormones impact males and females differently - How one person can't fulfill all of our needs - How our expectations, unchecked, can hurt our partners - Why females are twice as likely to be depressed - Why menopause and post-menopause can be a transformative time in your life - Why men are hesitant to live vegan - Learn more about “The Upgrade” - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/591607/the-upgrade-by-louann-brizendine-md/ - Dr. Brizendine's website - https://www.louannbrizendine.com/ Connect with Switch4Good - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ2toqAmlQpwR1HDF_KKfGg - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Switch4Good/ - Podcast Chat Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/podcastchat/ - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/switch4good/ - Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/Switch4GoodNFT - Website - https://switch4good.org/ - Use code SWITCH for 25% off your order at MaxinesHeavenly.com - Purality B12 Deal: https://puralityhealth.com/liposomal-b12/ to buy one B12 and get one free plus 35% off the rest of Purality's products.
Click for full show notes, exercises, and parenting scripts from this episodeWhen our kids are being moody and dramatic, we tend to just roll our eyes and chalk up their behavior to hormones. We know their bodies and brains are changing…so they're going to have some growing pains! But when we say the word “hormones”, do we know what it really means? Beyond just affecting our kids' emotions and physical development, how do these chemicals really work within our teens' bodies as they evolve from kids to adults?To understand how hormones affect our teens, we'll have to go way back…all the way back to conception! Hormones have been affecting our kids since they were little more than a fertilized egg. Understanding how hormones act on the mind and body throughout the human lifespan can help us understand what's going on during the teens years–and why teens can be so angry, sad, confused and angsty!To help us get to the bottom of all the hormonal changes, we're talking to Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of both The Female Brain and The Male Brain. Louann is an endowed professor of clinical psychology at the University of California, San Francisco, where she also founded the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic. She's dedicated her life to studying how hormones change human behavior, thoughts and emotions.In our interview, Louann is helping us understand our kids' hormonal timeline, from the womb to adulthood. We're also discussing the difference between female and male social behavior during the teen years, and how hormones can cause simple conflicts to escalate into intense arguments with teens.Click for full show notes, exercises, and parenting scripts from this episode
Dr. Louann Brizendine was among the first to explain why women think, communicate, and feel differently than men. Now she's on a mission to rebrand the “M" word: Menopause.
Welcome to Episode 77 of the Being Human Podcast: Gender Fluidity or Complementarity? (Part Three) This week, Dr. Greg begins to wrap up his series on gender and the complementarity of men and women. In this episode, he proposes a definition of “genius” (of a masculine or feminine type) and then breaks open the specific brain differences between men and women that lay a foundation for the particular genius of each. Discussed in this episode: Defining what is meant by the feminine or masculine “genius”; How the differences in our brains as male and female give us a natural affinity towards certain skill sets; The unique ways men and women's bodies and brains order each towards the creation and protection of new life; How the particular gifts of each sex can also lead to particular weaknesses in each, and the specific qualities that men and women need to learn from each other; Ways our complementarity as men and women can lead us to become better versions of ourselves; How masculine and feminine “genius” qualities are above all human qualities meant to be integrated into our personhood; Resources mentioned or relevant: Listen to the first two episodes in this series: Episode #75 (Part One) and Episode #76 (Part Two); The Female Brain and The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine; Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church On the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World, by Cardinal Ratzinger; On the Masculine Genius, an article by Dr. Greg published in Humanum Quarterly Review; Learn more about complementarity and the masculine and feminine genius in Dr. Greg's relationships course: A Marriage Built to Last; Become a member of the Integrated Life Community to get access to every course Dr. Greg has created, AND the opportunity to participate in Integrated Life Intensives: time-limited, group experiences covering topics like boundaries, communication, trauma, forgiveness, and more! Learn about IDDM (Mentorship), our new model of accompaniment; Need help? Schedule a free 15-minute consultation call with our staff to discuss how we can support you! Sign up for Being Human, our weekly newsletter, to stay up to date on the exciting developments at CatholicPsych; Download The Integrated App for access to free audio exercises, the Catholic Mindfulness Virtual Retreat, courses, prayer resources, and more; Visit our website to read the CatholicPsych blog, shop in the CatholicPsych bookshop, or discover other resources we have available. Contact us! Have a topic or a question you would like Dr. Greg to address on the podcast? Want to give some feedback about this episode? Email us at beinghuman@catholicpsych.com - we would love to hear from you! Rate, review, and subscribe Please help us in our mission to integrate the Faith with Psychology by hitting subscribe and also sharing this podcast with your friends. Please consider rating or leaving a review of our show. It helps us reach other Catholics just like you who want to become more integrated, whole, and happy human beings. For Apple podcasts, click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate 5 stars, and choose “write a review”. Then type your sincere thoughts about the show! If you haven't already, make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on any episodes. Subscribe to the podcast now!
IF YOU WANT TO UPGRADE YOUR BRAIN, YOU SHOULD: Focus on high-quality movement, sleep, and nutrition as your three core pillars for health Educate yourself about what is happening with your body and hormones so that you can understand the changes better Stay connected and engaged with your relationships with others and with yourself EPISODE SUMMARY The saying that as we age our brains start to decline is simply not true. Women's brains are beautiful, complex, and change and upgrade as we go through the different phases of our life. The key is understanding what is going on with your brain and your changing hormones so that you can gracefully transition through peri-menopause and show up with all of your wisdom and strength in menopause and beyond. Upgrading Your Brain with Louann Brizendine Louann Brizendine, M.D. has a degree in Neurobiology from UC Berkeley and attended both the Yale School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. She is the author of the NY Times best seller: The Female Brain and its follow-up, The Male Brain. Her new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, highlights the fascinating ways that the female brain changes, and shines a light on our society's desperate need to change the way we think about menopause. Shifting the Mindset Around Menopause Let's think about our menstrual cycles for a second. Every day our hormones are changing and adapt to our menstrual cycle, which can get pretty exhausting for our brains and our cells. So, when we reach the time of our lives where our bodies stop being so focused on menstruation, a whole new section of our mental and physical ability is open to new things for the first time since puberty. The myth that menopause is the slowing down of our lives couldn't be further from the truth. The transition through perimenopause into menopause can be a beautiful one if you understand the science behind what is going on in your body and get help with the temporary symptoms you may be facing. Menopause is the perfect time in your life to do what you love and embrace more of it. The Longevity Trifecta Louann knows that taking care of your body comes down to three pillars, movement, food, and sleep. Because your body is adjusting to your changing hormone levels throughout peri-menopause, it is crucial that you provide the movement, nutrition and sleep necessary to assist your body when recovering from these changes. You can transition through peri-menopause and find the authenticity, vision, and purpose that you may have been putting on the shelf. When you allow the space in your life to upgrade your brain, you will be shocked at your limitless potential in midlife and beyond. Are you ready to upgrade your brain? Share how you are preparing or experiencing the transition from peri-menopause to menopause with me in the comments section of the episode page. QUOTES “You have a whole lot of freedom to choose to do other things you want to do, to be your more authentic self at that point. And I think women don't appreciate how wonderful that change is.” (11:25) “We doctors are here to help you with this transition, you do not have to suffer through all of this.” (25:55) “Biology is destiny unless you know what it is doing to you.” (30:32) “We have to just take charge of some of those kinds of things that we do have charge of, that will be very helpful to our brain function.” (35:50) “Ladies, look. Keeping engaged with your life is what it is all about at this stage! Your brain now isn't having to have these changes every day of the month with the fluctuating hormones that are washing in and washing out. So I say baby, grab the brass ring and enjoy it! You have a whole opportunity to have a new purpose in life and a new clarity of thought.” (36:20) IN THIS EPISODE Understanding the hormone dance in the brain during your menstrual cycle (8:45) Some of the shifts and changes you can expect to see when entering peri-menopause (12:51) The importance of sleep hygiene when it comes to your hormonal and neurological health (18:32) How to avoid the pitfalls of peri-menopause and arrive into menopause as your best self (31:54) Research hacks for fending off any concerns around your longevity and mental clarity (37:53) RESOURCES MENTIONED The Essential Oils Menopause Solution by Dr. Mariza Snyder Use Promo Code ‘podcast' for 10% Off Your Order at the Essentially Whole Store Here The Upgrade by Louann Brizendine MD RELATED EPISODES EY 362: Why Women Over 40 Should Pay Special Attention to Their Beliefs about Menopause with Susan Willson EY 363: The Three Phases of Perimenopause and How to Navigate Each Phase with Grace
"Biology is destiny unless you know what it is doing to you." Millions of years of evolution have sculpted the human brain and nervous system to be the most refined and complex computational system in the universe. One of the least understood and most fascinating aspects of the human brain is the differences in tendencies, skills, emotions, development and even perceptual filters between the two genders. I'm joined by Dr. Louann Brizendine the pioneering author of the New York Times bestselling books "The Female Brain" and "The Male Brain" and most recently "The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond". Our explosive conversation unveils the development differences in the boys and girls and how that shows up in the brain and filters out into every area of life. After this episode you will know how to be a better man, woman, partner and parent just by understanding your own biology. louannbrizendine.com/ instagram.com/louannbrizendine/ https://twitter.com/drlouann Join the 3 Day Subconscious Programming Challenge: www.spohntrained.com/subconscious Get on the waitlist for RESONANCE www.spohntrained.com/resonance
The female brain has the potential to be stronger and better in midlife! Whether you're a woman in midlife or love one, this information is valuable and empowering! And it's all brought to you by the hosts of the Hot Flashes & Cool Topics Podcast, Colleen Rosenblum and Bridgett Garratt! I love to share my favorite things with you, and this is one of them! Check out more about the duo and their show and work in the show notes! First, enjoy the great conversation! LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Instagram Wellness While Walking on Twitter Wellness While Walking website for show notes and other information Coach Carolyn on Clubhouse: @stepstowellness wellnesswhilewalking@gmail.com RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links) DR. LOUANN BRIZENDINE on HOT FLASHES & COOL TOPICS PODCAST Dr. Louann Brizendine's Books The Upgrade: How The Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife, Dr. Louann Brizendine The Female Brain, Dr. Louann Brizendine The Male Brain, Dr. Louann Brizendine Hot Flashes & Cool Topics Podcast Colleen Rosenblum and Bridgett Garratt's show can be found everywhere you listen to podcasts! They spend a lot of time with their large, vibrant private Facebook Private Group where all things midlife and menopause are discussed Hot Flashes & Cool Topics on Instagram Hot Flashes & Cool Topics on Youtube Hot Flashes & Cool Topics' Website HOW TO RATE AND REVIEW WELLNESS WHILE WALKING How to Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts on Your iOS Device Open Apple Podcast App. Go to the icons at the bottom of the screen and choose “search” Search for “Wellness While Walking” Click on the SHOW, not the episode. Scroll all the way down to “Ratings and Reviews” Click on “Write a Review” Then you will be able to rate the show on a five star scale and write a written review! Thank you! How to Leave a Review on Apple Podcasts on a Computer https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wellness-while-walking/id1489506534 Visit Wellness While Walking page on Apple Podcasts in your web browser Click on “Listen on Apple Podcasts” This will open Apple Podcasts and should bring you to the show, not a particular episode Scroll down until you see “Rating and Reviews” You may need to click on “See all” all the way to the right, near the Ratings and Review Section On the right side, you should see 5 empty stars – click on the one farthest to the right if you want to give the show 5 stars To leave a verbal review, please then head left and click on “Write a Review” Thank you! How to Leave a Review on Spotify App on Your Phone Open the Spotify app on your device. Tap the Search tab, then type Wellness While Walking on the search bar; this will lead you to the podcast's show page. If you are on a specific episode, just tap on the podcast's thumbnail and title to be redirected back to the show page. Tap the rating immediately underneath the podcast's description. Alternatively, tap the More (…) icon, then choose Rate show. Drag your finger or tap on one of the five stars to leave a rating. Thank you! The following apps might also allow you to rate and review the show. As of March 2022, there's no way to rate or review a show on Google Podcasts. Castbox Podcast Addict Podchaser Podbean Overcast (if you star certain episodes, or every one, that will help others find the show) HOW TO SHARE WELLNESS WHILE WALKING Wellness While Walking on Apple Wellness While Walking on Spotify Link for any podcast app: pod.link/walking Wellness While Walking website Or screenshot a favorite episode playing on your phone and share to social media or to a friend via text or email! Thanks for sharing! : ) DISCLAIMER Neither I nor many of my podcast guests are doctors or healthcare professionals of any kind, and nothing on this podcast or associated content should be considered medical advice. The information provided by Wellness While Walking Podcast and associated material, by Whole Life Workshop and by Bermuda Road Wellness LLC is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment, and before undertaking a new health care regimen, including walking. Thanks for listening to Wellness While Walking, a walking podcast and a "best podcast for walking"!
In this episode, I am joined by the exceptional leader, educator and author, Dr. Louann Brizendine. Louann Brizendine, M.D. completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She has also served on both the faculties of Harvard University and the University of California at San Francisco. She founded the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. Her NY Times bestseller: The Female Brain and its follow-up, The Male Brain continues to be read around the world. Her new book THE UPGRADE: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond was released in April 2022. Now as the Lynne and Marc Benioff endowed professor of clinical psychiatry at UCSF, Dr. Brizendine, continues to speak, write, research, and consult. Today we deep dive into all things perimenopause, the female brain and Louann's new book THE UPGRADE. Connect with us - Thank you for joining us today. If you could do me the honor of hitting the subscribe button, leaving a review, sharing this podcast with a friend, or tagging me on social media when you visit The Simplicity Sessions Community on Facebook or @jennpike on Instagram, I would be forever grateful. Connect with Dr. Louann Brizendine - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louannbrizendine/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louannbrizendine Learn more about the products and supports I recommend from some of our amazing partners - Eaton Hemp is my favourite CBD and hemp company. They are a hundred percent organic, they're unfiltered, and they are third-party tested. To experience Eaton Hemp, use the discount code JENNPIKE20 at eatonhemp.com/jennpike to save 20% off your order. St Francis Herb Farm education includes webinars, blogs and articles on important topics including the plant medicines that they create to promote women's health by targeting digestion, allergies, immune support, heart health, brain health, and sleep. I use and recommend their products and you can use the code JENNPIKE15 at checkout to save 15% off your order. GoodJuju makes all-natural, plastic-free home & body products that are good for you and good for the planet. Use JENNPIKE10 for 10% off your order. Skin Essence is Canadian-founded, organic, non-GMO, and does not test on animals; this company is one that we love and have around the house. You can even talk to the company to get advice on which products may be right to try first. Save 15% off your first order with the code JENNPIKE15 and use code JENNPIKE10 to save 10% off every order after that.
Episode 203 Find out what's in store for women entering this important phase of life: midlife and beyond. Hello there! Thank you for being here. I'm so happy to share this interview with Dr. Louann Brizendine as she shares her latest book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Better in Midlife and Beyond. The book is a must-read for women who are pre to post-menopause. Louann Brizendine, M.D. completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. Her New York Times bestseller, The Female Brain, and its follow-up, The Male Brain, continue to be read around the world. Dr. Brizendine joins the podcast to talk about: What to look forward to in your 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond Why life gets BETTER for women with each passing decade Making sleep a priority using Dr. Brizendines' sleep tips Click here to read this episode's full show notes. Click here to learn more about Dr. Brizendine. If you are interested in Sobriety Coaching with Lori, please visit my website.
Billy and Brian talk to Deanna Bryant, host of the Revive Your Midlife Marriage podcast. Deanna is a retired English teacher turned relationship coach for midlife couples. After facing her own midlife marriage struggles and getting outside help to overcome them, Deanna went back to school to become a relationship coach for midlife couples. She received a coaching diploma from Erickson International- The Art and Science of Coaching and studied relationship counseling at The Gottman Institute. She is here today to talk about how to revive your midlife marriage. We ask Deanna: --How did you go from being an English teacher to helping couples navigate their marriages in the second half of life? Can you talk a little bit about what you saw are the struggles in your own marriage and how getting outside help improved you and your husband's relationship with each other?--When couples work with you, they focus on cultivating deeper intimacy, updating their communication approach, and creating meaningful shared experiences. Talk about how those three have a tendency to fade in a marriage as we get older.--How do you go about cultivating deeper intimacy, updating communication approaches, and creating meaningful shared experiences?--Have you ever worked with a couple and thought to yourself, “You know what…it may be time to throw in the towel”? If so, how does that conversation go?--When we discussed The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine, we talked about how in the book they mention that 65% of divorces by people over the age of 50 are initiated by women, and they made it sound like some of that is linked to what Margaret Mead calls “postmenopausal zest”, which the book describes as a woman feeling freed from menstrual cycles and all that comes with it. Do you see a correlation here with the couples you've worked with?--Which episode from your podcast is your favorite and why?Like what you heard from Deanna Bryant? Contact her at:Instagram: @reviveyourmidlifemarriage Thank you for listening to the Mindful Midlife Crisis!Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Topics you want us to cover?Email: mindfulmidlifecrisis@gmail.comInstagram: @mindful_midlife_crisisTwitter: @mindfulmidlife"Like" and "Follow" us on Facebook: The Mindful Midlife Crisis PodcastPlease leave us a 5-Star Review! Doing so helps other people looking for a podcast like ours find it!We hope you enjoy this week's episode! If this episode resonates with you, please share it with your friends and family. If you're really feeling gracious, you can make a donation to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MMCpodcast. Your donations will be used to cover all of our production costs.Support the show
On today's episode, I was thrilled to welcome Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of the bestselling book “The Female Brain” and the new book “The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond.” Dr. Louann and I got into some amazing conversation around how our female hormones aren't just sex hormones, but are also neurochemicals (affecting our brains), how those changes are different between cycling women and women after menopause (which she calls “the upgrade”), and what women can expect from not just their brains but their entire lives after the upgrade. A must listen for any woman over 35!
Welcome to Low Carb Conversations with Leah Williamson and Holly Jean Mullen, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners. In this episode, Leah chats with Neuropsychiatrist and Author of the new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, by Dr. Louann Brizendine. Dr Brizendine shares newly emerging information about women in the second half of life: during midlife, women's brains are actually reshaped and “upgraded” in a way that creates new power, a bracing clarity, and a laser-like sense of purpose. Dr. Brizendine calls this process The Upgrade and argues that, if a woman knows how to step into her power and own her Upgrade, the second half of her life can be the better half. Listen in as Leah and Dr Brizendine chat about the Transition (the period of time leading to The Upgrade). Dr Brizendine shares her research on tips on making The Transition to the Upgrade a better experience through mindset, nutrition, exercise, sleep and more. Dr Brizendine wishes for women experiencing this transition to experience more joy and serenity in their lives. Articles: Tips on Counseling Perimenopausal Women on Diet and Exercise 10 Reasons to Look Forward to Menopause 8 Products That Can Help Ease Menopause Symptoms Learn more about becoming a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner here. TRY the Nutritional Therapy 101 FREE 7 Day course and get a taste of what you can learn! Ways you can help support the Podcast! We are truly appreciative of any support you can give to the podcast! Here are some ways you can help us reach more people each week: SUBSCRIBE to the podcast (if you don't already) so it automatically downloads for you each week and you never miss an episode. REVIEW – Leave a review on Apple Podcasts – it does not take very long to do and this really helps get the podcast seen by others. RECOMMEND the podcast to your friends and family – recommendations from someone you know and trust are always invaluable. DONATE – If you love the show and our content, consider making a donation by clicking the “Donate” now Pay Pal button on the right side of the website. GET SOCIAL – Join the Facebook Group, like the Facebook Page, and NOW ON INSTAGRAM GO SHOPPING using any affiliate links we post if you are thinking of buying a book or product we mention or recommend. We appreciate you, our listeners, and your support of the podcast allows us to reach more listeners, book amazing guests, and spread the messages of honest nutrition, health, and wellness. Thank you so much! Listen or subscribe with Siri or Alexa. Low-Carb Conversations Production by Kevin Kennedy-Spaien of Disc Of Light Media. Theme and interstitial music: Out of It (Rambling Man Remixes) by Andrew Bowden (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/andrewbowden/33629 Ft: Brad Sucks
Women widely perceive aging as a change worthy of fear and resistance. But what if approaching the second half of life is actually more of a celebration? Researcher, clinician and UCSF professor Dr. Louann Brizendine dives deep into the workings of the brain and finds that women can discover their best selves in their later stages of life with the right prescriptive advice. Since she published her studies centered on women's brain function in 2006, she has received an overwhelming response from the scientific community. Her latest research contains a profound understanding of the nature of the female brain and unlocks new potential for women to understand and optimize the powerful changes their brain undergoes in midlife. MLF ORGANIZER Denise Michaud SPEAKERS Dr. Louann Brizendine M.D., Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Clinical Psychiatry. University of California San Francisco; Founder, Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic, UCSF; Author, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife In Conversation with Katie Hafner Journalist; Host and Co-Executive Producer, "Lost Women of Science" Podcast; Author, The Boys (forthcoming); Twitter@katiehafner In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on April 20th, 2022 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Did you know that the female brain gets stronger and better in midlife and beyond? New York Times bestselling author Dr. Louann Brizendine shares how it happens in her new book, THE UPGRADE. Dr. Brizendine is a clinical psychiatrist who has written has written several popular books on the female and male brain. In her newest book, she explains that the terms perimenopause and menopause should become obscelete and replaced with terms such as The Upgrade. Dr. Brizendine summarizes the results from her most recent research to discuss how women in midlife are less inclined to cater to the needs of others, we become more centered and focused on one thing at a time vs. our old multitasking ways. Links to the book can be found in our show notes and wherever you purchase books. Enter for our Mother's Day Giveaway: https://www.subscribepage.com/mdgb2022 Subscribe to Hot Flashes & Cool Topics podcast on any podcast platform. www.hotflashescooltopics.com
This week we called in icon, legend and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Louann Brizendine to help us understand why we do the things we do: How a woman remembers fights that a man insists never happened Why thoughts about sex actually enter a woman's mind less often than they enter a man's Why women use more forms of communication per day than men How a woman over fifty is more likely to initiate divorce than a man Dr. Brizendine was among the first to explain why women think, communicate, and feel differently than men. She wrote the book The Female Brain (which was later turned into a movie starring Whitney Cummings) which absolutely changed my life and everyone's who read it. It was revolutionary and was the first time someone actually studied the fundamental ways in which women's brains and hormones are so different from men's. Her book is snarky, sassy and easy to understand but your mind will be absolutely blown. She explained: Orgasms and Antidepressants The differences between the male and female brain and how they can cause misunderstandings or tension Our moods and our cycle and how we can and should build our life around it Why we should actually be excited for menopause…? Yes, you read that last sentence correctly…I was shocked too. Dr.Brizendine's new book The Upgrade focuses on why post-menopausal life is actually much better than our youth. She details how to hack menopause and why it isn't the end of our life but rather the beginning… Download this episode of Tell Me About It with Jade Iovine wherever you get your podcasts! And to continue the conversation DM me: https://www.instagram.com/jadeiovine/ Executive Producer Nick Stumpf Produced by Catherine Law Edited and Engineered by Brandon Dickert See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dr Louann Brizendine is the best-selling author of The Female Brain and is here to talk to me about her latest book, The Upgrade: How the female brain gets stronger and better in midlife and beyond. The Upgrade amounts to a celebration of how women can step into their power and an entirely new—and radically positive—understanding of aging. We talk about: Why Louann wrote The Upgrade How our brains get stronger and better as we age and especially after menopause How menopause impacts our brains What the post menopause (upgrade) brain changes enable us to do How women can sometimes sabotage the upgrade How life gets better for women with each passing decade What we need to make the most of the upgrade The impact of stress on older women How to upgrade the gut brain team The importance of social connection Embracing the wisdom and power of the upgrade And more! Find more about Louann: Louann's website: louannbrizendine.com Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin Louann's book: The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave a review on iTunes or wherever you're listening. Find out how to leave a review here: bit.ly/leavepodcastreview You can find out more information and get the show notes to every episode at magnificentmidlife.com. That's also where you'll find strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent. There's a midlife wellness program, courses, midlife mentoring to help make the most of your next chapter, and our online membership program. If not now, when? Named #17 in the best 40 Women Over 50 podcasts globally by Feedspot
All too often the conversation around menopause has been ignored or misunderstood but there are many of us working to change the conversation. My guest today, Dr. Louann Brizendine is one of those voices of change. She is using her unique ability to make science approachable to create a positive new framework for this life stage. Her new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife & Beyond is a game changer! This book is for anyone going through perimenopause and menopause or even those of you in your late thirties. If you're older, you'll be able to relate to it and if you haven't started the transition, it will serve as a guide to what's to come and what you can do. Here's what others are saying about Dr. Louann's work: “Dr. Louann Brizendine's The Upgrade is uplifting, upbeat about the physical, mental and social health of women in the upper chamber of the life cycle. If you're 60 years old and up, you will love this book. As she did in The Female Brain (a bible for all women), Dr Brizendine writes clearly and jauntily, this time explaining why, generally, we get happier as we age. The Upgrade is an engrossing read, rich with science and psychology and hopefulness.”—Leslie Stahl, Correspondent, 60 minutes Knowledge is power and to go into menopause with more insight will hopefully make the process a little smoother. Gain some more knowledge in this inspiring conversation with Dr. Louann. Midlife and beyond can truly be some of the best years, there's science to prove it! Order The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife & Beyond. Join me in my Balance programs! Balance Eating Method Balance Program
An interview with Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of The Upgrade, available 4/19/2022. We spoke about the midlife change for women and EVERYTHING we have to look forward to. Watch the video uncut version at patreon.com/drfionalovely. Dr. Fiona Lovely is a health and wellness expert with specialties in restorative endocrinology, functional neurology and functional medicine.
"Biology is destiny unless you know what it's doing to you." - Dr. Louann Brizendine Today's guest, Dr. Louann Brizendine, New York Times Bestselling Author of "The Female Brain" and "The Male Brain" says it's time for a new and radically positive understanding of aging for women. In this episode, she shares actionable science-backed steps for increasing longevity and well-being from her new book "The Upgrade-How Women's Brain Gets Stronger and Better In Mid-life and Beyond." Dr. Brizendine went through her own struggle with her health while she was studying medicine as an undergraduate. Following her experience of being ignored and disbelieved, she was inspired to work in neuropsychiatry and has been on a mission ever since to help women understand their bodies and brains so they can be empowered. While studying the differences between males and females as a student, she found that she didn't agree with the general attitudes that only men's bodies should be studied and that female hormones would interfere with accurate results. Her belief that our biological differences should be celebrated made her somewhat of an Only in her field at the time-- and that's what inspired her to persevere. Listen in as Dr. Brizendine shares her Only story, how she overcomes her challenges, and why women's lives get better in the second half. We also talk about the four phases of The Transition, what women can do in the pre-transition phase of menopause to optimize their health, and the simple move you can do every day to help your brain. "I really learned what it's like as a patient not to be listened to." - Dr. Louann Brizendine Louann is also the Lynne ad Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Clinical Psychiatry a the University of California San Francisco and founder of the UCSF's Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic. She completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and completed her residency at Harvard Medical School. "Male and female brains are more alike than different." - Dr. Louann Brizendine Show Notes: What does the power of the only mean to Louann Why did Louann get into neuropsychiatry What is the purpose of a hormone Why do women's lives get better in the second half What are the four phases of The Transition What can women do in the pre-transition phase of menopause do to optimize their health What does leg strength have to do with brain health and longevity How does nine-round breathing work "I was obsessed with hormones and how they affected the female brain." - Dr. Louann Brizendine 3 Pieces of Advice or Action Steps: Persevere Forgive yourself Be kind to your body “Just keep swimming.” - Dr. Louann Brizendine Brand and Resource Mentions: Get your copy of The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond by Louann Brizendine Get your copy of The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine Connect with Dr. Louann Brizendine: Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | Louann Brizendine Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only! Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry, or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence, and representation, and to make an impact in your personal and professional life. Want even more insider tips, resources and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite-only YOU, Amplified!™ community! You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter. Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/61
My guest this week is Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and the author of The Female Brain and The Male Brain. She is the founder and director of the Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic and the Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic,Now, Louann has used her unique ability to make science approachable and offers in her new book The Upgrade an empowering vision of the years in a woman's life that have too often been ignored or misunderstood and creates a positive new framework for this life stage. She never uses the words perimenopause or menopause, with their suggestions of obsolescence. In our conversation we discuss: How as women let go of catering to others we become more centred and retain our gifts of perceptionThe change in the ratio of estrogen to testosterone makes us more direct and able to speak outThe drop in anxiety that allows our female brain to flip its attentional style from multitasking to focusing on one thing at a timeWith clear prescriptive advice, Louann also offers specific ways women can fend off dementia, increase longevity and well-being, and find their best selves at this stage of life.There's is so much positivity in this conversation and demonstration of the upgraded female brain as centered, direct, validated, focused, fearless, expansive, and free. You can preorder a copy of The Upgrade here Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/thriving-thru-menopause/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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