MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: Alcohol, Osteoporosis & Bone Health – Understanding the Risks for Midlife Women
Alcohol consumption has long been studied for being detrimental to bones. The irony wasn’t lost on me. Here we were at a recent social event and she was already on her third glass of wine. No, I wasn’t counting. She told me this when she offered to pour me a glass of wine. I turned […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: The remarkable connection between menopause symptoms, sore joints and the circadian rhythm.
The email arrived over the weekend. The lady works north of Perth in the mines. “I’m really concerned about my sleep” she mentioned. “I work shifts in the mines and shift work is wrecking havoc on my sleep patterns. My hot flushes seem worse, even though it’s winter, so I’m already dreading summer when it […]
MyMT™ Education for Practitioners: New Research – Is Grounding the Anti-inflammatory Remedy to Reduce Hot Flushes?
Whether it’s on grass, or concrete, a forest track or the beach, then explaining to your midlife female clients to kick off their shoes and ‘ground’ themselves with the earth’s surface for a minimum of 15 minutes, is an important part of your anti-inflammatory menopause symptom management coaching. This practice is known as ‘grounding’ or […]
MyMT™ Education: New Research – What exercise benefits liver inflammation the most?
There is very little mention of the health of the liver in exercise and sports science studies in female athletes. I know this because for many years I lectured to students on exercise and sports physiology. My attention turned to this subject as more and more runners, exercise instructors, body-builders and sports and fitness enthusiasts, […]
MyMT™ Education: Why do feet become hot and sore during the menopause transition?
Understanding Menopause and Sore Feet Most women, nor their Practitioners, never give the ageing of the feet and legs a thought during the perimenopause to post-menopause transition … that is until the client’s mobility becomes affected. Positioning the menopause transition in health and ageing physiology during my doctoral studies, gave me incredible insight about why […]
“I feel so empowered in helping women get the right lifestyle information for menopause.”
Today I presented on menopause to nutrition / dietetics undergraduate students and staff at the Nutritional Science department at University College Cork (my Alma Mater). Attached are photos and a copy of the advertising flyer for the guest lecture. The room was almost full to capacity, and a few male students attended! Good Q&A at […]
MyMT™ Education: Why are your clients experiencing morning hot flushes? The Cortisol Awakening Response [CAR].
Lesson 8, Topic 2 Module 12: Preparing for your Case Study Client Lesson Progress Module 12: PDF Summary Working with a case study client: As part of this course, you will start to implement your learnings with a case study client and then submit your findings and reflections at the end of the course. This […]
MyMT™ Education: Understanding the ageing bladder in menopause.
I know that menopause and frequent urination, especially during the early morning hours of the night, affects many of your clients. That’s because it’s a frequent question in my live zoom calls for the Practitioner course. I also know that it affects numerous women as they transition menopause. When I take my live Masterclass events, […]
MyMT™ Education: Symptoms that aren’t related to Menopause – Burning Tongue Syndrome
It’s not often that someone in my own private coaching group, doesn’t bring up a symptom that they didn’t think was a symptom of menopause! From burning tongue syndrome, to hair loss, to dizziness, palpitations and more, many women who I come across don’t know that most of these obscure symptoms which appear in the […]
MyMT™ Education: Exercise Behaviour Change – Supporting active ageing for women.
‘Adopting healthy behaviours implies a multitude of challenges for individuals and unfortunately, medical advice and prescriptions do not guarantee lifestyle changes,’ mentions research out of Spain, calling for a greater alliance between Clinicians and Health Professionals, especially when it comes to women’s exercise in the menopause transition and of course, exercise adherence. [Godoy-Izquierdo et al., […]