Inside everyday empowerment with Clarissa Krisjansson

01/11/23 • 46 min

My guest Clarissa Kristjansson PhD is an internationally recognized menopause educator. She specialises in Yang Sheng, TCM nutrition, medical qigong and mindfulness. She is passionate about nurturing the body, mind and spirit in harmony with the natural rhythms of nature during perimenopause. Clarissa is the host of the popular Thriving Thru Menopause podcast, she lectures and teaches around the world as well as meeting clients through online courses and 1 to 1 consultations.

We talk about Everyday Empowerment

What it might look like
how it can help us in perimenopause and menopause
Why seasonal living is much simpler than you think
why is it the counter to the huge rise of women being sold to in menopause
how following the seasons will help with your perimenopause
Why less is more

Ancient wisdom for peri brought up to date!
Clarissa's website is: https://www.thrivethrumenopause.com/
The podcast is Thriving Through Menopause
Instagram is: @thrivingthrumenopause

You can buy me a cuppa here - https://buymeacoffee.com/katecodrington
The Perimenopause Journal and Second Spring are available from all good retailers
Kate's free resource library is here https://subscribepage.io/kates-resource-library
Instagram @kate_codrington
Perimenopause Unwrapped online course https://woman-kind.co.uk/perimenopause-unwrapped-online-course/
Perimenopause Starter Kit https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/perimenopause-starter-kit-online-course/
Music
Trust Me by RYYZN
Artwork
Kate's portrait by Lori Fitzdoodles

We talk about Everyday Empowerment

What it might look like
how it can help us in perimenopause and menopause
Why seasonal living is much simpler than you think
why is it the counter to the huge rise of women being sold to in menopause
how following the seasons will help with your perimenopause
Why less is more

Ancient wisdom for peri brought up to date!
Clarissa's website is: https://www.thrivethrumenopause.com/
The podcast is Thriving Through Menopause
Instagram is: @thrivingthrumenopause

Previous Episode

Inside the unseen with photographer Rosie Barnes

I first came across Rosie Barnes's photography through her exhibition ‘No you’re not’ a striking series of portraits and statements from autistic women who have been successful in academia and business. Two images from this series have been included in the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Gallery in London. Rosie is a documentary and fine art photographer with a particular interest in our relationship with the natural world. She also makes work about disability, difference, community and family. She has exhibited internationally, most recently in Sweden and China and has been commissioned by the Guardian, the FT, and the Wellcome Collection, amongst others.

We talk about her work and the images of autistic women, the value of shyness, Rosie’s route into photography, her funny, haunting work around nature and our relationship to it, what it’s like to see her work exhibited on a huge scale, and Rosie’s fascinating project to create a truly integrated, community housing project.
Rosie's website is www.rosiebarnes.com
Rosie's Instagram is @rosiebarnesphoto
The No You're Not series can be seen at https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/Yd8L-hAAAIAWFxqa

Next Episode

Inside climate activism

This episode is all about how the understanding of ourselves as cyclical beings can help us navigate the climate emergency. Giulietta Durante of Hormones in Harmony, Natasha Richardson from Forage Botanicals and period educator Tara Ghosh all kindly volunteered to share their wisdom and experience, we talk about:

· How to manage climate anxiety

· How to manage your nervous system and make a difference

· How living cyclically helps you and the planet

· How to have difficult conversations about the climate emergency

· Being your own kind of activist

· Plus many great tips to make a difference to climate change in your everyday life
Here is the info and links for my guests:
Giulietta Durante: Hormones in Harmony
Giulietta is a menstrual cycle nutritionist on a mission to show you how your menstrual cycle can be the key to accessing the most complete version of yourself. Through hormone-healing nutrition she will inspire you to align with the powers of your menstrual cycle and deepen your connection to self so that you can explore and redefine what it means to live in harmony with your hormones. Giulietta’s unconventional blend of hard science and a love for spirituality have earned her the title of ‘Hormone Whisperer’; and she loves nothing more than weaving together her extensive biochemical knowledge of hormones with more intuitive ways of healing to help you live your best hormonal life.
Website https://www.hormonesinharmony.co.uk/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hormones_in_harmony/
Natasha Richardson: Forage Botanicals
Natasha Richardson has a Bsc (Hons) in herbal medicine and is trained as a doula and antenatal teacher. She ran a successful clinic for over 10 years helping with menstrual complaints from menarche to menopause before writing her book ‘Your Period Handbook’. Now she has a team that takes patients while she focuses on product development and community relationships whilst raising her son and researching at Oxford University on her Masters in design history where she has investigated women's medicine from 1850-2010.
Website https://foragebotanicals.co.uk/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/foragebotanicals/
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