13. Let's talk (gulp) perimenopause and how to do life transitions gracefully with guest Nerida Firman

09/17/23 • 48 min

Today we talk with Nerida Firman, owner of Barre Society in Bendigo, about the transition women undertake through midlife.

Women in the 35-60 year age bracket can often be overlooked by both medical and fitness industries with major hormonal changes taking place in the body.

We dive into some ways to lean into and nurture your body through perimenopause to feel confident in the skin you are in! In this episode we cover:

Changes in your body being frustrating
When selfcare, diet or exercise actions that used to work don’t work anymore
Misconceptions around when menopause starts
Midlife being the busiest time of people’s lives, particularly with children
How changes are not all doom and gloom
How metabolism changes in midlife
The midlife spread and why it happens
Sleep changes and how helpful rest can still be
Poor sleep can contribute to making weight loss harder
The two types of inflammation - acute and chronic
Using diet to fill yourself with good stuff first
The benefit of the Mediterranean diet
Looking at what time to eat certain foods
Resistance and strength training. Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
Show notes: https://www.soulcarebendigo.com.au/podcast
Soul Care Bendigo website: https://www.soulcarebendigo.com.au
Soul Care Bendigo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulcarebendigo/
Soul Care Bendigo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090347516510
Email: [email protected]
Barre Society: www.barresociety.com.au

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Today we talk with Nerida Firman, owner of Barre Society in Bendigo, about the transition women undertake through midlife.

Women in the 35-60 year age bracket can often be overlooked by both medical and fitness industries with major hormonal changes taking place in the body.

We dive into some ways to lean into and nurture your body through perimenopause to feel confident in the skin you are in! In this episode we cover:

Changes in your body being frustrating
When selfcare, diet or exercise actions that used to work don’t work anymore
Misconceptions around when menopause starts
Midlife being the busiest time of people’s lives, particularly with children
How changes are not all doom and gloom
How metabolism changes in midlife
The midlife spread and why it happens
Sleep changes and how helpful rest can still be
Poor sleep can contribute to making weight loss harder
The two types of inflammation - acute and chronic
Using diet to fill yourself with good stuff first
The benefit of the Mediterranean diet
Looking at what time to eat certain foods
Resistance and strength training. Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
Show notes: https://www.soulcarebendigo.com.au/podcast
Soul Care Bendigo website: https://www.soulcarebendigo.com.au
Soul Care Bendigo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulcarebendigo/
Soul Care Bendigo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090347516510
Email: [email protected]
Barre Society: www.barresociety.com.au

If you enjoyed this episode, SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW. I would be ever so grateful if you would leave a review on Apple or Spotify.

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12. Let’s Talk Energy: Connecting with your “knowing”

This episode is all about intuition: from the disconnection of our knowing to how to better trust our intuition.

Everyone is born with a knowing, or intuition, but sometimes it can be hard to tap into it.

We dive into the spirit world as I share my experiences of being able to connect with a greater power.

In this episode we cover:

· How intuition can serve you

· It can feel like a sense of familiarity

· Everything carries energy from animals to humans to technology

· We are all born with a knowing, or hypervigilance

· Knowing there is a higher power can help people deal with life’s quirks

· Intuition can be like an internal light within us that we can trust

· How spirits can contact us through intuition

· Welcoming superpowers rather than using the phrase ‘woo woo’ as a warning

· Signs to look for that show you are connected to your knowing

· Creating boundaries in the spirit world

· Allowing your superpowers in and abundance to follow.

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

· Show notes: https://www.soulcarebendigo.com.au/podcast

· Soul Care Bendigo website: https://www.soulcarebendigo.com.au

· Soul Care Bendigo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulcarebendigo/

· Soul Care Bendigo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090347516510

· Email: [email protected]

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14. Who the f**k does she think she is?

There are three women inside of me: the powerhouse go-getter who has no time for BS, there’s the gypsy dreamer who wants to take her family in a caravan around the country and cut hair along the way, to the mother who is content being settled with simple family life. Who the f**k do they think they all are?

Today we look at balancing different versions within yourself, or hats you need to wear, to allow all parts of you to feel satisfied.

In this episode we cover:

Balancing different versions of you
Feeling the pull between the different versions of yourself
Growth is in the challenge and the failures of life
Learning how to appease all sides of yourself
Working out what your values are so you can stay true to your personal values
Personal values can align between all sides of you, due to those common values
Finding ways to make sure you are always living your values to their full extent, and questioning any inconsistencies.

Resources and links mentioned in this episode: