#3 Understanding Perimenopause by Cycle Tracking with Emily Barclay

This week’s guest is Emily Barclay.  Emily created The Perimenopause Hub three years ago and now has 40,000 members.  Emily is also a personal trainer and a dog lover!Emily’s passion to support other women in a way which is supportive and practical shines brightly throughout this conversation. In this episode we talk about:  How Emily was the fittest she’d ever been at 39 and how she’d been training for an iron man triathlon.  How only 4 months later, she was exhausted, gaining weight and had trouble sleeping but had no idea why until 3 and half years later.How overexercising can be more of a stressor rather than a stress relief.Why listening to and trusting your body is so important during perimenopause.The power of cycle tracking.How Emily was inspired to create an online space to raise awareness and support other women going through Perimenopause.How perimenopause can be a pivotal time of life and a trigger to finding your true purpose. You can join The Perimenopause Facebook group here.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/perimenohub/?multi_permalinks=3263724540615934Website is https://perimenopausehub.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/perimenopausehub/To email Polly: [email protected]://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/ Tracking apps Emily mentions are:https://helloclue.com/https://flo.health/https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/Download 15 Breaths to Calm Anxiety - a FREE 5 minute audio to calm you down in real time.Download The Breath Check-Up - your FREE guide to understanding how well you're breathing right now.Download my energising 5 Minute Morning Practice to get your day started in the best way possible.To find out more about my membership The Inner Space go to:  https://www.pollywarren.com/theinnerspaceEmail me at:  [email protected]://www.pollywarren.com/https://www.instagram.com/pollywarrencoaching/