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Life After Menopause
by Karen O‘Connor
Menopause, Marriage & Motherhood - Every woman will experience at least one of those things but all of us experience life through a female lens.And midlife, with its physical, emotional and lifestyle changes, often demands that we take stock of our lives and look at everything in different ways.Join me, Karen O’Connor, and my guests each week as we take an in-depth look topics close to home such as health, families, finances and our changing relationships, to wider issues such as women’s rights, equality and stress in the workplace. If you’ve asked the question or thought about something to do with life after 50, you’ll hopefully find a podcast about it here. And if you don’t, message me because it’ll probably be a great topic to cover!Subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss a single thought provoking episode: https://www.mmmpodcast.me/email
Episodes
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Why it's crucial to process our negative emotions with Dr Marny Lishman
Many of us grew up with people telling us not to be angry or not to be "ridiculous" - this idea that we can show some emotion, but we have to suppress others. Dr Marny Lishman is a psychologist who joins me this episode to talk about adaptability, wellbeing and change. After the last couple of...
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Suzanne Storrie: Creating a Routine for Focus and Goal Achievement
In this thought-provoking episode, join us as we venture into the multifaceted world of Suzanne Storrie, a former corporate executive turned dairy farmer and executive coach. Suzanne takes us through her incredible life transformation, sharing insights on how cultivating a meaningful routine can...
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The Guilt and Grief of Midlife
Midlife comes with a whole heap of angst, worries, concerns, confronting changes, all of it. In this episode, I take a look at how to handle all the changes that are going on without losing your mind (too much!) Find out more here: lifeaftermenopause.net/ep228
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Fake Forgiveness, Passive Aggression and Why Being Grateful Suppresses Women’s Power
In this episode, Karen reflects on her personal journey of self-discovery and shares their thoughts on gratitude and forgiveness. She explores the idea of gratitude being linked to the patriarchy and how it may be used to suppress women's power. She also discuss forgiveness and express her...
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Dr Ivana Matic-Stancin: Approaching Perimenopause Holistically, and Why Women Need Each Other During and After Menopause
Dr. Ivana Matic Stanson discusses the importance of taking a holistic approach to perimenopausal health. She also highlights the societal messages and expectations that can add to the stress and overwhelm experienced by women during this transition. By providing education, support, and guidance,...
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Lyndal Stellenberg: Overcoming Body Image Issues, and Embracing Summer
Lyndal Sterenberg, founder of Es Una, talks about her journey in creating a swimwear brand that focuses on body confidence and comfort. Lyndal emphasises the importance of finding swimwear that takes away the anxiety many women feel about their bodies and allows them to enjoy summer activities...
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Life After Menopause: The Importance of Trusting Your Intuition and Recognising Toxic Relationships
In this episode, Karen reflects on her personal experiences over the past year and discusses the importance of trusting one's gut instinct and recognising toxic relationships. She shares her journey of post-menopause and how it has brought clarity and a sense of liberation. She also delves into…
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The most dramatic year of my life: Turning 60, Separation, Moving House
In this episode, Karen O'Connor reflects on her podcast journey and shares updates on her life over the past year. She discusses the vulnerability and challenges of sharing personal thoughts and experiences. Karen explores the concept of finding purpose in life and the pressure society places on...
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The Best of 2023: Menopause, Toxic Relationships, Essential Oils and more!
Karen O'Connor reflects on the most popular episodes of her podcast from the past year. She highlights snippets from interviews with various guests, covering topics such as aromatherapy for menopause symptoms, managing hormones in menopause, toxic relationships, essential oils, and the importance...
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The Shocking Truth Behind Your Menopausal Weight Gain with Sylvia North
In this episode, Sylvia North discusses the impact of insulin resistance on women's health during perimenopause and menopause. If you have gained weight and are having difficulty losing weight, you may have a resistance to insulin. As we get older we lose a lot of estrogen which can lead to this...
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Navigating Relationships with Ex-In-Laws During Christmas with Nancy Diaz
In this episode Nancy Diaz, shares her journey of moving to Australia and finding her calling in working with this specific population. Nancy emphasizes the importance of self-care and the challenges faced by women in balancing cultural expectations and their own desires. She also discusses the...
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Navigating the Holidays After Divorce: Tips for Dealing with Your Ex’s Family with Laura Petrie
In this episode Laura Petrie talks about how to navigate relationships with ex-in-laws after a separation or divorce, particularly during the holiday season. Laura shares five tips for managing these situations, including setting up for success, putting the children first, setting boundaries,...
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Why Diets Fail During Menopause with Rachel Freiman
It's one of the dreaded symptoms of menopause: The Menopause Belly, the weight that can't be shifted no matter what you do. It's as though suddenly, everything that used to work, no longer works anymore, it actually makes things worse. Which leads to the question: what can we do? Not just to stay...
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The Life Changing And Unknown Side Effect of Menopause with Mairi Thompson
In this episode, Mairi Thomson talks about a little known side effect of peri-menopause and menopause: bone density loss. There is a huge need for women to become aware of this condition and be proactive in managing their bone density before any loss becomes irreversible. In this episode, Mairi...
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The Ultimate Midlife Guide To Wokeness With Nina Thom, Author
Are you "woke"? Are you against "woke" and what it stands for? Do you understand the term? Do you know what it's really talking about? In these days of fast-changing terminology, a common word can change its meaning and the implications of being labelled by that word in an instant. "Woke" is a...
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Mastering Jet Lag: The Ultimate Guide to Beating Travel Exhaustion
Did you know that Jet Lag can have a much wider impact beyond just being tired for a few days? Most of us know that jet lag disrupts our body clock, leading to daytime sleepiness, brain fog, and mood changes, but how many of us have considered the wider impact that these disruptions can have on...
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Becoming Your Own Best Friend: Ten Steps to Liking Who You Are | Pip Mckay
Many of us do things to "improve" ourselves, whether that's personal development courses, reading self-help books or listening to podcasts (thanks!), but how many of us do those things because we believe there's something wrong with us? The problem is the person we have to spend the most time…
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How To Survive Medical Trauma with Shana Pereira
When trauma of any kind descends on us, it can be very difficult to keep from sinking into depression, hopelessness and apathy but some people seem to manage it. How do you manage your emotions, take responsibility while being open to other people's ideas, and allow your loved ones to support you...
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women Of Colour During Menopause
Menopause can be a very stressful time but imagine what it's like when that's compounded with a healthcare system that's biased against you. Studies show that women of colour experience menopause at an earlier age and with much stronger symptoms than their caucasian counterparts. Menopause can be...
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Speak Your Truth: The Path to Finding Your Voice with Emmanuela Grace
Our voices naturally change over time through age, hormones and all the different life experiences that we have. But what happens when your voice changes to the point where you have difficulty being heard in conversation or you sound timid or uncertain? How do you overcome that? When singer and...
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Hot Topic: Racism In Australia Today with Pamela Anderson, CEO of EMILYs List Australia
Australia is coming up to The Voice Referendum and apparently becoming more of a "divided nation" by the day. But why do First Nations people need a special mention in the constitution? Shouldn't the constitution cover them already? Have you ever tried to explain to someone what sexism is but…
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Carbon Footprints: Why It’s Not All About Planting More Trees with Richie Mulder
We've probably all heard the term "carbon footprint" but how many of us know what our carbon footprint is, why it matters and what we can do about it? And minimising or negating our carbon footprint goes way beyond planting a few trees. Carbon footprint refers to the total amount of greenhouse...
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Women In Conversation: Why Doctors Don’t Know About Menopause with Julia Browne
In most Western countries, there's no requirement for GPs to have any knowledge of menopause and the complications it can cause. Indeed, in Australia, until recently, any study of Menopause was an optional extra in a medical degree even though 50% of women will suffer symptoms that impact their...
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Preserving Your Well-being: The Value of Professional Support During Separation
The average separation/divorce takes three years to complete and 70% of people leave the relationship emotionally two years before they leave the relationship physically. Yet very few of us spend that time thinking about how the process will go and what they want the future to look like. How much...
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Don’t Do Separating Alone: How To Get The Support We Need
When we're feeling anxious or depressed, we often feel very alone. When you add wanting to leave your partner into that mix, the helplessness and overwhelm can increase exponentially. Many of us hide just how unhappy we are with our lives behind facades, to ourselves as well as to everyone else…
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Dating After 50: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities
Ending a long term relationship is difficult enough with all the fears and uncertainties that go with that but the thought of getting back onto the dating scene after a 20- or 30-year relationship can be even more daunting. We all hear the horror stories of the current dating scene, particularly...
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Trust Betrayed: Can Infidelity be a One-Time Mistake or is ’Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater’ True? with Dr Dee Tozer
What do you do when you find out your partner has cheated on you? Or they've been lying about something? How do you rebuild trust? Can you rebuild trust? All good relationships are built on some kind of trust and when that's broken by one or both of the parties, it can be almost impossible to...
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The Art of Reading People: Unveiling the Hidden Benefits of Understanding Others with Alan Stevens
Reading people is a crucial skill that enhances our understanding of others, fosters empathy, and improves communication. Through observation of facial expressions, body language, and verbal cues, we gain valuable insights into a person's emotions, intentions, and thoughts, often going beyond…
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Reshaping Your Reality: Psychological Strategies for Shifting Limiting Beliefs with Dr Kirsty Seward
Body image, overeating, bingeing, overexercising, self image, they all go hand in hand. You can't change any of them permanently without getting to the reasons behind the beliefs that cause that behaviour Self-awareness and understanding one's emotional relationship with food play a pivotal role....
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The Hidden Price of Settling: Understanding the Impact of an Okay Relationship
Leaving a relationship is an emotionally challenging - and charged - decision, but if there's nothing particularly wrong, if the relationship is just a bit meh, how do you justify even going to counselling, never mind separating? This can be one of the biggest problems: if there's not much wrong,...
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Finding True Love After Menopause with Pip McKay
We get to certain points in life and struggle to find meaning or purpose for our lives and ourselves any more. Midlife / Menopause is one of them. What do you do when you just don't see the point in what you're doing? When everything is 'meh' and there's no spark in life? Most of us have hit that...
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From Hot Flashes to Thyroid Crashes: Demystifying Midlife Hormonal Changes with Emma Drady | Naturopath
Menopause is a challenge in and of itself but when you add in the fact that thyroid issues are likely to appear during peri/menopause, it takes things to a whole new level. One day you're feeling on top of the world, the next, your thyroid decides to throw a wild party, leaving you exhausted,...
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Beyond Broccoli: Why Government Control of Children’s Diets Raises Red Flags
Here's the question: since there's been a big rise in childhood obesity in recent years, should governments have more of an involvement in what children do and don't eat? Should they be monitoring the foods they're given? Should they be monitoring the food we're all given, beyond just the safety...
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From Whispers to Words: Writing a Letter to Your Vagina as a Journey of Self-Discovery with Danielle Dal Cortivo
Have you ever stopped to consider the potential of a heartfelt letter to the most intimate parts of yourself? Let's face it, you probably haven't but it might just be the missing piece in your life. Firstly, think of the therapy it could provide. Pouring out your thoughts and feelings onto paper,...
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Closing the Gap: Why Women in Politics Need Support
Women face numerous barriers when trying to achieve many things in life, but when they enter politics, those gender biases and stereotypes go up to a whole new level. From discrimination and harassment, both online and offline, to traditional gender roles and societal expectations, to media focus...
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The Midlife Showdown: Standing Tall and Holding Your Own with Liza Baker
The menopause years, where we become experts in the fine art of standing up for ourselves. It's like getting a Ph.D. in being an unstoppable force. When you reach a certain age, it seems like we're surrounded by people who think they can dismiss our opinions because we don't know what we're…
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Is Obesity A Result Of Laziness? with Ryan O’Connor
I wonder how many people if they were being completely, 100% honest with themselves would admit that somewhere in the dark, hidden recesses of their minds, they believe, even just a little bit, that obesity is the result of laziness. Our minds are incredible things but we process so much...
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Gymtimidation: How Do You Dress For The Gym - Tracy Taylor | CBF Clothing
When you're not feeling good about yourself but you also want to get back into shape, going to the gym can be a challenge, to say the least. Most gyms are places where people go to show off their abs, their biceps, their glutes, they're not places where anyone who doesn't feel amazingly good…
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Why Being A Female Is A Huge Disadvantage
Overhearing a conversation between two male relatives as a child where they're discussing the fact that it was a shame that you were born a girl because with your personality and gifts, you should have been born a boy, will have a huge impact on how you view yourself and your gender. The fastest...
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Three Steps To Help You Release Stress & Trauma with Chana Studley
You might not think of peri-menopause or painful periods as being traumatic, but any woman who's experience one or both knows how debilitating they can be both mentally and physically. The brain fog, the forgetfulness, the lost work days, the concern that you're losing your mind, the stress about...
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Why Men’s Emotional Immaturity Causes More Problems As We Grow Older
It's no secret that men are often emotionally immature and it can be a huge source of frustration and resentment - and the major cause for separation - for their partners. Emotional immaturity in a partner can lead to unhealthy relationships, lack of communication and trust, and ultimately, an...
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How ”You’re Doing It Wrong!” Affects Us In Midlife
Basically, regardless of where it's coming from - ourselves or others - invalidation is a form of emotional abuse. Invalidation can be subtle or overt, but it always has the same effect: to make us feel small and insignificant. We all have opinions (some of them are definitely Opinions) and we're...
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Becoming a Mother at 57 years old with Barb Higgins
I found it physically and emotionally challenging when I had my fourth child when I was 40, but having a third child aged 57, I just cannot imagine. But that's what Barb Higgins did. A few years ago, Barb's teenaged daughter died suddenly from an undiagnosed brain tumour, then Barb's husband…
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How to Overcome Your Fear of Confrontation
The Merriam Webster Dictionary says, "The English language has many fine words for “coward”... However, fine though they may be, none of these words have the evocative power that comes from compounding quake and buttock." Like many of us, particularly women, I am a quakebuttock when it comes to...
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How To Deal With Toxic Behaviour with Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin, Psychologist
Anxious feelings can be hard to process and understand but when we ignore them, they can manifest in unexpected ways. Depression, sleeplessness and nervousness about our daily lives are the usual things we associate with anxiety, but things like being closed minded, needing to get things right…
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How To Get Off The Midlife Emotional Roller Coaster | Separation and Moving house
When we're going through a highly emotional and stressful time (such as separating from our partner and/or moving home... maybe both at the same time), it's so easy to feel like we're on an emotional roller coaster. But what if you just can't afford to be on that roller coaster because there's…
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Midlife Reckoning: Do You Take Time Out Of Your Relationship? Or Do You Just Head Straight For Divorce?
When you've been in a relationship for a very long time, it can get to the stage where you and your partner are just your irritations, resentments, and complaints when you're interacting with each other. The days where you were so in love that you listened to them as someone who is basically...
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How To Alleviate The Symptoms of Menopause & Peri-Menopause with Liza Baker
Menopause and Perimenopause are so much more than just physical changes. Nutrition can have a huge impact on the way you experience this journey. A balanced diet can alleviate many symptoms, making this a smoother transition. Discover how proper nutrition during perimenopause can help reduce…
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The Truth About Trauma And Addiction with Dr Alice Kerby
Trauma is not necessarily just one big, overwhelming event. It can also be the result of ongoing stress and anxiety. And any kind of trauma can lead to addiction, which is why it's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in order to prevent it from leading to more serious…
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Why we’re more than just what we eat with nutritionist Sally Imeson
Eating right is important – but it’s far from the only way to take care of ourselves. It’s about building healthy habits and creating positive changes in our life. It's about understanding what works best for you in terms of nutrition and exercise, but also recognizing the importance of finding...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Menopause, Marriage & Motherhood - Every woman will experience at least one of those things but all of us experience life through a female lens.And midlife, with its physical, emotional and lifestyle changes, often demands that we take stock of our lives and look at everything in different ways.Join me, Karen O’Connor, and my guests each week as we take an in-depth look topics close to home such as health, families, finances and our changing relationships, to wider issues such as women’s rights, equality and stress in the workplace. If you’ve asked the question or thought about something to do with life after 50, you’ll hopefully find a podcast about it here. And if you don’t, message me because it’ll probably be a great topic to cover!Subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss a single thought provoking episode: https://www.mmmpodcast.me/email
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Karen O‘Connor
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