Musings

A place for the things that intrigue me, inspire me and continue to shape the way I understand the world and my place within it.

I write about plants and the living earth, the intelligence of the body, the passages of a woman's life and our relationship with the cycles and seasons. There is room here too for ritual, myth, magick and the older ways of knowing that continue to hold my curiosity.

Some of what I share comes from years of study and practice, some from making, growing, walking, reading and paying attention to the world around me. Other musings begin with something unexpected that catches my interest and leads me somewhere I hadn't anticipated.

This is where I gather them

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Urinary Tract Infections

Recurring UTIs post menopause and post hysterectomy are very common.

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Iron

Iron deficiency is one of the most common symptoms in women during peri-to-post menopause and despite myth is really has very little to do with how much meat you eat.

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Fibre

A high fibre diet is extremely important for a number of reasons. Eating a large variety of fresh fruits, grains and vegetables supports your gut health.

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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

We are exposed to EDCs every single day, and these have a direct impact on our hormones.

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Rogue Hairs

Women in their peri menopause may begin noticing stray hairs on their face, the odd rogue hair is not uncommon

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Sugar Health

Our Sugar intake affects everything from our mood, to our cognitive function. During Menopause, it can also affect our frequency of hot flashes

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Brain Fog

Studies show continuous unresolved high cortisol and/or poor sleep directly links to cognitive decline during the menopause transition. Cognitive decline can be irreparable if left unresolved, and so more than ever our management of issues is of critical importance

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HRT

The peri-menopause transition brings with it many uncomfortable symptoms, from sleep deprivation to hot flashes, weight gain to sore joints and everything in between and it can last from 5-10 years, before it moves into full menopause when hormone depletion is at its highest and for many women symptoms can last decades.

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Liver Health

The Liver is the star of our endocrine system, it is critically important to the bodies filtration and detoxification. Everything that enters the body, through the mouth, skin or breath goes through the liver.

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Magnesium

The menopause transition phase can bring on anxiety, disrupted sleep and increased stress levels as well as other symptoms like leg cramping and sheer exhaustion.

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Lymphatic Function

Our bodies are bombarded with over 2 million toxins every single year, our lymphatic system is one of our bodies primary forms of defense. It literally acts as our drainage system, eliminating waste from our bodies for us!

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Menopause Testing

Hormone blood tests seeking to diagnose peri-to-post menopause are not an informative or reliable approach. Continuously, our hormone levels are fluctuating and a reading on one day, could read totally different 24hrs later and this can be very misleading.

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Hormone Harmony

We have a vast number of hormones and during this phase many of these can be tipped over or in turn impact one and other, think of it like an orchestra, a few of them out of sync and the show can’t go on.⁣

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