YOUR BODY IS TALKING. ARE YOU LISTENING?
What does a toothache have to do with menopause? Apparently, more than I knew. 👀
On this episode of Carrie Connects™ Podcast, I sat down with Lisa Feveck RD, a Menopause Dietitian and Coach joining us from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹, and this conversation had me questioning how much most of us actually know about something every woman will experience if she lives long enough.
Lisa told me that one of the symptoms that eventually sent her searching for answers was a toothache so bad she thought she needed a root canal. 🦷 The problem was, every time she went to the dentist, he couldn’t find anything wrong. Then came heart palpitations, anxiety, hair loss and random pains. She went to different specialists, had tests come back normal and kept being told it might be stress. Eventually, she started asking a different question: What if these things are connected?
That’s where this conversation got REALLY interesting.
Most of what I knew about menopause could probably be summed up in a few words: your period stops, you get hot flashes, your hormones act up and somewhere around 50 you’re officially in menopause. Lisa started explaining the difference between perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause, and I literally stopped her in the middle of her explanation.
“Wait a minute. Don’t go too fast. Pump the brakes.” 🛑
She had just said something about menopause that I had never heard in my life. I’m not going to tell you what it was because I want you to hear her explain it. What I will tell you is that once she did, a whole lot of what I thought I understood about menopause went straight out the window. 🤯
And that wasn’t the only surprise. We talked about symptoms women may never think to connect to hormonal changes, why waiting for the stereotypical hot flash may cause us to miss what our bodies have already been telling us, and why some changes can show up physically, mentally and emotionally. Our LIVE audience got involved too, sharing experiences and asking questions that took the conversation into places I hadn’t planned. 🗣️
Of course, somebody asked whether we should all run to the gym. 🏃🏾♀️ Lisa’s answer wasn’t the usual “exercise more” advice we’ve all heard a thousand times. We talked about movement, stress and why what works for one woman may not be where another woman needs to start.
We also talked about food, and I specifically wanted to know how Lisa works with real women living real lives. Women have budgets. We have families to feed. We have cultural foods we enjoy. Some women are managing other health concerns. Most of us don’t need somebody handing us a generic sheet of foods and pretending we all live the same life. Lisa’s approach is much more individualized, and she said something during that conversation that I loved: “Food shouldn’t stress you out. Enough things in this life stress us out.” 🙌🏾
The conversation eventually went beyond symptoms and food. We talked about relationships, mental health, medical appointments, advocating for yourself and the habit so many women have of taking care of everybody else while putting themselves somewhere at the bottom of the list.
At one point I said, “Confusion is expensive, but clarity pays for life.” 💡 I normally say that when I’m talking about finances, but it fit this conversation perfectly. When you don’t understand what’s happening in your own body, you may not even know which questions you should be asking.
That’s why I’m deliberately not giving you everything Lisa taught us in this article. I want you to watch the conversation. 🎥
And don’t just think about yourself. Think about your mother, sister, wife, friend or daughter. Men, you’re not excused either. If you love a woman, understanding what she may experience matters too.
When Lisa gets to the part where she explains what menopause actually is, I want you to come back and tell me whether you already knew.
Because I sure didn’t. 😳
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Lisa Feveck RD is a Menopause Dietitian and Coach helping women better understand and navigate perimenopause and menopause.
🔗 LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisafeveck/
📖 Your MENO-morphosis Newsletter:https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/your-meno-morphosis-7016224734056980480/
Connect with Lisa, follow her work, and let her know you met her on Carrie Connects™ Podcast! 🎙️
After you watch, I want to know: What was the ONE thing Lisa said that made you stop and say, “Wait... WHAT?” 👀
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