In Menopause and Waking Up at 4am, 3am or 2am? Learn Why
What do you think about when you are lying awake at 2am, or 3am or 4am? Do you plan your day ahead or are you just despairing because night after night you aren’t sleeping and you can feel your energy being sucked out of you? You know that the day ahead is another busy one […]
The curious connection between your changing gut health, sleepless nights and weight gain in menopause.
There are three questions that are typically asked of subjects who undergo sleep studies: During the last month, have you had problems falling asleep? During the last month, did you ever wake up too early, not being able to fall asleep again? During the last year, have you been troubled by insomnia to such a […]
MyMT™ Education: Are low Vitamin D levels linked to your client’s menopause insomnia?
There has been an interesting conversation in my coaching group this week and it is to do with getting blood work tested for Vitamin D levels – it appears that this isn’t done any more. Although my own Doctor does do this, so I haven’t had any push-back on this for a number of years […]
Are low Vitamin D levels linked to your menopause insomnia?
If there’s one thing I wish I had been able to help my late-mother with, it would be her sleep. Or rather, her lack of it. As I read the women’s health and ageing literature whilst undertaking my doctoral studies, there is no question that if we are going to live healthy, long lives, then […]
The remarkable connection between menopause symptoms, muscles and the circadian rhythm.
The email arrived over the weekend. The lady works north of Perth in the mines. “I’m really concerned about my sleep” she mentioned. “I work shifts in the mines and shift work is wrecking havoc on my sleep patterns. My hot flushes seem worse, even though it’s winter, so I’m already dreading summer when it […]
Sleep All Night: The connection between menopause and your sleepless nights.
There are a number of themes in women’s health research that never get a mention when it comes to discussions on menopause. One of these relates to the work of Sociologist, Anthony Elliott, and his exploration of ‘self’. I read his work whilst doing my doctoral studies and was fascinated by his exploration about the […]
The seasons are changing and so is your melatonin production during menopause.
“Sleep touches on nearly every aspect of our physiology and psychology, of our interaction with the world and with others.” William Dement (2000), Sleep Research Pioneer. Over 20,000 students took William Dement’s course on ‘Sleep and Dreams’ throughout his tenure at Stanford University. He created and pioneered the fields of sleep research, sleep medicine and […]
Does alcohol affect your sleep during menopause?
It was an interesting discussion that I had whilst on Swiss holiday last year and I was reminded of it recently when a discussion came up in my private coaching community about alcohol and sleep. The fondue pot was bubbling away in the middle of the table. How the Swiss got to have a national […]
The powerful connection between your sleep and weight management in menopause.
If you added up all the nights in the week that you lie awake between 2-4am, how many would that be? Is it 5 or more? I’m asking you this, because when I’ve presented my Masterclass on Menopause seminars over the years, this is the question that women groan at the most. And asking that […]
