160 Positive Actions to Improve your Perimenopause Symptoms

Sep 28, 2022

Take back control.

You might not be sure if you are actually in perimenopause yet, but that doesn't mean you should just wait until you are to take action. The better your health going into this period of change the better equipped your body is to deal with the transition.

Mental and physical impact of perimenopause

It's not just about night sweats, the early signs of perimenopause can be much more subtle. For me it was anxiety and poor quality sleep, which I just attributed to a stressful job. Mood swings and anxiety are common, a bit like having constant PMT? And because it's a busy time of life for most women they just chalk it up to stress and power through.

Once I took time to prioritise my health and in particular my sleep my symptoms improved. I also changed my exercise regime, concentrating on strength and yoga rather than high impact work that was just adding to the load on my central nervous system.

Natural solutions and tips to help deal with perimenopause

There a many ways that we can help our transition through perimenopause. I like to think about it as supporting our mid life and these are tips that will help you improve your health and wellbeing whatever your age or sex.

Here are my top 5 tips:

• Prioritise sleep - listen to episode 134 for more tips on foods to improve mood and sleep.
• Reduce sugar and alcohol - this is the single most effective thing I did for my symptoms.
• Move regularly - and consider what type of exercise you are doing, try varying it.
• Eat whole and colourful foods - whole grains, nuts and seeds, colourful vegetables, quality protein. these should form the basis of your meals.
• Use herbs and aromatherapy wisely - herbal teas to help calm you, Shatavari is my favourite female herb to help with many symtpoms, sage can help with hot flushes. Citrus oils boost mood and concentration whilst lavender helps with sleep.

You don't have to do them all together, be kind to yourself and just ask the question - what can I do that is a positive change right now.

 

For the full episode notes please go to: hillstart.me.uk/160

 

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-you-really-going-to-eat-that/id1480678239