58 How Our Minds Can Affect Our Menopause

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that I believe your mind has the power to affect your experience of your menopause (including your symptom severity).    Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last few years (and I wouldn’t blame you if you had) you’ve probably heard about the power of the imagination.  When it comes to our immune system, our nervous system and our endocrine system (ok, ALL our systems actually) the imagination can have an impact(directly and indirectly).   Remember nothing happens in isolation in the body.  Don’t take my word for it, look at the science.  In a study done in 2004 by scientists at The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Lerner Research Institute in Cleveland they found that by simply imagining repeating an exercise over and over again, you can an increase in muscle strength by 35% Ref: Pg: 77 ‘How Your Mind Heals Your Body’ by David R Hamilton. My instinct tells me that we can affect our menopause symptom severity too by tapping into the power of the sub conscious mind aka the imagination.   This episode is for you is you’re interested in learning more about how your mind can affect the success of your menopause. Links:  www.sallygarozzo.com/shopSupport the show

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I’m Sally Garozzo, award winning Clinical Hypnotherapist, Certified Peri to Post Menopause Wellness Coach & Creator of Menopause Wellbeing Practitioner. This is the place to be to get some answers and to feel supported along this often bumpy journey. It’s my mission to help peri to post menopausal women go from feeling anxious, alone and confused to feeling positive, informed and connected. Here you'll learn about lifestyle interventions and mindset shifts that can make this happen. Join me and my guests on a journey that will educate, empower and motivate you to make menopause a positive force in your life.