Children left home? Feeling a sense of redundancy in your life? This episode has you covered! It's all about navigating empty nest syndrome while learning to embrace change and accept a new phase for self-rediscovery.

In this episode, your host Mary opens Season Two by discussing her personal experiences with empty nest syndrome, particularly after her daughter's recent move to university. She offers insights drawn from her emotional journey and shares strategies to cope with these feelings, such as focusing on self-care, rediscovering old passions, planning for the future, and building a strong support network.

The episode is designed to provide comfort and guidance to those experiencing similar life transitions, fostering conversations about the often-overlapping phases of empty nest syndrome and menopause.

Mary invites listeners to join her Facebook group to connect with others and build a network of support.

Take you menopause mastery to a whole new level. Mary's exclusive online training program has launched. Check out her new digital course, Menopause Intelligence, a transformative path of discovery where confusion, overwhelm, and frustration give way to empowerment, knowledge, and agency. 

00:00 Welcome to Season Two; It's World Menopause Month
00:45 A Personal Story: My September Break
01:34 Understanding Empty Nest Syndrome
03:42 Stages of Empty Nest Syndrome
11:40 Coping Strategies and Self-Care
13:46 Rediscovering Passions and Planning for the Future
17:07 Building a Support Network
19:59 Embracing Gratitude 

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Mary is a Licensed Menopause Champion with the Menopause Experts Group and a certified Menopause Doula. She supports high-achieving, busy women power through her transition – peri to post – with vitality and grace. She also brings menopause Education and awareness to the workplace, helping orgranizations – big and small – create a more compassionate and accommodating environment for female employees.

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Mary Helen Lee Licensed Menopause Champion, Menopause Doula

Mary is a retired veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces serving more than 24 years. Since retiring from service, Mary worked as a PR practitioner in numerous industries, including healthcare, education, aviation, government, mining, bio innovation, and life sciences.

She has an insatiable appetite for knowledge, especially in health and wellness. In fact, Mary has pursued fitness and wellness as a side hustle for close to 30 years. In this field, she has been in contact with many women experiencing the same issue - perimenopause. The story is always the same, complaints about weight gain, sleeplessness, brain fog, hot flashes, mood swings, and issues with digestion. It came to her that this is an area that sadly lacks information and support, and that more resources are needed to empower women in their journey.

Motivated by her own negative encounter with the misogynistic views and lack of knowledge and empathy for women's health issues, Mary has made it her mission to debunk the misunderstanding and mistruths about women’s health.

Mary haphazardly came across the Menopause Doula certification course and promptly enrolled with Doula Training Centre based in Toronto, Canada. Since completing the program Mary has continued in her learning journey with numerous other qualifications including Ayurveda Principles, Menopause 2.0 with Dr. Stacy Sims, Brain Health for Menopause with Dr. Fiona Lovely, Women’s Health Coaching Certification through Girls Gone Strong, and Yoga for Traumatic Brain Injury through the Love Your Brain Foundation.

Mary is the owner of Emme Elle Coaching and host of All Things Menopausal Podcast, a podcast that features guest experts in the field of menopause and hormone health - from the physical and mental to the emotional and spiritual.

You can find Mary at www.emmeellecoaching.com and on Instagram at @emme_elle_coaching