In this episode, host Mary Lee, engages in an insightful conversation with female mental health expert Dr. Charlynn Ruan to discuss the critical need for women to address perimenopause and menopause starting in their early forties.

Dr. Ruan highlights the significant mental health impacts that accompany hormone changes and explains how women can thrive during this often overlooked transition. She shares her personal journey and motivations behind founding Thrive Psychology Group, a practice focused on empowering and supporting women through various stages of life, including menopause.

The conversation emphasizes the importance of community, self-care, and emotional maturity in navigating this period. Dr. Ruan also covers practical strategies for dealing with Stress, rage, and maintaining peak performance during menopause, underscoring the need for a comprehensive approach to women's health. This episode aims to break down stigmas, encourage open conversations, and provide actionable advice to help women transform their perimenopausal and menopausal experiences positively.

Dr. Charlynn Ruan is a Clinical Psychologist and the founder of a large group practice, Thrive Psychology Group. She works extensively with female founders and CEOs. using practices such as Meditation & mindfulness-based treatments, EMDR, CBT for Insomnia, Trauma, Anxiety. Her expertise covers many areas in women's mental health, including trauma recovery and post-traumatic Growth, women’s empowerment and peak performance, fertility, pregnancy, motherhood, the mental health impact of perimenopause and menopause, stress management and reduction, overcoming shame, self-esteem, boundary development, and personal growth and development. Dr. Ruan is truly the 'psychologist for the modern woman!”

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Mary is a Licensed Menopause Champion and certified Menopause Doula supporting high-achieving women embrace her transition from peri to post. Mary coaches individuals and educates organizations develop a menopause safe culture, helping forward-thinking CEO's create policies to accommodate affected employees at work.

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Disclaimer: Information shared is for educational and Entertainment purposes only and doesn’t replace medical advice. Always consult with the healthcare professional.

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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