1. SE4: EP 10 How nutrition and hormones help to heal your worst Menopause symptoms Clarissa Kristjansson 43:44

My guest this week is Esther Blum Integrative Dietitian and High-Performance Coach ESTHER BLUMMS, RD, CDN, CNS. Esther is a 4-time bestselling author whose new book SEE YA LATER, OVULATOR: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy hits shelves on October 6, 2022.

Esther currently maintains a busy virtual practice where she helps women balance hormones, lose stubborn body fat, and treat the root cause of health struggles.

We have a fantastic conversation that covers so many of our questions in perimenopause and Esther shared insights that helps us to gain control of their Menopause, understand the need to normalize conversations and treatment plans around Menopause, and much more.

  • What is the dreaded “menopot” and how can women lose it?
  • Let’s talk about supplements. Do you recommend them, and which ones are best?
  • What are the best types of hormone replacement therapy?
  • What are the benefits of hormone replacement therapy?
  • Why do some doctors dismiss HRT in favor of The Pill or an IUD?
  • Do women need to wait till Menopause to begin hormone replacement therapy?
  • What are the best exercises menopausal women can do to feel energized and happy?

You can connect with Esther on her Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/gorgeousesther/ and do check out the podcast conversation with Gwyneth Paltrow over on Goop

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Clarissa Kristjansson Independant Podcaster

At 62 Clarissa Kristjansson knows that menopause can be positive, transformational and an upgrade in our creativity. Clarissa is an internationally recognized menopause educator, third-age women's health coach, and certified mindfulness and medical qi gong practitioner.

A neuroscientist and former corporate high-flyer it was her own perimenopause experience that set her on a different path to empower women. And by cracking open the conversation about our beliefs and behaviour we can shift the collective mindset to seeing menopause not as the end but as an opportunity for reinvention and revitalization.

She is the host of the popular Thriving Thru Menopause podcast.