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Failing to prepare = Preparing to Fail!
Setting the stage for Perimenopause and Menopause can ease your transition. Learn from Dr. Heidi Lescanec, a licensed Naturopathic Doctor (ND). You can choose between watching this video or reading the transcript below:
TRANSCRIPT
Introduction:
Hello and welcome to MenopauseWize I am Doctor Sukhpreet Patel and with us today we have Doctor Heidi Lescanec. Dr. Heidi is a licensed naturopathic Dr. practicing for decades with a background in both cultural anthropology and the healthy cooking field. Over years. Her big life transitions have led her to a much deeper understanding of how our nervous system, our daily habits, and nutrition choices can lead to a state of being in or out of health. She sees true healing emerge by addressing the root causes of imbalances with deep nourishment on all levels. And today we will be discussing tools that can smoothen the menopausal transition for women. So welcome, Doctor Heidi, and thank you for joining us today. Oh, thank you so much. So let's get started with the first question.
Question MenopauseWize:
The menopausal transition is inevitable for every woman, and we're all aware of that. But is suffering an option? What I mean is, can preparation during the years approaching perimenopause and menopause make it easier or change the way one experiences menopause?
Answer Dr. Heidi Lescanec:
Absolutely. I think there is so much that we can understand about how our body functions that can assist us with having a more useful transition. I think of it being so much like like, puberty and reverse, and I'm not the first person to have said that. But it is a transition. So there are changes that can be disruptive and can be uncomfortable, much like puberty. But it's also kind of knowing what to expect and having a sense of like, yeah, these are things that show up on this road. And that there are things that can ease those or soften the bumps on that road, I think are absolutely what you know, I'm very interested in, in sharing these days. So could you tell us more about these things? Things, let's let's just start with things that can make it easier and then look at the flip side and perhaps tell us what can make it worse. Yeah, well, I definitely think having nervous system support is key. Sleep. Good, solid, deep, restorative sleep and sleep is one of the first things to show up as being disrupted during the perimenopause transition. But of course, many years prior to that, women can be dealing with insomnia. And then the third thing would be exercise. I think these are the three key foundational pieces that set us up for a smoother transition. Of course, because I'm a naturopathic Dr. many people come in and see me and they're very interested in, you know, herbs or supplements or bioidentical hormones. And by all means, those can soften the symptoms that arise. But I also think it's a disservice to skip over the foundational scaffolding. It's like just those those. Fundamental everyday choices and habits we have and commitments we make to ourselves. I think these are what provide the absolute biggest. Gains that I see in women in my practice and I know from my own life and I think we've shared too, just the critical, you know, element of exercise, whether it's for like bone health or you know, muscle mass and memory and cognition, all the things that exercise helps with. So these things I think are the key foundational pieces that aren't often, you know, we don't come across those so much online as quick fixes because there isn't a lot, you know, in an industry, particularly behind those elements that are teaching us how to like. Live our days in a way that's in alignment with our bodies.
Absolutely. But you know when we talk about smoothing it, smoothing the transition, when do you think would be a great time to start working towards it?
Answer Dr. Heidi Lescanec:
Oh yeah. Wow. Well, in our thirties, I think that would be ideal. But even before that, I mean, if we could have the same amount of education about what healthy aging and maturing looks like. I think we would be really set up for a more graceful experience of aging in general. So I think one thing that I noticed and I've seen a lot in my practice is much younger women very concerned about skin health. As far as not acne so much, which is, you know, that does happen, but a lot about wrinkles. Actually, there's a consciousness about what I do today. My sun exposure, my skincare routine, and my moisturizing will affect my skin when I'm older. And there is a great interest in anti-aging, you know. And so I think your question is so, so relevant because there is a consciousness about what I do today impacts my skin tomorrow. And I think less so about what I'm doing with, you know, my, my diet and my lifestyle will affect my, my hormones in the future. So yeah, I would say would be kind of fundamental time, but even s would be wonderful.
MenopauseWize:
Right, considering there would be a fair amount of women who could get menopausal around, especially when you look at the global average, Indian women tend to get menopausal around five years earlier, which is around their average is around years. So perhaps everything a little earlier for them, maybe a better way for them to approach menopause later on.
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