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A holistic approach to menopause - a doctors view

Sept. 17, 2020

My guest this week is Dr. Julie Moltke a medical doctor whose focus is stress reduction, medicinal cannabis, and mental health. She shares why she felt a holistic route was a better way to help her patients.Now she spends pa…

Sleep, Menopause and CBD

Sept. 16, 2020

Sleep is can be elusive at any age. My guest this week is Samuël Hoekstra a passionate advocate for better sleep. He wants to help us break through the exhaustion of poor sleep.The idea of helping people to sleep better came…

Enhance Your Overall Well-Being in Menopause with Essential Oils

Sept. 16, 2020

This week I am joined by Andrea Warren of Level up Your Life, a holistic health coach who has made her life about learning the facts, gaining experience, and practicing the secrets of essential oils for over 15 years.We talk…

Life Long Pleasure: Sex During and After Menopause

Sept. 15, 2020

My guest this week is Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey is a psychologist, sex & intimacy coach, author, speaker, and podcast host who has spent the last 30+ years helping people to create and maintain meaningful relationships the contai…

Burnout, Tired or Lazy

Sept. 14, 2020

Too often as women, we place ourselves in impossible positions - and feel that we can 'do it all'. Until we can't. My guest this week is Kathleen Fair who helps women in leadership identify and overcome burnout - their own, …

Alcohol Dependency and Recovery. Why Sobriety Works Better For You than the Dark Side of Wine Mum Culture

Sept. 14, 2020

My guest this week is Agata Connor a certified Sober Coach for women who want to permanently remove alcohol from their diet. An ex-wine mum who is on a mission to share her story of alcohol abuseWomen's alcohol usage has inc…

Debunked! The Menopause Myths that Every Woman Should Question

Sept. 11, 2020

My guest this week is Loretta Ferrucci a registered homeopath for twenty-five years and now an online health and wellness coach. Her main area of interest is the mind-body connection and energy medicine. In this episode we d…

Ready to Win the Inner Game? Clear Blocks and Limiting Beliefs and Take Your Life to the Next Level

Sept. 3, 2020

Looking to transform your life and feel confident and passionate about your future?80% of success is an inside job!When you can learn to recode your thinking patterns you can powerfully shift the way you process information …

Nourishing you through the menopause, naturally. So you can be you.

Aug. 26, 2020

This week my guest is Rebekah Brown is founder and creator of MPowder. She spent her career helping other companies to build brands and products as a researcher and creative consultant. Then the peri-menopause arrived.Turned…

Get Clear, Get Real and Get Going to Create a Life You Love!

Aug. 20, 2020

Midlife and with it menopause is a time when we undergo a huge change in many aspects of our lives and the opportunity to reflect on what we really want going forward.This week I am delighted to welcome back Lisa Z, coach an…

Candida Infection? What Is It, Signs You Have One and How Functional Medicine Can Help to Eliminate It

Aug. 13, 2020

This week I am in conversation with Laurie Seely and we're talking guts, 💩 and how a systemic yeast infection turned an opera singer into a functional medical health pro.In this episode we discuss:👉What is Candida?🥦How does …

Growing Gratitude

Aug. 6, 2020

No matter what our circumstances, we will experience the good and bad, and there will always be situations outside our control. This is increasingly apparent as we go through midlife and menopause where we can face losses of…

Just been told you have early menopause? What next?

July 30, 2020

A spontaneous (natural) early menopause affects approximately 5% of the population before the age of 45.Premature menopause, premature ovarian failure, and/or premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) can occur for several reaso…

Sleep is a Skill: Steps to Getting Your Best Sleep Ever

July 23, 2020

If you are a perimenopausal woman who is having problems sleeping you\re not alone. 78% of us suffer from insomnia and nearly two-thirds of us say that it impacts the quality of our life.My guest this week is Mollie McGlockl…

Women of Truth: Wellness, Leadership and Wisdom In a Time of Change

July 13, 2020

”What is the biggest lie women believe and what is the truth?” In this episode guest Heleniq Argyrou,human behaviour, Aha intelligence and flow state expert, shares her views on the gender inequality based biases at home and…

It Feels Good to Feel Good. Learn to eliminate toxins, reduce inflammation and feel great again

July 8, 2020

Toxins are everywhere and impacting our health, our hormone balance, the health of our children, and the health of our earth. “It’s all about toxic load. Each toxin that is eliminated is one step closer to health In this epi…

Fitness: It Starts With Your Mindset

July 1, 2020

Women in their midlife years are the most likely to be “in and out of exercise,”  In other words, we want to exercise, but something is keeping us from sticking with it over the long term.Sometimes the workouts are just too …

Creating Your Midlife Manifesto

June 26, 2020

In this episode host Clarissa Kristjansson talks with Laura Rubin, The Midlife Strategist on how we can use this time of a life as a catalyst to set new intentions and goals. For many of us, mid-life can bring with it exist…

Feeling fantastic ..from the inside out!

June 17, 2020

In this week's episode Clarissa is joined by guest Sara Southgate the Health SAS (Stress & Anxiety Specialist) on how we can gently nudge our body to heal itself by identifying the root cause, food intolerance, rebalancing n…

Breaking the Workplace Silence and Stigma on Menopause

June 7, 2020

In this episode Clarissa Kristjansson talks with Dee Coxon co-founder of Menocourse, an online solution, on why educating the workforce from the top down is the way breakdown the silence and stigma. Statistics reveal that 90…

Sex and Menopause: On or Off?

May 27, 2020

Have you ever wondered why so many women lose interest in sex around menopause? It’s not just about hormones - there are several other factors involved here.In this episode, Clarissa Kristjansson and Jacqui Olliver, psychose…

Raise the Bar

May 19, 2020

We learn and grow from hearing each others stories and knowing we are not alone on this journey.In this episode hear my passionate, high energy friend  Annie Gibbins CEO, leader, speaker, business and life strategist, commun…

Living a More ZESTful Life!

May 11, 2020

Life's lemons happen to all of us. Some of us will choose to make lemonade while the rest will become so sour that we allow these circumstances to spoil our life. In this week's episode host Clarissa Kristjansson talks with …

Releasing Emotional Weight

May 7, 2020

In this week's episode of The Menopause Project I am joined by disruptive health coach and eating disorder specialist Carol May She shares her journey of 5 decades living a life waiting to be thin and small. And how a br…

Cracking Open the Conversation on Perimenopause ând Menopause

April 26, 2020

70% of women don't have anyone to talk to about menopause.In this episode Clarissa talks with Shirley Weir, founder of Menopause Chicks about how her own experience has led to the founding of an unbiased and judgement-free z…

How to create a Relationship that is REAL & beautiful

April 20, 2020

In this episode relationship mentor Michele Willmott shares her story of going through menopause and how that time was transformative  in how she showed up in her own relationship.She shares her wisdom and insight into how y…

Perimeno Whaaat?

April 14, 2020

The dictionary defines perimenopause as the period in a woman’s life before the menopause. Seems like something small hey? But perimenopause is time when our symptoms are ramped up and can last up to 15 years. It's time to r…

Embrace Your Divine Feminine Energy

April 5, 2020

In this episode Clarissa talks with Rev. Sheree Taylor-Jones about her own menopause journey and how it inspired her to assist people in questioning their personal beliefs, assessing and analyzing if those beliefs are valuab…

How to Overcome Emotional Eating

March 31, 2020

Why are you emotionally eating? And what steps could you take to change that and get your health goals back on trackIn this episode Cassie Christopher, Registered Dietitian and Health Coach talks with host  Clarissa Kristjan…

Communicate Compassionately with Your Partner

March 23, 2020

In relationships, especially when our moods swing back and forth as in menopause, communication can become fraught and misunderstood. In this episode Clarissa talks with Glyn Conlon an expert in non-violent communication (NV…

How to Improve Pelvic Floor Strength

March 20, 2020

FACT  1 in 4 women over the age of 45 will have a degree of incontinence and 1 in 5 will suffer faecal incontinence. But too often women are suffering in silence and not getting the help they need.In this episode Clarissa is…

Mindful Dating

Dec. 12, 2018

How does a person become  “open more to love? Could bringing love and awareness to the dating process change many of our experiences in a digital world where swiping has become the norm? This week Clarissa talks with Catheri…

Menopause Matters

Oct. 18, 2018

"The menopause is a journey, not a disease" so says this week's guest Irene Hogan.Menopause is a fact in every woman’s life. Unfortunately, most women choose to ignore it until it hits them. Information is plenty, but what c…