17/04/2023
As soon as peri menopause hits our s*x hormones start to decline. As much as we may think of this scenario like that of a bucket draining, drop by drop, as the hormone level slowly reduces ….
It’s absolutely nothing like that …. Our hormones are wild, and ready to take you on the wildest rollercoaster ride of your life.
Some days those hormones will be plentiful, other days non existant, rarely will they be balanced. You will go from having confidence and energy one day, to feeling like you have been hit by a bus the next day …. Your emotions can really be all over the place.
And get this, you can’t just blame your poor wee shrinking ovaries!
Nope! There’s a whole team at play here! And it’s this team, the endocrine team I work on as a reflexologist …
Because the endocrine glands produce your hormones
The hypothalamus and pituitary gland giving directions to the other glands in the team.
There are in fact two seperate teams, there is the HPA team ( the adrenal team) made up of the governing hypothalamus and pituitary along with the adrenals …..
What does the HPA team do? Well, they produce cortisol. Ensuring you have both energy and mental clarity when you are stressed.
Your other team the HPO team, is also made up of the governing hypothalamus and pituitary, along with the ovaries … now this team governs your production of oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone
It’s when you hit perimenopause that your HPO team starts to slow down, it’s worked so hard for you since puberty, it’s up for retirement and a well earned rest. Your body however still needs those s*x hormones, and that’s where the HPA axis comes in to help out, and where the madness begins!!
Because we live such stressful lives nowadays, from our poor work life balance, a have it all/do it all society producing years of physical, and emotional stress, along with chemical stress from everyday toxins. Our HPA team can’t cope, and our s*x hormones decline quickly.
When this happens we suffer from anxiety, depression or low mood, insomnia, low or no libido, weight gain, loss of muscle and muscle tone, no energy and feel like our world is falling apart
We need to work out what going on, where the symptoms are coming from, which team member is out of whack and then take steps to improve that hormonal picture.
Asides from working on the endocrine glands and other reflexes of the feet, we need to consider lifestyle to help that HPA team out. Starting to understand and address the imbalance in the body.
Looking at lifestyle and committing to change, improving those imbalances can be life changing.
You have lived through your early teens since puberty where there was a hormonal shift, and a shift in lifestyle, before going into your late twenties and thirties where there will have been another hormonal shift and change in lifestyle. Here we are in our mid to late 40’s …. This is where we have the chance to make changes for our later years.
It’s no secret that with declining hormones comes long term chronic disease, after menopause women are more subject to certain cancers, heart disease, stroke etc …. This is a time where we need to make changes for both prevention of disease and to help balance those hormones, providing us with an easier transition into our menopausal years.
As women we need to be proactive, and we really do need to ask ourselves “ who do I want to be for this next phase of my life?”
You hold the key to your future health
Check out my “mastering menopause” package
It may be just what you need to support you through this transition
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