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In today’s conversation, we are introduced to Laura McLennan, biologist, nutritionist and owner of Health Scope here in Dorchester.
Laura gives us insight into her new lifestyle and the importance of being a rested women after she got her permission slip of a lifetime in the form of breast cancer.  After a double mastectomy, Laura knew she had to change her hectic lifestyle, and her career.



Now she serves women using live blood analysis, we chat all about what this is, and what it isn’t.  How it is used and why she loves it so much.  Hint: Laura is all about getting to the root of a problem.



In her journey, Laura also found metabolic balance, a lifestyle and way of eating that has people coming back to themselves.



Sarah chats with Laura today about her own struggles with tiredness and brain fog and after this pod, Sarah is going to Laura’s lab/office to get her finger pricked to see what’s lurking in her blood.

Today Sarah and I catch up, reflect, talk about perimenopause of course and the lack of research for women's health, and then list the 5 things each of us love doing for our health right now:

Broken down here they are:

1: exercise/movement

2: sleep

3: protein

4: supplements

5: community, routine, and prioritizing self



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Today Sarah and I chat with Dr. Stephanie Cowie, a naturopathic doctor from Toronto, Ontario. She helps women conquer bloat, burnout, hormonal imbalances and perimenopause to unlock their best selves.

We chat about why THESE years do matter, and that you can feel amazing through this time! Perimenopause does not have to suck!
We discuss burnout, bloat, long covid, hysterectomies and cervical ablasions.

Women are the shock absorbers of our communities. No WONDER we are stressed!

Also her big 4 tips for optimizing your life in your perimenopausal years! Such a great take home tip!

You can find Dr.Steph Cowie at @dr.stephaniecowie on instagram.

When we meet with new clients we get to hear their stories of conception, and often are saddened by the experiences of people with infertility, PCOS, and endometriosis.



We KNOW not enough research is done on women's health, and we see first hand how that affects all of us. We need to demand better. We need to make change. But we all need to understand from a young age that we WILL have to advocate for our own health.



Find a better doctor.

Demand the tests you want.

Learn your cycle, and understand nutrition.

Build a team of holistic experts to reach out to and lean on for health care support.

Andrea is a Dietician, and a Holistic Nutritionist. She is a wealth of information about how important it is to manage your stress, sleep, and gut health to help regulate your hormones.



Your hormones affect EVERYTHING. And if your stress, sleep and gut are off, your hormones are wonky, and you will get symptoms. Some are big, some are small, but some are life altering.



Take your health into your own hands, and start to understand how your body functions optimally.

In the wise words of Sheryl Crow: A change will do you good.



We're in a changing season. We are growing, adjusting, tending to our soil and trying to grow into beautiful perimenopausal dahlias. LMAO.



Today we talk about our health journeys, perimenopause, our trip to Sedona.

On today's episode we are talking with Briar Culbert.

Briar is a mother, multi-passionate learner, healer, and therapist. In her work with clients as a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) she combines her training in Spiritual Psychotherapy with her background in movement, biochemistry, and ceremony to foster a truly holistic and integrative approach. Through Briar's embodied practices, thoughtful questions, reflective space, and coaching clients are offered a unique space for their growth. In her personal life you can find Briar weaving together work, cooking nourishing meals, playing outside with her son, and constantly learning through diverse books and workshops.



Today we chat about the following:

- what is spiritual psychology

- what are emotions

- emotions vs feelings

- emotional intelligence and why it's important

- 6 primary emotions

- 4 steps for practicing emotional intelligence


acknowledge
move
boundary
claiming

- why does it matter to be physiologically safe?

If she could put anything on a billboard it would say "Its all going to be ok"

You can find Briar at https://www.briarculbert.com/ and

@briar.culbert on instagram



We are Lara, and Sarah. We are the hosts of Radically Thriving. We also hang out on Instagram @dynamicdoulas, and @radicallythriving. This podcast is best consumed along side a cup of coffee, or on a long walk by yourself.

We are moms, coffee and kombucha lovers, health nuts, doulas, friends, and on this journey to not just survive but to THRIVE.

There is so much available to us in this life, and the auto pilot for motherhood is martyrdom. We are trying to move through the mom guilt, the childhood patterns that were demonstrated to us, and we do that by only offended 1/10 listeners per week.

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