WTF Menopause‽ Episode 2
Show Notes
In this episode, Dana Pharant shares how her experience with growing up in a cult, finding BDSM and becoming a Dominatrix helps use her mind as she navigates perimenopause. This engaging conversation has provided me with a tool that I’ve used MULTIPLE times since our talk. It’s a total game-changer.
In this episode, Dana shares:
- Her background in a cult, abuse, and her search for healing.
- Finding it in a most unlikely place: The Dungeon and BDSM.
- When done well, WHY this it is so healing and how it lifted her depression.
- Why she looked beyond The Dungeon to begin working with others in her coaching business.
- How you should be looking at your business or life by starting with the end.
- What Dana’s menopausal experience has been so far.
- Why “working at my shit” has helped her in this journey.
- How she eats to help her with her symptoms.
- The benefits of listening to our bodies.
- Dana’s additional suggestions to help alleviate our emotional/mental challenges.
- The power and voice that comes to us in menopause and the friction that happens with those around us.
- How we can become heard in our conversations.
There were so many GEMS in our conversation. Here are some great quotes from Dana:
“Give yourself permission to be uncomfortable.” “Being in a position that makes you squirm is what moves you forward.”
“Take all of these uncomfortable things, lean into them embrace them, welcome them and wonder what the gift is.”
“Start loving our body exactly as it is . . . then it makes it easier to transition because you’re not fighting what’s going on in your body.”
“As women we generally don’t allow ourselves to take up space.”
“You’re actually safer from everyone else’s bullshit when you’re expanded out.”
“When you’re not absorbing everyone else’s B.S. you’re not going to get triggered as easily.”
“If I have something that I’m not dealing with then I end up feeling aches, pains, and stiffness..”
“It’s not only safe to love me, it’s good to love me, it’s good to put me as a priority so I do the things that I need to do that I need to do for my eating.”
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Resources:
www.innerdominatrix.com (Free copy of become a badass in business)
Free guide to the 5 Ways Keto Reduces Menopausal Weight Gain
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