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So, there’s an issue I don’t see anyone talking about: the medicalisation of perimenopause and menopause.

Women have been having periods and going through the end of their cycle for much longer than western medicine has been around.

Also: doctors don’t know everything, and the over-reliance on Big Pharma has caused so many problems for humans.

I don’t trust doctors for this reason. If I need surgery, I would get it. But otherwise I manage my health naturally. As someone who’s been through two autoimmune conditions, PTSD and other traumas… I’ve managed to turn my life around without reliance on western medication or allopathic medicine advice.

There’s a lot of wisdom in natural and traditional modalities.

I don’t think we should be saying “oh this is unregulated by western medicine and therefore it’s unsafe.

I’m also a Kinesiologist and I can tell you with certainty that a lot of our more extreme health issues come from having unresolved emotions and traumas living in the body.

When women get to perimenopause, everything gets magnified, and this is often why women have such horrendous issues… because health and emotional health issues weren’t addressed or resolved beforehand.

Menopause is about a lot more than just “to HRT or not HRT”.

It’s a time of the gathering of wisdom for women, if they choose. It’s a powerful time, regardless of symptoms. And the conversation needs to expand accordingly.

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Well you’ve basically summed up Hotflash inc better than I ever could! This is brilliant!! It’s so succinct ✅ all true. And I love how your experience as a person and also practitioner

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