Podcast Summary
Embracing Transitions as Opportunities for Growth: Women can find strength in their softness during life transitions by listening to their own voice, creating a daily practice, and exploring the connection between hormones and emotional well-being.
Transitions in life, whether hormonal, personal, or professional, offer opportunities for self-discovery and growth. Ellie Kempton, a registered dietitian and PhD candidate in behavioral therapy, shares insights on how women can embrace the softness within them as a source of strength during these transitions. She emphasizes the importance of listening to one's own voice and creating a daily practice to build a unique, self-centered life. The conversation also explores the connection between hormones and emotional well-being, offering a holistic perspective on navigating transitions. The Resetter podcast, hosted by Dr. Mindy, aims to empower listeners to believe in themselves and take control of their health. The Reset Academy, a membership program, offers resources and guidance to help individuals customize a fasting lifestyle and achieve their health goals. Overall, this conversation encourages women to embrace transitions as opportunities for personal growth and self-discovery.
Embracing Transitions with Grace and Empowerment: Through self-care and self-discovery, women can navigate hormonal transitions with confidence and emerge stronger and more aligned with their true selves.
Transitions in life, particularly those related to hormonal changes, can be scary and disruptive, but they also offer an opportunity for growth and self-empowerment. Ellie, a functional medicine expert, emphasizes the importance of embracing the unknown and giving oneself permission to metabolize and release what no longer serves, while also being open to something bigger and more aligned. She encourages women to dig through the mess of transitions together, building self-efficacy and empowerment to face the next transition with confidence. The wellness industry often focuses on prescribing the next step, but Ellie believes in putting women in a position to own their transitions and trust themselves. Ellie's mission is to make the conversation around transitions more accessible and to help women find the message and what's on the horizon for them. By focusing on self-care and self-discovery, women can navigate transitions with grace and emerge stronger and more aligned with their true selves.
Reconnecting with Inner GPS for Authentic Transitions: To navigate life's transitions authentically, listen to and trust inner wisdom, undo conditioning, and embrace all emotions equally.
To make a transition in life truly meaningful and authentic, it's essential to listen to and trust our inner GPS system. This deep inner wisdom guides us towards what our needs are and what aligns with our unique story. Many women, especially those conditioned by societal expectations and patriarchal norms, have lost touch with their inner GPS and instead live in a state of numbness or disconnection. This can manifest as a badge of honor for enduring pain or hardship, rather than celebrating each other and embracing the full range of emotions. To reconnect with our inner GPS, it takes time and effort to undo conditioning and learn to embrace all emotions equally. By doing so, we can navigate life's transitions with greater authenticity and alignment with our true selves.
Embrace the fluidity of life: Seek balance by embracing both comfort and discomfort, rejecting rigid societal expectations, and trusting ourselves to make choices based on individual needs.
Happiness and success in life don't have to be rigidly defined or achieved through constant discomfort and hard work. Instead, we should strive for a more fluid, process-driven approach that allows us to embrace both comfort and discomfort in a healthy way. This means breaking free from societal expectations, particularly those that originate from patriarchal structures, which often prioritize masculine traits like structure and rigidity over feminine ones like fluidity and adaptability. By learning to tap into our full range of emotions and trusting ourselves to make choices based on our individual needs, we can create a more balanced and fulfilling life. This approach was the focus of the author's recent book, "Fast Like a Girl," which encourages readers to experiment with flexible health practices like intermittent fasting while rejecting prescriptive solutions. Ultimately, the key is to embrace the polarity between masculine and feminine energies and create a life that contains both, allowing each to support and enhance the other.
Observing menopause transitions with self-awareness: During menopause, self-awareness helps women confront old patterns, build a stronger relationship with themselves, and reclaim their power
During the hormonal transition of menopause, when we lose our "neurochemical armor," it's essential to become our own best friend and practice self-awareness. This means observing our patterns, both emotional and clinical, with compassion and curiosity. By narrating our daily lives as if we're a bug, we create space for healing and self-discovery. This pause in the transition allows us to confront old patterns and build a stronger relationship with ourselves. Ultimately, the goal is to put women back in relationship with their bodies and help them reclaim their power through self-awareness and self-nurturing.
Embracing Grief and Rupture for Transformation: Grieving and experiencing ruptures during significant life changes like menopause can lead to personal growth and transformation. By allowing emotions to unfold naturally and identifying necessary tools for growth, women can empower themselves and others to embrace the human experience.
Grief and rupture are essential parts of the transformation process for women, particularly during times of significant change like menopause. These experiences can be metabolized, allowing for the release of things no longer in alignment with one's soul and making way for new growth and radiance. The process involves sitting with the grief, allowing it to unfold naturally, and asking oneself what emerges. Women often face challenging moments during menopause, such as divorce or suicide, which can be seen as opportunities for introspection and self-discovery. By embracing the human experience and allowing ourselves to feel the discomfort and sadness, we can identify the necessary tools for growth and empower ourselves and those around us to do the same.
Learning to be soft and receptive: Embracing softness and curiosity leads to wisdom, expansion, and power. Model softness in mentorship and ask questions for cellular benefits.
Embracing softness and receptivity, rather than viewing it as a sign of weakness, can lead to greater wisdom, expansion, and power. The speaker shares her personal journey of learning to be soft and curious, rather than certain and focused on affirmations, and how this practice has allowed her to tap into her inner wisdom and receive guidance. She also emphasizes the importance of modeling softness and asking questions in mentorship relationships, as well as the cellular level benefits of being receptive. Additionally, she introduces her new fitness program, PowerSync 60, designed with the understanding that hormones play a role in workouts for both men and women.
Embrace the power of women's cyclical rhythms in work: Women can thrive in work by aligning with their hormonal cycles, highlighting unique benefits, and inspiring change in productivity patterns.
Women's approach to work and productivity can benefit from embracing the cyclical rhythms of their bodies, rather than adhering to a rigid, patriarchal 7-day work week. Dr. Mindy Pelszl, a doctor and health coach, advocates for a more flexible, monthly work week that aligns with women's hormonal cycles. She argues that just as a cell needs to be open and permeable to invite in nutrients and hormones, women need to allow for softness and receptivity in their work lives to thrive. Instead of focusing on limitations, Dr. Pelszl encourages women to highlight the unique benefits of their productivity patterns and showcase their accomplishments during their creative and energetic phases. By doing so, women can shift the narrative around their work schedules and inspire others to do the same. Dr. Pelszl is currently implementing this approach in her own life and business, and she invites others to join her on this journey towards embracing the power of their cyclical rhythms.
The Impact of Self-Love on Autoimmune Conditions: Self-criticism and inner turmoil can lead to heightened immune response and autoimmune attacks. Creating an environment of self-care, rest, and self-pride can translate to biological protection and preservation.
The way we treat ourselves mentally and emotionally can significantly impact our physical health, particularly in the context of autoimmune conditions. Women, who are more likely to develop autoimmune conditions than men, may be turning on themselves mentally and physically due to a lack of self-love and self-celebration. This constant criticism and inner turmoil can lead to a heightened immune response and an attack on the body. It's crucial to create an environment that encourages self-care, rest, and self-pride, as these actions can translate to biological protection and preservation. Additionally, women's unique physiology, which includes a heightened sense of awareness and intuition, can be leveraged to celebrate ourselves more than anyone else. By focusing on our strengths and capabilities, we can make positive choices for our health and wellbeing.
Menopause: A Time for Inner Wisdom and Intuition: Menopause invites women to look inward, tap into their inner wisdom, and navigate their lives with an internal lens, leading to greater self-care, wisdom, and a more precise outer world. Building a supportive society where women celebrate each other's achievements can amplify this message and help women internalize their greatness.
Menopause is not just a time of physical change, but also an opportunity for women to tap into their inner wisdom and intuition. The heightened mental acuity during ovulation, when estrogen levels are high, allows women to make big decisions and scan their environment for reproduction. However, as estrogen diminishes during menopause, women are invited to look inward and navigate their own lives with an internal lens. This internal knowing can lead to greater self-care, wisdom, and a more precise outer world. To amplify this message, it's important to create a society where women support each other during this transitional journey. This can start with making bragging socially acceptable and encouraging women to celebrate each other's achievements. By doing so, women can build each other up and step into their full potential. The power of self-efficacy and external validation can also help women internalize their greatness and take ownership of their potential. Overall, menopause is an opportunity for women to reconnect with their inner selves and embrace the wisdom and intuition that comes with it.
Celebrating Women's Success: A Ripple Effect of Love and Appreciation: Expressing admiration and appreciation for women's achievements can boost their confidence and elevate our own vibration. Empowering girls in their formative years is essential to counteract societal pressures and disempowerment.
Supporting and uplifting women in our lives through verbal admiration and appreciation can create a positive ripple effect. Instead of feeling inferior or turning inward when we witness a woman's success, we can celebrate her achievements and express our admiration. This not only boosts the recipient's confidence but also elevates our own vibration. It's important to start small, such as sending a random loving text to a friend, and expand the conversation on a larger scale. Empowering young girls, especially at an early age, is crucial to counteract the negative influences of societal pressures and disempowerment. By fostering a culture of love, support, and appreciation for women, we can create a healthier and more harmonious world for all.
Taking care of basic physical needs for clear communication: Focusing on foundational elements like nutrition and sleep enhances self-awareness and communication with our inner selves, enabling authentic expression.
Taking care of our basic physical needs, such as good nutrition and sufficient sleep, is essential for clear communication with our inner selves. When we neglect these foundational elements, we create biochemical dysfunction that makes it harder to hear our own internal voice. This is not just about physical perfection, but about creating a safe and nurturing environment for our bodies to function optimally. By focusing on the basics, we can open up channels for communication and self-awareness, allowing us to better understand our individual needs and express ourselves authentically. My self-love practice revolves around deep daily self-awareness, nurturing my inner child, and making complex concepts approachable and palatable for others. My superpower is the ability to simplify complex topics and make them engaging and enjoyable.
Making complex nutrition simple: Nutritionist Ellie simplifies complex wellness topics and empowers women through her community, The Table.
Simplifying complex topics, especially in the area of nutrition and wellness, can make a significant impact on one's journey towards better health. Ellie, a nutritionist and wellness coach, emphasizes the importance of making complex things simple and aligning it with one's abilities. She has made it her mission to help women overcome the unapproachability and unsustainability of complex nutrition information. Ellie's approach is to create a community, The Table, where women can connect, learn, and support each other through bite-sized, understandable information on various topics throughout the year. Through her private practice and online membership, Ellie empowers women to embrace their unique pain points and desires while being surrounded by a community that understands and cheers them on. If you're looking for a simplified and supportive approach to wellness, consider joining Ellie's community, The Table.
