WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:08.480 Step into a journey where every step is packed with purpose, insight, 2 00:00:08.679 --> 00:00:12.320 and empowerment. This is Walk with Wisdom with your host, 3 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:17.199 Genevieve Wisdom. Walk with Wisdom is a dynamic podcast series 4 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.160 designed for men and women forty and over who are 5 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:23.480 ready to embrace their best years. Yet life at this 6 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:27.679 stage isn't about slowing down, It's about leveling up. Each 7 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:33.359 episode is a walkthrough guide to mastering life's transitions, rediscovering passions, 8 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:38.960 and thriving physically, mentally and emotionally. We bring you expert advice, 9 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:43.439 real life stories, and actionable strategies to help you strive 10 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:48.359 confidently into a future of vitality and fulfillment. So now 11 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:52.200 please welcome the host of Walk with Wisdom, Genevieve Wisdom. 12 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:04.560 Hi everyone, Genevieve Wisdom and welcome to Walk with Wisdom, 13 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:09.680 a lifestyle show on youthful aging, which is looking great 14 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:13.480 and feeling amazing as you age and doing it with 15 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:16.480 perseverance and a zest and zeal for life. 16 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:17.760 What any age. 17 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:20.799 We just to let you know before we get started, 18 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.439 thank you all of our viewers. We actually have viewers 19 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:28.159 who have come back every week. Thank you so much 20 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:31.840 for spending time with us. We're live on YouTube, We're 21 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:36.079 streaming everywhere as well as you can follow us on 22 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:40.280 Facebook and Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and make sure to 23 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:45.000 subscribe to Bulgraef TV that way you can stay connected. Now, 24 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.159 what is the show about today? You may have remembered 25 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.400 when we started this walk five weeks ago? Can you 26 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:57.640 imagine time flies? I mentioned on the first show, I 27 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.239 have the amazing Megan introducing me and it was interview 28 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:04.280 the interviewer, and I mentioned that I do that every 29 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:06.439 few weeks so you can get to know who I am. 30 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:08.120 I'm new to most of you. 31 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.479 I am doing an interview the interviewer section today and 32 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:17.080 the amazing mister Bruce Pollock has agreed to come back. 33 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:19.879 If we can bring up Bruce. 34 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:25.599 Please, Hey, Genevieve, how are you doing today? 35 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:28.439 I'm doing great? Thank you? How are you? 36 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:30.960 I'm well. I can't wait to get. 37 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:35.199 Started, fantastic. I'm just going to talk to our audience 38 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:35.919 a little bit more. 39 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:36.319 Bruce. 40 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:42.039 We've actually had I've had some emails people really enjoying 41 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:45.879 the rapport that you and I have had and everyone. 42 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.400 Bruce has known me for some time now, Bruce, how 43 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:49.879 long have we. 44 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:50.400 Known each other? 45 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:53.400 I was trying to figure it out about fifteen years. 46 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:57.159 I think now, yeah, fifteen, We're gonna stick with fifteen. 47 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.039 It could be more, but no, I don't want to 48 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:00.759 talk about it. 49 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:03.599 Exactly about fifteen years now. 50 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.879 And so because Bruce has given us this amazing walk 51 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:11.879 through menopause menopause, and if you haven't seen those shows, 52 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:15.199 please go back and check them out on any of 53 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:19.680 the platforms that you use. We're on all the major platforms. 54 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:22.759 A lot of people have said, Bruce that a rapport 55 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:26.120 is great, So thank you for coming to help with 56 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:29.840 that rapport and let the audience get to know their host, 57 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:34.840 Genevieve Wisdom a little bit better within the context of 58 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:41.759 menopause and menopause, well menopause for me, So Bruce, take 59 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:42.240 it away. 60 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.520 Why you're saying, I've known you throughout fifteen years now, Jen, 61 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:51.599 And when you see Jen on the camera, she's this vibrant, beautiful, exciting, 62 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.960 energetic woman and this has been Genevieve through the whole 63 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:57.520 time I've known her. Well, you don't see is you 64 00:03:57.520 --> 00:03:59.639 don't see what happens when the symptoms kick in, the 65 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.680 symptoms menopause, And I thought really just started off with 66 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:06.520 so that you understood why Genevieve is so interested in 67 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.840 this subject and why she's so into helping people. Is 68 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:11.759 I thought we could just start with the symptoms that 69 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:15.680 you're feeling, because I've known Genevieve before she moved into menopause, 70 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:19.600 and now that i've known her through this journey. If 71 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.079 you would, I'd be really interested to just hear what 72 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:25.480 you've been going through on a physical and emotional level. 73 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:31.560 Wow, I have tears, and I didn't know I would 74 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:36.279 have tears. But remember also, audience. When I first started this, 75 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:38.839 I said, you're going to get to see the authentic 76 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:42.439 me because we've lived in a world of we're told 77 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:44.360 that things are real, and you and I both know 78 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:48.600 they ain't real. So you're seeing the real me. It's 79 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:53.360 your sister around the corner. It's your friend, like how 80 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.680 Bruce and I have become friend and really more family. 81 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:00.399 And that's what you're getting to see in Bruce just 82 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:07.160 touched an amazing point already. So what you don't see 83 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:12.360 for me is the struggle that I have had in 84 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:20.399 this new and exciting phase of life. When my hormone stopped. 85 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.040 Life stopped, and I didn't really know what. 86 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:28.279 Was going on. And remember we. 87 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:32.319 Also talked about my coming from a fashion background. Remember 88 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:36.600 I was walking down the street five eight and ten pounds. 89 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:37.560 Oh you should model. 90 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:41.000 That's another story for another show, Bruce, because you know, 91 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:43.519 Bruce knows a little bit about that journey because you 92 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:45.160 met me when I was still in my forties and 93 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:45.800 still modeling. 94 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:47.399 Actually, I have a couple of pictures. 95 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:49.639 Bruce thought it might be a good idea to just 96 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:53.920 show those of you were getting to know Genevieve wisdom 97 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:57.160 and walk with wisdom and this walk we're going on, 98 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:01.680 what the omi was like, Dan, could you please put 99 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:03.839 up like one of the black and whites when I 100 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:08.639 was in my thirties. We're gonna pop up a picture 101 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.279 here so you can see. So I went from that 102 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:13.800 in my thirties, in my modeling days. 103 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:17.120 We may perfect. Yeah, so I was thirties. 104 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:21.879 This was when I was doing contacts and makeup because 105 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:23.759 back in the day when I modeled, by the time 106 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:26.000 you hit thirties you were pretty much washed up. So 107 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:31.040 that's one of my looks. You can see, vibrant. 108 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:32.879 And energetic, which I try to exude now. 109 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:38.040 But a lot has changed. My body has changed, my 110 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:39.800 emotions have changed. 111 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:42.240 The way I relate. 112 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:46.199 To absolutely every part of life has changed. And as 113 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:50.040 Bruce leads me through these questions, you'll really get to 114 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:53.079 go a little bit deeper about what some women go 115 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:57.160 through in Menopausema, No, it's not everyone. There are different phases, 116 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.720 And Bruce I came up with a great idea that 117 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:04.000 we're going to talk about at the end of the questions, 118 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:08.279 to tell men and women about what their symptoms might 119 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:08.839 be doing. 120 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:10.839 And I think you have. 121 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:16.959 Some insights yourself, having being a coach and consultant about 122 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.959 you know, what you've seen me go through and possibly 123 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:22.759 how my other extreme it is. 124 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:31.360 So can you so little detail about about the physical 125 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.120 aspects of menopause for you and the emotional side of it? 126 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:38.319 Absolutely so physical aspect. 127 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:40.839 A lot of my friends who knew me, by the way, 128 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.040 my nickname was bat Barbie. I didn't give that to myself, 129 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.759 you know, but that was the nickname that I got. 130 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:54.040 And imagine a Barbie doll. That was me my whole life, 131 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.160 not that anymore. And let's just be very clear. I 132 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:01.639 love myself and that's what I want all you, especially 133 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:03.920 the girls. I can talk to you on a woman 134 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:07.319 to women's sister to sister level. No matter what, love yourself. 135 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.720 So I love myself. So it's not about body size. 136 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:13.800 It's just about the drastic change that happens. And when 137 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.480 it's not you and it's not the body that you 138 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:19.519 had and the body you're in, it does some. 139 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.079 Things to you, both on a physical. 140 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:24.920 Level, which Bruce will help me talk about, but certainly 141 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:29.399 an emotional levels. So body size changed drastically. And remember everyone, 142 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.960 when we talk about youthful aging, it's beauty from the 143 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:36.480 outside inn because this is how we see each other. 144 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:39.600 We experience each other by what we see. 145 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:44.879 First, you know, yeah, the heart, absolutely, you know, the 146 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:47.720 heart is what really comes. But when we see each other, 147 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:49.559 we see what we look like. And so people have 148 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.120 looked at me and go, Genevieve, was what the fun 149 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.080 happened to you? But have you heard about metopos. 150 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:56.440 You know? 151 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:01.279 And so and so I've changed drastic to clean body size, 152 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:05.799 and that means a lot of water weight, Bruce, which 153 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:07.480 is you know, some of the things that happen. And 154 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:10.480 we'll talk a little bit more specific, but with that 155 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:16.080 hormonal cascade that we talk about, your endogenous hormones, which 156 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:19.440 means the hormones that your body makes naturally as a woman. 157 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:24.799 They stop upon cessation of mensis, and then some people 158 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.879 decide to take exogenous hormones. I'll tell you I was 159 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.000 never going to be one of those girls, Bruce. I 160 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:32.919 was never gonna take anything. I was just going to 161 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:38.279 skatee through this until I couldn't sleep. The weight, the 162 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:43.399 mental fatigue, all these I have experienced just about all 163 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:45.600 the symptoms and at a very high level. And so 164 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:51.120 I really for me see the body weight because imagine 165 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:54.279 coming from modeling and then what my wardrobe looks like 166 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:57.600 right now. If I couldn't lie to myself about that, 167 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:02.919 it really was happening. Secondly, for me, a massive problem 168 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:08.559 is really sleep. And Bruce and digestion, you know, and 169 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:09.919 with digestion. 170 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:15.480 Girls and guys. Bruce, we talked about gut and the myriad. 171 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:18.679 Of things that happens with gut, and it's really IBS 172 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:23.240 that I have experienced. And Bruce, I know you can 173 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:26.519 add a little about IBIS because IBIS. 174 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:27.519 Isn't just one or the other. 175 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:31.559 It isn't just constipation or diarrhea, is it. 176 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:33.480 It could be all kinds of different. 177 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.200 I want to hear your yeah in fact often it's 178 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:40.159 back and forth. One when one day you'll be constpaid, 179 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.399 the next day you have diarrhea. It's also inflammation. It's 180 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:49.440 mostly inflammation, but the side effect is tramping, diarrhea, constipation, 181 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:53.200 one or the other or both. Because I often see it, 182 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.639 I say it may be a conspyco sometimes but sometimes 183 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.919 have the runs, and it's the same problem. It's just 184 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:03.559 the opposite spectrum of the expression of the problem. 185 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:08.440 Absolutely, And then what has happened with me more often? 186 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:12.240 And Bruce, I think we talked about this and ladies. 187 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:13.360 Specific of the ladies. 188 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.919 We're talking to the ladies right now because many of 189 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:20.320 you will relate to what I am going through. And 190 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:25.120 we'll talk about you ladies that are prior perimenopause, because 191 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:26.600 there are things that you can do a lot of 192 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:29.759 what we're doing now you can do previous and that 193 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:33.320 may lessen your symptoms when you get here. But with 194 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:35.519 a lot of girls, Bruce, when we've talked about this 195 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.879 is women are more constipated in general. 196 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.600 Do you find that in your years of practice? 197 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:46.000 Like me, I find that even non med apusal women. 198 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.279 The doctors nowadays are saying, oh, bewel movement. Every three 199 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:53.679 to five days is normal, and that may be normal, 200 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:57.320 but it's not healthy. Excuse me, it's not healthy. You're constipated. 201 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:59.159 You need to be going to watch them every day, 202 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:02.480 or those talks sweep through your colon causing other problems. 203 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:06.799 So yeah, generally, it's actually a very normal problem for women. 204 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:08.679 Absolutely. 205 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:11.480 And it's funny, ladies that Bruce said three to five days, 206 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:15.320 because I remember when I was modeling that was normal 207 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.200 for me and all the girls, three to five days. 208 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.399 And I remember once in my twenties, doctor said to me, 209 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:24.559 you know, how often do you go to bathroom? And 210 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:27.279 I go, I don't know, once or twice a week. 211 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:31.039 He goes, that's it. So it's funny. Back then he 212 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:35.519 was really alarmed. But seemingly that has continued where now 213 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.519 you know, we're kind of hearing that you. 214 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:38.200 Know, it's normal. 215 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:42.799 But again, just because something happens a lot doesn't necessarily 216 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:43.519 mean it's normal. 217 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:44.600 So remember when. 218 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:47.399 We started, I told my audience that we were going 219 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:53.279 to talk about gut and really elimination and how pulling 220 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:54.240 makes you beautiful. 221 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:55.679 Just thought I throw that in there. 222 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.799 So again, going back to some of the drastic symptoms 223 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:02.840 for me, the massive weight game, which is overt and 224 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:04.879 obvious to everybody, and I. 225 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:10.360 Know, and the lack of sleep, and then. 226 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:12.639 There are other symptoms as well, Bruce, But I'm sure 227 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:15.080 you have some other questions that maybe you want to 228 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:15.559 lead me. 229 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:19.759 Down this way just before before we leave this one totally. Yes, 230 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:21.679 how do you feel once you finished? So we do 231 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.639 an hour of this or you do an hour of 232 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:25.919 this and you you're putting out all your energy, You're 233 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:29.000 you're you're, you're keeping it light and energetic. 234 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:31.320 How do you feel after the podcast? 235 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:34.559 Wow? And there's a trigger again. 236 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:37.759 And those of you who know me and have known 237 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:41.120 me before this stage in life, know that you know 238 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:44.320 some ladies I love my girlfriends and they'll just cry. 239 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:47.440 They'll see a beautiful flower, they'll start crying. That's not me. 240 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:50.200 I'd rather draw my my ship. And you guys know 241 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:52.879 what that means. I'm hinting at where I'm from. 242 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:57.559 But for me to be teery, that's unique. 243 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:01.320 But one of the shows, when I finished everyone, I 244 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:07.519 literally crawled to bed. I rolled out of the chair. 245 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.799 I have a filming room. I try to set up 246 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.799 a nice background to make it feel like we're going 247 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:16.200 on a walk. I really tried to make it inviting 248 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:18.799 for you, my guests, again, because I care about you 249 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:21.960 taking your time to come and hear this important talk 250 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:26.000 about life. Forty and over and then we started with menopause. Menopause, 251 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:29.759 so I have a filming room. I literally Bruce rolled 252 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:33.360 out of the chair and crawled to bed, and so 253 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:37.559 thank you for asking. This is it for me? This 254 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:42.480 is it for me sometimes for one week and the 255 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:47.039 energy levels is just in the tank. 256 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:48.519 That's it. That's all I've got. 257 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.120 And so I know a lot of women in our 258 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:52.919 practices have come to us about that. 259 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:55.039 Bruce, after the short. 260 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:56.919 Break, you and I can come back and maybe you 261 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:59.080 can tell me some of the experiences you've had as well, 262 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.120 because I love this rapport and everyone, as I talked 263 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:05.159 about Walk with Wisdom, it's a journey. We go on 264 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.360 it together. Bruce and I are going to have some 265 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:11.080 great ideas at the end of the show, and we're 266 00:15:11.120 --> 00:16:40.159 going to take a short brink for sponsors. Hi, everyone, 267 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:44.320 thank you for coming back. Genevieve Wisdom of Walk with Wisdom, 268 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:49.120 and I have Bruce Pollock here. He is interviewing the 269 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:54.559 interviewer today. There is Bruce's contact information if you wanted 270 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:58.039 to reach him directly. Bruce Underscore Pollock at Yahoo dot 271 00:16:58.080 --> 00:17:01.360 ca a and of course with me. We love emails 272 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:07.319 Wisdom at Walk with Wisdom dot ca and Bruce we 273 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:11.480 left off on a really important question about my journey 274 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:15.279 through menopause and what you and I have experienced with women, 275 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:17.960 and it's the energy crisis. 276 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:23.319 I really thought that was important because throughout my years 277 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:25.839 of dealing with this, I've had women and they just 278 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:28.119 they feel really bad because all I could do was 279 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:30.359 cook dinner. I didn't have the energy to do dishes, 280 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.759 and there's a real guilt that comes with that. And 281 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.279 the guilt shouldn't be there. This is something that's out 282 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:39.799 of your control. You don't have the energy, and I 283 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:43.440 really believe that the negative emotion harms you as much 284 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:46.720 as the menopause itself does. So this is what I 285 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:50.519 love about Genevieve. I look beautiful, and she does. She's 286 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.319 a beautiful woman. 287 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.839 We all do. 288 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:55.200 It doesn't matter what walk of life we're in. But 289 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:58.240 as soon as we start feeling guilty negative all those 290 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.039 things about ourselves or lack of energy or the way 291 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:04.200 we feel, that affects us on a physical level, and 292 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.559 we're already being affected on physical levels, so we don't 293 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:08.640 need to add to it. So that was why I 294 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:13.119 forced Genevieve into talking about her energy levels, just so 295 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:17.000 that everybody realizes one, it's normal, and two is like, 296 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.400 don't worry about it. That's just I mean, we can 297 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:22.119 build health from there, but don't feel guilty about it. 298 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.279 Accept it as just part of the journey. 299 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:30.319 If you would, absolutely, absolutely thank you Bruce for having us, 300 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:37.480 especially girls, talk about the energy aspect because we all 301 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:42.000 do diverse jobs and when we're on able to do 302 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:44.000 it and take care of the family. I know for 303 00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:49.920 women nurturers that can cause a guilt and ladies, no 304 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:54.400 guilt here, it's normal. And Lilis and I have some ideas. 305 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.000 When we get further in, please go ahead. 306 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:02.960 Okay, so we've talked about your symptoms. Tell me where 307 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:05.400 they expected. Is this what you're expecting when you're walking 308 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.359 to metapause or did you get hit with a baseball bat? 309 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.359 Heaven? 310 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:14.119 No, I didn't expect this, and I talked to girls 311 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:17.400 who are in my age group going through it, and 312 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:17.759 we go. 313 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:20.759 They didn't tell us. We didn't find out until we 314 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:23.799 got here. But Bruce and everyone my. 315 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:26.839 Audience by the way, thank you for your comments. Please 316 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:31.279 go ahead and make comments. How I can relate to 317 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:33.279 you more, of course, is when you send me an email, 318 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:36.720 because you know we're here. We just have a certain 319 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:39.799 amount of time. But I see your comments. I appreciate 320 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:42.599 it talk to one another, and I can also share 321 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:44.559 them with Bruce at the end of the show, and 322 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:48.319 we can specifically answer some questions possible Bruce and another 323 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:54.799 one of the podcasts, But certainly I didn't expect it, 324 00:19:55.200 --> 00:20:01.039 and my being in the nutraceutical industry, so ladies, again, 325 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:05.400 my three main areas was beauty, which is why I 326 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:08.000 don't throw it out, and it's foundational because we see 327 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:10.559 each other. We have an experience of each other first 328 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:16.319 through eyes, the wealth industry and the health industry, and 329 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:18.599 wealth being I was an insurance broker, and I was 330 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:24.039 in banking, and then most recently the largest area where 331 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:28.759 I've learned a lot of skills and spent time helping 332 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:32.160 others because Bruce and I love to help others is 333 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:36.960 in the integrative health space. So it's more unwellness, but 334 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:39.359 you know, we really have a lot of wisdom and 335 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:44.160 knowledge on nutraceuticals, which is studied in research vitamins and 336 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:47.839 minerals and things that will make a change in what 337 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:50.440 we're going through with the symptoms that we're going through, 338 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:53.799 and so my being in that field, Bruce, I. 339 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:56.279 Thought I got this. I have done. I was cleansing. 340 00:20:56.640 --> 00:21:00.279 Cleansing was a thing I was vegan before vegan, the 341 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:01.079 thing to cleanse. 342 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.240 I was eating quinoa. 343 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:06.119 I ate so much quinoa that I can eat quina 344 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:08.400 right now because I ate so much quina for a 345 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:12.279 decade that my middle name was Quenua. So I went 346 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:17.160 through I thought I had such a solid base and boom, 347 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.519 here I am. 348 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:21.480 I'm going what the fun happened? 349 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.880 Okay? 350 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:27.039 My next part, I guess, is a two part question. 351 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:30.559 What's been the hardest part for you number one? And 352 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:33.319 what was most an unexpected part of the journey for 353 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.240 you for number two? 354 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.480 Two? 355 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:40.519 Yeah, so the hardest part for me is not sleeping. 356 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.000 We haven't really touched on sleep. But Bruce, I know 357 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.079 you know, And. 358 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:50.359 Ladies, because you're all going through it with me, and 359 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:52.119 those of you who are going through it with me, 360 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:57.279 please share that. And for right now, until we build 361 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:00.920 some more groups for the Walk with Wisdom pod, as 362 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:03.799 we get to know one another, send an email because 363 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:07.240 we have ways to deal with this. But a massive 364 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:11.839 part of this stage of life is sleeplessness, and really 365 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:15.599 what happens is your cortisol. We talked about this and 366 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:19.559 again if you haven't seen or two previous podcasts, Bruce 367 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:22.400 and I talked about menopause. Menopause which is the male 368 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:28.799 version andropause generally in general that happens about a decade 369 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:32.440 after women experience menopause. For men, their hormones are going 370 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:37.079 down to and they can have some drastic changes. So 371 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:45.640 for me, sleep is non existence. And I have tried 372 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:53.359 absolutely everything for sleep, absolutely everything, because I know what 373 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:56.279 to do. I have the great Bruce Pollock in my corner, 374 00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:01.240 I have a team of medical experts and yeah, nothing. 375 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:05.160 That was really really the most difficult part. And I 376 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:08.759 guess the most unexpected part was that the two part question. 377 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.200 Absolutely yeah, most expected. 378 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:15.920 So I guess the most unexpected part for me was 379 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:19.640 to realize that, Okay, I'll tell you a story. Remember 380 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:22.799 when we started on this, I told you all that I. 381 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:25.480 Speak in stories because it gives you a visual. 382 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:28.559 So when I was much younger, toadterer and thinner, and 383 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:31.000 that's my little tagline and I love it and I 384 00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:33.880 uphold it because I love me now. But there wasn't 385 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:38.240 me then. By the way, is there another black. 386 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:40.599 And white picture, please? Then that you can put up 387 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.799 with me in my thirties. 388 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:44.799 And so there's another one that we're going to pop 389 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:50.079 up much younger, toadterer and thinner. I would coach women 390 00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:55.680 on weight loss, and I would coach women, not specifically 391 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:59.160 just on fat loss. But you know, we talk about 392 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:02.759 making sure that you healthy. You're gonna look for bone density. 393 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:06.160 So we did dexa scans right birds to make sure 394 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:12.240 that we're all the different parts of your body composition, 395 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:15.400 because it's not just about body size. And again it's 396 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:19.680 not about size, it's about how you're healthy in that size. 397 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:22.079 And so I remember this one lady. 398 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:23.279 Came in and she took one look at me up 399 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:25.559 and down, and she looked at me like she knew 400 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.960 I was a black barbie. And I'm going I didn't 401 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:30.319 know what was going on. And she goes, have you 402 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:34.240 ever gained weight? And I said, no, eat. 403 00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:39.079 Less and exercise more. He goes, it's coming for you, 404 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.720 And it came for me. 405 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:46.440 So the most unexpected part for me having I never 406 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:49.440 had a weight issue. Have gained weight once, but it 407 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:53.200 was something specific that happened. It was like an insult 408 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:56.160 that happened in life that caused that. But apart from that, 409 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:00.000 you know, tall and slim and sleek and lean and 410 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.240 so I've never really had that boomerang. And when it's 411 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:08.160 just come on like it has, it's just like, oh, Wow, 412 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:13.680 need some help here, because Bruce and again about the 413 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:17.559 weight and the hormonal aspect of it, that's really showing 414 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:20.119 how out of balance my hormones are and we can't 415 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:24.680 Nothing will change. The gut won't change, the sleep won't change, 416 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:27.400 the brain health which we'll talk about later won't change, 417 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.880 and the weight won't change if we don't get it 418 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:32.440 all balanced. So it's not just about the weight. It's 419 00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:36.079 everything in conjunction. But for me that was really the 420 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:39.960 most unexpected part because I could exercise. I can't exercise now, 421 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:44.400 by the way, because everything hurts. 422 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:47.960 Plus I have a lot of dizzy spells. So when 423 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.720 people go go for. 424 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:52.519 A walk around the block, I go, I can't walk, Sugar, 425 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:56.400 you don't don't understand. And last thing about the most 426 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:01.200 unexpected thing for me is giving up my heels. I 427 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:05.160 loved a high heel. Bruce and I know a lot 428 00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:07.440 of you ladies. I used to hear the ladies say 429 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:09.759 to me, oh, yeah, we can only wear flats, And 430 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:12.240 I'm going, why why. 431 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:15.359 Do you give up your heels? I will never give 432 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.200 up my heels. 433 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:18.400 Well, you don't want to see what I'm wearing on 434 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:23.599 my feet, but it's flat and comfortable because estrogen and 435 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:26.240 of course all the hormones working in balance. They have 436 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:29.839 to be in homeostasis, which is in balance, affect different 437 00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:34.039 things like your ligaments, like your bones, and so a 438 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:37.640 lot of drop foot happens in menopause, a lot of 439 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:42.319 flat footedness, a lot of pain between the ligaments, joints, tendons, 440 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:45.599 all of that because now we're not making our hormones 441 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:49.559 indogenously and the body is going where is it? There's 442 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:52.440 a panic, and then we have these symptoms that Bruce 443 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:55.359 and I are gonna come up with some protocols later on. 444 00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:59.400 So I'm curious about this. 445 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:02.599 I've had many ladies come at me say, you know, 446 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:06.279 metoposit feels like I'm losing myself. Have you ever looked 447 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.160 in the mirror and said, who's this person staring back 448 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:11.319 at me? Because I get that a lot these poor ladies. 449 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:13.240 They say, I don't even recognize the person in the 450 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:17.519 mirror anymore. Can you explain that to me one hundred percent? 451 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.839 And I'll tell you another story. 452 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:21.079 I was walking down the street and you know, we 453 00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:23.000 walk down the street and there's a reflection in the 454 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.599 glass at a storefront. 455 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:26.119 Bruce and ladies. 456 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:29.400 As walking down the street and I'm going, oh, there's 457 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:31.799 another lady who looks like she's from where I'm from. 458 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:34.599 So I live in a phenomenal city. 459 00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:38.319 Phenomenal We love one another here, and that's what I 460 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:41.720 love about where I live in Vancouver. For the most part, 461 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:44.440 there is this love and respect for one another, no 462 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:47.119 matter color, creed, YadA, YadA, YadA. So I just want 463 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:50.759 to say that I love where I am. And my 464 00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.920 mom came here in nineteen seventy four and brought us 465 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:55.480 kids up, so really really love it here. 466 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.759 So I'm walking and. 467 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:01.200 I look and I thought, oh, there looks like someone 468 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:04.200 from where I'm from, you know, kind of looks. 469 00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:06.839 Like my mom. And I realized it was me. 470 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:12.160 That woman wasn't following me, that was me. And I'm going, ah, 471 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:17.960 what happened? And so I know what that's like. And again, ladies, 472 00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:21.279 this is not about self hatred, about us gaining weight. 473 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.599 That's not the issue. 474 00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:27.559 It's about now. This person that's looking back at you 475 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:33.720 is simply not you. And some of us it's in wait. 476 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:36.240 Some of us it's in our skin. Some of us 477 00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:40.279 it's the headaches and the dizziness. And you know, you 478 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.880 get up in the morning and you're trying to brush 479 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:44.079 your teeth. I've done that, and you're going I'm going 480 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:49.240 to fall into the sink. And then, of course we 481 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:54.000 will talk about the emotions, but a hundred percent looking 482 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:57.359 at ourselves and thinking, oh wow, we're and it can 483 00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:01.200 happen suddenly. It actually happened quite fast for me because 484 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:05.519 I didn't actually go through a perimenopause stage that was avert, 485 00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:10.640 and perimenopause that subvert means that you'll have women will 486 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.039 have sporadic mencies. 487 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:17.640 I didn't do that. It was done and done just. 488 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:21.519 All the way through, like clockwork, and then I was done, 489 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:26.359 and then everything changed in an instant, and so I 490 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:28.640 now concur and I have the same thing Bruce in 491 00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:33.319 my private practice with women, coaching and counseling and helping 492 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:37.440 them be compliant with their medical professionals if they're on 493 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:41.200 hormone therapies, or if they're on nutraceutical therapies or both. 494 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:44.440 You and I are very well versed in that, and 495 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:46.720 a lot of ladies have told me that. 496 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:49.319 And now it's me, Bruce. 497 00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:53.000 I'm not loving it, but you know what, I like 498 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:57.000 where I am and I'm content and this is just 499 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:58.359 one of those things in life. 500 00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:00.759 Walk with wisdom and we go through this journey. 501 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:06.640 Okay, Well, let's talk about spontaneous combustion also called hot flashes. 502 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:09.920 I've seen it happen where the lady in front of 503 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:13.519 me just sweat starts pouring off of her and it's 504 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:16.200 just totally out of control. Do you have a secret weapon? 505 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.279 What do you do to cool yourself down when this 506 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.839 is happening? 507 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:24.279 Huh? 508 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:31.000 Okay, no secret weapon. Moving along, Let's just say. 509 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:33.880 The neighbors might not wanted to see what I come 510 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.519 outside in. 511 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:39.640 Okay, I'll tell you another story. So based on where 512 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:46.440 I live, my amazing husband is from. He's an ice 513 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:49.960 hockey boy. So this is going to give a contrast 514 00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:53.440 the man who's played hockey his own life, grew up 515 00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:59.839 loving being out on the ice and or first win 516 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:04.079 together when I was going through this time. It was 517 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:07.119 minus eleven outside, which is unusual for us where we are, 518 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:08.400 but it was a little cold snap. 519 00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.839 He had my winter. 520 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.960 Jacket on, and you guys can tell that I'm from 521 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:16.319 a hot island, hot island girl, so I had the 522 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:20.759 warmest down. He had my winter jacket on because I'm tall, 523 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.039 so you can fit in it. So he had it 524 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:25.519 all pulled up. The heats were going, and then all 525 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:28.640 on a sudden, the window goes down on my side. 526 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.960 I turn off the heat and these big blue eyes 527 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:33.240 turn around and look at me and go, what are 528 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:35.839 you doing? It's minus eleven degrees outside, and I go, 529 00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:39.680 haven't you heard of a hot flash? And then I'm going, oh, 530 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.920 my goodness, this is what a hot flash feels like. 531 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:47.559 It was horrific, and so you know that's a little 532 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:50.759 bit of a jest. But I have tried to do 533 00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:55.839 it with nutraceutical protocols to calm the fire within, and 534 00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:59.920 it does calment. So I mean, because I couldn't be here, Bruce, 535 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:03.319 I would have had a hot flash like every five 536 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:07.480 minutes before I started on taking a certain brand of 537 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:11.440 nutraceuticals and I so we can come back and talk 538 00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:13.839 about you know some of the things that we can do. 539 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:17.039 What we're gonna do right now is have a short 540 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.799 break so that our sponsors can tell us all the 541 00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:23.200 good stuff that they have for us. Thank you all 542 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:26.640 for watching, keep commenting, please come back. We're gonna talk 543 00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:31.640 more about menopause and menopause. 544 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:16.039 As every day. 545 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:22.599 Think of the b. 546 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:53.880 Y thing dot com every day. 547 00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:08.920 Thanks hi everyone, Welcome back to Walk with Wisdom. I'm 548 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:12.480 host Genevieve Wisdom, and we have Bruce Pollock with us today. 549 00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:17.760 We are continuing to talk about menopause. Menopause because it 550 00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:21.000 is something that your host is going through right now. 551 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:26.159 And along the line of us being authentic so you get. 552 00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:29.360 To know me, Bruce has agreed to come back and 553 00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:34.719 interview the interviewer, and so we're talking about all the 554 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:38.360 different symptomology and how I go through it as a 555 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:43.360 life coach, as someone having all the nutraceutical experiences, someone 556 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:48.719 having a team of doctors and naturopathic doctors and colon 557 00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:56.199 hydrotherapists and ivy therapists and holistic nutritionists and homeopathic doctors 558 00:34:56.280 --> 00:35:00.400 around me, and yet it's struggle. 559 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:02.519 And so we're here today. 560 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:06.400 Bruce has come to help me to say to women 561 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:10.760 specifically in this that it's okay. We don't give up. 562 00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:13.960 There are answers, and we keep doing things to make 563 00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:17.079 it better. So Bruce, you know, we start I started 564 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:20.079 off or I left off talking about nutraceutical protocols. 565 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.880 They help, They. 566 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:25.199 Help tremendously, and so whatever your doctor tells you to 567 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.199 do some of you might need to have hormone replacement 568 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:31.360 bioidentical hormone replacement. 569 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:33.719 At a certain time, do the research. 570 00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:37.480 If you have any questions, we come in Bruce and 571 00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:40.320 I if I can talk for us as coaches, so 572 00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:44.159 we come in in between where your medical professional may 573 00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:47.440 not have the time to really listen and go through 574 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:51.639 the nitty gritty as to why you're on bioidentical progesterone 575 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:58.039 or or why you're on this supplement to help you 576 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:03.000 to get you to sleep at night. We have the 577 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:05.679 time to do that because we're a coach and a 578 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:08.519 consultant and counselor and we come in the middle and 579 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:10.400 we have that time and we take that time. So 580 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:16.880 you can contact me Wisdom at walk with Wisdom dot Ca, 581 00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:20.679 or if you want to talk to Bruce specifically, Bruce 582 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.320 Underscore Pollack at Yahoo dot ca. 583 00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:27.159 So, Bruce, we're going to talk further, have another. 584 00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.760 One for me. I do. 585 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:33.760 So we've talked about the physical symptoms and that kind 586 00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:37.360 of thing, but what about the impact on relationships. Have 587 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:39.639 you noticed a shift in how you connect with your friends, 588 00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:42.760 your family, even your even your husband. Has there been 589 00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:45.639 a difference as things have shifted into the metopause stage? 590 00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:50.920 Oh lord, I'll tell you a story I used to 591 00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:55.000 hear and this is very transparent. Sorry, honey, he didn't 592 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.920 know I was going to say. 593 00:36:55.760 --> 00:37:01.119 This on out there. 594 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:11.079 But you know, I'm doing this podcast because so many people, 595 00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:14.119 over all the different industries I've been in, have asked 596 00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:17.239 me for my wisdom. Thank you for valuing what I've 597 00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:22.559 studied and experienced and put it together under this umbrella 598 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:27.159 of life coaching. And then Bruce has come alongside me 599 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:33.559 with his incredible plethora of accolades to help. We love 600 00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:38.280 to help, and we love to help primarily in the 601 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:42.119 nutraceutical space, the integrative health and healing and wellness space. 602 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:44.960 And so I didn't know I would be at this 603 00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:48.320 stage when I started this podcast. I had no idea. 604 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.599 It just happened. 605 00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:53.280 And what I found, Bruce and you may have as 606 00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:56.039 well with your clients. Is they love to know that 607 00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:59.239 you know, you know, you go to someone who gets you. 608 00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:02.320 You don't want to go to someone that's I mean, okay, 609 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:04.199 we look up to people and go maybe one day 610 00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:07.519 we want to be like so and so. But on 611 00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:10.599 the real aspect, to make real change in life, we 612 00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.960 like to go to people who know. 613 00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.559 And so. 614 00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:18.360 One of the things that had happened, and the story 615 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:21.679 tying it back to my husband is I used to 616 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:25.239 have women say to me that my husband hasn't seen 617 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:26.159 me naked in years. 618 00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.400 I hide. 619 00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:36.280 Well, today the man opened the door without knocking. I'm 620 00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:40.599 telling you he got a little bit of spice from me. 621 00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.239 And so. 622 00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:51.239 All these different things happen to us during this time. 623 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:54.400 And so rus can you just repeat the question and ladies, 624 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:56.719 I'll say this. One of the things that happened to 625 00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:59.800 why if you see me using notes in the show, 626 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:06.119 is I have memory labses and so because hormones affect 627 00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:09.880 the brain, Bruce, how much does it affect your brain 628 00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:11.639 and sleep and memory? 629 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:13.960 So please forgive me for that I kind of lost 630 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.639 the question. 631 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.239 There, Yeah, no problem. 632 00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:19.639 So the question was about relationships, and you know there's 633 00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:21.719 been a shift in your connection with other people, with 634 00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:25.320 your friends, your family, your husband. That's that's what we're 635 00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:28.360 looking for, is your relationship and your connections with other people. 636 00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:30.920 They change since you've been going through the hormone the 637 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:33.639 metopausal change journey. 638 00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:36.960 Absolutely well. And the reason why I start with the 639 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:39.679 husband and told that story is for a lot of 640 00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:45.400 us girls, and Bruce, you know that or closest relationship 641 00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:48.519 is our spouse. So they're gonna get the goods, bad 642 00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:51.480 and the good with it. And so that's why I 643 00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:55.159 started there because of this change. And then sometimes he 644 00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:58.760 can't touch me because I'm so hot and the man 645 00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:01.119 is tactile he and he goes, well can I touch 646 00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:03.760 your finger? And and go absolutely, baby, touch my finger, 647 00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:06.880 but nowhere else because it's hot and there's water pouring, 648 00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:10.599 which you've seen, you know, Bruce, And so so that 649 00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:15.119 has changed. The good news is if you are in 650 00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:20.119 a love relationship, we can love more through it. 651 00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:21.519 And that's what I've found. 652 00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:24.960 And I'm very very grateful to have such an understanding 653 00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:30.360 man who listens. And so with relationships, we have to 654 00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:34.239 communicate to all those around us, like if we're starting 655 00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:37.519 to freak out, just like when I lost my memory lapse. 656 00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:39.880 Right now, I explain to you all what was happening. 657 00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:42.199 If we start to freak out, we have to just 658 00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:47.039 try with every ounce that we have and just explain. Listen, 659 00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:50.719 right now, I'm going through some things. If I lash 660 00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:53.000 out on you and I don't normally do, or if 661 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:56.400 I start crying and I don't normally do, I'm just 662 00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.280 going through some things. 663 00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.000 Just bear with me. 664 00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:00.559 I'm working with it, and Bruce and Jennevie has some 665 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.679 protocols that will talk about it. 666 00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:07.159 Keep in mind that as important as to communicate with 667 00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:10.840 your husband or the partner in your life, men do 668 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:15.159 think differently than women. And the way I sort of 669 00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:18.239 try to express this which isn't hundredercent accurate, So no 670 00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:22.239 bad comments is ladies, you try to express the way 671 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:26.480 you feel through story or you'll use an example. 672 00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:28.679 You squeeze the toothpaste in the middle. 673 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:31.400 It's not the toothpasting squeezed in the middle that bothers you, 674 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:33.039 it's a feeling you get from that. 675 00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:35.920 The example I use is. 676 00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:39.519 If a woman says to a man, I feel like 677 00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:41.880 you're having an affair, it means you're not spending enough 678 00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:43.920 time with me. You don't care about me enough. I 679 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:46.679 feel like your love is going somewhere else. Well, if 680 00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:48.920 a man says that to a woman, that's what he means. 681 00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:51.639 There is no off sense and butts about that. If 682 00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:53.840 he says to you, I feel you're having an affair, 683 00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:57.440 he believes you are. So when you're talking to a 684 00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:00.639 man and you're trying to get your point across, exture 685 00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:06.760 what you're saying can jive with a person who sees 686 00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:09.519 the world in black and white, because that's way men 687 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:11.880 do it. We don't see it in emotion. We see 688 00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:14.480 it and so when you say what do we think 689 00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:17.159 about we say nothing. We're really not thinking about anything. 690 00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:20.280 We're just sitting there. So when you do go to 691 00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:23.119 explain what you're feeling, try to put in a way 692 00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:26.480 that he will understand. And if you're really in a 693 00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:29.559 good place with him, say can you tell me back 694 00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:32.760 what I just said to you? And if he can 695 00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:35.920 explain back to what he said to you using his words, 696 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:39.280 then he understood what you're saying. But don't do it 697 00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:42.159 when he's watching the hockey game. He won't be listening, 698 00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:45.840 you know. Make sure you sit down and say, is 699 00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:47.760 this a good time to talk. Can we talk? Because 700 00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:51.559 I have some important stuff I need to say, and 701 00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:53.719 that's going to be the way you do it. And 702 00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:58.039 it's so important because I've seen many, many, many again 703 00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:00.920 many women come to me and say, I'm using my relationship. 704 00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:02.199 I don't know what to do. I can't talk to 705 00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:05.400 this person. Well you need to. It's very important. 706 00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:10.960 Sorry for the speech, No, And that's why that wait, Bruce, 707 00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:13.960 one moment. If I may just add to that, that's 708 00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:18.400 what's important. Why I said menopause. Menopause because we all 709 00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:21.159 experience it together, and Bruce, I don't want to run 710 00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:26.760 out on this show. Though we're talking specifically about my experience. 711 00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:30.639 Well maybe we'll talk about it on another show, because 712 00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:36.400 men go through changes too, hormonally, and you know, having 713 00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:42.639 Bruce's perspective audience is so important because I don't want 714 00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:45.599 to leave the men out and we have all kinds 715 00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:48.480 of male relationships in our lives. It could be our sons, 716 00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:50.840 if we're blessed to be, you know, moms in our 717 00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:53.159 eighties could be your brother or nephew. 718 00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:57.199 This show really helps across the board with us and 719 00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:58.239 with the men in our lives. 720 00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:00.519 And thank you Bruce for reminding us because girls were 721 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:05.039 emotional and we add emotion to everything. Remember when you're 722 00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:07.960 talking to the man in your life, keep it black 723 00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.480 and white, thank you birth. 724 00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:11.000 Yeah, keep it simple. 725 00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.599 Yes, So. 726 00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:17.159 Along most journeys are it's a point where you're you 727 00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:20.480 just feel like you're going straight uphill and you can't 728 00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:23.679 take the next step. Was there a point where you 729 00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:26.639 just said, this is ridiculous. I'm not going to feel 730 00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:29.079 the pity partymore. I'm not going to feel sort for myself. 731 00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:32.400 I need to take charge. I need to I need 732 00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:35.000 to take back my power. If you would, did you 733 00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:36.760 do it? Was there a turning point where I was 734 00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:39.000 and you said, this isn't where the way I want 735 00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:43.679 to be experiencing this, this experience, And did you do 736 00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.400 something different? 737 00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:46.079 Did you make changes at a certain point? 738 00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.239 Yes? 739 00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:53.239 Absolutely, things just kept getting worse. I was getting fatter, 740 00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:55.280 I was getting hotter. I'm doing all this stuff and 741 00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:57.320 it's not working. And I'm going, oh, no, you don't. 742 00:44:57.679 --> 00:45:00.480 I don't accept it because I know there are answers. 743 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:04.199 I've seen them work for many, many, many others. And 744 00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:09.320 so keeping in mind that, you know, my experience is 745 00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:13.119 really at a height level, and I think one of 746 00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:16.679 the reasons is because I went from a high level 747 00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:21.280 of hormones, which normally genetically I would have, so like 748 00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:27.199 from the penthouse to parking garage number twelve in an instant. 749 00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:31.400 There was no winding down. That just happened, and I 750 00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:35.599 was really going into a little bit of a whole. 751 00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:39.519 I can't function like I used to. I can't stand. 752 00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:40.800 I have this dizziness now. 753 00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:42.559 I don't know if one has anything to do with 754 00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:45.400 the other, but because of where I am, you know, 755 00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:47.119 it's all different things. 756 00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.719 That I'm going through. 757 00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:51.800 So my physicality change, how I move, how I live 758 00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:56.679 my day, my job, job, everything changed, and. 759 00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:01.039 I thought, I'm going to take my power back. And 760 00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:03.280 how I do that is do what I know best. 761 00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:07.400 And when people have asked the geneteve give us your wisdom, 762 00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:10.400 I started to dig in to the wisdom that I 763 00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:14.000 have learned from others. And that is when I decided 764 00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:17.920 I have I have to do this podcast. I can't 765 00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:20.119 hide because I was hiding. I didn't want to come 766 00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:23.199 out like this. I was hiding, you know because and 767 00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:25.239 I don't know, Dan, if you can pop up any 768 00:46:25.280 --> 00:46:29.119 of the pictures, whichever one work, maybe even one of 769 00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:31.199 the colored ones. When I was in my mid forties 770 00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:33.039 and still modeling. 771 00:46:33.280 --> 00:46:37.239 There we go. Yeah, absolutely, that's one that I did, 772 00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:40.480 you know, in my forties for. 773 00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:50.280 Skincare makeup line, and then you know, so I was 774 00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:54.440 hiding because that was so much a part of me. 775 00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:57.199 But one thing I'll say, Bruce, we can let our 776 00:46:57.360 --> 00:47:01.760 looks or external things be or ident because if it is, 777 00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:05.800 then when you come to a massive crossroads like what 778 00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:12.400 I'm feeling right now, you would just crawl and give up. 779 00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:15.639 And that's not about me. So that's why I thought, 780 00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:16.800 let's do the podcast. 781 00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:17.960 Let's be real. 782 00:47:18.519 --> 00:47:22.039 People are talking about menopause everywhere, menopause not so much, 783 00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:23.880 but Bruce and I are talking about that. 784 00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:25.360 So let's be real. 785 00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:30.400 We're ordinary, extraordinary people next door. We can talk about 786 00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:33.800 this and we can come up with a protocol to 787 00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:36.599 help one another. Bruce and I have the wisdom to 788 00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:40.239 do it. And so that's what really changed me is 789 00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:43.599 I am going to do what I can do, which 790 00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:46.039 I know what I know I can do with the 791 00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:49.800 help of my brilliant friends, starting with you, Bruce, to 792 00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:51.480 put together protocols. 793 00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:53.039 To help women go through this. 794 00:47:53.360 --> 00:47:57.559 And so when we come back, we're going to have 795 00:47:57.639 --> 00:48:00.760 a short break for sponsors. When we come back, we'll 796 00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:04.719 talk about some of those protocols that is coming up 797 00:48:05.039 --> 00:49:34.039 in future shows. Thank you everyone. Genevieve Wisdom, welcome to 798 00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:37.960 Walk with Wisdom. And Bruce Pollock is here with me 799 00:49:38.119 --> 00:49:41.480 today talking about my journey on menopause. 800 00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:45.119 Bruce, anything you. 801 00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:48.840 Wanted, absolutely, So you've been going through this for a 802 00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:51.679 while now, you must have come up with something to 803 00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:54.400 help you out. What would you say, like, let's call 804 00:49:54.440 --> 00:49:57.239 them wisdom hacks if you would. What ideas do you 805 00:49:57.400 --> 00:50:00.000 have for just dealing with on a day to day baby? 806 00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:02.679 Thank you, Bruce. I love that. 807 00:50:02.880 --> 00:50:04.960 Before we talk about the wisdom hacks, I'm going to 808 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:09.360 pull up one more picture Dan if you can, yeah, perfect. 809 00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:12.000 So this is one of my favorite pictures again in 810 00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:14.800 my forties, mid forties. It's not like you know, twenty 811 00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:23.199 years ago to mid to late forties, and I really 812 00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:26.199 want to get my body back. That is one of 813 00:50:26.280 --> 00:50:28.119 the wisdom hacks that I want to do. And so 814 00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:32.159 you see all these things about weight and weight loss, 815 00:50:32.280 --> 00:50:36.480 and so one of the things that I'm going to do, Bruce, 816 00:50:36.679 --> 00:50:40.239 and I am going to get your wisdom on it 817 00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:43.800 because it works for men as well. Is to help 818 00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:50.480 us balance or hormones foundationally, so we can get our 819 00:50:50.519 --> 00:50:54.679 bodies back and lose that mid section. You've heard about 820 00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:58.119 the meno belly, and I also call it the man o'belly. 821 00:50:58.920 --> 00:51:02.159 It's right around there that it sits, and it really 822 00:51:02.239 --> 00:51:04.960 irks us. And one of the wisdom hacks that I 823 00:51:05.079 --> 00:51:07.920 have for that is really starting with a gut. So 824 00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:11.480 what I want to do, We're gonna we don't want 825 00:51:11.480 --> 00:51:14.400 to give too much information for a show. We don't 826 00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:17.239 want it to be like, you know, a university course 827 00:51:17.320 --> 00:51:19.400 per show. We want it to be fun and talking 828 00:51:19.840 --> 00:51:24.840 while giving everyone a little bit of information. So we're 829 00:51:24.880 --> 00:51:27.639 gonna start with a gut. Then we're gonna work on 830 00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:32.039 sleep because I think, Bruce, you agree that if we 831 00:51:32.159 --> 00:51:36.239 don't sleep, it really doesn't matter what we do as well, 832 00:51:36.519 --> 00:51:40.519 especially when it comes to wait. So the number one 833 00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:45.079 thing again is got making sure we're going to the bathroom. 834 00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:49.199 I'll talk about doing colonics because me again keeping in 835 00:51:49.320 --> 00:51:52.800 mind that I'm here, Oh, Bruce, something I thought of 836 00:51:53.400 --> 00:51:58.039 And ladies and gentlemen, all my viewers, you this may 837 00:51:58.119 --> 00:51:58.920 make sense to you. 838 00:51:59.079 --> 00:51:59.800 I hope it does. 839 00:52:00.719 --> 00:52:03.119 I'm just dropping it on Bruce, right, now, I thought 840 00:52:03.159 --> 00:52:11.239 what we would do is put together four levels of changing, reverting, reversing, 841 00:52:11.400 --> 00:52:14.719 reviving us back to what we used to do. 842 00:52:14.920 --> 00:52:15.000 Now. 843 00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:17.239 Maybe we're not going to be exactly how we were 844 00:52:17.280 --> 00:52:21.079 at twenty one, but certainly we can reverse back to 845 00:52:21.360 --> 00:52:22.000 mid forties. 846 00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:22.480 I'll take it. 847 00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:32.159 And it's to have mild, medium, hot, and pecante settings 848 00:52:32.760 --> 00:52:34.119 piicante I'm extra hot. 849 00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:35.840 And that would mean that. 850 00:52:35.920 --> 00:52:38.719 If someone has something mild going on, maybe it's just 851 00:52:38.840 --> 00:52:42.440 a matter of fixing their gut. Get some probiotics, get 852 00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:46.719 the microbiome going, and some magnesium for sleep, and that 853 00:52:46.880 --> 00:52:49.519 will fix them. Let's say, if we're talking about gut 854 00:52:49.559 --> 00:52:54.559 and sleep for someone who's medium, we stack. Everyone knows 855 00:52:54.599 --> 00:52:58.079 I love stacking, Bruce. You get stacking. Sometimes some people 856 00:52:58.199 --> 00:53:01.719 need more things to do, so we'll stack it on 857 00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:04.159 the medium level and then we go up levels. So 858 00:53:04.880 --> 00:53:07.719 it's not a one size fits all. That's what makes 859 00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:12.400 us so unique, uniquely beautiful, uniquely amazing wherever we are. 860 00:53:12.920 --> 00:53:15.239 It's not a one size fits all. What do you think, 861 00:53:15.320 --> 00:53:18.280 Bruce and audience, I love your comments about this. 862 00:53:20.079 --> 00:53:21.199 I think it's fabulous idea. 863 00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:24.239 Just start the start of the basics and move into 864 00:53:24.280 --> 00:53:27.159 the as you say, the pecante, if you would know, 865 00:53:27.199 --> 00:53:30.840 it's a great idea. But even you know, what we 866 00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:33.239 refer to men is as we say, the dad bod, 867 00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:37.079 and the dad bod is the cortisol bod. Right, that's 868 00:53:37.199 --> 00:53:42.320 that that tire around the around the gut, and it's 869 00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:46.079 not hell. And and as much as it's normal and 870 00:53:46.199 --> 00:53:48.840 acceptable on all those things, it's still not really healthy. 871 00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:53.119 So it's let's let's start at the basics and work 872 00:53:53.159 --> 00:53:56.199 our way through absolutely perfect. 873 00:53:56.440 --> 00:53:58.239 And that's exactly it. 874 00:53:58.320 --> 00:54:01.480 And remember everyone, as I mentioned, it's not about body size, 875 00:54:02.079 --> 00:54:04.000 you know, it's not at all about that. 876 00:54:04.320 --> 00:54:07.320 But we do have the hip to waste ratio that 877 00:54:07.480 --> 00:54:07.760 all of. 878 00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:10.199 Us in health know about, and I'm sure now with 879 00:54:10.320 --> 00:54:13.440 Google everyone know what the hipto waste ratio is. That 880 00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:16.280 if it's really now you're straight and more you have 881 00:54:16.360 --> 00:54:19.719 a spare tire, it sets you up for some chronic conditions. 882 00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:24.000 So at more ages, especially forty and over, we're really 883 00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:29.000 looking to reset. Do that resetting with this menopausal and 884 00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:33.880 menopausal cascade so that we're healthy and we decrease our 885 00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:37.239 risk of these chronic conditions that can come just from 886 00:54:37.400 --> 00:54:40.320 us having this massive weight change and we can do it. 887 00:54:40.440 --> 00:54:44.440 There are things that we can do, right, Bruce, absolutely 888 00:54:44.920 --> 00:54:50.079 absolutely stave off the type two deep sorry, stave off 889 00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:51.480 the type two diabetes and that. 890 00:54:51.559 --> 00:54:52.000 Sort of thing. 891 00:54:53.159 --> 00:55:00.119 Absolutely, absolutely so, Bruce, Is there any comments that you 892 00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:04.840 have for me just to wrap up about getting to 893 00:55:04.960 --> 00:55:06.800 know me a little bit more through this journey and 894 00:55:06.880 --> 00:55:11.360 that you may have in general or amazing audience that's watching. 895 00:55:13.400 --> 00:55:16.800 Yeah, I really appreciate and thank you so much, Jenn 896 00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:19.199 for being so honest about this. I know we've touched 897 00:55:19.199 --> 00:55:22.320 on a number of personal things and including weight, emotions, 898 00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:26.840 and even your memory, and I think that it's really 899 00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:30.239 important for everybody out there to realize these aren't things 900 00:55:30.320 --> 00:55:33.519 to be ashamed of. These are just things the way 901 00:55:33.599 --> 00:55:35.679 they work. There are things you can make them better. 902 00:55:36.119 --> 00:55:40.719 But don't feel bad because you're feeling this way. Just 903 00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:42.840 accept that's where you feel, and then we can move 904 00:55:43.119 --> 00:55:46.320 to a better place. Remember that that journey, you hit 905 00:55:46.360 --> 00:55:49.079 that pinnacle where you just decide enough is enough. Now 906 00:55:49.119 --> 00:55:52.440 we need to change, well, change slowly. You don't have 907 00:55:52.559 --> 00:55:55.800 to change overnight, and nothing will change overnight. But but 908 00:55:55.920 --> 00:55:58.960 remember you're not alone. I guess that's I guess that's 909 00:55:59.039 --> 00:56:01.159 what I really want to say is you're not alone 910 00:56:01.199 --> 00:56:05.239 in this. Genevieve has probably, if I can be totally honest, 911 00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:10.440 there were symptomology I've ever seen, and yet look at her, 912 00:56:10.760 --> 00:56:14.079 she says, vibrant, smiling, laughing woman. 913 00:56:14.280 --> 00:56:19.239 Right, So don't you didn't let it outtart right out. 914 00:56:19.559 --> 00:56:20.639 Yeah, don't. 915 00:56:20.719 --> 00:56:24.000 Don't don't let it take you down the wrong trail. Remember, 916 00:56:24.079 --> 00:56:28.199 you can still be smiling and vibrant and not energetic necessarily, 917 00:56:28.920 --> 00:56:32.800 but you don't have to live a life of depression 918 00:56:33.559 --> 00:56:36.480 as this goes through. So again, thank you so much 919 00:56:36.519 --> 00:56:38.519 for your honest and your candidness in this. It's it's 920 00:56:39.119 --> 00:56:42.159 I've really it's opened my eyes to what's going on. 921 00:56:44.239 --> 00:56:46.599 Thank you, Bruce, and thank you for agreeing to interview 922 00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:50.800 me on such a really intimate topic to really put 923 00:56:50.840 --> 00:56:53.800 out there. But you know my heart of authenticity, which 924 00:56:53.880 --> 00:56:56.400 you have as well, and it's really to help others, 925 00:56:56.480 --> 00:57:01.079 and it's affecting so many women and men, and it's 926 00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:04.800 at such a deep level and we shouldn't have to 927 00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:08.679 suffer through this. We walk together, We walk with wisdom 928 00:57:09.079 --> 00:57:11.719 to get through it together. Thank you all again so 929 00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:16.199 much for joining me this week. Next week we are 930 00:57:16.360 --> 00:57:20.599 going to have some of those protocols we talked about, 931 00:57:20.920 --> 00:57:24.800 and I'm hoping, Bruce, do you think you can come 932 00:57:24.880 --> 00:57:27.000 back with me. I have another guest next week to 933 00:57:27.119 --> 00:57:32.599 talk about nutraceuticals specifically that's our you. 934 00:57:32.639 --> 00:57:36.480 Know, we live, breathe, and dream nutraceutical. 935 00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:38.119 So I'm wondering, can you come back with me, like 936 00:57:38.199 --> 00:57:40.199 at the end of the show and maybe help me 937 00:57:40.280 --> 00:57:43.159 do a little wrap up, put things in perspective, and 938 00:57:43.679 --> 00:57:47.360 maybe introduce some of these protocols that we talked about today. 939 00:57:48.400 --> 00:57:50.480 Well, you know what I say, besides myself, it's just 940 00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:53.400 some of my favorite subject so I would love to 941 00:57:53.480 --> 00:57:57.039 come back and talk to you about them. Absolutely, it'd 942 00:57:57.079 --> 00:57:57.679 be my pleasure. 943 00:57:58.800 --> 00:58:03.559 Fantastic. Thank you again everyone for joining Walk with Wisdom. 944 00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:07.800 Remember to share, give a thumbs up whenever you can 945 00:58:09.159 --> 00:58:12.519 stay connected on the Bowl Brave platform. You can get 946 00:58:12.559 --> 00:58:16.559 a hold of me directly Wisdom at walkwi Wisdom dot 947 00:58:16.679 --> 00:58:22.280 Ca or Bruce Bruce on the score Pollock at Yahoo 948 00:58:22.320 --> 00:58:22.679 dot ca. 949 00:58:23.280 --> 00:58:24.760 Thank you everyone for joining us. 950 00:58:31.840 --> 00:58:35.360 This has been Walk with Wisdom with host Genevieve Wisdom. 951 00:58:35.800 --> 00:58:39.519 Tune in each week as Genevieve will present powerful guests 952 00:58:39.719 --> 00:58:43.199 who'll inspire you to make every step count, whether you're 953 00:58:43.239 --> 00:58:46.639 walking your dog, tackling your morning run, or enjoying a 954 00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:50.199 quiet moment with your headphones. 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