Episode #74: You deserve to feel amazing into menopause and beyond with Shirley Weir
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Today, Rhonda welcomes the incredible Shirley Weir to talk all about the phases of our sexual health lives, and how to ensure a healthy, powerful lifestyle while feeling AMAZING through them all!
Shirley Weir introduces herself as a Menopause Chick. Her perimenopause journey began in her 40s with sleep deprivation, brain fog, anxiety & depression which led Shirley to her doctor’s office, the book store and “Dr. Google,” but she was left feeling confused, overwhelmed and alone.
From sleep to stress to vulva, vaginal & sexual health, Shirley's research shows that 77% of women have questions, and she has made it her personal mission to ensure 100% of women have access to quality answers.
Shirley never imagined she’d become a “vagina health evangelist” but back in 2016, she surveyed her online community about what information and education they were craving—and the responses were, overwhelmingly: MORE options for treating vaginal dryness!
Why? Because vulva and vaginal health are important pillars of overall health—and because over 80% of women experience vaginal dryness in postmenopause—yet less than 4% currently have a viable solution.
This glaring gap in women’s health is not ok so Shirley has made it her personal mission to bring this statistic DOWN…through quality information, education and thoroughly-researched products...because we all deserve to FEEL AMAZING!
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LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN EPISODE
Follow Shirley Weir on Instagram
Menopause Chicks private Facebook community
The Nest private community - use the code FIRSTMONTH to get your first month
free
PODCAST LINKS & RESOURCES
Check out Rhonda’s FREE Resource Library
Pelvic Health and Fitness Podcast
Book with Dayna (Rebirth Wellness)
SHOW NOTES:
(0:49) - Rhonda welcomes Shirley Weir to the podcast!
(3:04) - Shirley tells us a little more about herself, and how she got into the space of navigating perimenopause and menopause
(4:46) - What is menopause?
(7:49) - What is actually happening to our bodies that make us perimenopausal?
(10:17) - What are some things we should be watching for that indicate we are in perimenopause?
(15:36) - If someone is in the age range, what is the first step? Blood work? Or do you start investigating after people start having issues?
(18:24) - Shirley talks with us a little bit about hormone therapy
(27:38) - Shirley walks us through some more symptoms (and why Shirley is such a stickler for language around them)
(31:58) - Shirley shares with us a bit about vaginal dryness - what causes it, and what can be done to change this? (and some prevention tips!)
(40:42) - Does Shirley talk with clients about prolapse?
(44:12) - I love how your focus is on helping women feel amazing! Why is that your tagline?
(47:42) - What is Shirley’s biggest take home message to leave us with?
(48:36) - How you can find and work with Shirley!