How to Navigate Peri/Menopause

How to Navigate Peri/Menopause

From Mind If We Talk? by BetterHelp

July 2, 2026 · 53 min · Season 2 · Episode 8

About this episode

This episode explores the mental and physical experiences of menopause with insights from a mother-daughter duo and a reproductive endocrinologist.

Menopause isn’t just a physical experience; it’s a mental one, too. In this episode, host and therapist Sreela Roy-Greene sits down with the mother-daughter duo Dr. Amy Shah and her mother, Rekha, to explore the mental shifts that accompany this change and why the conversation around menopause can be so hard to start. In her midlife, Rekha’s anxiety began to feel unbearable. It wasn’t until years later that she and her daughter Amy realized that this and other symptoms were due to menopause.  Later in the episode, Dr. Natalie Crawford, a reproductive endocrinologist, author, and a leading voice in women’s hormone health, joins Sreela to dive further into the science of menopause. Dr. Crawford unpacks the hormonal shifts, the connection between the brain and the ovaries, how to optimize your health before perimenopause, and how to advocate for yourself when you are not getting the support you need. 00:00 Introduction: Why We Need to Talk About Menopause 02:32 Meet Our Guests and Rekha’s Menopause Journey 07:23 Understanding the Physical and Emotional Symptoms of Menopause 12:23 Mental Health, Relationships, and Life During Menopause 18:49 Why Women's Health Has Been…

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Host: Sreela Roy-Greene

Guests: Dr. Amy Shah, Rekha, Dr. Natalie Crawford

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