Ep 162 part 2 of 3 episodes: Why So Many Women Thought They Just Needed More Discipline
About this episode
This episode explores the psychological impact of the menopausal transition on women's trust in their bodies and the emotional exhaustion that can result from trying to regain control.
Part 2 of a 3-part series. In Part 1, I talked about losing the body's familiar warning signs and communication systems during the menopausal transition. In this episode, we go deeper into the psychological consequences of that disconnection. Because for many women, the struggle in midlife was never simply about weight gain. It was about unpredictability. Loss of familiarity. Loss of confidence. Loss of trust in the body that used to feel understandable and manageable. And when women don't fully understand what's happening physiologically, they often respond the only way they know how: More discipline. More control. More self-correction. This episode explores why so many women in midlife… became emotionally exhausted trying to "get back on track" interpreted transition as personal failure tightened control in response to bodily unpredictability developed complicated relationships with food, exercise, and self-worth quietly stopped feeling familiar to themselves This conversation moves far beyond hysterectomies and diet culture and into something much deeper: What happens psychologically when women no longer trust the body that used to cooperate with them. When you're ready…
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