Today I had originally planned to do a solo episode to talk about the connection aspect of reclaiming your health and resilience. This 4 part series was inspired by my interview with Jason Sapp and our discussion around taking back control of your own health. We’ve talked about sleep, nutrition and movement and the things you can do, the small simple things you can do every single day that can have big lasting effects not just on your physical health but also your mental health. The last piece to the puzzle is connection. And it’s a big piece. Bigger than just one solo episode. So I thought I’d bring in some examples of how we can find connections between our health choices and our health and resilience

Connection could mean mind-body connection, from simple curiosity to a growing awareness of yourself and what you need from moment to moment physically, mentally or emotionally. And it could be connecting with other people. Building friendships or finding a community of support. Your tribe of people who always have your back.

In the context of trauma recovery, addiction recovery, interpersonal connection is critical because it’s one of the first things that is lost when the nervous system is overwhelmed. And that makes sense because you can’t trust other people when you’re in a state of protection. Live too long in that state and you lose the ability to trust yourself too and that makes it even harder to stay connected to others.

We’re going to explore some of those things deeper over the next few episodes but I did an interview the other day that I think gives an interesting overview of how the systems in the body are interconnected. Specifically for women throughout the stages of our lives from puberty through childbearing and into menopause. It’s interesting to me because a lot of times we don’t recognize that our stage of life has changed until our body makes us pay attention. And even though we don’t have control over the fact that our hormones change through the course of our life, we can affect how we experience the symptoms of those changes by making intentional health choices around sleep, nutrition and movement and community.

My guest today is Beth Kruger. Beth is a women's wellness educator, yoga instructor and coach. She’s spent her career supporting women through childbirth, lactation, pregnancy and fertility. She’s a business owner and entrepreneur and has led many women’s wellness retreats all over the world. Her current focus is on menopause and helping women over 40 through this transition.

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