This is a re-release episode with the brilliant Jackie Lynch, Registered Nutritional Therapist and author of The Happy Menopause. I just love that title! Jackie’s work is all about how nutrition can help us flourish in midlife and beyond. ✨ Book news! Jackie’s latest book The Happy Menopause Guide to Energy: Nutrition to Rejuvenate Your Brain & Body is now out. While her original book The Happy Menopause: Smart Nutrition to Help You Flourish is a symptom-by-symptom guide you can dip in and out of, this new sister copy takes a different approach. It’s essentially a journey through one of her clinical programmes in book form. So many of the women Jackie sees in her clinic struggle with physical and/or mental energy in midlife, so she decided to take a deep dive into the subject. In this new book, she guides readers through a step-by-step process to regain mental clarity, physical stamina, and overall vitality. It helps you pinpoint what’s draining your energy and create a tailored action plan to rejuvenate brain and body. Available now in book, ebook, and audio form, in all the usual places. If you’d rather read a summary transcription of this podcast episode, you can do that here. We talk about: -Why Jackie believes menopause is a transformational time in a woman’s life (in a good way) -Estrogen as the biddable, nurturing hormone -Why some women suffer badly in menopause and others don’t -The massive importance of diet and lifestyle in midlife and beyond -How the manner in which we lived when younger can impact our menopause experience -The impact of stress and the myth of having it all -How I got my periods back after a diagnosis of early menopause -The importance of maintaining stable blood sugar levels -How the body produces stress hormones when blood sugar levels are not stable -How menopause may not be to blame for what’s happening to us -How our thoughts and beliefs can impact our experience of menopause -The importance of eating more protein with every meal and snack -Getting magnesium, calcium and iron from leafy green vegetables -How phytoestrogens mimic the actions of estrogen in the body -The wonder food that is flaxseed -The physiological stress we can put on our bodies through diet and lifestyle -Understanding whether HRT is right for you and how to balance that with diet and lifestyle -Why HRT is not a quick solution and still needs a good diet for the best support -How I weaned myself off HRT at 51 -How just small nutritional changes can make a huge difference -Jackie’s own midlife reinvention And more! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you’re listening. Order Rachel’s book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond, recommended in The New York Times as one of seven top books about menopause at magnificentmidlife.com/book The paperback can also be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers: UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast. Podcast recommended by the Sunday Times. Feedspot #9 in 40 Best Midlife Podcasts and #7 in 60 Best Women Over 50 Podcasts You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com. Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.