Where Women Win with Sarah Fechter

September is Perimenopause Awareness Month, and I want to lead a conversation today that is not being talked about nearly enough. One I think deserves a lot of attention and light, and one you won't find in your social media platform or feed. This is the work I live and teach every single day. I've coached hundreds of women through this transition and I'm walking it myself right now. Now, if you were with me last week for episode one hundred forty four, we talked about the emotional side of midlife and how the people who love you can meet you in it. Today is a different conversation. You're going to hear me repeat a couple of through lines because I say them often. And the biggest one is this perimenopause is not a moment. It's not a single event. It's a transition over time. But the angle I am bringing today is one you will not again find scrolling your newsfeed on social media, and you will not hear it being talked about. It's the piece that keeps getting left out and it's important.   Time Stamps:   (0:48) Menopause Awareness Month (4:40) Perimenopause Can Start Sooner Than You Think (10:38) What This Feels Like (11:55) Where This Lives In Me (13:50) Client Example (18:45) Women in Previous Generations ----------  Apply for SF Coaching Method  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/sfhq-cc Complimentary Health Content  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/Health_Wellness_Community ----------  Follow Me On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahfechter.ifbbpro/   Check Out My Website - https://www.sarahfechter.com ----------  This Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, other professional health care services, or any professional practice of any kind. Any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk and Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, this Podcast or the information presented in this Podcast. All contents and design for this Podcast are owned by Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC. Always consult your professional team before beginning any exercise or nutrition program.

There is a fear a lot of women carry in their forties, and they will not say it out loud to a single soul. The fear is that they're becoming difficult, cold too much, that the warmth is draining out of them and they can't get it back. That maybe something is wrong with them. I f that fear sounds familiar and lives somewhere in you, hear me out. There's nothing wrong with you.  You are becoming someone new, and almost no one around you has the language for what that feels like on the inside. This is a different kind of episode today. No labs, no markers. Today I'm talking about what a woman goes through in midlife. Again, the part that happens in her mind, her mood and her relationships and why the people who love her keep reading it wrong. And I'm going to talk straight to you. The women in midlife who are in the thick of it. And I will acknowledge that's not every woman. And near the end of this, I'm going to give you something to share with your people in your life your sister, your daughter, your closest friends.   Time Stamps:   (3:12) When A Small Question Sends You Over The Edge (8:05) My Personal Experience (13:48) Not Taking Things Personally (18:10) Asking For Help ----------  Apply for SF Coaching Method  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/sfhq-cc Complimentary Health Content  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/Health_Wellness_Community ----------  Follow Me On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahfechter.ifbbpro/   Check Out My Website - https://www.sarahfechter.com ----------  This Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, other professional health care services, or any professional practice of any kind. Any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk and Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, this Podcast or the information presented in this Podcast. All contents and design for this Podcast are owned by Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC. Always consult your professional team before beginning any exercise or nutrition program.

There is a word that gets said in doctor's offices every single day. For a lot of women, it is the most frustrating word they will ever hear. The word is normal. Earlier this year, a woman came to me with a stack of lab results and one sentence her doctor had handed her. You're fine. Everything looks normal and she did not feel normal. She was exhausted, not tired, wiped out. Her hair was coming out in the shower, in clumps. The workout she used to love suddenly felt twice as hard. Her body was changing and not in the direction she wanted. And on top of all of it, she had been bleeding every two weeks for six months straight, and she was told she was fine and she knew she was not fine. So instead of accepting normal, she brought those same labs to me. And when I read them, the story was sitting right there in the numbers and had been there the whole time.  Today I'm going to walk you through what her labs really showed and why the word normal almost cost this woman her energy, her hair, and her sanity.   Time Stamps:   (0:48) The Word Normal In Your Doctor's Office (3:55) The Role of Iron (9:23) B12 MMA (13:55) The SF Team ----------  Apply for SF Coaching Method  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/sfhq-cc Complimentary Health Content  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/Health_Wellness_Community ----------  Follow Me On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahfechter.ifbbpro/   Check Out My Website - https://www.sarahfechter.com ----------  This Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, other professional health care services, or any professional practice of any kind. Any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk and Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, this Podcast or the information presented in this Podcast. All contents and design for this Podcast are owned by Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC. Always consult your professional team before beginning any exercise or nutrition program.

There is a bottle right now in your pantry that says Pure Avocado Oil. There's a bag of chips in the pantry that says it's made with avocado oil, and there is a real chance both of them are lying to you. This summer, researchers at UC Davis tested a batch of processed foods that listed avocado oil as the only oil on the label. Nearly nine out of every ten were cut with cheaper oils, and when I read that, my stomach dropped because I had a lab result sitting in a folder from a year earlier, that suddenly made sense. Today I'm going to walk you through three things what the testing found, what showed up in my own blood work, and how long it took me to figure it out. And the lesson sitting underneath all of it. The lesson I want you to carry out of this episode and into your kitchen tonight. The label is not the truth.   Time Stamps:   (1:25) The Label Is Not The Truth (2:15) The Explosion of Avocado Oil (4:10) Contrasting Olive Oil (10:15) My Husband's Chef Skills (12:50) When It Stops Being About Labels ----------  Apply for SF Coaching Method  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/sfhq-cc Complimentary Health Content  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/Health_Wellness_Community ----------  Follow Me On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahfechter.ifbbpro/   Check Out My Website - https://www.sarahfechter.com ----------  This Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, other professional health care services, or any professional practice of any kind. Any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk and Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, this Podcast or the information presented in this Podcast. All contents and design for this Podcast are owned by Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC. Always consult your professional team before beginning any exercise or nutrition program.

My coffee had already gone cold on the counter the way it often does when the morning gets away from me. An SF Coaching Method inquiry came through my email. I opened it up and read her answers. The part of the forum where a woman gets to expand in her own words and one line stood out from every other inquiry I had ever read this year. Six words. I'm sick of my own shit. I read it and I smiled and what I felt was respect and a lot of curiosity. I wanted to know more right away because after twenty six years of coaching women's health, I know exactly what that sentence is. If you've felt this way too, listen in and let's take this journey together.   Time Stamps:   (0:50) Most Respect I've Had In A Coaching Application (2:18) Does She Sound Like You? (8:25) From Stuck To Relief (10:50) Sexual Desire (14:40) Asking For Help (21:05) Our Health In This Country ----------  Apply for SF Coaching Method  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/sfhq-cc Complimentary Health Content  https://sarahfechter.ac-page.com/Health_Wellness_Community ----------  Follow Me On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahfechter.ifbbpro/   Check Out My Website - https://www.sarahfechter.com ----------  This Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing, other professional health care services, or any professional practice of any kind. Any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk and Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual use of, reference to, reliance on, or inability to use, this Podcast or the information presented in this Podcast. All contents and design for this Podcast are owned by Sarah Fechter Fitness LLC. Always consult your professional team before beginning any exercise or nutrition program.