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6 Ways to Take Care of Your Future Self (especially in perimenopause)

6 Ways to Take Care of Your Future Self (especially in perimenopause)

Update: 2025-09-23
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If you're in perimenopause or menopause, you know how challenging it can be to plan for success when sleepless nights, brain fog, and fluctuating hormones get in the way. In this episode, I'll explore with you six practical ways to be kind to your future self from a health and fitness perspective, helping you set yourself up for success even when life feels unpredictable. 


Main points discussed today:

1. What the "Six Months Game" is

2. Long-Term Strategies to be Kind to Yourself

3. Short-Term Strategies to be Kind to Yourself

4. Why it's Wise to Stop Planning Like Your Future Self Has it All Together 

5. Action Steps for Listeners


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Episodes discussed:

The Art of Gentle Meal Prep: Creating Space for Sabbath with Kathi Lipp

Sabbath Soup Cookbook

Meditation Myths Busted: A Guide to Everyday Mindfulness with Ann Swanson

Mindfulness for the Real World Book

How I heard from God without spending time in prayer or worship


Research for this episode:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27247-y

https://dhwblog.dukehealth.org/the-power-of-breath-the-surprising-benefits-of-conscious-breathing/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8546813/

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep27533

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/03/476488223/what-s-for-dinner-the-options-for-a-fast-answer-multiply

https://alltechbenefits.org/news-insights/schedule-white-space/


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6 Ways to Take Care of Your Future Self (especially in perimenopause)

6 Ways to Take Care of Your Future Self (especially in perimenopause)