Managing Menopause-Related Anxiety with Dr. Clare Spencer (Episode 138)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Whether it’s waking up at 2 a.m. with feelings of impending doom, fighting off a sudden freakout about driving on the freeway, or becoming paralyzed on a tricky trail you’ve ridden, hiked, or climbed dozens of times before, anxiety can hit seemingly out of nowhere during the menopause transition. In fact, because it can be one of the earliest symptoms of perimenopause, some women suffer for months or years without connecting the dots to their hormones. The good news is there’s help–and understanding the root cause of menopause-related anxiety is the first step. This week we break it all down with Dr. Clare Spencer, Clinical Director at My Menopause Centre, a menopause clinic based in England and Wales.

Dr Clare Spencer is a registered menopause specialist and an NHS GP. Along with her role as Clinical Director at My Menopause Centre, she currently runs an NHS menopause service and is a GP partner in a practice in Leeds. She is also a British Menopause Society menopause trainer and is involved in educating GPs about the menopause transition through talks, lectures, and seminars. Dr Spencer has written menopause training modules and pathways for doctors.net, the Primary Care Women’s Health forum publication, Her Life Her Health, and the Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust. She is passionate about educating, empowering, and supporting all women through all stages of their menopause transition. You can learn more about her and her work at mymenopausecentre.com

Resources:

Dr. Spencer’s post on menopause-related anxiety

Selene Yeager’s post on menopause-related fear

My Menopause Centre’s “Am I Menopausal?” Questionnaire

https://www.mymenopausecentre.com/

https://www.mymenopausecentre.com/symptoms/anxiety/

My fear piece

https://www.feistymenopause.com/blog/menopause-increasing-fear

The checklist

https://www.mymenopausecentre.com/menopause-questionnaire/

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.9	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:34.5	I am so happy to be back from our little summer break. And I wanted to just say a quick
0:40.5	thanks off the top here to all the audience members who came up to me at the Happy Valley Ironman
0:46.7	70.3 a few weeks ago to say hi and to thank me for the show. I love meeting you guys out there.
0:53.9	And I hope you all had a good
0:56.5	race. That was a challenging course for sure. And it was made more so by the classic midsummer
1:04.1	Pennsylvania heat and high humidity that we all got to experience firsthand. I personally had a really
1:10.5	fun day,
1:11.1	and I will be doing a whole show on my training and the event
1:14.8	with my coach Marni Sumball in the next couple of weeks,
1:18.1	so stay tuned for that one.
1:20.6	And as you all know, I have been collecting questions
1:24.2	to do another Q&A episode,
1:26.3	but I got one that I thought I'd share right out of the gate here because it's one that
1:32.7	comes up a lot and this one really resonated with me and I just want to make it very clear.
1:38.9	So this question is from Kara and I will let you hear it in her own words.
1:44.2	Hi, Selena. My name is Kara from New York, and I just discovered your podcast. I'm very excited
1:49.8	about the content here, but I have to admit to some frustration being over 60 and through
1:56.4	menopause that I am always somewhat relegated to the and beyond category.
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