Menopause Mastery

Name: Menopause Mastery
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Empowering women through teaching hormones and health throughout menopause

Created byDr Lucy Ellis, PhD

Last updated 12/2022

English

What you'll learn

Understand the hormones involved in perimenopause and menopause
What to expect physically, emotionally during menopause
Understand lab testing, blood results and other diagnostics of perimenopause and menopause
Learn effective strategies for diet, lifestyle, supplements, and medications
Create and implement strategies to improve your own life, or that of someone you know

Course content

6 sections • 19 lectures • 3h 47m total length

Introduction6:21
In this introductory lecture, I will outline the content that will be coming up over this course. This will include a range of information from scientific sources to help broaden your knowledge about this important phase of a woman's life. Going through the menopause transition doesn't have to be daunting, but it often is for many women because we are not educated on what we might expect. This course will help to provide that education, however, please note this course is not intended to diagnose or treat. I want you to enhance your knowledge on menopause so that you can help yourself, your friends, your family or your clients by providing education to them in an easy-to-understand manner.
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What is menopause?13:48
This lecture will introduce you, the learner, to the world of menopause. What is it? What are the different stages of menopause? And finally, what happens to the hormones during this time? Make sure you download the "Menopause Symptom Tracker" here which can be useful for the next 8 presentations.
Diagnosing menopause - Part 1 - Blood Tests14:19
It is rare that blood tests are used to diagnose menopause; these tests may be more suitable for premature ovarian insufficiency. However, some doctors may use blood tests to test for vitamin and mineral deficiencies that could help with prescriptions.
Hormones and menopause
Diagnosing menopause - Part 2 - Physical Changes16:11
Physical symptoms are one of the four major indicators of perimenopause. These can have a debilitating effect on women. Most women will experience at least one physical symptoms of the menopause transition. It is important to learn that there are a multitude of different symptoms and the presence of three or more (alongside other changes) can indicate the start of the menopause transition.
Diagnosing menopause - Part 3 - Hot Flushes11:16
Hot flushes and difficulty sleeping are two of the most commonly complained about symptoms of the menopause transition. This lecture will describe why these symptoms occur and potential therapies for helping with sleep and hot flushes
Diagnosing menopause - Part 4 - Emotional and Cognitive Changes13:22
Emotional symptoms are one of the four major indicators of perimenopause. These can have a debilitating effect on women. Most women will experience at least one emotional symptom of the menopause transition and these changes often feel worse than symptoms felt around menstruation! It is important to learn that there are a multitude of different symptoms and the presence of three or more (alongside other changes) can indicate the start of the menopause transition.
Diagnosing menopause - Part 4b - Emotional and brain changes15:02
Diagnosing menopause

Managing Symptoms Introduction3:45
Over the following four presentations, you will learn about how menopause symptoms can be managed. The next presentations will cover lifestyle changes, dietary changes, with an extra presentation on the importance of mental health and using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Be sure to download the "Menopause and CBT" resource after you have listened to lecture 10
Lifestyle Changes16:12
In this lecture, we will cover the importance of exercise for bone mineral density, mental health and overall physical health during menopause. I will specify which exercises have been demonstrated to be most beneficial in managing menopausal symptoms.
Dietary Changes11:27
Dietary recommendations can be extremely overwhelming across our entire lives. In this lecture, I will speak specifically about the Mediterranean Diet and menopause.
Mental Health - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy5:22
In lecture 4, we discussed the impact that the menopausal transition can have on the brain and emotions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a method used to change our thought processes. There is evidence that CBT can help menopausal symptoms. In this lecture we explore some of this evidence.

Pharmaceutical Options - HRT14:14
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is used to replace the natural hormones that are lost during the menopausal transition. HRT can also help to alleviate a lot of the symptoms that women may experience. This presentation will cover the benefits, risks (and misconceptions) of HRT. There are two downloadable resources with this presentation to aid your learning.
Ospemifene6:19
Ospemifene is a SERM (Selective estrogen receptor modulator). This particular SERM has an estrogen like effect in the vagina. This presentation will cover the benefits and risks of using this SERM.
DHEA10:52
DHEA or "dehydroepiandresterone" is a hormone that helps to produce other hormones, in particular testosterone and estrogen. DHEA has been used to help alleviate symptoms of menopause. In this presentation, these benefits and risks will be discussed.

Vitamins (D & B) and Omega's16:41
Supplements can benefit our lifestyle throughout our life. Whether this be through a dietary choice or deficiency. In this presentation, we will discuss the importance of vitamin D, B-vitamins and omega 3's and how they may be used during the menopausal transition.
Evening Stack - Melatonin, Calcium and Magnesium12:44
Supplements can benefit our lifestyle throughout our life. Whether this be through a dietary choice or deficiency. In this presentation, we will discuss how melatonin, calcium and magnesium may impact sleep and bone health.
Black Cohosh13:26
Supplements can benefit our lifestyle throughout our life. Whether this be through a dietary choice or deficiency. In this presentation, we will discuss the evidence of black cohosh and hot flushes.
Soy Isoflavones14:50
Supplements can benefit our lifestyle throughout our life. Whether this be through a dietary choice or deficiency. In this presentation, we will discuss the use of soy isoflavones as an estrogen receptor modulator. We will discuss their safety and use to help with menopausal symptoms and disease risk.
Make sure to download the "Menopause Mastery Supplements" guidebook for more information.
Using supplements to manage menopausal symptoms

Menopause is not the end of the journey...11:12
Our Menopause Mastery course comes to an end here! But menopause is not the end for women! The key thing here is to learn how to embrace this important aspect of life. These lectures are not intended to treat or diagnose, but these lectures are here to inform you, your friends, your partner, your clients... Always make sure you speak to your health practitioner regarding the menopausal transition.
I hope you have enjoyed these presentations. Make sure you download the "Menopause Mastery" guide!
Lucy
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Requirements

There is no experience necessary for this course. This content of this course will take you through the basics of hormones, scientific literature and strategies to improve symptoms

Description

Perimenopause can be a mental and physical struggle for many women. This process of hormonal changes can last for a very long time and produce an array of symptoms that impact a woman’s life from sleep, weight control and libido. Eventually, perimenopause transitions into the menopausal years.

These significant phases of a woman’s life are often misunderstood and not well taught in healthcare and educational systems.

Through this course, you will learn about the process of perimenopause and menopause, hormonal changes, symptoms and importantly how lifestyle and diet can be utilised to reduce severity of symptoms. The course will also touch upon medications such as “Hormonal Replacement Therapy” as a tool to improve symptoms and give women a sense of normality as they progress through these key changes.

This course brings you up to date research from the scientific community in an easy and effective way to learn. The information provided can be useful for individuals who want to learn more, or for coaches who want to help the lives of their menopausal clients.

Who this course is for:

This course is intended for women in their 30s to 50s, but women of any age can benefit.
Any woman concerned about their hormones and health.
Anyone who wants to know more about menopause, and why it is such an important part of life.
Those who have friends and family undergoing menopause, to be informed about how to support women at this point

This course is taught by Lucy Ellis, BSc, MSc, PhD and accredited nutritionist. Her main body of research focuses on cognition and cardiovascular disease. She is an advocate for women’s health and provides courses and coaching to help women through all phases of life including menstrual cycle, perimenopause and menopause.

Who this course is for:

This course is intended for women in their 30s to 50s but women of any age can benefit.
Any woman concerned about their hormones and health.
Anyone who wants to know more about menopause, and why it is such a important part of their life.
Those who have friends and family undergoing menopause, to be informed about how to support women at this point
Coaches who have clients going through perimenopause or in menopause and want to help

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Introduction1 lecture • 6min

What is it? And how do we define and diagnose6 lectures • 1hr 24min

Managing Symptoms of Menopause4 lectures • 37min

Pharmaceutical Options3 lectures • 31min

Supplemental Options4 lectures • 58min

Reaching Menopause1 lecture • 11min

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