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#87: Can hormone replacement prevent dementia?
In the next three minutes, 3 people will develop dementia and two of them will be women.
Women may be at much higher risk of dementia when they lose the brain protection of hormones that decline during peri-menopause...
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#86: The Working Parent Mindset Switch with Anita Cleare
As a working parent, how do you find the time, energy and patience to positively engage with and offer the right support for your teenager?
I talk to parenting expert, Anita Cleare, who shares how working parents can...
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#85: How to reprogram your brain to lose weight
Why can’t you lose weight? You’ve cut out the fast food, revamped your diet and started exercising. But the numbers on the scales haven’t budged at all. What's going on?
Diets don’t work because you brain controls...
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#84: The secrets of midlife happiness
I know there’s a lot of stuff going on in your life right now. The endless to-do list, balancing home, work life, parenting and caring responsibilities. So it’s understandable if your happiness has taken a...
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#83: Gaming and Gambling Risks In Teenagers with Patrick Foster
Worried about the amount of time your teen is gaming? You’re not alone! 9 out of 10 parents say teens spend too much gaming. But what is too much gaming? When does gaming become unhealthy or even addictive? And what...
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#82: 10 Ways Trauma Manifests in Midlife
The effects of trauma early in life can influence adult life in many different ways - impacting our sense of self, the way we communicate, and how we form relationships. Developing more self-awareness of our...
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#81: What to expect during peri-menopause
Most women say that they “lack the knowledge” or feel “unprepared” for peri-menopause - the transition into menopause, which is when a woman’s periods stop and she comes to the end of her reproductive life. Although...
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#80: 10 Brain-Healthy Foods You Should be Eating in Midlife
What you choose to eat in midlife creates either an environment that nourishes your brain and nurtures your mental health or an environment that damages your brain and creates mental health problems. Today, I am going...
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#79: How to deal with a 'midlife crisis'
Midlife can be a tumultuous time for many women. The words ‘midlife crisis’ can put a negative spin on this period. But it doesn’t have to be all bad. It can be an opportunity to reevaluate your life. It’s the chance...
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#78: Why your teen won’t talk to you
Your teen’s stopped talking to you. They shut themselves away in their room for hours at a time. Any response you do get is an angry one-word answer along with some annoyed eye-rolling. Take a deep breath. Pulling...
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#77: How trauma gets ‘stored’ in the body
When we go through trauma, our brains don’t function like they normally do. We shift into survival mode. Our brains direct all our mental and physical energy toward dealing with the immediate threat until it’s...
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#76: Why teenagers think they know everything
As a parent of a teen, I am sure you do everything you can to help your teenager make good decisions, provide them with guidance, reflect on how that situation made you feel as a teenager. You think you have set your...
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