Jan. 17, 2025

Does It Matter If You're Stressed During Perimenopause? With Marjorie Nass (Ep. 11)

Does It Matter If You're Stressed During Perimenopause? With Marjorie Nass (Ep. 11)

Is your stress making your perimenopause symptoms worse? Could simple changes help you feel better and regain balance during midlife?

In this fascinating episode, Cheryl is joined by Marjorie Nass, a yoga teacher, Ayurveda expert, and creator of the Pericycle Lift program. Together, they explore the powerful connection between stress, menopause, and overall health—and share practical tools to help you calm your body, ease symptoms, and thrive through midlife.

BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU’LL DISCOVER:

  • How chronic stress worsens perimenopause symptoms like hot flashes, sleep issues, and weight gain,
  • Why managing your stress response is just as important as nutrition and exercise,
  • The key differences between the "fight or flight" and "rest and digest" states—and how to shift into calm, and
  • A quick breathing exercise you can use anywhere to reduce stress in under a minute.

🎯 OMG Moment: Even the healthiest foods can’t nourish your body if you’re eating in a stressed state.

Take Action
Start your journey to balance and calm with Marjorie’s free perimenopausal assessment call. Visit marjorienass.com to book your session and learn more about the Pericycle Lift program.

Join Cheryl and Marjorie in the Mind Your Midlife Podsquad group on Facebook for a free, live session on improving sleep during midlife: www.facebook.com/groups/mindyourmidlifepodsquad.  

Listen to episode 8 on breathwork with Kamini Wood.

Why This Episode Matters
Midlife is a time of change, but it doesn’t have to be a struggle. This episode offers you tools to move through perimenopause and menopause with more ease, so you can feel better, sleep better, and enjoy life more.

🎧 Hit follow now and join me next week for an episode that will make you think about how you define success and the struggles needed to get there.

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Marjorie Nass

With a journey rooted in personal transformation, Marjorie left the pressures of corporate life to discover the healing powers of yoga, meditation, breathwork, and Ayurveda. Through these holistic practices, nutrition, and movement, she overcame numerous health challenges and learned that managing life's pressures was essential to restoring physical and emotional well-being.
Inspired to help other women, Marjorie has dedicated the last 25 years to teaching Yoga and Ayurveda through classes, workshops, and international retreats. She developed the PeriCycle Lift to support women through the peri/menopause transition, offering online coaching for groups and individuals. Through simple yet impactful teachings, she empowers women to become stewards of their health.