Aging in a Youth Obsessed Culture Can Make Menopause hard. It doesn’t have to be.

Change your rules of aging and menopause with health tips that fit YOUR age and stage, not everyone on the internet.

I’m Tanya, a midlife mom, ex-dieter, & podcaster.

I’m a nutrition ROGUE. My approach is different.

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Tanya became an Expert for my UK based Perimenopause Hub of over 35,00 women in 2018. Her knowledge on all things nutrition, mindful eating, dental health, gut health and much, much, more is second to none.

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when I finished my live meal prep kitchen chat yesterday (thanks to those who came!),
I sunk into reflective practice.

There’s many ways to practice this.

Reflection ON action.
Reflection IN action.

ON: revisit an experience. Would you do s

The number on my scale is not in service to me anymore.

I chatted about this live today, as I prepped a quick Pantry Lentil, Sweet Potato & Kale Soup from @mealgarden

I’ve not been on a scale in 2.5 years, since August 2018, when I enrol

After 2 1/2 years of #noscale living, I decided to step on the other day.

I told myself it was for 💩’s and giggles but it was like a test. Not in the pass or fail sense, but in the barometer sense. Where was I at in accepting my age, body &

Aging will bring up old thoughts, patterns and feelings ESPECIALLY about our changing bodies.

Old thoughts create a certain ENERGY in our bodies.

This is the energy I had on my Awareness #bioresonance Scan from @creatingbalancedhealth

From 3️⃣ of

Are you searching for #foodfreedom and don’t know where to start?

▶️ start with your food relationship! What even is a food relationship?

Season 2 of The Fullness Podcast is up, and if you are wondering about this concept I share:

4️⃣ reason

#choosetochallenge
Have you thought about it?

👉🏿 inequality in healthcare
👉🏾 inequality in education

👉🏾 increased mortality

👉🏻 internal bias

👉🏿 how we (dont’) support low SES

👉🏽👉🏼 weight stigma
👉🏿👉🏽 food insecurity +

Do you have a Sunday Routine?
Some things have changed since leaving my clinical practice of dental hygiene.
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Some things have not.

☀️ I still wake at dawn and have since I was in my earlier years.

☀️Pets get fed, tea or coffee get made and I g

Do you always ask, “How many calories are in that?”

I did. It seemed important at the time. It’s how I was trained to look at food. It’s how I was trained to look at myself.

Too many? Then I shouldn’t eat it. Less kcal

Maybe I should have put a struggle circle in this 🤔

We can see food as an emotional expression, or a tool for health, whatever health means to you.

In fact when we look for health “tools” most revolve around the practical:

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