Episode 137: Being wiser about menopause with Tania Elfersy

Tania Elfersy is a transformative coach, speaker and award-winning author, specializing in midlife women’s health. She’s spent years researching what causes and what can relieve symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause and became free of her own physical and emotional symptoms naturally and simply. Rachel quoted her extensively in her own book. Tania set up The Wiser Woman project in 2015 to help women transform their experience of midlife change. She’s the author of a brilliant new book, The Wiser Woman’s Guide To Perimenopause and Menopause.

We talk about:

What lead Tania to the work she does
How the body doesn’t malfunction suddenly in midlife
The innate brilliance of the body and what that means for menopause symptoms
The difference between how we respond to issues in pregnancy and menopause
The importance of focusing on the emotional and spiritual side of the midlife journey
The insight that allowed Tania to free herself from her own menopause symptoms
The interplay between Mind, Thought and Consciousness
Tania’s concerns about the narrative in the UK
Difference between the UK menopause narrative and North America
How women can best help themselves during midlife change
Tania’s thoughts on the Davina McCall documentary Sex, Mind and the Menopause