“The key to women's health is for women to listen to their body, and to move in line with their natural rhythms" - Jarron Aizen

Introduction:

Where do I start? 

When you hear the word “menopause,” what comes to mind? For most women in Western society, it’s words like hot flashes, weight gain, anxiety, insomnia, or even loss. But what if there’s a completely different way to look at this chapter?

I walk a different path.

I had a hysterectomy age 29 due to systemic endometriosis (14 operations prior), I have just had my 56th birthday.

A blessing in disguise as a teenage was my introduction to the eastern 'Way', the Taoist philosophy, metaphysics, meditation... A decade later I was a Medical Scientist trying to find a solution to my catastrophic health challenges due to an abusive childhood.

This life experience landed me in the 'Middle Way' .. embracing both eastern holistic practices and western medicine, so I share the best of both worlds with you.

The Eastern Viewpoint

In the Eastern philosophy and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), menopause is not an ending — it’s a powerful transformation. It’s called Second Spring, a time when your energy, or Qi, can finally be redirected inward. It’s a renewal.

Unlike the Western model, which often focuses on fixing symptoms or hormone levels in isolation, Eastern medicine looks at the whole picture: how depleted your Yin energy is, how your organ systems are functioning energetically, and how lifestyle, food, and emotion are intertwined.

Hot Flashes and Yin Deficiency ?

If you are in the menopause transition, you may feel a stranger to your body & mind?

In your reproductive years, your Yin and Yang energies — cooling and warming, stillness and action — are in dynamic flow. But after years of stress, overextending yourself, and not replenishing, Yin can become depleted. This shows up as:

• Night sweats

• Anxiety

• Dryness

• Insomnia

• Fatigue

Having worked with thousands of women over the last 20 years, most present in a similar way. Not having looked after themselves with good nutrition, exercise and stress management in place. So they are quite frankly a metabolic mess, unhappy, sleep deprived and generally overweight and feeling extremely 'lost'.

Does this sound familiar?

But instead of medicating these symptoms away, the Eastern 'Way' invites you to nourish your Yin — with rest, warm nourishing foods, strength + gentle movement, and emotional restoration..

Second Spring is a 'rebirth'

There is more to it than a quick lifestyle fix, but this was to merely get you to STOP, reflect and look through a different lens at this powerful new chapter of your life.

Awareness is the first step to change and transformation.

It's important to start a new healthier way of living NOW, to enjoy a long life of health, comfort, vitality, empowering self-love.

This new phase is not about decline... the storm will pass — it’s about becoming. You may find yourself asking bigger questions:
Who am I now? What do I really want? What do I want to create next?

From an Eastern perspective, these questions are not midlife crises — they are the sacred signs of Second Spring. You’re shedding who you had to be, and stepping into who you really are.

Take the first step....
To help you reconnect with this empowering view of menopause, I created a short video below that includes:
“5 Signs You’re Entering Second Spring.”

It’s simple, beautiful, and will help you begin this phase with clarity and self-compassion.

I got you!

ALWAYS IN YOUR CORNER

BIG LOVE & GRATITUDE

Lisa X

Watch this short video as Lisa discusses a different empowering viewpoint of the menopause transition, including the 5 signs you are entering your 'Second Spring'.