Episode 212: 'Menopause was the most important event of my life'

<p>🌿 Grab my new expanded and improved free <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://go.hotflashinc.com/fix-it-fast" target="_blank">Fix It Fast Perimenopause List</a>.</p><p>🔥 <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://go.hotflashinc.com/hottruth-waitlist" target="_blank">Get on the waitlist</a> for <b>The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy: A Journalist's No-BS Guide to the Lay of the Land (in Under 3 Hours)</b> – it drops June 15. </p><hr /><p>Luce Beaulieu is a certified menopause coach, researcher-turned-guide, and founder of the Midlife Temple community. She came to this work from the design and business world after being hit simultaneously with menopause, a traumatic breakup, and a toxic workplace in her late 40s, all during COVID. She clawed her way through, found HRT, healing practices and a 4,000-year-old myth called Inanna — and now she helps women do the same.</p><p></p><p>If you like what you hear, lucky you! Luce has opened the doors to Portals of Liberation, her 4-week guided deep dive into the four thresholds your body is already asking you to cross. Don't wait! <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://themidlifetemple.com/portalsofliberation?am_id=annmarie3498" target="_blank">It starts June 22. </a></p><hr /><p><b>Highlights</b></p><p>04:30 – Menopause as the most impactful event of Luce's life 05:02 – Why treating it as "physical deterioration" misses the point </p><p>05:27 – Grasping for resources beyond the purely medical 08:00 – Leadership, peak career, then menopause hits like snakes and ladders </p><p>08:30 – Ageism: from sought-after to invisible </p><p>10:21 – 20–30 hot flashes a day, no sleep, depression, suicidal ideation </p><p>13:16 – Why she'd assumed she wouldn't "need" hormones </p><p>20:30 – The U-shaped descent</p><p>23:13 – Getting back into the body through somatic work </p><p>29:57 – The missing archetype between mother and crone 32:24 – What a spiritual awakening actually feels like </p><hr /><p><b>Connect with Hotflash inc</b> TikTok: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://hotflashinc.menopause/" target="_blank">@hotflashinc.menopause</a> Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/hotflashinc/" target="_blank">@hotflashinc</a> X: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/hotflashinc" target="_blank">@hotflashinc</a> YouTube: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/@hotflashinc" target="_blank">@hotflashinc</a> Facebook: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/hotflashinc" target="_blank">@hotflashinc</a> LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-marie-mcqueen-0619346/" target="_blank">Ann Marie McQueen</a></p><hr /><p><i>Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Always speak with a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your treatment, supplements, or lifestyle.</i></p>