Full Transcript Welcome to the Menopause Summit 0:00 I do menopause very differently. 0:03 So I want you to take a deep breath and just really settle in and know whatever you've been told, whatever society has told you, 0:12 Whatever you're afraid of, there is another conversation that we are having because together we can master your menoppause transition and help you feel 0:22 the best you ever felt. 0:24 This is Dr. 0:25 Talks. 0:32 Hey, I'm Dr. 0:33 Sharon Stills and I am thrilled to be here with you to kick off Mastering the Menopause Transition Summit, hosting this globally important event to help 0:46 all of you understand that menopausal is a beautiful time and doesn't need to filled with symptoms. 0:55 So we have all new interviews. 0:57 I have done close to 50 brand new interview with you. 1:01 So if you were here for the first summit or the 2.0 summit, stay tuned because I've got all the interviews and if this is your first time joining me, 1:09 welcome around here. 1:12 I do menopause very differently. 1:15 So I want you to take a deep breath and just really settle in and know whatever you've been told, whatever society has told you, 1:23 what ever you're afraid of, there is another conversation that we are having. 1:29 I am a naturopathic physician. 1:34 And I started working with menopausal women when I was in my early 30s.
How Dr. Stills Found Her Approach 1:40 Suzanne Summers, rest her soul, she wrote a book about bioidentical hormones. 1:47 And, I as a brand new doctor, this was 2002, and a woman came in shortly after she had written the book and she has her book. 1:57 And she said, I want what she's having. 2:00 And I was like, okay, that's Suzanne Summers, the dumb blonde Chrissy from Three's Company, but okay. 2:07 I'll take metallurgical advice from her. 2:09 If I have an open mind, let me read the book and I will get back to you. 2:13 And my open mind is what I credit with allowing me to help so many women because I read that book, I realized Suzanne Summers, 2:22 the dumb blonde from Three's Company, wasn't that dumb and she was really on to something. 2:27 And then I took my medical knowledge of what And I said, I can make this even better because I'm going to really support the whole terrain. 2:35 I am going make sure the liver is functioning and the bile is flowing and lymph is moving and fascia is unrestricted and emotions are happy and gut is 2:44 balanced and all the things that we're going talk about during this entire summit. 2:49 So anyway I helped this woman. 2:51 Her husband sent me flowers. 2:53 She told two friends, she told to friends like the pert shampoo commercial from back in the day. 2:59 And here we are, I started helping menopausal women go through their transitions. 3:05 I have patients who've been with me over 20 years. 3:07 Hello, if you're watching. 3:09 And I've watched them age backwards, lose weight, have better sex, travel around the world, ride motorcycles, hang out on sailboats, 3:18 like just live their dreams, contribute, Just all the things. 3:23 And so when I first started doing this, like I said, I was in my early 30s, and I wasn't supposed to be a child of balanced hormones. 3:32 I had the worst premenstrual issues, probably ever. 3:36 People used to ask me if I were pregnant. 3:38 One week out of the month. 3:42 And so I thought, I need to practice what I preach because I really do that all the time. 3:49 And I better get this PMS under control because all these menopausal women who I'm helping, they're like having balanced hormones and I am struggling. 3:58 So I pre-gamed, I did what I was doing for them, but I didn't for a woman who is still cycling. 4:04 So it's a little different when you do hormone balancing for cycling women rather than a women who's done with her cycles.
Personal Menopause Journey and Preparation 4:09 And voila. 4:13 I got better, I felt better. 4:14 No one ever freaking asked me if I was pregnant again. 4:16 And by the time I get to menopause, so this was I, was in my early 30s, well, early mid, maybe 34, 35. I went through menoppause. 4:28 But I wasn't done when I 48, and I'll talk about that in a second. 4:31 When I when through Menopaus I just sailed through it because I had pregained, because had taken care of my body. 4:37 So much so that I never even had a hot flash. 4:40 And so I know that if I can feel amazing and better than I've ever felt before in menopause, I now you can too, because I'm not special. 4:50 I am a human being just like you. 4:52 It's just I understand how the body works and I understood how to support it. 4:56 And I was 48 when I went through menoppause and wanted to celebrate because Society tells us when you go through menopause, 5:07 you're now a big fat cow and you are not important and your going way out in the fields to pasture and no one is going to pay attention to you anymore 5:15 and this is the beginning of the end. 5:16 And I was like, not for me. 5:19 Not for you. 5:21 And so I decided to climb Kilimanjaro to celebrate, to say, menopause, I am coming for you. 5:29 And I did. 5:31 It actually worked out because UPS loxed my banners that said Red Hot Sexy Menopaus that I was going to hold at the summit. 5:40 Our climb started a day and a half late, but because of that, actually stood on the Summit. 5:46 it was a year to the date. 5:49 from when I had my last period, and that is the official medical definition of menopause, right? 5:55 So it's a year without your period. 5:59 And I stood on top of the summit. 6:02 I didn't do my photo shoot because it was rough and it hard to breathe and I was just happy to be there and happy turn around and get down because there 6:10 was a huge storm coming in and my hair was turning to ice literally. 6:15 But that was how I marked it to remember that menopause is an amazing time. 6:21 Now you don't have to climb Kilimanjaro. 6:23 I'm not saying that. 6:24 That's just like my thing. 6:27 Even if you've gone through menopause, I want you to go back and just think about something you can do in your mind or right now to say, 6:35 you know, i'm celebrating that two years ago, five years, ago 20 years. 6:40 I went through Menopaus and now I am this wise woman. 6:46 In the Native American tradition, the women who go through MENOPAUS who are no longer losing their blood to the earth, are the wise women,
Reframing Menopause as a Wise New Chapter 6:55 they are The Crones and that is what you are. 6:58 You are wise and you have so much to give and if you're struggling with sleepless nights, with losing your hair, not having a libido, 7:09 having urinary tract infections, with having burning tongue, with heavy muscle pain, all the symptoms. 7:19 There are like over 100 symptoms of menopause you can be experiencing. 7:25 Mood swings, depression, anxiety. 7:28 I could go on and on, and I will because I have a whole summit for you. 7:31 But if you are suffering with those things, I'm here to tell you that there is hope. 7:37 that with the use of bioidentical hormones, which I'm going to go deep with because that is my expertise, but also with making sure you're eating right, 7:47 moving right thinking right sleeping right getting in touch with your community right with nature time with all the things. 7:58 Hormones are amazing and I get to see amazing things with my patients. 8:03 And whether or not you become a patient of mine, that's not what's going on. 8:09 Whether or you not become patient a mine I want to give you all the information you need to share with your healthcare practitioner so you can be your 8:18 best menopausal advocate. 8:20 because I can tell you I've been out in the field a long time and there are a lot of hormone experts out there who really aren't experts. 8:27 So I want to arm you with all the knowledge you need so you can be smarter than your doctor or hopefully you find a doctor who can help guide you. 8:37 So I'm really, really excited. 8:39 I am in the middle. 8:41 So, I think about when menopause happens, right? 8:43 We can no longer birth physical children, if that was something we chose to do. 8:48 But now we can birth our creative passions and our created projects. 8:54 And so I currently walk in my talk and practicing what I preach, and I am birthing a 7,000 square foot clinic in sunny Scottsdale, 9:04 Arizona. 9:05 When a lot of people are winding down, I'm 56, i am like, nope, it's another chapter. 9:12 I feel great. 9:14 and I'm ready to be of more service. 9:16 And so I want to inspire you to bring that into your own life. 9:22 It could mean I am just going to start cooking my meals, I will become an amazing chef, or I'll start writing, take a poetry class, 9:31 it can mean so many different things. 9:35 Just because something is large, like my new clinic, doesn't mean it's more important than something small. 9:41 Like I am going to start a garden in my backyard. 9:45 The most powerful things in our life are what bring us joy. 9:49 And what brings you joy may be different from what it brings me joy, or it bring her joy or her or joy her. 9:57 I want you to spend this week really getting in touch and in tune with what your Kilimanjaro is. 10:05 even if it's not standing on top of Kilimanjaro. 10:08 And now if you're interested in that, I could start a group project and we could climb together.
Symptoms, Hormones, and Whole-Body Support 10:12 No, just kidding. 10:12 Anyway, so I'm really excited. 10:17 Even though I have so much going on, this is such a passion project for me to be gifted with the opportunity to help educate you when the education out 10:28 there on menopause and women's hormones and the aging process is so lacking. 10:34 And I don't say anti-aging around here. 10:37 I used to say, oh, I'm an anti aging doctor. 10:41 Why would I be anti-something that is happening, whether I'm against it or not? 10:46 We are all aging. 10:47 We're all a little bit older from when we first started watching this video, right? 10:52 Time is marching on, so we might as well harness our power, enjoy the process because it is the human condition, and really feel great about it. 11:02 I plan on living to 130. Maybe the last 10 years, I'll be like rocking on the patio, not doing much, but if we take care of ourselves, 11:12 our bodies are designed to support us. 11:15 We have to get rid of these beliefs that as we get old, we gets crumpled over and we got achy and don't feel good and it doesn't matter. 11:24 I'm here to change that conversation and if you join I'm here to change that conversation. 11:32 And by joining me in this conversation, I need you. 11:34 I can't do it alone. 11:36 You can change the conversation for your loved ones and your family members. 11:41 i'm so committed to my two little granddaughters seeing me and having a totally different understanding of what aging is than when I looked at my elders. 11:53 and I am so excited for you to be a part of that with me. 11:57 So we are going to learn how to reinvent our health, how do explore our spirit, and how discover our sexy. 12:06 In my talk tomorrow, I'm going dive deep into hormones because I know we all need the 101, right? 12:13 We need to low down on the truth about hormones and I've got it for you. 12:18 And then every day I am going start off by giving you a little hang out with Dr. 12:22 Still's time. 12:23 Learn something that you can implement right away. 12:27 get you thinking, get your curious, gets you questioning, and gets your feeling the best you can feel. 12:35 So, from the bottom of my heart, because I know, one, that your time is precious, I now two, there's a lot going on out there, 12:44 right? 12:44 You can just Google and have a thousand podcasts, a 1000 YouTubes, I know that we can get information from so many places. 12:54 And so I do not take it lightly that you've chosen to come on this journey with me. 12:59 I'm so committed to natural methods for women to heal and to make your hormonal journey one that look back on and go, that was amazing.
Creating Joy, Purpose, and a New Health Mindset 13:13 So buckle up, enjoy the summit. 13:18 Enjoy the aging process. 13:20 And if you're like, no, I'm not there yet. 13:22 That's okay. 13:22 Right. 13:22 Cause I will. 13:24 I like keep it real. 13:25 It's not enough to just go, okay, doctor still said I need to enjoy aging someone enjoy ageing, but then all the mindset is going, 13:31 it's scary, But I don't like this wrinkle, So just be real, just start experience and finding out what you feel, what menopause means to you. 13:44 And maybe you're like, oh, you know, I have this thought, this belief, but I don't really believe that. 13:49 It's just I've heard it so many times from my doctor or from mother or my neighbor. 13:54 So just start exploring. 13:56 It's a great time to journal. 13:57 I highly recommend getting your menopause memo pad because there's going to be a lot of information and I want you to introspective as you're writing down 14:07 what's the best vitamin to take and how should I move my body and what is estrogen going do for me and does it cause cancer? 14:13 No it doesn't. 14:15 I want you to really like take this time for you because when we, I say you were meant to pause. 14:21 This is a beautiful time. 14:22 So often we just go through our lives and we're just on autopilot. 14:28 Slowing down, pausing is a beautiful thing. 14:31 So I am ready to do it all with you, to educate, laugh, cry, go, oh, wow, and to pause because together we can master your menopause transition and help 14:45 you feel the best you've ever felt. 14:47 I'm Dr. 14:48 Sharon Stills. 14:49 You're going to be seeing a lot of me over the week. 14:52 I'll kick off every day with a talk just like this from me on different topics, and I will see you in all the interviews. 14:58 And of course, stay tuned after the summit because there's always an after party. 15:04 I have a lot of fun at the after-party.I'll be sharing webinars with you and coming live and answering your questions. 15:13 Thank you for being a part of my journey, Thank you for tuning in to Doctor Talks. 15:21 We hope today's episode has enlightened and inspired you on your path to optimal health. 15:26 Each day is a new opportunity to make choices that empower your well-being. 15:31 For more insights and strategies, subscribe to our podcast and visit our website, www.doctortalks dot com. 15:40 Stay connected, stay healthy, and join us next time on Doctor Talks, real talks from real doctors on the issues that matter to you most.
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