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I was happy to connect with Dr. Louann Brizendine today! She is the founder of the Women\u2019s Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. She completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She also served on both the faculties of Harvard University and the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Brizendine founded the Women\u2019s Mood and Hormone Clinic at UCSF. Her New York Times bestseller, The Female Brain, and its follow-up, The Male Brain, continue to be read around the world.\xa0\nToday, we dive deeply into her new book, The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond, which was released in April 2022.\n\nIN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:\n\n\nThe transition and the upgrade stage of life explained\n\nCelebrating the transitional time of life and not fearing it\n\nHow hormones help guide behavior\n\nTransition Stages 1,2,3 and what they mean\n\nThen onward to the 3 stages of "The Upgrade"\n\nEstrogen fluctuations that affect sleep\n\nBe aware of caffeine in your food and drinks and how it may affect your sleep.\n\nIf you are having a problem staying asleep, you may want to cut back on alcohol or drink it earlier in the day.\n\nThe Women\u2019s Health Initiative - (almost 20 years ago) disastrous misinterpretations and negative implications it caused by instilling fear in women to not use Estrogen - including osteoporosis, brain fog, anxiety, and sleep disruptions\n\nHormone Replacement Therapy - now viewed as a positive and much-needed step in women\u2019s health\n\nWomen between the ages of 40-50 should get a bone density scan as one of the determining factors of whether or not to begin hormone replacement therapy.\n\nDr. Brizendine suggests that women should not be fearful of using therapies today to help balance hormones.\n\nCynthia discusses the loss of cognition later in life as another correlative symptom of not receiving needed hormones.\n\nDr. Brizendine advocates doing your own research regarding HRT and not depending only on information from major pharmaceutical companies.\n\nCynthia and Dr. Brizendine discuss the importance of keeping an open mind when it comes to synthetic hormones because of the good they can do.\n\nIf you are not well and do not feel like you can go on, please, immediately, seek out a doctor who can prescribe medications or hormones to help your particular and unique situation. Be your best and do not suffer in silence any longer.\n\nCynthia says the transitional time of life should and can be a very good time in your life.\n\nConsider reading Dr. Brizendine\u2019s book(s) to learn more and to keep it as a valuable resource.\xa0\n\n\n\nConnect with Cynthia Thurlow\n\nFollow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn\n\n\nCheck out Cynthia\u2019s website\xa0\n\n\nConnect with Dr. Brizendine\n\nWebsite\n\nFacebook\n\nInstagram\n\nLinkedIn\n\nTikTok\n\n\nDr. Louann Brizendine\u2019s Book\n\n\nThe Upgrade (newest book)\n\nThe Female Brain\n\nThe Male Brain\n\n\nResource Mentioned\nNAMS - North American Menopause Website