Dr. Robin Austin

And I think just having, exploring what those might be.

So you don't feel like, I always think of it as you're holding onto the steering wheel so, so tight.

We don't have to do that.

We can, there are other things to help us through this transition.

So I think it's really trying to tease out what are your signs and symptoms that you're experiencing that might be new or different from what your baseline had been maybe a year ago, six months ago, in conjunction with what are some other components that you're talking about right now?

Maybe it is some other underlying condition and things like that.

So I think it's

And the other part that I, that's a big in discussion, you can see it in social media all the time is the women experiencing weight gain.

Um, and how do we, what are the, the new kind of ways to, um, or can't read it.

It seems like you can't read Instagram without learning about, you need to eat your protein, you need to weight lift, you need to zone two training or whatever it might be.

Yes, we all need to exercise.

That is not, that has not changed.

But I think too, metabolically women do go through a shift through the menopause.

I think estrogen has a lot of

impacts that we haven't necessarily fully realized.

And so being able to understand that there is a transition, but there is still things you can do about it as well.

And so sifting through

What you might see on TikTok or Instagram and being able to get sound advice that's going to work for you in conjunction with potential other underlying health conditions that you may have.

And I see there's a lot of Instagram on the quick fixes or the hacks for health, which it's kind of fun to read because it is kind of interesting.

But it's also at the same time, you want to make sure you're getting sound advice.