Did you notice metabolic changes around age 35 and/or 42? Does perimenopause even exist? Is there an ideal childbearing window? Why are humans one of the only species to experience menopause? Suuzi Hazen, doctor of Chinese Medicine and my closest companion in healing from midlife burnout, gives us the Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective on the 7 year framework for girls' and womens' life transitions. Suuzi's post that inspired this conversation Join me & Suuzi at the Medicine Stories Healing Waters Nature Immersion Retreat in Costa Rica November 2026! Medicine Stories Podcast Related previous episodes with Suuzi- Nourishment Lost, Women's Bodies are Metabolically Expensive, Midlife Burnout for Women Mother's Best Liver Pills by Suuzi Women's Bodies podcast by Suuzi Mythic Medicine herbal remedies- take our quiz to be notified when our Moment Markers Bundles become available Suuzi on Instagram Me on Instagram Leonard Shlain Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.