MagnificentMenopause

Kris Cavanaugh is a Speaker, Trainer, Facilitator and ICF Certified Coach having over 20 years of experience training and mentoring individuals. Her company 'Shift' specializes in helping individuals and companies produce more consistent results and increase their effectiveness so that their businesses, organizations, departments and personal lives thrive. Kris is an expert strategist with an amazing ability to pull her clients through difficult circumstances to obtain the results they truly desire. Last year, Kris found herself in her own Desert Wasteland, losing everything she had worked so hard to build; her marriage, her home, her dogs, her financial welfare and her business were taken away almost overnight... yet after a year of a very dry desert season she emerged not only victorious but vivacious, more alive than ever before and totally rededicated to Life and helping others reap its many rewards and blessings! Today Kris joins Carrie on the show to share the rawness of her journey and struggle and the joy she's found in overcoming.  Today's segment is going to be empowering and life-changing so be sure to join us!

Dawn Combs grew up in Central Ohio and went to college there. She was always attracted to plants and in college was drawn to learning about the phytochemical compounds within them that are used for medicine. It was there that she became fascinated with how this knowledge was gained and transmitted from one generation to another before modern society came into being. Dawn graduated with a B.A. in Botany and Humanities Classics and it was a logical next leap for her to then apprentice with herbal medicine Icon, Rosemary Gladstar, which she did. Dawn is now considered to be a community herbalist of a folkloric nature. She believes the knowledge of using plants for health is a birthright we all share, not something to be meted out with an appointment time and a prescription pad. To that end she is passionate about teaching the basics to an ever widening circle of new family herbalists. She specializes in consulting with women who wish to rebalance their body naturally for fertility and overall health purposes and more in depth health issues. Dawn’s farm, ‘Mockingbird Meadows’ offers the area’s first Medicinal Herbs CSA.   In this day and age, it is becoming vitally important that we as individuals get back into the driver’s seat when it comes to our health. Dawn believes in empowering people to trust and know their own bodies and use the plants that are all around us to support optimal health and well-being and she joins us today to talk about the many beneficial herbs and plants that have been known throughout the ages for easing Menopause-related illnesses and issues!

Dr. Barbie Breathitt is an experienced teacher, published author, prophetic voice, dream interpreter and healing minister. She has released God’s love, presence and breath in prisons, hospitals, streets, Europe, third world nations, television, radio and the internet. Her deepest desire is to see people fulfill their unique destiny here on earth. Barbie’s training, resources and personal ministry help others to interpret and apply the direction God gives them through encounters, dreams and visions. Barbie Breathitt personally learned and now passionately teaches God's Love, Presence and Breath. Her astute prophetic voice and accurate dream interpretations have blessed those in prisons, hospitals, street ministry, Europe / third world nations, and enabled many hungry to grow. Barbie has abandoned herself to the Holy Spirit with miracles, signs and wonders following. Many individuals have been miraculously healed in her meetings while others have experienced the Presence of the Spirit as never before. Her deepest desire is to encourage the body of Christ to fulfill their unique destiny here on earth. Her infectious humor promotes unity with those inside and outside the church walls. Barbie has ministered for over twenty two years. She is ordained. Barbie has established and conducted three prophetic training centers. Barbie now lives in Texas and opened Breath of the Spirit Center of Training in 2004. Breath of the Spirit offers a variety of courses on Healing, Revelatory Gifts, Dream Interpretation and Evangelistic Outreaches. She is available for conference, teaching and hands on training. Today she joins Carrie to discuss how God uses our dream life to speak to and guide us- and how Menopause provides a perfect time and place to delve into the rich Spritual riches just waiting for us.

Shelli Overbey Hooten woke up one morning last year- at the age of 47- and decided she really needed to turn her life around... and man oh man, this Mom of 3 did just that! Dropping 100 pounds in this past year and simply BLOSSOMING, she joins Carrie today to talk about the importance of self esteem, taking time for one's self- especially during Midlife- and finding balance between work and play, and the crucial importance of regular fitness and healthy lifestyle choices. A busy Mom, business owner and fitness buff Shelli proves that ALL things are possible if we will but take that first step- and believe in ourselves! You do NOT want to miss Shelli's amazing message--  

Dr Stacy Mobley NMD, MPH is a Naturopathic Doctor, speaker, and author and is an avid traveler as well. She understands the need for quality proactive health care on the go and as such, blends the best of mainstream and natural therapies to help busy women shift from fat, tired, sick, and bloated to energetic, fit, and fabulous. Dr Mobley has been featured in publications such as Shape, iVillage, Atlanta Journal Constitution and Prevention magazine.  She frequently gives educational talks at Whole Foods in Atlanta. She has been a guest on numerous radio shows. Through writing, workshops, individual/group programs, and speaking – online and offline, she is fiercely committed to igniting the power to take reign of your own health while enjoying life now rather than waiting until retirement. Dr. Mobley combines timeless medicine with 21st century communication tools to keep her clients sane, savvy, and sexy on the job and at home and today she's here to share her insights with us so that we can all do the same!

Dr. Holly Lucille, a.k.a. “Dr. Holly,” is a nationally recognized and licensed naturopathic doctor, educator, natural products consultant and television host. Dr. Holly is also the author of Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Women’s Guide to Safe, Natural, Hormone Health. An acclaimed expert in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Holly lectures throughout the nation on a variety of natural health topics. Her appearances include national media programs and networks including Dr. Oz, The Doctors, Lifetime Television for Women, Montel Williams, PBS’s Healing Quest, The Hallmark Channel and Discovery Fit & Health channel.  She is on the editorial advisory board of Alternative Medicine and Natural Practitioner and is also regularly quoted as an expert in both consumer and peer journals. In 2007, Dr. Holly was listed in Time Magazine as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People”. In 2012 she launched her own talk show “Myth-Defying with Dr. Holly” on the Veria Living network and is the co-host of “It’s Your Health & It Ain’t Rocket Science” radio show on RadioMD. She is the past president of the California Naturopathic Doctors Association where she worked to ensure the availability of safe naturopathic health care by spearheading a lobbying effort to have naturopathic doctors licensed in the state of California. She has also worked with the LA Free Clinic providing health education, promotion and prevention in the public health system and recently was awarded the “SCNM Legacy Award” for her “contribution to the advancement and development of the field of naturopathic medicine. Today she joins Carrie to chat about Menopause and its impact on thyroid issues and overall thyroid health during Midlife.  

Dr. Eve Agee, Ph.D. is an international bestselling author, medical anthropologist, certified life coach and leading global authority on women's wellness and empowerment.  Her best-selling book, The Uterine Health Companion: A Holistic Guide to Lifelong Wellness (Celestial Arts/Random House), is the winner of the International Book Awards for Women’s Health and is also an Award-Winning Finalist for The USA Best Books of 2011 Book Awards. Before becoming a leader in the field of coaching, Eve served as a political appointee for President William J. Clinton. In her work for the White House, she helped create policies and programs to improve the health and well being of women and children.  She has taught at the University of Virginia, served as a White House expert, conducted research on women’s health and healing in the U.S. and West Africa, and traveled the globe training in healing modalities from leading practitioners and healers. Eve has been featured on television, radio and in magazines and has received numerous honors and awards for her work. She’s a member of the International Coach Federation, American Anthropology Association, and Society of Medical Anthropology and speaks nationally on women’s wellness and empowerment. Eve is the founder of the Transform Coaching Academy and the co-founder of the Hot Flash Mob Movement.  You can learn more about her programs and books, including her new free video course “How to Feel Your Best Naturally During Peri-Menopause and Menopause” at her website www.eveagee.com. Today she joins Carrie to discuss the importance of social support during the Menopause process and how powerful and empowering the process can be- when it's shared with others.

Award winning Lani Muelrath, M.A., CGFI, CPBN, FNS  specializes in helping people who struggle with health, weight and energy levels transform their bodies – and their lives – without going hungry or grueling, excessive exercise. Lani is the author of the new, BEST SELLING book: 'Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body Shaping Workouts' (Penguin/Alpha) and  is creator of Lani Muelrath’s Plant-Based Blueprint. She is the Fitness Adviser for the Dr. John McDougall Health and Medical Center Discussion Boards and she presents regularly for the Complete Health Improvement Project (CHIP). In addition, she is the Health and fitness expert for Vegan Mainstream and Plant-Based Fitness and Healthy Living Examiner at for Examiner.com. Lani has been a Guest Lecturer in Kinesiology at San Francisco State University and is an Associate Professor in Kinesiology at Butte College. She has a Master’s degree and several teaching credentials in Physical Education, and holds multiple fitness certifications including Fitness Instructor from the American Council on Exercise, Yoga, and Pilates-based instruction from the PhysicalMind Institute. Certified in Plant-Based Nutrition through Cornell University, Lani holds a Fitness Nutrition Specialist Advanced Credential from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Lani overcame her own lifetime struggle with weight over more than 15 years ago when she lost 50 pounds, which she has maintained easily with the tools that she uses to coach others to be successful with in weight loss, body shaping, and health. Lani synergizes smart exercise, optimal nutrition, and mastery of psychology in realizing your body ideal. Tune in today and get started on your journey to healthy fitness and weight loss!

JANICE NIEDERHOFER, MA, PhDc has had an outstanding career in law enforcement. She was a police officer with two departments and served a distinguished 21-year career with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). As an elite member of internationally recognized law enforcement teams, Janice received incomparable training, serving as an undercover agent, SWAT team member, police hostage negotiator, interview/interrogator and body language expert, which earned her status as a Master Communicator and expert in Leadership Development. As a subject-matter expert, she has taught these skills in numerous programs to all levels of law enforcement agencies, including the DEA, FBI, Secret Service, CIA, ATF, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Since retiring from the DEA, Janice has been in demand by global clients as a consulting advisor and speaker. She is a powerhouse talent, with degrees in psychology, criminal justice, forensic psychophysiology, and combines her expansive knowledge and extraordinary life experience with a passion to empower others to get on target to reach their potential. Janice is the innovative creator and President of Femme Fatale Spy Adventures (FFSA), designed to empower women through experience. Today Janice joins us to discuss how to stay safe at home, in the Midlife dating world- and online. If you're a Midlife woman, especially one that is newly widowed or divorced, you do NOT want to miss this show!  

JANICE NIEDERHOFER, MA, PhDc has had an outstanding career in law enforcement. She was a police officer with two departments and served a distinguished 21-year career with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). As an elite member of internationally recognized law enforcement teams, Janice received incomparable training, serving as an undercover agent, SWAT team member, police hostage negotiator, interview/interrogator and body language expert, which earned her status as a Master Communicator and expert in Leadership Development. As a subject-matter expert, she has taught these skills in numerous programs to all levels of law enforcement agencies, including the DEA, FBI, Secret Service, CIA, ATF, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Since retiring from the DEA, Janice has been in demand by global clients as a consulting advisor and speaker. She is a powerhouse talent, with degrees in psychology, criminal justice, forensic psychophysiology, and combines her expansive knowledge and extraordinary life experience with a passion to empower others to get on target to reach their potential. Janice is the innovative creator and President of Femme Fatale Spy Adventures (FFSA), designed to empower women through experience.Today Janice joins us to discuss the important role self esteem, or the lack thereof -plays in a woman's life and in the choices she makes. Don't miss this show!    

Robin Nielsen is a Certified Nutrition Consultant, Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition and is Founder of Juvenescence, helping her clients to "grow younger." She is an in-demand speaker and educator, motivating thousands to improve their health with the right mental and physical fuel for optimum performance in all areas of life. She is co-founder of Sexy Younger You, past president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Silicon Valley Chapter, and past president of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. Robin coaches functional medicine health care practitioners on creating high value programs to reach more people with their healing approach and message. Robin has attracted media attention including feature stories, radio interviews and television appearances. She was featured on the television program Eye on the Bay CBS showcasing her life changing women's retreats. She is a Certified Schwarzbein practitioner allowing her to help her clients feel fabulous and grow younger through hormone balance. Be sure to tune in today as Robin reveals her POWERFUL secrets to growing YOUNGER!

Feeling depressed, anxious, 'foggy'- especially now that you're peri menopausal/Menopausal? Wondering why? Tune in today to learn all about how your hormones can and DO impact your brain -for better or worse! Dr. Martha Calihan has practiced Family Medicine for more than 20 years, during which time her interests and her practice have gradually evolved into a holistic, integrative approach to medicine. She is licensed to practice acupuncture and is also trained in both Mind-Body Medicine and Functional Medicine. Dr. Calihan graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1982 and then completed her residency in Family Medicine at the Fairfax Family Practice Center, in Fairfax, Virginia, where she served as chief resident. After completing her residency, Dr. Calihan served as a faculty member at the residency until she moved to Leesburg-Sterling Family Practice in 1990. Dr Calihan studied acupuncture at the UCLA School of Medicine program with Dr Joseph Helms. In 1997, she trained with Dr Jim Gordon at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine center in Washington, DC, and was subsequently a preceptor at his program for training health care professionals in Mind-Body Medicine skills. In 2000, Dr. Calihan was Board Certified in Holistic Medicine. It is from this learned background that Dr. Calihan has come to practice Integrative Medicine; a field for which she has great passion. It is in the practice of Integrative Medicine that she is able to combine modalities from multiple traditions of medicine, and in so doing, approach each patient from a unique vantage point and develop a personalized plan with them for their optimal health and well being.

Dr. Anna Cabeca is a board certified Gynecologist and Obstetrician, as well as board certified in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, an expert in Functional Medicine, and an expert in women’s health.She specializes in bio-identical hormone replacement therapy and natural alternatives, successful menopause, age management medicine, reproductive health, and helping patients prepare for pregnancy and combat infertility issues. Dr. Cabeca earned her medical degree from Nova-Southeastern University of the Health Sciences in Florida. Since completing her residency at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, she has maintained a private practice in Southeast Georgia. Dr. Cabeca frequently lectures nationally and internationally regarding women’s health issues. She is a consultant and trainer for other physicians in Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy and Functional Medicine Principles. Her belief is that the advantages of creating health and hormone balance are that we not only improve our own health, but also improve the health of our generations to follow. Dr. Cabeca designed her Restorative Health program with 7 keys to optimal health. With this program it is her goal and purpose as a physician and educator to improve the quality of life of her patients and all men and women. She integrates a Mind-Body-Spirit approach in her medical practice.

Staness Jonekos was one of the original executive producers to launch Oprah Winfrey’s television network for women, Oxygen Media, and since that time has devoted most of her career to women’s issues. Staness was associate producer of MTV’s ‘Road Rules’, post producer of Lifetime TV’s ‘Speaking of Women’s Health’ with Florence Henderson, field producer of A&E’s ‘LA Detectives’, as well as WE’s ‘Savvy’. One of her latest credits, VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club (season #1) she co-executive produced for Granada USA. She’s also appeared on-camera in: The Love Boat, Falcon Crest, Young & Restless, Donald Trump’s Game Show pilot, the feature film I Was a Teenage Vampire, and numerous commercials. Now Staness is a crusader for “the change.” After getting engaged to the man of her dreams in her early 40s, she soon discovered she was smack dab in the middle of Menopause. Unlike the romantic experience she was having being engaged to Mr. Right, menopause felt like being engaged to Mr. Wrong. Desperate to find answers, she searched bookstores, on-line sources and spoke to doctors begging for a plan that would help her return to feeling normal and looking like herself. After extensive research and finding her own answers, she created a 12-week plan that worked. A plan that changed her life, balanced her hormones, and helped restore her health and beauty…. all in time for her wedding day! Staness has teamed with leading menopause expert, Dr. Wendy Klein, and together they are providing women in need with alternative, complementary and medical menopause management options, better known as, ‘The Menopause Makeover’. Tune in today to hear what Staness has to share- and get started on your Menopause Makeover NOW!

Today's show segment kicks off Season Three of Magnificent Menopause & Beyond, as well as the brand new year! Todays' segment features Dr. Jennifer Landa discussing libido in Midlife- the importance of maintaining a healthy and satisfying sex life during Menopause- and how to streamline your diet and lifestyle in order to maximize your sexuality and sex drive! We’re led to believe it’s natural for us to lose our sex drive at a certain point, that it’s part of growing older. Dr. Jen is here to tell you it’s not true. Women can and should enjoy healthy, pleasurable, intimate sex at any age. Dr. Jen is the Sexpert MD: Author of The Sex Drive Solution for Women (an Amazon bestseller); Creator of REWIRE YOUR DESIRE, a program to help women with low sex drive get the passion back in their lives; Hormone Specialist; Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD; and an Ob/Gyn. Dr. Jen lost her own sex drive when she was 28 years old, newly married, and just beginning her career as an Ob/Gyn. Her determination to bring it back sent her on a journey that lasted many years. She found the answers she needed in regenerative medicine and created a framework of easy-to-follow practices that helped her, helped her patients, and is now helping women everywhere restore their energy, their health, and their sex lives. Dr. Jen has been featured on Fox News, Shape Magazine, Elle, Men’sHealth and more with her message: you CAN get your inner fire, your desire, your interest and passion for intimacy and sex back again. It will strengthen your relationship, boost your self confidence, and get you up and going! Be sure to tune in today and learn how!       Dr. Landa