How do you manage your stress? Here’s a 30 second video clip to make you laugh, plus a few handy resources to help make your day a bit lighter.
Category: Stress & Life Changes
Brain Fog: Tell Me You’re in Menopause!
“IN MY HEAD I thought, ‘tell me you’re in menopause without telling me you’re in menopause!’ Of course, I had to open my curtain … The employee gazed at my pants and said how cute they were and that the fit was perfect.” …
The Art of Healing: How Creativity Shapes Medicine
What drives a high-performing physician to step away from a successful 25-year career? In this powerful interview, Dr. Susan Baumgaertel shares stories about her deeply personal transformation from traditional doctor to patient advocate and author.
Live Radio & YouTube Show
Susan Baumgaertel, MD joins two fabulous hosts, Michael Mantell, PhD and James Cooley, PhD, on their livestream & radio broadcast show this week. The topic: Everyone Knows Someone Going Through Menopause. Hope you can make it!
Let’s Talk About Menopause!
Going for a walk? Hopping on your elliptical? Commuting in traffic? Need something to take you away from doom-scrolling? Have a listen to this new podcast that just dropped!
Art & Medicine: Eggs as Art
Creating art that is meditative and also links to past good memories is so healing. There is something quite satisfying in taking a simple tradition and allowing creativity to flow. The memories and lasting treasures are priceless.
Stress Awareness
April is Stress Awareness Month, a topic that we can all identify with! The 2 Susans cover a number of key points related to the fallout from unmanaged stress and highlight a great podcast. They also connect the dots between pain, anxiety, chronic disease and autoimmune disease and link to some thoughtful posts to help manage stress.
When Pillars of Wellness Intersect!
We’ve all heard about the pillars of wellness: movement, nutrition, sleep, stress, social connection—there are many others. The following vignette is based on a recent experience from my neighborhood walks. Can you find how many pillars are in this story AND how many peri/menopause symptoms are impacted?