I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting

that story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure.

I could touch but never hold.

Hey there.

And welcome to the Soberful podcast.

I'm Veronica Valley.

And today I'm joined by Brea Gad.

Hi, Brea.

Hi, Veronica.

How are you? I'm good. It's lovely to have you.

Brea is a Canadian who's moved to Arizona. Don't blame you. I'm not doing winter anymore.

Do you miss winter? No, no. I miss the seasons, but Arizona has its own seasons, but no,

I don't miss the cold. I really don't. No, I'm in the deep south and I have declared that I will never do winter again. Yeah. I love it. So Brea is also known as the period whisperer. And she is, well, why don't people, you tell people what you do. You'll do a better job than I will.

Oh, yeah, sure. Yeah. So, you know, I think the short story I'd say, or the brief overview is I originally

kind of built my life and career when I was having young kids as a personal trainer and

nutrition coach. And, you know, that was all wonderful and

working really well for me until I was around the age of like 35, 36, 37. And I really saw this

shift in my clients. Because often, you know, especially in the health and wellness world, I think

you end up attracting and working with the people who are like you, which, because you can really

relate that way. And so I started really noticing the shift in them and how they're feeling

and the results they were no longer getting and, you know, sleep struggles and menstrual struggles

and things that just were cropping up that hadn't been there before. And then, Veronica,

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