Approaching menopause like an Olympian, with Michelle Griffith-Robinson

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Liz Earle

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Do you know what brings you joy? GB Olympian, personal trainer, and life coach Michelle Griffith-Robinson joins Liz on this episode to share how to approach the menopause like an Olympian.

In this Menopause Month episode, Michelle shares why fitness is a non-negotiable for her physical and mental health, the importance of strength training for midlife women, and how to find out what makes you spark.

Michelle also shares her personal experience of the menopause and the symptoms she experienced, such as low libido, brain fog and anxiety, as well as being diagnosed as pre-diabetic in 2018.

The episode also covers the inequalities in menopause healthcare, and the differences between ethnicities in developing health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes.

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0:00.0	I always say for everybody one size doesn't fit all but find out what brings you joy,
0:05.4	find out what makes you spark because sometimes in mid-life you lose that level of spark that you
0:10.7	had before and it's not that it's not there, it's just that it's not been ignited because you're
0:15.0	not feeling great with your hormone levels, your family situations, familial situations, children,
0:20.0	whatever it might be, find what brings you joy and nail it. Yeah and for me it is maintaining
0:26.0	my fitness and looking after my mental well-being is huge for me. Michelle Griffith Robinson is a great
0:35.0	British Olympian, personal trainer and life coach. She's been tackling her menopause with the
0:40.4	dedication and resilience you would expect from an Olympian. This is the Lizal well-being show,
0:46.4	the podcast helping us all have a better second half. I'm Lizal and I'm on a bit of a mission
0:52.3	to find ways for all of us to thrive in later life by investing in our health and our well-being
0:58.4	today. Well October as I'm sure you've been aware is World Menopause Month so each episode
1:04.0	this month I've wanted to give airtime to parts of the menopause conversation that we don't always
1:09.2	hear so much about. We've talked about everything from HRT dosage to inequalities in women's healthcare.
1:16.5	Well today we're rounding off the month by hearing a first hand account of what all the facts and
1:21.8	figures and science look like in real life for one woman, Michelle Griffith Robinson. Well Michelle
1:28.4	represented Great Britain for two decades as a triple jumper. She was the first woman to jump over
1:33.7	14 meters in the Commonwealth and absolutely a standing feet and she's continued to break barriers
1:40.0	since retiring as an athlete in 2006. Understanding how important the relationship between physical and
1:46.3	mental wellness is she became a personal trainer as well as a life coach and mentor. She's a fellow
1:52.5	ambassador for the menopause charity and also for diabetes UK, a real healthcare warrior. So how
2:00.0	does an Olympian approach the menopause?
2:02.6	Well Michelle it's so lovely to have you here on the show we keep colliding at so many menopause
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