Hi everybody. How are you on this beautiful spring day? It is a beautiful day here in St. Louis, Missouri. And this is episode number 217. I can barely believe it.

I've been talking to you guys for four years now.

Now, I know some of you that are on this maybe have been listening the whole time.

And if you have, thank you.

But if you're here and this is your first podcast and you're new, welcome.

I have so many things that I like to share with you that it really doesn't matter where you come in on because I

always have beautiful tidbits to give you about your mind, your body, and being in menopause.

And today is no different, because this is what I've been thinking about as we're in

this pandemic, as we have more time on our hands, which means we have more time to think,

what are you thinking? Are you noticing what's going on around up there? If you've been listening

to my podcast for a while, are you becoming more aware of what you're thinking? Are you realizing

that just because you think something doesn't mean you have to believe it. Now, most of you who are

listening are either almost in menopause, in menopause, or are done with menopause. But I want to

tell you something about this transition that I really want you to remember. I want to share with you

my story because I think the farther away I am from when I began this journey, the more I

realize how inspirational it is for other people to listen to. And I know so many of you shared with me

that my story has really inspired you. So for those of you who

may be new to my podcast and maybe don't know my story, I thought I'd tell you a little bit about it.

And then I want to use it as inspiration for you on how to use this time as a springboard to go where you want to go.

So, you know, I was in my early 50s when I was

practicing chiropractic and I'd already been practicing for probably 25, 30 years already.

And I really was uncomfortable doing it. Like, I did have a love for it that I didn't have

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