Menopause brain…We say it like it’s a bad thing. We laugh it off as if it’s a joke when deep down we wonder if we’re losing our mind. It’s not a joke. And it’s not a loss either. It’s actually an update. During perimenopause and menopause every system in our body gets a giant hormonal update over the course of a decade or so. And just like when we update our computers or our phones, it takes time to learn the new systems. Things might look a little different on the home page than what we’re used to. The drop down menus change. That’s our Work IN today. We’re looking at how and why a woman’s brain changes through menopause.

part two of our sleep factor 101. Today, we are going to be talking about the stages of sleep. And what is happening in those stages of sleep, and which ones are more important. We just want to get a real good picture of what a good night's sleep looks like what is normal. What is abnormal. And how can we use this information to really find our way back, and support our health With a healthy night's sleep.

Most of us have some level of fatigue and I can't think of anybody who has not at some point in their life, missed a night of sleep for one reason or another. The problem with that is that when we extend interrupted sleep pattern for long periods of time, we can end up doing some real damage to a lot of different physiological systems in the body. Stress plays a big role in this. Because when we experience chronic stress over long periods of time a can bleed from just a bad night's sleep here and there, into chronic insomnia and long term sleep deprivation and we know that over time. Sleep deprivation can actually become another cause of elevated stress levels.