This self-paced journey brings together both parts of the Empowered Menopause course, offering a holistic exploration of menopause from physiology to meaning. You’ll gain clear medical understanding of hormones and hormone therapy, alongside embodied practices for supporting sleep, sexuality, self-care, and nervous-system regulation.
Designed to be taken in your own time, this course supports both education and integration—helping you understand what’s happening in your body while also making sense of what this transition is asking of you on a deeper level. It’s an invitation to move through menopause feeling informed, resourced, and gently guided back to your own inner wisdom.
Course outline:
Part 1:
1) Hormone Basics – slide presentation with Dr Shana to learn the basics of hormones and hormone therapy
2) Supplementary videos – A collection of videos to deepen your understanding of the material in Hormone Basics. Available in video or as audio only to listen “on the go”
a) What’s Happening to Our Bodies? – A review of hormone physiology and stages of the menopause transition
b) Are Hormones Safe? – Risks and benefits of hormone therapy
c) Progesterone – A deeper look at progesterone including Dr Shana’s own experience with it
d) Estrogen – A deeper look at estrogen including Dr Shana’s struggles to find the “right” dose and product for her
e) Testosterone – A deeper look at testosterone including Dr Shana’s experience with it and more info on dosing/monitoring
f) Empowered Menopause – Stress and the menopause transition, and how our symptoms can be our guides towards a life that feels more aligned with who we really are
Part 2:
1. Sleep, Sex and Self Care – slide presentation with Dr Shana as she gives a high level overview of some of the tools and concepts she found most helpful in navigating her own rough menopause transition
2. Supplementary videos – A collection of videos to dive deeper with Dr Shana on the ways she’s supported herself through this rough transition. Available in video or as audio only to listen “on the go”
a) Sleep – Dr Shana talks openly about the big challenges she’s had with sleep, and some of the supplements, tools and concepts that help her to cultivate more restorative sleep – Includes Progressive Relaxation MP3
b) Sex and Libido – A candid conversation with Dr Shana about sex and libido at midlife, and some of the ways she’s been supporting herself in this area
c) Mood changes – Dr Shana shares tools she’s learned to help her regulate her nervous system and to process her emotions
d) Boundaries – Learn more about boundaries and embodied choices by using our body to help guide us to aligned decisions and choices – Includes a guided visualization MP3
e) Self Compassion – Become your own inner mother and connect with the loving energy of Mother Earth as you cultivate compassion for yourself during this difficult time
f) Inner Wisdom – Reconnect with you feminine essence, and deepen your inner wisdom as you move through this time of transformation and growth.
Bonus:
Menopause: A Portal to our Wisdom Years – A recorded version of the inspiring talk Dr Shana has given at past speaking events
