Ep. 136 - How Burnout Led to the Wise Woman Within with Dr. Shana Johnston

Dr. Fiona Lovely is a longevity, health and wellness expert with specialties in menopause medicine, functional neurology and functional medicine. She is speaking to the topics of women's health around peri-menopause and menopause. Dr. Lovely has a chat today with Family Physician, Dr. Shana Johnston. After working nearly 30 years in a volume based system of medicine, Shana burned out and left practice. This also happened to correspond to her late peri-menopause. She calls this time, the tunnel of menopause, a portal. A graduation of sorts where we are called to come home to ourselves. A gorgeous chat between dear friends, they discuss how spiritual practices become so much more important during the times of challenge, like perimenopause. Dr. Shana has a fascinating story and a deep knowledge of humanity from working many aspects of medicine in her professional career. Delivering babies and assisting with end of life care, she sees herself as the helper in "life's airport: arrivals and departures." She has much to share with us about how menopause acted as a major life change agent for her and how it can do the same for you - for the better! Menopause is ultimately a deeply spiritual transition to our higher, more authentic self, if we allow it. You can find out more about Dr. Shana Johnston and her workshops and online courses here. She is presently gathering women together for her Menopause: Let's Talk About It workshop. She is generously offering our community a 25% discount for her online courses and workshops with the code: LOVELY. ✨Want to know more about The Apollo wearable tech? "Apollo is a great tool to not only increase your HRV, but improve emotional regulation and achieve deeper sleep. I would recommend it to anyone looking for more balance in their nervous system, or for women specifically dealing with symptoms related to menopause." apolloneuro.com/lovely for 10% off your first order for our listeners! ✨ 🥬Have you tried AG1? Please visit our product partner page: drinkAG1.com/fionalovely for the BEST all-in-one nutritional supplement out there (and where podcast subscribers get cool free stuff!) 💚 Ways to work with Dr. Lovely: We get many requests for this info, so here it is! Thank you for listening to the podcast. ❤️ Follow Dr. Lovely on IG and tiktok: @drfionalovely Follow the podcast on Facebook: www.facebook.com/@notyourmothersmenopausepodcast There are resources available on our website: www.drlovely.com Please sign up for our newsletter - Fiona's Friday Favourites! This is where we make the first announcements, share course offerings or group coaching, drop new episodes, etc. drlovely.com If you want the behind the scenes stuff, the un-filtered video format interviews, the sh*t I can't say on the public platforms, the videos, the online course discounts and much more, please join me on Patreon for my subscription offering: www.patreon.com/drfionalovely Finally, a humble request: If you love the podcast, please leave us a review! It helps more people find useful info for a challenging time: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/not-your-mothers-menopause-with-dr-fiona-lovely/id1097326296 Please scroll to the bottom of the page to leave a review. Thank you! 💕🤗