What if everything you thought menopause was supposed to look and feel like is completely wrong --- and what you are actually going through is one of the most profound psychological and spiritual transformations of your entire life? In this episode, Shannon sits down with Ashley Turner, licensed psychotherapist, menopause advocate, certified psychedelic therapist, and 25-year yoga teacher, to pull back the curtain on the mental health side of menopause that almost nobody is talking about.

Ashley shares:

1. Why the majority of her menopause symptoms were mental health symptoms --- depression, anxiety, loss of confidence, and loss of identity --- and how even as a licensed therapist she didn't recognize what was happening for nearly a year
2. What postpartum perimenopause is, why it is becoming increasingly common as more women have children later in life, and why almost no one in the medical system is preparing women for it
3. Why hormone therapy alone is not enough, and what the menopause hierarchy of needs actually looks like when you tackle it one layer at a time starting with sleep
4. How menopause is not a crisis but a metamorphosis --- a years-long psychological and physiological reconstruction of who you are, what you want, and how you want to live
5. The truth about psychedelic therapy, why the science is showing more promise than antidepressants for depression, and what makes it so powerful for getting to the root of suffering rather than just masking symptoms
6. Why women have been gaslit about their own symptoms for generations and how over-functioning and self-abandonment get ruthlessly exposed during the menopausal transition
7. The five layers of self from the yogic tradition and why true healing requires addressing all of them --- body, mind, emotions, energy, and spirit

Tune in for a deeply honest, beautifully layered, and genuinely groundbreaking conversation about what it means to stop white-knuckling your way through menopause and finally give yourself permission to transform.

Connect with Ashley Turner

Instagram: @ashleyturner1

Website: ashleyturner.co

Free 2-week trial for her membership and links to apply for therapy and psychedelic therapy available at ashleyturner.co

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