The Hotflash inc podcast 133: Navigating peri-to-post menopause, spiritual growth, trauma and more (with really good protein powder) with XO Jacqui's Jacqui Burge
In this episode, Jacqui Burge joins me (Hotflash inc founder Ann Marie McQueen) for a magical conversation that ranges from why perimenopause needed an easy-to-digest, simple and clean protein powder to how much better life can be without sugar.
Jacqui is a thoughtful, post-menopausal American health and wellness entrepreneur. A workplace wellness pioneer, she has more than three million views on LinkedIn for sessions offered by her company Desk Yogi. She’s been a figure skater, a rock star, a mom and a drug addict.
She’s also a woman who found herself a bit lost when menopause hit, and it was unexplained weight gain that led her to launch XO Jacqui. And this is where I found her, because Jacquie’s clean, vegan, organic and gluten-free protein powder is literally the only one in the world my tummy can tolerate. You can literally count the ingredients on your hand. It’s delicious and I actually import it from the US to the UAE. (If you want some of your own, use code HOTFLASHINC15 at checkout)
Jacqui’s mantra aligns with mine here at Hotflash inc: be your own advocate, stay curious and a step outside of your comfort zone.
The episode emphasizes embracing change, the non-linear nature of healing, and promoting self-acceptance and mental well-being.
Highlights:
- The power of nudges
- Why she works on Sundays
- How to edit your to-do list to cut overwhelm
- How to make the first person you take care of you
- How not to turn yourself into a mashed potato
- What drove her to start making her own protein powder (and what’s going on with a lot of varieties that seem healthy)
- The one thing about the obsession with protein you need to know
- Perimenopause is asking about ‘what can you simplify’
- Why perimenopause should be a recognized rite of passage
- The stability, knowingness and awareness that gets solidified in menopause
- What is “pretend connection” and why does it hurt us?
- Re-examining alcohol in perimenopause
- What happens after you kick sugar for 10 days
- How neurofeedback cut through the trauma and finally helped her feel safe
- Why she wants you to get support in tackling your trauma
- The two sides of asking for help
- What radical acceptance really means
- Her best advice for going through perimenopause
- Menopausal creativity bursts
- Why “post-menopause” needs more love
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