Meet Your Body with Jessica Valant, MSPT

How to Prepare Your Body for Perimenopause

Meet Your Body with Jessica Valant, MSPT

Show Notes

Perimenopause is inevitable, and there are a few things you can do in the years prior to help you enter this phase of life with strength, knowledge and awareness!

In this episode of Meet Your Body, Jessica Valant talks about how to proactively prepare your body for perimenopause. She explains the hormonal shifts that happen during this stage of life and shares practical ways to support your hormones, nervous system, muscle health, and overall well-being.

If you're in your 20s, 30s or 40s and want to feel more informed, empowered, and ready for the transition ahead, this episode will help you better understand what’s happening in your body — and how to support it along the way.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

⚫︎ How to Start Lifting Weights https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000719787855

⚫︎ My Perimenopause Update https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000653471907

⚫︎ Nourishing your nervous system podcast episode: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000733951049⁠

⚫︎ Alcohol and health https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000737413482

⚫︎ Jessica’s website, resources, services & more: ⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com⁠⁠

⚫︎ Jessica’s UNLIMITED community and app with daily workouts for muscle strength: ⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com/unlimited⁠⁠

⚫︎Watch our podcast episodes on YouTube here: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@meetyourbodypodcast⁠⁠

⚫︎ YouTube workouts: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilates⁠⁠

⚫︎ Follow Jessica on Instagram: ⁠⁠http://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilates⁠⁠Jessica Valant Pilates app:Apple IOS - ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/mry5ya8r⁠⁠Google - ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/yh3ty5fp⁠⁠

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Jessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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