Your Kitchen Apothecary: Food as Medicine for Perimenopause with Jody Vassallo

In this heart-centred conversation, Edwina sits down with Ayurvedic health coach and author Jody Vassallo (The Yogic Kitchen) to explore the messy, beautiful, and empowering realities of perimenopause and menopause.

Together they dive into:
🌼 The importance of offering alternative perspectives beyond mainstream hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
🌼 Jody’s personal journey through perimenopause and menopause, including anxiety, body changes, and her shift into deeper self-care and trust.
🌼 Ayurvedic practices for managing symptoms like hot flushes, sleep disturbances, and anxiety—through cooling foods, yoga, breathwork, and lifestyle rituals.
🌼 Why mindful eating, seasonal rhythms, and oil-based self-care (like abhyanga) can help women feel nourished and grounded.
🌼 The spiritual side of menopause: embracing this transition as a rite of passage into wisdom years.
🌼 The power of women supporting women, breaking taboos, and reclaiming perimenopause as a sacred season of life.

Resources & Mentions:

• Jody’s book: The Yogic Kitchen (offered as part of the summit giveaway)

• Jody’s podcast: Changing Seasons

• Jody’s upcoming course: Food is Medicine

• Jody's Online Community: Gather 
• Jody's Food & Yoga Tour of Japan

Find all this and more HERE