Midlife Unfiltered: The Season Of Me

Your Curiosity Is Your Superpower in an Age of AI.

Kiki Hart (Louise Cooper) and I are bringing conversations that explore what it means to be human in a fast-evolving, fast-paced digital world. And how Kiki is here to help. Curiosity in the Age of AI In this episode, we explore one of the most important questions of our time: how do we stay genuinely curious and human, in a world increasingly shaped by AI? We talk about AI as a tool. Not a replacement for us. How we interact with it, the traps we can fall into, and the choices we make about how we use it. How this determines not only the quality of what we get back and the importance of what we bring to keep the balance - our midlife skills, wisdom, and humanity. What We Cover An AI Recap What do we actually mean by AI, and how might we use it day to day? We start with the basics, so everyone is up to speed. Input and Output The questions we ask shape the answers we get. We talk about why the quality of our prompt matters and why thinking before we type is more important than most of us realise. The Traps Lost in Conversation Anita shares her own experience using AI — and how easy it is to forget we’re speaking to a technology tool, not a person. The ease, the flow, the warmth, the apparent understanding. It’s designed to feel human. And that’s how blind trust can creep in. Bias: Building, Boosting and Bracing When we ask questions in a way that’s more likely to return answers we’re already seeking, we’re building our own bias in. Algorithms then boost and amplify those patterns and over time, they brace them, creating fiercely protected viewpoints that block new perspectives. We talk about how to counter this: crafting prompts that invite alternative views, ask for blind spots, and actively fact-check. The key is cognitively wrestling with what AI gives you, not merely receiving it. Cognitive Laziness and Critical Thinking Critical thinking is a skill. One that builds curiosity, keeps us sharp, and helps us stay discerning. It’s also a skill that can quietly erode when we outsource too much of our thinking to AI. For younger generations (digital and AI natives) this skill may not have been built much at all. But as Midlifers, we know the world before AI and heavy technology reliance. As Digital Migrants, this gifts us with perspectives and capabilities that genuinely matter. We look at what cognitive laziness is doing to our brain health and why this matters, drawing on fascinating research on London taxi and ambulance drivers. Curiosity and the Art of Not Being Fooled Being objective. Reasoned. Discerning. Self-regulated in how we engage with AI tools. There are two very different ways to use AI: * AI to enhance our thinking - where we do some thinking first, bring our own knowledge, map it out, and test ideas as we interact with AI * AI as a direct output machine — where we accept the answers, no questions asked. We talk about the research on what the second approach is doing to brain development in young people and changes in older people. It’s something we all need to be aware of. Intuition and Emotional Intelligence Will these deeply human capabilities rise in value as AI takes on more of the cognitive load? Will having AI do some of the thinking free up space for intuition and emotional intelligence to flourish? Are you using your intuition when you use AI? The Social Cost If we stop practicing curiosity in the offline world, with each other, what does that look like over time? We talk about the role of human connection on longevity, and what’s at stake if we let connection in our communities slip away. Privacy and De-Identifying Prompts This matters a lot, especially in professional settings. Avoid using real names or “I” in our prompts. AI remembers your interactions and tailors its responses accordingly. Keep things hypothetical. Protect what’s personal and commercial in confidence. Where To From Here You’re not too old. You’re not too far behind. It is absolutely not too late. Explore AI with curiosity. Grab the prompts from Kiki Hart’s “Are We Outsourcing Curiosity?” article here [https://kikihartwhatnow.substack.com/p/are-we-outsourcing-curiosity] to give yourself a head start. They are bullet points in the post. As Midlifers, we bring something genuinely valuable to this conversation: life skills, knowledge, wisdom, and the discernment that comes from living through change. We also have a real opportunity — and perhaps an obligation — to help bridge the critical thinking gaps that younger generations are navigating. That lived experience is a superpower. Together, with curiosity, we can keep bringing the human to an AI world. AND If you enjoyed this episode and think this conversation would be interesting or helpful for someone in your life, please share it on. We’re all about awareness here. Got any comments or questions? We’d love to see them? Post them below. Coming Up In our next chat (in about six weeks), Kiki, Louise and I will be talking about Truth and Authenticity in an AI World. We’d love for you to join us. We’ll go live, then post the recording with show notes shortly after. See you then! If you’re not a subscriber, maybe become one so you find out when we go live and when the recording and show notes are ready. Thanks! Anita xx Resources Are We Outsourcing Curiosity [https://kikihartwhatnow.substack.com/p/are-we-outsourcing-curiosity] - Kiki Hart As AI gets smarter, are we getting dumber? [https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/as-ai-gets-smarter,-are-we-getting-dumber] - University of Melbourne Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10716738/] - PubMed Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task [https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/] - MIT Media Lab AI Platforms to Explore * ChatGPT [https://chatgpt.com] — Day-to-day tasks and conversation * Gemini [https://gemini.google.com] — Google’s AI – also good for everyday use drawing on Google’s ecosystem of familiar products * Claude [https://claude.ai] — Especially good for writing and factual summarising * Meta AI [https://www.meta.ai] — Good for generating images and social media style queries * Perplexity [https://www.perplexity.ai] — Great for research; shows its sources clearly so you can cross-check Tip: Each AI has a different “personality” and is optimised for different jobs. Try a few and see which one feels right for you. Our Human experience in this live video: We are human after all and life happens. In this chat Louise ‘disappears’ as her phone decided it was too hot a conversation and needed a minute to cool off. She also mentioned the hypothalamus and meant to say hippocampus. Meet Kiki Hart Kiki is a digital persona created by Louise Cooper — born from the digital world, but sharing Louise’s perspective. Around 40 years of age, she’s your guide to navigating technology without losing yourself. She observes and informs, so you can decide what to do with it. Exploring how culture, technology and modern life are reshaping identity, attention and relevance. Follow Kiki Hart on Substack [https://substack.com/@kikihart] Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. 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Awakening Feminine Wisdom with Megan Dalla-Camina

Hello and welcome to another episode of Midlife Unfiltered. We are so glad you’re here. Erica and I are very excited to bring you this episode because it’s a topic that brings together many popular conversations we’ve spoken of here in the podcast, with a brilliant woman who has dedicated decades to it. As a best-selling author, award-winning teacher and PhD researcher in women’s spirituality Megan Dalla-Camina has gathered decades of insights. Through her Women Rising platform serving over 10,000 women, in 76 countries, across many ages, stages and cultures, she’s witnessed the same threads of yearning, again and again. More than the burnout, the endless striving, the quiet ache of disconnection. More than the roles she’s performed, the versions of herself she’s outgrown, the world that taught her she wasn’t enough. She Who Remembers: Awakening feminine wisdom in a world ready for her return is Megan’s latest book. A sacred call to the woman who knows there is more. We’ve been shaped by it. Perhaps unaware, perhaps feeling the full force of the push and pull of a patriarchal society that teaches us to strive, to do more, to perform. A way that is incongruent with more feminine codes of intuition, embodiment, devotion and presence. The rhythm of our cycles and seasons. In this chat with Megan, we explore what Feminine Wisdom actually is, why so many of us have lost touch with it and why the world needs it now. A beautifully rich conversation that explores: The Signals. The Awakening : learning to stop and listen. To pay attention. To ask the questions needed to get clear on ‘what do I want?’ “If I asked that question and was truthful to. Myself, I would literally have to …. So we don’t. We deflect, we distract. Because it’s hard.” The Power Of Asking The BIG Questions: how that questioning literally changes us. Something shifts inside. It can’t be undone. “The BIG questions will keep coming back, until you answer it.” Then What?: Because we are often afraid of what might come up…and then what? What comes next? Who Are You At Your Core?: Megan shares a framework she uses with her clients. A framework that helps to unearth who we are, beneath all the layers. Midlife Is An Invitation: a calling for more depth, for deeper connection with self and others. A yearning for something more – our spirituality. Critical Space & Quiet: why it’s critically important and how to welcome in the unknown. To let the inner knowing rise. “The quieter you get the more you hear. How quiet are you prepared to get, to hear what it is that you know?” Learning To Trust Ourselves: the erosion of self-trust and the cost, the betrayal of abandoning ourselves. Feminine Wisdom puts you on your own side, your own ally. Megan shares four practical steps to begin rebuilding that trust. Embodiment: our bodies know. They always have. We’ve been taught the only knowledge that matters is the rational, the linear, the cognitive. Whilst they are valuable, there is more. Megan offers simple practices to try over two days - to begin noticing, to feel it in your body before your rational mind overrides it, saying ‘no’. We talk about the consequences of continuing to override the messaging in our body. Women Are Exhausted and In Denial: We call it out in this honest conversation. Across cultures, across continents. What happens when we ourselves permission to acknowledge it? What choices would we make? Why Feminine Wisdom, Why Now?: Why the world is not just ready, it’s waiting for it. About Megan’s Latest Book: She Who Remembers: Awakening feminine wisdom in a world ready for her return is for women navigating life transitions, midlife shifts or a quiet spiritual longing they can’t quite name. A woman like you. Like us. I must admit, I pre-judged this book before I began to read it, wondering if it might be a bit too ‘woowoo’ for me. It certainly was not that at all. I was so very wrong. This book touched my heart, my soul. It gently reached in, took my hand and lead me home. Not a book of instruction. A beautifully thoughtful book where every word is deliberately chosen and placed. Both Erica and I felt that as we read it. A blend of soulful storytelling, cultural reflection and spiritual insight. With grounded practices that accompany each chapter inviting us to quiet, to listen and acknowledge. To choose. To act. Not in an obtrusive performative way. More like a loving guiding hand that gently nudges. A comforting companion for the sacred path home to yourself. Here is a small portion of a passage from the book for you. A passage that personally touched my heart deeply. A Blessing for She Who Remembers “You need only to be here. To be real. To be you. You are already the woman you’ve been waiting for. Now is the time to live your feminine wisdom. Now is the time to own your power. Now is the time for She Who Remembers.” Megan Dalla-Camina About Megan Dalla-Camina: Megan is a best-selling author, award-winning teacher and PhD researcher in women’s spirituality whose work is dedicated to helping women return home to themselves. She is the founder of Women Rising, a global platform that has supported over 10,000 women in more than 70 countries. With more than two decades of experience at the intersection of women’s empowerment, leadership and spirituality. Megan’s work bridges science, spirit and sadhana, offering a deeply grounded, accessible path to Feminine Wisdom and awakening. Before founding her own company, Megan spent 18 years as a senior executive at IBM, GE and PwC. In addition to her PhD research, she holds two master’s degrees in business and wellness/positive psychology. Megan write a weekly column in Psychology Today with millions of readers and her work has been featured in hundreds of major media outlets worldwide. Megan lives by the sea with her family where she writes, teaches and continues her PhD research on Feminine Wisdom, midlife identity and women’s awakening. Where to Get The Book: She Who Remembers: Awakening feminine wisdom in a world ready for her return is available from many major book sellers and from Megan’s online home at https://megandallacamina.com/ Connect with Megan: On her website: https://megandallacamina.com/ [https://megandallacamina.com/] where there is a wealth of resources and information. Definitely worth checking out. On Social media: Just search for Megan Dalla-Camina. Hint…she loves Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/megandallacamina/]. A big thank you! Florence Acosta [https://substack.com/profile/31310064-florence-acosta], Omixintel [https://substack.com/profile/496437643-omixintel], and many others for tuning into our live video with Megan Dalla-Camina [https://substack.com/profile/1616216-megan-dalla-camina] and for being here now. We hope you enjoyed our conversation and more importantly, picked up a few inspirational gems. If you have someone in your life you think would enjoy this conversation too, then please share it on. That would be awesome. Thank you. See you next week for another conversation on Midlife Unfiltered. Until then. Anita xx This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit midlifeunfiltered.substack.com [https://midlifeunfiltered.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Hashimoto's Disease: Jo's Lived Experience. 28 Years With This Thyroid Autoimmune Condition

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland, named after Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto, the Japanese physician who first identified it in 1912. It’s thought to affect between 1 in 6 to 1 in 8 women, with a peak onset between the ages of 45 and 55. Symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, low mood and hair loss are routinely dismissed as just ‘life’ or perimenopause. Without a full thyroid panel that goes beyond standard TSH testing, a significant number of cases are missed entirely. Women are walking around with it, unaware. So let’s talk about it. Why This Chat? I asked Jo to join me for a few reasons: She’s fabulous. Jo will always share authentically, from the heart, believing we can all learn from each other, beyond the medical terminology. The power of personal story. 80–90% of Hashimoto’s cases are women, with peak onset at exactly the age range of the women we serve here at Midlife Unfiltered. Too many cases go undiagnosed. We want to raise awareness of this condition to encourage women to advocate for their thyroid health. What We Talk About In This Conversation How Jo found out she had Hashimoto’s: including what age she was and what her life looked like at the time. Symptoms: many of which Jo initially put down to being a busy, newly pregnant woman. Hmm. Sound familiar? Why it gets missed: many Hashimoto’s symptoms overlap with pregnancy, postpartum and perimenopause symptoms, which masks what’s really going on underneath. That, and the lack of thorough testing to identify it. Testing: the tests Jo underwent to get her diagnosis and what she monitors regularly now to track how well her treatment is working. Treatment: Jo’s current regime, both medical and lifestyle. Risk factors: including family history, which in Jo’s case is exceptionally strong. She has it on both her paternal and maternal sides. Her sisters, daughter and nephew all have thyroid disorders - a mix of Hashimoto’s, Graves’ disease and thyroid cancer. Pregnancy and thyroid health: Jo is passionate about this one. Knowing your thyroid status before becoming pregnant matters. Complications increase when Hashimoto’s is undetected. Associated deficiencies: Hashimoto’s often comes with key nutrient deficiencies including Vitamin D, iodine and others. Jo also experienced macrocytosis (red blood cell enlargement) which her doctor was thankfully across. The testing gap: we talk about what’s missing in our current health system, the full thyroid panel worth advocating for, and what each test actually reveals. What is ‘normal’ anyway?: Different labs, different ranges. Confusing? Yes. Important to know? Absolutely. Jo mentions a helpful information from the Australian Thyroid Foundation which is linked below. Why the thyroid?: what makes it so vulnerable, and the role of environmental endocrine disruptors (EDCs) in thyroid health. Jo’s Closing Tips Don’t brush off your symptoms. Tune in, take action, and don’t accept being dismissed. Know your numbers. Understanding your own results is one of the most powerful things you can do. Be thorough. Take a whole body approach. A diagnosis is just the starting point — supporting your overall health makes a real difference. Resources 🔗 Australian Thyroid Foundation — a brilliant resource and the peak advocate for thyroid health in Australia. Their site includes clear explanations of thyroid blood tests, what they show, and what’s considered ‘normal’: thyroidfoundation.org.au [https://thyroidfoundation.org.au/initial-thyroid-tests-and-diagnosis] 🎙️ Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs) — catch our earlier conversation with Andrea Dahr of Switch Natural on the impact of EDCs on our bodies. [Find it here. [https://open.substack.com/pub/midlifeunfiltered/p/hormone-disruptors-sneaky-everyday?r=4czhee&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web]] 🎙️ Jo Clark — find Jo and her top-ranking podcast Redefining Midlife over at Jo Clark Coaching [https://www.joclarkcoaching.com/]. She is an absolute gun. Share Your Story Have a Hashimoto’s story of your own? Drop it in the comments below. We learn so much from each other. Real life experience adds such a rich dimension. Found this conversation useful? Share it with someone you think would like to hear it. The more awareness we build, the better we can advocate for ourselves and each other. See you next week on Midlife Unfiltered. 🎙️ Anita xx This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit midlifeunfiltered.substack.com [https://midlifeunfiltered.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

I Say "Should" A Lot. Why Is That? And What Might Help.

Shouldland. You know it well. We know you do because we feel it too — that all too familiar place where we should do this, should do that. Feel as if we should because […]. You fill in the blank. Erica and I don’t know any midlife women who have not felt the weight of ‘shoulds’. In midlife especially, they feel overwhelming and heavy, as if we’re surrounded by them, with demands lobbing in from every direction. Performance and Expectations. Self-imposed? Are they true, are they real? Have you ever stopped to ask why? Our Bodies Are Keeping Notes Our somatic signals are real. Our body takes in the effects of acting on so many shoulds, and eventually it starts signalling, subtly at first. The clenching jaw. Tense shoulders. Tight hands. But our body is persistent, always looking out for us. Eventually those signals become so loud, so disruptive, we have little if any choice but to listen and change. So why do we feel the need to push through when our body is signalling otherwise? Lived Experience I talk about the recent experience of a dear friend who has hit burnout and what she’s done to restore her sense of self, to find herself again. Her brave actions. Not all change needs to be this extreme, but it is important to recognise that small acts of kindness to ourselves can be a priority. And worth asking: what are the consequences if I don’t? The Language of Shoulds If we drop the language of ‘should’, what else becomes available? Noticing when we say it and how many times a day is a powerful start. If we stopped using that word, what alternatives take its place? Does it change the way we feel, react and respond? The words that stand in its place: I want to. I desire to. I feel like I have to. Do I want the outcome? I don’t want to do this. What feels more true? There’s something empowering that happens when ‘want’ replaces ‘should’. The Drivers of Shoulds The guilt. The shame. The (perceived) judgement. The learned behaviour. Societal expectations. We call the familiar ones out, based on conversations Erica has with her clinic clients. And the influence of control — because when we are ‘shoulding’, we are seeking to control something. Not that we’d put it on others (typically), but we put it on ourselves. Putting the brakes on automatic should-pilot is significant. Change always starts with awareness — pausing to check in when something’s not working or feeling the way we thought it would. What Might Help An exercise from Brené Brown’s I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t) asks us to articulate how we would and wouldn’t like to be perceived. Our unwanted identities. Working through that highlights what we’re trying to control. For example: I don’t want to be perceived as lazy — so I’ll ‘should’ upon myself any time there’s a risk of looking that way. I’m controlling for that identity. Because a good woman isn’t just sitting around doing nothing, is she? Aligning with our values is, yet again, invaluable here. They’re the guideposts that help us identify which shoulds we can release and let go of. What deserves our attention and when. The Postmenopausal Gift of Less Shoulding Giving less f*cks is real. I speak from lived experience — comparing my early-40s self (where Erica is now) to my almost-60-year-old self. Something to look forward to. Stay Curious Stay curious about when you should, and what you’re shoulding about. And please — stay playful with it. This isn’t something else to feel like you should think and act on perfectly (whatever that is). Could you banish ‘should’ from your vocabulary entirely? Resources * Find Erica at ericawebb.com.au [https://www.ericawebb.com.au/] * 📚 I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t) — Brené Brown Thank you to everyone who tuned into our live video and for listening here! If you found it helpful — or think a friend might — please share it on. 🩶 Join us for our next live video next week. We’ll be talking about a common autoimmune condition - Hashimoto's disease. With Jo sharing her lived experience. See you then. Anita xx This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit midlifeunfiltered.substack.com [https://midlifeunfiltered.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Leaking, Prolapse, Painful Sex. Let's Talk About Your Pelvic Floor with Pelvic Physiotherapist, Michelle Murphy.

These problems are far more common than most of us realise and far less talked about than they should be. There’s a group of muscles working hard for us every single day that most of us never give a second thought to, until something goes wrong. Problems more common than you might think. Almost 4 in 10 women and 2 in 10 men experience urinary incontinence - with 7 in 10 of those people under 65. Around 1 in 30 experience bowel incontinence (Continence Health Australia). Common? Yes. But they are not an inevitable part of aging. Our Pelvic Floor. A rather complex group of muscles, together with fascia, ligaments, connective tissue, nerves and blood vessels. It literally holds up our bladder, bowel and for us women, our uterus, along with all their entry and exit points. The number of times a day those organs are called upon, all supported by this one hardworking structure we rarely think about, just because it’s down there. We don’t like talking about down there much do we? Hmm. Not today! That’s what Michelle Murphy, a pelvic physiotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience, joins me to talk about our pelvic health - our Pelvic Floor in this very insightful and eye opening podcast chat. Michelle’s passion for helping us understand and treat pelvic floor problems absolutely shines through. A refreshing no shame approach to a topic we really should be talking about a lot more. And so, we are. What We Talk About In This Episode Pelvic Floor 101 - Anatomy and Function What even IS the Pelvic Floor? The parts that make up the Pelvic Floor, where they sit and what they do for us - literally the heavy lifting it does for us every day. Michelle also shows us with her clinical 3D model to illustrate, the complexity of this underappreciated, hard working part of our anatomy. Common Pelvic Floor Problems & How To Know That You Have Them The symptoms you might be experiencing that indicate that you might have Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PDF). Problems that involve: * Bladder - leakage, frequency, urgency * Bowel - leakage, constipation, urgency + the Poo Chart (Bristol Stool Chart) * Sex - pain with intercourse, * Prolapse - what it is, why it happens, how it can feel and how common it is. The Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) - what it is, causes and symptoms. The influence it has on the Pelvic Floor. Not all problems need to be painful. But that they may hurt us in other, very real ways. The Emotional Load of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PFD) The embarrassment, shame and self-blame that so often comes with these problems - and why we need to leave them behind. What Can Help Your Pelvic Floor Problems may be common but that does not mean they are normal. Nor does it mean that nothing can be done to help. This is Michelle’s bread and butter as a specialist Pelvic Floor physio. * Pelvic Floor Exercises - the first line of defense because yes, they absolutely work. * The right exercises, done the right way, ‘dosed’ correctly and done consistently. * To Kegel or not to Kegel? Michelle clears up the confusion. * Knowing Your Baseline - the status of your Pelvic Floor muscles and how a Pelvic Floor Physio can assess this with you. * The Exercise Trap - The Overactive Pelvic Floor - it’s important to strengthen but it’s equally important to know how to relax these muscles. Athletes and women who have suffered with pelvic pain may be unknowingly holding tension there, which causes problems. * Vaginal Devices - The Pessary - Michelle shows us a pessary, a device she helps women to fit and remove that gives them great prolapse support. Helpful if they are not eligible or qualify for surgery. What to do now to protect and preserve our Pelvic Floor health - For Future Me We wind the clock forward and talk openly about what can happen as we age - both women and men. The convergence of needing to pee (or poo) often in the night + heightened risk of UTI’s (urinary tract infections) + poor bone health + falling and fracturing bones + dementia. An all too common story. The Importance of Preserving Your Baseline because if it drops, it’s much harder to get it back. And keeping it takes work! Worth it? Absolutely. For Future Me. Where To From Here? Michelle recommends doing the Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire. A series of super easy to answer questions to help determine where your baseline might be at. You’ll find a PDF link to it in the Resources section below. Final Thoughts Your Pelvic Floor does a lot of heavy lifting for you, every, single, day. Functions and support we take for granted, until it’s gone. It’s inevitable that as we age, that our Pelvic Floor will weaken. But we can do much to improve, protect and preserve it. It may be common, but it’s not normal. And you don’t have to just put up with it. For now and for Future You. About Michelle Murphy Michelle Murphy is an Australian pelvic health physiotherapist, educator, owner of Mercy Physiotherapy [https://mercyphysio.com.au/] and founder of Impact HQ [https://michellemurphy.com.au/]. With 20+ years’ experience, she empowers women through evidence-based education on pelvic health and menopause. Her mission: to bring awareness and understanding of Pelvic Floor health because it’s not spoken of nearly enough, it’s under-diagnosed and under-treated. It extends well beyond her clinic walls. That’s why this podcast chat :) Michelle is a newby on Substack so reach out and welcome her in. If you’ve listened to our chat, talk about that! Find Michelle on Substack here [https://substack.com/@michellemurphy920791?utm_source=global-search]. Thank you Michelle. Your passion, enthusiasm, knowledge, experience and dedication to our Pelvic Health is very much appreciated. Resources: The Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire [https://urogynaecology.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/australian-pelvic-floor-questionnaire-V2018.pdf] - start here to understand your baseline. The Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdpC0SZfU2Oj72fBJBpvBRHw_92PBYiQb] - Continence Health Australia 3D anatomical model videos (both female and male). Genioturinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM ) explained [https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2017/july/genitourinary-syndrome-of-menopause] - an article from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners - Australian Family Physician journal. The Vaginal Pessary [https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/16036-pessaries] - the vaginal device Michelle shows and talks about in this episode. Bristol Stool Chart [https://www.continence.org.au/about-incontinence/bowel-incontinence/bristol-stool-chart/] - to understand if your poo is normal (ideal) and how to recognise if it’s not. Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. I do apologise if the video is grainy at times. It seems choosing High Res is not always optimal. The audio is clear. If you found this episode helpful and think that others might get something out of it, please share it on. To your Pelvic Health. Anita xx This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit midlifeunfiltered.substack.com [https://midlifeunfiltered.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]