As I was in the gym today I glanced up and saw the hashtag #bbcmenopause – obviously this caught my attention. Now I didn’t listen to it at length but the gist of it is to bring awareness to the topic and consider the experience ladies go through.

I absolutely agree that if we understand what can happen during menopausal changes, it can stop shitty comment from guys, friends & family that don’t understand. Yet, in my experience of working with people the severity of symptoms isn’t necessary.

In the extreme ladies can face

-depression

-weight gain

-anxiety

– hot sweats

– broken sleep

– fatigue

Just to name a few. (There are 32 associates symptoms)

Now, menopause is where we see production of oestrogen decrease from the ovaries.

Usually this happens between age 40-50 roughly, yet WHY are we starting to see early onset of menopause?

Aka if it really is the ‘natural’ decline why would we start to experience it earlier? I have some thoughts and later on some advice to help those suffering the affects of the menopause.

Let’s consider for a second a few biological responses.

When you are chronically stressed, anxious and or depressed you will produce higher levels of glucocorticoids (cortisol as example). The impact of high circulating cortisol can be it blocks the pathway from your brain to your ovaries.

It can also, imbalance your blood sugars which will send you on potential mood, energy and anger spells. It also will affect conversion of testosterone to oestrogen. Now this isn’t to paint Cortisol or its buddies as bad, they are life saving yet when used in the wrong way they play havoc.

Also consider, your adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys help regulate the stress response but also, they are responsible for the production of DHEA which can end up as oestrogen via various enzymatic reactions.

Yet if we are emotionally and physically stressed we rule this out. This is WHY you see so many practitioners talk about hormones and ‘try’ and balance the adrenals.

In my view things like the ‘Dutch test’ are pointless if you don’t look at the next 2 parts.

Inflammation (identified and unidentified) – often these days I see ladies with poor bacterial balance, yeast and fungal issues. The problem with this is that the waste these produce cause inflammation in the body.

Inflammation will up regulate the stress response (that’s why we don’t start with adrneals / hormones), inflammation will also cause more oxidative stress at a cellular level and that in turn will cause cell and tissue damage.

These things like HRT might take symptoms DOWN but INCREASE your risk factors for things like stroke due to how this medication is metabolised by the liver.

Emotional hygiene. I see so many ladies that are in transition in their life and this uncertainty of what to do next, what they want to experience brings forward anxiousness – thus triggering the stress response.

The more anxious / in fear we are, the worse food choices we will make because the stress response will raise cravings etc

Moreover, this will in turn affect things like sleep and motivation also.

This really is just scrapping the surface, it’s incredibly important to treat each person individually and look at the key drivers for issues.

For instance I haven’t even talked about binding of sex hormones, receptor sensitivity or immune issues which are ALL important too. Not to mention the increased risk of symptoms by being overweight BEFORE you reach this age.

So, as I hope you see, it’s NOT just a naturally drop in oestrogen, there are many factors that affect WHEN AND HOW you experience the menopause.

And don’t get me started on HRT (hormone replacement therapy) – not only is it no more than homeopathic dose, it completely knocks out other pathways and can affect mood and weight.

Science shows us CLEARLY that oral medication causes increase risk to health…

“ Recent clinical trial data have pointed to a slight increase in the number of breast cancers among women using HRT compared to placebo. With regard to cardiovascular health, the data have shown an increase in stroke…”

For me a few simple things you can do right now are.

-Diet / blood sugars – nearly all ladies I deal with have blood sugar issues and Maintaining healthy levels throughout the day. This can be emotionally induced, as well as food etc.

Start by just being mindful of choices. Picking single ingredient, fresh food. A mixture of quality meat / fish / veggies / good fats (be mindful of when you intake starchy carbs and how you feel).

-Sleep – to help reset, deep rested sleep is essential. And I know the night sweats make that tricky, yet balancing your blood sugars will help keep that in check.

Keep off electronics at least an hour before bed, cool bedroom, maybe dim lights etc.

This all helps prepare the body for sleep and lowers the chance of cortisol production which BLOCKS your sleep hormone.

-Move your body – get yourself to yoga, Pilates, light weight training to help with joint / muscle health.

It’s also imperative to move to stimulate the lymphatic system is like the garbage disposal system.

-Hydration – cellular health and many processes require adequate hydration. Aim for 2-3 litres of food quality water and consider adding a small pinch of quality rock salt to each litre (as long as no kidney issues exist) to help with absorbing and cellular function.

-liver health – the liver is amazing and responsible for over 200 different functions. What I see in ladies is poor stage 2 clearance. This is where hormones are cleared.

Now, don’t jump to expensive supplements, just do the above and be aware of what you put on your skin, makeup etc that all have to be processed by the liver.

So this really is a basic look at what you can start doing to help feel better, it’s more than possible.

When I work with clients I go way deeper than this to ensure a bespoke plan is matched to their history in health and is best suited to goals moving forward.

It’s why I use cellular testing to see exact pathways that are held up and what inflammation might be present that we are not seeing on the surface.

In a nutshell, the severe symptoms are UNNECESSARY. When the body is balanced, it will not show up in these extreme ways.

I’d happily take on a challenge from BBC to work with a person that suffers badly with menopausal issues and see the comparison to a someone just on HRT.

Now that might annoy some people as they have heard counter by doctors etc Yet I have had great success so I will always stand my ground.

As ever, any questions just ask.

Cliff

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Its very easy to get overwhelmed with information and not taking any action, so below I wanted to set out a set of points that really helped me improve my gut health and become free from disease.

I hope it helps you too.

1.Sort out your diet.

This is often more tricky than it first seems. Do you do keto, vegan, paleo, low FODMAP etc.

I see this all the time and i get it, there are people that struggle with extremely tough cases of IBS & IBD.

Or if you want to see our success stories, go HERE

I have made a video for you to explain why millions of people are struggling to improve their IBS symptoms. Whether you are IBS-C or IBS-D there will be insights in this video that will get you looking at your problem in a different way.

I’d love to hear your comments and thoughts.

If you would like to learn more how we could help you solve your IBS issues long term, Click HERE to apply for a FREE 15 minute consultation. The purpose of this 15 minute call is to get clear on 3 things.

1. Where you problem is coming from

2. Why you haven’t yet solved your IBS issues

3. What key actions can you take NOW to feel better.

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Our promise is not to waste your time or force you to work with us, we simply want to give you the industry leading advice that has worked time and time again.

Also, if you know someone that could really do with seeing this video, please share on your social media.

Thanks again, Cliff

Do you struggle to lose weight and keep it off? Good news, you are in the right place.

In todays video i discuss what we see as the No.1 reason that our female clients that seem to have tried EVERYTHING still can’t lose weight.

If this video was helpful to you, please share it with someone you know.

If you would like to learn more how we could help you solve your weight loss issues long term, Click HERE to apply for a FREE 15 minute consultation. The purpose of this 15 minute call is to get clear on 3 things.

1. Where you problem is coming from

2. Why you haven’t yet solved your weight & mood issues

3. What key actions can you take NOW to feel better.

If you want to be link one of the hundreds of people that we have helped in over 20 countries around the world, apply for your call now. Click Here

Our promise is not to waste your time or force you to work with us, we simply want to give you the industry leading advice that has worked time and time again.

Also, if you know someone that could really do with seeing this video, please share on your social media.

Thanks again, Cliff

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Do you struggle with the menopause? Maybe its the sleepless night or the unexplained weight gain that bothers you the most.

Or maybe its the violent swings in mood or low sex drive.

No matter how you experience the menopause, its important to know there are many ways to reduce symptoms WITHOUT HRT.

In todays video i discuss what we see as the No.1 reason that our female clients that seem to have tried EVERYTHING still can’t reduce menopause symptoms.

If this video was helpful to you, please share it with someone you know.

If you would like to learn more how we could help you solve your weight loss issues long term, Click HERE to apply for a FREE 15 minute consultation. The purpose of this 15 minute call is to get clear on 3 things.

1. Where you problem is coming from

2. Why you haven’t yet solved your weight & mood issues

3. What key actions can you take NOW to feel better.

If you want to be link one of the hundreds of people that we have helped in over 20 countries around the world, apply for your call now. Click Here

Our promise is not to waste your time or force you to work with us, we simply want to give you the industry leading advice that has worked time and time again.

Also, if you know someone that could really do with seeing this video, please share on your social media.

Thanks again, Cliff

P.s If you would like to receive only the very best, life changing information about living in health and feeling amazing, join our private mailing list below.

It sucks to wake up tired, overwhelmed and like life is passing you by.

Even worse is when you know you need to get things done but your mind feels full of fog and overwhelm. In this new training, Cliff will show you 5 key upgrades to quickly shift how you think and feel.

If you would like to learn more how we could help you solve your health issues long term, Click HERE to apply for a FREE 15 minute consultation. The purpose of this 15 minute call is to get clear on 3 things.

1. Where you problem is coming from

2. Why you haven’t yet solved your health & mood issues yet.

3. What key actions can you take NOW to feel better.

If you want to be link one of the hundreds of people that we have helped in over 20 countries around the world, apply for your call now. Click Here

Our promise is not to waste your time or force you to work with us, we simply want to give you the industry leading advice that has worked time and time again.

Also, if you know someone that could really do with seeing this video, please share on your social media.

Thanks again, Cliff

P.s If you would like to receive only the very best, life changing information about living in health and feeling amazing, join our private mailing list below.

Here’s a great interview Cliff did with our friend Kyle FL, a high flying entrepreneur and seeker of his best possible health.

Enjoy.

Have you been at each other’s throats already?

OR

Are you still enjoying all the extra time you get to spend with each other?

I’ve never even imagined such a challenging time like this coming for all of us to experience…YET!

I truly believe it gives us the best opportunity to reflect on our lives deeply and what goes with that – our relationships!

And as they say… how you do sex is how you do life…

Have you heard that?

There are 3 stages of consciousness in your RELATIONSHIPS and SEX

Stage 1 – CODEPENDENCE – where male energy plays out the macho alpha style role and the female energy perceives itself as weak and dependent

It’s here that very often you feel stuck and not like ‘yourself’ yet your socially conditioned perceptions keep you STUCK in your role as you just don’t know any different. Sex will often feel forced and staged, not much excitement, more obligation…

Stage 2 – INDEPENDENCE – where male dominant energy explores it’s feminine aspects and the female dominant energy explores it’s masculine aspects, we become independent of each other, we feel like we learn to BALANCE our energies within ourselves yet we still get together as we purely enjoy the opposite energy in our space

It’s here that sex often is no longer on the cards in any way shape or form as to enjoy an intimate and sensual experience we require the polarity arc to be created between the dominant masculine purpose and dominant feminine flow coming together… That’s not the case here in stage 2 very often!

Stage 3 – INTERDEPENDENCE – a beautiful dance of the two energies coming together KNOWING their own UNIQUENESS, their own STRENGTH and POWER.

It’s here where we beautifully come together and intuitively FEEL each other’s needs and desires. We communicate consciously. We have the presence of strong, purposeful masculine that creates the container that is required for the conscious feminine to fill up with it’s flow as it trusts and surrenders

It is also here where a sexual act is no longer an act of fulfilling out physical desires only, it’s Synchronistic Energy Xchange where we surrender to following our highest excitement and we KNOW that we’re always lived by a greater force than us ourselves and we allow ourselves to be GUIDED!

It is HERE where you begin to create your TRULY UNLIMITED LIFE!!

Back in 2016, 4 years ago now, I was very much in the trenches of exploring this myself and learning why and how my relationships across my entire life worked out the way they did

3 years ago I run 2 epic training sessions one for the guys and one for the ladeez

Both were over 3 hours long

We talked sex, expression, sexuality and desires

And how masculine/feminine affect our relationships, business, health and day to day life

A couple of years ago I run an amazing Sexy Masterclass with the one and only Caroline D’Arcy

Where we explored all of the above again with an amazing group of curious ladies

Over the last few weeks I’ve been talking about it a lot again with clients

And today this post popped up as a memory…

Perfect timing (of course!) in times like these

Sexuality, our expression, feminine and masculine energies that we’re acting out of

The understanding of our desires

What turns us on and off as humans and why

Is very often an overlooked yet IMPERATIVE part of living the life we desire

Or

Not…

It’s the people I’ve worked with that opened up and started speaking up about what previously might have been labelled taboo or inappropriate

It’s those that learnt to express their desires in all aspects of their life

It’s those that took responsibility

That are now living the life of emotional freedom and unlimited possibilities

And that doesn’t mean that everything is always ‘perfect’

It’s about their interpretation of circumstances and situations they face

It’s about their attitude towards it

As remember guys

It is always and in all ways

Your ATTITUDE that creates your OUTCOME and not the CIRCUMSTANCES

(even more so when you’re locked down and have no idea how long it’s all going to last!!)

M x

Most people are disconnected from the fact that lifestyle habits play a role in our immunity.

Irregular meals, high refined sugar intake, poor sleep patterns & large intakes of alcohol all supress and negatively effect the immune system.

So we wanted to outline from a food & supplement perspective what is proven to help you with strengthening your immunity.

Most supplement companies pedal vitamin C, Vitamin D and such like and its well-intentioned but it is like being in a sinking boat, taking on water and only having a small cup to bail out the excess water.

Important to understand is what’s going to unlock the strongest possible immune system, that is your cells.

A single cell is the first form of recognised life, when you get a collection of cells together you make tissue.

There are 4 types of tissue and when you combine various forms you can create an organ, multiple organs together create a system.

Then many systems together create us, the human organism.

Sadly conventional medicine and supplement companies treat you as a system all the time which doesn’t consider that all the systems of the body are constantly in communication via the cells.

Moreover, you have trillions of cells of which many are the same, they help you produce enzymes, hormones (think sex hormones), signal to other cells to warn them of issues etc.

Thus when we get a dysfunction of the cell, we have dysfunction of the human organism.

In essence if you want the strongest immune system you have to ensure the health of the cell, specifically the membrane which acts as a guard for the cell. Letting only very certain things in or out.

Essential for good cell health are things like B vitamins, manganese, selenium, magnesium, zinc, choline, glutathione, Vit A,D,E & K to name just a FEW.

That would be a LOT of supplements and a big bill each month.

What we always do within the A.R.A. Method is screen someone and optimise their diet based on their unique past and biochemistry.

But for now, here are the essentials for you to optimise your cells and total body function.

• Dark green leafy vegetables (think spinach, kale etc) are packed with micro nutrients, specially B vits that are important for literally hundreds of processes within the human body.

• Coloured veggies. If tolerated by eating a broad range of colourful veggies you will get access to all nutrient needed. Not to mention these veggies will provide a powerful punch of fibre which feeds the bacteria of the gut to keep the immune system healthy

• Nuts can be a great source of healthy fats and important cofactors like selenium (brazil nuts).

• Grass fed, organic (where possible) animal protein – If morally you are ok with eating meat, it provides many important amino acids (for build proteins in the body), things like B12 and other important cofactors.

• Wild Fish can be full of healthy fats that have been shown to combat inflammation in your body which would lower immunity.

• Organic Eggs. More than enough studies have debunked the egg-cholesterol connection, yet sadly conventional medicine hasn’t caught on. One essential nutrient in eggs is choline which is needed to help build phospholipids (part of the cell wall).

• Healthy oils. Think unrefined olive oil, coconut oil, ghee to name a few.

We could write a much longer list than this but the more of the above that I see people consume the better there markers are on the testing that we do with them.

What are your TOP healthy foods to consume on a day to day basis?

And watch your life transform

(there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to do this than NOW!)

I heard Tony Robbins say that a good few years back & it hit me hard!

As I was hard wired and trained to have expectations

And not just of other people and the world around me

But even more so of ME!

And pretty f***king high expectations

That I could barely ever meet

And that resulted in deep misery,

In horrid self loathing,

And just deep down dissatisfactions with everything that I ever did

Most of my life,

NOTHING I did was ever good enough

And everyone around me was always better

Endless comparison games were so self destructive.

First and foremost, whenever expectation creeps in

We automatically f**k ourselves over as it instantly kills the opportunity for us to receive not just what we asked for but so much more and so much greater!

“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change”

– Wayne Dyer

We can’t really and truly ever get rid of expectation in our life

It’s our mind’s natural process to create an outcome on autopilot for anything and everything we ever attempt and undertake

It’s like putting an address in your sat nav

It automatically predicts the fastest route right?

That’s what your mind does too

There is a caveat to that though!

Your mind only predicts the outcome based on whatever version of ‘your personal software’ you’re operating out of at the moment of your request for:

⁃ More fun
⁃ More joy
⁃ More health
⁃ More money
⁃ More love
⁃ Better car
⁃ Nicer home
⁃ Etc etc etc

You name it, the list can be endless!

Let’s take for example a new home request

You sit there and plan,

You set your intentions,

You visualise and consider all options,

Yet your deep rooted belief (‘your personal software’) is that right now you just simply cannot afford it, or even better (not!) – that you do not deserve to live in a place like this, that ‘people like you’ don’t live in places like that…

I mean WTF?

It all just sits there and

Your mind would instantly create an outcome that you just won’t get the house, won’t find it and you’ll live forever in disappointment, in a belief you’re not good enough and not quite complete without it.

And you know what the kicker is here?

So very often you won’t even know that the pre-programmed outcome is even there

So you continue to sit down and plan

Consider all options

You may even get to the point where you’re ready to buy

And something falls through,

You blame the whole world,

The solicitors and the lawyers,

You blame the chain,

You throw your arms up in despair,

Blissfully oblivious to the fact,

That in fact,

You’re so in alignment that you have no idea,

So freaking in tune with your stories you once told yourself,

The thing is here that they’re all lies!

They’re just pure bullsh*t.

But what if you don’t know,

You just don’t know what stories may sit there,

You stop and look around at your life,

The results or the lack of thereof you experience,

That shows you straight out,

All cards on the table,

What’s lingering deep within.

What expectation the conscious YOU may have for the outcome

And the unconscious commitment you hold – has a whole expectation of its own

And it will do everything it can to fulfil that

Our subconscious mind is 90% of your day to day life remember?

So it’s up to you to do something about it.

To update your software,

To change your story,

To realign with your conscious desires,

And we always align to our subconscious belief,

The conscious desire,

No matter how strong,

If it does not match with the belief you are deep down holding,

And what you think you believe in is not what you actually believe in, remember?

You’ve got some work to do my dear friend,

And it’s exciting!

Even though just a tad scary at first!

If you say you want this or that and you don’t have it,

Go look within,

As all you are doing is creating coherence between what you believe is true for you,

And what shows up in your reality.

So stop, pay attention

Notice what’s happening.

And even if the first step to appreciation

Is to appreciate the fact that you now know it!

You know you’re not fucked and that you’re not broken

Your software may need updating that’s all,

Go do it!

Change your expectation for appreciation and see your life transform

I did.

And it worked out pretty awesome!

And every time I catch myself expecting shit to show up a certain way for me

I pull back and I ask questions…

Curious questions,

As if I was 5 years old again,

To see what it shows me,

To see where it leads me,

As I promised you that always and in all ways,

It will only lead you to growth,

And to expansion.

Beyond what you ever thought possible!

I am excited for you ❤

M x