Menopausal Triple Whammy - The Role of Stress, Sugar and Sleep in Weight Gain

Many women suffer through feeling depressed, exhausted, achy, stressed-out, bloated and forgetful. If this sounds like you, you may be suffering from the "Triple Whammy" - a three-pronged effect on the body and mind made up of unrelenting stress, low levels of the feel-good brain chemical serotonin and your ever-shifting hormones. Now is the time to take action and start feeling better!

Ten Keys to Maximize Metabolism During Menopause

One of the biggest reasons women over forty gain weight is that they become metabolically cooler. We simply do not burn calories as efficiently. When a woman passes through menopause, her energy requirement is about 15% less than it was in her twenties. An increase in metabolism means an increase in the rate at which your body converts food into energy and consequently less food that gets stored as fat. With a high metabolism you will also start to burn off excess fat that is stored.

Ten Tips to Transition to a Less Toxic Lifestyle to Improve Your Health

Each day, we are surrounded by potentially toxic substances, which affect our minds and bodies. These include the food we eat, the personal care products we use, the household chemical we use to name just a few. These substances are called toxins and your health is affected...much more than you may realize...depending upon how much exposure you have to toxins on a regular basis. In this presentation, we will cover the top sources of toxins and how you can reduce your exposure to improve your health.

Personal Biography

Karen is a pioneer in wellness. She has extensive experience in health care, wellness and disease management and presents at local, national and international conferences on subjects such as Mind/Body Medicine, health care reform, managed care, specific disease management strategies and integrated health management.

She is a licensed physician in her homeland of Australia. She worked initially as a family physician followed by eight years of experience in the administration of national health care, wellness and senior programs in her role as the Medical Director of the Australian Government Health Service.

Karen has extensive experience as a physician, speaker, author and health care consultant. She is a national and international speaker on topics such as "Integrating Complementary Medicine Into Managed Care"," The Mind/Body Connection for Health and Wellness", "Understanding Managed Care" and many specific health topics. Karen graduated from Sydney University Medical School and completed her residency at Royal North Shore Hospital. She also went to National University in Irvine, California to complete her Masters Degree in Psychology and she has a special interest in health care reform, disease state management and Mind-Body medicine.

*Team Northrup is a group of women (and men) who are philosophically aligned with the work of Christiane Northrup, M.D., one of the country's most respected authorities on women's health, and author of the New York Times best-selling books "Women's Bodies", "Women's Wisdom", "The Wisdom of Menopause", and "Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health".