#51 How Breathing Efficiently Can Improve Menopause with Dr Louise Oliver

The Positive Perimenopause Podcast

If you suffer with daytime sleepiness, unsatisfactory sleep or have been told that you snore, then there is a good chance that how you breathe isn't as efficient as it could be.
This is important because how we breathe affects our health and well-being and can particularly affect us during perimenopause and menopause.
Studies show that the menopausal transition is significantly associated with an increased likelihood of having sleep-disordered breathing as hormones affect how we breathe.
So I was delighted to be joined this week by Dr Louise Oliver, a GP of 20 years, a functional breathing practitioner and therapeutic life coach.
Louise has had an interest in women's health and menopause for many years and now incorporates her skills as a functional breathing practitioner to help women breathe more efficiently.
Join us in this conversation where we discuss:

🎙️ How breathing is an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to managing peri/menopause
🎙️ What sparked Louise's interest in learning more about breathing
🎙️ What effective and efficient breathing is
🎙️ What happens when we’re not breathing properly
🎙️ How hormones affect our breathing
🎙️ How to know if you’re not breathing effectively at night
🎙️ The importance of nasal breathing
🎙️ What you can do to help yourself breathe more efficiently
🎙️ The power of the autonomic nervous system and how the way we breathe affects it
🎙️ How disordered breathing can affect weight gain
These are the useful links we discussed:

Mr Vik Veer Throat exercises for snoring & sleep apnoea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nq8YjWIIUI

Dr Louise's website:
https://www.drlouiseolivertherapeuticlifecoaching.com/menopause

This is the page with detailed information for those that want to take action to improve their breathing:
https://www.drlouiseolivertherapeuticlifecoaching.com/podcast-information

https://www.instagram.com/drlouiseolivertlc/
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