{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Menopause Pruning: Clearing Space for Authenticity, with In\u00e9s Zabalaga & Kate Hazlitt, ND","description":"Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J\u2019aime Rothbard This conversation moves from the medicalization of menopause to reclaiming it as a natural process; an important, transformative life stage marked by growth, development, and renewal, not an illness or pathology. Kate and In\u00e9s advocate for shifting from symptom management to trusting the body's innate capacity and involving the entire community in understanding this transition. In\u00e9s and Kate highlight:: - Brain Pruning which "chops away" old ways of thinking and being, making way for authenticity, new identity, and a renegotiation of roles - How psychedelic therapies can support post-pruning regeneration by fostering neuroplasticity - The invitation to \u201credo\u201d by challenging universal beliefs, interrupting obsolete patterns, releasing societal expectations, and embracing one's authentic, "limited," and "inconvenient" self. - The natural grief associated with the loss of the predictable menstrual cycle - How hormonal shifts influence mood and energy, which often require rest and repair. Kate and In\u00e9s both emphasize the importance of women educating themselves about their bodies' cycles, informing their communities, and approaching menopause with wisdom, self-attunement, honesty, kindness, and patience.  About Dr. Kate Hazlitt, ND   A naturopathic doctor, speaker, and Compassionate Inquiry\u00ae Practitioner specializing in women\u2019s health and midlife transitions, Kate helps women move through burnout, hormonal shifts, and stress with clarity, compassion, and nervous system awareness\u2014guiding them back to safety in their bodies and authenticity in their lives. Her clinical practice integrates Eastern and Western philosophies of the nature and cause of disease and focuses on the interweavings of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Kate\u2019s primary therapeutic tools are Asian medicine and acupuncture, clinical nutrition with diet and supplementation, botanical, homeopathic and auricular medicine, counseling, detoxification and drainage. About In\u00e9s Zabalaga, MEd, MA in Systemic Therapy, Clinical Psychologist, Psychedelic Assisted Therapies Facilitator. With over 25 years of clinical experience in family, individual, couples and group therapy, In\u00e9s is a Compassionate Inquiry\u00ae Practitioner, a Family Constellations Facilitator, Director of Spontaneous Theatre, Bach and Uruguayan Flowers Practitioner, trained in psychodrama. She also leads Horse-Assisted Constellation workshops to create collective fields of human and equine energies that support her clients\u2019 wholeness.  After completing a psychedelic integration training with Iceers, In\u00e9s is training in the 3-year Grof Legacy Program for therapists oriented towards psychedelic work. Along with her partner, In\u00e9s co-leads psychedelic assisted sessions and co-facilitates retreats.  Promotional Message: If you've been listening to our podcast and are curious about the transformative power of Compassionate Inquiry\u00ae, join us for a 6-hour online experiential introduction to the Compassionate Inquiry approach and community. This link takes you to a web page where you can get information and, if you choose, register for the next CI Experience event coming up on on November 8. Resources: Websites: Kate\u2019s Professional Website  In\u00e9s' Compassionate inquiry Profile Related Links Claiming Your Power in Perimenopause Podcast Pruning, Myelination, and the Remodeling Adolescent Brain - Dr Dan Siegal Dr. Lisa Mosconi Family Constellations Good Guilt Dying To Live Workshop on Friday 31st October 2025  Books: Menopocalypse  Roar Like a Woman \u2013 Emma Thompson Wise Power:  Discover the Liberating Power of Menopause to Awaken Authority, Purpose and Belonging  The Relaxed Woman  Rest is Sacred  Quotes: \u201cI went through my own process, I'm in my mid-40s, so I can often literally feel my brain pruning, as it's chopping away old, like, long outdated ways of thinking and being in my life.\u201d - Kate Hazlitt, ND \u201c...can we just be this very limited, very ordinary, delicious creature that has stopped trying to be more than enough?\u201d - In\u00e9s Zabalaga \u201c...there is this cultural obsession with the evidence based menopause, and we're leaving out lived experience of women who are elders who have wisdom to share with us. If we leave them out of the conversation, we're missing a real opportunity of learning and growth and self understanding.\u201d - Kate Hazlitt, ND \u201cWe lose so much time because of the archetype of that ideal lady that is non existent. We are not ideal mothers. We are not ideal partners. We might even be...not so convenient. The archetypal information is playing a big role in preventing us from connecting with love in life.\u201d  - In\u00e9s Zabalaga   Social Media: IG:  @drkatehazlittnd. (IG)  IG: CasaMagica Ineszabalaga FB: CasaMagica Ineszabalaga ","author_name":"The Gifts of Trauma","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/533177","html":"