{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Perimenopause, Cravings & Hormones: Your Body Isn\u2019t Broken, It\u2019s Speaking w\/ Sema \u00d6zpekmezci","description":"Do cravings, fatigue, or hormonal shifts have you feeling like a stranger in your body? In this episode, I\u2019m joined by Sema \u00d6zpekmezci for a grounded, compassionate conversation about chronic illness, women\u2019s health, perimenopause, hormones, and what it really means to listen to your body. We explore how midlife changes can feel confusing and how symptoms like cravings, energy dips, mood shifts, and inflammation can become invitations into deeper self-understanding. Sema also shares a powerful way to think about your hormones as the \u201cCEO\u201d of your body and why food, stress, blood sugar, sleep, and nervous system regulation all play a role in helping you feel balanced again. Inside this episode, we explore: \ud83d\udd39 Why perimenopause symptoms, cravings, and inflammation may be body signals, not personal failures \ud83d\udd39 How hormones, stress, cortisol, and the nervous system influence women\u2019s health \ud83d\udd39 Why chocolate cravings and blood sugar patterns can reveal what your body actually needs \ud83d\udd39 How to respond to your changing body with curiosity, compassion, and practical support My hope is that this conversation helps you stop fighting your body and start listening to it. Because your body isn\u2019t broken. It\u2019s speaking. \ud83d\udc97 If you want to keep exploring this connection between the nervous system, embodiment, and women\u2019s health, come practice with me: https:\/\/www.brettlarkin.com\/ffy?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=ffy    GUEST EXPERT: Sema \u00d6zpekmezci | @semaozpekmezci Sema is a certified Clinical Nutritional Therapist and Functional Medicine Health Coach. She is a Yoga and Mindfulness Trainer and yoga\/meditation enthusiast. She believes that nutrition, mind, and spirit are inextricably linked to our health and overall well-being and spreading and explaining this is her life's purpose. \u200bConnect with Sema and find her programs here \u2192 https:\/\/www.semaozpekmezci.com\/    FREE Practice: Somatic Exercises to Reduce Cortisol & Get Out of Freeze Response | Full Body Somatic Yoga Flow Relevant Blog: Yoga Teacher Training as a Mid-Life Wellness Sabbatical: Why More Women Are Using YTT to Reset Their Nervous System (Not Change Careers)   Relevant to Today\u2019s Episode: \ud83d\udc0d Kundalini 200-hour YTT \ud83d\udcda Healing with Somatic Yoga Book \u2728 Yoga for Self Mastery \ud83d\udc96 Uplifted Membership \ud83d\udcab Somatic Certification \ud83c\udfa7 Also Listen to: #366 \u2013 Is Trauma Actually In Your Hips? The Impact of Stress on Hip & Pelvic Health with Dr. Brianne Grogan #369 \u2013 Nervous System Masterclass with Kristin Leal #384 \u2013 Do Less, Heal More: 7 Invitations to Resolve Trauma from Organic Intelligence   \u00a9 2026 Uplifted Yoga | BrettLarkin.com ","author_name":"The Uplifted Yoga Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.brettlarkin.com\/","html":"