Welcome to ShawnaK!

Age or injury shouldn’t disqualify you from doing things you want to do. I started Olympic weightlifting in my late 50’s. I had total hip replacements at age 58 and 61. I’m just like you… I’m not special, I’m just persistent & maybe a bit stubborn. I’ve decided to find a way to do the … Continued

Avoiding carbs, especially in menopause, is NO way to live, so understanding how your body processes carbs will help you, especially if eating carbs scares you, or if you’ve heard of ‘insulin resistance’ but you don’t really know what it means or why you want to avoid this condition. This (boring but informative!) video explains … Continued

Reading over scrolling… It’s easy to fall into the black hole of social media scrolling… Only to re-emerge entirely unfulfilled wondering where the time went. This is especially true at bedtime for me & many of my clients. So in bed it’s a hard ‘no’ to picking up my phone & a ‘yes’ to my … Continued

Hot flashes? Well, if you need ANOTHER reason to resistance train, here it is… More lean muscle is shown to reduce hot flashes according to this study: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40695-020-00058-9 How do you get more muscle? Resistance training! With declining estrogen levels in the menopause transition, both bone density and muscle mass declines. Resistance training offsets both … Continued