How to Manage Hot Flashes, Brain Fog, and Sleep Disruption During Menopause with Ellen Wermter & Mary Helen Rogers – Better Sleep Council

This week, we now have Higher Sleep Council consultant and Household Nurse Practitioner Ellen Wermter. Ellen’s been on up to now discussing the circadian rhythm.

In the present day’s dialog we’re speaking all about menopause. Ellen breaks down the distinction between perimenopause and menopause, explains the curler coaster of signs girls might expertise—from sizzling flashes and irritability to sleep disruption and mind fog—and divulges why these modifications are so unpredictable.

We’ll unpack why sleep turns into so elusive throughout this transition, the true affect of fluctuating hormones, and the shocking position of issues like your mattress, bed room setting, and even your help system. 

Ellen shares sensible recommendation on managing anxiousness, evaluating dietary supplements, and the way life-style tweaks (suppose: train, protein, stress administration) could make an actual distinction.

MEET ELLEN

Ellen Wermter is a consultant of the Higher Sleep Council (BSC), a Board Licensed Household Nurse Practitioner via the American Nurses Credentialing Middle, and a member of Sigma Theta Tau Nationwide Honor Society. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing on the College of Virginia and her Grasp of Science at Virginia Commonwealth College and is a member of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners (VCNP). 

Ellen is a devoted sleep skilled each board-certified in behavioral sleep drugs (DBSM) in addition to being licensed in cognitive behavioral remedy for insomnia and who actively treats sufferers full-time. She is nationally regarded for her experience in narcolepsy and was the medical lead for the Concord Bioscience Pitolisant expanded entry program’s Central Virginia website. 

Ellen has ​​been featured in HuffPost, MindBodyGreen, Washington Publish, and Houses & Gardens.

In her free time, Ellen prefers to be outdoors in nature and stays lively operating and training yoga. She lives on a farm along with her husband and 4 kids the place she grows apple bushes and retains honeybees. She additionally enjoys singing loudly within the automobile and barely will get the lyrics proper.