Changing Seasons Podcast
Changing Seasons is a podcast that gently explores the transitions we move through in life from fertility to menopause, surrogacy to grief, and the many shifts in between. Hosted by Jody Vassallo, Ayurvedic guide, intuitive cook, and founder of ‘Gather’. Each episode is an invitation to slow down, listen in, and reconnect with the wisdom of your body and the cycles of nature.
Through the lens of traditional medicine and lived experience, we dive into the big topics: perimenopause, menopause, fertility, gut health, grief and loss, surrogacy, Ayurveda, and food as medicine.
This is a space for real conversations, tender truths, and practical ways to nourish yourself no matter what season you're in.
Changing Seasons Podcast
3 - Andropause, Menopause And The Wild Nature Of Mid-Life Hormonal Changes with Dr Jimi Wollumbin
In this episode Jody has a fascinating conversation with her medicine man, Dr Jimi Wollumbin.
Their discussion touches on:
- Jimi’s own andropause journey and the physical and emotional issues he had to navigate
- The importance of the breakdown in this phase of life and how trying to hold onto outdated versions of ourselves can be debilitating
- The liver and the role it plays in perimenopause and menopause
- Histamines and how they can make the perimenopausal journey very uncomfortable
- Chinese medicines view on perimenopause and menopause
Dr Jimi Wollumbin is a passionate Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, poet & Herbal Alchemist living on the Northern Rivers of NSW.
He is also the CEO and founder of One Health Organisation, a wellness based charity that has distributed over 10 metric tonnes of herbs and supplements to 100 locations across 13 countries since 2005.
Instagram:
@drjimiwollumbin
Website:
www.doctorjimi.com