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Elayne Doughty

Elayne Doughty

Psychotherapist (MFT), ordained priestess, and founder of the Priestess Presence Temple who hosts the RED Podcast and mentors midlife women through menopause as a spiritual rite of passage.

Sep 10, 2026

32:27
Yeah.
32:28
You know, it gets me thinking about what I call the reckoning of perimenopause.
32:34
And I think that that's what happened for me and has happened for so many women who are Gen Xers like me, right? The reason that we're struggling with this portal, I mean, yes, it's a spiritual awakening and I absolutely stand by that.
32:47
And I think it's a very important rite of passage.
32:51
But the things that become untenable physically for us during this period of time are Because most of us have not had to deal with it.
33:01
I mean, I was otherwise limping along.
33:04
I wouldn't say I was healthy through my 30s and 40s.

7 MINS LATER

39:55
When are you going to make that investment in your health? Are you going to make it when you can actually get a return on that investment? You can have better vitality, better aesthetics, better experience, or are you going to wait until the shoe falls?

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