Circling the Drain

A podcast about the period BEFORE you stop getting your period. The concept of a woman "circling the drain" conjures up negative imagery for some, but the origin of this as the name of the podcast has a story. A friend, in her 30's at the time, was listing her ailments to a male physician who clearly had a terrible bedside manner, because he responded to her complaints by shrugging his shoulders in a dismissive fashion and saying something like, "I don't know what to tell you. From now on, you're basically just circling the drain!" Co-hosts Ellie and Julia have been laughing at the audacity of this tone-deaf interaction ever since, and when they decided to start this podcast about the plight of the aging woman, they chose to reclaim and repurpose the phrase in the spirit of humor. Every human on the planet is circling the drain from the moment we are born. The question is, how slowly and gracefully can we spiral? And can we minimize the discomfort while we whirl? Perimenopausal co-hosts Ellie and Julia take a deep dive into the sometimes embarrassing, often hilarious, and always bewildering issues of the hormonal changes that take place in midlife. Through honest accounts, thoughtful interviews, and group panel discussions, their mission is to make you chuckle, make you nod your head in recognition, and hopefully make some scientific progress.

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Circling the Drain

Meditating Calms Our Tits with Mark Price

September 28, 2022 • Ellie Dvorkin Dunn & Julia Granacki • Season 2 • Episode 33

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Does the idea of meditating make you want to roll your eyes? Take a nap? Punch yourself in the face? We get it, and so does Mark Price. Our first ever male guest humbly joins us to talk about Vedic Meditation, also known as TM (Transcendental Meditation), and how incorporating this practice into your daily routine can help with stress, sleep disturbances, aggression, and many of the other perimenopausal symptoms we often discuss. If you're thinking this is too "woo woo" for you, too time-consuming, or that you can just use an app on your phone and get the same results, please give the episode a listen. Mark has an amazing sense of humor and is not trying to be your guru, and what he has to say may be the thing that convinces you to incorporate what has been a life-changing practice for both Ellie and Julia. In short, meditating has helped us calm our tits, and who doesn't want that?

How to find Mark
The Alchemy Collective
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Mark's Facebook
About Mark Price as an actor and coach

Things We Mentioned in the Episode
How Transcendental Meditation Alters the Brain
Who is Wellness For? by FARIHA RÓISÍN
Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
David Lynch Poster About Transcendental Meditation

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Ellie Dvorkin Dunn

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