Sally Garozzo - Rapid Transformational Therapist

01/05/2026

Recently, on a trip to Milan, I let myself “go there”… like really “go there.”

The gelato, the pasta, the shopping.

I see myself as an N of 1 experiment and before the trip, I’d been fairly restrained as I was in “body engineering” mode, so I made an intentional decision to get swept up in it all. Just for the sheer pleasure of playing with life (and also exploring my emerging — stronger — Italian identity).

By the third day of this cultural experiment, my digestive tract felt like burning embers and my brain kept grabbing at the thought of “what’s next?!” like a Duracell bunny.

It was the morning of our departure as I sat waiting for my husband to finish his text, belly and suitcase bloated, when a curiosity popped into my head.

I asked myself the question…

“Now that I’m no longer driven by my cycling reproductive hormones (Oestrogen and progesterone), am I now driven by my brain hormones (dopamine, serotonin etc.) instead?”

A very clunky question I know, but nevertheless, one worth asking to help me gain clarity on why my brain felt like a pinball machine during this trip.

Here’s what I discovered… ⬇️

A powerful take on menopause, dopamine and identity. Discover why your brain feels different and how to create your own rhythm in midlife.

30/12/2025

This conversation isn’t about surviving menopause. It’s about claiming power, pleasure, and potency on the other side of it.

Sally sits down with Carla Wainwright, holistic wellness coach, s*xual awakening facilitator, and self-described midlife alchemist, for a grounding, myth-shattering conversation about what really happens when women cross into midlife.

With a background in biology, homeopathy, and over 30 years of embodiment work, Carla bridges science and the sacred in a way that feels practical, embodied, and deeply liberating. This is where metabolism, hormones, trauma, pleasure, and feminine power actually meet.

Together, they explore why menopause is not a decline but a rite of passage, and why the years after perimenopause can become the most creative, s*xually alive, and authentic chapter of a woman’s life when she’s properly supported.

Carla shares her own journey from wildlife biologist to guiding women through s*xual healing and midlife transformation, and how entering perimenopause herself led her to develop her model of sacred metabolism. This approach goes beyond blood sugar and hormones to include the nervous system, inner child, and feminine life force.

They unpack how unstable blood sugar can keep women stuck in fight-or-flight, intensify trauma, worsen symptoms, and quietly erode desire. Why pleasure isn’t indulgent, and why many women lose intimacy not because something is wrong with them, but because no one taught them how to stay connected to their changing bodies.

The episode also dives into s*x in midlife with honesty and tenderness. Desire, stress, self-trust, and reconnection are explored without shame or pressure, just curiosity, safety, and choice.

This is a conversation about remembering who you are in your body, your desire, and your power, at a stage of life that has been deeply misunderstood.

🎧👉 Listen here: https://apple.co/49edOj0

02/12/2025

In this episode, Sally sits down with Dr. Lara Briden - The Period Revolutionary, naturopathic doctor and bestselling author of Period Repair Manual, Hormone Repair Manual, and Metabolism Repair for Women. She’s been called the period revolutionary—and after this conversation, you’ll understand exactly why.

We talk about the massive paradox in women’s health:

Society suddenly worships estrogen and progesterone when women hit their mid-40s…
…yet spent the last 60 years casually switching those same hormones off in teenage girls.

Yep. We’re going there.

What We Get Into:
- Why regular ovulation is not just “nice to have” — it’s literally how young women make hormones
- How we got stuck in a 60-year loop of shutting down women’s ovarian function (hint: the pill’s “regulate your period” pitch started as a cover story)
- The weird disconnect between medical guidelines that say periods are a vital sign… and the normalization of medicating them away
- What a healthy period actually looks like (spoiler: it shouldn’t hurt and it shouldn’t require you to white-knuckle your way through PMS)
- Why so many modern symptoms aren’t “women being women”—they’re the result of environment, lifestyle, and a system that never prioritized female physiology
- And the big one: Did menopause evolve? Or is it some biological glitch because women are living longer?

The Mic-Drop Moments

- Lara breaks down why menopause absolutely evolved on purpose—and why humans are more like killer whales than we think
- The “grandmother effect” and why older women have always been essential for the survival of the tribe
- The wild fact that among the Hadza, and other traditional-living communities, menopause brings zero symptoms
- The reality that our cycles are meant to be signals, not punishments

If You’ve Ever Thought…

“I guess this is just how my period is.”
“This is normal for my age.”
“Maybe my hormones just hate me.”

…this episode might flip your worldview upside down (in a good way).

About Dr. Lara Briden

Lara practices in Christchurch, New Zealand, helping women navigate PCOS, PMS, endometriosis, perimenopause, and other hormone-health challenges. Her work bridges biology, history, anthropology, and real-world clinical wisdom.

👉 Listen here: https://apple.co/4rqxfxq