The journey through the time of menopause can be a very challenging one for many women.

With so many changes occurring within their body and in their life as a whole, it can be a confusing, scary and difficult time.

As a society, we don't tend to talk about the menopause and this makes it even more likely that women will face this time feeling quite alone and that they need to just 'put up with it'.

This doesn't need to be the case, and in this episode, Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist, Dana LaVoie chats to Clarity Junction host, Gillian, all about the menopause and how you can ease its symptoms with the use of Chinese Herbs.

For many years, Dana has specialised in women's health and she shares her knowledge and expertise in this extensive interview.

There tends to come a point in life when we start to wonder what our true purpose in life is.

Perhaps we feel that we have lost our way, or haven't had a path mapped out in the first place.

Perhaps we have experienced a 'wake-up call' and have began to think more about what our life means to ourselves and to others.

Finding our life's true purpose isn't always easy, and it often doesn't show itself straight away. So how do we start to find it?

In this podcast episode, Clarity Junction host, Gillian, is here to point you in the right direction on how to find your life's true purpose.

Often in life, our health isn't perfect and we can find ourselves looking for answers and healing cures to whatever condition or ailment that has presented itself.

When the condition hasn't got an easy explanation or a readily available treatment or cure, this can lead us down an all-consuming path of frustration and can all too often lead to depression and poor mental health.

As we try to find a cure or a solution to the health problem, we often don't realise that we are punishing ourselves with stress and this can lead to even more problems. 

What if we didn't seek a cure, as such, but looked, instead, for a path towards healing?

This might sound like they are the same thing, but there is a difference of thinking (and action) here.

To understand this way of thinking more, Health and Wellness Coach, Saralyn Salisbury-Jones shares her own journey towards finding a path to healing - rather than a cure.

In this episode, Saralyn chats openly to Clarity Junction host, Gillian, about her own bipolar II disorder and diagnosis, and how it has enlightened her to create a wellness path that is both beneficial and unique to her own healing.

Failing something is always regarded by our society as something shameful and a reflection that you are not clever or just not up to the job.

We tend to hide our failures from others, and the negative feeling surrounding them never seems to leave us.

So, what if failing was actually a blessing in disguise?

This is how Clarity Junction Podcast Host, Gillian feels about her first major fail in life.

So keep listening to hear her story of why failing actually became a blessing.

So many of us have been there. We know we need to lose weight. We work hard to lose it, then just when we are happy with our weight, it seems to creep back on! Why do we struggle to keep the weight off?

In this episode, therapist, author and creator of the 'My Hungry Head' program, Marybeth Sherrin discusses with Clarity Junction host, Gillian, the fundamental aspects of losing weight versus keeping weight off.